In my brother's footsteps
Luke Snyder sits on a park bench, but he's not sitting there for no reason and he's not moping. Nope, he's on babysitting duty. Damn his parents for being involved in really stupid messes. Lily bringing Gabriel into the house and now has Craig hounding her and trying to persue her, although Luke thinks it's just Craig being Craig and manipulating women into thinking he loves them so he can get what he want, which in this case, it's to get to Gabriel. And Holden is planning a wedding, & Luke would have been happy for him if it didn't seem like it was being rushed now.
Luke looks up at the playground to see where Ethan went, seeing Ethan just sitting in the sand, staring at Luke, seemingly thinking about something. Luke was worried about his siblings, they dont seem to be getting a lot of attention from anyone in the family anymore, and Luke knew he was just as guilty, being caught up in the love triangle he was in the center of. He vowed to spend more time with his siblings in hope that they feel safe with having at least one stable person in their life.
Ethan continued to stare at Luke for a few more minutes before his stood up and walked over to him, and sat down beside him, then started to talk to him,
"Luke? Can I ask you something?"
"Of course you can, little man, what's up?"
After tilting his head sideways, and his eyes shifting side to side like Luke's do when he's guilty or nervous, Ethan spoke, "Um, How come we never See Nowah anymore?"
Looking at Ethan with a sad smile on his face, he answered "We don't see Noah anymore because me and Noah aren't seeing each other anymore, we broke up. and I think I love someone else"
"Is that why your sad all the time now? Or always at the hospital? Is the new man you love a doctor?" Ethan was looking at Luke with his big innocent Snyder eyes, which showed Luke how sad and curious he was.
"I'm not sad all the time, I'm happy right now spending time with you, and besides your still a kid, have fun, go play, you don't need to sit here and be bored"
"But it's not fun when you don't look happy, I don't like seeing you sad, you shouldn't be sad." Ethan's eyes started shining with tears, ready to be spilt.
"Hey, hey, Come here Ethan," Luke opened his arms for Ethan to come sit on his lap and hug him, "No need to cry, you shouldn't be sad either, and your only five, how did you get to be so caring?" Luke tickled Ethan's stomach.
Sniffling, and then letting out a little giggle, Ethan looked up at Luke and smiled, "I learned from you."
Luke sat there, stunned at what his brother said. "You learned from me?"
"Yep, your so cool! And real nice to people, and you don't like seeing people hurt, and try to fix everything so that everyone is happy, and I wanna be just like you!"
Luke tried not crying at what Ethan said to him, but it made him feel much better knowing that someone loves him unconditionally and looks up to him, and seems to always have.
"Hey Eth? What do you say we go home find Nat and Faith, and do something with them tonight? Just the four of us?"
"What would we do?"
Maybe get some dinner at Al's then see a movie?"
"Okay!" Jumping down from Luke's lap, Ethan held out his hand to be held. "I love you, Luke."
Smiling, and taking Ethan's hand, Luke awswered backed, "I love you to, Ethan"
As the brothers walked off, they didn't notice the trio that had heard the whole conversation.
Luke looks up at the playground to see where Ethan went, seeing Ethan just sitting in the sand, staring at Luke, seemingly thinking about something. Luke was worried about his siblings, they dont seem to be getting a lot of attention from anyone in the family anymore, and Luke knew he was just as guilty, being caught up in the love triangle he was in the center of. He vowed to spend more time with his siblings in hope that they feel safe with having at least one stable person in their life.
Ethan continued to stare at Luke for a few more minutes before his stood up and walked over to him, and sat down beside him, then started to talk to him,
"Luke? Can I ask you something?"
"Of course you can, little man, what's up?"
After tilting his head sideways, and his eyes shifting side to side like Luke's do when he's guilty or nervous, Ethan spoke, "Um, How come we never See Nowah anymore?"
Looking at Ethan with a sad smile on his face, he answered "We don't see Noah anymore because me and Noah aren't seeing each other anymore, we broke up. and I think I love someone else"
"Is that why your sad all the time now? Or always at the hospital? Is the new man you love a doctor?" Ethan was looking at Luke with his big innocent Snyder eyes, which showed Luke how sad and curious he was.
"I'm not sad all the time, I'm happy right now spending time with you, and besides your still a kid, have fun, go play, you don't need to sit here and be bored"
"But it's not fun when you don't look happy, I don't like seeing you sad, you shouldn't be sad." Ethan's eyes started shining with tears, ready to be spilt.
"Hey, hey, Come here Ethan," Luke opened his arms for Ethan to come sit on his lap and hug him, "No need to cry, you shouldn't be sad either, and your only five, how did you get to be so caring?" Luke tickled Ethan's stomach.
Sniffling, and then letting out a little giggle, Ethan looked up at Luke and smiled, "I learned from you."
Luke sat there, stunned at what his brother said. "You learned from me?"
"Yep, your so cool! And real nice to people, and you don't like seeing people hurt, and try to fix everything so that everyone is happy, and I wanna be just like you!"
Luke tried not crying at what Ethan said to him, but it made him feel much better knowing that someone loves him unconditionally and looks up to him, and seems to always have.
"Hey Eth? What do you say we go home find Nat and Faith, and do something with them tonight? Just the four of us?"
"What would we do?"
Maybe get some dinner at Al's then see a movie?"
"Okay!" Jumping down from Luke's lap, Ethan held out his hand to be held. "I love you, Luke."
Smiling, and taking Ethan's hand, Luke awswered backed, "I love you to, Ethan"
As the brothers walked off, they didn't notice the trio that had heard the whole conversation.