One More Try [Summer 1986]

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Tyler

Bryce would never understand why his youngest brother acted like such a girl. Tyler might as well just be another girl that they had to put up with. The oldest boy let a smirk spread over his face as he came up with another idea to help his littlest brother toughen up. After all no brother of his was going to go about acting like another girl. It just wouldn't do.

The twelve year old quickly hopped up from where he had been sitting on the ground outside his home and rushed inside. "TYLER!" he yelled upon entering the home. The yelling gained him looks from those sitting in the living room and a quick 'don't yell in the house' from him mother, but he paid them no attention. "Tyler come on! I got an idea!" Of course he didn't say what the idea was about or anything, but Bryce really didn't think his little brother would care.

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler Nevitt was five years old, and he was a very happy child indeed. The boy had spent a large amount of time trying to control his shapeshifting powers, and while naturally he was not very good at it, he was able to change his hair color with an intense amount of concentration. When his older brother Bryce called him, Tyler immediately leapt up from his bed and ran downstairs. "Bryce!?" he shouted as he ran about, his hair subconsciously changing in color to bright orange as he looked for the older boy. "Bryce?"

Bryce heard his brother calling for him and stopped walking about so that the other could find him. "I'm right here," he called to the other as he leaned against the wall. As he was waiting for Tyler the boy went over his plan in his mind again to make sure there were no flaws in it. After all it wouldn't do to get his brother down here and things mess up or something.

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler finally turned and found his brother, smiling at his brother beneath his crop of bright-orange hair as he said "Hey Bryce! What's wrong?" Bryce didn't usually just shout for him, ordinarily his brother would come and find him if he wanted him - which admittedly did not happen all that often.

Bryce blinked when his brother appeared before him with bright orange hair. "What," he asked reaching out and tugging lightly on a piece of the bright orange hair, "is up with your hair?" For a moment he is distracted by the eye catching sight and continues to lightly tug on it before letting go.

"Nothings wrong," he answered with a shrug, "I just didn't feel like going on a hunt for you." He then moves away from the wall and reaches out to grab his brother's arm, intent on pulling him outside. "Come on."

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler looked up at his hair and smirked before replying "I dunno, it does that on its own sometimes - I guess that's part of being a metamorphmagus." Tyler didn't find it all that bothersome, he actually thought that it was pretty cool that his hair changed color all the time - though it meant he couldn't really go out into Muggle society, which kinda stunk.

When Bryce grabbed him by the arm and dragged him forward, Tyler obediently trodded a few steps before asking "Wait, where are we going?"

The only time Bryce ever really believed he had or would be jealous of his youngest brother was over the fact that the younger boy was a metamorphmagus. The older boy found the ability rather amusing, especially on his brother since the boy could not yet control it. He just nodded at the response. "And you didn't think to try and change it to another color than bright orange because?" he asked with a small tilt of his head.

He was glad that his brother wasn't fighting him on getting outside but when the question of where they were going start he glanced over his shoulder. "Don't worry about it," he replied, "just come on." They needed to get outside and a bit away from the house before he could actually try to go through with his plan.

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler shrugged at his older brother and replied rather honestly "I've never been able to control it Bryce, this is just what it does on it's own." He closed his eyes and screwed up his face in concentration, doing his best to change his hair to a cooler color. It took an awful lot of exertion and effort, but after a few moments of silence had passed Tyler's hair changed to a jet-black fringe with some blood-red flashes running across it. "How about that?" he asked Bryce happily, looking up at his bangs with a satisfied grin.

When Bryce insisted that they needed to get going, Tyler nodded and said "Okay." he trusted his brother after all, so he did not think to question what he was doing for even a moment.

"I know you can't control it. I just want to know why it defaulted to bright orange," the older boy said and watched with interest as his brother's face screwed up to try and change it. Bryce blinked at his brother's change and nodded. "Much better," he assured the other, "really though anything would have been better than that bright orange...except some other equally as bright color." He stopped rambling as a thoughtful look came over his face before shaking his head to bring himself back to reality.

He was glad that his brother didn't ask anymore questions about where they were going. The older of the two lead his brother out of the house, being sure to inform their mom that he had Tyler and getting the whole 'be careful,' 'don't hurt him,' 'be back in time for dinner,' and what not as they left the house. Once outside he let go of his brother's arm and motioned for the other to keep following as he continued to walk away from the house.

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler shrugged and replied "Well...orange is a happy color?" He frowned before explaining "I think it acts sorta like a mood-ring by default, so if I'm happy it'll be a bright sunny color, and if I'm sad it'll be something gloomier." This was only a guess of course, but Tyler was quite confident that it was correct. It didn't really matter though, and Tyler followed Bryce cheerily out of the house, not caring that his mum told him his hair looked ridiculous. "It's not ridiculous is it?" Tyler asked Bryce the moment they were outside. Okay, so maybe he cared a little bit.

Bryce raised an eyebrow when his brother mentioned orange being a "happy color" where in the world did he get that orange was a happy color? The explanation of his hair changing thing made the boy nod in understanding. Alright so he didn't really understand it, but he got the gist of what his brother was trying to say. He could figure out what kind of mood his brother was in by his hair color. That was a good thing to know for future use in annoying him and such. He would have been happy to leave the whole hair thing inside the house with the girls, but his brother's words once they were outside caused him to stop and turn to face the other.

"Does it really matter?" he asked with a look that clearly told his brother he thought him to be an idiot. Only girls really worried about their hair. What did it matter if it looked ridiculous or what? It was only them that was seeing it, though in Bryce's opinion it looked fine, but that was just him. About the only thing going through his head now was 'Merlin my little brother really is just another girl.' Something had to be done about that. He wouldn't let his sisters have this one!

