Bill's P.O.V.

I held the phone lightly. I was afraid to speak. "Hallo?"

"Guten Abend! Guten Abend! Ist dies Bill?" Hearing the answering voice on the other line made butterflies start in my stomach.

It was hard to speak. "Ja. Das bin ich. S-Strify?"

"Ja, wer sonst könnte es noch sein?" He was laughing, and it made me smile a bit.

"Ha, ja, Sie haben Recht. Bekümmert. Ich bin nur…" Finding words were getting harder for some reason.

"Nervös? Machen Sie sich keine Sorgen. Ich bin zu."

"Warum also sind wir im Gespräch wieder in Deutsch?"

"Because my cousin most likely lied to you about whatever it is she said she was going to do, and is probably outside the room trying to listen to what you're saying." He started laughing again. "Arianna absolutely hates it when anyone talks in German around her. For some reason that was one language she was never able to learn…" He paused and sighed. It sounded like he was thinking deeply about something.

I was quiet most of the time after that then. He liked to play 21 questions to try to figure out more about me. It was really fun. Then came the more interesting questions.

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Nope… Do you?"

"Nah. What about boyfriend or lover?"

I laughed. For some reason, having him ask that question didn't scare or offend me. It just made me curious. "Nope. Don't have any of them either. What about you?"

"No. But Kiro so wishes he was. So… " Strify laughed slightly before pausing for a moment. I could hear him take a shaky deep breath. "Bill, I'm not really sure if I should ask this now… But…"

"STOP IT TOM!" Arianna came bursting through the room with my brother grabbing at her waist, trying to remove the rest of her clothes. "You're such a whore! Stop! BILL!"

"Why are you yelling for him? He's probably in the middle of a deep phone sex conversation the stupid virgin!" Tom laughed, forgetting that I was still sitting on the bed not far from them.

"OH MY GOD! Both of you! Shut up! Please!" Both of them turned towards me, ghastly expressions written across their faces. "Can you not embarrass me for once in your going to be short lives!" I turned my attention back to the phone. "I'm really sorry Strify baby. Really I am."

He was laughing. It was hard to make out what he was trying to say through the bubbly laughter. "It's fine. Really. Hey... Concert... Next week.... Come?"

"Yeah, sure. Totally! I love you!" My voice squeaked and Strify started to laugh again.

"Do you now?" A sly tone was heard from the phone.

"Do I what?" I paused for a moment. Arianna quickly started to sign something to me. 'you just said I love you.' "OH! I meant I'd love too!" Tom rolled his eyes at me and left the room. Arianna just took her place by my side and smiled, signing 'You're an idiot.'

"Of course." Sarcasm was thick in his voice. "Well, I have to go. Call me tomorrow alright? If I don't answer, it's because I'll probably be on a plane. Alright?"

"Yea, alright. I will. Don't worry. Night Strify." I smiled, forgetting that he couldn't see it.

"Yea, Gute Nacht Bill."

I hung up the phone, looked over at Arianna quickly, closed my eyes, and then fell back onto her bed, sighing in happiness. I heard her get up lightly, and turned to look at her. She threw a pillow at me and laughed, walking off towards the computer, hearing a message ring going off. "You're such a whore for my innocent cousin."

"I could say the same thing about you and Luminor." I snickered. It was true through. She would do anything he asked her to do, beyond Strify's wishes.