Running Towards the Light

Chapter 21 - Arguments

"Are you guys talking about Brady's brother?" I blurted out.

Shit!

I really didn't mean to do that because I knew that it would give it away to my brothers that I still thought about Brady, even after they warned me to stay away from him. But right now this whole conversation had me all sorts of confused and all sorts of worried.

Both of my brothers' heads whipped back to face me with hard expressions displayed.

"Fuck, Beatrice! Stop eavesdropping." West growling, hitting the steering wheel in anger.

"West, calm down." Spencer turned towards West first. "And it's none of your business, Beatrice, so stay the fuck out of this."

"So it is Brady's brother!" I shot back, with this sort of reaction I was very certain they were talking about some family member of Brady. "Why are you guys talking about Cameron?"

"Stay out of this." Spencer growled again.

It was very few times that the younger of my twin brothers got angry so I knew that this was a very sore subject for some unknown reason but I didn't particularly care at this moment. The only thing I cared about was getting my answer.

"Get out of the car." West said, his voice quite loud. He wasn't yelling but it was definitely raised.

I looked at my brother in sheer disbelief. He wasn't trying to seriously try to kick me out of the car?  Then I looked towards the window to see that we had arrived at school already. Ok, I guess that isn't as bad. 

"Answer my question!"

"No. Now get the fuck out! And if I hear you're still talking to that Brady kid I'll be fucking livid. And when I'm mad I want to beat someone up, preferably him. So leave, before I do something I'll regret later."

"Fuck you!" I yelled at my older brother, flipping him off.

West's eyes darkened, as he reached towards the backseat to grab me, but before he could say or do anything I grabbed my backpack aggressively and exited the car, making sure to slam the door behind me and run away from him and my other brothers who had parked right next to our car.

This is exactly why I hate Mondays.

***

After my fight with West and Spencer it had been a pretty shitty morning. I usually hate school, especially Monday's because that is when I have all of my classes. But the entire morning I have been actively trying to avoid five of my brothers!

Sometimes I like that five of my siblings go to the same school as me because it can be fun and it's nice to know that they're always there. But on the other hand it's like five of my overprotective older brothers go to the same school as me! Which can be super annoying because they are overprotective.

I've also been really scared about West telling Cameron about me talking to Brady and about our fight this morning which was pretty much about my new friend. Cameron was probably the most overprotective of my brothers so him finding out about some boy my brothers had warned me about and I was still talking to was bad enough. Not to mention it seemed as though all of my high school aged brothers were against Brady personally which I was starting to suspect was because of his brother. If Lucas Adams is his brother. But I had no clue how my brothers would know Brady's family and what they would have against them.

With all of that going on in my head I was unable to participate and pay attention fully in any of my classes. That was why I was currently in the back corner of the library finishing an English assignment that was supposed to be turned in at the end of class so that I didn't have to get late credit.