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My Best Friend’s Brother
By: MJ Thompson
ISBN: 978-1-62761-977-6
© MJThompson 2014
Table of Contents
Prologue: My best friends brother
Chapter one: Real home
Chapter two: Cookies
Chapter three: Regrets
Chapter four: Confessions and plans
Chapter five: Always end a long day with a secret
Chapter six: You do?
Chapter seven: Robbie the Rabbit
Chapter eight: Mothering and Dirty Dancing
Chapter nine: Clearing things up
Chapter ten: Siblings
Chapter eleven: First date
Chapter twelve: I love the beach
Chapter thirteen: Worries
Chapter fourteen: Sliding
Chapter fifteen: Crazy?
Chapter sixteen: Hospital
Chapter seventeen: Broken?
Chapter eighteen: Begging on your knees
Chapter nineteen: Road trip
Chapter twenty: Hottie
Chapter twenty-one: The lake
Chapter twenty-two: Are you happy?
Chapter twenty-three: The motel
Chapter twenty-four: The come on
Chapter twenty-five: Home again
Chapter twenty-six: Baby baby
Chapter twenty-seven: Preparations
Chapter twenty-eight: Masks ready
Epilogue: My best friend’s brother loves me.
PROLOGUE
My Best Friend’s Brother
Hope
My name is Hope and I am seventeen years old, turning eighteen in a few weeks. I live with my parents and my older brother Ricky (when he is not at college). I have a much older sister Kira too, but she is married and lives a few towns over.
I would often spend time and holidays at Kira's house because my parents traveled a lot and never wanted their kids around spoiling their fun.
My brother would spend time here too, that is when he is not at his college buddies place or at college.
I sometimes wonder why our parents even had us.
I don't think I've ever had a conversation with more than four words that wasn't about them going away or me and Ricky going to Kira's house.
Ricky was three years older than me and was off at college studying electronics or something.
He said he wanted to be an inventor ha! Yeah right.
Kira was thirty and happily married with no children but one on the way.
Mum and dad had Kira while in high school, that is why there is such a big age gap.
Kira always said she wished we were around when she was growing up, because it was very lonely and would of like a sibling to hang out and play with.
Today was the day my parents were going away again and they weren't coming back for two months.
Come on I mean who leaves their children for two months, what a joke!
So yet again I was going to Kira's house.
But I didn't mind, because my best friend Heather lived near her.
We have been friends since we were little kids.
Until recently she was staying at her aunts, so she could go to a good school.
But her parents decided she would be better finishing her last couple of years closer to home before she 'flew the coup' so to speak.
This was going to be the first time I had seen her in several weeks, which is surprising because: one because my parents never usually spend so much time at home without a break at my sister and two because me and Heather haven't really spend more than a week apart since we met.
Even when she went to visit her parents she would either come back after a short time to visit me or when I was younger I used to go to her parents a lot.
But for the last few years I had been avoiding her parents house.
Usually when I knew her older brothers weren't there.
Heather had two older brothers and one younger.
The younger was nice enough and didn't really bother us, spending most of his time with his friends on video games.
But her older brothers loved to tease and bully the two of us.
Heather used to take it in jest, but I would take it more to heart, not that that even stopped them though.
But it was lucky the last couple of years that I haven't seen them since they were both away at college.
And when they visited I made sure I wasn't around.
Heather always told me the reason they do it so much is because I react and that if I didn't they wouldn't bother with me so much.
But try not reacting when someone pours a bucket of hot sauce over your head.
I swear, I couldn't open my eyes and my all skin burned.
I had to go to the hospital to get them seen too.
Their parents punished them for that, but it didn't stop them. They just became better at hiding them.
My brother had spoken to the two about it and for a few weeks it seemed to work and the three would hang out together.
But when my brother wasn't around they would strike.
In the end I just avoided the house when they were around.
Heather would often say that they were asking after me and asking why I didn't go around anymore, but I just ignored it.
This year would be my final year and I managed to convince my parents to let me transfer to the same school as Heather so I didn't have to take time off from school every time they went away.
I was often forced to take a long bus or car ride back and forth, which I didn't want this year.
You would of thought at my age I would be OK too stay at home alone, but no, my parents wouldn't let their
'little baby' alone.
Oh well, at least my sister and her husband are great and I get to see Heather a lot when I'm there.
Robbie (Kira's husband) was a great guy too and like a much older brother or a second dad, which I love since my own wasn't around much.
I knew this year would be different, but I didn't mind.
I had met most of Heather's school friends and we got on pretty well, so I didn't have to worry so much about school.
The only thing I had to worry about now was her brothers, who were returning from college.
It would be impossible to avoid them now I was living in the same town.
CHAPTER ONE
Real Home
Hope
I pulled up outside my sister’s house.
With a smile on my face, I opened the car door and stepped out.
I pulled out my phone and checked the time before putting it back.
Just then I heard a squeal and I fell to the ground.
"Arrr. I think an elephant has fell on me!" I yelled, knowing it would probably my sister judging by the weight of her stomach on my back.
"Hey! I'm not that big." She said, confirming my suspicions.
I laughed "In that case can you please get off, I can't breathe."
"Oh yeah ha ha." she said sheepishly and I felt her try to sit up and get off me, but to no success.
