My first All Time Low fic. Meep.
I ran my fingers gently through my little brothers hair, distantly the sound of his heart monitor could be heard bleeping. He was playing on Mario Kart, smiling contently. I loved to see him smile, it amazed me that with everything he had been through he still managed to keep a smile on his face. He looked up, his blue eyes sparkling in the florescent hospital lights. "How much longer?"
"Any minute now." I whispered excitedly, more for him than me. Right on cue, Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson and Zack Merrick walked in, all smiling, holding gifts. Jamie nearly leapt out of his wires when he saw them. "Calm down." I laughed, stroking his hair again.
"Hey kiddo," Alex grinned, taking a seat beside the bed. "How you feeling?"
"Great!" Jamie replied, his teeth constantly on show. "Are those presents for me?" He asked, I had to cover my mouth to stop myself from laughing.
"Sure are!" Alex gasped, handing his over. Jamie unwrapped it excitedly while I went to stand at the back of the room with my elder brother Oliver, other Alex, and my cousin Jasmine.
"Jazzy look! It's a nerf gun!" He nearly screamed, bouncing up and down. Jasmine hurried over and knelt by the bed, humouring him. I loved this hospital, they'd always ask celebrities in when children would be spending Christmas here, and Jamie had spent a few in this room. It always cheered him up, getting presents off his heroes and getting a chance to talk to them. I wasn't one for acting all pathetic and weepy, but my eyes dampened every time someone took time out to visit him. My Alex placed his arm around my shoulder and rubbed it gently, giving a light smile. "Can we play with it now?" Jamie asked, looking around Rian.
"Erm, I dunno." I bit my lip. I didn't want to tire him out. "Oh go on then, but not for long."
Jasmine highfived him and helped him untangle himself from the wires. It was sometimes hard to remember that Jasmine was the same age as me, the way she acted hadn't changed since she was six. "Zack has to play too!" Jamie commanded, grabbing his gun and adjusting his starwars pyjamas. The guitarist smile and obliged, taking another one and firing it at Jasmine.
The rest of the band members walked over to join us. Alex held out his hand, "I'm Alex," He smiled.
My Alex shook it, holding back a laugh, "Me too." I shook my head and batted him in the balls, making him double over. Rian winced, while the others chuckled.
"Alice." I greeted them, "I'm Jamie's sister, this is my boyfriend, Alex." Alex raised his hand in greeting from his bent down position. "The girl who's currently running around like a psycho is my cousin, Jasmine, and this is my brother Oliver."
We all shook hands before Jack asked, "So what's wrong with him?"
I sighed, "It's Lymphoma, a type of cancer." I said quietly, watching him play over by the door, dodging bullets. "But he's beating it. " I tried to smile, "He's very stubborn."
"I thought your mom would be here today," Alex said, trying to make conversation as we all sat on Jamie's bed while he played with Zack and Jasmine.
Oliver shook his head. "She's out of the picture. We've got custody of him."
"Why's that?" He asked, then he shook his head. "Sorry, I'm being nosy, ignore that."
I laughed, "Not a problem. We get asked a lot about her." Alex's phone pinged and I glared at him. "You're not supposed to have your phone on in here. You'll like, turn everyone into zombies or something!" I hissed.
Alex rolled his eyes and punched me in the arm. "I've got band practice, gotta go."
"You're in a band?" Rian asked, fiddling with the bed sheets. "What sort of music do you play?"
Alex smiled, "Mainly rock, some metal-core."
"I'll have to listen to you some time." He laughed. I smiled at him including Alex, he often felt awkward when we met celebrities because he wasn't related to Jamie, but he's still totally Jamie's family.
"We have a show tomorrow if you wanna check it out, we're taking Jamie so..." Alex bit his lip. "Never mind, you guys'll be really busy." He laughed.
"We can take a day off." Alex smiled, "Especially if Jamie's going."
Oliver smiled and turned to Jamie who had a nerf dart stuck to the centre of his head. "Hey butt face, guess who's going to Alex's show tomorrow night?" He pointed to the band and Jamie bounced excitedly.
"You really don't have to do this," I smiled, watching Jasmine pin my brother down and stick more darts to his face.
"We want to." Jack laughed, getting up and help pin the struggling six year old. "Hey, you meant to say this kid actually likes decent music?"
"Hell yes." Jasmine giggled, ticking Jamie. "I taught him well."
Okay so it's not the best thing I've ever written, but it'll do :')
