Four Brothers

Chapter 1 - Spilled Juice

Tom P.O.V

I was on my bedroom floor with my face getting pushed further into the carpet by the second.

"Good morning Tommy," my eldest brother teased. I hated that nickname.

I groaned, "Get off of me fat ass". It was barely 9 am, why was he doing this now?

He picked me up by the nape of my neck and placed me in a headlock.

"Get ready and be downstairs in ten minutes or else", he warned. "Mom is making me take you losers with me to the mall."

"But today is the last day of summer," I whined.

He tightened his grip around my neck. "Hey loser, it's not like I want to take you three dumbasses with me. I told mom I was buying new clothes for school but I'm just going to eat lunch with Hailey."

Hailey was his girlfriend from college. As the star baseball pitcher, this would be John's freshman year in college. I was going into my freshman year of high school, Jamie his sophmore year, and Tyler, his junior year.

John put his finger in his mouth and then stuck it in my ear. I squirmed around.

"Hey! Are you listening Tommy? I bet you are now." He laughed.

"Just get dressed and come down. I'm going to wake up Jamie." He said, dropping me on the floor and leaving my room.

I used my shirt to wipe the saliva out of my ear and sighed. It was going to be a long day.

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I walked downstairs and saw Jamie by the kitchen counter holding his stomach. The side of his cheek was red and he held a bag of ice up to it. Looks like I got off easy.

Smack! Smack! I looked to the living room floor. John had Tyler in some sort of lock. His body was under Tyler's with his legs wrapped around Tyler's waist. John held Tyler in a headlock with one hand and with the other he was smacking Tyler's bare stomach. Geez. His abs are so red. How long has John been hitting him?

"I'm not going to the mall with you John!" Tyler yelled, "I've got other, more important shit to do!"

"You're coming or I'm beating the crap out of you."

Tyler struggled but didn't say anything.

"Fine, have it your way." John said.

He stopped slapping Tyler's stomach and with his now free hand, he grabbed onto the front waistband of Tyler's grey boxer briefs. Tyler's eyes widened. Quickly, John yanked up and Tyler tilted his head back in pain. He breathed through clenched teeth.

"Are coming to the mall with me now?" John mocked.

Tyler kept quiet.

John pulled harder and Tyler's face turned bright red.

"Fine! Fine! Just fucking let go! Let go!" Tyler cried.

John let go and laughed. He pushed Tyler off of him and kicked him the stomach.

"You're sitting in the back with Tommy. Jamie, you're up front with me." John demanded.

I could hear Jamie sigh from behind me.

"Get in the car now."

The ride to the mall was quiet other than John's blaring music. John told me to stay with Jamie and let Tyler brouse around by himself, but not before jabbing his finger into his ribs to annoy him.

"If any of you get in the way of my date, you're dead." John threatened.

With that, we split up.

I followed Jamie into Hollister and Tilly's where he got a pair of jeans and a black Nike shirt. I wasn't too interested in shopping but I managed to find a Nike hoodie I liked. After looking around some other stores to no avail, we decided to get lunch.