Making Friends...

Chapter seven, I blew up the closet...

I woke the next day and it was quiet, at eleven am. With a sigh I rolled out of bed and got dressed, I went downstairs and saw the pile of dishes in the sink then realization hit me like a brick. Noah's Friend hunter kissed me, I liked it, he asked me out and I said yes. I made a mistake.

I sat down in one of the stools at the kitchen counter and put my head in my arms, I heard light footsteps come into the kitchen but ignored it. "Emerson?" Remington asked making me lift my head from my arms "what?" I replied a little coldly forgetting that I was talking to my brother and not Noah. "What's wrong?" He sat down in the stool next to me and turned so he could see my face.

"Nothing, just tired" I replied shortly and stood up to make a tea "bullshit" Remington said harshly making me flinch "I'm tired of your lying Emerson, I understand that your not too happy with Sebastian and I right now but your starting to lie to us. It's been going on for a while now and I know that Noah isn't the reason your lying because it's been going on for over two years" he added making me sigh "it's nothing Remington, I'm just tiered" I pushed and pulled out a mug and tea bag.

"Nothing my ass! Emerson I care about you, you need to tell me what's going on, if your depressed it's nothing to be ashamed about" I turned on my older brother who was sitting in the stool still but he had a pleading look on his face "I'm not fucking depressed Remington!" I yelled then took a breath, I have to tell him, he deserves to know "I like guys for fucks sake!" I added and stormed out of the kitchen forgetting about my tea.

I walked passed a shocked looking Remington to get out and he tried to stop me, I pushed my way passed him and walked into the living room, Remington ran after me "Emerson stop it!" He yelled and grabbed onto my arm, I whirled on him with a furious expression "what?! Why should I have to stop for you? Huh, you've done nothing but leave me alone when I asked! And when I stopped asking you stopped coming around Remington! When I stopped asking I didn't have the energy to tell you to go away, I didn't need my brother I needed my friend!" I said and ripped my arm out of his grip.

From the noise Sebastian came out of his room and Noah came downstairs, both without shirts but at least Sebastian had the decency to be tugging one on. "Why didn't you tell us Emerson? Why didn't you tell me that you needed me?" Remington asked calmly "because I thought that you'd have enough brain sells to figure out that I needed you myself. I didn't tell you guys because I didn't want to be treated differently god damnit!" Remington flinched, he was about to say something when Sebastian interrupted.

"What's going on? Why are you two fighting?" He said walking up to the two of us "we're not fucking fighting Sebastian" Remington said irritated, Sebastian sighed "then why are you yelling at each other?" "Because-" Remington started "because I'm into guys" I cut him off and turned to leave again but Noah was standing in the staircase. I turned and walked towards the door "Emerson, wait!" Sebastian called behind me, I ignored him and reached for the doorknob "Emerson!" He yelled again, I twisted the knob and opened the door "EMERSON STOP!" Sebastian continued yelling, I took a step out of the door and was about to slam it shut when "EMERSON BARRET KROPP GET BACK IN HERE NOW!" Was shouted angrily, from Sebastian. I stopped dead in my tracks and slowly turned back to him standing in the hallway connecting the kitchen, living room and outside door in one hall.

I stepped back inside and closed the door behind me, walking back to the living room I glared at Noah who looked like he was in pain mentally. Sebastian pointed to the couch and I sat down, Remington sat down on the couch too and Sebastian sat down on the table in from of me, he put his hands on his knees and looked down at the ground "I'm sorry" he whispered "I shouldn't have yelled at you like that" I shook my head even though I knew he couldn't see me do it "it's fine" I said "no it's not, your upset I shouldn't have yelled at you" he argued quietly, I sighed.

