Oh Brother

Taking a turn for the worst

I slowly wake up as I begin to be one with my surroundings again.
What happened?
As I sit up in bed I remember everything.
I look for my phone.
My heart skips a beat as I feel someone else in the bed. My head snaps to my left as I recognise Ethan.
Was I dreaming?

"Can you walk?" He says plainly.

"I think so?"

"Great, get up. We're going downstairs." He says getting out of my bed and walking out the door.

I follow slowly. Confused of what he had planned.

I watch him as he makes his way into the kitchen.

"What do you want to eat?" He says leaning onto the counter.

"I-I'm not hungry." I murmur, looking at the tiles.

"Of course." He mumbles, seeming annoyed.

He hands me a sandwich on a plate.

"Eat." He says firmly.

I look up to see him staring right me. He rolls his eyes.

"Please." He adds.

I push the plate aside.

"Screw you." I sneer. His face shows a look of shock.

"Bailey."

"No, don't pretend that you care now. Now that you've gone too far and you're only doing this to make yourself feel better!" I yell.

My heart starts pumping harder then it has in a while.

"Bailey just eat the fucking food. Stop being so dramatic, it's for your benefit."

"You have no idea what's going on. So don't act like you do because you don't care Ethan, you don't care now and you haven't for a long time." I yell. On the verge of tears

Something in me wants to apologise. Something in me would have start running by now.

Ethan looks like he wants to apologise too.

But then he opens his mouth, and fucks it all up.

"Fine! You're only doing all this for attention anyway! You're so fucking hard to please I swear to god. I give you the attention you want and then you just push it away. Everyone's life would have been easier if you were never born." He yells, something in his face changes.

I don't pay attention to it as my vision is blurred with tears. I step backwards. My heart is aching

"I hate you." I spit.

I run towards the front door. I let myself out as I walk outside I gradually start to walk faster until I'll I'm practically running.

I don't know where I'm going. I don't care. I'm not going home for a while.

Matt

"Run faster Matthew...if I catch you... you're fucking dead."

I use every last bit of power in me to run faster. I'm tackled to the ground as I let out a groan. Pinning me down is Lucas.

He pins my hands to the ground as I try to get him off. I manage to buck him off as I roll he straddles me again.

"Stop..resisting." He sneers.

"Get off of me!" I yell, panting.

I meet my fate as Lucas raises his hand in a fist.

He punches me, hard in the stomach. Making me cough and wheeze.

He punches me in the face and then all over. Over and over again.

"I'm sorry Lucas! I'm sorry please stop." I beg

"You're pathetic, the biggest pussy I know." He smirks.

Another punch lands on me. He stops as he grabs the top of my shirt shoving me into the floor.

"Do that shit again, and I'll Kill you next time I fucking mean it Matt." He sneers

Im scared. I look anywhere but his face.

"Alright?" He says shoving me into the floor again.

I nod.

"Say alright." He sneers.

"Alright!" I yell.

He pushes me into the ground again as he gets off walking away.

"Dickheads!"

I snap up from the ground. Lucas snaps around as well.

"We're leaving for dinner in 10! Don't make me have to tell you again."  Sneers Leo.

My oldest brother. The oldest out of all my cousins. Very big, strong and scary. Lucas pretends he's not scared of him but he is. I think it's why Lucas is the way.. he is. Growing up with a older brother like Leo must've been hard. So now he replicates his trauma onto me.

Lucas and I use to be friends, but now he's just so angry. Constantly angry.

I limp back towards the bathroom. Once I get inside I shut the door and lock it. I make my way to basin, I take off my shirt, looking at all the bruises all over my chest. I touch one that's forming on my rib as I wince. Other then a split lip there's a bruise forming on my cheek.

I don't know how I'm going to hide this from Mom.
Or anyone.

Thank you guys for reading! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Let me know your thoughts on it. How did you like this style?

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