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“Just that she hates my guts, that’s all. Not that I blame her.”
“That wasn’t you.”
“She thinks it was.”
“Well, clear the air between the two of you.”
Nate shrugged. “I don’t know.”
“What I know is that I would give almost anything to get her into my bed, even just for a night.” The words slipped out.
Nate looked over at me with a strange look. “She’s our sister’s best friend.”
“Yeah I know. Not like I’m going to actually do it. Harper may hate you most of all, but I’m a pretty close second.”
“I think Jackson takes that spot.”
“Well, that might be true,” I said, rubbing my knee as my pace slowed. The snow was heavy and thick at times, and we were headed up a hill that was testing me. I knew I could manage, I had done far harder courses, but that was before the bombing.
“We were pretty mean to her growing up,” Nathan said softly.
“We treated her like we did Kat.”
“Which was also pretty mean if you think about it. I know we thought we were being funny, but we often pushed it too far.”
“I can’t argue there.” My face twisted in pain as we reached the top of the hill.
“You okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I snapped.
“I think we should head back.”
“If you want to go back, go back. I told you not to come along if you can’t keep up.”
“I’m not the problem here, Aiden.”
“Well you’re the one talking about quitting.”
“You know who you sound like right now? Dad. Whom you claim you hated, but here you are, acting just like him. Stubborn as hell and refusing to admit that you’re hurting.”
“Fuck off, Nate. I’m not like Dad.” My voice echoed through the air.
I walked down the other side of the hill, which was almost as bad as going up. My damaged leg was screaming in pain as I reached the bottom and tried to leave Nathan in the dust, to prove to him that I wasn’t broken.
I glanced back to see Nate was still behind me, but he stayed put. Good. I wanted to be left alone.
Every time I took one step forward to bonding with my brothers, something always happened that pushed me two steps back.
Sometimes I wondered why I even bothered.
