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It was night outside and Amelia and Alex were alone in the house, their dad had gone to see Alex's mum leaving them behind. Amelia didn't think of Alex as a step brother but that was what he was. She thought of him more as her little brother. The one she needed to protect as he grew up.
They were watching a film and Amelia had her arm around Alex as he fell asleep against her. She loved him. More than he or anyone else would know, he was hers. Hers to protect and cherish, if anything happened to him then she would never forgive herself. He stirred and she gently lifted him up, he was only 8 years old and really light. With scruffy brown hair and chocolate brown eyes to match. A light dusting of freckles covered his nose and cheeks, making him look a lot younger. He hated them but she loved them, it made him look sweet.
She reached the stairs and quietly crept up them, Alex's arms around her neck, once she had reached his bed she carefully put him into bed and tucked him in. He murmured and turned over.
"Goodnight Alex," she whispered before slowly bending down to kiss his cheek softly. She smiled to herself and walked out the door.
She went back downstairs and turned the TV off, instead just looking at the pictures displayed around the room. There was one from when they had all gone to the beach, that day Alex had been pulled out to sea and she had worried and worried, her ADHD adding to her stress. She just couldn't stay still although she had learnt to control herself. There was one more picture of when they all went to an amusement park. She had gotten lost and all she could remember was running and running but then she saw her dad and she'd forgotten what she had been running from. They were the memories she remembered most, the ones which made her swear to herself that she would never let anybody harm him or her family. Ever.
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