Chapter • 19 - Playing Games

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Today my brothers let me stay home from school. Plus it's the end of the week so it doesn't really matter.

I look in the mirror and spot my purple busted lip. It's swollen but I bet what she has is much worse so I think I'm good.

I mean I understand what James is saying about me handling it differently. They want me to be different, not like them and the mafia.

They still want me to have nothing to do with it which sucks. I want to help find our fathers killer.

It's the least I could do.

I feel bad for not feeling much sympathy. I don't even know the man, but my brothers did and I wanna do this for them.

"Hey Kim." I hear from the doorway and I peak my head out of the bathroom to see Oliver.

"Hi olive." I reply and he rolls his eyes. Ironic considering he absolutely hates olives. He told me that a couple of days ago and I haven't let it go.

"We all want to spend some time together after how busy we have been lately. Up for a game of monopoly and board games?" He grins and I return it.

"Everyone?" I question him with my eyebrows raised.

"Well, Liam and Leo needed a little convincing." He scratches his head, laughing nervously.

"Yeah I'll join." I Smile back at him and he lets out a breath he has been holding. He walks over to me.

"That lip looks pretty bad." He says worriedly and it's my turn to roll my eyes.

"Thanks, I haven't noticed." I sarcastically reply and he does a no thing with his fingers.

"Remember the rules. No sarcasm too." He grins and I pout.

"These rules are crazy and unjust. Can't you guys stretch them a little for your poor little sister?" I bat my eyelashes and make a 'please' face.

He thinks to himself for a bit before shaking his head no and I huff.

Leo is 17 and has more freedom than me. But I don't say that because It'll probably cause more problems. I'm already in trouble for yesterday.

"Keep that ice pack on your lip. The more you do it the faster it heals." He adds and I nod my head. I turn around and grab the ice pack on my dresser and place it on my lip.

I wince at the coldness but love the feeling of relief from the pain.

"Now let's go down and meet the others in the living room. Did you enjoy breakfast?" He asks me as we both head out the door.

"Yeah it was great! Who made it?"

"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." He replies laughing.

Why wouldn't I believe him? "Just tell me!" I reply and he chuckles again.

"The lovely Liam made it." And I keep walking in shock. Liam made breakfast? Wow that's a new one.

We both eventually get to the living room and I see all the boys sitting on the couches. James looks annoyed by the rambling of Leo and Liam. They are like twins at different ages.

Always at each other's back.

As I get closer I can hear Leo complaining to Liam.

"I'm always the horse! You can't just suddenly take it and claim it as yours!" He shouts at Liam angrily and Liam just rolls his eyes not bothering to reply.

Maybe I'll be nice to Leo. I walk over and they both stare and me as I bend down and pick up the dog.

"Here you go Leo. This is my favorite, I want you to have it." I tell him and drop it in his hand.

He stays silent as he stares at the dog in his hand and looks up at me. He looks conflicted but then He nods at me and holds the dog in his hand.

I see the train so I just grab that one for myself.

I sit on one side and wait until I notice it is way too quiet. I look up around me and I see all my brothers staring at me. James and Oliver are staring at me in awe and Liam is staring at me in kind of shock.

Leo is just staring at the dog still playing with it in his Hand.

"Well, will you guys sit around the board I don't have all day." I break the silence and everyone instantly gets up and sits around.

"Roll the dice and see who goes first." James announces and we all take turns rolling the dice.

Liam gets last number and he scoffs in annoyance.

I get first so I get to go first. I roll the dice and get a 9. I land on the blue and I'm about to buy it when Liam says, "You better not touch those properties. Those are mine."

I think for a second before saying anything.

"I'll buy it!" I said to James. He chuckles before hanging me over the property card.

"That's bullshit!" Liam yelled and James gives him a death stare. "Watch your language around our sister." He scolded.

Liam laughs in a low chuckle but in a not nice way and shakes his head.

We continue the game for a hour more or so. With Liam and Leo still at each other's backs about properties or what Liam calls "bullshit trades."

I mean this is what happens when you play monopoly with a damn mafia family.

Next time who knows maybe we all play roulette and see who shoots first...

That was a joke don't take me seriously.

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So James ended up winning of course. Not fair because I thought I did good.

But hey, I was actually 2nd place.

"Now, we are all going to bake!" Oliver beams while Liam and Leo sigh in annoyance.

"I have better things to do than play cooking mama." Liams retorts and starts walking away before I rush to grab his arm and he turns around to stare at me with anger on his face.

"Please?" I beg.

His eyes flick between both of mine as if deciding what to do.

He finally lets out a long breath before pulling my hand off of him and reluctantly walking towards the kitchen.

