Halstead Sister One Shots

Late Nights And Bad Attitudes

Gracies POV (13 Years Old)

Urgh! Being a kid sucks! All you ever do is follow rules and get in trouble if you screw up! Unfair! Like yesterday, Will told me to tidy my room and just because I got a bit distracted on my phone he had to go off on one about responsibility and my apparent lack of it. I'm a teenager for crying out loud! When are they gonna stop treating me like a little kid?

"Gracie" I heard Jay shout. urgh great,

"What?" I shouted back as I continued to scroll through instagram on my phone,

"C'mere please" he shouted back but I chose it ignore him "now" he added. I let out a frustrated groan and put my phone down on my bed before walking to the kitchen where Jay was stood next to the sink full of dishes. Crap. I forgot about those... "I thought I told you to wash the dishes?" He asked with a pointed look but I just shrugged my shoulders,

"I guess I forgot" I admitted before turning around and attempting to go back to my bedroom,

"Gracelyn get back here" Jay ordered causing me to roll my eyes slightly,

"What now?" I asked frustrated and my brother raised an unimpressed eyebrow at me,

"First of all, watch your tone" he warned "and second of all, if you're told to do something then you're expected to do it" he said sternly and I huffed,

"Can't you just do it?" I complained,

"That's not how this works Gracie" he reminded "now I'm going for a shower and I expect this sink to be empty when I get back" he told me before leaving the room. See what I mean? It's not my fault I have a bad memory!

With a reluctant groan I set about washing the dishes before leaving them on the draining board and sitting on the sofa. What? He didn't say anything about drying them or putting them away!

"Oh for crying out loud Gracelyn" Jay said annoyed as he walked back in to the room towel drying his hair,

"What?" I asked innocently and he looked at me angrily,

"I told you to do the dishes" he reminded,

"And I did" I defended "you never said anything about drying them" I added. I watched as my brother closed his eyes and take a deep breath,

"This close Gracie" he said holding up two fingers "this close. Get out of my sight" he instructed.

I stayed in my room for the next couple of hours until Will came home and Jay had finished cooking dinner so I was forced to go and socialise,

"How was school?" Will asked and I shrugged,

"Still there" I said as I stifled a yawn,

"Very funny" Will said sarcastically "but seriously, did you have a good day?" He asked again,

"It was fine I guess" I said,

"Did you get any homework" he probed,

"What'd you think?" I replied sarcastically,

"Hey" he frowned "it was just a question Gracie there's no need to be like that" he scolded,

"Yeah I got homework" I mumbled as another yawn escaped my lips,

"Why are you so tired?" Jay asked with a slight frown,

"I don't know" I shrugged "I just am" I lied knowing full well that I had been staying up on my phone 'til the early hours the past few nights,

"Have you been getting enough sleep?" Will asked and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes,

"Why wouldn't I?" I asked defensively "can you both just stop asking me stupid questions" I added angrily causing Jay to let his fork fall to his plate and rub his hand across his face in a frustrated,