Maybe It's Time

SEPTEMBER, 1991

Bradley's POV

It was the first day in school after the summer break and Stefani didn't want to go, since it was her first time there ever. I used to go to a public school while her parents sent her to a private catholic school. They didn't have much money but they value her education a lot.

"Stef, you'll be fine! Nothing bad will happen".

"I don't wanna go". She was crying and my patience was ending that day, after all I was just a 10 year old boy dealing with a five year old kid.

"I give up, Cindy". I looked at her mother who sighed and smiled.

Cindy had to talk to Stefani for some minutes, explaining the same things I did. She got calm after a while and we got inside Cindy's car. She took Stefani and gave me and Noah a ride, since it was on her way to work.

I met my first crush at school. She was my age but I've never talked to her. Her name was Olivia. Hell, how I liked that girl. I don't even know why. I guess it was the hormones... I was becoming a teen after all.

In that time I was finding out things about myself and my own body. It was a little scary. My friendship with Stefani was not the same. I didn't play with her as I used to do. She was just five and we didn't have the same interests anymore.

Cindy and Joe sometimes left her in our house to spend time or when they needed to go out, even if my mom was not home. They trusted me and Noah to take care of her.

"How was your first day at school, honey?" My mom asked Stefani while we were both watching tv at the living room. "You made any friends?" She gave each of us a glass of coke.

"It was fun!" She smiled at my mom. "I made a friend. Her name is Bo".

"Bo, really?"

"Yeah, she told me she is asian".

"That's really nice. What about you sweetheart?"

"It was ok".

"Just ok?"

"Yeah... Didn't meet anyone different".

"Alright then..." Noah got back home after meeting his friends at that moment and went straight to the kitchen. I remember how pissed my mom was. "Hey you, come back here. I wanna talk to you".

They had an argument. My brother Noah was not behaving as a good child. My mom was really worried about him. He was the problem child in the family. Specially in that year when mom met a new guy and introduced him to us.

The guy was really nice and treated her well. I didn't really care about that, but Noah got jealous. He didn't want mom to date anyone. I think he just wanted to protect her since he saw things he should not at a young age.

Some months later, mom found out my brother tried weed with some kids from our school. The principal called her and he got in real trouble. Besides that, Noah never did anything wrong to me nor to Stefani. 

To be continued...