Carters POV

I open my eyes very slowly and shut them immediately due to the horrible blinding lights around me I open them again and this time I'm successful in managing to keep them open I try to think where I might be

Car crash
999
A man standing over me
Ambulance
Hospital
HOSPITAL

Right so I'm at the hospital, I hope they haven't figured who I am, they might send me back to the horrible place I'm forced to call home and I'll have to live with him and her for even longer than I want to. I look around and see that this was obviously a private room, clean, with two chairs either side of the bed and a window on the left hand side looking out onto the world outside, I'm confused, why am I in here? We never had private hospital cover, not ever mum said they did have it for a while and then we moved to Bristol and away from London, so I could start school,

"Your awake," someone says making me jump I look towards the voice and see a women shes got long dark brown hair that was tied up in a high pony tail and she had soft crystal blue eyes, that seemed to smile for her, she was wearing dark blue jeans and a white T-shirt with a black jacket over it and had boots on her feet, I'm guessing she isn't a doctor or a nurse
"I'm Karen, I'm uh I'm the person who hit you, I'm so sorry," she says looking at the floor a bit ashamed
"It's okay, I'm Carter, I'm guessing you payed for this," I say trying to sit up only to have a sharp pain shoot through my body I wince and slide myself backwards so I'm leaning against the wall, the women looks up
"Yes I payed for it and it would be best not to do that the doctors said that moving will hurt for a while, it'll get better thought," she explains I nod and lay back down "do you want me to get the doctor or a nurse?" She asks and I nod and feel the pain shoot through my body again she leaves and the door re opens a few minutes later and a women starts talking

"Hello, Carter was it," the women says I nod again the pain stoping a bit
"Very nice to meet to Carter I'm Dr. Anderson and this is Dr. Jessy," another voice say probably a man as it's very deep "we just need to ask you a few questions so we can make sure your wellbeing's okay,"
"So do you have any direct family we would be able to contact?" The women asked I could hear the tapping of a pen on wood so I know someone must have a pen and clipboard
"No," I answer not wanting to tell them about my dad and step mum, if I ever go back to them I don't think I'll be able to survive
"Right so how old are you?" She asked
"18," I lied not wanting to tell them that I was 17, I'm 18 in like 3 months what's the matter and I know people in my class who moved out at 15 I should be able to live on my own at 17
"Do you have any way to prove that, any drivers licence, birth certificate, I.D., passport?" The man asked
"No,"
"What's your full name?" The women asked "I'll go put it in the computer and see what shows up," she says and I feel panic start to rise in me my dad will  show up and I'll have to go back to him, the man can obviously sense me panicking at this and he says
"Don't worry about it it's only temporary you'll need to live with some sort of family member for about 5 months until your boy is back to its usual state of healthiness," he explain I nod and answer the women
"My full name is Carter Jamie Smith," I can hear her gasp and she whispers something presumably to the man and then leaves
"So Carter, what where you doing our last night? Drinking? hanging out with friends? Going home?" He asks I sigh and decide that I can't lie about this, the women will know I'm seventeen so I might as well tell him the truth
"I was running away from my dad and step mum," I say looking up at the ceiling and biting my lip
"Have you watched the news in the past what two, three months?"
"No I haven't why?" I ask suddenly very worried

"A couple of months ago your father died in a house fire, and your step mother vanished everyone thought you where dead, I'm very sorry about your loss," I blink no he's lying my dads fine he's not dead is he?
"Oh," is all I can say i feel my eyes well with tears and I feel the warm water run down the sides of my face
"I'm very sorry," he says getting up and leaving soon the women reenters the room and starts speaking
"So, Carter we'll be contacting your half brother so you can go live with him until yo-"
"I'm an only child," I say thinking she must of made some mistake with my name
"C-a-r-t-e-r J-a-m-i-e S-m-i-t-h," I spell out for her
"That's how I spelt it," she said confused "did your parents never mention him to you?" I shake my head
"What side is he from my mum or dads?" I ask, curious
"Your mothers side he's 27 this may,"
"Great what's his names?" I ask blankly
"Alex Smith," she says, Alex Smith why does that name ring a bell?
"I've given him a call and he's going to meet you at the airport, he's returning from a holiday in America tomorrow," she explains I nod and sit up ignoring the pain
"Does he live in Bristol?"
"Yes he does, you'll have to stay here until tomorrow thought I hope you don't mind,"
"Not at all," I say she nod and leaves

