Oh Brother

Alone

"How do you know about my English essay?" Ethan asks, suddenly turning serious.

"Ms Podgrem... told me... to tell you that you need to have it done and hand it to her tomorrow." I manage to spit out.

He puts his face in his hands and runs his fingers through his hair.

"Fuck." Hegroans.

I feel a grin grow across my face. I clear my throat.

"Aren't you getting your car taken off you if you get another detention? And if you don't hand this English essay in tomorrow... doesn't that mean that you'll get a detention?" I smirk.

Ethan gives me a cold glare before it turns into a evil look. A look I knew all to well.

He grins as steps closer to me

"Well Mom won't be finding out about my essay... and I won't be getting a dention." He states calmly.

"W-what do you mean?" I ask, puzzled.

"You'll do it for me and have it done by tomorrow." He says, very matter of fact.

I had to refrain from bursting out in laughter. He had to be joking.
But then I looked at his face... he wasn't joking.

"I'm not doing it! Why should I?" I scoff.

5 minutes later

"Ethan go away!" I shriek as I bolt up the stairs.

I manage to get to the top before hearing Ethan right behind me. It is very, very hard to outrun my brothers.

My body pumps with adrenaline as I run as fast as I can towards my room. As I reach the door knob I grab ahold of it before my chance of freedom is snatched away. I land on the ground as Ethan rips me backwards by my hoodie.

"So are you going to do my English essay?" He grins looking down at me.

"No way." I pant.

He shrugs as he cracks out his neck and back.

"Guess I'll have to make you do it then."

Before I can fit in another word Ethan grabs both my ankles as he drags me down the hall.

"Let me go!" I yell, trying desperately to break free.

As my brother drags me into the direction of the bathroom I'm filled with panic.

"ETHAN! Don't even think about it!" I yell, terrified.

I'm dragged into the bathroom when I begin begging as if my life depended on it.

With no such luck I'm dragged over to the toilet bowl.

He lets go of my ankle as I try to crawl away. Only to be dragged back. Forcing me onto my knees I try to push my self as far away from the toilet as possible.

"Ethan please don't that's disgusting!"
I pant, worn out from fighting back.

Using all his force he has my head just above the toilet bowl.

"So are you going to do my English essay for me?" He grins. I hated seeing him like this. All smug because he had power of me.

"Have fun failing English.. because I'm not doing it." I spit back.

"Suit yourself then. Any last words?" He laughs.

Before I know it he shoves my head into the toilet.

I let out a scream which is muffled out by the toilet water. I shut my eyes as I hold my breath.
He flushes the toilet as my hair swirls around my face.

He pulls my head out of the water as I gasp for air pushing myself up from the toilet bowl. Only to be mercilessly shoved back in again.

I tap my hand on the toilet seat as if I were tapping out. As he pulls me back up I start choking and gasping trying to spit out a sentence.

"I-I'll...D-d-do it! I'll do it!" I say while violently gasping for air.

He lets go of me as I collapse down to the ground catching my breath.

"That's what I thought." He smirks.

Asshole.

A towel lands on me as I use it to dry myself.

"Cmon Billy boy, we've got work to do." Ethan chirps. "And by we... I mean you." He snickers. And with that he leaves the bathroom.

I finish cleaning myself off, and then I slowly trudge towards the boys room.

I wait outside the door for a minute. Debating with myself.

Don't knock on the door. Don't do his essay. If you run away now he won't catch you.

Just do the essay. You know it will end badly if you don't.

He'll get a dentention if you don't do it! Mom will be so angry with him that she'll ground him and take his car away! Doesn't that sound like something he deserves?

But then he'll be at home more which gives him more time to torture you.

That was enough to snap me out of my thoughts. I didn't like that idea so I knocked on the door.

"Come in."

I couldn't tell if the voice belonged to Ethan or Grayson but I opened the door anyways.

Ethan is over at his desk clearing all of his stuff off it.

He looks at me and then back to his laptop and a stack of papers on the desk.

He explains what the essay is actually on and how many words it has to be. He obviously had no idea what the topic was about but luckily I was smarter and had more of an idea than he did.

"Oh by the way, Gray and I are going to a party. We'll be back before Mom gets home but you'll still be alone for a couple of hours." He says

"E-Ethan can you stay home? Don't leave me here alone." I say quietly.

"What are you so afraid of? Nothing will happen. We won't be too long. You're fine!" He says. Surprisingly he didn't make fun of me being afraid or mock me.

"It's due tommorow so if it's not done tonight I'll beat you senseless." He dead pans, going back to his normal self.

My panic must have shown because he started laughing. I wasn't worried because I had to finish a whole essay In a short time frame. I was worried because the thought of having to face Ethan if I didn't get it finished in time scared the shit out of me.

"I'm kidding! Jesus Bailey." He smirks as he slaps the side of my face.

"But it better be done by the time I'm back and tell Mom anything you shouldn't and I will kill you." He says grabbing his phone and putting it in his pocket.

With that said he walks out of the room slamming the door behind him.

"Bye, loser!" He calls from the other side.

I take a deep breath in as I look around the room. I always hated being in there alone. It's so dark and messy. I always fear my brothers catching me in there even when they let me in.

I hear the front door open and shut and a few seconds later the car started up.

Once they left, deafening silence consumed the house. I was happy I would be left alone for a few hours but nervous to be alone.

'What's the worst that can happen?' I ask trying to concinve myself I'm okay.

Lots can happen actually...
What if you don't finish Ethan's essay?
What if mom comes home and asks where they boys are?
What if something happens while your alone?

I turn my focus back to the laptop in front of me.
This would be a long night

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