The Four Musketeers

4: Eclipse

Bram's P.O.V
When I got home, I went straight up to my room. I didn't feel like sticking around downstairs to see what torment my brothers could come up with. As I was opening my bedroom door, I got yanked backwards, making me fall onto my back like my backpack was top heavy. I sighed, and looked up at a smirking Griffin. He said, "So, I'm bored, and figured I'd ask what you'd rather have. Swirly, wedgie, or a beating?"
I rolled onto my side and stood up, "I don't know, neither?"
Griffin shook his head, "You've got to pick one egghead."

I squinted, "Pick my poison?"

Griffin smirked. I rolled my eyes and sighed, throwing my backpack down in the process, "Wedgie I guess."

Griff laughed, then turned me around, put his cold hands down my pants, grabbed my underwear strap, and jerked up as hard as he could. Within a matter of minutes, I was floating above the ground. I squirmed in pain. I said, "Griff, come on."

Griffin said, "How's It feel bitch?"

I said, "Come on! Please let me down Griff!"

He yanked up even harder, making my eyes tear up. Finally, he released, and I fell back to the ground, on my feet....just like a cat. I immediately started picking at the wedgie, trying to relieve myself. Griff rubbed my head, then put me in a headlock. I struggled to get out of it, but he was so much stronger than me, that it was pretty much useless. I said, "Why aren't you doing this Jasp and Landis??"

Griff said, "You're easier to throw around."

I rolled my eyes, and kept struggling against his ever tightening grip. Finally, he let me go, and threw me to the ground. Then, as if on cue, Jasper and Landis walked in. Griffin looked at them and smirked. Jasper and Landis's eyes widened, then they ran, Griff chasing after them.
I sighed, bent down to grab my backpack, then went upstairs. Griffin always torments all of us. Normally Jasper gets it the worst, but all of us get beat up. Sometimes, it's even Griffin and Jasper teaming up against Landis and I.
    I closed my bedroom door, threw my backpack on the floor, then laid on my bed, and looked at my phone. I had a 1500 word paper due in a few days that I should've been working on, but I just didn't feel like doing it. What didn't seem like more than a few minutes later, when in reality it was around an hour later, Griffin and Jasper barged into my room, throwing Landis on my bed next to me. I said, "What the hell?"
The tables had turned rather quickly in just an hour. Thankfully, my mom walked in downstairs and yelled, "Boys! I grabbed something out for dinner! Come on downstairs and eat!"

Landis and I sighed, and made our way downstairs to eat dinner. As we passed Jasper and Griffin, Jasper said, "After dinner, we're all gonna play a game. Just us 4." Landis, and I stopped in our tracks, and gulped. I looked at Landis with wide eyes, him doing the same to me. I turned back to Griff and Jasp, "What'd we even do?"

Griffin said, "Somebody went into my room and used up all of my cologne."

Jasper said, "And somebody used my hair gel, and left a mess in the bathroom; Wasting all of it. We know it was one of you two who done this stuff.

Landis and I said In unison, "It wasn't me!"

We looked at each other, not being able to believe the other was lying so well.

Griff and Jasp pushed us toward the stairs, motioning us to head downstairs, Griff said, "Hope you're looking forward to the game."

We ran downstairs to the dining room, where we saw our mom setting out plates and glasses, two big bags of Buddy's barbeque in the middle of the table. We all sat down, and waited for dad to get home. Sure enough, as if by clock work, he walked through the front door, took his brief case upstairs, then came and had dinner with us. We said the prayer, then began eating. At first, all you could hear was forks clinging against plates, and glasses being sat down. My dad cleared his throat, "Um, so boys, your mom and I have something we need to talk to you about."

My mom nodded, "Yes, so your dad, and I are going to go out of town, just for one night, for a little date night, and to see the lunar eclipse."

I said, "You're not going to watch it here with us?"

Griffin said, "You literally sound like a such a baby right now."

I said, "Shut up."

Jasper said, "Is baby gonna miss mommy and daddy when they go on their trip?"

I said, "No! Shut up!

Landis ruffled my hair, "Aw, little baby."

I pushed him away, then punched his arm. He punched me back...like 10 times harder. They all laughed at me as I held my arm in pain.

My dad said, "That's enough! And no Bram, we are not. This trip was planned way before we even heard about the eclipse; Now, It's just kind of a bonus to our date night."

I rolled my eyes, and sighed. My mom said, "While we're away though, Griffin is in charge."

Jasper, Landis, and I said in unison, "WHAT?!"

Landis said, "Mom! We don't need a babysitter."

My dad said, "Griff's not a babysitter. He's just here, and in charge in case something happens."

Griff looked at all of us and smirked. This was going to be a long weekend. I hope the Eclipse makes it at least bearable.