"Rebecca Anne Woods, Where the hell were you?"

My brother Ashton glares at me.

Uh Oh. I thought,

I'm in deep shit he used my full name, that is never good when it comes to anyone in my family.

"I just got a ride with...A friend?"

I stated but it sounded more like a question.

"Yeah that Alex kid looked pretty cozy, touching your arm and looking at you with that gooey eye stuff."

He snapped and I flinched backing away.

"He just drove me home, stop being overprotective, your not my dad."

I snapped back and I knew that struck a nerve because he flinched and stared at me with a hard expression and glared.

I shouldn't have said that, he was so sensitive about Dad leaving us and tried to stay strong for my sake, he was just trying to be a good brother.

"Well, excuse me for trying to fill in the space of a Dad because she grew up without one, What do I have, huh?"

He yelled at me and I was seconds away from sobbing, he grabbed his keys and jacket with an angry expression and stormed to the door.

"Where are you going Ash? Wait! I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that."

I yelled in a rush, he looked at me over his shoulder.

"I'm going away from you and sorry isn't going to cut it this time Bec."

That hurt and it hurt a lot

Probably not as much as I hurt him, Gosh! I always make people mad, Alex, and now Ashton what is wrong with me?

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"Mom, I really messed up this time."

I sobbed into her lap as she strokes my hair. I came to see my Mom like I always do when I have a problem. Ashton hasn't turned up in three hours and I'm worried sick about him, so this is probably how I made him feel when he was waiting for me.

"Sweetie it'll be alright he'll turn up."

My mom soothed me.

"How? how do you know mom?"

I raised my voice and sobbed again.

"Sorry mom I didn't mean to yell."

She strokes my hair once more whispering nice things in my ear.

"It's okay sweetie, everything will be alright."

She says weakly and I force myself not to cry again.

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After I left the hospital I went to the store and bought Ashton some 'I'm sorry' gifts for when I see him again.

If I see him again.

Anyways, I bought him his favorite ice cream, a big teddy bear and an I'm sorry card.

I hope he likes it because I don't know what'd I do without him. I was walking down the streets at I don't know what time, but it was getting dark, and fast. I kept walking with my bags in hand almost three blocks away from my house until I tumbled upon something and almost tripped I thought it was a rock or something until the unknown thing groaned then giggled a very girly laugh but the person or thing itself wasn't a girl.

"Ashton, is that you?" I exasperated.

"Yes, now go away."

He slurs, taking a sip from a glass bottle which I hope wasn't vodka knowing my brother, it was.

"Ash... are you drunk?"

I knew he was, I just didn't want to believe it, he always did bad things when he was drunk.

"Yes, I had like one thousand bottles!"

He yells then giggled like a six year old boy. "Ashton, come on lets get you home."

I tried helping him up but he hit me on my arm.

"Ow! Ashton get up."

I yelled at him.

"No! You don't tell me what to do, you have no authority over me just like dad and mom when, she dies!"

He screams, then he starts puking.

"Ashton! Stop Mom is going to get through cancer, just stop this Ashton." I said through my tears sitting next to him and cried for who knows long.

Later, I looked at Ashton who was passed out on the sidewalk and I looked like a total mess.

I pulled out my phone and thought about calling Carmen to pick me up but I remembered that she was at her Grandmas for the weekend two hours away, so I settled on calling Alex, who put his number in my phone. I dialed his number and waited, after three rings he picked up.

"Hello..." His voice sounded hoarse and husky.

Then I heard a girl giggle.

"A-Alex?" I whispered, sounding like a helpless little girl.

"Rebecca? What's wrong, W-" I cut him off sniffling.

"Can you pick me up?" I asked.

"Uhm, yeah sure where are you?"

Then I think I heard a girl say, 'Alex where are you going?'

He replied with, 'Out' then I heard his car engine start.

"Where are you Sweetheart?"

He asked, "Uhm a couple blocks by my house but I can't go, because someone's with me and the person is unconscious."

He drove off and I heard him chuckle.

"Some description, but I think I know where you are, see you in a few."

I heard an engine cut off and then I heard foot steps I look up and see Alex? What was he doing here? I didn't know he lived close by my house.

"Okay, I'll help you get your brother home just take his arm and I got the other one."

I nodded and we walked to his car. I go in and fell asleep thinking once again,

What a long day.