❝ Basically, I'm a short tempered person.

I have low tolerance for Stupidity, Immaturity & Ignorance. And if I'm handling your anger and mood swings,

Trust me you are damn special for me.❞

~ Turner Osborne ~

I'm trying. Trust me, I am. Im trying real hard not to look her way, but every time I turn away, I have an intense urge to look back at her and it's getting worse now because, watching her getting all flushed and shy around Duke. And Rihan being his usual flirty self, is bothering me somehow. She is the center of attraction right now. Everyone, and I mean everyone, except Aryan, Titus and me, are gathered around her and getting all her attention. Anyways, like I was saying. I'm not the jealous type but, what's mine is mine. End of story.

"I want to get out of here." said Aryan, bringing mine and Titus's attention. "This is bull shit. The wedding is over. Can't they all go home now." he said, frustrated. Titus smirked while I chuckled at him. Aryan was never a social person. He is happy untill you don't ask him to join a conversation. "It's a family function, brother. What do you aspact? Have patience, they'll leave soon." said Titus, giving me a knowing look and winked. I smirked back. "Right, just another couple of hours and everyone would be on their way home." I teased him.

"Urrrr" he groaned, making Titus and me laugh out loud. It bought him to the edge and he looked furious now. "Fuck you!" he said, making us laugh harder. He banged his head on the bar table, huffing and hide he face with his folded arms. Our laughter died when Mom came to check on the "baby brother". "What did you boys do now to your brother? You are not getting younger anymore. Do I have to pull your ears now?" she said, cooing at Aryan. Me and Titus made a face, when Aryan wrapped his arms around mom and hide his face in her embrace.

"Oh sshu, both of you. Stop harassing your little brother." she said, trying very hard to suppress her smile. "Aryan, baby, what's wrong? Are you tired? Do you wanna go up to your room?" she asked stroking his hair. He simply nod his head as yes and got up, letting go off mom. Then he left the hall without a single word. Weird. "What's got into him all of a sudden?" I said, irritated. Mom sighed and kept looking at his retreating back, with a frawn. "He's...Afraid."she mummered. Titus and me exchanged looks. "Afraid of what?" we asked curious.

"Afraid of losing...h..It's nothing. Just afraid to mingle with people, I guess. You know him. He can't stand too much of talking." she laughed. "You guys want to join us for some snacks and drinks?" For sure she's hiding something from us. Aryan and Mom are acting odd today. It's just so, unsettling. "Mom? Are you keeping something from us?" Titus asked, suspicious. I have the same question. She looked at both of us, back and forth then sighed. "We'll talk about it later. I promise. Let's go, your dad's are waiting." she said, pulling both of us towards the gathering.

We shrugged it off for now and followed her towards the living room. As soon as we reach their, I took a sit beside grandma Rose and pulled her towards me in a side hug. She offered a big smile and patted my knee. I love her and Grandpa Ben, more than my own, that is my dad's parents. Grandpa Ben, Grandpa Erik and Grandma Rose never got married. Their love triangle is a little complicated but surprisingly, they live together, just like...friends? I'm not sure.

"Where were you two and where is your other brother, with grumpy pants?" she joked. I laughed a little. "He's being an asshole today."I said, getting a smack on my head for it.
"Language mister. We have guests." Grandpa Ben fake glared at me. "Oops" I said, looking around. Suddenly, Aurora's giggles caught my attention. She was looking at the pictures of our family album. "Wow, it's so beautiful." she said in awe, looking at some picture. I couldn't hear anything after that.

My whole concentration was only on her. My eyes roamed around her body. Her small hands and long fingers, that were tilting the pages of the album, her golden hair, big green eyes, which looks even bigger right now. Her violet short dress was complementing her skin tone and the dress was perfactly hugging her perfact visible curves. You are beautiful, I thought. Fuck, the things I want to do to her... If, only if, she allow me to. I felt eyes on me and I turned to my side, only to find a frawning grandma.

"Dont son..just don't." she said, her eyes were showing horror. Wtf? "What do you mean grandma?" I asked confused. She shaked her head in denial. Why everyone is acting so weird today? "You boys are about to repeat the past." she said, suddenly looking at my brothers. When I followed her gaze, I saw the way my brothers were looking at Aurora. It was the same as me. Possessive, protective and obsessed. The hunger in their eyes for her is different than, what we usually have during our fun time with women. Like, everyone was trying to put their own claim on her.

