Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Four Brother characters, but I do however own anyone that wasn't in the movie

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Four Brother characters, but I do however own anyone that wasn't in the movie.

Author: Here's another one…. :)

He stood outside the door listening as she yelled at her brothers. Her voice sounded so hurt and in so much pain. He wanted to bust up in the house and just hold her as she cried, but he didn't. He waited. He heard her yell something about West Virginia. Was she coming back home? He smiled as he put his hands in his pocket.

"I don't want to hear it anymore. You guys killed two people in cold blood last night, while I was sleeping. I am going to go call Elijah and I will be leaving in the morning," he heard her yell. "You need to look inside yourself Bobby and find out what's really important in life, because if you don't, you are going to lose something you can't get back."

He waited for her to come out the front door, but she never did. She never even called like she said she would have. He was left on the porch, waiting.

Bryant heard the door open as she watched Jack and Bobby look at all the guns on the table. Bobby had been going through every single one of them, as Jack looked through the camera. She was the first to see Jerry walk in.

"Come on ya'll what are you doing to ma's house." Jerry whined. Immediately Bobby had a gun in his hands and pointing it at Jerry. "Aw look at this table man. Come on!"

"You know you're right, Sofi get in here and clean up, make yourself useful!" Bobby snapped.

Bryant laughed as she saw Sofi raise a pizza box over her head and throw it at Bobby.

"You missed!" Bobby yelled back.

"What are you doing?" Jerry asked.

"Just getting started on next years taxes Jerry." Bobby unloaded a gun.

"Hey it's that guy! Bobby its that lawyer guy. He said he only met ma once!" Jack began to yell.

"What lawyer guy?" Bryant asked jumping up.

"Bobby…" Jack replied handing him the camera.

Suddenly the back door slammed. "Where the hell have you been, I've calling you all night." Bobby yelled at Angel.

"I was checking up on new leads." He glared at Jerry.

"What lawyer?" Bryant asked.

"Come on lets go." Bobby grabbed a gun from the table. "You coming with us Jer?"

"Yeah don't you want to know who killed ma?" Angel asked.

"Yeah, someone's gotta look out for you clowns." Jerry replied.

"Who you calling clowns?" Angel asked.

"Call them like I see them."

"Ok, let's quit fucking around." Bobby moved into the kitchen.

"What freakin lawyer!?" Bryant yelled stepping in front of Jack.

"You going to move?" he asked.

"Jack!" Bryant didn't move.

"Can we talk about this later, we have things to do." Bobby's head appeared in the doorway.

Bryant threw her hands in the air and walked away. "Whatever." She replied.

"Bry!" Jack called after her.

"Go Jack, just hurry the hell up." She replied without turning around.

He looked at her for a moment before Bobby grabbed him by his hood. She heard Sofi slam her hand into the cabinet before appearing in the dining room area.

"Just let them go." Bryant had turned the TV on.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door which caused Bryant to jump. She looked over at Sofi, who just stood there.

"Stay there ok." She replied slowly walking to the door. "Who is it?" she asked.

"I'm here to see Bryant Sto…Mercer." The voice was gentle.

"Who is it?"

Bryant moved over to the wall closest to the door and listened.

"My name is Elijah…"

"Eli!" Bryant squealed. She ran to the door and threw it open. She saw him smile as she threw herself in his arms. "I can't believe you are here!"

"You sounded so hurt on the phone and I talked to Kade and we just decided to come…"

"Kade?"

He smiled at her before moving out of the way. Kade was at the bottom on the stairs with his hands in his pockets, looking up at her.

"Hi." He whispered.

She just stared at him. "Bry…." He started to explain, but she took off running and jumped into his arms. She dug her head in his neck as she began to cry.

"Oh man, I've missed you!" he whispered holding onto her tightly.

"I've missed you too." She whispered through her tears. She let go of him, but still held onto his hand. "Come on, it's freezing out here. Come inside."

"You sure it's ok?" Kade asked.

"Yeah, everyone is gone. It's just me and Sofi…" she turned around and saw Sofi pulling out of the driveway. "Where is she going?"

"Well it looks like it's just us." Eli laughed.

"Yeah." She smiled. "Come on." They followed her inside the house. "How long are you guys staying? Wait, where are you guys staying?"

