"Colton said it before I could." I state looking at my two brothers "Don't talk to me unless it's to apologize. I'm done." And with that I get up and walk away. I wasn't going to yell. I was not going to argue anymore, there was no point. They knew Co and I were right, We knew we were right, everyone at that damn table knew we were right.

"Hey, hey," I hear Caleb calls behind me as he catches up "Why do you look like you're about to cry?" He grins down at me as I stop

"Cause I'm fucking pissed that they acted that way," I huff, throwing my hands up in the air. I was pissed and frustrated.

"It's okay," he nods "It'll be okay,"

"I fucking hate them," I snap

"You don't mean that, They're your brothers, regardless of how much they piss you off, you're still gonna love them," he grins, wrapping an arm around me "I'll talk to them, Colton kinda eased the blow for me,"

"Yeah he did," I let a small

"Remind me to thank him later," Co just smirks down at me "Don't cry, we're all good, our friends are all good, and your brothers will be eventually,"

"I'm just gonna go inside, I need to cool off," I huff, I say things that I shouldn't when I'm pissed, shit that would just escalate an already high tension situation.

"Wait for us," Amy says as both her and Em follow me up. Em has guilt painted on her face as they both approached me

"I'm gonna go back over," Co says

"You sure, going into the shit storm alone?"

"I'm good Bonnie," he grins before giving me a quick kiss on the cheek "We'll figure this out,"

"Okay," no matter what, he was still always there right by my side.

Amy and Em has already gone inside, and I follow them right in.

"Belle I'm so sorry," is the first thing I hear as I enter my room. Em had tears streaming down her face as Amy tried to comfort her "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you, we didn't even know what we were doing it just kinda happened and I was scared and I know I shouldn't have been," she spits out all in one breath and I almost laugh

"I'm not mad at you Em, I honestly don't care that you two are doing whatever you two are doing, sure I would've liked to know but I can't say shit, I've been doing that same thing. I'm not pissed at A for keeping it a secret either, I'm pissed at him for reacting the way he did especially when he's been doing almost the exact same thing only without the commitment,"

"Believe me, I am too," she lets out a breath "He's being a dick,"

"So is Beck," Amy snorts

"I know," I pout "Ace didn't seem too bad though,"

"No I mean, he didn't seem completely fine with it, but he seems okay" Em agrees "B I'm so sorry I didn't tell you. Like beyond sorry, I feel like complete shit and I know that's completely on me. I love you and I would never want to hurt you," she says, genuinely guilty. I already knew this. Granted of all people, I'd least expect Em to get with A, they'd always been ones to fight. However, I'm not mad per se. she's been my best friend my whole life, I know she wouldn't risk our relationship for something she didn't think was worth it.

"I'm not mad em, really. Surprised? Yes. A little blindsided? Hell yeah. But mad? No. I couldn't be mad at you for getting yourself to a happy place in your life," I smile at my best friend "However, you hurt my brother n I will punch you,"

"Still be my best friend?"

"Of course! You'll be my best friend with a black eye," I laugh "Love you Em,"

"I love you too, B" she grins as I wrap her up in a hug.

"Amy get in here, I love you too," I order Amy who just jumps on both of us right after, causing all of us to burst into a fit of laughter

"All we need now is Lexi," Any snorts

"I think she's working, wanna go visit?" I question, we'd invited her tonight, her little sister was here, but she said she had a shift at Kane's and would visit later tonight.

"Yeah let's go," Em nods, pulling both Amy and I up off my bed

"How fuckin crazy is this year? Co and I actually like eachother now, You two are a thing," I gesture to Em, "Amy, you're with my brother, Jordan is in an actual relationship, and with Lexi of all people. AND We're friends with her on top of it all," I grin

"I'm not questioning it, I'm happy," Amy grins

"Me too," Em just nods along

"Me three,"

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"Wait Colton really said that?" Lexi just about falls off my bed laughing as we tell her the shitshow of a dinner we had.

A little while after the three of us had gotten to Kane's, Kane let Lex off the hook and she just came back with us. The adults and kids were still out back and so were my brothers and Co. Jordan, Wes and Ty had joined us in my room while Colton was still probably downstairs playing video games.

"I'm not kidding, it's was like a drama reality tv show, it was the best," Tyler laugh "For real, better than Housewives of Beverly Hills,"

"Bro you watch housewives of Beverly Hills?" Jordan snorts making the rest of us all laugh

"It's a guilty pleasure, shut up," Ty just rolls his eyes at us "Erika Jayne would kick all your asses,"

"None of us know who that is Ty," Wes snorts

"She from-never mind," he just slumps back in his chair, with a pout on his face as the rest of us laugh at his expense. What kind of friends would we be if we didn't bully eachother daily? Personally, I feel like it's the highest form of love.

Our laughter was cut off by the knocking on my bedroom door.

"What?" I question already knowing it's one or all of my brothers, they always knock when they feel guilty.

Ace just walks in followed by the other two and gestures his head for our friends to get out "We gotta talk to her,"

"You guys gonna be dickheads?"

"Try our best," Arrex says nonchalantly

I just nod as everyone gets up and files out of my room. Leaving my brothers and I. They just close the door as I sit back in my bed, we just stare at eachother.

