Chapter 12-Alvin's Solution

Simon looked over at Alvin with tears in his eyes, but before he could even see his expression, Alvin's fist plowed into his face and broke his glasses.

"Ouch!" Simon cried as he rolled off the bed and fell to the floor holding his face in pain.

"Simon!" Alvin shouted. "How could you?! You know how much I love Jeanette!" He kicked him in the face and made his nose bleed.

"AAAHH!!" Simon screamed with pain. Alvin grabbed his arm and pulled him to his feet, then threw him against the bookshelf. Simon's ribcage slammed against the shelf. "OOOWW!!" he cried as he fell to the floor holding his ribcage and crying even harder. Suddenly, he became more angry than hurt. He stood up, wiped the blood from his nose with his sleeve, and lunged at Alvin angrily. He tackled him to the floor, held him down, and punched him in the face repeatedly.

"AAAAHHH!" Alvin cried as he began to bleed and cry. Then he lifted his foot, while he was still under Simon, and kicked him right where the sun don't shine.

"Ouch!" Simon cried as he rolled off of Alvin and laid on the floor holding himself in pain. Alvin got up and began to kick Simon continuously. Simon began to scream and cry hysterically.

"I hate you Simon! I hate you!" Alvin kept screaming as he kicked his brother all over the place. Simon finally grabbed a hold of Alvin's ankle and pulled it out from under him. Alvin fell flat on his back as his head slammed against the hard, wooden floor. "OOWW!!" He hollered in pain as he began to scream and cry even harder.

Downstairs, Dave was cleaning up after breakfast. He heard the commotion coming from his boys' room.

"Ah, they're probably just playing a very loud game," he thought to himself.

"BANG!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" Dave had just heard the loudest 'bang' and scream, then heard both of his boys screaming and crying.

"Okay, now I know they're not playing," Dave thought as he practically ran up the stairs to his boys' room afraid of what he might see. When he opened the door, it was worse than what he had feared. There was blood all over the bedroom floor. Alvin had his hands around Simon's throat.

"FELLAS!!" He screamed as he ran to break them up. He quickly grabbed Alvin, but Alvin kept a hold of Simon's throat. "ALVIN!" Dave shouted desperately trying to loosen Alvin's grip on Simon's throat. Simon gagged and struggled. "STOP IT BEFORE YOU KILL HIM!!" Alvin still didn't loosen his grip at all. Dave finally had no choice but to strike Alvin hard on his backside until he let go.

"AAAAHHH!!" Alvin screamed and cried even harder. Dave had NEVER hit him before. Alvin soon enough let go of Simon. Dave hated to hurt Alvin further, but he couldn't bear to see his son murder his other son. Simon gasped as he took in a huge breath of air and then coughed a bit and continued to cry. Alvin attempted to attack him again, but Dave held him back. He picked up both of his sons and carried them to the kitchen to clean them up. Then made them stand in separate corners until he could think of a punishment, and it helped them calm down a bit.

"Alvin! Simon!" Dave called from the living room. "Come here, please!" The boys left their corners and sat on the couch a good distance apart. "Alright, first off…Simon could you please explain to me what happened?" Dave asked knowing he could trust Simon to tell the whole truth. Simon nodded.

"I told Alvin that I like Jeanette and he punched me in the face, broke my glasses, then kicked me in the face and threw me against the bookshelf, causing me to hurt my ribcage. Then I got really mad and attacked him, punched him a couple times, then he kicked me in my…private place, then while I was down he kicked me in a lot of places and said 'I hate you' repeatedly, then I pulled his foot out from under him and he fell and hit his head on the floor. Then after a seconds of crying on the floor, he jumped on top of me and began to strangle me," Simon explained.

"So all this was over Jeanette?" Dave clarified. "Don't me wrong she's a very sweet girl, but all this over a girl? You guys are only nine-years-old! Alvin, you would actually be willing to kill your own brother for a girl?! What is wrong with you?!" Dave shouted now furiously. Alvin hung his head shamefully, then glanced over at Simon; he had tears running down his little face that was already swollen in a few places. Alvin noticed this and realized it was all because of him, then began to cry.

"I'm so sorry, Simon!" he said through his tears as he went to the other side of the couch to embrace his hurt brother. Simon hugged him back showing that he forgave him. "You can have Jeanette if you want," Alvin said through his tears.

"Alvin," Simon said, "I couldn't take your girlfriend."

"No, Simon," Alvin replied, "I want Jeanette to be happy, but I want you to be happier. You're my brother, Simon. I love you more."

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Simon asked.

"Yes," Alvin replied.

"I love you Alvin," Simon said as he pulled away.

"I love you to," Alvin replied. Dave's angry expression softened as he remembered what he had to do to Alvin to stop him from nearly killing Simon.

"Alvin," he said softly as he sat next to Alvin, "I'm sorry I had to hit you, but I couldn't watch you kill your brother." He hugged him lovingly.

"Its okay Dave," Alvin said returning the hug, "I would've done the same thing." Theodore walked inside eating a chocolate ice cream cone. He noticed his father and older brothers sitting on the couch hugging and his brothers crying.

"What'd I miss?" he asked.

Funny how it goes from violent to mushy. lol. Please review!! And chapter 13 should be up soon.