Prompt: Jai lost his mind, Luke doesn't want to believe it. Beau tries to tell him, though Luke just won't listen.

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My name is Luke Brooks and people try to tell me my brother is insane.

"Luke for the last time, Jai won't be coming back home for awhile." Mom tries to to tell me.

"You're only saying this so I will forget about him!" I yell in her face.

I'm surprised she hasn't given up on me yet either. To be completely honest I think I am the insane one, not Jai. All Jai ever did was hurt someone. Not badly though.

"Luke honey, lets get you some water."

I push her away, "No. I want Jai."

She sighs, "Give it up Luke, he's not coming back."

I was done, all these years they want me to believe that Jai wasn't coming back. Beau tried, mom tried. Hell, everyone tried. They all want me to forget about Jai. How could I forget when he was my everything. We did everything together.

"Just leave me alone." I mutter before storming into my room.

Every time I left these arguments I would go back into my room and write something abut Jai on a notebook page. Our closet is full of notebooks. One word, maybe a sentence written on each page. I don't want to forget anything about him. His imperfections, everything he feared telling mom or Beau.

"Why did you have to leave?" I spoke aloud.

I always waited for a response because sometimes I could hear his sweet voice whispering to me. I finished writing my word in the notebook and I smiled. 'Beloved brother and friend' was what I wrote. Why hadn't I thought of this before? This is all that matters.

"Luke? Can I come in?"

I didn't reply, for I was afraid of what they might do to me.

"Its just Beau. Please Luke, I just want to talk." He spoke sincerely.

I got up and threw the notebook onto Jai's bed, just like always. Walking over to the door I unlocked it and Beau entered. He gave me a stare down which made me feel even more uncomfortable.

"Let's sit."

I walked over to Jai's bed and took a seat, Beau was about to but I pushed him onto the floor. He glared at me but made himself comfortable. For the longest time we just stared at each other.

"So how many years has it been?" Beau spoke softly.

"'Five years, 21 days, 7 hours, 38 minutes and around 15 seconds. Why?" I replied, as if it was a stupid question.

He simply stared at me before responding, "Just wondering. That's very specific, you been counting?"

"Of course! He was taken away from me, why wouldn't I count the time we've been apart?"

"I don't know."

I reached behind me and tossed him the notebook. He stared at it and I could see the confusion in his eyes.

"I've been writing a word or a sentence on each page of a notebook ever since he left. Full notebooks are piled up in the closet."

Before he could speak I continued, "It hurts Beau! I probably wont see him again. I hate it, I miss him. His smile, his voice. Hell I can't even remember what he sounds like anymore. I long for it you know? So what if that guy died! Jai didn't deserve to be taken away. He didn't do anything wrong..."

I fell against the bed and sobbed heavily. Beau hurried out of the room and I continued. My vocal cords killed from screaming, but I didn't stop. My world is nothing without him, maybe I'd be better off dead. I pried myself off the bed and walked into the kitchen to grab a knife. But I could hear voices conversing in the kitchen.

"It's been horrible ever since you left. He doesn't eat much anymore." Mother spoke with so much worry.

I felt a pang of regret for causing her so much pain all these years.

"I'm so sorry for what I did. I never meant to." A mysterious voice replied.

Mom sighed, "Well you're back and I couldn't be happier."

I continued my walk into the kitchen, looking down the entire time. I opened the knife drawer and made my way back to my room. I guess my mind wanted to look because my head turned to look at the table.

I saw a man sitting across from mom that looked ever so familiar.

"Luke? What are you doing?" He questioned.

The knife clattered on the floor and tears followed. My whole body was shaking as I tried to find my words.

"J-Jai?"

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