"You came here to talk, so talk," I shrug

"I'm not completely okay with it," Ace talks

"Wow off to a great start already, please, continue," I state sarcastically staring down my brothers

"How could you go behind our backs like that?" Beck questions. Obviously accusingly, I just roll my eyes at him. I'm so done with their bullshit by this point, I'm completely unfazed by by it.

"I'm not having that conversation again," I state "If that's all you came up here to say then you can leave,"

"No, we deserve an explanation," Arrex states

"And I deserve to be happy without my brothers being complete hypocritical fuckheads, so I guess none of us are getting what we deserve." I snap right back. "I have done fucking everything for you guys. I put myself on the back burner almost one hundred percent of the time for you guys. I've had three actual girl friends my whole life because of you, yet I not once fuckin complained. I have settled for shitty ass guys, minus Dallas, cause I knew any actual boyfriend material guy wouldn't stand a chance against your fucking questioning. I almost didn't go to my fucking Chicago program cause I wanted to make sure all of you would be okay. I've fought people for you guys. I lost my relationship with our mom initially for you guys! Granted she's not someone I wanted in my life regardless, but she wanted me to go with her. I could've been at a university right now, but I stayed because I didn't want to leave the four of you just yet. And what do I do every time mom or anyone on that side of our fucked up family returns to shake shit up? I make sure all of you are okay first. I don't even allow myself to fucking cry until I'm in my room and have made sure you guys are all safe and somewhat fine. I do one thing for myself and this is how you guys react? Yeah, fuck you."

"Belle-" My twin starts to say before I cut him off

"No. You need to listen now, you talked plenty outside," I put my hand up, instantly silencing anything my brother had to say "I am happy. Maybe not at this moment, but I am beyond happy. I love Caleb and he loves me. We make eachother happy, we tell eachother everything, and there are very few people we trust as much as, if not more, than we trust eachother. This is real and it's here to stay whether you like it or not. Neither one of us deserve any shit from any of you."

"He is our best friend, how would you expect us to fucking react Belle?" Arrex yells

"The same fucking way I reacted to Beck and Amy getting together, or better yet, you and fucking Em!" I scream right back. If he wants to get loud then we can get fucking loud, bring it on bitch.

"Did I ever once get mad at Beck for dating one of my best friends? No. I just fucking told Em that I completely support you guys, so tell me again, how is your reaction justified?"

"It's not," Ace states, looking at our two brothers

"What?" Beck questions raising a brow at our brother, obviously surprised like the rest of us.

"You just said it yourself, Co's our best friend. You guys heard how he talked about her, what he said about her. Sure we all know he hasn't had the best track record, but has he ever once before hurt her?"

"No," they both mumble

"Exactly."

"What'd he say about me?" I look up at my brother that was now standing next to me. Ace was and probably always will be the peace keeper.

"He loves you Belle, the way he talked about you and your relationship. He really, really loves you." He grins "He promised the he'd never hurt Bails, did he or did he not?" Ace turns back to the other two

"He did," Beck snorts "Not like he hasn't broken a promise before,"

"We were fucking thirteen! How were any of us supposed to know what was going to happen? A, did you ever once think you be anything more than friends with Em? No. Up until a few months ago, that thought never crossed your mind. And Beck, you were THE BIGGEST cringy ass douchebag wannabe fuckboy at thirteen. People change, shit happens, and promises, especially ones like the one we forced him to make, will sometimes be broken." Ace reasons, pleading for them to see it from our point of view. At least I have him and Colton on my side.

"How many guys have we scared away? Threatened within and inch of their lives?" He questions "What about the complete assholes that she's dated, ones that we completely hated? There were a lot of those guys. They were dicks, they didn't deserve Belle and were without a doubt going to hurt her."

"Some did," I shrug " but Co is not that. He's an amazing person. He has goals and he's just genuine. He loves you guys so so much, and he respects the hell out of each and every one of you. You should already know all of this."

"You gotta admit, there are worse guys she could be with. Hell of a lot worse than Caleb." Ace adds

"I don't want to fight with you guys, but I'm not asking for permission. I am making my own decisions and if it's a mistake, we'll that's my fault. You can't control everything nor protect me from everything. So it's up to you. You can either accept this or you don't, regardless though, it's still going to happen." I shrug, I wanted them to support this. More than anything, they're my brothers and my best friends, but I'm done giving up my life just to keep them happy.

"Now if that's all, I'm tired and I want to go to bed, I'll talk to you guys tomorrow," this arguing and running in circles is exhausting and I can feel myself giving up. I can't make them do anything and I'm not going to try.

The two just huff and stomp out of my room, but Ace stays. "They'll come around B,"

"I hope," I feel my eyes well up with tears. I just want them to be okay with this. I don't want them to be mad at me. I want to laugh and joke and have fun with my brothers, not fight and scream and yell at them like I have tonight.

"I got your back, and so does the rest of us," my brother pulls me in for a hug "Things will get better,"

"Thanks Ace," I sniffle as I hug him.

"Now," he just releases me before hopping on my bed, sitting cross-cross, with enthusiasm painted across his face "When and how did all of this shit happen? cause I've never seen my best friend talk about anyone they way he talked about you out there."

I can't help but laugh with Ace, four of six brothers were on my side. Hopefully some sense will get knocked into the last two.

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