About kisses and hugs

A world full of illusions

After several meetings of bands throughout a week, the brothers of Jane and Patrick had decided the repertoire that they would do, so to the following week they began to rehearse. After a while, the boys had already made all the arrangements of the melodies and knew the songs by heart, so they decided to make a concert for their families, who were delighted, so Patrick asked his brothers to please They will play on their ninth birthday, which will be in two weeks. His brothers accepted without hesitation, but at that time had realized that the band had no name, so they gathered in Carlton's bedroom to decide what the band would be called, but it did not help because they ended up arguing. Like Jane and Patrick when they began to interact, their older brothers had a very intense fight that affected the rest of their family: Jane tried to evade what she heard, so she played music and started dancing with the closed door of her room, but in any case, they argued so hard that she could not help but hear the screams, she started to get nervous, she had never witnessed something like that, she began to tremble with nerves and she started to cry about the situation.

Meanwhile Katherine was in the garage parking the car to return home. When he got out of there he started to scream, so he went in quickly to see what it was, but when he went up the stairs he saw Jane very scared, crying in anguish, disconsolate and frustrated by the fight, so she called Alice to help her resolve the situation because he understood that alone he could not. Alice was running to his house with Patrick because he had no one to stay with, but seeing Jane very bad, he began to feel the same or worse: he started with panic attacks, breathing cut, while trembling with fear. The discussion had gotten out of hand, Josephine tried to separate the boys but was more nervous, could not help but shout at the boys to see if they were quiet, but could not, so in the face of despair, he ran out in search of an adult who could control them and saw her younger sister very badly, so he hugged her while telling her mother what happened and seeing that Josephine could take care of Jane and Patrick, Alice and Katherine went to the room to stop the fight and make them react. With a raised tone of voice, and addressing her children, Alice shouted:

- Enough guys! Comò are going to fight like this, and more in another's house. What a shame! Did they not think of his brother? Look like this, something like this has never happened to you before, and all because of you. Are your older brothers, you should set the example, how can it be that the smaller ones are the more mature? See how they left Jane, as she cries, did not think how much it affects them? And all this for not agreeing with a name for a band that did not even start? -

Meanwhile, Katherine looked from one side to the other, worried about Jane and looking annoyed at Carlton and Kenzo, embarrassed by the whole situation and surprised by the reaction of her children. I could not believe that they were capable of something like that, she felt disappointed, wanting to cry, but she wanted to be strong for Jane because she would know that if she saw her crying it would be worse, so when Alice finished challenging her children, Katherine looked He stared at his people while trying not to cry and said:

- I can not believe what they did, I'm really disappointed in you, I always gave them everything, I treat them well, I care for you, and you pay me like this, with a Jane crying in anguish, trembling with fear, scared? I'm sorry to say this, but it's embarrassing. Years of friendship with Alice and Jonah so that we have to end our friendship because of you? It is unfortunate! It is obvious that they will not continue playing together. Since when do older siblings help their younger siblings have panic attacks? What kind of brothers are you? With 7 and almost 9 years old, his younger brothers have not fought in that way. Carlton, you are the oldest of all, you are about to reach the age of majority, you were always the most responsible of all, I never had to ask anything because you are always willing to help, I really did not expect such a reaction from you. Because you did?. It scares me to think that it could have happened if I was not here now -

The boys, embarrassed by the situation, looked at where Jane and Patrick were and at that moment they realized that they overstepped the limits, they could not believe how they affected their younger brothers, they did not know how to look at their faces, they just wanted to ask for forgiveness but the boys were so scared that they were afraid to approach their brothers. None gave credit for what was happening, they feel sorry and they just wanted Jane and Patrick to calm down, especially Carlton, who was the greatest, that even though he wanted to answer his mother, he realized that everything he said was true, I knew that he was right, that he was immature, that he could not react like that for anything, he did not find a way to remedy it, how to change things, so he tried to look his mother in the eye, but he could not, he just looked at the ground. After a few seconds of silence, Kenzo, the coolest Dubreuil Mccormick boy of all, the least demonstrative of affection, the least expressive of Katherine's children began to cry embarrassed and approached Jane to apologize: he brought his forehead to the He grabbed her hands, looked her in the eyes and said: - I'm so sorry Jane! Really, I'm so sorry! I can not believe what I did to you. Really I'm sorry!. It was all our fault! You do not deserve any of this, I'm a very bad brother to you. There is no forgiveness for what I did, if you do not want to forgive me you are right, I do not deserve your forgiveness. I do not know what I can do to prevent you from feeling this way, I wish there was a time machine to avoid this, but there is not. I feel very sorry. I love you very much but I do not deserve your love -

With each word of Kenzo, Jane began to calm down and knew that he was sincere, because he had never spoken with her before and he understood that it must be difficult for him, anyway he found it difficult to trust, even though he granted forgiveness but was still scared, and especially disappointed by her older brother Carlton, who was always very affectionate with her. Astonished that Carlton was quiet, not to say anything, Jane fell angry pretending to leave the house and disappear. Patrick followed her trying to calm down, but he felt frustrated by feeling bad and not being able to help Jane, anyway, in front of her pretended to be fine. Alice decided to follow them just in case, Patrick's brothers returned home while Carlton kept reflecting on what happened, and Katherine went in search of Alice to apologize on behalf of their children and see if together they could find what to do for Jane and Patrick. Katherine suggested that for the time being, the boys would be left alone for a while to calm down, Alice proposed to take them for a walk to see if they forget what happened, but none was sure that it could work, anyway, a half hour later, While Tom and Jerry were on TV, Jane and Patrick found the calm they needed: they sat on the sofa holding hands and began to laugh at the things that Tom did, they shook hands, looked at each other and peace returned to they. Two seconds later, Katherine saw them laughing together in the sofa and did not want to disturb them, so she did not say anything and went to the kitchen. When night came, Alice went to Katherine's house looking for Patrick and they saw them asleep in the sofa, so the mothers decided that they would spend the night there, since they had had a pretty ugly day and being together is the best thing for them . When they woke up, they both looked at each other, wished each other good days and no longer remembered what happened the previous day.