Nick
I knock on Jason's door softly. "Jace you okay buddy?" I ask but I get no answer and I turn the doorknob. To my surprise, his door is unlocked so I open the door and I see him lying on his bed. I can already tell he cried himself to sleep because his pillows are very, very wet.
"Jace, you okay?" I ask again
"No, I'm not." He tells me as he gets up, his blue eyes red from crying
"Mom and dad are worried about you Jace." I tell him softly.
"I know. She pretended to like me but she never really cared about me. She loves the guy who killed Wade!" He was starting to cry again and I put my arms around him to comfort my brother.
"It's okay Jace. It'll be okay. We'll get through this." I reassure him with a hug but I can tell he's reached potentially his limit. The ordeal happened only a few hours ago but he has been crying so much. I mean I understand this is so hard for him, I just never thought it was this hard for him. I hold him close as he continues to cry in my shoulder.
The next morning
Jason
I wake up in my bed, my pillow wet from crying all night. I slowly get out of bed and walk to my mirror. I look at my reflection in a mixture of sadness and disbelief. I have changed more than I realized especially in terms of facial hair. I have a full blown beard now! How the heck did that happen?! I had peach fuzz just last month! Well at least now I look more like dad now. I head downstairs and I find mom and dad talking in the living room.
"What's going on?" I ask my parents and dad gestures for me to sit next to him.
"Son, your mother has some news for you." He tells me and I turn to face my mother.
"What is the news mom?" I ask her before she smiles at me.
"Jason sweetie, you're going to be a big brother."