My Brother's Best Friend

Chapter 53

Photo of Jax above

"This is beautiful." I smiled. Standing on the red stairs I looked around at the bright sky and the people all around me. There was barely any space to walk around but we've been able to manage so far.

"Smile!" My dad shouts from the bottom as he brings up his camera to his eyes.

Nick, Marissa, Hunter, Jax and I all gathered together and smiled as my dad took numerous pictures of us. After a while of taking photos we all sat down on the stairs and took in the view in front of us.

People running around on the sidewalk, pictures being taken, little kids bundled up with jackets running around with big smiles.

Everything around me had lights shining bright even if you couldn't see it from the morning sky. At night was when the lights shined the brightest.

"Where do you want to go next?" My dad asked me.

"Uhm," I look around. "How about...Central Park?"

"It's cold." Hunter exclaims. "We should eat."

"How about we get some pretzels and head over to the park?" My dad suggests as he points over to the pretzel truck at the end of the block.

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea, right now." Marissa nods along.

"Marissa and food," Nick chuckles. "She'd eat dog shit if you told her." My eyes trailed down Nick's legs and it wasn't until he stood up that I saw a small bulge on the side of his leg. "She'll eat anything you give her."

"Nick," I pull him aside as we walk, "Make it a little more obvious?" I look down.

He gives me a questioning look and follows my glance. Cursing under his breath, he takes out the box quickly and puts it in his jacket pocket.

"Thanks, Emma," he sighs. "Was it that obvious?"

"I mean it kind of looked like you had a boner on the side of your thigh." I shrugged.

Laughing, he thanks me again and we join the group as we reach the pretzel truck. We walked around for a while before getting into our car and making our way to Central Park.

When we get there I couldn't stop smiling. I took in the sight in front of me with Jax by my side.

"Wow." I let out. There were trees everywhere, so much green, and people walking around.

"You kids look around," My dad speaks. "We'll meet back here in an hour I'm going to rest here." He sits down on the bench.

"You sure you don't want to join us?" I ask.

"Go on," He waves. "I'll be right here."

Nodding, Jax and I walked hand in hand around the park. Hunter, Nick and Marissa walked in front of us.

"Are you happy?" Jax turns to me.

"Yes," I nod, smiling. "So happy, and I'm even happier you're here with me." I look around and watch the birds happily fly around and listen as the wind rustles through the leaves. "It would have been nice if Amanda and your mom came."

"My dad brought Amanda here before with Chloe and Monica," He tells me. "She loves it here."

"I can see why." Jax and I stop and lean again the railing that separated the grass and the walk way. Hunter, Nick and Marissa stood besides us taking pictures.