A wish episode 35
🌼A Wish🌼
Written by Divine Peter.
Chapter 35
“Is this some kind of prayer circle?” Ava asked as Alex set her down on the floor.
Emily, Xavier, Jordan and Damon were all seated on carved wooden chairs. The chairs were all set to form a circle.
“No, Aunt Emily wants to talk to us all.” Jordan replied as he tore open a piece of bubble gum and popped it in his mouth.
“Hey.” Xavier said, wrapping his arms around my shoulder when i took a seat beside him. “Did you had any trouble or arguments when you talked with your Dad?”
“No.” I said, smiling. “I’m really happy i got to meet him, he’s really nice and understanding. His wife, Madison. She’s beautiful and kindhearted. Do you know she’s a fashion designer? Her designs are so fabulous and amazing! Madison also showed me her latest designs. And i found out from Dad that i have two step brothers! Antonio and Angelo. Antonio is twelve while Angelo is six. They accepted me as their sister. They two are so adorable and cute. I was kind of worried that they will see me as an outsider but instead they like me and accepted me as their big sister. We hanged out a lot, watched movies and cartoons, played monopoly with Dad and Madison. Can you believe that my Dad also showed me my room, its been kept for me since i was a baby and its so cute!” The large grin never left my face as i rambled about how much i enjoyed talking to my Dad.
My cheeks heated up in embarrassment when i noticed that everyone was staring at me.
“Its nice to know you had a good time with your Dad.” Xavier said softly as he leaned forward to k-ss my forehead.
“Well.” Emily cleared her throat. “I called you all here cause i’ve observed that you six dont usually talk to each other like before.”
We stared at her, confused.
“None of us are fighting with each other, Aunt Emily.” Xavier said warily.
Emily shook her head. “Yes i agree that you’re not fighting, but when was the last time you sat down to have a brothers moment with your brothers, Micheal?” She asked sternly.
Xavier looked down at his lap and glanced back up at Emily. “I’m sorry, i’ve been so focused on Brielle, that i completely forgot about them.”
“I’m sorry too.” I said apologetically. “I didn’t realise that i was keeping Xavier all to myself only because he’s going to college. Damon and Alex are his brothers and i completely forgot about that they’re also going to miss their eldest brother when he’s off to college. They haven’t been spending much time with each other because of my selfishness to be with Xavier. Its all my fault if Xavier doesn’t spend time with Damon and Alex.”
“You’re not selfish Brielle.” Alex said as he stared at me with a stern expression.
“And its not your fault.” Damon interjected. “I will really miss my girlfriend, here.” He wrapped his arms around Ava and she snuggled up closer to him, interlacing her fingers with his.
“When am in college.” Damon continued. “So i also spent more time with her. Aunt Emily, Xavier isn’t the only one to be scolded for not spending enough time with his brothers. I ignored them too, so i deserve a good amount of scolding because i was a jerky brother to them.”
Ava muttered something and stared down at her lap. Damon leaned in close to her ear and whispered something to Ava that made her giggle.
“You can scold me too, Aunt Emily.” Alex said shyly. “When we all went to the beach, i met a really pretty girl and she took an interest in me. She’s really energetic and cheerful. Her name is Arianna. We’ve been hanging out a lot that’s why i’ve been absent for the past days. So i deserve to get scolded.” Alex cheeks was bright red when he was done talking.
“I want her name, address and the school she goes to.” Xavier said in an unwavering tone.
“What? Why?” Alex asked, confused.
“We need to know the girl who is interested.in dating our baby brother.” Damon replied coolly.
“Baby brother? You’re only a year older than me dumbass!”
“Even if you’re forty, you’ll still be my baby brother so shut up and be a good boy.” Damon scolded sternly.
Alex huffed and turned to Xavier. “I’m not a baby, wont you at least defend me.”
Xavier smirked. “You’re not allowed to date until you’re eighteen.”
“Unbelievable!” Alex exclaimed. “Please tell me you’re joking.”
“Do i look like am joking?” Xavier deadpanned.
“Auntie.” Alex whined, turning to Emily who had a smile on her face. “Wont you punish them, they’re being mean!”
“No, they’re just being protective of you.” Emily replied, with a smile plastered on her face.
“Quit whining.” Jordan said, a small frown on his face. “If you know what i go through at home with the rest of my brothers, you will gladly run into your brothers arms.”
“They’re protective of you? I dont see anything wrong with that.” Ava chastised and Damon nodded his head in agreement.
