Chapter 6: Fighting Brothers

Vinny gets the tickets like Mike asked him to. The Blackhawks were playing the Los Angeles Kings so; it wasn't hard to get tickets. Mike goes to his house when him and Vinny come back from the mall.

"Where were you?" Jake asked as he walked into the house.

"The mall." Mike simply answered.

"How did you get there?" Jake then asked.

"Vinny, drove me." Mike replied.

"What are you doing tonight?" Jake then questioned.

"Why do you care?" Mike scoffed.

"I feel really bad about this morning; I wanted to know if you wanted to go to a movie tonight." Jake told him.

"Who else is going?" Mike then asked.

"Just me and you." Jake stated.

"I don't know." Mike then said.

"I thought you wanted to hangout with me." Jake said.

"What about tomorrow?" Mike questioned.

"I'm hanging out with Drew and Don." Jake replied.

"I have plans tonight." Mike then told him.

"Come on Mike, I'm your favorite brother." Jake pleaded with him.

"Henry's my favorite brother." Mike responded.

"What's your problem?" Jake then asked.

"You blowing me off for your friends." Mike then explained.

"Mike, we hangout all the time." Jake then told him.

"Not like we use to." Mike then said.

"I want to hangout with you tonight and you're blowing me off." Jake told him.

"I'm going to the hockey game with Vinny." Mike stated.

"I'm your brother." Jake then said.

"I'm your brother and that didn't stop you from choosing your friends over me." Mike scowled.

"Get over it Mike." Jake snapped.

Mike walks away from Jake and goes upstairs. Jake follows Mike to his room.

"Leave me alone!" Mike told him.

"Why are you acting this way?" Jake asked.

"I don't want to talk to you." Mike then said.

"I'm not leaving until you tell me what's wrong?" Jake told him.

Mike gets up and tries to push Jake out of his room. Jake moves and Mike's momentum makes him fall face first into the floor.

"You did that on purpose." Mike cried with a busted lip.

"If you weren't being a little brat, that wouldn't have happened." Jake explained.

Mike goes after Jake. Jake tosses Mike to the side. Mike decides to push Jake.

"Mike, stop." Jake warned him.

Mike doesn't listen and keeps pushing Jake. Jake puts Mike in a headlock.

"Let go. I can't breath." Mike told him trying to get out of the headlock.

"Are you going to stop pushing me?" Jake asked.

"Let go!!" Mike now cried.

Sarah just walked into the house and hears Mike crying. She runs upstairs and sees Jake and Mike fighting.

"Jake, what the hell are you doing?" Sarah screamed.

Jake lets go of Mike and he falls to ground. Mike is on the ground crying and catching his breath. Sarah kneels over next to Mike.

"Are you okay?" Sarah asked him.

"Why do you care?" Mike cried as he got up.

"What happened?" Sarah then asked Jake.

"He lost it. He started pushing me and I warned him to stop." Jake explained.

"So, you almost killed him?" Sarah then questioned.

"He wouldn't stop. I had to do something." Jake then explained.

"Again, you almost killed him." Sarah said again.

"You should know more then anybody that families fight." Jake told her.

"I never got into a fist fight with Lorraine." Sarah then explained.

"You and Mark got into a few shoving contests." Jake then said.

"I never tried to kill him." Sarah then said.

"You get into fights with Mike; you once gave him a bruise on his arm." Jake told her.

"I never choked him." Sarah reminded him.

"He was being a brat." Jake tried to plea his case.

"That still doesn't make it right." Sarah told him.

Sarah walks out of the room and goes downstairs. Mike ran across the street when Jake and Sarah were arguing.

"Mike, what happened?" Lorraine asked concerned.

"I got into a fight with Jake." Mike explained.

"He punched you in the mouth?" Vinny then asked.

"No, I fell face first onto the floor and busted my lip." Mike then explained.

"Why is your face red?" Vinny then asked.

"Jake put me in a headlock and wouldn't let me go." Mike then told them.

"What happened?" Vinny then asked.

"We got into an argument and things got out of hand." Mike said.

"I remember those days." Vinny smirked.

"I can't believe Jake would do that." Lorraine said.

"That's what happens when brothers fight." Vinny then said.

"Jake's a jerk." Mike chimed in.

Lorraine goes into the kitchen to get Mike some ice for his lip. Mike places the ice on his lip and lies on the couch.