Like My Brothers |Jerome/Jeremiah Valeska| (COMPLETED)

Chapter 3

I start to hear laughter and it keeps growing stronger. I try to ignore it, but it won't stop. Then, I see Jerome. He grabs insanity gas and sprays it in my face. I then start to laugh... and laugh... and laugh.....

I wake up and realize it was all just a dream. I noticed I'm sitting on a bed, but the room was dark. I search for a light and finally turn one on. This place looks familiar. Like the mobile home I lived in when I was a kid.

"Jersey! Get out here! The party is about to start!" Someone shouts. Party? Jeremiah took me to a party? I open the door and slowly start to walk out. This place seriously does look familiar. "Finally! You're here!" I look up and see a woman. Why the hell does she look like my mom?

"W-Where am I? What's going on?" I ask.

"Are you serious? We're celebrating their birthdays right now!" She says. I turn to the left and see 2 younger boys.

"A-And these are who?"

"Your brothers? Jerome and Jeremiah?" Oh my god. This can't be real.

"How is this happening?" I ask as I start to shake.

"What do you mean? We planned this out for weeks!"

"N-No this isn't right! They're 18 now!" I back up and bump into the counter.

"Are you okay, Jersey?" Jeremiah asks.

"No! What the hell did you do?" I ask.

"Jersey! Language!" Mom says.

"B-But they're supposed to be 25. They're older than me and I'm 23!"

"Honey, you're 8." Oh no. What the hell happened? I look in a mirror and see a younger version of me. I scream and start to back up again. "Sweetie, what's wrong?"

"I-I don't know! This isn't how it's supposed to be! Jeremiah's supposed to leave a-and-"

"Why would he leave?" Jerome asks.

"Because you tried to kill him!"

"I would never do that! He's my bro! We don't kill each other!"

"Jeremiah! I know you're making this up!" I then start hearing laughter as they all stand up. "Stop it! This isn't right! No! Stop!" I shout as everyone gets closer and laughs. Then, out of nowhere, everyone disappears. And the room gets dark. "What the hell are you doing?! This isn't funny, Jeremiah!"

"Oh, I know it isn't Jersey. This is the time you realize that we all are close!" The lights then turn on and I see Jerome, Jeremiah, and mom in front of me. Now, they're older.

"There you are! We were all so worried about you!" My mom says.

"Leave me alone!" I start to cry.

"Jersey! That's no way to talk to your mother!"

"This isn't happening. Y-You two are dead!" I say to mom and Jerome.

"We're not dead, sis! We're right here!" Jerome says.

"I saw your bodies right in front of me!"

"I think you just miss us. You've been gone for so long. It might've felt like we were dead..."

"N-No! That's not true!"

"Come on, Jersey. Join us." Jeremiah says, he then holds his hand out. "Let's all be close again!" They all start laughing again.

"Join us. Join us. Join us! Join Us! JOIN US!" They shout. I plug my ears and close my eyes.

"STOP!" I shout, and they all disappear again. Another light turns on after a few minutes and it just shows Jeremiah. "Why the hell are you doing this?"

"Like I said before, I want us to be close again. In order to do that, I had to show you what it's like now that me and Jerome get along."

"It's not real. They're dead!"

"That may be true, but hopefully that showed you. Now, for the final moment."

"Which is?" Another light turned on and revealed Jerome.

"Deciding if you trust both of us."

"I trust him." Jeremiah holds his hand up.

"Ah, but wait until I prove my point."

"What point?"

"Think about it Jersey. Would you rather trust someone who killed our mother? Or someone who killed someone only because of insanity gas?"

"He killed her because of you! You left, we got hurt, and he just did what's best!"

"But who went to jail for that?"

"I wanted to!"

"But did you really? Or were you too scared to go back to the circus?" I stood there in silence. He started to chuckle. "Exactly! Also, I don't plan on turning you evil."

"Then why turn him evil?"

"I never TURNED him evil. He was evil to begin with. I just helped him out."

"Yeah and look where that got you. We lost him, and that's why I can't trust you!"

"Which brings me to my last point." He walks up to me and puts his hand on my shoulder. "Jersey, I never wanted to hurt you. I actually wanted you to stay with me. But, mom didn't want that. Neither did our uncle. They wanted you to stay with Jerome. Because they thought you'd be just like him. But, I knew deep down you weren't. And to this day, I still feel bad for what happened. I never wanted to leave. But, they wanted me to. I had no choice! Now, they're all gone. And we both have no other family member to look up to. Except for each other." I start to tear up. "I know I'll never be like Jerome. But, I would like to be close. So please, Jersey." He holds his hand out. "Will you give me another chance?" I sit there for a moment.

"If you want me to give you another chance, why do this?"

"Because, this way I can show you that I have changed. I may look like a bad guy, but deep down I still care. Please Jersey, just give me one last chance." I wipe my tears from my eyes. After a couple of minutes, I sigh and shake his hand. "Thank you so much."

"One more mistake and we're done, got that?"

"Got it." After that, everything goes dark again. I walked out of the trailer and to the police department.

Hey everyone! So this will be the last chapter I'm publishing for the night. I do have chapter 4 and 5 done, but then it feels like too much publishing in one day. But, I will post one more thing. Some might hate this, I honestly don't know. I will post trailers. I don't do it to spoil anything. Sometimes it's just ideas that I have. So they might not even happen. But I like to do that for some of my stories to give everyone an idea of the story throughout. I usually try to publish them after the first few chapters. Again, not trying to spoil, just giving ideas of the overall story. Plus, I won't say who says it. So it will be a total mystery :)