Fuck! Here I was trying to make my moov on her but I guess, I'm not the only one who's interested in her. Sorry brothers, I'm not sharing this time. She's is my woman. Only Mine. Grandma suddenly got up from her chair and walked towards my dad's and mom. I watched her wishpering something to mom. She nodded her head and stood up aswell. They both left the room to have some kind of talk. Being curious, I too got up and followed them, without anyone noticing. Where did they go? I walked faster through the hallways in search of them. I found them in the kitchen.

"...know the way, they were looking at her. I'm telling you Maya, they are all falling for her again." Again? What does she mean by, again? "I noticed" sighed mom. "They are not kids anymore, Rose. We can't stop them from getting attracted to her, Or divert their attention to something else. "Are they talking about Aurora?"someone wishpered behind me. I turned around to find my other brothers standing behind me. "What on earth. When did you guys come?" I wishpered yelled.

They gestured for me to keep it low and we all resumed eavesdropping on their conversation. "No, we can't, but we don't want them to hate each other again, do we? Or did you forget, what we went through, to keep them together, untill Evan and Miara finally decided to moov out of the states." said Grandma. "Yes, they are definitely talking about Aurora...and Us." wishpered Rihan. "Shut up Rihan, just hear them out." said Duke, leaning closer to the kitchen wall.

"How's Aryan? Did he say something?" asked grandma. "Yes, but not much. He's freaking out. Xander said, he'll talk to him later." she sighed again, leaning on the freezer. "Do you think, the other four remember about it, like Aryan?" Remember what? We all exchanged looks with each other. "Im not sure Rose, but I wish they don't. I almost lost them once, I don't want to go through that again. I'm scared, Rose." said mom. Enough is enough, I thought. Time to get answers.

"What are you so scared of Mom?" I said, keeping my rage at bay. "And please don't try to change the subject this time." I said, eying the two stunned women infront of me. They were about to deny me but stopped, when Titus, Duke and Rihan came forward too, from the dark and stood beside me, ready to get answers. Mom and Grandma sighed audibly and gestured us to sit over the dining table. We did and waited for the secrets to reveal, itself.

"Before I start, tell me how do you guys feel about... Aurora? And I want honest answers." asked Mom, looking at each of us, in the eyes. It was an acward silence for a while then, Duke spoke out. "Protective...Posses.." he looked at our mom, hesitant to answer. "Possessive, Obsessed, Territorial?" she asked, reading our mind. We all nod in agreement. "Why I'm not surprised? It's not the first time, you know? And I'm afraid, it's not gonna end in a good way, like your dad's and me." her next word, shaked me from the core.

"None of you would pursue her. She is off limits, you hear me?" this time she has an panic look on her face. "Why?" asked Rihan, anxious. She sighed and looked helpless, right now. "Mom, what is it? Please tell us." said Duke, sitting beside her, holding her hands. "She has caused enough problems between you brothers. You boys were ready to kill each other for her. You were so obsessed with her, it didn't even crossed your minds that, you were trying to harm your own brothers." she said, with a painful expression.

"When Mom!! When all these ever happened? I don't recall anything, you are claiming happened! Do you guys remember anything?" I asked my brothers. They shaked their heads No, confused. "Aryan remembers. You sure, you don't remember fighting with each other for Aurora?" she asked, eyebrows furrowed. We all shaked our heads. "How come you don't remember? I mean, I'm not upset that, you forget but, I'm surprised that, such a painful event of your lives...and you don't recall. How? You boys were like 8 years old, not 4. She was around 4."

Titus decided to speak finally. "Mom, don't stress yourself over this. Just tell us what the hell happened and let us decide, what to do next. Alright?" she nodded.

Flashback...

"Mom! Look! A walking doll." Yelled Aryan, bringing her attention. Maya looked to her left and found Evan and 3 years old, Aurora walking towards them. Maya burst out laughing. "Sweety? That is indeed a very cute doll." said Maya, excited and walked towards the main door to welcome his brother and neice. When Aurora was in her reach, she picked her up and placed kisses all over her face, making the toddler's giggles eco inside the house.

That bought all the children's attention towards her. They gathered around their mom and soon a tug war begun. "Mom, give her to me. I want to hold her." pleaded Duke, pulling his mom's arm, that was holding Aurora. "No, I found her first! She's mine. Let go of mom's hand, or I'll break it." warned Aryan, pushing Duke away. "Aryan? This kind of behavior is not acceptable? Why did you push your brother? Apologize to him, right now" yelled Maya.

"No, I'll not." he yelled back. "Say sorry, Aryan or you won't get to play with the doll." warned Maya. Aryan looked furious. He looked at his brothers, who were all glaring at him. He didn't understand why. He found the doll first, why do they want to claim her. It's his, only his. "No, I'll not and I'll kill you all, if anyone try to touch her. She's my doll. Mine." he said, pulling out Aurora forcefully from Maya's arms and ran away towards the woods, in the backyard.

