20 minutes later brian pulled into the drive at the Fort.
He walked up the stairs and unlocked the door.
Buster greeted Rome and him.
"Yo, Rome. This is Buster. he's mine."
Brian kneeled down and petted the dog.

Then he walked into the hallway.
"Mia! I'm home."

Mia moved out from the kitchen at the sound of Brians voice and smiled over at him, she raised her brow, there was something of, she could see it in the flicker of his eyes.

"what happened"she questioned with a raised brow

"My fucking, stupid brother happened!" Brian almost shouted but then realized that Mia had nothing to do with it and lowered his voice.
He walked over to her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Sorry, Mia."

Mia laughed shaking her head as she wrapped her arms around him, "s'kay"she whispered before pulling away,

"So what did he do"She questioned.

"He punched Ashton who the fuck knows why even though he promise me to stay out of trouble." Now his anger started to flare up again. Jack was just so incredibly unreliable. the only thing Brian could rely on was that he couldn't rely on anything with Jack.
"Ashton is still an FBI agent. He punched him!"

Mia raised a brow "Jack hit Ashton"She shook her head "Cant say i didnt see things turning out bad, but i didnt think Ashton would go to Jack's to find her"She followed her arms across her chest and looked over at him.

"Look, lets forget it ok, whats done is done, it cant be changed"She steped closer to him, taking his face into her hands, drawing his gaze to her.

"I love you"She whispered before taking his lips.

Brian let her distract him momentarily. Then he pulled away and asked.
"You listen to your brother every once in a while, don't you?"
He made a fist. "Jack NEVER listens, not even when I say somwthing that's just common sense....and the stupid thing is that I still feel somehow responsible for him. He's like a kid who just hit puberty."

Mia raised a brow "yea sometimes"She watched him with a quizzical eye.

"Brian, thats what there ment to do, us younger siblings are the bain of your lives"she touched his arm.

"i aint saying its right, but Jack's gonna do what hes gonna do"

"Unfortunately you're right. But you're not supposed to say that. You are different! I wish I had a little sister."
He huffed and let himself fall into one of the old deck chairs.
"Any cool brews in the fridge?"

Mia laughed and nodded her head "yea"She said, heading over to the fridge and grabbed a coke, considering he was still on the medication.

"Look you worry about him i get that, but he does what he thinks is right at the time, he really cares for Faye"she stated, looking down at him.

"I know he does care for her and I'm happy she's with him now because he's a good guy. he just doesn't think two steps ahead, damn kid." he was still rambling on about Jack.
"Always goes with his gutt feeling, always has a smart answer on his lips."
He wasn't done yet but interrupted his rambling session for a weird look at the Coke can.
"I didn't know the brew Coke now."

Mia nodded her head "You cant drink, so its either that or water"She stated simply.

"Iv seen what happens when you mix the meds your on with alchol, aint happening"SHe whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Brian tried to think of a time he had gotten drunk since he was home but couldn't.
"I haven't had any alcohol since I've been home." He got up and walked to the fridge where he found a beer.
Right now wasn't a good moment to give or take orders so he simply didn't.
Out on the back porch he took a long gulp and sat back down.
"It's always a good idea to wash anger away. Better then punching somebody."He laughed at the irony.

Mia shook her head "you havent no, but im a nurse remember"She shook her head looking at him and followed him out back "Just stick to one"She stated heading over to him "I really dont want you to end up ill"She dropped down on the chair next to him and flicked her gaze over to him,

Brian just gave her a smile. "As if." He was still mad at Jack and letting it out on her. How smart.
Sometimes it got on his nerves that she was playing the nurse card. Most of the times he was thankful that she was one and he didn't have to see a doctor but there certainly were times when he didn't care about being sensible.
He took a long swag of the beer and let his head fall back to look up in the cloudy sky.
"He definetly deserved the punch. Somebody had to knock some sense into him sometimes."

Mia smiled appologecticly at Brian,"Im sorry, i just worry bout you"She whispered looking over at him.

"Just have fun yea"She whispered grasping hold of his hand "Ill try and not worry so much"

Mia really confused him. How could she be so damn nice. He was just being a bit of an ass to her and she apologized for worrying?
Brian gulped down some more beer. His anger subsiding while he swallowed. The day was humid and it looked like there could be a storm tonight.
Brian took her hand and pulled her closer. "Yeah, don't worry so much."
How could she not? She had every reason to.
"So what do I do with Jack? Just let him be?"

Mia bit her lip and slowly drifted her gaze over to him, while nodding her head.

"If i was you then yea"She stated "Look Jack is younger then you ok, the more you tell him not to the more he will"She smiled and dropped a kiss to his head.

"He's your brother, he just wants you to belive in, even when sometimes he doesnt deserve it"

"Maybe you're right. But you know what happens when you leave Jack alone?"
Brian sighed and gulped down the rest of the beer.
"I had to bust him out of jail when we met again after ...I don't know...three years?"
Brian got up to go and get something else to drink because he was still thristy.

Mia nodded her head "But then its his trouble not yours"She stated with a smile.

"In fact its Fayes trouble now"She smiled "Shes a good influence on him"She stated before he headed up to get another drink, when he came back she smiled.

"Iv seen the way he's around her, he's scared"