Around eight o'clock in the morning, Alfred barges into my room.
"Hey, Matthew! I'm teaching you to play catch today so get up!"
I rub my eyes and grab my glasses. It looks like one of those rare instances when he remembers me.
"Why catch?"
"We don't have any classes together, and it's in the big brother handbook to teach my little bro how to play catch!"
We have five classes together, and it's a bit late to want to act like a big brother now when he's had sixteen years to do so. But I guess it's better late than never. At least I won't have to spend the entire weekend alone like I usually do.
"I'll be in the backyard!"
With that he leaves and closes the door that Kumajiro was behind when Alfred opened it apparently. What is up with that bear?
I get dressed and go outside. I don't bother with breakfast because Alfred would drag me outside if I took too long.
He hands me a catcher's mitt, then puts one on himself, and picks up a baseball. Before I can react he throws a fastball with no warning and it nails me in the forehead. It feels like someone hit me with a sledgehammer. I should have expected this . Alfred is the star player on the baseball team because he can hit, run, catch, and throw better than anyone else in school; Not to mention the quarterback. I shouldn't be surprised by this.
"Can you throw it slower?"
"Sure, just throw it back!"
I pick up and throw it. It lands two feet in front of me, not even close to Alfred. This is why I prefer hockey. I hand the ball back to Alfred and go back to where I was. When he throws it again , the ball moves just as fast as the first time and hits me in the face.
"I said slower."
"Okay!"
The same thing happens about five more times. On the last throw I don't get in the face, I get hit in the groin and fall to my knees before curling into a ball. I am never doing this again. The next time Alfred want to follow the "Big Brother Handbook", I'm hiding at the library because I might not be able to have kids anymore now.
Author's note: So here's another one of the shorter chapters. Can anyone guess which episode I based this off of(it's pretty easy if you've seen it)? I hope you guys like the story so far. It took a awhile to write everything.