“They baby me a lot!” He exclaimed. “When i sneak out of the house to go to a late night party, Elijah takes my phone, reprimand me of television and he makes me wear onesie to sleep.”
Me, Xavier, Damon, Alex and Ava burst into fits of laughter, making Jordan glare at us.
“What’s so funny?” He demanded.
“The m-mental image of you wearing a onesie is really hilarious.” Xavier said as he wiped a tear that streaked down his cheek.
“Its not funny.” Jordan grumbled.
“I think it is.” Xavier taunted, shooting a mocking smirk at Jordan.
“Oh you think that’s funny, well Damon used your toothbrush to wash the toilet sink.”
“Dude!” Damon exclaimed.
“Wait, Damon did what?” Xavier asked angrily.
“He used your toothbrush to clean the toilet and he gave me $5000 to keep quiet about it.” Jordan said innocently.
“No wonder it tasted so weird.” Xavier wrinkled his nose and got up, cracking his knuckles.
“Damon, i’ll give you five seconds headstart to run.”
“Five seconds?” Damon questioned. “That’s too small!” He exclaimed.
“Start running stupid.” Ava slapped him upside the head.
“If i dont make it babe, just know that i used your favourite t shirt to wash my car.” Damon gave Ava a quick k-ss and ran off before she could say anything. Xavier rolled his eyes before running after his brother
“Did he just..” Ava drawled out, her brows knitted together in confusion.
“Yep.” Jordan said as he tore a candy wrapper open and popped it in his mouth. “He used your favourite t shirt to wash his car.”
“Oh. He. Did. Not!” Ava nostrils flared up. “Damon you big jerk! When i get my hands on you!” She got up and stormed outside.
“Where are you getting all the candies and sweets from?” I asked Jordan when he tore a chocolate wrapper open.
“That huge glass bowl over there.” A big round transparent glass bowl was beside a shelf, full of different varieties of sweets and chocolates.
“I’ve been in this library more than ten times.” Alex said as he got up and walked down to the stand. “How did i not notice this.”
I walked down to the shelf and shoved my hand in,side the bowl, counting six sweets.
“Why haven’t you said anything all this while?” I asked Emily as i sat down.
“Yeah Auntie, you’ve been pretty quiet.” Alex added.
“I wanted you all to have your friends and siblings moment.” Emily said, her l-ips tugging up into a small smile.
“And it worked.” She said and at the same time we heard yelling followed by a loud splash.
“Oh it really worked.” Jordan agreed making us all chuckle.
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Xavier pov
“I didn’t know you put Aunt Emily words into thought.” Damon said as he threw a crumbled up paper on the floor.
“You’re giving the maids extra work and to answer your question, i did a little recall of the last time we all hanged out and its been so long so that’s why i want to hang out with my brothers, besides, Brielle and Ava are also having a girl’s time together.”
“Okay, i get that you want to spend time with me and Damon but why am i on your shoulder?” Alex asked, squirming to get down from my shoulder but i only tightened my grip on his thighs.
“I wouldn’t have to throw you over my shoulder if you didn’t try to run away when i called you both.”
“And you were going to sneak out of the house.” Damon chimed in.
Alex gro-ned. “Put me down Xavier, this is so humiliating.”
“Nope.” I said, popping the p. I opened the door to my room, letting Damon walk in first before i entered and closed the door.
Damon threw himself on my bed and reached his hand out towards my drawer, pulling it open and taking out some pictures.
I sat Alex down on the bed, ignoring his death glares. Taking off my shoes, i sat down beside Damon and Alex scooted over so he was sitting between me and Damon.
“Remember when Alex got one of his teeth removed?” Damon asked, showing me the picture of Alex. He was grinning widely at the camera, with both his arms crossed in a weird pose. The grin he had on was fake, our Mum forced him to grin and threatened to take away his video game if he refuses to do so.
“He was a candy addict before.” I said, smirking at Alex who just rolled his his at me.
“I was not.” Alex grumbled.
“You ate twenty candies a day, Alex.” Damon pointed out.
“Fine.” Alex picked up another picture. “Maybe i was a bit obsessed with sweets.”
“Hey guys look at this.” I peered over Alex shoulder to see him holding two pictures. In it was me, Damon, Alex and our Mum. I was at Alex right side, my arms around Damon shoulder as we smiled at the camera. Mum’s hands were on Alex shoulder, a beautiful smile on her face. Alex was holding a piece of his birthday cake, grinning up at the camera.
Alex fingers moved up towards Mum’s face. “I miss her.” He whispered, drop of tears falling down on the picture.
