NJ was almost asleep when she heard a door open and close downstairs. Straining her ears she squinted at the ground as if she could see through the floor into the room below. Dragging herself out of bed, she inched her way quietly to the door. When she was out into the hall she came to the landing at the staircase. Looking down to see if anyone was standing there, she jumped off the edge and landed lightly on the marble floor. Keeping her back to the wall she took her gun out of the convenient pocket in her pyjama bottoms, and held it close. Pausing a millisecond at the kitchen door, she barged her way in.
“Put your hands up! I’ve got a gun and I’m not afraid to shoot!”
A tall boy who had been standing eating a pack of crisps, whipped round.
“Jeez! Don’t give me heart attack like that, Skye! Wait... you aren’t Skye! Who the fuck are you? Why are you in her house?”
“I’m none of your business. Hold on a minute.. SKYE!!! Get your lazy butt down here right now!”
She hollered. A thud was heard from upstairs. I cry of pain. Some cursing. Then a bleary eyed Skye stood in the kitchen doorway, dressed in a cami and shorts.
“What the hell do you wan.... Pheonix!”
She ran over and hugged him.
“I haven’t seen you in 8 years!”
“Yeah. I knew you’d have to come back”
“why’s that?”
“I’m to awesome”
She patted his shoulder.
“Keppy telling yourself that”
“Yeah I will. Thanks for the permission”
They laughed. NJ lowered her gun and looked at them completely lost. Looking between Pheonix and Skye, as if she was watching tennis, She finally managed to stutter out.
“Are you 2.. you know? NO! You can’t be! Are you?”
Looking at each other Skye was the first to twig.
“god no! Jeez NJ i’d like to think i had better taste than him!”
“Hey!!”
“No offense”
“then....”
“We are cousins. Can’t you see the resemblance?”
NJ looked at Skye’s small, muscular frame. With blonde hair and bright blue eyes with plae skin. Then she looked at Pheonix’s short auburn hair and brown eyes with weather beaten skin. He too was muscular, but was much taller than Skye was.
“You have the same nose?”
“WHAT?”
They said in unison. NJ tried to hold it in, but she couldn’t. Her laugh came out and made the other 2 start laughing so hard tears were falling down their eyes. Once they had all stopped laughing, she stood up and said
“Well I’m gonna get some much needed sleep. Good night to you all, and to all a goodnight.”
She turned on her heel and marched up to her room. Watching her go, Pheonix finally snapped out of his daze. Opening his mouth to speak, Skye cut him off.
“Don’t even think about it”
He tried to speak again, but she cut him off for a second time.
“She’s taken.”
He sighed
“They always are”
“Right well you and Samson can have the usual room, and be up early for tomorrow”
“Why?”
“we have to go down to roarhaven. 5 am sharp we are leaving.”
“But it’s 3am!”
“well you better get some sleep then”
She smiled at him in mock sweetness, then skipped up the hall, and took the steps 2 at a time.
Pheonix watched her leave, and shook his head bemused.
“Sometimes I can’t believe we’re cousins”
“Neither can I”
He heard Skye yell from her room. He laughed. Motioning for Samson to follow him, they went up to their room. He past NJ’s closed door and peaked in. She had fallen straight to sleep. He twitched a smile. He didn’t care what Skye said, he would get her. Closing the door he walked into his own room.
NJ squinted her eyes. He was gone. She smirked.
“This will be interesting.”
