I do not own Four Brothers, just the characters to decide to put in the story.
You would think a normal girl from Detroit, Michigan would never know the pain of death, sorrow, or even the pain of being alone. Being seventeen years old and having four brothers, Skylar knew all those feelings and they became very familiar as her life progressed on. She was adopted the same day that the youngest brother was adopted, Jack Mercer. Jack was a troubled boy who never spoke. He scared Skylar a lot, especially when they were little. Skylar was nine and knew nothing of what love really consisted of. Evelyn had no intentions of adopting a little girl but as she walked into the office that day prepared to see Jack, she came across a brown headed little girl sitting in the corner, kicking her feet against the chair. She had asked about her before going in to talk to Jack. That was the day Evelyn heart was so big, she took both Jack and Skylar home.
Tomorrow was spring break for Detroit High. All they had to do was get through the rest of the day and they would be home free. Skylar walked down the hall as she smiled at a few people.
"Hey Sky! What's up?" A replied as she passed him. She just walking walking to her locker.
"Four more hours that's all I have." She replies as she put her books in her locker. A loud noise interrupted her thoughts. She looked up and saw three boys kicking books all over the ground.
"Loser!" One yelled as the others high fived but walking away.
"Get out of our school you freak!" Another boy yelled. Just then Jack walked up behind her.
"Hey!" He replied with a smile but noticed she was upset. "What is it?"
"You would think picking on people would get a little old. They do this everyday as if it has an effect on people. They are going to pay one day." She replied grabbing her books.
"They are just being stupid. No one really means anything by it." Jack told her.
"It's still people's feelings Jack. You don't think he is embarrassed by having people throw his shit all over the ground and then having people watch you pick it up. It's not right."
Jack smiled at her. "You remind me so much of Ma it's not even funny. You would think you were her own child."
Skylar shakes her head and she closes her locker. They began walking to class, as she passed the boy on the ground and became uneasy. She looked down at him and clutched her books to her chest as he glared at her.
The bell rang for lunch, Skylar grabbed her books and hurried to go meet Jack in the cafeteria. Suddenly a hand grabbed her arm and pushed her up against the wall.
"Hey you!" He replied with a smile.
"Well look who decided to grace us with his presence." She smiled back at him before moving from the wall. "I thought you were skipping today?"
"Well I was but then I wouldn't get to see your beautiful face one last time before we leave for break." He smiled grabbing her hand stopping her.
"You are just so charming."
"I try." He told her. That smile she thought, always did something to her. She couldn't help but smile back at him.
"You know your little buddies were being assholes again today."
"What did they do this time?" He grabbed her books from her arms and grabbed her hand again.
"Just being the stupid idiots they are. Throwing Bobby's books all over the floor and then kicking them. Calling him names. They are going to get it one day Aiden and its not going to be pretty. What gives the right to treat people like that?" She looked up at her boyfriend who was smiling. "And you are smiling because?" She replied stopping in her tracks.
"You are just so cute when you get all concerned about things" he told her. She just looked at him. "Okay okay ill talk to them. They are just being boys. Isn't that what high school is?"
"No you shouldn't come to high school to be tortured because of the way you look or who your family is. I was adopted and my brothers are the Mercers do you think that I should be treated bad?" She asked him.
"Of course not. You are the most beautiful girl in this school. People would be crazy not to love you. And if anyone decides otherwise I will kick their ass. You are my girlfriend and I love you. That's all that matters."
"Have you been listening to anything I have said?" She asked with a smirk.
"Of course. Like I said I will talk to them. Can we go eat now?" He smiled at her again. He leaned down and kissed her. Just then loud pops came from across the hall. Skylar quickly pulled away from Aiden and quickly pulled back from him. The noise came again. Aiden moved to walk towards the noise but Skylar stopped him.
"What are you doing?" She asked grabbing a hold of his arm.
"It's probably some idiot being stupid." He grabbed her hand and pulled her with him. The noise came again, then screaming. A herd of students came running towards Skylar and Aiden. "What's going on?" Aiden screamed trying to get someone to stop.
"Aiden what's happening?" Skylar asked looking around trying not to get ran over. The pops came again. "Is someone shooting?" She asked. Just then someone came around the corner still shooting. It was Bobby. "Ohmygosh Aiden it's Bobby!" She covered her mouth. Aiden grabbed her arm and pulled her as they took of running. "Wait!" She stopped "I have to go to Jack. He is waiting for me in the cafeteria. He will be scared to death if he doesn't know where I am." She had tears forming in her eyes.
