Chapter 3: Chapter Three

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Derek is beyond piss. How dare anyone treat his baby brother like scum?! They're all walking to school when Derek notices Spencer looking at a group of kids. "Are those the people who were a jerk to you?" Derek asks. Spencer nods shyly. Derek gets Spencer closer to the girls before heading over to the guys.

Spencer didn't want to leave his brother so when he say him walking away to the mean kids, he followed. "Listen here and listen go Rodney. You will not go near my brother or any siblings ever again, got it?" Derek asks Rodney. Rodney rolls his eyes.

Rodney shove Derek and laughs. "I don't see why you care so much, Derek. It's not like you're really the kid's brother. You don't even have the same parents! His probably didn't want him," Rondey tells Derek, really pissing him off. Derek punches him in face.

Spencer is sitting there in tears. Derek and him have the same dads. Or maybe it didn't count because Spencer didn't remember Jason very well. Why doesn't Papa and Daddy want him? Spencer runs away to the school bathrooms.

Emily soon realizes that Spencer isn't there. She and the girls run over to Derek. "Derek, where's Spencer?" Emily asks, Spencer no where in sight.

Derek rips his attention away from Rodney and looks at Emily with horror. "I left him with you," he tells his sisters. They all split up to find their baby brother.

"Hello there Spencer. What are you doing?" Spencer looks up and sees Derek's P.E. teacher and the football couch, Carl Buford.

"Someone was saying mean things about me," Spencer explains. Buford starts to get really close to him like Papa and Daddy do when they're gonna give him a hug.

Derek goes into the thrid bathroom and finds Spencer and Carl. "Hey buddy! The girls and I have been looking for you," he says, pulling Spencer into a hug and away from Carl. Spencer quick hugs back. "Hey, want to get to class so we can show everyone how smart you are?" Derek asks.

Spencer nods and Derek picks him up. "Why did the one guy say Daddy and Papa don't love me? Your friend said 'I don't see why you care so much, Derek. It's not like you're really the kid's brother. You don't even have the same parents! His probably didn't want him.' Is that why Old Papa left when I was a baby?I didn't mean to make him leave Derek! I'm sorry!" Spencer says, sobbing into his brother's shoulder, not understanding sex yet.

Derek, understanding sex and wishing he didn't knew that wasn't what Rodney meant. He knew he couldn't tell his brother the true, but how can he explain what happened. "Dad and Pops love us all very much. Rodney isn't my friend. Jason was to weak to take care of his family. None of this is your fault."

They got to their class and sat at a table with Emily. Spencer gets hit with paper balls, but every time he's hit, his eyes lit up. He straightens out the paper and uses it to write down every word the teacher says.

Of course, that's for others that need it and for him to remember better. All Derek and Emily do is stare at Spencer with a sense of pride.