Found (BxB)

CHAPTER 9

I got up when my alarm rang today. I got up, brushed my teeth, took a shower and dressed up. I put Kaden's jacket in my bag to give it back to him today, and made sure to put some extra money so I could pay him back for the McDonalds, despite knowing he would be a stubborn ass and wouldn't want my money. It didn't matter, I would give it to him, he wanting it or not.

As I closed my bag, a knock sounded on my door and it was opened to reveal my brother putting his head in. His eyebrows shot up in surprise when he saw I was already dressed and ready to school.

"Hey" He gritted "You're going to school today?"

I nodded and hummed, placing my bag over my shoulder and walking towards him to get out of my room. We went downstairs together and I could notice Jonathan analysing me like I was an experiment that could blow up at any minute. I didn't know if he was acting like this because I was clearly in a better mood today and yesterday I was completely shit, or if he was still skeptical about the whole jacket thing, or even if he was still shocked about finding out I pretended almost all my happiness at school and home. 

"Good morning, boys" Dad smiled at us as soon as we stepped into the kitchen "Your mom left early for work and your sisters already left to school because they wanted to 'talk with their science teacher if they could analyse different types of atoms for their project'"

"Nerds" Jonathan scoffed.

"You should thank them" I told him "If they weren't so smart, our parents would be much harder on you for being so dumb"

I was joking, of course, so I expected to Jonathan send me an annoyed glare or even hit me like siblings normally did. But he only looked at me in surprise, like he would never expect me saying that to him ever.

"It's true" Dad chuckled.

My brother seemed to be pushed back to reality and snapped his gaze to our father, rolling his eyes in annoyance but saying nothing. I thought that strange. Jonathan usually didn't shut up and always had the last word in petty arguments.

"Well, I'm heading off to work" Dad told us "Don't skip so many classes!" He waved us goodbye and left our house.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked Jonathan as soon as our dad left the house.

"What do you mean?"

"You acted like I had just told you I wanted to stab our whole family"

"Exaggerated" He snorted.

I kept staring at him, waiting for an explanation. First of all, he keeps looking at me that weird way. Then he doesn't know how to talk to me anymore. What the hell is wrong with him? Is this because he saw my breakdown? I was beginning to feel a little nervous by letting my brother see this side of me.

"I just wasn't expecting for you to say anything at all today, that's all" He shrugged "I thought you'd be in a sour mood considering what happened the last few days"

"Well, I'm feeling better today" I told him "Can you just... act normal with me?"

"I'm acting normal" He snorted again. Seriously, the amount of times he snorted was irritating.

"No, you're looking me like I'm a freak" I said, despite actually being a freak. But Jonathan didn't know that "And stop snorting! You're annoying me!"

"Sorry" He ignored the last part of my sentences "I didn't mean to make you feel like a freak. It's just new to me everything that happened, but I won't act weird around you anymore. I promise"

"Thank you" I replied "Now let's go to school or we'll be late"

We went to the car and Jonathan tried to make small talk like he always did in all the rides. I felt like, if he already knew I was faking a good part of my interactions with him and everyone else, I didn't have to fake around him anymore. I actually didn't want to fake around anyone anymore. So I didn't say anything while he kept babbling about everything that came into his mind.