13 year old Andy Roman decides to sneak out against his older brothers orders. Joe and Matt don't like it.
Andy is 13 years old, Matt is 21 and Joe is 26. No other charachters of the show are in this fic, or even mentions of them.
Chapter one:
Maybe they wouldn't be mad. Maybe they didn't even notice he wasn't home, Andy thought. Andy's heart was beating like crazy, he was so nervous. The reason behind that is that Andy had decided to sneak out. He only did it because his brothers were being jerks and wouldn't let him go out with his friends, because they said it was too "dangerous". Pfft, too dangerous, they had said. Nothing even happened. Andy wasn't a baby anymore, he could go out if wanted to. Or at least, that's what he told himself.
Andy was nearing the Roman carage and he was relieved to see that the lights were off. Maybe Joe and Matt had gone to bed, thinking that Andy was too. He slowly opened the not-very-well-oiled door and hoped for the best. So far so good, he thought when the door made hardly any noice. That was, until someone turned the light on. Shit.
"Hey Andy, what's up?" It was Matt. Andy slowly turned to face him and immidiatly pulled out the puppy eyes. They always melted his brothers' anger. Usually anyway.
"Hi Matty, umm, I just took the trash out" Andy tried to play it off.
"Ohhhh, is that what you were doing for two hours" Matt said sarcastically, clearly very pissed, with his hands crossed over his chest.
He knew. Of course he knew, he always knows. Andy didn't dare to look in to his eyes anymore, instead he moved his eyes to the floor in shame.
"Where the hell were you? Joe has been out looking for you for almost an hour! What the hell is the matter with you?!" Matt shouted. Andy's eyes welled up in tears. Crap, there was no getting out of this. Especially now that he knew Joe knew.
"I'm sorry Matty" Andy said and he genuienly was very, very sorry.
"You should be sorry. I asked you a question Andrew, answer me. And do not lie to me." his voice low again, but ominous.
Andy raised his eyes to meet Matt's. He was very angry. "I'm sorry Matt, I just went to the park with Tony and Freddie. Nothing happened, I'm fine, I'm really, really sorry Matty. It's not even that late!"
Matt but a firm hand on Andy's shoulder. "We said no, Andy! You asked us if you could go, and we said no! What do you do when we tell you 'no', Andy? YOU DON'T DO IT! You are 13 years old and it's 11 PM, you don't go out without one of us. Why can't you understand that? Do you have any idea how worried we were?" Matt's grip on Andy's shoulder was getting really tight and he was angrier than Andy had ever seen him before.
Andy had one tear going down his cheek. Matt wiped it away and sighed. "Andy, you need to get ready for bed. But first, as a part of your punishment, I want you to call Joe, and tell him that you are home." Matt handed him his phone.
Andy suddenly looked up at Matt, fearfully. "No please Matty, don't make me do that, he's gonna hate me" Andy said, very close to crying.
"He's not gonna hate you, Andrew. He's going to be very mad at you, like I am. We love you more than anything, we could never hate you. Do you understand, kid?"
"Yeah" Andy said still unsure. "Go ahead, call Joe, Andy" Matt said pointetly.
Andy hit speed dial #2 and put the phone to his ear, shaking with fear. He knew his brothers would never hurt him, but then again, he had never sneaked out before. The phone rung just two times, before Joe picked up. "Hey Matt, any luck?" Joe's voice sounded desperate and Andy felt so bad, he just wanted to disappear. That would not happen, not with Matt's hand still gripping his shoulder.
"Joe, it's me. I'm really sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry Joe. Please don't hate me. I'm so sorry" Andy rambled to the phone.
"Alright, Andy, calm down. You know I could never hate you, never. But I am very angry with you and what you did is unacceptable. I trust Matt made that very clear for you, huh?" Joe sounded very dissapointed, and that was even worse than Matt's anger.
"Yeah, he did Joe. I'm sorry."
"I know you are, but that's not gonna cut it. We'll deal with you in the morning. Go get ready for bed Andrew."
"Okay Joe, I'm sorry."
"Stop saying that, I've heard it already. And Andy, go sleep in my bed, so I can keep an eye on you, because we clearly can't trust you being alone."
Andy sniffled, but swallowed down his tears. "Okay Joe, good night"
"Good boy, now give the phone to Matt. Good night" Andy gave the phone to Matt, who gave him a pointed look and nodded towards Joe's room. Andy wondered for a split second how Matt knew that he was to go to Joe's room, but then again, they had probably planned what to do when Andy got home.
Andy got ready for bed slowly and silently, afraid to cause any noice or trouble. He just wanted to disappear, he was so ashamed of the troubles he had caused his older brothers. He tried to listen to what Matt was saying on the phone, but he really couldn't hear anything but some mumbles. Matt was clearly trying to be quiet so Andy could get to sleep. Andy crawled under the covers and really tried to fall asleep, because he was afraid that if he would still be awake when Joe got home, he would get mad. Well, madder.
Ten minutes later, someone opened the door to Joe's room. Andy was still not asleep, but he was pretending. He was curled up, taking as little space as possible.
"I know you're not asleep, kid" It was Joe. Andy still kept pretending, because he wasn't ready to face Joe.
Andy listened as Joe got ready for bed. It took just a couple minutes, and then Joe laid down next to Andy, his arm over Andy's body, his chest to Andy's back. "Look Andy, I know you think you're all grown up and that you can do whatever you like, but you can't. Matt and I love you very much, and we're only doing what we think is best for you, alright? Actions like these have serious consequences Andy. I just want you to keep that in mind buddy, okay?" Joe was stroking Andy's hair, whispering in to his ear.
Andy turned around to face Joe, silent tears going down his face. "I'm sorry"
Joe sighed and smiled sadly "I know you are. Go to sleep buddy. I love you" Joe wiped away Andy's tears with his thumbs, kissed his forehead and then continued stroking his hair until Andy fell asleep.
I might continue this story later. Brotherly Love is a really old show(97.99 if remember correctly), so I don't think it's going to have many readers. If I do continue it might just be for my own pleasure.
