Brothers

Chapter ten

Alex's POV
We walk home in silence. I still can hear Grayson softly crying and I want so bad to comfort him but he needs to know that he can't throw tantrums anytime he doesn't get what he wants.
    I look back behind me to see Noah walking with Grayson in his arms softly shushing him and rubbing his hands through his hair. Noah catches my eye and gives me a sad smile and nod at me silently telling me that he's okay. I try to smile back. Finally we get home.

"Alright Grayson I want you in the corner for 10 minutes then you can come out."

I tell him once we got inside. I hear him whine and I look at him and his grip on Noah tightens and he shakes his head back and forth.

"I don't wanna go! Please Alex I'm sorry I won't do it again!"
    Noah looks so concerned on what to do.

I shake my head no "Grayson you know better than to throw a tantrum so now you have to face the consequences. You need to let go of Noah and go into the corner before your punishment gets worse."

He whines louder "Noah please don't make him do this.."

I hear Noah sigh "Grayson baby..you know you have to do this. I'm gonna put you down now so please don't fight me. After you're done then we'll watch tv together okay."

"Noah please!" Grayson cries and holds on tight to Noah.

Noah begins to walk over to the corner so he can put Grayson down. Grayson seemed to notice the movement and looked and began crying louder. He begins to thrash around in Noah's arms to get down.

"No! Noah please don't! I'm sorry please!"
   Grayson tries to kick his legs to get down. He aims a kick at Noah's legs and I hear Noah grunt loudly and almost drops him.

"Grayson!" We both yell at the same time.
I run over to them and firmly take Grayson out of Noah's arms.

"I'm sorry Noah!" Grayson looks at Noah and tries to hug him but Noah pushes him off and storms upstairs to his room and slams the door. Grayson winces when he hears that and starts crying more.

"Noah hates me! I didn't mean it I'm sorry!"
  Grayson cries and puts his head against my chest. I sigh and wrap my arms around him. Grayson grips my T-shirt in his hands and cries hard in my chest.

"Shh Grayson. Noah doesn't hate you..he could never hate you you're his baby brother. He loves you very much just like I do. He's just upset at you right now. Shhh baby.."

I try to comfort him and it's slowly working.

"I hurt him though.." Grayson sniffs

"Yes you did kick him and he's probably still upset but he does not hate you. But since you did that you're gonna get an extra 10 minutes in the corner."

Grayson whines and looks up at me and his lip is trembling and tears are still coming down.
    I wipe his tears away and gently push him towards the corner. He whines and tries to get away but I just smack him once hard on his butt and he quickly stops and goes to the corner.

"Alright buddy 20 minutes and then I want you to go upstairs and apologize to Noah,okay?"

He sniffs and sadly nods his head. I gently pat him on the back

"Alright I'll come back once 20 minutes is up."
I tell him and walk in the kitchen.
-time skip-
I walk back in the living room where Grayson is still in the corner. I walk up to him and turn him around and he immediately wraps his arms around my waist.

"I'm sorry Alex I'll be good from now on"

I smile yeah like that's ever gonna happen
I thought to myself.

"You're forgiven but you still need to apologize to Noah."

He nods and goes upstairs to Noah.

Noah's POV
After Grayson kicked me I felt angry and upset. I was just trying to get Grayson to take his punishment so that we could do something together. I looked at my knee and there's a bruise already forming.
Great I thought and groan.
-knock knock-

"Who is it?"

"...Grayson"

I open my door and glare at him

"What do you want?" I growl at him

He looks down and I hear a sob. My eyes soften alittle but I'm still upset at him. He looks up at me and I see his eyes filled with tears. His lip is trembling.

"I..I'm sorry Noah. I didn't mean too please forgive me.."

After he said that he started crying and put his head down again. I sigh and bend down so I'm at his height. I gently put my hands on his shoulders and he looks up at me again.

"I'm sorry.."
    Grayson says and continues to cry.
I smile sadly at him and pick him up. He hesitated but slowly puts his arms around my neck and legs around my waist. I gently bounce him and walk back to my bed and sit down with Grayson on my lap.
    He's still crying hard but he now has has his head against my neck.

"Shhhh Grayson shhh..calm down it's okay. Shh please stop crying you know that I hate it when you cry.." I gently pull him back so he's looking at me. I put my hand on his chin and made him look at me. He has tears running down his face.

"I'm not upset with you anymore baby I promise."

"You..you don't hate me?" Grayson asks me

"What?! Grayson I could never ever hate you! You're my baby brother and I love you more than anything. No matter what you do I could never hate you. Understand?"

I see him smile alittle and he hugs me. I smile and hug him back.

"I forgive you little brother. I know you didn't mean it you were just upset but it's all okay now I promise."

I tell him and kiss his head

"I love you big brother."
    I hear him say with his head against my chest. I smile and put my chin on his head

"I love you too baby brother.. more than you'll ever know."

I hear his yawn and I laugh and he immediately looks down with a red face.

"You wanna lay down in my bed?"

He hesitates but nods slowly

"Only if you'll lay with me. I don't wanna be alone right now."

He looks up at me with pleading eyes. I smile and kiss his head.

"Of course I will baby."

I lay us both down on my bed and he puts his head on my chest and I put my arm over his shoulders protectively and kiss his forehead.

"Go to sleep Grayson I'll wake you up when dinner is ready."

I tell him but he's already asleep. I smile and close my eyes. Slowly I fall asleep with my little brother in my arms.