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"OW, you motherfucker!" Theo's eyes jolted open to see Franky rolling around on the floor by his bed, clutching his hand. He rubbed his eyes tiredly, "Did you try to slap me awake again? I told you, sometimes I power up in my sleep. I thought you learned that when Bia tried to jump on me and broke her leg."
"Shut up, I feel like I just slapped a brick wall," His brother groaned, "Why couldn't you have just phased or something? Instead of turning yourself into bloody stone."
"I dunno, I was sleeping," Theo yawned and stretched his arms over his head. The sunlight streaming in from his window practically blinded him, so he quickly shut the drapes, "Anyway, what're you doing up so early?"
"You promised you'd take Bia to get ice cream a couple days ago. She's been nagging me about it all morning," Franky explained as he massaged his knuckles, "Just go to the Ben & Jerry's around the corner and come back."
"Why can't you do it?"
"I've been mortally wounded if you couldn't tell!" He shouted back, waving his hand floppily.
Theo relented and quickly changed into a dark blue shirt and grey jeans, hoping he didn't smell too bad. "BIA! You better be ready by the time I'm out there!" He called out, feeling slightly grumpy that he was woken up from such a nice sleep.
He snatched a few bills from beneath his mattress before running a hand through his hair. His blonde locks were sticking up wildly, but they were just going to the ice cream shop 3 minutes away, so he couldn't find it in himself to care.
"Come on! I've been waiting forever!" He turned to see his sister standing in the doorway buttoning up her bright pink coat.
"What on earth are you wearing?" Theo grimaced at the color, "Where did you even get that?" Bia frowned, "My friend got me this, I'll have you know! Now come on, you lard!" She huffed before marching out.
The streets of New York were just as crowded on the weekends as they were on any other day. It was hard to push passed the commuters, but Theo and Bia finally made it to Ben & Jerry's.
"One scoop only!" He emphasized as his sister bounced over to take a look at the flavors. The small shop was filled mostly with kids Bia's age and their parents, so Theo felt a bit out of place. He leaned against the wall and scrolled on his phone absentmindedly.
"Look!" Bia grinned once she returned with a small cup of ice cream, "They have cotton candy flavor! I didn't even know that." Her eyes closed and she hummed happily as she took her first bite.
After Theo stole a bite, much to his sister's protest, he made his way out the door, "Come on, let's eat outside. It's nice out today."
"I thought you were a hermit that hated the sun," Bia scowled as they sat down on one of the numerous metal tables in front of the shop, taking off her coat in the process, "It's so hot, how can you even stand this?"