Sebastian made a sniffling noise then looked up, he was crying, my big brother was crying "S-Sebastian? Why are you crying. What's wrong?" I asked him worriedly "I'm so sorry you had to keep that from us, I've been so focused on keeping everything with the band and the house Okay I never stopped to think of how your doing, I haven't been the best brother I could be" he said, I pushed back tears "it's okay Sebastian really, you've been the best brother I could ask for, you've always been there for me and to prove that your an amazing older brother you didn't let me walk out of that door just now" I said, he was about to protest but Remington interrupted "he's right Seb, I've been the bad brother, I ignored him when he needed me the most. I'm sorry Emerson"

I shook my head "I didn't mean that Remington-" "no it's fine, it's what you meant, I'm going to be there for you from now on" involuntarily the tears fell, Remington reached over and brought Sebastian and I into a hug, we cried into each other's shoulders.

After we stopped crying I looked up and saw that Noah was no longer there, "so, does Shy know that your gay?" Remington asked, I nearly choked "is she okay with it?" He added, I shook my head violently "you should tell-" he was saying but I cut him off "she knows! She knows! She's fine with it and, I'm not gay, I'm bisexual. There is something I need you to know though" Remington and Sebastian nodded "Shy and I were never dating, she's my best friend and was merely helping me prevent you two from trying to get me dates" I said, Remington gasped dramatically "you lied! Sebastian he lied about Shy! We need to find him someone! Why would he lie to us!" He said, Sebastian sighed "because what you just said Rem" he told him, I laughed as Remington's mouth made an O shape.

We talked for a while longer and then I went back up to my room and told Shy about me telling my brothers that I'm bi, she was happy to say the least and told me that she had just gotten an actual boyfriend.

"What what are you going to do about Hunter?" Shy asked the million dollar question. I groaned.
"I'm gonna go out with him" I told her.
"Do you really want to?" She asked, I thought about it for a minute then decided to just tell her the truth.
"No, but I already said I would go out with him, I'll just tell him that I'm not that interested in dating when we go out"
I could just sense the disappointment Shy was feeling.
"Bad idea Emerson, bad idea. If anything, guys hate that even more than being ditched" she said.
"Yeah but what if I really do want to date the guy?"
"Then date him, I don't know, just don't come crying to me when he gets upset about it all"
"What a great friend you are" I said making her laugh.
"Okay, I'm gonna go, I'm supposed to be having dinner with my parents and my boyfriend"
"Wow, so soon?"
"Yeah well I made the mistake of posting about it on Facebook and my mum saw it"
"Good luck than, tell your mum I said hi and I miss her too"
"Okay, love you, bye"
"Love you too, bye"

I hung up and put my phone down then went to my desk and started drawing with my music on in my earbuds.
An hour later I just sat staring at my wall in front of me, 'I need to call Hunter' i thought and pickle dup my phone. I clicked on Hunter's contact and clicked call, he answered on the second ring.

"Hey Emerson, what up?"
"Hi, um I need to talk to you"
"Oh, serious, okay I'm listening"
"I can't go on that date with you, I wanted to tell you that I wasn't interested in dating on the date but that's not fare to you. I'm sorry"
He was quiet for a moment.
"It's fine Emerson, I'm glad you told me. Maybe we can hang out as friends then sometime"
"That would be nice"
"Okay, well I gotta go, my sister is calling me and it's probably about our dad"
"Okay, bye Hunter"
"Bye Emerson"

I sighed as he hung up then put my phone down and went back to drawing.

(Noah darlings POV) It has been hours since the boys had their conversation with Emerson and I still wasn't feeling any better, at least they still cared about him.

I don't know what to do anymore, I miss my brother, he was super supportive but our parents just threw me out and forbade him from seeing me. I just wish I could see him again.

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Sorry for the short chapter but I needed to end it that way because it was starting to get a tad boring.

I will have the next chapter up soon and it will be interesting, a little cringy but hopefully heart warming.

Okay thank you for reading, I know the chapters are inconsistent and a little all over the place but I'm trying, i don't know what I was really thinking when I started this and was about to ditch it until I saw that there was a few of you actually reading it.

Love truly
Emily 🖤