"My Sweetheart"

Azia's "first" mission

I wake up with sun beams hitting my face, as my eyes flutter open, a throbbing pain hits my head. I quietly groan as I turn over to face my bedside table. As my eyes adjust to the bright room, I notice two pills next to a tall glass of water, I smile at the thought of Vander sneaking into my room at night and placing the pills there. He has always been the caring type of brother, I sit up and grip the glass cup. It's cold. The heat of my hands causes condensation to trace around my fingers. I then pick up the pills and swallow them with the water. Regaining my memory of the night before, my smile fades into a slight frown. I feel a sense of emptiness. It takes a moment for me to shake it off before slowly standing out of bed and heading to my bathroom, it's only small but it works. That's all that matters. I look in the mirror and see my nest of hair sitting on top of my hair, I reach over my sink to grab my hairbrush and I start brushing it through my hair. I then turn my tap on and the cold water fills my hands, I lean down and place my face into the water that was pooled in my palms. For a long moment, I stare at myself in the mirror then turn back to my room to change out of my pajamas. I waddle over to my dresser and pull out a white and black polo shirt that sits just above my belly button, black jeans that are ripped at the knees, a belt that hangs lower on one side, my everyday black combat boots and a black leather jacket. I look in the mirror once more before I head downstairs to meet with Vander and Silco. I open the door and walk down the wonky and creaky wooden stairs, I can already hear their voices, "ugh does she always sleep in this much? It's 10 am for goodness sake" Silco complains, "considering she drank an entire bottle of my strongest shit, she probably had a hard night," Vander says with a genuine tone, "you'd have no idea, Vander" I quickly open the door making sure Silco didn't go into any detail about what happened that night. "I'm awake, Silco i could hear your complaining from upstairs" Vander and I chuckle, Silco just rolls his eyes and continues boxing with the bag him and Vander made when we were younger, "thanks for the medication, Vander, it really helped with my headache" I smile as i take a seat across from him, Vander gives me a confused look, "what medicine, Azia? I didn't go into your room last night" he replies. My eyes widened. I slowly turn my head in Silco's direction. He's already looking at me with a wide and snobbish grin on his face, as always. Silco winks at me giving me a playful thumbs up. I simply roll my eyes and shake my head as I turn back to Vander, "so what are we getting up to today?" I ask, Vander leans back in his sofa chair and rests his arm over the side. Vander sighs. "Silco and I are going to the upside to see what we can find," Vander replies, a rush of excitement runs through my veins, "so you guys are stealing stuff?" I ask, Vander is quick to reply, "no we're just-" Silco cuts him off, "yes, Azi, we're stealing stuff" Vander looks at Silco with anger, Silco shrugs his shoulders, "she's 19 Vander, not stupid" Silco adds, I look at Silco with a genuine smile, "yes I know that, Silco" Vander roll his eyes, I turn back to my brother and chuckle, Silco comes over to couch area where Vander and I are and takes a seat on the long read couch. "Vander?" I ask "I already know what you're going to say, and the answer is no, Azia it's too dangerous" He responds quickly, "oh please, Vander, I'm ready, I-I'm past ready, I can help!" I snapped, whenever Vander had said "no" in the past, it was understandable, but I know I'm ready now. He knows I'm ready. "Listen, Sweetheart, even if you are ready, I don't want you coming along" Silco adds, I swiftly look at him with my eyebrows furrowed in anger. "Alright you can come" Vander mumbles with a smile on his face, "what..." I say calmly with confusion. "Only because Silco said he doesn't want you coming" Silco is immediately offended, a large smile grows on my face, "yes! Ha hA" I say, throwing my hands in the air. Silco puts out this hands almost asking Vander for and explanation, he frantically looks around as Vander stands up gathering his duffle bag and his pocket knife, "get your things, Azia'' Vander says calmly, I run upstairs still hearing Silco argue, "Vander you're not serious, are you?" Vander laughs, "of course I am, Silco, maybe this will teach you to keep your mouth shut" Vander says payfully, Silco grunts in defeat. After collecting my things and a small bag, I grab my knife from my dresser drawer and head back down stairs. As we all walk through the streets, we finally reach the elevator to the upside. It's empty and plain, I grab a bottle of neon green spray paint and draw a smiley face on the wall, Vander and Silco ignore what I'm doing as I put the spray can back in my back. We finally reach the upside city, as soon as the elevator stops, we all rush out onto the roofs. Vander jumps