Prologue
The light from the television radiated across my younger brother's, Jason, face, his light brown hair with hints of blonde scattered everywhere across the couch. His baby blue eyes were closed. My own red eyes, yes red, were moving around, from the television to the clock to the door. I was waiting for our oldest brother, Taylor, to come home. He usually came back from school at this time. Taylor, he went to a night school, a school that let him take courses for college. My eyes felt heavy, as the times was 10:43. It was past my 'bed time', as Taylor would put it.
The sound of the door creaking open, footsteps came from the porch. I looked to my right, to see a brown haired 18-year-old walk in, my older brother Taylor. I looked at the clock; 11:34, still the special day.
"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" I looked over at Taylor, who was standing in front of our 14-year-old brother, Jason.
"Well, we decided to stay up to give you your present, but you came later than usual… Jas fell asleep…" I stood and stretched my arms above my head. "Anyway, just put Jason to sleep, he spent a lot of time on your gift." I bent down to the stand with a lamp on it that was besides Jason's half of the couch. I held a neatly wrapped box with a golden ribbon on it. "Here is your present."
Taylor smiled at me warmly, as he lifted Jason, his arms carrying his mid-back and behind his knees. "Leave it on the table kid and go to sleep…" He walked over to the stair behind the wall, going up to Jason's room, to lay him on his bed. I followed, but once I reached the top, I went to my room. I lay my head on my pillow, thinking about my baby brother, Jason, and my older brother, Taylor, but not just them, one of my closest friends, Bryce too. I called him Gold, because of his golden hair. I was the only allowed to call him that... My eyes closed, I was drifting to sleep with the thought of Bryce. It was no secret I loved him, I knew him since I was 4 years old. All that worried me was that if he loved me too… I was then sent into a dream with Bryce, filling me with love and happiness.