"Aryan!!"... "Roman! Xander!" she called for her husband's. Xander came running down, in panic. "What is it Maya? What happened?" he said, coming towards her with Tia, tugging behind him. "Aryan ran into the woods again, carrying Aurora with him. Evan went behind them. Go check on them, please." she said, panicked. "Sshh.. I'll go check, ok? I'm sure, he is hiding in his secret place." he said smiling, to lighten her mood.

"You should have seen his face, Xander. He was so violent. I have never seen him so furious. Please don't yell at him, ok? Talk him out to bring Aurora home with him, ok?" she pleaded with him. He nodded and kissed her forehand, before walking out of the house. Maya sighed and sat on the couch waiting for them to come back. Then she turned her head and looked around, only to find, no one in sight. Where did they disappear all of a sudden? She called out their names but there was no response.

After checking their bedrooms, she knocked at Tia's and found it was locked from inside. She panicked and started banging on it. "Open the door, Tia. What's happening inside?" she called, when she heard, few yelling from inside. Suddenly, the door was unlocked and what she witnessed infront of her, knocked her breath away. Titus and Turner were pinning each other on the floor and punching each other's faces, without any remourse.

"What's happening here boys!!"a voice boomed behind her, before she could. It was Roman. His voice made them halt in their actions. Then they stood up standing far apart from each other. Tia was crying in a corner. Maya ran towards her and hugged her to her chest. Roman started asking question to the boys and Maya decided to ask Tia. "Can you tell me, what happened baby?" she asked her, wiping her tears.

"When I came inside, Turner was yelling at Titus, for always demanding to get the first preference. Then Titus teased him, saying that, when Aurora would be back, dad would definitely, handover her to him, because he's elder and he will not let her go, ever. Then all of them started yelling at him for taking advantage of being elder." she then looked at her brothers again, who's head were down, getting their class from Roman. She resumed her story.

"Rihan said, he is younger and more handsome than others, so Aurora would choose to play with him. Duke pushed him and he hit the floor. After that they all started yelling at each other. Mom, can we please Send Aurora away? I don't like them fighting at all." she said, hugging Maya again. Maya was now in a dilemma. She was not sure, how to tell her brother to never bring that baby home, because, her son's were getting obsessed with her.

After sometime Xander returned with a passed out Aryan, followed by Greyson. Maya and Roman ran towards him, panicked. "What happened?" asked Maya. "Evan said, it's better if he comes back some other time, once we have a "talk" with the boys. But, Aryan was reluctant to leave her and what surprised me more was, baby Aurora was too. Evan and me tried very hard to separate them and finally when Evan left, I found Aryan passed out from yelling, too much." he laid Aryan on the bed and sighed tiredly.

Then he looked at his other sons and found that, they were least bothered of their passed out brother. "Boys, did something happen?" he glared at them, suspiciously. "Why did you let her go dad? You were supposed to bring Aurora back. We haven't decided yet, who gets to have her first." said, Titus, glaring at his father. His brothers were no different. Shocked Xander exchanged looks with his own brothers and wife. "What has gotten into them?" he said, then turned towards the boys.

"Son, Aurora is not a doll. She's not an object, you want to play with. She's a small girl, ok? You 5 are brothers, or have you forgotten? I have never seen you fighting your own brothers, like this before. If you keep behaving like this, I'll ask Uncle Evan to never bring Aurora here again..." he was cut mid sentence. "No!" they all yelled together, surprising their parents. "Please dad, we won't fight ever, Please? I promise." said Duke."What about the others?" asked Roman.

"I promise too only if...I get to kiss her first." he teased his brothers. And just like that, the fighting begun again. Xander face palmed himself, frustrated.

"Silence!"

he ordered. "You boys have always shared everything. You guys are not just brothers but best friend. What changed?" He asked.

Suddenly, Aryan got up from his slumber and started hitting Xander on his chest with his little fists. "I hate you..I hate you, dad." Maya looked at his son speechless. He and Xander are very close, but something was telling her that, it's about to change. "You let her go. You send her away. I asked you just one thing, and you gave her away. I hate you. I hate you all." he said, running out of the room. Roman went behind him. Poor Tia was watching all this, with out any clue of what was happening. Greyson was rocking her in his arms. Xander too walked out of the room to get some air saying, he can't deal with all of this, right now.

Maya was too socked to even raise her concern. How the hell a small girl can bring such disaster to her family?

To be continued...