The boys laughed. "We are staying in a hotel not too far from here." Eli replied.

"And as for how long, as long as you want us too." Kade replied softly.

She smiled hugging him again. "I am so happy you guys are here."

"Are you ok?" Kade asked.

"Yeah…"

"These boys….they treating you ok?"

Bryant laughed a little. "They are my brothers and yes, they are very good to me."

Kade turned away. "Kade…"

"Is this your mother?" he asked looking at the pictures on the wall.

"Yeah, you would have loved her. She was amazing."

"I bet." Kade moved over to the couch.

"So tell me, how is everything in West Virginia?" she replied sitting down on the couch next to him.

Kade sighed. "How about we talk about you?"

She smiled. "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know about your life here. From the moment you first got here to now. Don't skip anything."

"Um….well Evelyn came into the office one day and I was sitting in a blue chair. I was wearing a sweatshirt and blue jeans with mud on them. My hair was a mess, but that didn't stop her from coming over to me. She asked if I needed anything and I didn't even say a word to her. I just stared, hard. I thought maybe she would get the hint and go away." Bryant laughed. "She definitely didn't. She kept talking to me and asking about my life. I just wanted to hit her and get out of the room. She had asked me about the foster homes that I had went to and they told her that bad things happened and I needed to get out. You know it was hard for me to get placed in a home because I was going through that rebellious stage. Yeah I don't know, I didn't think I was rebelling."

Kade smiled. "She told them she would take me home with her. There was a lot of arguing and the next thing I knew I was in the car with this woman and on my way to her house. She had kept telling me about these four boys she had in her house. Angel, Bobby, Jack, and Jerry. They were her sons. She told me they were different kinds of sons though, that they were adopted. I didn't want her to adopt me. I guess I kept thinking that as long as I kept making people hate me, they might send me back to West Virginia with you guys. That never happened. She kept pushing and pushing, until finally I just gave in. She had bought me all kinds of clothes and toys. I had my own room and I was left alone when they knew I needed to be. I was well fed, I could take showers whenever I wanted. It was paradise compared to the other places."

"Was it that bad?" Elijah asked.

"Yeah, sometimes." She smiled gently. "Anyways, it started to come to a time when it felt right to be here. Like I was suppose to be here with these boys. They are amazing. I don't know what I would do without them. I love them to death and I would give my life for them. Then ma gets killed. Everything is just thrown in every direction. Bobby is going crazy trying to figure out who did it. The cops came by this morning accusing him of killing these two crooks. I don't know what to do anymore you know. I want to know just as much but I don't want any of us dying in the process."

"That's why you need to be with us!" Kade exclaimed

"Kade." Elijah moved forward.

"What are you talking about?" Bryant asked.

"I was here this morning. I had found out where you lived and I heard the whole thing Bry. I heard you say you were going to come back to West Virginia because you didn't feel safe here anymore. Bry, let us take you back. You can stay with me and we can be a family again."

"Is that why you came?" she jumped up from the couch.

"No." Elijah stepped towards her.

"Yes." Kade moved off the couch.

"Kade!" Elijah yelled. "Do not do this now."

"I was mad this morning because I was left in the dark about things. I could never leave."

"Why?" Kade yelled. "What is so special about them that you wouldn't come back to the family that knows you more than anyone."

"Kade, you haven't been with me for four years. They have. They've probably seen more than anyone."

"Let us change that. Come with us."

"I cant, okay. They need me more than anything right now."

"Bry!" Kade yelled. "Please, I want you to come home."

She turned away from him. "I am home." She told him.

"You guys, this is not suppose to be happening right now." Elijah stated. "We were just suppose to come by and say hi and catch up. Not making things worse than they already are."

"How are things worse Eli?" Bryant asked. "No one did anything."

"I didn't mean…" he started.

"I wanted you guys to come here for Christmas. I want you guys to meet my family and I want you to be apart of it. I will not have you guys being jealous. This is ridiculous. I can't help that I have a new family. My father was probably going to kill me if I didn't get out of there, but I never knew the cops would take me away. But they did and obviously no one could stop them. Why are you trying to punish me for actually trying to be happy with these people who have given me everything and who love me more than anything?" Tears started to surface as she turned away again. "I had to make with what I had since I had in my mind I would never see you guys again. Hell, I tried to freakin run away to see you guys. I didn't even make it to the train station when Bobby came and found me. My life was ok here. He had protected me from such much shit these past few years."