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler shrugged at Bryce's question and replied "Well I mean, I put a lot of thought into this look - I was sorta thinking about keeping it like this, and I wanted your opinion." The whole reason that Tyler had come up with this hairdo in the first place was because he thought it looked cool and tough, which of course was what his older brothers were always telling him he needed to be. But if they didn't think so then it seemed his efforts had been for nothing.

Bryce nodded in understanding to his brother's words and placed a hand on the younger boy's shoulder. "It looks good Tyler," he assured his brother, "don't listen to what mom and the others say." He did like his brother's hair at the moment because it was different and it wasn't some stupid, girly looking thing.

[Random Event]

Several boys run pass the two walking down the street. They move past them shouting and laughing almost knocking into both of them. "Hurry up!" one shouts at the others," We're going to miss it!"

"Keep your pants on!" another shouts back. None of them take much notice of the two, obviously excited about something that is up ahead, and a small crowd can be seen forming. The young boys move past heading straight for the crowd racing each other to get there first.

[Tyler Nevitt]

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Since the Nevitts live in a largely rural area I'm just gonna go ahead and ignore the RE

Tyler beamed when Bryce complimented his hair and said "Awesome! I guess I will keep it then!" He was glad that Bryce approved of his hairstyle, he had put a great deal of time and effort into it.

Bryce couldn't help but smile at his little brother. The boy seemed so happy that Bryce liked his hair style. It almost made the boy re-think his plans for what he was gonna do to help his brother not be so...so girly. But almost was the key word there because he was still gonna do it. "Come on," he said as he started walking once more. The lake was close by and so it wouldn't take much longer.

[Tyler Nevitt]

"I'm coming!" Tyler insisted as he scrambled after Bryce, somewhat upset that his short legspan was not long enough to allow him to catch up with his older brother without undue difficulty. "Where are we going Bryce?" he asked with some degree of curiosity.

The older boy cast a glance towards his brother when he asked him where they were going. "You'll see when we get there," he assured the younger Nevitt as he continued walking. He could see the lake not to far ahead of them and he began thinking of the best way to get Tyler in it. Should he throw him or push him? Throwing him would involve grabbing him up and tossing him while pushing would just involve moving his arm a little. The only thing was the throwing him would insure Tyler got further into the lake while pushing didn't guarantee much of anything.

[Tyler Nevitt]

"Okay!" Tyler said happily, following his brother along with some enthusiasm, feeling quite happy about the way today had been going. The fact that he had gotten Bryce's approval on his hair was only the icing on a very delicious cake, and as such the boy could not stop himself from humming happily as he walked.

Once they were close enough to the lake Bryce didn't really think twice about it. He quickly scooped Tyler off the ground and without wasting a second tossed him out over the lake. It had to be done because this was his last try and keeping his brother out of their sister's clutches.

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler was not sure what to expect when he and Bryce arrived at the lake, but it most certainly was not this, shrieking rather loudly as he was suddenly flung into the air, Tyler came down into the water with a loud splash, flailing about wildly as he sank beneath the surface. It took the boy a moment to figure out which direction the surface was, but once he had regained his perception of his surroundings he wasted no time in breaking through the surface. "Whoa! That was fun!" Tyler said with a smile, of course thinking that Bryce had done this as a fun brotherly joke. "Your turn Bryce!"

Merlin he even shouted like a girl! He didn't think he could fix that though. He would just have to deal with it he supposed. He watched the water intently, just making sure that Tyler came up soon after going under. He'd hate to toss him out there and him drown because he wasn't watching...even if there had been a purpose to it. He wanted his brother to act like a guy not die. When the younger male broke the surface and then told him it was his turn Bryce wanted to hit himself upside the head. Honestly! What had he been thinking this would do? Well he knew what he thought it would do, but how was it supposed to actually work? Toss him in the lake and what?

He let out an annoyed sigh and folded his arms over his chest. He could take this two ways now. He could either join his brother in the lake or he could just head back to the house and find his other brother. The one that actually acted like a boy. Which would be more interesting? He didn't feel like getting his clothes soaked, yet at the same time he didn't feel like going to hunt down Colin either. Maybe he should go read a book? He let out a snort alright so not that.

"No," he said shaking his head, "I don't feel like getting my clothes wet. Come on." He then turned and began making his way back towards the house. He'd have to think of something else right quick.

[Tyler Nevitt]

Tyler was very confused when Bryce abruptly said it was time to leave, following the boy slowly and shivering - his soaking wet clothes sticking to his skin and making him very cold indeed. "But...we only just got here?" Tyler said, looking at his brother in confusion, but of course knowing that his big brother knew what was best.

The older boy cast a small glance over at his little brother. The boy was shivering, but Bryce didn't really blame him. He would have to if he'd decided to get in the lake, though Tyler hadn't had a choice in the matter. "Yes," he agreed, "and now we're just leaving." As his mind ran through more plans he first decided that he'd take Tyler back to the house so the boy could change out of the wet, cold clothes. He wanted his brother to act more like a brother, but letting him get sick wouldn't achieve that.

"We're gonna go back to the house and you're going to change out of the wet clothes," he told his brother as they got closer to the house, "and then you're going to meet me back out here."

[Tyler Nevitt]

"Oh, okay." Tyler said, brightening considerably know that he realized that Bryce had made them walk back out of concern for him. "I'll be right back out!" he said before running up ahead to go inside and change his clothes - a venture that was likely to take a very long time considering that he was so meticulous about his appearance.