"Sky he has a gun and is headed our way. We need to get out of the school now." Aiden pulled her again.
"He's my brother!" She yelled. "I can't leave him."
Aiden looked down the hall and then back at her. "Okay let's go!" he grabbed her hand again and ran away from the exit towards the cafeteria where Skylars brother was waiting. "This is bad. This is really bad!" Aiden replied as they slowed down.
"I was just saying stupid shit earlier. I didn't think something like this would ever happen. Did you see his face? He looked so angry. All those people. Aiden, he shot all of those people."
"Hey look at me!" He grabbed her face. "We are going to be okay. Nothing is going to happen to us. We are going to get Jack and we are all going to get out of here." He pulled her close and kissed her head. He put his back against the wall and looked down the hall to see if anyone was coming. He tightened his grip on her head before pulling her towards to the door of the cafeteria. It was empty. "Jack!" She whispered loudly before covering her mouth.
"No this is good. He must have gotten out. He's probably outside looking for you." Aiden grabbed her shoulders making him face her. "Now we need to get out of here. I need you to stay with me and follow my every footstep. We are going to make it I promise." He kissed her again as she nodded her head. "I love you!" He told her. She looked up at him and smiled. She went to reply but the sound of pops distracted her. The door opened to the cafeteria and in walked Bobby. Aiden jerked Skylar to the ground and covered her mouth. She began shaking uncontrollably. How could this happen. They were only seventeen. People weren't suppose to be bringing guns into schools and shooting people. What kind of pain was this kid going through to want to kill people. "Follow me!" Aiden whispered knocking Skylar out of her thoughts. She nodded her head and began crawling after Aiden. They finally made it to the door. Aiden knew once he opened the door they would have to run for their lives. He looked behind him one last time before pushing the door open and throwing Skylars body into the open space. She hit hard just as gunshots began going off. Aiden picked her up and carried her down the hall. Just as students thought the close was clear many began running out of class rooms. Bobby entered the hall. Aiden put Skylar down. The crowd began shoving as gunshots filled the air. Bodies began falling all around Skylar. "Sky I need you to run as fast as you can!" She heard Aiden yell.
"I'm so scared!" She cried. She held tight on his hand as she continued running. She could see the door. They were almost there. She felt something jerk in her arm and looked down. Aiden was no longer there. She fell to the ground but felt arms come around her and pick her up. They ran through the doors and outside. She could feel the sun on her face and she squinted as she felt herself being put down. "Run!" Someone yelled.
"Aiden!" She yelled! She began looking around. "Aiden!" She yelled again. Everyone stopped running and began looking around. She felt her stomach in her throat. Where was he? Was he ok? "Aiden!" She looked around and saw people laying on the ground bleeding and crying.
"Skylar!" She heard her name.
"Aiden!" She screamed.
"Sky!" Jack ran to her and embraced her.
"Jack I lost Aiden. He was holding onto me and then I lost him. He was right there." She cries hugging her brother.
"It's ok I'm sure he is out here somewhere. I'm sure he is safe!" Jack hugged her again "I am so happy you are okay. I thought I lost you."
"Jack we have to find him. I'm so scared."
"We will!" He grabbed her shoulders. "Who was it Sky? Did you see who it was?"
"Bobby! It was Bobby Mitchell. He looked so angry Jack. And all those people..." She sobbed putting her head into her brothers chest. "He just started shooting. And people were running and screaming. We went looking for you and he came into the cafeteria. We ran out and all these students came out too. I lost Aiden in the midst of them."
"Shhhhh!" Jack told her "I'm sure he is lost in the crowd out here. We just have to go look for him."
"Is it over Jack? Is he done?" Skylar looked up at her brother.
"I don't know." Jack told her looking around at the scene around him.
"I need your attention please!" Jack and Skylar turned towards the man speaking. It was the principle. "I need everyone to move towards the buses. We need to get a head count of everyone. I need everyone to do this in a sensible fashion. Get on the bus and as you enter sign your name down. We need to have record of everyone getting on the bus. Do this quickly people. I promise you you are safe now and we will get you to your families as soon as possible."
Jack moved Skylar towards the buses. "I can't go without Aiden. He's probably worried Jack. We have to find him."
"Skylar I am sure he is looking for you too. We have to get on the bus and we will look for him at the other school. Come on we have to go." He grabbed her arm and wrapped his around her waist. She laid her head into his arm as they walked towards the bus. She felt the tears slide down her face. Lord please let Aiden be okay. She looked up at the school before getting onto the bus.
So I has this in mind. Tell me what you think. I've been rereading all of my other stories and I just felt like writing another one.