Sam and the Spies

Chapter 4

A magnificent, dreamy-blue shaded gemstone, in the shape of a heart, threaded through a repetitive pattern of silver links. I pick the delicate bracelet from the box and clasp it around my left wrist. Engraved into the silver around the gemstone are the words 'Sister's are forever'. A tear builds up in the corner of my eye as I rush forward and bury my head into Tyler's chest. There's a dark patch of blue on Tyler's shirt where my tears had fallen and I smile gratefully as he hugs me back. 

"You're the best brother ever," I cry, meaning every word. He mumbles something under his breath but it was inaudible so I brush it away from my mind and say good night to him as he walks out the door. I place the bracelet back into the box and lock it into the top drawer of my bedside table. I think about where to stash the key and come up with a brilliant (well sort of brilliant) idea to put the key onto a piece of string and sleep with it as a necklace. I find a ball of twine in my 'arts and craft' drawer and quickly cut off some, loop the key through the string and tie it around my neck. I change into my pajamas, waddle down the corridor, brush my teeth and head to bed. 

My hair spreads around me like a fan and I try to remember this whole day from the beginning, from the crazy practical joke Lana and Jayden pulled to the awesome coming home party that was thrown for Tyler, Jazz, and Josh. I was so happy when I shut my eyes and pictured all my favourite parts of today, I bet I fell asleep smiling. 

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Sunday, August 25th 6:15

Muffled whispering invades my dreams and I wake up in a sudden jolt. I catch a glance of my alarm clock and I roll my eyes in annoyance as I see that it's only quarter past six in the morning. I scan around, wondering what I'd heard, coming to a conclusion that it was probably just my imagination. Although, there was a niggly feeling at the back of my mind telling me that there was more to this than an over active imagination.

 "It's nothing Sam, it's nothing," I whisper to myself.  

My paranoia gets the best of me and I try to remain calm as I slink out of bed. I see the window and face-palm myself as I realize it was probably something outside. I turn back around to jump into bed, but then I hear a muffled sound coming from the room next door; Tyler's room. I really don't want to have to leave my room, but then again...

I suck in my breath as I walk to my door and it makes a long 'creeaaak' sound as it opens. Man, I should remind myself to oil those hinges or something cause they are way too freaky! I shake my head and scowl at the door and then tip-toe the rest of my way to the entrance of Tyler's room. I press my ear to the cold wood door and try and listen to what's he's saying. Now, some people may call this eavesdropping, but I just call it the human nature of curiousity, so sue me. 

"Seriously? Rookie mistake sir. Yes, don't worry, I'll make sure they don't find out until later. Of course, you can trust me, sir. Alright, I'll make sure to tell them, okay, bye, sir."

I can hear some shuffling and jump back as I realize that he's heading for his door. I frantically hunt for a hiding spot and out of the corner of my eye I see our conveniently placed hallway table, duck down and crawl as quietly as possible towards it. Tyler sticks his head out of his room and looks around before shutting the door and probably going back to bed. I finally let go of my breath that I didn't even realize I was holding. 

I go back to my room and wriggle into bed but no matter how much I try, I cannot go back to sleep. I try counting sheep, but at the 100th sheep, I see that it wasn't going to work. Tyler's conversation echo's in my head and it makes my head churn trying to think of who he was having that conversation with, and why at six in the morning?