Brothers

Chapter eleven

Noah's POV
"Noah wake up"
I hear someone say to me. I slowly open my eyes and notice it was Alex. I go to sit up but I felt someone's hand on my chest.
What? What's going on? I look to my right and see Grayson sleeping with his head near my chest and his arm over my chest keeping me from moving. I smile softly and gently run my hand through his hair.

"I have dinner ready so wake Grayson up and wash up for dinner and come downstairs."

Alex tells me and smiles at us before walking out the door. I watch him go and then look at Grayson. He looks so peaceful when he's asleep. I hate to wake him up but it's time for dinner. I gently start to shake him.

"Grayson..grayson wake up buddy it's time for dinner."

He groans and pushes his head more into my chest. I smile and start to poke him in the sides knowing he's ticklish there. He whines and starts to move around. He take his arm and starts to swat at me.

"Stooop.. I'm trying to sleep"
I laugh and grab his arms and poke him some more. He squirms "Noah stop it!"
He tries to turn around and I just grab him and put him in my lap. He groans and puts his head on my shoulder.

"Why did you do that? I was sleeping"
Grayson tells me.

"It's time for dinner. Alex came in and told me to wake you up and come downstairs."

He groans once more and sits up. I hug him and kiss his head.

"Are you okay Gray?" He nods

"Can we go downstairs now?"

He asks and looks at me. I nod and let him go.

"Wash your hands before going downstairs."

He nods and goes to the bathroom. I stand up and follow him so I can wash my hands too. We wash our hands and walk downstairs. I see Alex already has our food on the table. He made chicken with potatoes and rolls. I sit down and wait for Alex and Grayson so we can eat.

Grayson walks over to Alex and raises his hands to be picked up. Alex looks at him and sighs softly but picks him up anyways.

Alex's POV
I look at Grayson as he walks up to me and raises his hands up to be picked up. I sigh softly and pick him up and he wraps his arms and legs around me and puts his head on my shoulder.

"What's wrong Grayson?"

"...Nothing. I just wanted you."

I smile and kiss his head. I walk around with him in my arms.

"Are you hungry? I made chicken and potatoes."

I felt him nod in my shoulder. I walk over to the table and put him down beside Noah.
I sit down beside them and we start to eat.

"School starts back next week for you two."

I say and they both stop eating and look at me.

"School sucks..I could just drop out."

I hear Noah say. I look over at him fast and notice that he has his head down while he said that.

"You drop out and I'll skin you, you understand?"

I hear him sigh "Yes I understand.."
    I nod and look at Grayson.

"Don't even think about doing that when you get older or I'll do the same understand?"

I tell him and he nods fast.

"Alright since we got that taken care of I was thinking tomorrow we could go swimming since the pool will be closing soon. Does that sound good?"

They both nod their heads excitedly. I smile at their reaction. I knew that they would like that and thankfully I have enough money for us to do it.
We finish our dinner and I take the plates to the sink.

"Noah it's your turn to the dishes tonight."

I tell him. He groans but gets up anyways and start on the dishes. I notice that Grayson already went to the living room to watch some tv. I walk over to him and sit down beside him.

"After this show is over I want you to go take a bath okay."

"But I don't want one!" He whines and looks at me with puppy dog eyes.

"Too bad Grayson you're getting one even if I have to drag you into the bathroom."

I tell him sternly. He groans and puts his head back.

"If you don't then you'll know what you'll get."

I say and tap his thigh. His eyes get alittle big and he slowly nods.

-time skip 30 minutes-

"Alright Grayson go take a bath and get ready for bed."

"But-!"

"Grayson."

I said sternly and look at him. He whines and stomps his foot.

"Stop it Grayson. Now."

Right then Noah walks in the living room and notice the scene

"What's going on?"

"It's time for Grayson to take a bath and he doesn't want to do it."

Noah sighs and walks over to him.

"How about this..if you take a bath and don't argue then you can sleep with me tonight. Deal?"

Grayson seems to be thinking about it and he eventually nods and walks towards the bathroom. We watch him go and I wait to hear the water running. After 5 minutes I hear the water running and know that he's doing as he's told.

"Thanks Noah. If you didn't say that I don't think he would've done it without throwing a tantrum."

I say and laugh. He chuckled and sat down beside me.

"You're welcome."

We sat and talked for awhile while waiting on Grayson. Finally Grayson comes back down and sits in my lap. I rub his back alittle and hear him yawn. Noah notices it and stands up.

"Come on Grayson let's go to bed. I'm getting tired also."

He says and hold out his hand for Grayson to take. I kiss grayson on the head.

"Go on buddy. Go to bed."

He nods and stands up and takes Noah's hand.

"Goodnight I love you both."

"We Love you too."

I watch them go and lay down on the couch. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.