When Lucas had given him that slap, he held his neck as he staggered forward a little...
After some perseverance of the pain, Timothy turned back to retaliate.
But as he did so, he received a kick to the face, making him fall straight...
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When Troy had realized what his little brother had been trying to tell him, he had given him the cue...
Although, with the cue that he has still given his brother, he knew pretty well that his brother wouldn't do anything more to Timothy as he had a soft heart and some sort of 'guilty conscience'...
As he was trying to carry his little brother upon his shoulder, something caught his eye.
When he turned to look at what it was, he saw Timothy running behind his brother...
Before he knew what to do, Lucas had already dodged the attack as he pulled him forward and gave him a slap...
There was nothing funny about the slap, but Troy burst out laughing uncontrollably, he had to make sure that he steadied himself so as to not drop his little brother nor wake him up, but he couldn't...
His legs were also slightly wobbly, so he used a building that was close by to rely on as he kept on laughing...
He couldn't believe that his brother had acne that...
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When he had received the slap, Lucas waited as he readied himself...
He didn't know what Timothy would do next, but he knew he still had some 'tricks' up his sleeves...
So when Timothy recovered from the 'back' slap and had turned to face him one more time, he didn't hesitate in giving him a kick to the face...
Lucas was sure he had broken his nose bone...
Looking down at him with a fierce look, Lucas' fist tightened slowly but strongly as he bent down and whispered into the ear of the unconscious Timothy;
"Next time you see me, run...because I'll finish what you started...!"
When he had said that, he got up and walked in the direction of his brother Troy as he waited for him.
Troy on the other hand had stopped laughing, but he still had a smile on his face as he watched his brother approach...
"I knew you were gonna easy in him...!" Troy said.
When Lucas had arrived at his side, he smiled sincerely as he placed his other hand on his brother's shoulder as he said;
"But I knew you had it in ya...!"
As Lucas approached, he heard his brother laughing.
He was already laughing, so hearing his brother laugh the more he became pissed...
He was about to ask him what he was laughing at when his brother, placed his hand on his shoulder and told him;
" 'I knew you had it in ya...!' "
That felt surreal...
As in...Troy?
Just said that...?
As in...he just told him that...? He just said that to him?
By the time, Troy had taken his hand off his brother's shoulder, Lucas blinked multiple times, non-stop...
It was when his brother had called his name, did he snap out of his surreal state as he looked at his brother.
Featuring for him to come over to where he stood, Lucas ran and stood beside his brother.
As Troy turned to move, he noticed that his brother stared back at something.
Following his gaze, Troy realized that he was staring at Timothy...
'Oh no, here we go...the guilty conscience again...!' Troy thought as he rubbed his forehead a little with his fingers.
'Why was he born with this?'
Troy couldn't help but wonder...
Even their big sister, Temi wouldn't look back after giving you the beating of your life...
She just would sit you there and tie you down to something that would make you unable to move as she would head back home, take a shower, eat her food and wait for the phone call and from the police as she either reads a business magazine on her bed...
Whenever the phone call came in, Temi would get herself ready and head for the police station...
When she arrives at the police station, the issue would automatically be resolved as her presence would rectify everything...
Meanwhile, when they had left the place, Timothy's parents began a search for him as he didn't arrive home on time...
After thoroughly searching almost the entire city, someone pointed to a fighter lying in the ground in an abandoned site (as it was dusk)...
When they brought out their flashlights, they discovered it was him lying there unconscious...
When they headed to pick him up, they pegged their noses with their fingers as the air that oozed out of him was a foul one.
When they called his parents that they had found him, they had rushed over and admitted him into a hospital.
When they had asked him what happened, at first he was too scared to speak...
But then, he thought;
'Wait a minute...these are my parents...they'd know how to deal with the issue...!'
And then he told them what happened...
Well, part of it...
Meanwhile, little be Bryan happened to wake up inside a hotel...
As the bright lights shone, Bryan thought he was heading towards heaven, only to realize that he was in a hospital room.
Raising his head instantly as he looked to his left and his right, he asked;
"Where...Where am I?"
Looking around him a second time, he noticed that all his family members (immediate, that is) were all there...
But they were all sleeping...
Seeing this as a good opportunity, Bryan smiled mischievously.
