Kalen's POV

I was shocked. I could tell by the look on Callie's face and the noise from the phone Logan had just yelled at her. She handed me the phone "Wants you." Was all she said before she collapsed on the couch and folded into a ball "He's so fmd ta mph…what was I timphin? Mph bif I blow it? I jmst med to swer…Omph mee gaf…" She mumbled of at least that's what I heard. I had a feeling it was something along the lines of 'He's so mad at me…what was I thinking? Why did I blow it? I just had to swear…oh my god.' After that it was all to muffled to hear.

I put the phone to my ear "Hello?" I asked thinking it was Logan wanting to know what Callie was so mad about

"KALEN! IS THAT REALY YOU!" I couldn't believe it. It was James.

"Oh. Hi James." I said. I didn't mean to sound as sad as I did.

"Yea. It's me…why do you sound so disappointed…It's me your big brother! You know the guy who sits with you when your sick and sings you personalized birthday songs!" He sounded like he was panicking.

"Sorry." I said.

"I don't want you to be sorry I want you to be happy."

"Then why did you leave to go to L.A. without telling me. How come that for the last Two years while I've been here I haven't heard from you? How come whenever I tried to call all I got was your voicemail?" I had tiers welling up in my eyes. I remembered the six months after I left. It wasn't that bad at first but after a few weeks communications got shorter and with more distance in between. After a while I gave up.

"Kalen…Please I never meant for this to happen. Just come out here for the summer like mom and dad planned and give me another chance! I will do anything."

"I gave you a second chance and a third when I cam back last summer and the summer before any you were to busy to pay any attention to me. It's like I don't even exist anymore James! I'm going to live with mom and dad for the summer.

"But Kalen!"

"NO! I'm not coming."

"Kalen mom and dad are getting worse. You know it to. Last time you visited they were worse than the time before. Please I wont be there to protect you."

"I can take care of myself James."

"Please… Kalen don't do this!"

I hung up. I didn't want him to change my mind.

"Kalen." I shot up. Christopher was right behind me.

"I'm not going to him." I said. I looked at him. He was the tallest out of the four of us but not as tall as James. When I first met him I had found him kind of intimidating. But he was just another lanky teen who's trying to get through his growth spurt.

"Kalen he's your brother." He looked at me and narrowed his eyes. Even though I knew he wouldn't hurt a fly I still felt myself squirm under his intimidating gaze.

"You don't understand." I mumbled.

"Just give him a chance." He said. I looked over to ware Callie had been sitting hoping she would take over. Her persuasion was yelling without logic so she was easier to ignore than Christopher. She wasn't there. "Ty took her into his room to calm her down."

I looked back up at him. "I can't just forgive him."

"You don't have to. You can try again and see if he grows on you at least then you have some kind of relationship with him. It's better than none. Trust me." He said.

That ticked me off. "HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S BETER? YOU HATE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY'S GUTS! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF YOUR BROTHERS OR SISTERS IN YEARS! SO DON'T YOU GO GIVING ME ADVICE ON HOW TO BOND WITH MY BROTHER!" I immediately regretted it. Christopher's eyes darkened in a way that made my heart skip about ten beats. "Christopher…I…I'm sorry." My eyes filled with tiers. "I…I didn't mean." Why had I said that? His family was off limits. We all knew that. I had just said the worst possible thing anyone can say to Christopher. "Please…I…I didn't mean-"

"Shut up." He mumbled.

"Chri-"

"I SAID SHUT UP! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID! I WAS TRYING TO HELP! I DIDN'T WANT YOUR FAMILY TO END UP LIKE MINE BUT IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANNA ******* TALK ABOUT THEN GO THE **** AHEAD! JUST COUNT ME OUT!" at this point he had tears in his eyes. And his voice had taken on a hostile tone I had never heard before. It made me want to hide and curl up and cry and die all at the same time. I looked at him fear obviously written across my face. I heard a door open. Christopher turned around to see Tyler and Callie standing there. He stomped passes them and into his room.