"Your not upset?" Karen asks making me jump as I didn't realise she was in the room
"Not really I've never had a good relationship with my dad, and I ran away the day my step mother got married to him, and I never spoke to her," I explain she just nods
"You excited to meet your brother?" She asks and I shrug
"I don't know what if he hates me? What if we don't get along?"
"You will trust me siblings always get along especially the older ones, do you want to see a picture of him, I'm sure he has a Facebook page or twitter account or something," she says I nod and she pulls out a computer if a bag next to the chair she's sitting in she starts typing and a couple of seconds later she's pulled up a Twitter account of Alex and I gasp at the photo, it's a selfie he's taken and he's in an camouflage suit, it says something about playing air soft but I don't care about that right now all I care about is

I'm staring at Alex Smith.

The boy next door.

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Alex's POV

"Thanks for coming," Trott says waving as we get off stage

"Fuck I'm so tired," I complain to Trott he nods and goes and sits down and starts playing his phone, I decide to call Ross, to see how he's doing with Emma but before I can an unknown number starts to call me I answer excepting a fan to start talking but instead a hear the voice of a women talking in a very serious tone

"Hello, is this Alex Smith?" She asks
"Yes," I reply
"Your brother was hit by a car yesterday ,"
"WHAT is Hamish okay? is he alive?"
"Im not talking about Hamish, I'm talking about Carter your half brother since your the oldest we decided to contact you first," she says
"What, I don't have a half brother called Cart- wait do i," I think back Dads never mentioned mum and he's always changed the topic my step mums never met her it's 100% possible
"His full name is Carter Jamie Smith, he's 17 he was hit by a car yesterday at around midnight, he's currently sitting in a hospital room, the women who hit him has offered to pay the money for his hospital fees," she explains
"Uh yeah who does he live with at the moment his mum?" I ask excitedly, HE MIGHT LIVE WITH MY MUM I might finally get to meet her, after 27 years we have a lot to catch up on

"He was living with his father and step mother up until about 5 months ago when he ran away, and about 3 months ago his father was involved in a house fire and died while his step mother has vanished, his mother died a few years back when he was six," she states and I can feel the smile drop from my face at the news mums been dead for nearly 12 years, I feel wordless and my eyes start to fill with tears, i never even got to meet her
"Oh,"
"Will you be able to pick him up sometime today?" She asks keeping her tone the same
"Uh, no I'm in America but tomorrow I'll be back tomorrow afternoon so I'll be able to get him then," I say
"How about we take him to the airport?" She asks
"Yeah sure, London airport does he have a phone number?"
"Yes, he does," me and the women start planning tomorrow and I get his phone number so I'll be able tot call him tomorrow and I also get his phone number so I'll be able to contact him and find him I hang up and Trott comes over to me

"What's this about a half brother?" Trott asks
"I'll explain in a minute how do you feel about getting lunch I can explain then," I say he nods and we start off, tomorrow is going to be one hectic day.

YEEE done in less than three days so guys the reason I'm posting this today is because
1. I'm back home from holidays and
2. All my fish have died. They mean a lot to me.
3. I'm binge watching the last five days of recoding on Hatfilms, Sjin, Lewis and Simon, Kim, Duncan, Hannah and 8 bit gaming's channels so yeah INSPIRATION yep somehow I'm inspired so anyway enjoy.

-Kitsandcats out