My Eight Loving Brothers

Beatings?!

*Emma's POV*

I woke up to a beautiful sunny morning and smiled to myself. We would finally have the day by the pool today!

I got out of bed and did my business. Then I picked a bikini, but realized that our cousins will be here too, so I choose a swimsuit that covered most of my stomach and some swim shorts. It's not like I don't trust them, I'm just very shy and don't like to show any skin if possible. I slipped into some flip flops and skipped down for breakfast.

I looked forward to seeing my cousins, because I loved them so much! We have 4 cousins, all of them boys again! The oldest one, Sam, is the twins' age and always carries me everywhere. I can't say I love it that much but I don't mind, because I see him only a few times a year.

Then there is Adam, he is a bit younger than Tony. He always wants to know what is happening to me at school, what do I do after school and that stuff, but again I don't mind.

The last ones are twins Ryan and Rick and they are two years younger than me and Ed. They always try to prank us, but usually not successfully.

"Good morning, everyone!" I said happily as I got downstairs where all of my brothers were in their swimsuits and eating there breakfast. I received some 'morning Em' and 'how did you sleep' and that stuff.

I went to the kitchen and decided to have some biscuits with milk. I took the milk out of the fridge and poured it in a glass. Then I remember that the biscuits were on the top shelf again. I stood on my tiptoes and tried to reach it, but I didn't get even close. But then two strong arms gently wrapped around my waist and lifted my up. I took the biscuits successfully and got put back down. I turned around to see who it was and saw Aiden smirking at me.

"Good Morning, Short stuff." He told me while placing a kiss on the top of my head. I frowned at him. "Stop calling me that!" I exclaimed and started punching his chest. He lazily held my both hands in one of his and threw me over his shoulder.

"Hey, put me down!" I shouted but he just took my milk and biscuits and carried me to the table where everyone sat. He sat down on a chair and placed me on his lap. I tried to get away from him but he just tightened his grip on me. I accepted defeat and finally ate my breakfast.

Then we all cleaned our dishes and went in the backyard where our pool is. Just when I wanted to dive in, the bell rang. I looked at Liam and he nodded so I sprinted to the front door.

I opened it and saw all of them standing there, Adam hugging Ryan, who was crying and Rick was on the verge of tears. I looked at Sam and he smiled at me sadly. I ran into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"What's wrong?" I asked Rick hugging him too. "Em, could we tell you inside please?" Sam asked and I quickly helped them with their bags.

They sat on the couch and all of my brothers came in as well. They saw their expressions and sat on the opposite couch with me.

We all looked at Sam questioningly. "Well," he started, "our parents started to abuse us." He said sadly and Ryan let out another cry. "What do you mean?" Owen asked. "Well, they began drinking and when they come home they always take one of us and beat them badly for no reason. Usually it was just me or Sam, but they started beating the twins today so we packed our things and ran away." Adam finished and a tear slid down his cheek.

"So, we just wanted to ask you, if we could stay here with you until we find something else." Sam said and looked at Liam and James. "Of course you can!" Exclaimed Liam. "You are more than welcome to live with us, right guys?" We all nodded and smiled at them with sympathy.

"Jamie?" We heard Aussie ask. "What is abuse?" He asked and tilted his head on one side. "That is when someone hits you badly, Aus." Said Rick, speaking for the first time. His voice was husky and he was hiccuping from all the crying.

"So it's like when I said all these bad words to Emma and Liam smacked my head? That is abuse?" Aus said. James chuckled and put him on his lap."No Aussie, abuse would be if Liam did it a lot of times and with a lot more force." He told him. Austin's eyes widened. "He would do that?" Liam sent glares to James and took Austin off James's lap onto his. "No I would never Aussie! I promise, I would never do that!" He said stroking Austin's hair. Austin nodded, satisfied with that answer and snuggled closer to Liam.

After talking a bit more about their situation, I noticed that Ryan was wincing from pain a lot so I nudged James and nodded my head in Ry's direction. James looked at him for a minute and then asked with concern. "What's wrong buddy? You keep wincing and crying out from pain." Ryan just looked at him and then started crying again. "I'll take a look at him. Emma, Sam, would you mind coming with me?" He asked us. We both got up and I ran up to change out of my swimsuit quickly and James did the same. When we came back, Sam was helping Ry stand up and he was crying from the pain. James quickly scooped him into his arms and took him to his office.

*Sam's POV*

When James said that, my head snapped to Ry. He was really sensitive and he took pain really badly. The guys were super supportive and let us stay with them. I felt a tiny bit of hope come to me. I never want to see those people, who I once called my parents, again. When they hit me, I didn't mind that much. When they hit Adam, it hurt, but I knew that he can protect himself. But when they started beating the twins, I knew I had to do something.

When they were in a bar, I packed some things for us, took my car and drove to our only close family. I hoped that they will let us stay with them for a little while and that came true.

But now I had to focus on my little boy. While James and Emma went to change, I stood him up and he started to cry. I comforted him a little and then James took him in his arms and went to his office.

Hey guys!

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Now, there is a important thing I need to ask you. I had an idea of making a Christmas version of this book and make it like a Advent calendar for you! I will probably write it anyways, but please let me know what would you think about it!

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Claire ❤️