My Five Overprotective Brothers
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“What the hell, Max?!” I hear Jason shout from upstairs as I eat my breakfast. “Get your lazy behind up. It’s almost eight thirty,” Max replies. “And it’s Saturday. I always sleep in,” Jason argues. “Not today. We got guests coming over later. This house needs to be cleaned before Mom and Dad get home.” “But it’s not like these guests are coming in my room,” Jason states. “He’s right,” Kayden mumbles next to me. “Yeah, but you know Mom. She always wants everything so perfect and fine, like it’s the President coming to dine.” Nathaniel rolls his eyes. “You can never know, bro. Dad has lots of c
Chapter 1
AMANDA
“What the hell, Max?!” I hear Jason shout from upstairs as I eat my breakfast.
“Get your lazy behind up. It’s almost eight thirty,” Max replies.
“And it’s Saturday. I always sleep in,” Jason argues.
“Not today. We’ve got guests coming over later. This house needs to be cleaned before Mom and Dad get home.”
“But it’s not like these guests are coming in my room,” Jason states.
“He’s right,” Kayden mumbles next to me.
“Yeah, but you know Mom. She always wants everything so perfect and fine, like it’s the President coming to dine.” Nathaniel rolls his eyes.
“You never know, bro. Dad has lots of connections.” Daniel, his twin, shrugs.
They are both identical with brown hair and hazel eyes, while Kayden has strawberry-blond hair like me with hazel-green eyes, a combination of Dad’s green eyes and Mom’s hazel.
“For the last bloody time, get up, Jason! Our parents will be here in less than five hours, and this big damn house isn’t even halfway clean yet!” Max yells, and then I hear a big thump.
“We have maids to do that,” Jason whines as he comes down the stairs.
“Dad gave them the weekend off so we could learn to do chores and help ourselves, so we wouldn’t become lazy and depend too much on other people,” Max states, following behind him.
Max has brown hair and green eyes, a duplicate of Dad, and Jason has strawberry-blond hair and hazel eyes and looks similar to Mom.
“So why is our cook still here then?”
“No one else can cook.” I laugh with a shrug.
“Well, you should make yourself useful and learn to.” Jason smirks, and I send him a dead glare.
“Say that again and I’ll dig your eyes out,” I hiss and point my fork at him.
“Whoa, tiger, calm down.” Daniel takes the fork from me. “I was using that to eat.”
“Yeah, invisible food.” Max chuckles, looking at my empty plate.
“Hey, my food!” I snap my head toward Jason, who shoves my last pancake in his mouth.
“What? I was hungry,” he says with his mouth full.
“Run,” Nathaniel whispers to him as I get off my chair, glaring at him.
I run after him as he shouts for help, but our loving brothers just laugh.
THREE HOURS LATER
After I finally caught up to Jason and tackled him into the pool, we started to finish cleaning the house. Everyone cleaned their own rooms, and I was given the dining room and hallway to vacuum.
“I’ll be back later,” Jason states as he walks down the stairs.
“Where are you going? Mom and Dad will be here soon,” Kayden states.
“Unlike you, I’ve got a girlfriend to take on a lunch date,” he says.
“Ouch.” I laugh.
“Whatever. It’s not like you guys are gonna last for the next six months anyway.” He rolls his eyes.
“Like yours did,” he retorts.
“Hey, stop teasing KJ about his nonexistent love life.” Nathaniel emerges from the gaming room with a bag of chips.
Kayden glares at him. “Whatever. I’m going to take a swim.” He walks down the hall to the side of the house.
“Tell Tiffany I say hey.” I turn to Jason.
“Will do. I can’t wait to get back to the university next week.” He sighs.
“Summer is almost over,” I groan.
“Yeah.” Nathaniel pouts. “I really enjoyed sleeping in.”
We live in Seattle, and I attend Roosevelt High School with the twins and my friend Lily.
Max is a senior at Stanford Law School. He will be graduating next spring and then moving on to do his master’s. Jason is a sophomore at Columbia University, and Kayden is just a year behind him at New York University. They are both sharing an apartment with two other friends.
Tiffany, Jason’s girlfriend of three years, lives here in Seattle as well and attends New York Film Academy. She stays at Jason’s apartment during the weekend and sometimes some days during the week as well, since she lives with two of her classmates at a place near the campus.
***
“Mom!” I run and hug my mother, who enters the double front door first.
“Amanda, darling, I missed you so much.” She hugs me back.
“Mom!” All the boys yell, running down the stairs.
“Go help your father, boys. We are having guests soon,” Mom orders, and they all groan.
“Who is our guest?” I ask.
“A coworker of your father’s with their children. Luckily, there is a girl around your age.” Mom smiles, her strawberry-blonde hair in a bun. She is in casual clothes, which is surprising.
“What’s her name?”
“Felicia, and she attends a private school, which you were supposed to go to, bu—”
“Mom, we discussed this. Just because Dad has money doesn’t mean I have to go to a private school like Max and Jason did,” I cut her off.
“If you want to get into a good university, it would look good on your application.”
“Roosevelt is a good school. Kayden went there, and he turned out well. I can get into Berkeley with the kind of grades I have and extra activities I do. Don’t forget I am the vice president of the student body, the president of the drama club, and the president of the book club.”
“I know, honey, and I am very proud you can hold a lot of posts with a three point eight to four point zero GPA.” She kisses my forehead. “Also, I brought you a dress for the dinner we are having with the guests.” She hands me a bag.
I groan. I dislike dresses almost as much as I dislike heels. Mom used to dress me up and carry me on playdates when I was two years old since she finally got a daughter. Lily and I met in fourth grade when I got to switch classes. I never had a guy friend, since my brothers always told them to stay away from me.
In middle school, girls used to try to befriend me so they could get to talk to Daniel and Nathaniel. They used to pick on Lily because she was sort of a nerd back then and still is. I was a nerd too. I just didn’t wear glasses or braces like Lily did.
She was the only person who didn’t befriend me just to get closer to my brothers, and she has a guy best friend. His name is Brandon, and he goes to our school as well. He is friends with the twins since they are all on the same football team, and he only hangs out with us during lunch. He is the only guy who can talk to me since my brothers don’t see him as a threat.
