The Stepbrother Game

7. Don't do it

We went back home and Tate was just sitting on the couch, watching teen titans go.

"Tate? you okay?" I ask him, he doesn't respond, I feel bad that I left him.

Bad idea.

"Tate!" I yelled. "Oh, my, God! Shut up!" He yelled back.

My eyes widen. He yelled at me, why?

I sighed before walking into the kitchen and grabbing some cookies.

"Tate, wanna go out?"

"Yes!"

He was really excited.

So I grabbed my keys and told Lucas and Ajax to join us, they happily agreed.

We went to incredible pizza and it was really crowded.

Too crowded.

We had fun. We ate, played games, Tate must be a player cause one minute he talks to one girl then he talks to another girl that's twice his age.

***

Now, we are playing bowling and apparently, I'm losing to Ajax.

"That's what I talking about!" Ajax yelled, he yelled so loud that everyone turned their heads to us.

***

We made it back home as I went into the kitchen to get something.

I was fine until I heard the worst voice I could possibly die from.

"s**t! Thanks a lot, April!" Mom shouted from behind me, I turned towards her. "What? Can't hide that you made dad kill himself!" I shouted at her.

On the corner of my eye, I see Tate pinch his hand multiple times while tears started to well up.

I looked back at mom. "It's your fault! None of this would happen if you weren't such a f*****g w***e!" I yelled then gasped when I realized I just said that to my mother.

Before I knew it, she slapped me across the face.

"Ow!" That s**t hurt, she grabbed my wrist as I screamed.

"Mom! Stop!" Tate yelled, trying to run but Ajax grabbed him.

Oh no.

I'm getting Deja Vu already.

Tate started crying, mom was basically dragging me by my wrist while yelling s**t at me.

All of a sudden, Tate let out the squeakiest and loudest scream that would make your ears ring for days.

Lucas covered his ears, Ajax scrunched his face while holding Tate, mom was stomping on the ground for him to stop, and me, I tried covering my ears with one arm.

His scream kept on for a few more seconds, then stopped.

Mom let me go and grabbed Tate from Ajax.

She carried him upstairs and a door slammed.

"No, no, no!" I yelled and ran to get a knife and was about to go upstairs until Lucas stopped me.

"You sure?" He looked worried. "I've been through this before, I'll be fine" I reassured him and ran upstairs.

When I got up there, I looked around for which room they went into.

I heard thuds, crashes, smashes, and screams filling the upstairs hallway.

Moments later, I kicked a door open to find mom on the roof, holding Tate by his wrist as he yelled for help.

"Stop!" I ran to the window and climbed out but I dropped the knife when it had cut me on my arm.

I fully got on the roof and Tate was screaming for life, neighbors came out and just stared. They didn’t even take out their phones to call 911, just recorded the situation.

“Mom please! He’s just a kid!” I shouted and walked closer, trying not to slip on the roof, mom shot her head up and me.

I turned around and saw Lucas and Ajax behind us while shouting.

“Let him go!” Ajax shouted at mom but loosened her grip on him, I screamed.

We lived in a 2 story house, one drop and your gone and dead.

I went closer but that was a mistake, she let his wrist go as I screamed.

“Tate!” I shouted and with no hesitation, I jumped off the roof as I flew in the air trying to get Tate.

He landed on a car, my body hit a tree then landed on a car, smashing the windows.

I blacked out.