The Leap [✔]

Chapter Six

"Like who like what?" Aidan asks, coming in behind is with Joey tucked under his arm, wiggling to get loose. Ben and Austin come in behind them and they are shoving each other around. Boys.

"No one," I say too quickly, and Mom chuckles behind me.

Aidan narrows his eyes but leaves it and finally lets Joey down. God forbid my brothers go into over-protective mode. Believe me, it never turns out good.

"Emma, you want to study some more?" Austin asks, and Ben and Aidan looks between us. They are about to say something but Mom cuts them off.

"Why don't you stay for supper Austin? You haven't in a while."

Mom smiles and Austin agrees hesitantly. Aidan and Ben settle down on the black beanie bags in front of the television and start to play GTA5, the sounds of guns and tires squealing as Ben goes on a killing spree.

"How are we supposed to study?" I turn to my mom.

"Boys, either turn that down, or go in your rooms!" she shouts, and Aidan grumbles but does as she says and turns the volume down. Austin tugs me  by the arm back to the couch and begins to talk about the one subject I despise.

Eventually, the game my brothers are playing grows louder each minute and Austin puts down the book and turns to me.

"Why are helium, curium, and barium the three main medical elements?" Austin asks, a small grin on his face. I groan mentally. "If you can't curium or helium, you barium!"

I try to bite my tongue from laughing at the stupid joke but end up failing and join Austin.

"OK, I have one...alright I was going to tell a joke about sodium and hydrogen, but NaH." I wave my hand, pretending to wave it off as Austin laughs. Ben turns around, laughs at the joke.

"What do you say when: oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, sodium and phosphorous walk into a bar? OH SNaP!" Ben asks, smirking.

Aidan pauses the game and looks at us with a serious face.

"Stop it with the chemistry jokes please! We've all sulfured enough!" I burst into laughter, along with everyone else. Once I sober up, I wait for silence.

"Aw, but they are just sodium funny!"

When my Dad gets home, along with my two brothers Owen and Logan, we eat supper. Austin sits across from me beside Aidan. Mom cooked lasagna, which is one of my favourite dishes.

Joey sits between Logan and Austin, who talks up a storm. It's cute to see Austin engaging with my little brother, nodding along at what he is saying and laughing at some stories.

Austin catches me staring at him and smirks when I look away.

I feel my cheeks warm.

"So, Austin how is school? Getting those grades you need for Toronto University?" Dad asks Austin. I perk up at the mention of Austin going to Toronto. He seems to be happy that Dad brought that up.

"Yeah. I want to go and earn a Chemistry Degree, and a minor in Biology. Mom is helping with the application now." Austin smiles, and I admit I'm a little shocked to hear he is going for a major in chemistry.

I guess I'm being very stereotypical, a hot jock not having enough brains to make it to University.

Did I just call Austin hot?

"Emma, are you even listening?" Mom snaps and I whips my head toward her. She points to Austin who was smirking down into his plate. "Austin is talking to you." All of my brothers eyes are on me, except who Joey is still talking, in his own world.