MIKEY’S POV

I helped Gee get out of the taxi cab and to the front door. We had just left Nicole at her house and now I was relieved. All I wanted to do was change and go to bed.

“There you go…” I slowly helped Gerard lay down on his bed.
Which was nothing compared to carrying him up the stairs.

He Didn’t answered. He was fast asleep already.

***

~MONDAY MORNING~

I was at my locker getting some of my books. I haven’t seen Nicole yet this morning. I’m sure she would have something to say about my brother’s state on Friday.

“Hey” she greeted as she walked to me and gave a friendly hug.

“Hey. How was your weekend?”

“It was kind of boring actually. How about yours? How’s your brother?”

Great she was asking about him. She was caring about him, note the sarcasm please.

“Umm, he’s better. Slept all Saturday but he’s sober now.” I laughed as I said this. Gerard being sober. Not something that happens a lot.
After mom and dad died he entered this depression state in which he would drink all the time. It hasn’t been that bad lately, but I guess it was cause he was staying at home almost everyday, with me keeping an eye on him. But going to that concert and having me distracted for a long while was an opportunity he had to take.
I’m just glad he’s feeling good now.
And about his car. Well that’s a whole different story.

“I’m glad he’s better. What about his car? How are you gonna get it back?”

Well time to tell that story now I guess.

“He’s making me get a job to pay for the fine. And he’s demanding I pay as soon as possible.”

“Oh”

“Yeah, well you know at first he didn’t remember nothing about the car or the trip to the police station. But God you should have seen his face when he was gonna go to a friend’s house and realized his car wasn’t there.”

I laughed, so did she. I loved her laugh, so that’s kind of my new mission. To make her laugh as much as possible.

“I thought he was gonna strangle me for a second there. But then he had this evil grin on his face and told me about the whole job thing. I hate him”

“You shouldn’t Mikey he’s your brother. You don’t know how lucky you are for having your brother with you.” she looked at the floor with a sad face after saying this.

“Nicole, I’m sorry. I forgot. I didn’t ….”

“No forget about it. So what are you gonna do? Where are you gonna get a job at?”

“I don’t know yet. I was thinking maybe I could go check out at the mall and see if they’re hiring at some place. Wanna come with me after class?”

“Yeah, ok.”

The bell rang letting us know it was time to go our separate ways. Just two more periods left.

“We better get going, don’t wanna be late.”

“Yeah neither do I. Meet me at the parking lot after class. We can take my car.”

“You got a car?” I had no idea. I’ve never seen her in a car.

“Yeah. Oh, I forgot to mention. My weekend wasn’t THAT boring after all. I got my driver’s permit on Saturday and a new car on Sunday!” she was excited, and so was I cause we would have to take the bus to the mall.

“That’s great. Congrats!”

“Thanks! Well, I’ll see you later.” she leaned in and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, before walking down the hall.

Wow, this was new.