Part 1
I woke up to the sound of "All That I've Got" by The Used playing downstairs.
'Yeah right, like you call that music.' I thought. It was terrible. It always was. I got washed up and went into the kitchen really tired. I heard a noise and looked over to see my brother Bert, getting something to drink out of the fridge.
"You need to go lay down. Your eyes are really black and baggy." he stated, looking at me while drinking some orange juice.
"What?" I asked, still too tired to realize what was going on.
"You look like you haven't slept in years." he said laughing. I hated him. He was just so evil sometimes.
"Well, you look retarded. Wait a second….that's just your face. You should go do something about that." I said, using one of my best comebacks.
"You need some sleep, go lay down! I'm serious." he said.
"I WOULD'VE GOTTEN MORE SLEEP IF YOU AND YOUR SO-CALLED "BAND" DIDN'T HAVE REHEARSAL AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE FREAKIN' MORNING!" I screamed, causing Bert to back up. Bert looked at me, filled with anger.
"WELL SORRY, THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE ONLY TIME WE-" he turned to see three very confused looking people, standing there, staring at us. It was Jeph, Quinn, and Branden.
"As I was saying, THIS HAPPENS TO BE-" Bert looked up and noticed they were still there.
"Would you just go away?" he politely asked.
"Why?" Branden said.
"JUST BECAUSE, ALRIGHT?" I yelled, still angry at my brother.
"What's going on anyways, did you catch Bert over here slacking off again?" Jeph asked. "AS A MATTER OF FACT, NO, YOU GUYS WOKE ME UP!" I yelled obviously, still mad at everyone.
"WELL SORRY, THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE ONLY TIME WE COULD GET TOGETHER AND PRACTICE BECAUSE ALL OF US HAD PLANS!" Jeph yelled. "Thanks for making my point, Jeph." Bert said.
"No problem. Besides Bert, what were you doing in here?" Jeph asked.
"Nothing. I was just getting something to drink." Bert said. "No….what were you doing Bert?" we all yelled at once.
"Okay, you caught me, I confess, I came in here so I could avoid singing." Bert said. God. My brother was such a slacker.
"...but you love me so you'd never get mad." he grinned. The rest of the day, they went off and on practicing until 5:00. I ate dinner, and then decided to watch a movie. Everyone left after dinner to go see some of their friends.
"We're leaving. Okay Al?" Jeph called from the other room.
"Sure. Whatever." I replied.
Jeph's POV
"Hey dude, I think I'm going to stay here." Quinn said.
"Are you sure you don't want to come?" I asked as I stood in the doorway.
"I'm tired. I think I'll just stay here and sleep." I could tell there was something going on with him.
"Okay, fine- whatever. See ya." I said walking out the door.
Normal POV
I heard the door close. 'Thank god. Peace at last.' I thought. I was glad they were gone. They were just too annoying sometimes.
"Hey. Mind if I join you?" I heard someone say. I turned around, and looked at Quinn standing there.
"Sure. Wait, I thought you went with them." I said.
"Nah. I'm a little too tired to get into whatever mess they have planned." he said, while sitting down next to me.
'God he's gorgeous... Get it together! What's wrong with you? He's your brother's best friend!' I thought.
"So what are we going to watch?" he asked looking at me.
'Man…I could just look into his eyes forever…COME ON! I'm such an idiot.' I couldn't stop thinking about him…things were going to be tough I could tell.
"I'm not sure yet." I replied.
"Then let's watch whatever is on TV." He suggested.
"Sure…" I turned to give him the remote.
"What's the movie channel?" he asked looking towards me.
'OH MY GOD! WILL HE STOP LOOKING AT ME WITH HIS GORGEOUS SELF!' I started to space out, looking into his eyes. "Uh….I think it's 42". I answered. I was starting to come back.
"Okay then, let's watch some lame Saturday night movies." He said while flipping over to the movie channel. At that comment I just couldn't help but smile.
'No! Don't smile you loser…but then again that was pretty funny. GOSH! I NEED TO LEAVE!' I thought to myself.
"What? All they play on Saturday nights are those crappy frickin romance stories, and on rare occasions, horror films that have seriously lame special effects." He continued.
'Please don't play a romance movie…play a horror instead. It may have lame special effects, but it would be awkward if they played a romance.' I sat there getting my hopes up….and sure enough they were playing a romance.
'Crap. Just what I wanted...'
"Ha, its the usual crappy romance film. Why don't we just skip the movie tonight." He suggested.
'He's thinking the same thing- it'd be too awkward to watch a romance with each other.'
"Sure. I think I'm gonna go to bed." I said heading to the stairs.
"Yeah. Me too." He followed me to the stairs.
"…Race you up." I said.
'Race you up? Where did that come from you freak?'
"Sure. On your mark…..get set……GO!" he yelled running up the stairs.