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I yawned and glanced down at the time on my phone. "Well, he's not coming back today," I told myself, hugging my legs again. "He said no more than two days." It's been four. I would text him but I have a feeling he wants to concentrate on other things, beside a pissed off friend.
The sunrise has already been replaced by the a blue sky but I was just too tired to get up and head back down the Eiffel Tower. Jesse was right, the sunrise this time was more beautiful than the one yesterday, and that one was more gorgeous than the one before that, and so on. I'm pretty sure I'd fall if I was this tired while trying to get down. I didn't slip while going up because I was hopeful that Jesse would be coming back today and would meet me up there, like he said he would.
I wanted to stay awake since I didn't want to fall asleep on a rock, but when I closed my eyes, my fate was sealed. I was so tired. I guess it won't be such a terribly awful thing for me just to take a little cat…
"Heh! Heh you girl!" someone yelled.
I twitched awake and fell onto my back. I looked backward and saw a guy standing behind me. He was in his early twenties and pretty tall. His hair was a light brown, same with his eyes, and he looked mad.
I quickly got onto my feet. "Who are you?" I demanded, my heart beating a bit faster than normal.
"That's my question. Who are you and what are you doing up here?" he demanded right back at me.
"I asked first."
"I'm older and bigger than you."
I gulped and took a small step back. "I was waiting for someone up here, who didn't show up. Why are you up here?"
"I heard snoring from up here and I wanted to see what kind of animal would make such a noise."
I frowned. "I do not snore. Now if you'll let me leave-."
"Who are you?"
"I'm Lily Owens okay! Let me leave!"
His eyebrows rose a little. "You were waiting up here for Jesse weren't you?"
My mouth gapped a little. "You know Jesse?"
The unknown man grumbled something under his breath then said roughly, "Stay away from Jesse. Stay away from my family. You don't know what you're getting yourself into, so back off."
The acid on his tongue went right through me. "Y-You're Miles aren't you! Jesse's brother! He warned me about you."
"Warned you did he?" Miles started walking forward, towards me. Every step made me more anxious and I took small steps back. "He only warned you? You'd think he would have learned from the first time around. He probably hasn't told you our family's big secret yet, but he likes to drag out those things. He'll definitely tell you," I reached the edge of the Eiffel Tower, "but I can't have a repeat of last time."
"W-What are you going to do?" I stammered, him being less than two feet away from me.
He leaned down so his face wasn't very far from mine. "If you stay away from my brother, I won't have to do anything."
I furrowed my eyebrows at him and shoved him away from me. "You can't push me around! You can't tell me what to do! So back off you jerk!"
He looked surprised for a few seconds before he recomposed his face. "You don't know anything do you? You didn't even know that Jesse has been hiding something." He crossed his arms. "It's either he's trying extra hard not to tell anyone this time or you're just as stupid as a rock."
I poked him in the chest, pushing him back. "You're an ass hole, you know that? Jeez, I felt bad for you when Jesse told me around your wife and kids but god, you're a bitter, bitter man! I kick bitter men in the asses if they make me mad enough, so guess what's going to happen to you if you don't get out of my way!"
He reluctantly stepped to the side to let me get down from The Eiffel Tower. "You're damn right you get out of the way," I huffed, sitting down on the edge and slipping down the first nitch in the rock. "As for whatever Jesse's been hiding from me, I'm going to figure it out as soon as he gets back."
I started climbing down but he wasn't done. "You're not like Winnie, not at all!" he yelled down at me.
I looked back up. "No shit! I'm alive!"
After getting my feathers ruffled up by Miles I decided that my life was full of crazy men. There's Miles, Duke, and Jesse. My dad can be considered crazy but not compared to those three.
I sighed as I sprawled across my couch. My mom had just called, telling me she was going to be working late and my dad called, saying he was going to go grocery shopping so he'd be home late. Normally I would be excited to get more time by myself, but I'm tired of being alone. I'm just not use to it.
I heard some shuffling from outside and when I glanced out, I saw Mae walking by the front of my house. She carried some bags in her hands.
I opened the window and slipped out, running to the fence. "Mae!" I called, waving my arms.
She stopped and looked my way. She smiled kindly. "Oh Lily, hello there child. How are you this beautiful day?"
"I'm pretty good Mae, how about you?" I grinned, pressing myself against the metal fence. I was happy to see such a friendly face.
"I just got done getting food," she lifted up her bags to show me, "so I guess I'm just excited to make dinner."
"Is Jesse back yet?" I asked.
She shook her head. "That little rascal said two days, tops. I haven't seen or heard from him in four."
"Same here. Then I don't suppose you know when he's getting back," I assumed, not making it a question.
"Not a clue my dear," she sighed.
"Aren't you worried?"
"I'm just so use to Jesse and Miles traveling, I hardly worry about them anymore," she admitted. Mae looked down at her bags. "Not to mention I know they're not going to get hurt or anything."
"Why?"
She looked back up to me. "Oh did I say that out loud? My bad. I just meant that those boys know how to handle themselves, Jesse more out of the two of them actually. I just hope that he doesn't do anything stupid."
My grip tightened on the bars. "I ran into Miles this morning."
She tried to hide the horror in her face, but some came through anyway. "Did you now?"
I nodded. "He said that Jesse was hiding something from me. Do you know what he's talking about?"
Her face turned a little red. "Jesse hiding something from you? That doesn't sound right."
I pressed my forehead against the cool metal. "Since Miles mentioned it, I've done a lot of thinking about it. It feels like he's been hiding something. Jesse's not like a…serial killer is he?"
"Oh heaven no!" she laughed. "He would never do such a thing. He can't even kill a mosquito without feeling guilty."
I thought a little bit more. "Is he sick? Is he like dying of something?"
She shook her head. "Jesse is not ill. He's probably the healthiest boys you know actually."
"Did he have a sex change?" I grimaced.
"Oh what an imagination you have Lily," she chuckled, putting down one of her bags and patting my hand. "I better get home before Angus starts to worry. It was a pleasure seeing you again."
"Bye," I waved from the other side of the barred-in gates. "I hope I get to meet your husband soon."
"You and me both hon."
