FINALLY! A NEW CHAPTER!
I know you guys have been wanting this for a long time. ENJOY!
(THIS IS THE CHAPTER WHERE THE 'TEARS A BROTHERHOOD APART' TAKES PLACE!)
DISCLAIMER! I don't own Wild Kratts.
Christmas and New Years went by too fast for anyone to keep up. Winter did as well, nothing to write home about. And now it was spring. Aviva's father's work was done, and she had moved back to town, to Chris' delight, not so much for Martin's. Martin was starting to feel left out again, as his brother started spending more and more time with Aviva once again. Chris never noticed that his brother was upset. Until one night. Chris came home late...again. You can guess where he had been. It was 8:00 PM, and Martin was upstairs in his room doing some last minuet studying before a test he had to do the next day. Chris came up the stairs, and saw his brother's door open with him on his blue sheets, looking at his Science book, and looking in his blue notebook at his notes.
"Hey Martin, you're still studying?" Chris asked as he leaned against his brother's room's doorway.
"Well, that test that I've been studying for is tomorrow, so I decided to get a little bit more studying in." Martin replied, still looking at his book. "Where have you been?"
Like Martin had to ask that. He knew already.
"Well..." Chris started, but his brother cut him off.
"No, don't tell me, at Aviva's again, right?" Martin had a little anger and annoyance in the tone of his answer.
"Yeah...wait? Is something bothering you bro?" Chris let himself in.
"Nothing Chris." Martin still sounded on edge.
They both said nothing, until about 5 minuets later, when Martin closed his book.
"You know that Spring Dance that's coming up?" Chris asked.
"Of coarse! And I know who you're going with." Martin said, trying to sound playful, but it only led Chris to think something more was wrong.
"Okay, seriously Martin, what's eating you?"
"What's eating me?"
Martin could hold it in any longer, and I guess you could say he went a little overboard.
"AVIVA THIS, AVIVA THAT! THAT'S ALL I HEAR COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, CHRIS!"
Chris was shocked! He'd never seen his brother so angry.
"I'm sorry, is this a problem for you Martin?" Chris asked sarcastically, still a little shocked.
"Well, actually it is, Chris! Ever since you laid eyes on Aviva, you haven't been the same. All I want is..."
"ALL YOU WANT?"
"YES!"
"And just what do you want?"
The brothers got louder and louder, closer and closer until their heads nearly hit one another.
"YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I WANT?"
"YES MARTIN, WHAT IS IT?"
"I WANT MY BROTHERBACK!"
Chris nearly fell over at the strength of Martin's yelling.
"I've lost my only brother because of that...STUPID GIRL!"
Chris went wide eyed. How dare he talk about his girlfriend like that!
"Well if it bothers you so much, it'll only take one phone call, and all this will go away!"
"Maybe you should!"
"Maybe I will!"
Chris stomped to the door.
"Fine, break up, see if I care!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Fine."
Chris stomped to his room across the hall and slammed the door shut. He never does that. Only then, did Martin realize what he had done.
His angry eyes, soon turned to eyes of guilt and shame, as he plopped back down on his bed.
"Way to go, Martin Kratt! You really handled that well." Martin thought sarcastically to himself.
Chris jumped onto his green sheet bed, nearly ready to burst into tears, bit he didn't. Martin didn't understand. It's not like he's loved someone before. A sudden meow broke Chris' train of thought. He looked under his bed to find a black cat with one big white blotch on his back, with a few spots tinkling down his shiny, black coat.
"Hey Milky." Chris said as he picked the cat out from under the bed, and held her tight. Milky knew something was wrong, that's why she hid under the bed at the sound of the Kratt's screaming.
"Sorry we scared you. Martin's just being a pest!" Chris said out loud, but immediately took it back in his head.
"Why can't he just understand how I feel?" Chris asked the cat, who appeared to be listening.
The Kratts didn't say good night to each other that night, just kept their doors closed until came to check on them at 11:00. Of coarse, they were both asleep by then. She and Mr. Kratt had heard the noise of the cat fight that happened earlier, but they knew their sons would work it out in the end. Mrs. Kratt checked on Martin, who was turned asleep with a furrowed brow. Then she checked on Chris, who was on his side, facing the door. It might have been dark, but she couldn't help but notice his red face, the side effect from crying.
"Man, I knew they had I fight, but I didn't know it was that bad." She said to herself as she shut the door like she was never there.
The next morning came by too quickly. Chris and Martin had breakfast without saying a single word to each other. Chris because he was still mad at Martin for he insulted him, and Aviva, most of all. Martin, because he felt so guilty of what he said, that he couldn't look into his brother's eyes.
Chris walked to school by himself that day. It felt lonely with his brother.
"Ugh, how could this day get any worse?" Chris said to himself.
And naturally, it did.
Aviva and Zach were walking together in front of him.
"What the heck is he doing now?" Chris said.
He ran to Aviva's side.
"Aviva, is Zach bugging you again?" Chris asked, glaring at Zach, as if to say. "don't you dare grab her hand!"
"What, no, Zach not bothering me at all." Aviva said as she gave him a FLIRTING SMILE!
"Aviva, what's gotten into you?" Chris asked, then he realized.
"Aviva...are y..are you...CHEATING ON ME?"
"What are you talking about Chris? We were never together! We're just friends!" Aviva snapped.
Chris stopped walking in shock, and stared at Aviva as she walked down the sidewalk with her arms wrapped around Zach's. Honestly, it was all disgusting to watch, but Chris was still in shock.
"We...were..never...together!" Chris thought in his mind.
"But...what about...all those...?" Chris looked shocked on the outside, but he was sobbing on the inside, his heart smashed and shattered.