Chapter Thirty-Two: Hickeys and Bruises

Gavin’s POV

“Where is she?” I asked, looking down at my Garrett whose hand I was tightly holding. He had a habit of running off from me, and even though it got annoying at times, I really couldn’t figure a way to stop him from doing it.

Garrett shrugged his small shoulders, “I don’t know.” He said putting his hand in his mouth.

I squatted removing his hand from his mouth, “First rule.” I said to my brother who was looking at me with wide eyes. “If you ever want this girl to be your girlfriend, don’t stick your hand in your mouth.”

Garrett looked at me, his face scrunching up in distaste. “I don’t want her to be my girlfriend, girls have cuties.” He said stomping his foot.

I stood up, “Fine but don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.” I said muttering under my breath.

I brought Garrett to the park to meet one of his ‘friends’ but in my opinion it was really his girlfriend. He just did not know it yet, every week Garrett would come home asking me to take him to the park to meet his ‘friends’. However it got to the point where I began to realize it was a different girl every week. I swear, I think he was catching on to my habits because very soon he will be breaking hearts everywhere he goes. Not that he wasn’t doing it now.

“Garrett, do you think that’s her over there?” I said pointing to the little blonde girl holding a ladies hand, they were scoping the park and my best guess was that it was Garrett’s ‘friend’.

I looked to my left and saw the spot empty next to me, “Shit. Shit. Shit,” I swore spinning looking for my brother, “I swear to fucking God Garrett,” I muttered, scanning the area for a bright blue eyes four almost five year old. When I didn’t see him panic began to rise within me, as I broke into a slow jog.

I continued to jog through the park as I scanned the area. I stopped running for a moment when I noticed a little boy, talking to two people. As I got closer I realized that it was Garrett, I began to jog quicker this time.

“Garrett,” I muttered under my breath as I caught up to him. I let out a sigh, opening my mouth to thank the two strangers for not running off with him. “Ali?” I said confused, “What are you doing here,” I then looked over at the person next to her. “With him?” I said in distaste.

Ali looked in confusion as she looked at all three of us who was waiting patiently for an answer, “Oh shit.” I heard her mutter.

“That’s a bad word,” My brother said, speaking up.

I crossed my arms, ignoring Garrett. “Aren’t you going to answer my question?”

She ran her fingers through her brown locks as she looked at all of us in frustration. She seemed to be having an inner battle within her, “I-I don’t.” She began.

“She doesn’t have to answer to you,” I heard Ben mutter who was glaring at me.

A small smirk began to form on my face. I knew that look anywhere, he always use to give me that look whenever I interrupted something important. “Did I interrupt something Benji?”

He narrowed his eyes at me, “Actually you did.” He said to me taking a step towards me.

I chuckled, He was trying to act tough around Ali but I knew he was actually a real pussy. I noticed his arm was in a sling I looked back at Ben, “Let me guess?” I said nodding to his broken arm, “You fell down the stairs?” I said chuckling. “You always were the clumsy, pudgy kid growing up.”

Ben turned around his face growing red. I smirked, knowing that I embarrassed him in front of his crush. I knew he had a crush on Ali it was so obvious the way he followed her around everywhere. I looked at Ali, who was staring at me with a blank look. “What?” I said, confused to why she was staring at me.

“Apologize.”

“What?” I questioned.

“Apologize,” She repeated once more.

“Why?” I asked confused.

“Because you have no right judging people like that,” Ali said her brown eyes narrowing at me. “Now I am not going to ask you again, but apologize now.”

A smirk began forming on my face it might sound weird but she was kind of turning me on the way she was acting all bossy and such. I turned to look at Ben who was silently glaring at me, “Fine. I am sorry Benji.” I mocked.

He rolled his eyes at me, “Piss off.”

I shrugged my shoulders not caring, “Fine. Whatever,” I said then turning to my little brother who was sticking his hand in his mouth looking at us in wonder. “Let’s go Garrett,” I said pulling his hand out of his mouth. “And what did I tell you?”

Garrett said nothing just looking up at me in silence, I began to drag him away when Ali called me back. “Gavin?” She said looking at something in concentration, “What’s that on your neck?”

I shrugged trying to see what she was talking about, however it was impossible. “I don’t know, probably a hickey or something.”

