Aki was sitting on his balcony, watching the clouds slowly drift across the blue sky. As he sat he thought about the family next door. The Lightwoods. They had evidently lost someone important to them but when that Serephina girl was with them they seemed to forget. Izzy had explained how the girl had left to keep them safe, that some guy was after her. Aki sighed. The guy was very dangerous apparently.
Aki heard a voice and turned around to see Izzy walking to the tree. She was on her phone. She sat in the shade of the tree, her sunglasses covering her eyes.
"...yes I know." She sighed and frowned. "Calm it Jace! She'll be here in a minute, besides as it goes she'll probably be the one looking after me. Not the other way... No! You don't need to come home! Don't you even dare! I'm spending time with my best friend and you aren't ruining that for me." She told the other person. After a moment she hung up. She dropped her phone on the floor besides her, crossed her arms behind her head and leant back against the trunk of the tree.
Why was she so protective? Aki wondered. He shifted to get up when some of the leaves rustled. Izzy looked up and caught Aki's gaze.
"Hey," She called. "We're you spying on me?" Aki shook his head.
"Nope. I'd never spy on anyone." He informed her as the back door opened. Serephina walked out into the garden but this time she had red hair.
"Who's spying on who?" She asked, unrolling a piece of paper. Izzy jumped up and ran to Serephina, squealing.
"Clary!" She yelled and caught the other girl in a tight hug. "Your boyfriend nearly came back he was so worried about you!" She teased and Aki felt confused. Serephina pulled away and hissed something to Izzy who paled considerably.
"I thought they were dead." Izzy said which added to Aki's confusion. Thought who were dead?
"But they're not!" Serephina wailed and tears fell from her eyes. She didn't come across as the type of girl who would cry. Aki was shocked.
"I... I got the... The results from the DNA test. It's them." Serephina wiped her tears away. "They left me for more than 10 years and now they want to waltz back into my life! It's not fair! They got away safely and I had to deal with the prick to get any infomation." She shouted. Izzy tried to calm her friend but it wasn't working. A twinge of something was felt in Aki's stomach. He turned and went back to his house, shutting the doors firmly behind him.