Chapter Twelve: There For Him

Zack's POV

I walked up the small sidewalk to my brother's house. I felt so bad for him and Jeremy, I mean, I couldn't imagine if it would have been Bradley. I opened the door and saw Cody in the kitchen. Justin was laughing at the table. I smiled. I hadn't seen either of them laugh for a very long time.

"Hey guys." I said from in the living room. I pulled my jacket off and went into the kitchen

"Hey Zack, thanks for babysitting." Cody said, he set his coffee cup down and grabbed his lunch.

"Coffee?" I asked him.

Cody had never drunk coffee, he hated it.

"Yeah, I haven't been able to drink chocolate milk since-"

"I know, I'm sorry." I said stopping him. I didn't make him say it, I knew it must be really hard. Jeremy had only drank chocolate milk. He never drunk water, cool aide, pop, only the chocolate milk. Cody had picked up the habit when Jeremy was only five years old, and soon, he had been the same way.

"So Jus, what's up?" I asked my nefew as Cody continued out the door.

"Bye!" He muttered as he shut the door.

"Nothing. Can I talk to you about something?" Jeremy ask me, he set his homework down and turned his chair towards mine.

"Sure." He told me.

"Listen, I'm having trouble with bullies at school, can you teach to me to be strong, like you?" Jeremy asked hopefully.

"Buddy, beating up the other kid makes you no better, you have to tell the teache-"

"He teases me about Nick and Jeremy." Justin interrupted.

"Oh." I said, i felt my heart sink. I didn't want to see my nefew go through this.

"Sweetie, this isn't going to be easy for you." I started. "I'm sorry this happened, If I could turn back time to the day where Nick came during Christmas pictures, gosh Justin, I'd kill him." I stopped myself. I didn't want to put violent images into Justin's head.

"Okay, Thanks Zack." Justin told me. He looked down and I felt bad. I followed him silently upstairs and watched him. He went into Jeremy's room. I watched through the crack in the door.

Justin ran his hand along Jeremy's unmade bed, his soccer ball, his computer. Neither Justin or Cody had moved Jeremy's room at all. Everything was in the exact same place as it had always been.

I watched Justin as he pulled Jeremy's dresser drawer out and took a shirt. It was brown with some fancy writing running along the side and eventually off the shirt's side. Justin hugged the shirt, then pulled his off and put it on. I saw small tears start forming in his eyes, then, they gently fell.

I walked into the room, his eyes widened in shock as he saw me. I took him in a hug and let him cry. He needed to cry, he had to cry, and that's just what he did.

A/N- Okay guys, Thank You so much! I can't believe how loyal you all are. Your the best. I love you all so much! Your the most awesome people! Anyway, there's Chapter 12. I told you Zack's POV wouldn't be very long, or exciting, but I wanted it in here. I've ben thinking about this story ALOT, I think about it at school, at home, at night when I try to go to bed, when I go outside to walk around, all the time and I have some amazing ideas. I hope you like them. Next Chapter will be Normal POV. Thanks again guys!