Betraying my Brother

Diners, Parks, and Hearts... Oh My!

It's been almost a week since Andy has talked to me. Both the Buckaneers and the Raiders have won their respected playoff games. They both only have to play in one more game, and if they both win, they play each other for the championship in a little over a week.

I went to Jason's past two games, and I didn't bring a book. I still don't get the game, but I had Rachel with me, so I talked to her most of the time. Jason still felt bad about what happened with my brother, but I would just shrug him off. I knew Jason's feelings were real, and that he had no bad intentions. I also knew my brother would get over it sooner or later.

I was laying down on my bed, finishing up homework when there was a knock on my door. I held my breath as I looked at my closed door. I knew my dad wasn't home, and unless robbers started knocking, it was Andy. Another knock on my door had me jumping off of my bed and running towards my door. I opened the door in a flash and there was my brother standing with his hands in his front pocket staring back at me with the same sad eyes I've had since everything happened.

I threw my arms around his neck, and he hugged me right back, and that's how we stood for several minutes as I tried to keep my tears in. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said some of the stuff I did," Andy said softly in my ear. I just shook my head, "I should've told you sooner."

Andy let me go, so I put my arms back down to my side and stepped back a bit so that he could walk into my room. Andy pulled the chair to my desk out and sat down as I pushed my homework aside so I could sit on my bed. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"Was your reaction last week not enough of a reason not to tell you?"

He picked up a pair of jeans that were on my floor and threw them at me. I ducked, and threw them back at him. "Ew. I hope they were clean," he pretended to shudder, and I gawked at him.

"You threw them at me first! But yes, they were," I confirmed.

"So why were they on the floor?"

"I was going to wear them, but then I decided not to," I shrugged.

Andy just shook his head, but when he looked back at me I noticed he looked serious, "But seriously, why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I held it from you at first because I figured I would hate him, and after I realized I like him, I held off just in case. After each date I said I was going to tell you, especially after we became a couple, but then I kept chickening out because I was scared of how you would react, so I kept pushing it to the back of my mind. Then the worst happened, and you found out all by yourself. I'm so sorry about that, I never meant for it to happen," I said truthfully. I never meant to hurt him, but I knew in the back of my mind no matter how he found out, this news would always hurt him.

"It's alright. Everything is over now. Hey, do you want to go to that diner downtown tonight? Dad's not going to be home, and after practice today, I'm really craving something that's bad for me. We can also celebrate talking again."

I laughed, but nodded. "Just let me change real quick," I said looking down at my yoga pants and sweatshirt.

"Yeah, sure, take your time."

I smiled, and put my phone on my dresser before walking into the bathroom. If I didn't put it there before going off to somewhere else, I would never be able to find it. I put on the outfit I wore to school that day which was just jeans and a blue thermal before putting my Uggs back on. As I left the bathroom I grabbed my jacket. Andy wasn't in my room so I went to grab my phone before going to find him. I reached for it, but fell empty. I looked to see that my phone was farther than I thought so after putting it in my pocket, I left to go find my brother.