As he was about to shout out, Temi, out of nowhere covered his mouth, as she said;
"Not so fast, Bryan...!"
Bryan shook his head vigorously as he turned his head up to look at her.
She was frowning down at him as she asked;
"Do you want to cause a scene in here?"
"This isn't home, you know?"
As she walked over to where the others are to wake them up, Bryan asked;
"Where am I?"
Looking up at him, Temi frowned slightly as she;
"Is that supposed to be a question?"
Bryan shrugged.
"Yeah?"
"Besides...!" He said.
"Isn't it only natural for me to ask where I am when I have no idea where I am?"He asked.
She was about to wake up both Troy and Lucas, but when she heard the question, she stood up straight as she leaned to the side and placed her hand on her hips as she asked;
"Where does it look like you're at?"
Bryan gulped as he ran his eyes over the room again as he shrugged slowly said;
"Uh, I don't know...a hospital...?" He asked.
When he turned his head to look at his sister, he found her staring at him, still with her arms crossed.
The look Temi gave him had him lower his head as he pouted and pursed his lips as he raised his eyes to look up at his sister from time to time...
As Temi woke up the rest of their family members, they all went and stood beside him as they all asked how he was...
Responding positively, Bryan asked how he got there...
That was when all gazes landed on Lucas and Troy...
That was when Bryan remembered...
As he attempted sitting up, he felt his side hurt, making him cry in pain.
"Are you okay, baby?" Mrs. Smith asked as she gently reached for his side.
Looking up at his Mother's worried face, Bryan nodded as he responded;
"I'm fine Mum...!"
"No need to worry...!"
Mrs. Smith chuckled...
"You say that not to make me worry, well there's a need to be worried...!" Mrs. Smith firmly said.
Turning to her other two (2) boys as she asked;
"Now, if you two (2) boys don't start talking, I'm gon' give you both a whooping...now get started!"
Mrs. Smith roared at Troy and Lucas.
Clearing his throat and taking a deep breath...
"Well, it went like this...!" Lucas said.
"Troy, would you mind explaining?" Lucas asked as he turned to his big brother.
Hearing his brother call his name, Troy looked down at his brother with a slight frown...
But his brother looked away.
Turning back, he began explaining...
By the time he was through, everyone present had their mouths dropped to the floor...
Except for the three (3) boys...
Turning to Bryan who was adding and also explaining, Bryan said with a grin;
"Yep, that's what happened...!"
"Whoa...that was cool!" Temi exclaimed.
"I wish I was there...!" She said again after some silence.
Not only did Troy and Lucas, alongside Bryan look at her with a smile, their parents also turned their attention to her...with their mouths also watching her...
Temi knew her parents were staring at her, so she maintained her gaze firmly on her brothers as a broad smile spread across her face...
"What? I wouldn't make a big deal out of it...!" Temi muttered.
"I know you wouldn't make a big deal out of it, but still...!" Mrs. Smith said.
"Besides...!" She said as she turned to look at her parents.
"They might've been Troy's age...!"
"They are, yeah...!" Lucas confirmed as he pursed his lips...crossing his arms over his chest.
"And they're more like punching bags, rather than boys...!" Bryan said as he turned his head to the side in disgust.
Mr. Mrs. Smith with their mouths agape, slowly turned their heads to stare at their little boy...
"Punching bags?" Mrs. Smith asked.
"Punching bags were harder...!" Troy said as he walked towards a chair that was close by as he say down.
"Stop over exaggerating things!"
And then putting his left leg over his right leg, he crossed his arms like a boss as he said;
"They were more like bags of peanuts!"
Mr. Smith couldn't help laughing.
"Bags of peanuts?" He asked.
"Like literally...!" Bryan agreed.
"Besides, everyone knows how you fight, Temi...!" Mrs. Smith said.
"No one knows where you get your moves from...!" Mrs. Smith said.
"And no one knows what you're gonna do next...!" Mr. Smith said.
Temi smirked as she looked on proudly as she said;
"I get them from the Holy Spirit...!"
"The Holy Spirit doesn't work with people like you...!" Bryan muttered, audibly for everyone in the room to hear.
Temi shot at him a glare.
Then everyone burst out laughing.