I laughed and shouted "Seriously?" I heard the door of her house open.
"Oh crap, are you OK? What happened?" I heard Robbie say as he ran over.
He pulled up my heavy pregnant sister before he saw a almost flat me.
He rolled his eyes knowingly and held out his hand and pulled me up too.
"So?" he asked, trying not to laugh.
Kira looked at him and to me as if to say 'Say nothing'.
I gave a mischievous smile "Well Miss Turtle here, decided to surprise me with a hug when I got out of my car and managed to knock us both over and she landed on me and I couldn't get back up again." I said, embarrassing her.
She blushed like a tomato, causing us all to laugh.
After a minute like that Kira hugged me again, but this time more careful.
"I'm so happy you are finally living here properly." She said to me with tears in her eyes.
"And so is Robbie." she said breaking the hug to poke her husband in the stomach.
He smiled and nodded, I returned the smile.
"But seriously we are happy to have our little sis around." he said to me, making Kira smile brightly.
He had always been like a older protective brother, he was great and I'm glad my sister was married to him.
Robbie helped me take the stuff from my car that I had brought with me and take them inside to my room.
I had lots of stuff here already, but there were more at my parents.
'As I would be living here from now on, I should probably bring more with me' I thought at the time, forgetting how much stuff I actually had at Kira's.
After somehow fitting everything in, we all went into the dining room where dinner was now waiting for us.
Siting down I said "Thank you." I smiled "But seriously, you shouldn't be jumping on people in your state." I said, shaking my head at Kira. Robbie agreed.
I continued. "You could really hurt the little one and not to mention kill me." I said trying to lighten the now serious mood.
The rest of the day was pretty much uneventful and so I decided to spend the day unpacking.
Then after I finished, I decided on an early night after a long hard day.
I wanted to be well rested for tomorrow for when I saw Heather.
She was always hopping about full of energy, a lot like Kira before her pregnancy, not that it stopped her much to Robbie's dismay.
Waking up, I opened my eyes and screamed falling off the bed.
"Ricky what the hell?" I shouted.
My brother laughed and exited my room.
"I swear this family is trying to kill me." I muttered under my breath before getting showered and changed.
I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, where everyone was sat at the island eating pancakes.
I looked at Ricky and asked "Anyway, what you doing here? Not that I'm not happy to see you, but shouldn't you be at college or something?" I said sitting down next to him and grabbing a spare plate of pancakes.
"It's the end of term." is all he said, before continuing to eat.
"I heard you scream earlier." Kira said "What did he do now?" she asked.
I glared at Ricky, who was smirking.
"When I woke up and opened my eyes... this melon" I said poking his head "Had his face right close in front of mine scaring to hell out of me and made me fall off the bed." they all laughed.
I love my family, but they can be such pains.
I just rolled my eyes and continued to eat.
After breakfast I walked out of the kitchen with Ricky.
"So you got a new car this year?" he asked.
I nodded and he hugged me "Well it's big eighteen this year, we should have a party for you." he said cheering me up.
"Yeah, but we'll have to ask Kira first." I said just as she walked in.
"Ask what?" She asked.
Ricky told her his idea and she agreed, but only if she could choose a theme.
"Alright, just try and not to choose something too..." I said back to her.
Kira had her thinking look on, her eyes looking up and her mouth partly open with her tongue out slightly.
I looked at Ricky and he looked from Kira to me and we both laughed.
Kira jumped up. "I have the prefect idea." she grinned.
We both waited for her to continue. "Yes?" I asked.
As if realizing she hadn't actually said anything yet she slapped her forehead and said "Oh yeah, I should probably tell you first." Her face was reddening. "How about a masquerade party? I've always wanted one of those." She grinned as someone knocked at the door.
"I'll answer that and give you a second to think about it." Kira smiled walking over to the front door.
A short time later she returned with Heather in tow.
Me and Ricky said "Hello." to Heather at the same time.
Heather rushed over to me and Ricky and pulled them both into a group hug before releasing them.
"Hey guys, I missed you both." She told us.
The three of us spent so much time together growing up, that she was more like another sister to us than a friend.
I rolled my eyes and exclaimed,"I've only been gone just over a week!"
Heather sighed "And it was the longest week of my life." This made us laugh.
"Anyway, Kira was just telling me about her wicked party idea for you." She smiled.
What was said next surprised me.
"Yeah it’s a great idea isn't it?" Ricky said, cheery.
I looked at him to see if he was being sarcastic.
"What?" He asked "There will be lots of cuties around for me and I will have my mask on, so no one will ever no it’s me and bother me afterwards." He smirked to himself.
I rolled my eyes in disapproval. "That sounds more like you." I said out loud for everyone to hear.
We all moved into the living room and sat down.
"So Ricky, how long you back for?" I asked him.
He shrugged "Long enough." Always the secretive one.
"So the big eighteen soon." Heather grinned.
I grinned back. "Yep only a few days more. Do you think that's long enough to make a few new friends and invite them and some old ones to the party?" I ask her.
"For sure." She said, nodding.
Me, Kira and Heather all sat around speaking about the party and what to wear, serve and etc.
After about ten minutes of this Ricky stood up, bored.