Kade rubbed his hands over his face. "I didn't mean to make you upset. I just never really understood I guess."

"I love you guys with all my heart. Please understand that, but I am not leaving them."

Kade nodded his head. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her as she dug her head into his chest.

"We better get back. We told Sky that we wouldn't be long." Elijah replied.

"How is he?" Bryant asked pulling away from Kade.

"He's doing fine. He was going to come but he fell asleep."

Bryant smiled. "Well will you guys come by tomorrow. I really want you to meet the boys."

Kade looked over at Elijah. "Come on, you guys are going to like them."

The front door came swinging open causing Bryant to jump and turn away. "Bobby!" she yelled. Angel and Bobby both had guns pointing at Elijah and Kade. "What the hell!?" she screamed.

"Who the fuck are you?" Bobby asked pointing the gun at Kade.

"Bobby, this is ridiculous, what are you doing?" Bryant moved over to get in front of Kade.

"What the hell are you doing Bryant?" Angel asked.

"These are the guys from West Virginia that I told you about. Put your guns down." She told them. "It's ok."

Angel lowered his gun, but Bobby didn't move a muscle.

"What are you doing here?" Bobby asked.

"Bobby!" Bryant yelled.

"We are here to see Bryant. We were in town and we came by to see how she was doing." Elijah was the first to speak.

"Ok, now you know, put the gun down." Bryant told him.

Kade put his hands on Bryant's shoulders and gently moved her to the side of him.

"What are you doing?" Angel replied putting the gun back up. "Don't move!"

"This is ridiculous!" Bryant screamed. "Just stop!"

"Don't touch my sister." Bobby replied cocking the gun back.

"Jack do something!" Bryant screamed.

"She's not your sister." Kade spat.

"JACK!" she screamed.

"Why are they here Bryant?" Jack asked. "Did you call them?"

"No." she yelled. "That's not important right now, our brother is going to kill them."

"You told me everything was fine, that you weren't going to leave."

"I'm not." She had tears streaming down her face as she whispered to him.

"Right." He turned away and stomped up the stairs. She bowed her head as she turned back to Bobby. She gently put her hand on his shoulder.

"They are my friends, please. They aren't going to hurt me." She whispered through her tears. "Please." She begged.

He looked at her before lowering her gun. He wrapped his arms around her as she laid her head in his chest.

"I'm so sorry." She whispered. "Maybe you guys should go."

"Bry." Kade moved forward.

"You were wrong Kade. Wrong to come here for that reason. I'm safe here and I don't want to leave."

"Bry, listen to me." Kade went on.

"You need to leave." Bobby snapped. "You aren't welcome anymore."

"Stop." She whispered. "Kade, Eli, please don't hate me. My family is here now. My life is here now. Thanks for coming to see me, but its time for you to go."

Elijah nodded his head as he put his hand on Kade's shoulder and moved him to the door. She watched as they left before yelling at Bobby.

"Are you freakin crazy?" she yelled pulling away from him.

"La Vida local wasn't suppose to leave you here alone." He replied. "Its not safe."

"So what if I was here alone."

"I don't want you to be alone when people who killed our mother are still alive."

"You killed them remember?"

"We haven't found the source yet. You can't be alone for any reason. I saw their car outside the house, and I just assumed the worse. All I kept thinking about was you in here, scared to death, and me not being here."

She looked at him feeling sorry for yelling at him. "You're good." She told him with a laugh. "You had me going there for a second. I have to go talk to Jack now." She moved to the stairs. "Oh yeah and if you didn't piss them off enough, they are coming back tomorrow to meet you guys."

"Fuck!" Bobby yelled. She laughed as she heard him kicked something off the table as she walked towards Jack's room.

"Hi." She whispered gently kicking the door open and leaning against the frame.

Jack looked up but didn't say a word.

"Can we talk?" she asked.

He grabbed a box from the side of his bed and opened it up.

