Warning: Attempted Sexual assault in this chapter!
"Miranda! Miranda we can't!" John paused outside of Scott's room, glass of water in his hand, as he heard a panicked voice. He had been making the finishing touches to his science project downstairs when Scott and his recent girlfriend had wandered through. She had only been over a few times before that…and she definitely did not like John…he didn't know why…
"O come on Scotty…" John edged closer to the door, trying to hear more…something wasn't right, "…only your freaky little brother is home…he's not gonna notice anything"
"John is not a freak!"
"Of course he is! Marcus says so!"
"And you listen to Marcus!? The guy's a douche, he's just jealous of John because of his high grades!"
"But he's not a freak….Scotty, come on, your brother has no social skills to speak of, he always has his head stuck in a book, he's obsessed with space-"
"How does that make him a freak?"
"He's not normal…not like your other brothers, they're cool! If John just tried to act normal, he wouldn't get beaten up every day!" John winced, he still had bruises from the last time….and the guys who were beating him up still flinched whenever they saw Scott and Virgil in the corridors.
"…Get out"
"What?!"
"You heard me, we're over, get out!" There was the sounds of a scuffle, with Scott swearing furiously,
"Get off me Miranda….Miranda get off! Look, I don't want to hurt you, get off!" John decided he'd heard enough. He flung the door open, and upon seeing the startled look upon Miranda's face whilst she was sitting on top of Scott, pinning his hands down with her own. John knew that it was perfectly possible for Scott to break free of the hold, but probably not without hurting her…
Thinking quickly, he flung the water from the glass in her face, causing her to squeal and release Scott. As Scott tried to get up, she lost her balance and fell to the floor, her make-up running down her face as she scowled in annoyance.
"YOU LITTLE FREAK!" she screamed as she lept up from the ground and ran at a stunned John. However, before she could land a hit, she was gently grabbed by the arms from behind,
"Leave him alone Miranda….now, I believe I asked you to get out!" And with that Scott led a complaining Miranda gently, but firmly out of the house.
John wandered back down to the kitchen to get a fresh glass of water. Upon hearing the front door slam shut, he strolled back into the living room to find Scott admiring his science project,
"This is really awesome Johnny…" John smiled shyly at the praise,
"Thanks…are you okay?" Scott nodded wearily,
"Yeah…it's just-I didn't think she would react that way! I didn't know she felt that way about you!" John simply remained silent….he didn't have the best of social skills, but even he knew that Miranda didn't like him. Love blinds after all.
"Thanks for the help by the way…" Scott pulled John into a hug. John returned the hug after a few minutes, burying his head in his older brothers' shoulder,
"Don't mention it…"
…..Years Later…...
John grinned to himself as main control room echoed with the sounds of a call coming in. Hitting the answer button, he smiled at the sight of his older brother's face,
"Hey, Scott, what can I do for you?"
"Can't I just see how my little brother is?!" John mockingly rolled his eyes,
"Not without a reason…what's up?"
"You won't guess who I saw today on the mainland…"
"…Who?"
"Miranda Hooper"
"…Oh, your ex-girlfriend!"
"Yeah, the one you threw water at, remember?"
"Yeeeaaaahhhh…dare I ask how she is?"
"Holding a grudge, she did nothing but swear at me and curse about you for about ten minutes"
"Well…she was in the wrong, so I can't say I feel too guilty…."
"You shouldn't…thanks again for that by the way" John smiled,
"No worries…hopefully you'll never have to do the same for me"