THE BROTHERS

When I was about 5 years old, I lived on a quiet street. I was the only kid on the block so my one dream was to have potential friends move onto my block or at least close by. One summer day, a large moving truck was parked in front of the house across from mine. Days before, the people living in that house were evicted then the house was sold at auction. I sat and waited across the street staring at the house. Will they have kids my age? Will they be nice? The following weekend, my dream came true.

I was at the playground when I noticed two new boys riding their bikes. They liked to ride fast like me. When they stopped at the jungle gym to play, I approached them. We were the same size except for one was a little taller than me. The tall one had brown hair and eyes. His name was Adam. The other one was Riley. He had blond hair and blue eyes.

“Hi Guys! I’m Jacob. What’s your name?”

Adam approached me, “I’m Adam and that’s my brother, Riley. How old are you?”

“I’m five.”

“That’s cool. I’m seven,” said Adam.

Then Riley ran up to us and spoke to Adam, “Who’s this?”

“I’m Jacob.” I said looking at Riley. “How old are you, Riley?”

“I’m seven,” said Riley

Then Adam added, “Yeah, but I’m a few months older. Do you have a bike?”

“Yeah,” I answered.

“If you get it, we can ride around the playground,” said Adam.

“Ok! I‘ll ask my mom,” I was excited. “I’ll be right back Guys.”

“I call being the leader first!” said Riley.

Then Adam said, “I call second!”

The rest of the story can be found in Life Happens: The Short Story Collection available on Amazon.com and Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=r+jozwiakowski