Chapter 10

Mikey's POV

After J.D and Eric got in their fight, I went to my room. I hate it when they fight. They use to be happy and they use to act like they loved each other. My room was across where my Dad's was. It was blue and my Dad and J.D had painted the night sky on the celling. I laid down on my bed and grabbed my favorite blanket. I picked up my copy of Lord of The Rings. I was at the part where Gandalf had fallen. Frodo was so sad. I sighed and kept on reading. I finally finished at the part where Boromir died. Why do all the good guys have to die?

I snuggled into my blanket and grabbed the picture of me and my Dad at the park. He was pushing me on the swing. I looked really happy. I hid under my blanket with my picture and looked at my Dad.

"Hi, Daddy. I miss you, a lot. J.D and Patrick are fighting again. Patrick beat up Eric. Eric was trying to get back together with J.D and Patrick got mad. At least that's what Auntie Rosie told me. Me and J.D stayed with Rose last night. She made us pancakes and orange juice. Uncle Darry and Uncle Soda are doing really good. They still miss you though. Cola and Kevin are living up in the city. They're doing really good. Cola told me that he and Kevin are going to collage at the university. They're going to be teachers. Shay's girlfriend is still….um Debby. She's really nice to me though. She got me a toy airplane for my birthday. Shay's a reporter for football now. He really likes it. He took me to his workplace. It's really big and it has a lot of people in it.

I'm not doing too good in school. My teacher says that I don't talk to anyone besides myself. She's says that I need to 'interact' more with the other kids. But they're mean to me! They make fun of you and J.D and Pat. I hate it there! But I'm doing good in my subjects. Especially writing. Mrs. Kenly said that I write like I was a lot older that I really am. I like writing, Dad, I'm good at it. When she finishes grading them, I'll read you the story I wrote. It's about the time that you took me fishing. There's even a picture with it! I'm kinda sleepy now, so I got to go. I love you Daddy."

I came out from my blanket and saw that the clock on my bed said 6:30. I didn't know that I talked to Dad that long. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.

J.D's POV

I sat outside M.J's room, hugging my knees. I ran my fingers through my hair and felt the tears fall down my cheeks as I listened to my baby brother talk to our dead Daddy. I smiled when Mikey told 'Dad' about Debby. But I cried when he said that the kids were made fun of him. He was just a little kid. He didn't deserve that.

At about 6:35 Mikey must have gone to sleep. The phone rang and made me jump. I sighed and ran to get the phone.

"Hello?"

Silence.

"Hello?"

"J.D, it's me."

Eric

"Why are you calling?" I ask softly.

"I was going to call sooner, but let's just say that you're kid brother has got a hell of a punch." He says trying to get me to laugh.

"I know, I heard." I say sitting on the couch.

"I know that I said that I was sorry, and I meant it. But I know that that alone isn't enough. Please let me do something to make this right. Anything, please Johnny. You know that I love you."

"Eric, I love you too, and I probably will never be able to stop loving you, but you hurt me, and my brothers, and I can never forgive you for that."

"J.D…"

"Bye Eric."

I hang-up the phone and put it back on the kitchen counter. I didn't cry, I was all cried out.

I feel asleep watching TV and saw that it was six thirty. It was only Sunday, so we had a whole day until school started. Pat came down the stairs and looked at me funny. His knuckles were swollen.

"You slept on the couch?" he asked.

"I guess so." I say stretching.

"Hey, can I take Mikey out for the day?" he asks.

"Since when do you take M.J out for the day?" I ask getting the milk out for cereal.

"Since the other day. Let me take him out, he wants to go something with me." He says sitting at the table.

"Alright, just make sure that you guys get home by eight." I say making my cereal.

"Thanks J.D. I'll go wake him up and tell him."

I smile and watch him go up the stairs. Patrick and Mikey going out for the day, oh what, oh what should I do?

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