AN: Had to edit chapter 3 again, something went wrong, thanks to a guest user for pointing this out to me. Here it is again, second time lucky, I hope.
Ben and Karen shift their gaze to their older brother, he's gone as white as a sheet. "Ethan. What are you doing here?" He asks shakily. "Why paying our dear friend Jake a visit of course." Ethan replies smirking, "You see kids, your big brother here owes us quite a lot of money." He says turning back to face Karen and Ben. The close proximity of Ethan and his younger siblings does not go unnoticed by Jake, gaining a little more courage as his protective older brother side takes control, "What do you want with my brother and sister?" He asks. At this Ethan laughs, "Well this is the ingenious part, we thought about breaking your legs, but we already did that to Mikey, and he didn't owe us three grand." At the mention of his friend being hurt, Jake loses his composure. Karen mouths the words "three grand?" to Ben in complete shock. Ethan continues on, "But then Anthony here mentioned that you had two younger siblings," he says motioning to a boy with jet black hair standing directly in front of the television, arms crossed over his chest. "And here's the fun part, Jake, you get to choose which of your siblings takes the beating for you." Karen gasps audibly while Ben glares up at the boy in front of him. He may only by 15 but Ben is big and he will not let anyone hurt his little sister. Only he gets to do that. "You see Jake, broken bones can heal, but the bond between you and which ever sibling you choose, that will never be mended, imagine how it will feel for them, that their big brother allowed them to be hurt." The other boys laugh, obviously amused at the idea of hurting either a 15 or 13 year old. "We'd never hate Jake, it isn't his fault you lot are sadistic, we know Jake would never intentionally want to see us hurt." Ben says standing up, he is pushed back down again, Ethan getting in his face, "You say that now, but what about when we," he gestures to the rest of the boys, "break four of your ribs, while your big brother, who is meant to protect you, stands by and does nothing?" Ben glares at the older boy. "You won't hurt my brother or my sister, just do what you have to do to me, leave them alone." Jake shouts. Ethan and the other boys laugh, "No, no,no Jakey you don't understand that is not part of the deal and if you don't choose then I will." He says lunging forward.