Bang! I wake up suddenly to the sound of Fizzy slammimg the door, home from work. She squeals something but my mind is too groggy from waking up to notice, let alone listen. I turn to find I am lying on Ace's lap. I obviously fell asleep then. He is sitting watching TV right over the top of me, like I am not even there. My phone dings.
Ding!
I stand up quickly...too quickly and fall back down onto Ace. He laughs.
"Shut up and pass me my phone will you?" I say playfully giving him a shove. He laughs even more and shoves me back. I fall off him onto the floor. Hard.
He reaches over and gets my phone. "It's been going off for hours." he says, chucking it over to me. "Some one really wants you to answer! 45 messages and 10 calls!"
His face suddenly drops, becoming serious, almost dark like he was when we first met. "Some one called Leon." There was a pause. "Who is Leon?"
"Oh, I know Leon! He's your b-" Starts Fizzy as she bounds round the door, before getting cut off by me, making some action to shut up.
"He is no one." I mutter as I get up and stalk out to the bathroom, where I lock and bolt the door and sit on the edge of the bath, my phone in my hands.
It rings.
And rings.
And rings.
And ri- "Hey A.B! Its been a while."
"It hasn't been long enough! What do you want?"
"Can't a dude just want to ring his favourite girl in the world up for a chat!"
"Firstly not that dude, to this girl, in this universe! Secondly, call me that again and redheaded psycogirlfriend will murder you. Literally!"
"Ok. You got me. A.B, can I come round?"
"I am not at home at the moment."
"I know that! I mean to that friend of yours... blue hair... Friz?.. Frazzy?... Fizzy! Thats it, Fizzy!"
I lower my voice to a hushed whisper. "How do you know I am Fizzy's?"
"The same way they know... just let me explain in person, it is too dangerous over the phone. Just let me meet you!"
I am cautious with my reply. Leon has proven to be not that loyal before. "Err... Ok but promise this isn't a scheme!"
"I promise. See you in a bit, Toady! Love ya!" Beep. He had put down.
I sighed. "Love you too." It would have been, what? 18 months since I last saw Leon. And he isn't one to just ring up out of the blue. I really hope I didn't just make a mistake. But it's not like I could have said no anyways. Not to my one and only older brother.
*
"You were in there a long time." said Ace, suspiciously.
"Can't a girl have some privacy!" I say attempting to push past him. One arm shoots out to hold the door frame, blocking my escape.
"Not so fast! Who were you talking to? Who was on the phone who you 'love'?" Shit, he heard that.
"No one! Now let me through!"
"No, tell me who it is." The doorbell rings.
Ding, dong!
"Ask him your self." I sigh as I push past him to answer the door.
Ace and Fizzy stand behind me waiting for me to answer the door. The door bell rings again.
Ding, dong!
I open the door to find Leon standing behind it. I let him enter. He hasn't changed a bit apart from getting another piercing through his eyebrow and perhaps a few more tattoos. He ruffles my hair. I scowl.
"Ace, Fizzy. Meet Leon, my brother."
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Nine Lives of a Cat Burgler
Action"At this precise moment I am sitting on the roof, just next to my 'front door'. It is early evening, about 6pm on Monday, 21st of June. I am alone. Thats what you're meant to do in a story, right? Place, person ,time? I haven't really had time...