“What’s a hic- eee?” Garrett said his face scrunching up.

I clamped my hand over Garrett’s mouth, “Don’t say that.” I said warning him. The last thing I really needed is him bringing it up on the dinner table.

“That’s what you said last time,” He said whining and stomping his foot. “When I said fook.”

“It’s fuck,” Ben said walking towards us, smirking at me.

“Why the fuck would you tell him?” I hissed at Ben glaring at him. I suddenly felt pain in my right leg, as I realized someone just kicked me in the shin. “Ow! What the fu-“ I felt the same pain this time on my other leg, I fell down clutching my leg. I looked up and saw Ali glaring at me, “What the heck did you do that for?” I said hissing at her this time.

“You tell Garrett not to swear yet you do it right in front of him?” She whispered to me.

“It’s not my fault, he.” I said directing my anger towards Ben. “Started it.”

“Oh, that reminds me.” Ali said walking over to Ben kicking him in the shin as well.

“Ow, what did I do?” Ben yelled clutching his right leg with his good arm.

“Don’t play dumb, with me.” She said harshly. “You know exactly what you did.” She said to him.

“You know for someone who took a bullet for you, you don’t seem very thankful.” Ben retorted.

My ears perked up, bullet? He took a bullet for her? I looked at the two in wonder, I shook my head it was most probably a metaphor or something.

“Look,” Ali said standing beside my brother and grabbing his hand. “When you two or done being sissies, you can come join us for ice cream or not. It doesn’t really matter to me.”

“Yeah call us sissies when you just kicked us in the shin,” I heard Ben grumble.

I got up from the floor, as I looked at Ben. He hasn’t really much changed his shaggy hair was still the same-just longer and his attitude didn’t change much either, still the controlling goody two shoes.

My eyes wandered to his arm that was in a sling, “So do you really want to explain how you got that?” I said to him, his hazel eyes snapped at me widening in shock most probably wondering why I was talking to him.

His eyes soon narrowed at me, “You want to tell me how you got that bruise?”

“It isn’t a bruise, it is a hickey. But I am not shocked that you made that assumption, you wouldn’t know a hickey since you haven’t even get your first kiss yet.”

“Actually, I did get my first kiss.” Ben snapped at me. “I also got a kiss with Ali and I guess I forgot to tell you.” Ben said smugly.

“Ali wouldn’t kiss you, even if you were the last person on the planet.” I said to him, he had to be joking Ali would never kiss someone like him.

“Fine, think what you want. But just note you are never going to get Ali, bet or no bet I am not going to let that happen.” Ben said menacingly, as he stood in front of me his face close to mine.

I stepped back due to the little amount of space our faces were, “Even if she did kiss you. It doesn’t mean she enjoyed it, I am pretty sure she would enjoy kissing me better like all the other girls did even when we were growing up.” I taunted. “You might say Ali kissed you, she might trust you, but you will always just be a friend to her. Nothing more and nothing less.”

“You don’t know that,” Ben said growling at me.

“In fact Benji, I do.” I said to him smirking. “Did Ali ever tell you about our conversations? Our dates? I talked to her over the Spring Break we talked for hours.”

Ben just stared at me, it looked like he finally had nothing to say. I grinned at him, we both knew who won this argument like many times before. “Now if you would excuse me I have a future lay and a brother to find.” I said turning around and walking away.

I began to whistle, knowing that Ben won’t really be a problem when I win this bet and prove to him he was always going to be second. “Wait,” I heard Ben call out to me.

I didn’t turn around, “What?” I snapped, I didn’t know why he was calling me back again.

“The bruise.”

“It’s a hickey.” I growled out.

“It’s not, because if it was a hickey that means growing up you would have hickeys all over your body.” Ben said. “If those were hickeys why couldn’t you walk or move for days. Excuse me if I am wrong but, that sounds a lot like bruises hickeys wouldn’t do that to you.”

“You don’t know anything fucking thing about me, so now leave me alone Benjamin.” I said angrily. “And I do mean it.”

“I am just trying to help,” He said softly.

I turned around my brown eyes narrowing at him. “Well don’t, because I don’t need it.” I walked away and not bothering to look back.

He doesn’t know anything about me, so he has to stop acting like he fucking does.

*****

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