“Problems huh?”, he said in a hushed voice. “It is actually not just you having them.”
I turned myself slightly with my eyebrow cocked up. What does he mean with that? Does he have problems as well? It could be with how he whispered them to me.
I reached out for his arm and gently clutched it. I guess I was right to sort of open up with him. He was having problems and it would be best for me to share our problems with each other. I guess it fits: birds with the same feather flock together.
“I a-”
He flicked my nose in an instant and laughed at my red face whilst rubbing my throbbing nose. It actually hurt! I looked at him and saw the way his eyes crinkle in the corner of his eyes just like Gerald… Gerald flashed in my mind of him flicking my forehead like that and… Erase erase erase. Why am I thinking about Gerald now!
“No”, he chuckled. “I am not the person having the problems.”
I crossed my arms now having remembered Gerald. I tried hard not to think about him in the past few hours but with Adam, I remembered three things about Gerald now: Player. Ignoring me. And the flicking.
“It is actually Gerald.”, he sighed. “I’ve only known him for six years but seeing him like this actually make me… sad”
I shifted my gaze at his eyes and they greeted me with sadness. Just looking at those eyes yet again reminded me of… him. You know who that him is!
“Six years?”, I asked him catching that from him. If they are brothers why have they only known each other for six years? I mean I know my brothers since the day I was born! This is just confusing.
He nodded and looked up at me. “We’re not really blood-related. But he is a part of our family.”
I run my hand through my hair and brushed some stray hair out of my eyes as the wind was picking them up. I closed my eyes with my hands massaging my forehead. I was thinking hard how this have happened. Gerald and Adam being brothers but only known each other for six years? I am so confused right now.
“So you two are not… real brothers?”, I asked him inquisitively.
He looked at me with a puppy face then flicked my forehead. He needs to stop doing that! I rubbed my forehead but he laughed at my tomato face. Why does he have to do that? These Andersons… I mean… hang on… he is not an Anderson? Eurghhh lots of things to think of! My brain is not functionally really well now. Lots of information to process! I know I aced my exams but this is too much. Blame these two “brothers”, those flicks are giving me the headaches!
“I don’t think I would be the best person to tell you that”, he told me with a grin on his face. “And yes, he is the person you need to talk about this.”
I raised an eyebrow when he dropped the word he. But I was not stupid enough to know who Adam was referring to, despite my brain being rattled with those flicks!
I played with my watch thinking how would I do that after what Gerald said a while ago. This is just difficult. My brain is actually protesting now not to think of all of this! And why do all my problems showed up in one go? What have I done in my past life for me to get all of this!
I slumped my back on the bench and sighed deeply thinking how am I going to approach Gerald about this?
“Do you want to know a secret?”, Adam wagging his eyebrows.
Chapter 10
Start from the beginning
