The Call

I got a text from my brother yesterday. Out of the blue. It's been a long time since I've seen or heard from him. From what I remember, he was living a few states away with a girlfriend I've never met. He seemed happy from the time I did hear from him. I guess he has been going through a rough time and was thinking about leaving her. Shit hit the fan. He didn't say much about it. I offered some support. As much as I could. Neither one of us live near family so sometimes support feels limited...

We had a falling out 2 or so years ago over something stupid so communication has been extremely limited, if anything at all.

I got off the phone with him a few minutes ago. I wasn't expecting a call. He had a lot to say. Long story short, his girlfriend left him and he's been stressed the hell out. He wants to get away from all that for as long as he can. I invited him to come stay with me. I have an extra bedroom here in my apartment so it's fine and well. I'll get it ready. He will be arriving in a few short days. He's going to book the flight and let me know the exact time. I'll go and pick him up from the airport. I don't even know why I offered to let him come stay with me. He is my brother and I have it in my to have his back, even if he can be a stubborn asshole. We may be twins, but yeah. That's all that we mostly have in common. I'll get the spare bedroom set up soon.

I've seen my brother a small number of times since we were younger. Once he moved away from college, we both became busy with our lives. He graduated, and found a job fast and stayed out of state since. I took moved away from home and started my life. We'd see each other and catch up during some Christmas holidays. Very rarely Thanksgiving. Holidays were never really important to us as maybe it should be. I did love spending time with him. When we were hanging out, it was as if no time had even passed. Sometimes I'd lay in bed and remember...

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