Disclaimer: I own Derek Alexander Mason. And no one else

Vague Summary: Spinner has had a brother his entire life. Derek. But when their parents divorced when Spinner was 7, Derek was 6, and Kendra was 5, the two boys were separated. Spinner and Kendra stayed with their mother. Derek went with their father. Now that Mr. Mason is dead, Derek is moving back in with his mother, brother, sister, and stepfather. Only he does not know about the stepfather.

Brotherly Love
Chapter 1

Here I was, back at my childhood home. I never thought I'd be crossing Lake Ontario and coming back here. I guess I was wrong.

Whoever the drunk driver was that killed my father and my stepmother, they should be prepared to pay the price. As soon as I'm old enough to move out. 3 years. Seeing as I'm 15 now. I'll be starting my 10th grade year at Degrassi Community School with my darling older brother.

And the last time I heard from him, he was still a dick-faced bastard.

But that's a whole different story.

I'm Derek Alexander Mason. But everyone calls me Derek. Because that happens to be my name. I have a brother and a sister, my brother is a year older than me, and my sister is a year younger than me.

I walked up to the front door of the house and rang the doorbell. I heard footsteps approaching the door. My brother, Gavin, opened the door, "Oh it's you."

"You say it like I want to be here." I walked inside and stood there. Not knowing exactly where to go.

Gavin ran back upstairs to his room and my mother walked over to me, "Derek!" She hugged me, "How have you been?"

I raised an eyebrow, "Fine…" No details. Just a simple one word answer. She grabbed my stuff and walked up the stairs, with me following her. She opened the first door on the right. I saw two twin beds, two dressers, one desk with a rather old computer on it, and Gavin.

"You two don't mind sharing a room again do you?" She asked.

Did I have a choice? "Not at all." I said, faking enthusiasm in my voice.

As soon as she left the room, I threw my stuff under the bed that was mine and laid down on it. I could already tell this was going to be bad.

Gavin looked at me, "First things first. You call me Spinner. At all times."

"Spinner?" I raised an eyebrow, "That's a retarded nickname, Gavin."

He put me in a headlock. "You hear me?"

I gagged, "Yeah, yeah, just let me go." As soon as he let me go I looked at him, "Deodorant is your friend." I leaned against the wall.

"Second things, you are to stay out of my way at school. No questions asked."

"Yes sir." I muttered sarcastically. This was going to be a lot easier than I thought.

The phone began to ring. "Spinner" hadn't noticed it so I answered, "Hello?"

"Hey Spin. Are you off expulsion? I mean, I know you went to summer school but can you come back this fall?"

My eyes grew wide as I looked at my brother, "Hey person, this isn't Spinner. Let me get him."

The person stuttered for a minute, "Um… Okay. But who is this?"

"Derek." I handed "Spin" the phone. "Some dude."

"Spin" took the phone, "Hello?"

The phone was loud enough I heard both ends.

"Who's Derek?"

"My annoying little brother."

"You have a brother?"

"Yes. He lived down south with my dad."

"So, why's he back?"

"I really don't know."

He didn't know. Ha, I highly doubt that.

"So Jimmy, what'd you want?"

"I was wondering, are you off expulsion?"

"Starting on the first day I'm free."

"So you'll be at Degrassi?"

"Yup."

"Cool, well I gotta go."

"See ya." Spinner hung up.

I smirked, "What'd you do?"

"Nothing."

"You don't get expelled for nothing."

"Shut up."

"Must've been pretty bad." I was having fun messing with my brother.

He pinned me to the wall. "I said it was nothing."

"Okay, you can put me down now."

He let go of me and I dropped to the floor. "Well, that was painful."

"Get used to it. Derek."

I stood up and sat back down on my bed. "Will do Ga- Spinner."

((Brotherly… love. Yes. It's love.))