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huh? I suppose it’s no big deal for you.
Well,
yeah. I mean, I can mentally communicate with my brother, but this is new for
me, too. I’m not sure what I think. It’s fun, but I have to stay on my toes. I
forget that you can hear what I’m thinking if I let my guard down. It’s one thing to have my
brother in my head, but having a pretty girl in my head is a whole different
ball game.
Liliana
was glad that it was dark, so he couldn’t see her irrepressible grin. Pretty
girl?
Well,
you know what I mean. You’re a girl. I’m a guy. We think differently.
You’re
scared what I might discover in that mind of yours? Liliana teased.
Something
like that.
She
tried to suppress a giggle but failed horribly.
You
think that’s funny, do you? You’d better watch yourself. I might just start
having thoughts you wish you’d never heard. You’ll wish that you had stayed out
of my head.
She
turned her face into her pillow in an attempt to stifle her laugh.
He threw
a pillow from the couch. In the dark, his aim was amazingly accurate as it
found its directed target and landed on her head.
“Ow!”
she said, out loud. Silently she asked, What was that for?
Shhh… he thought, you’re going to wake
up Eddie. Can I have my pillow back?
Why
did you throw it? That hurt.
That
did NOT hurt. It
sounded like he tried to suppress his own laugh.
It
did, she thought
back. Would you like me to smack a pillow on your head so you can see how it
feels?
If it
would mean that I get my pillow back, then yes, please. Bring it on.
She
smacked the pillow a few times, nice and loud, so he could hear. Hmm, I
don’t think so. I kinda like this pillow. I think I’ll keep it. Thanks.
Oh, I
see how it is. You’re going to leave me over here pillowless on this small,
cramped couch. Now I’ll wake up in the morning with not only a sore back, but a
crick in my neck, as well.
Are
you whining?
Maybe.
I think I deserve the right to whine a little, don’t you? My brother’s been
kidnapped, I’m a thousand miles from home, there are people chasing us, and
really, if I don’t find my brother, I don’t have much of a home to go back to.
Well,
when you put it that way, I guess you do have a little reason to whine. Just
don’t make it a habit, okay?
Tyler
laughed out loud. Okay.
Do
you want to tell me about it? About your family, I mean. You mentioned that you
live with a foster family. What happened to your parents? You don’t have to
tell me if you don’t want to. I’d understand.
It’s
okay. I don’t mind. My mother died in an accident when I was four. My dad was a
workaholic, so Toby and I stayed with my grandma most of the time. One day, our
dad just decided that he wasn’t coming home. Personally, I think he missed my
mother too much, and we reminded him too much of her. In any case, we never saw
him again. A few months later, our grandma died, too. The state tried to locate
our father, but they couldn’t find him. So they placed us in foster care. We
were bounced around from one family to another for a while, and then eventually
we landed with the Smith’s. I won’t go into details, but basically, the only
reason they kept us around was for the money from the state and for the free
help around the house. It was no secret that they couldn’t stand us.
I’m
sorry. I imagine you must miss your brother a lot. How was it that he was
kidnapped but you weren’t?
I
wasn’t home at the time. A few years ago, I got into a little bit of trouble,
and they sent me away to a sort of military school.
A
little bit of trouble? What did you do?
I
didn’t do anything…really.
Liliana
laughed. Of course not, because boys who are innocent always get sent to
military school.
No,
really. I haven’t always been perfect, but in this case, I was just in the
wrong place at the wrong time. I don’t know why I care so much that you believe
me, but I just do.
Liliana
was silent for a moment. She sensed his sincerity and wished that
Well,
yeah. I mean, I can mentally communicate with my brother, but this is new for
me, too. I’m not sure what I think. It’s fun, but I have to stay on my toes. I
forget that you can hear what I’m thinking if I let my guard down. It’s one thing to have my
brother in my head, but having a pretty girl in my head is a whole different
ball game.
Liliana
was glad that it was dark, so he couldn’t see her irrepressible grin. Pretty
girl?
Well,
you know what I mean. You’re a girl. I’m a guy. We think differently.
You’re
scared what I might discover in that mind of yours? Liliana teased.
Something
like that.
She
tried to suppress a giggle but failed horribly.
You
think that’s funny, do you? You’d better watch yourself. I might just start
having thoughts you wish you’d never heard. You’ll wish that you had stayed out
of my head.
She
turned her face into her pillow in an attempt to stifle her laugh.
He threw
a pillow from the couch. In the dark, his aim was amazingly accurate as it
found its directed target and landed on her head.
“Ow!”
she said, out loud. Silently she asked, What was that for?
Shhh… he thought, you’re going to wake
up Eddie. Can I have my pillow back?
Why
did you throw it? That hurt.
That
did NOT hurt. It
sounded like he tried to suppress his own laugh.
It
did, she thought
back. Would you like me to smack a pillow on your head so you can see how it
feels?
If it
would mean that I get my pillow back, then yes, please. Bring it on.
She
smacked the pillow a few times, nice and loud, so he could hear. Hmm, I
don’t think so. I kinda like this pillow. I think I’ll keep it. Thanks.
Oh, I
see how it is. You’re going to leave me over here pillowless on this small,
cramped couch. Now I’ll wake up in the morning with not only a sore back, but a
crick in my neck, as well.
Are
you whining?
Maybe.
I think I deserve the right to whine a little, don’t you? My brother’s been
kidnapped, I’m a thousand miles from home, there are people chasing us, and
really, if I don’t find my brother, I don’t have much of a home to go back to.
Well,
when you put it that way, I guess you do have a little reason to whine. Just
don’t make it a habit, okay?
Tyler
laughed out loud. Okay.
Do
you want to tell me about it? About your family, I mean. You mentioned that you
live with a foster family. What happened to your parents? You don’t have to
tell me if you don’t want to. I’d understand.
It’s
okay. I don’t mind. My mother died in an accident when I was four. My dad was a
workaholic, so Toby and I stayed with my grandma most of the time. One day, our
dad just decided that he wasn’t coming home. Personally, I think he missed my
mother too much, and we reminded him too much of her. In any case, we never saw
him again. A few months later, our grandma died, too. The state tried to locate
our father, but they couldn’t find him. So they placed us in foster care. We
were bounced around from one family to another for a while, and then eventually
we landed with the Smith’s. I won’t go into details, but basically, the only
reason they kept us around was for the money from the state and for the free
help around the house. It was no secret that they couldn’t stand us.
I’m
sorry. I imagine you must miss your brother a lot. How was it that he was
kidnapped but you weren’t?
I
wasn’t home at the time. A few years ago, I got into a little bit of trouble,
and they sent me away to a sort of military school.
A
little bit of trouble? What did you do?
I
didn’t do anything…really.
Liliana
laughed. Of course not, because boys who are innocent always get sent to
military school.
No,
really. I haven’t always been perfect, but in this case, I was just in the
wrong place at the wrong time. I don’t know why I care so much that you believe
me, but I just do.
Liliana
was silent for a moment. She sensed his sincerity and wished that
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