Oh Brother

Drunk

"For one hour? You locked your sister in the basement for an hour?" Mom massages her temples as she stares blankly at Ethan And Grayson.

I laugh to myself. She thinks that's bad? If only she knew what else they do.

Everyone looks over at me.

"She's fine. Look she's over it now." Ethan says, gesturing towards me.

Mom frowns at Ethan.

"Boys apologise to your sister."

Only Grayson apologises. Ethan just stands there looking at the floor.

"Ethan." Mom says sternly.

"I'm not apologising."

Of course. Stubborn Ethan at his finest.

"It's okay he doesn't have to." I say

"Maybe he'd be able to construct a grammatically correct apology if he wasn't failing English." I say, as a grin grows on my face.

Ethan's eyes widen as he snaps his head to look at me. He looks like he could strangle me to death.

Grayson looks at me too. He looks shocked.

"Ethan please tell me she's joking." Mom sighs.

When he doesn't say anything, Mom puts her head in her hands.

"Here's the deal. You fail one more class or get another dention and your grounded for a month and I'm taking your car keys."

It was then that I had realised what I had just done. I had snitched on my brother.

Oh shit.

Ethan starts arguing with mom as I start to head upstairs. I hear footsteps as I turn around and see Grayson following.

Once we make It out of ears each from the kitchen he grabs my arm.

"What a snitch. Ethan's gonna kill you."

I pull my arm away and go to my room.

Do I sit and wait for Ethan to come and bash me or do I leave?

I check my phone again and look at Grace's message.

Fuck it.

I'm going to that party.

I message Grace and tell her to meet me down the street from my house.

A knock comes from the door. It doesn't sound like a Ethan kind of knock: He doesn't knock.

I slowly open the door to see mom, I open it all the way now.

"I'm going to bed now honey." She says, rubbing her eyes.

"Yeah me too, it's been a big day." I lie.

Mom stands there and smiles at me.

"Goodnight." I say with a smile, trying to get rid of her.

I see someone walk up the stairs as my eyes snap over, I make eye contact with Ethan.

He's been crying?

He shakes his head at me before mouthing 'you're dead.' He walks over to his room as I quickly shut the door and lock it.

I try and do my makeup as fast as I can.

I didn't mind the outfit I was wearing so I put on some perfume and grabbed a jacket.

I heard a voice that sounded like Ethan's, I turned off my lights, grabbed my shoes in one hand and my phone and tucked it into my pocket.