"Come on Jack." She begged. She moved towards the bed. "This is so dumb. Do you actually think that I called them when I told you that I wasn't going to leave?"

"Yes." He spat.

"Then you don't know me at all." She whispered.

"Then why are they here?" he asked. "Explain that to me Bry, because that's what is confusing me."

"Jack, I didn't know they were coming. Eli said that I sounded so hurt on the phone when he called me that he wanted to check up on me. Instead I think Kade was here to take me back to West Virginia."

Jack huffed before making him a cigarette.

"I told him that I wasn't going anywhere. He was here this morning when all the shit went down with Bobby and the cops. He heard that I was going to call and get a ticket back to Virginia. He thought I was really coming and he was ready to bring me back. I don't want to leave you guys. You are my family."

He looked up at her. "Please believe me, I would never leave you."

He sighed before patting his bed for to sit down. She smiled as she walked over to him and sat down. "You gotta quit smoking though." She told him with a smile.

He grabbed her, laughing, pulling her into him and kissing the top of her head. "I am so happy you are my baby sister." He replied.

"Why?"

"Because I can do this!" he began rubbing his fist in her head, messing her hair up.

"JACK!" she screamed. She pulled away and grabbed his pillow and began hitting him with it. He tackled her onto the floor and began hitting her with the same pillow. "STOP!" she screamed through her laughs. He kept hitting her as she balled into the fetal position. "OWE!" she yelled covering her eye.

"Oh shit, Bry, are you ok?" he asked dropping the pillow.

She covered her face and turned away from him. "Damn it." He cussed. "I'm sorry."

She didn't say a word until he was over her. She grabbed the pillow and tripped him to the ground.

"Fairy!" she yelled hitting him in the head with it. She laughed as she kept beating him until they were both of breath and leaning against his bed. "See I told you, you need to quit smoking." She told him looking over at him as he breathe heavily.

He laughed. "And what's your excuse?"

"I'm getting old." She laughed.

"Yeah, right."

He reached over and hit her once more with the pillow.

Kade walked away from Elijah pissed off. "Kade!" Elijah yelled after him. "Come on man, its cold as hell out here."

"Just go on then!" Kade yelled.

"Kade, she is ok man. Isn't that what you wanted to know?"

"No!" he yelled. "It's not Elijah! I want her back with us. Not with…them" He pointed towards the house.

"Why do you hate them so much?" Elijah asked.

"You won't understand!" he pushed him away.

"Explain it to me, because I am dying to know. Are you still pissed that she is happy with people other than us? She was twelve years old and we were the only people who gave a shit about her. Why are you making yourself miserable thinking that she isn't happy here?"

"Eli, I'm not going to say it again." Kade threatened.

"Don't threatened me. It doesn't have any effect."

"Why are you ok with the fact that we aren't her family anymore?" Kade got into his face.

"Because she is happy." He responded gently.

"And how in the hell do you know that? The woman who adopted her just died, how could she possibly be happy?"

Elijah pointed up to the house to the second floor. The lights were on in the room as she had just walked in. Suddenly she started laughing. They watched as Jack and Bryant got into a pillow fight.

"She's ok." Elijah whispered. "We don't have anything to worry about."

"Really? That fuckin brother of hers, whatever the hell he is, pulling a gun on us Eli. He was going to shoot us."

Elijah didn't open his mouth. "Maybe you're right, she might be happy here, but she isn't safe." Kade replied.

"She says she is, then she is. She was never really safe in West Virginia either. Look at what happened. Her father tried to kill her so she ran away. She came to our house, then the cops took her away. How did we keep her safe?"

"She…" Kade started, but he didn't know what to say.

"She wants us to come back tomorrow and I think we should. We need to sit down with everyone and act like adults. I refuse to fight over her, when she isn't in any danger. She wants us to all be a family again and I will be damned if you ruin that." He shoved Kade out of the way and walked to the car. "It's damn cold out here. Let's get the hell back to the hotel."

Kade looked back up at the room before sighing. "I just can't lose her again." He whispered. "I won't be able to live with myself." He turned away and walked towards the car with his hands in his pocket.

Author: Ok, so I don't know about this chapter, but I thought I would give you another one because I am leaving for the beach tomorrow, but just let me know what you think!

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