My name is Amber and I have a younger brother named Lee. I live alone right now. I’ve had more than my fair share of boyfriend problems. I’m 30 and Lee is 21. I’m 5’5 and have dark brown hair and eyes. Lee was about 5’7 and had the same colour and eyes having the same parents. He has always been good to me in my time of need. I don’t know what I would do without him honestly. He still lives with our mom, I moved out about 7 years ago. Now I just live in an apartment. Lee has a car but I don’t. So he does me a favour and picks me up every weekday at around 8:00am. I was at my apartment just getting ready as he just showed up to pick me up.

“Amber? You ready yet?” Lee asked loudly.

“You are here already? I’ll be out in a couple of minutes,” I replied.

Then I finished up in the bathroom. I put on my perfume and everything else. A minute later I was ready to go and I came out of the bathroom.

“Well, you look stunning sis,” Lee said.

“Thank you. And I really appreciate you picking me up,” I replied.

“It’s no problem Amber, trust me,” Lee said.

Then we both went outside and out to his car. We got in and we took off for my bank where I worked. It always took us about 10 minutes to drive there. But he was always some kind of great brother to always be so helpful to drive me. But on the other hand, maybe he felt bad due to my boyfriend problems. Then we made it there.

“Well thanks again little brother. I appreciate it,” I said.

“You’re welcome big sister. So I should be here around 5:00pm?” Lee asked.

“Yes. And you are sure it’s no problem to pick me up then?” I asked.

“I’m sure. Now go, I’ll see you later,” Lee replied.

“OK see you later too,” I said.

Then I got out and went inside as Lee left. I was a little depressed the last few weeks. Not just because of my relationship status, but my job was boring and I got less than decent pay. And every 8 hour day seemed like it was 16 hours. He had been giving me lifts to work for about a month now ever since my last boyfriend moved out. He had a car, so I never had to ask anyone for a ride to work until then. I worked that day, and as always it went as slow as ever. But I also thought of somehow I could thank Lee. Get him some beer or maybe at least give him some gas money. But I wasn’t sure what to do exactly. So I thought about that for most of the day. But all long and boring things have to end sooner or later. It was 5:00 and I went outside to wait for Lee. I waited until about 5:15pm to call him. But just as I pulled out my phone and he showed up. He pulled up right next to me and I got in.

“I’m sorry Amber. I just lost track of time I guess,” Lee said.

“Lee don’t worry about it. You are doing me a great favor already. So what if you are just a little late. It’s OK,” I replied.

“OK sis. I just wanted to be here sooner,” Lee said.

“Well don’t beat yourself up. Shit happens,” I replied.

Then we made the trip to my apartment building. We parked and he was gonna let me out.

“Well, see you tomorrow sis,” Lee said.

“Well, you wanna come up for a couple of minutes. Or does mom want you home?” I asked.

“No, I can come up with you for a few minutes at least. You got something you wanna talk about?” Lee asked.

“Yes. It shouldn’t take too long,” I replied.

“Sure sis,” Lee added.

Then we both got out and went up to my apartment.