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41: dna - dO nOt aSk

I slept another two hours before waking to a sharp pang in my skull. Guess I didn't exactly luck out of a hangover.

The water in the bathroom shut off. My heart spiked and I sat up and looked around. Was that Isaac showering? He wasn't next to me anymore.

I pulled my knees to my chest and watched the hallway. Several minutes passed before I heard footsteps coming towards me. My heart pattered.

But it was Phil.

"Damn, finally. Hurry up and shower, our flight leaves in an hour."

"An hour?" Oh right... "Why didn't you wake me sooner?"

"I did. Don't you recall me singing 'Don't Wake Me Up' three times? Shit was fire and you slept through all of it. Bet if I sang at the bar, I'd actually get famous."

I stared. God, he was exactly the same as he was as a middle school boy. But my video made it to Phil, so that was some fame, right?

"You're supposed to laugh. I'd call you a party pooper, but damn were you a mess last night. You sobered up the party! Can't wait to update Mom on our grand adventures."

I threw off the blanket and stood. "Where's Isaac?"

Phil jabbed a thumb over his shoulder as he rummaged through suitcases.

Back in his room?

I moved through the opposite hall and back to his room, peering around the wall as I did so. His door was shut. Huh.

I tiptoed closer and once I reached the door, I twisted the knob.

It was locked.

Luna slept here last night. That meant... "Is Isaac in here now?" I called to Phil.

"That's where I pointed, isn't it?"

I twisted the knob again in case it just got stuck. It didn't budge.

I put my ear up to the door. Silence.

Memories of freshman year swarmed back into my mind:

Me, pushing open our dorm door...

Me, walking in slowly...

Me, noticing two bodies on the bed...

Me, turning the lights on...

Isaac, jumping...

Luna, gasping...then laughing...

Isaac pulling the blanket tighter around him and trying to shield the two of them.

Me, running away.

The door, still as it initially was: unlocked and half-open.

Fun times, I tell ya.

Right now the door was locked and both were in there. Had they learned since the first time?

"Luna?" I called. "Isaac?"

And that's when I heard a thud! And rustling. "One sec!" Isaac shouted hastily.

Oh. I shouldn't have listened in. Why did I even walk up to the door?

"No worries, I thought I left something...I-have to go."

I took a few cautious steps back until I was out of range and back in the kitchen. I returned to the couch where Phil now stood dressed in a dark blue dress shirt and jeans. He fixed his collar and watched me, expressionless.