CHAPTER 8

"I'm home" I called

"You're normal this time" my brother said

"Do you really think it's possible to be in the same mess in the same day?" I asked as I removed my shoes

"I don't see why not. After all, it's you"

"Even when it was just in the duration of the last class?"

"Again, it's you"

I just scoffed

"I can't believe you had the nerves to talk about me like that this morning" he said

"What do you mean?" I asked genuinely confused

"What do I mean? Look at yourself, you are the perfect example of someone who has the future of being even worse that a truant. Tell me, how many days have you been to that school? And you've already gotten yourself and your friend in a mess. Tsk, tsk" he said

I was about to talk back but I realized something, he was right

"I know, right? All because of me" I said and went upstairs

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A knock came on my door

"Come in" I said and my brother entered

"Mom's back" he said

"That's right, I didn't see her when I came back from school. Where did she go?" I asked

My brother signed

"You are so unbelievable. You came back and you didn't even realize that your mom wasn't home? For four hours at that"

"Just answer my question"

"I'm sorry but, that question can on be answered to a filial daughter which you are not even close to being"

"You can get out now" I told him and went back to what I was doing

I looked back up, examining him when he just stopped at the front of the door

"When you twist the knob and pull it to yourself, it will open" I told him

Maybe he forgot how to open a door

Instead of doing what I said, he just turned around to face me

"What? I already told you how to open the door" I asked

"Shannon" he called

"What?"

"Shannon" he called again

"What?" I asked, now a little bit anxious and curious

"Tell me the truth, are you being bullied?" he asked

"Sorry?"

"I thought about it and I don't think you guys had a food fight or something friendly. And the way Kim was speaking, it didn't look as if it was something she enjoyed or wants to do it again" he said

"That... That is.." I paused

What do I tell him? How do I tell him? It's not a big issue but if I tell him, he might take it to seriously

My brother might be the most insensible, annoying, messy human to be a sibling to but, he doesn't take it likely when something or somebody looks like a threat or is going to be unpleasant to me

"The truth, Shannon" he said

"It's nothing, really" I said with a convincing smile but, I guess it was only convincing in my dreams

"It's nothing?" he asked

"Hmm, nothing at all"

"I see, give me your phone" he said with a stretched hand

"What for?"

"You have Kim's number, right?" he asked

"You want to call her?"

"If that's the only way to get answers" he said

"Edward"

"Then will you tell me? Or give me the phone?" he asked

"Are you seriously gonna be like this?"

"Choose one" he said but, I didn't say or do anything

After standing for a while looking at me, he took the phone from my hand but, fortunately, I managed to get it back before she could pick

"Hi, Kim" I said. I didn't just want to cut the call like that

"Shannon, what's up?" she asked

"Nothing" I said

"Then why did you call?"

"Oh, it was just a mistake"

"Okay then, I gotta go"

"Sure, don't let me disturb you. Bye"

"Bye"

I cut the call and glared at my brother

"Seriously Edward? She has already gone through a lot today. Do you want to make her remember" I said without thinking

"What did she go through?" he asked and I bit my lip

"It's really not a big deal" I said sitting back down on my bed but, he didn't respond, neither in words nor action, he just stood standing at me

I signed

"Fine" I said

"One the first day of school, it was, let me say, manageable but, on the second day, an incident happened" I started

He took the chair from the dressing mirror and sat beside my bed

"There's this human, Aiden Parker, who's the mayor's son"

"The mayor's son?" he asked completely surprised

"That's what I said"

"He goes to your school? To study"

"No, he just wanted to apply for the cleaner's post" I said sarcastically

"You do know you could have just answered, right?"

"I'm sorry but, my answers can only be given to sensible questions which your question was not even close to being" I answered biting him with his method

I saw that he was about to reply but instead, he took a deep breathe and opened his mouth, probably to say something else

"We are going off topic, continue" he said

Definitely something else, I thought

I laughed but, continued

"Okay. During lunch, Kim was about to get milkshake but somehow, it ended up on his body. Instead of being reasonable, he poured another cup of milkshake on her and totally disgraced her in the midst of everyone. When he poured it on her, I immediately went to help her. While I was cleaning her with my handkerchief, he asked me who he was but, I let him talk to the air and apparently, I guess I did things that no one had ever done to him"

"I'm not surprised" my brother said

I glared at him and continued

"The next day, he asked me to apologize for what I did but, I told him that if he wanted me to apologize, he would have to ...."

"Apologize to Kim first, right?" he completed my statement

"Yeah"

"And that was also something that hasn't been done to him, right?"

"Yup and probably because of that he has been getting on my nerves lately but, today reached the height of it"

Just thinking of it again made so angry

"I was waiting for Kim in front of our locker when a boy told me that she was in the cafeteria and when I got there she... she was.."

I took a deep breathe

"What happened?"

"She was kneeling in front of him while he was pouring various things on her, both food and drinks, everything. I got so angry and do you know the worst part?" I asked him but, not for him to answer

"I looked around and I saw staffs but, they weren't doing anything, they just just there looking at her with pitiful eyes. I mean, can you imagine? Just because he's the mayor's son, he has every right to be a psychopath?"

"Hey there. I know how angry you are but, that is a big word"

"It is but, that is the only manageable thing I could call him"

"Shannon, I get you but, what really happened to you?" he asked

I looked at him and a tear fell down but, I quickly wiped it away. I looked down and fiddled with my fingers, struggling to keep the tears

"I don't know. He.. He was just like him, Edward" I looked at my brother with tears filled eyes

"The way he was, the way he thought everything could be the way he wanted just because of his position. He made me remember him, and I.. I.." I didn't know what to say and I was grateful to Edward

He left his seat and came besides me, hugging me while stroking my head, something that really calms me down

"It's okay, it's okay" he continued repeating those words while I took in the comfort of my brother

After some moment of staying in that position, he held me by my shoulders and pulled me back

"If it gets to hard for you to handle, you know that I'm always here for you, right?" he asked and I smiled

"You might not want to tell mum but, you can always lean on me. No one, and I mean, on one, would trouble my sister. And I don't give a care to whichever position he has, be it the mayor's son, or even the president himself, no one" he said

"You know, sometimes you really have a way with words" I said

"I know, I hit you off right?"

I shoved him off my bed

"And sometimes you don't. Get out off my room"

Laughing, he stood back up

"Is that how you treat someone who just changed your diapers?"

I stood up from my bed

"Get out, now!" I said throwing hitting him with a pillow until he got out, still laughing

When I closed the door, I, myself, started laughing

I really have one heck of a brother, I thought but because of him, I could sleep with reassurance that night