Hanging With The Mayorga Brothers

The Signals?

"Hey Nick? There are strange lights outside," Andre said, peering out his window. Nick stood besides his baby brother, with an arm wrapped around him protectively. Andre glanced again and gasped. Nick picked him up and carried him to his room. They sat on Nick's bed and Nick placed his hands on Andre's cheeks.

"No matter what may happen, I'll be by your side through thick and thin," he said, hugging Andre close to him. Andre wrapped his arms around Nick, returning the hug. "I love you, Andre, I would never let anyone hurt you. Or else they would have to deal with me and Anthony." "I love you too, Nicky," Andre returned, before closing his eyes and embracing his brother as he began to sleep.

Nick placed Andre in his arms, with his arms wrapped around him like a baby holding onto their mom. Anthony and Michael walked into Nick's room as he rocked Andre to sleep. "Hey Nick? What's up?" Mike whispered as to not wake Andre.
Nick pointed to Andre and mouthed, 'Later'. Michael and Anthony noticed and left. As Andre slept peacefully on Nick's bed, Nick slipped out to join Anthony and Michael.

"So, what did you guys want to talk about?" Nick asked, playing with his fingers. As Mike pulled up a picture on his phone, a scream echoed down the hall from Nick's room. "Andre!" He yelled, jumping to his room and shoving the door open. Andre buried his head into Nick's chest as Nick held him tightly. "What happened? I got you now, 'Dre, tell me," he asked quietly in his brother's ear.

"I had a bad dream! It was scary and when I woke up, I saw the lights again! Don't leave me alone again, Nick!" Andre sobbed. Mike and Anthony came into the room as Andre kept crying fearfully. "It'll be ok, me and Anthony aren't going to leave you anywhere alone unless your with us or Michael," Nick said softly as he ran his hand on Andre's back in the same spot a couple of times.

Michael nodded as Andre met his eyes. Andre buried his head into Nick's neck, shivering. Nick grabbed a blanket from his bed and wrapped it around both him and Andre. Anthony closed the window, locked it,  and closed the curtains so Andre could keep calm. Nick carried the blanket that Andre was wrapped in and Michael grabbed other blankets for the three older boys as they went to sleep on the couch.

Two hours go by and a howl broke the silence. Andre covered his ears to block out the noise. Nick put his arms around Andre as Michael peeked out the window. His mouth dropped open as he scrambled back to the couch. "There's a wolf!" he said quietly but loud enough for the brothers to hear him. "Andre, stay with Mike, ok? Nick and I are going to go grab some more blankets," Anthony said, rustling Andre's hair.

Andre nodded and climbed over to Michael and brought the blanket from Nick's room. As his brothers snuck to the closet, Andre's eyes began to droop down. Michael put an arm around Andre as he fell asleep. Shining his flashlight around, he saw Nick and Anthony come walking back, arms full of pillows and blankets.

"Andre fell asleep," he answered as Nick held Andre while they dropped onto the couch. Nick smiled softly as he kissed the top of Andre's head and whispered,"Good night."