Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Four Brothers, but I do own Blaine, my original character.
Author's Note: This is my first story, so please read and review!
CHAPTER 1
I couldn't believe my parents were doing this to me. I looked in the mirror, as I tried to find words to explain how I felt. My reflection, a fifteen year old with dark brown eyes, dirty blonde curly hair, and a fair skinned Irish complexion. They actually thought I would go to Japan with them, because they were being transferred for their work. "Mom, I know you want us to be family, but I can't even begin to believe that you'd think I'll go with you. I mean, it's Japan, they eat dogs."
"Well, Blaine, we're afraid you'd say you wouldn't go with, so we have another option. One of your grandma's friends offered to take you in for the 2 years, the length of this job." My grandma was one of the nicest people in the world, and she lived not far from us, in another Chicago suburb. "Which one of grandma's friends?"
"Evelyn Mercer," she replied at my blunt question.
Thinking of Detroit brought back some memories. Living in Chicago, my grandma had kept in touch with one of her friends who had moved up to Detroit a while back, and talked to her on the phone almost every night, rambling on about the small town gossip and laughing at each other's jokes and fun times together as children. I remember visiting the Mercers, mainly because we all got along and played with them almost everyday when I visited Detroit.
"Mom, I'm not going to Japan, I'll stay in Detroit, okay?"
"Okay, honey, but only if you're sure. We'll miss you a lot, but we'll keep in touch. We'll make this work. We're going to try our best to visit at Christmas." With that, my parents helped me pack up my things and we were off to the airport. My parents had gone with to the airport, and it was my first time flying by myself, so I was a bit nervous. My mom had tears in her eyes and she hugged me goodbye. My dad, on the other hand, was smiling to keep my upbeat and, my best guess, optimistic about this whole ordeal. Being my normal bouncy self, I turned to my parents, "I love you."
"We love you, too, Bee."
I turned, gave my boarding pass to the flight attendant, and walked down the hall to get on the plane. I got on the plane, and being a relatively short flight, I was there within an hour. As I got off the plane, I looked around for Evelyn, or Evie, as I used to call her as a little kid. I saw her and immediately I forgot all about my parents.
"Blaine," she called my name as I began to walk towards her.
"Evie!" I exclaimed.
"It's so good to see you, sweetie."
"Good to see you, too, Evie," relaying the kindness back. I gave her a hug. Evelyn was just about the nicest person you would ever meet in your entire life. It was pretty hard not to like her.
"You've grown up so much since the last time I saw you," Evelyn told me. I grinned back at her, twirling so she could see me and all of my 'grown up' self, despite only being 15, I had stopped growing for good. Unfortunately I had stopped growing at five foot four, shorter than about, everyone in the human population, except for, of course, midgets. My family, on the other hand, was ginormous compared to me. Unfortunately, I grew to be short, but extremely intimidating. "The boys are at home, they're so eager to see you. It seems like ages since we last saw you."
"I know, it's been a long time." With that, I rolled my rather large suitcase behind me and we were off to the Mercer house.
"Boys, we're home!"
After Evelyn had said that, I heard a lot of footsteps and was greeted by hugs from Bobby, Jerry, and Angel. Jack, on the other hand, was nowhere to be seen. They all said how great it was to see me.
"Hey guys, uhh, where's Cracker Jack?"
Bobby replied, "The fairy's upstairs getting his beauty sleep. He was out late last night at some bar playing with his so called band." Bobby had a smirk on his face. The smirk that I absolutely loved.
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