I smile at Oliver and he smiles back while sending me a thumbs up. I look over at Leo and he just shrugs. He'll participate too.

James gets up and signatures for all of us to come.

We all get to the kitchen and Oliver takes out a a big box of flour. "What are we making?" I ask and he smiles widely.

Someone's excited.

"That's a surprise. Now I'll tell you guys the ingredients but you have to eventually figure it out." He beams and I see Liam roll his eyes.

This will be fun. I haven't baked in a long time.

Brownies. He really wants to make brownies. I laugh as I stare at Damon in a apron.

"Who are you laughing at?" He questions while raising his eyebrows.

He has flour all over his face and I can't help but keep laughing.

"Keep laughing and you'll end up the same." He dared and I nervously put my hands up still cracking up.

"Oh no, don't hurt me with your bad baking!" I shout and he huffs while running towards me. I try to run away but he catches me and throws me to the sofa.

I Cant breathe, he keeps tickling me. "Okay!okay! S-stop! I surrender!" I blurt out and he laughs.

"Now you owe me. Put on that apron and lets get baking." He points to the apron and I sigh.

"Fine but I get to choose the first piece when we finish." I reply and snatch the apron off the hook.

I giggle to myself and Leo stares at me weirdly. I think Damon would've liked them and they would've liked Damon. They seem similar. Plus they are all my brothers, even if Damon wasn't biologically.

Damon is nothing like his father. His father was a cruel man who influenced my mother.

Damon knew better. He knew his father wasn't a good man and he did everything to keep me safe. And I felt safe around him like I do with my brothers.

But I miss him. I have to accept he is gone sooner or later. It's just hard.

I feel something get thrown at me and I taste powder.

Did he just throw flour at me? I look up at Oliver and he laughs. "You should see yourself right now."

And I get mad, like stupid mad where you don't think before you act.

Everybody starts laughing except me. Oh boy am I going to be the one laughing in a few seconds.

I run over and grab a handful of flour. "Oh Kim, let's just talk about this!" Oliver chuckles nervously putting his hands up and backing away.

But Before he gets too far I throw the flour at him and he turns white.

He coughs a bit and spits the powder out of his mouth. Oh gosh he looks hilarious. I start laughing loudly and everybody joins in too.

"I recommend running." I hear Oliver comment and I nervously take a few steps back. He grabs a handful and throws it towards me, but it ends up on Liam.

Oh no rip Oliver.

I hear silence across the room as Liam freezes up. His face and hair is covered in flour and I can hear a scowl come from him. "You're going down."

I look at Oliver who looks nervous and fearful. I mean he should be it's Liam.

I actually am feeling bad for the poor guy.

"Now guys let's calm down-". I hear James start but flour gets all over him too.

I look to the right and see Leo cracking up. Oh gosh it's going to be a full on war now.

Everyone runs for the flour and it goes flying everywhere.

The flour getting thrown in different directions until it gets foggy in here.

"Come back here fool!" I hear Liam shout at Leo and chases him around the table. Like a cat chasing a mouse.

James and Oliver are throwing flour at each-other and they look serious. It's like a snowball fight.

Except I have the advantage.

I sneakily walk towards the big bag of flour.

"Hey guys!" I shout and everybody stops to turn to me. "Heads up!" I toss the bag and throw the flour all over my brothers. They start to cough.

And I start cracking up, tears fall out of my eyes while I feel the stares of my brothers burning into me. I nervously continue laughing while looking around at their dead expressions.

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea-

Then all of a sudden, James starts laughing. He's actually laughing?

Then Oliver joins, then Leo, and lastly Liam laughs.

We all laugh at the mess we created and how bad we look with flour everywhere.

"There goes the brownies!" Oliver cries and we all laugh even more.

We all continue laughing for a few minutes until the thought of cleaning up stops us.

"Well, get ready because now we have to clean this flour." James announces and I hear sighs come across the room.

I know what would make this more fun. I walk over to the counter and pull my phone out of my pocket. I type in the song "Carry on - fun" and start playing it while raising up the volume.

"Music always works when it comes to cleaning." I comment while everybody watches me. I walk over to the broom and freeze up to look around. "You guys going to get moving or what?!"

Everybody instantly moves and starts cleaning. I swear I spotted Liam singing a little.

I haven't had fun like this in a while.

I guess we all needed a little bit of fun.

In this moment, nobody is worried or scared. Nobody is sad or angry. We are all happy, and I wish it could last forever.

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Cute chapter I wanted to make. Some bonding time. :)

Well I hope you liked this chapter because there is more chapters coming!

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