onto a balcony railing and launches himself onto the edge of the roof and pulls himself up, Silco closely follows. As I admire their stealth, I join them on the roof. I had always roof jumped when I was younger. We all run and jump onto the next roof. The first few houses were close to each other, but then one jump was further than others. If I messed up this jump, I would plummet into a street of enforcers, or to my death, either way, it isn't good. Vander backs up and takes a deep breath, he starts sprinting towards the edge, when he reaches the end, he leaps, landing on the other side. Silco does the same. I back up till I can't any more, I plant my right foot backwards as I ready myself to start running, I feel slightly dizzy, everything feels like it was in slow motion. I squeeze my eyes shut and exhale, I start running, my running turns into a sprint, as I reach the end, I take a leap of faith and I'm in the air, I take a look down and a smile grows on my face. I reach the other side but my foot slips, I let out a slight squeal, as I start falling, I feel a tight grip on my wrist, I look up and see Silco. He's panting heavily and he looks at me as if he saw a ghost. Vander then helps him help me up. I have a smile on my face, the adrenaline was causing my hands to shake, I'm soon pulled out of my state of mind by the tight embrace of Silco, by the look on Vander's face, he's just as confused and surprised as I am. "Are you alright, Azi?" he asks as I push myself away from him, he holds my shoulders in his large hands. "Yes, I'm fine, what's wrong with you, you're acting all weird?" I reply, "nothings wrong, you could have gotten us caught, is all" his demeanor  changes, he almost seems embarrassed, I chuckle and we all continue on with our mission. We come across a rich looking house, all the houses here look rich, but some more than others. I look at Vander, he looks at me, then Silco. We all agreed this is the house we are breaking into. Vander, as quietly as possible, breaks the window to the balcony and we all crawl inside. We gather as much as we can and get out of there as quickly as we can. I see one last thing I want, it's a golden box with dark blue accents. I crawl back inside the house and quickly grab it, I hear a rattling at the door, the sound of keys, I rush out the broken window and join the two boys. "Someone's coming home" I say, we all look at each other and run as fast as we can. A giggle slips my mouth as the adrenaline kicks in again, Silco and Vander are smiling and we all run away from a couple enforcers. After a long and enduring chase through the streets, we eventually make it to the elevator, I pull the lever down and the elevator starts moving, as the enforcers run towards the lowering box, I look up at Silco to see him saluting to the enforcers as they slowly go out of sight. My chest rises and falls as i catch my breath, "god you're panting like a dog, Azi" Silco chuckles, I shove his shoulder playfully, "shut up, Silco, honestly" Silco turns around as the elevator hits the floor and we all walk out, Silco walks backwards as he faces me, "and with that attitude, we'll have to buy you a leash" he says with a wide grin that never seems to leave his stupid pink lips. Whenever he smirks, he always lifts the right corner of his mouth causing wrinkles to form on his cheek. It's almost endearing. Almost. My eyes widen at his comment as my mind wanders to things Vander would not agree with, "Silco, stop hitting on my sister please" Vander says as he looks forward, Silco shrugs his shoulders and turns around to face Vander as we walk through the streets, "it's only flirting if you want it to be, Sweetheart" Silco adds, he swings his head to look at me and winks with his left eye. Silco laughs as I scoff in annoyance. We finally reach our hang out spot and dump our finds on the table, it isn't much, but it's enough to last us a couple months. I notice Silco walking out the door, "where are you going?" I ask with genuine interest, Silco grips the door frame swings himself back around, now leaning on the wooden frame, he sticks his hands in his coats pockets, "I'm going to The Last drop," he replies, "The Last Drop? but it's only late noon" Vander adds, Silco chuckles sarcastically, "all the hot chicks go at late noon, Vander. My love couch has been lonely lately" Silco says, "ew, Silco, we didn't need to know that" I add, Silco laughs evilly  as he struts out into the street, "jealousy isn't a good look, Sweetheart" He shouts not even turning around. I roll my eyes and look at Vander with an annoyed look on my face, Vander looks back at me as he refill the bag of goods and stashes them away. I slouch into the sofa thinking about the mission today, Silco's face when he saved me from falling, he looked genuinely worried. Maybe he was telling the truth about "just not wanting to be caught," but it seemed different. And the medicine, he had snuck into my room while I was asleep. bastard.  at least he had good intentions.