Damon rested his head on Alex shoulder. “I miss her too.”
“Xavier, remember when you were five? You told Mum that when you grow up, you want to become a baker because you loved how her homemade cake tastes.” Damon said as he picked up another picture of our Mum.
“I still do.” I whispered, trying to blink back the tears that brimmed my eyes.
“Mum will be really proud of you and if she were alive, she would tell you how great your baking skills are.” Alex said as his l-ips broke into a small smile.
“She will be proud.” I took both their hands in mine. “Of us all.”
“We always had each other backs no matter what, we told each other everything and we supported each other.” I said, smiling at my brothers. “Mum is watching over us and she is proud of us.”
“We still have to thank you, you know.” Damon said, with a warm smile on his face. “You acted like a parent to us even when we got angry and yelled at you to stop treating us like you’re our Dad. You made sure Alex nightmares were gone. You helped me with my fears. Xavier, you are really amazing and deserve so much happiness in your life.”
“I couldn’t have asked for a better big brother.” Alex said, a genuine smile tugging up on his l-ips.
“You guys are making me get really soft now.” I said as i wiped my eyes with my handkerchief. “I love you two.” I pulled both of them in for a hug.
“Love you too big bro.” They said simultaneously.
I withdrew from the hug and rolled my eyes. “Stop doing that, its creepy.”
“Do what?” They asked simultaneously.
“Guys!” I exclaimed. They both chuckled and Damon gathered up all the pictures and put them back in,side the drawer.
Alex was biting down on his lower lip, his face looking a bit uneasy.
“We promised to always tell each other everything and i broke that promise.” He blurted out, nervously fiddling with his fingers.
“What’s wrong Alex?” I asked worriedly.
Alex took in a deep breath and released it. “Back at home, i received a letter from Dad.”
“What?” I was shocked and surprised. Why will Mason send Alex a letter? God, am usually not the violent type but please give me enough self control so i wont lose my shit and storm up to that jail and slam my so called father head against the wall.
“How could you keep something like that from us? Your brothers!” Damon glared at Alex, who was looking down at his lap.
“What did the letter say? Tell me!” Damon demanded.
“Its n-nothing important.” Alex stuttered.
“Stop lying to me Alex and tell me the truth.” Damon grabbed Alex arm in a tight hold.
“That’s enough Damon.” I yanked his hand off Alex arm. “You’re suppose to protect your younger brother not cause him to feel pain.”
Damon’s eyes was instantly swirled with guilt when he saw the red mark on Alex arm.
“I’m sorry Alex.” Damon apologized. “I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“Its okay, i deserve that for not telling you guys before.” Alex said, his fingers rubbing circles on his arm. “Dad, i mean Mason. The letter Mason sent was not an apology letter or anything like that, instead it was the opposite m. He told me how much he hated me and why he hates me and blames me for Mum’s death.”
“Why did he blame you for what happened to Mum?” I asked carefully.
“The day Mum had that accident, i told her to get me a toy and because of that, she died. Mum was determined to get me the toy and ignored the fact that it was raining heavily and still drove to the store. She didn’t notice the trailer headed her way and it..” Alex choked on his words, tears streaming down on his cheeks.
I pulled him close to me, placing his head on my chest as i gently stroked his sift hair. “Its not your fault Alex, you were little then and you weren’t even in the car with her when the accident happened. Mason is really dumb and stupid for using that to make you feel guilty for all these past years.”
“Yes little bro, he’s a shitty father.” Damon added, his hands rubbing Alex shoulder.
Alex chuckled softly. “You guys dont need to baby me, i know that Mum’s accident was not my fault.”
“Aw, our little Alex is all grown up.” Damon tickled Alex making the latter laugh.
“Xavier, h-help!” Alex said as he laughed again, trying to kick Damon off him.
“Incase you’re forgetting, you’re literally hugging me so am at the upper hand to tickle you if i want to.” Alex eyes w¡dened at my words.
I brought my hands up to his armpits and started tickling him. Alex laughed, trying to squirm away from me and Damon
“You look like you need a bath.” Damon said, grabbing Alex legs and holding them firmly together.
“Whatever you two are going to do isn’t fair.” Alex said as i grabbed his hands and walked backwards towards the door. Damon and i carried Alex to the indoor swimming pool before swinging him up in the air five times, and throwing him in,side the pool.
Alex resurfaced and shot death glares at me and Damon. “You two are jerks.”
“We know.”
T.b.c
Written by Divine Peter.