B as in Brothers

AN: Here is my second story. I am by no means finished with VIA but this idea just came to me so here goes :)

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It's hard being the only girl in the family. It is especially hard when that family consists of nine kids and two parents.

And one of those parents is an alcoholic who is is either passed out or is at some club probably f**king some guy 10 years younger than her. Yeah I know, I complain too much. It's just my personality, I have been told I'm a bit of a pessimist.

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"BROOKE!!! WHERE ARE YOU?!?" My twin brother, Tucker, shouted. I knew he was angry so I giggle and ran to my room, locking the door behind me. "BROOKE I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU TOLD MELISSA THAT I HAVE HERPES!!!"

"Aww come one Tucky! I was just protecting you! I mean she probably has every STD in the book. I don't want you getting sick." I replied from behind the door. The doorknob jiggled and I heard Tucker growl.

"Brooke. I. WILL. F**KING. KNOCK. DOWN. YOUR. DOOR." he shouted. "Ok Tucky, have fun trying! Dad got a new extra strength one after last time." I said, smirking.

"HEY! YOU TWO! SHUT UP! I'm trying to get some sleep here!"

"JACOB!!" Tucker and I shouted at the same time.

"Jeez... Somebody needs to go buy duct tape." Jacob said, perfectly calm. He was still here after graduating last year, and he was the most protective of me besides Tucker. I loved my brother, he could just be really annoying.

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As I got ready for school my little brother came crying. "Brooooooky!!! Jack is after me he is gonna k-k-kill meeee!!!"

"Oh Brian, why would Jack do that?" I said while picking him up.

"Because I s-s-stole is ballooooons!! they are wrapped in funny packages!"

I laughed and said, "Where are they?" He reached into is pocket and pulled out a whole wad of condoms. I smiled and took them from him. "Ok you stay right here and I will deal with Jack" I said, smiling

I walked out of my room and closed the door.

"Jackson William Jones!" Come here right now!"

Jack walked up looking at me defiantly.

"What do you want Brooke?" he sneered

"Why the f**k do you have a bunch of condoms? You are thirteen years old!! You should not be having sex yet!" I whisper yelled at him. His face turned red and then he mumbled an apology and ran back to his room.

I smiled triumphantly at his back, when I heard my dad chuckle from behind me.

"Sometimes I think that you are better with them than I am." he said smiling sadly.

"No, I just know how to act." I said while hugging him, "Plus growing up with eight brothers does help, a lot!" I said, giggling slightly. "Anyways family meeting downstairs in five." he called over his shoulder as he walked away.

I shrugged and finished getting ready for school. When I went down all my brothers were already there. Tucker saw what I was wearing and immediately shook his head,

"No. Absolutely not! You are not wearing THAT on the first day of senior year Brooke! you will embarrass me!" I looked down at my outfit. I was wearing my ratty pink converse with black jeans. My red tank top had a small black skull on it and my favorite black leather jacket.

"Oh no poor you and your reputation!" I retorted angrily trying to push away the hurt that I felt. This always happened, I should have been used to it.

I looked at my brothers sitting on the couches. There was Mike who was the oldest at 30, he was visiting and was leaving in a week. Mike was a children's doctor and had to get back. Then came Percy who was 27 who was also visiting. Percy was an architect.

After Percy was Eddie who was 25 and still lived with us because he couldn't keep a job. Josh was next and he was 22 and he also still lived with us. Josh was a therapist and sometimes I felt like he was the only one who could see through my mask whenever something and it was all about the boys.

Then Jacob came next and he was 19. Jacob worked at the grocery store. Then came Me and Tucker and we were 18. I worked at the museum, I'm an artist. It calmed me down whenever I needed it. I'm more of a loner while Tucker is head jock. Tucker was so sweet, but sometimes his popularity got to his head.

After us was Dean who was the snarky 15 year old. And then was Jack who was 13. And last but not least was Brian who was 4.

"So why the family meeting dad?" I asked, ignoring Tucker.

"Well, your and Tucker's first day of senior year, I thought that we could get each of you something nice." He said. I knew that my dad made enough money.

We weren't poor but we weren't extremely rich. We had probably a little more than enough. "What did you get me?" asked Brian. I laughed and picked him up. "I got you some lollipops, your favorite flavor." I said while pulling them out of my bag.

"YAY!!!!" he shouted.

"Anyways," my dad continued, "Tucker, we got you a car." My dad said while tossing him the keys. "Sweet!!" Tucker said and ran to the garage.

I looked at my dad and he handed me a box. "And Brooke, we went shopping at Macy's for you, but Tucker's car was expensive so we ended up just going to Walmart for some clothes for you. Is that ok?"

I felt a pang as a little piece of my heart broke. "Yeah dad that totally fine! Thank you so much!" I said with a fake cheeriness. "I'm going to put this stuff upstairs, I'll be right back." I said, trying not to cry.

I saw Josh looking at me sympathetically when he said, "I'll help." and walked upstairs next to me. Josh has always been a man of few words. When we got to my room he hugged me. "I'm so sorry Brooky" he whispered in my ear.

"It's ok.....really I'm fine" I said, knowing that Josh would get all Therapist on me if I told him. "Well I should get going I don't want to be late on my first day do I?" I said, fake laughing. "I'm just going to walk, I think Tucker left already anyway." I said, knowing that Tucker left as soon as he got into his car. This was going to be a long day, I thought.

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AN: So this is it! :) just letting people know, I will be updating each story once a week and I will try to keep my updates consistent :)

<3, BlueBirds_