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16.

THE NEXT DAY PASSED by fast. My brother came and we had a really nice time.

'you want gum?' he holds up gum but I shake my head.

'anyway how is mom?' I asked since I still haven't heard anything from her

'she's getting better. I think you should talk to her and tell her everything is going to be fine' he nods and I nod back

'she hasn't called' I mumble and he frowns

'she told me she would' he states

'wells he didn't, and she also didn't text or come by. I haven't heard form her for almost a week' I was really irritated by this. A normal parent would visit their kid everyday if she was in the hospital but not my mom. No she's so emotionally instable she can't even hear my name without breaking down.

'she's just really broken down by the fact you have- you know-'

'cancer, it's not a bad word Brian. You can just say it' I say and he nods

'it's just hard, you know, nothing is sure anymore' he looks at the ground

'I know it's hard, I mean I'm fucking bald. But I trying to stay as positive as I can' I put my hand on his shoulder

'how do you do that?' he looks up 'how do you keep being happy and positive when literally the worst thing has happened to you'

'I don't know how, I just do. I literally don't know how to not be positive. It's a normal action to always see the good things and ignore the bad things' I tell him

He scoffs 'you know Ava; I've always admired that about you. it's probably my favorite thing about you, you are always positive and smiling. And you always make me smile even when I don't know, I had a bad grade on my test'

'Brian don't' I grab his face 'don't tell me your favorite thing about you. I'm not dying, I will be part of that 80%. I will fight and I will survive this'

'there is still a change you can eb part of that 20%' he blinks his tears away

'don't think like that, I will be part that 80%. I promise you' I pulled him in a hug

'I love you' he mumbles. He has never said this to me and I don't want to hear it. he is acting like I'm dying and I'm not.

'don't tell me you love me. I know you do and that's all I need' I whisper

'I'm sorry'

'you don't need to apologize, just don't do it again' I let him go and press a kiss on his head.

'oh' we then both hear form the door. We both turn our heads to see Jack standing there. he looks hurt? Why is he hurt?

'hey jack' I say smiling

'hey' he awkwardly puts his hands in his pockets

'this is Brian by the way. Brian this is Jack' I say and they shake hands

'so you didn't tell me you had a boyfriend' he mumbles

'what' both Brian and I exclaim

'wait you're not together?' he frowns

'ew no, he's my brother' I laugh and Jack lets out a weird relieved breath

'I would- no- that's just gross' Brian spits out

'I would never ever date anyone like him' I scoff

'what's so bad about me' Brian says insulted

'you're the most annoying person on earth'

'no I'm not, you are. Plus you would totally date someone like me' he defends himself

'I wouldn't' I tell him

'you dated Alex, he's basically a copy of me. Well he also has aggression problems but you get the picture' he rattles

'well Alex was a big mistake so yeah' I roll my eyes

'he was-'

'I'm going' Jack then says

'oh no it's okay, it's just a siblings thing. You have that too don't you' I smile

'I don't have any siblings' he smiles tight

'oh I'm so sorry, I though that boy way your brother'

'no that's my best friend, mike, he's not my brother' he now smiles

'oh well is he cool?' he nods

'guys I'm here too' Brian now breaks our conversation

'well we don't care about you' I raise my eyebrows

'yes you do and now please explain what he is from you' he looks up at Jack

'we- ehm- we are' I stumble. I don't want to say friend because we kissed and then I would be friendzoning him and I don't want that. But I don't know what else to call him

'neighbors' he helps me and I smile because that a fact.

'oh cool' Brian states and he then gets a message

'shit' he curses under his breath 'I'm going home because mom apparently is cooking and now she's mad I'm not there'

'okay' I chuckle

'I'll text you or whatever' he gives me a hug

'see you big bro' I smile

'don't ever call me that again' he points at me and then jack 'take care of her for me'

'I will' he nods and then Brian leaves the room.

'well that wasn't awkward at all' Jack mumbles

'was it, I thought it was fine' I chuckle knowing it was awkward form his side

'I thought your brother was your boyfriend' he raised his eyebrow and I laughed

'yeah that's just gross' I frown

'yeah' he scoffs and we laugh.

'so anyway, we- we didn't talk ehm- about ehm-' he stutters

'I meant what I said at diner' I tell him and he smiles

'you did?'

'of course I did, I liked it, a lot' I smile big

'cool because I was very nervous you didn't and everything would be weird between us' he relives

'i have a feeling nothing will ever be weird between us' I lean back in the couch

'I hope it never will' he smiles and I smile back.

Jesus even his teeth are perfect.