Our table was in the corner near the back. I could hear the pounding music from the dance floor and the beeps from the arcade. Julietta sat between me and Matthew, in the circular booth. I was trying to think of a way to get Matthew to leave and get me and Julietta alone so I could talk to her about Ivan. Of course though she beat me to the punch.

"Matthew can you go get us some drinks and Alfred go get some tokens for the arcade."

Me and my brother both stood up and began to walk opposite ways. I looked back and Julietta waved me to go on. I walked to the token machine and put in twenty dollars. I grabbed the tokens and turned around and there was Julietta standing there with her arms across her chest.

"OK what is Ivan up to?" She seemed like she had done this before.

"He's threatening my brother's life." She gasped and began shaking her head furiously.

"He wouldn't, I mean he did say something, but I thought he was joking."

"Well he's not, so what are we going to do?"

"Ivan is going to jail if they say he is guilty, but his court date isn't until next week. We'll just have to protect Matthew until then."

"Easier said than done, but how are we going to keep track of Ivan and know what he's up to until then?"

"That's where I come in; I'll start going back out with him and pry it out of him." We both turned and saw Matthew getting the drinks and starting to head back to the booth. We both nodded and began to walk back to the booth. We sat down just as Matthew walked up with the drinks.

"Did you get the tokens, Al?" He asked as he sat down. I nodded and laid them on the table. Julietta divided them up and handed out each other's share. She stood up after finishing her drink and said, "Let's go have some fun."

We spent our time there playing games, talking to friends, and dancing. I was happy to see that Matthew was having a great time. I hated that I would have to tell him about Julietta and Ivan, he really likes her. I looked at my phone and saw it was getting late. I texted dad and told him we were ready to go. I looked for Matthew and Julietta and found them dancing, I wanted let them be but I knew it was time to go.

I walked up to them and said, "Dad's on his way Mattie, we better go outside and wait for him." He nodded and told Julietta goodbye. Matthew walked by me and towards the door; I turned to follow when Julietta called me.

"Alfred make sure Matthew gets my number, I know you still have it."

"How would you know?" I walked away before she could answer, but I felt bad because she was right. I never stopped liking her so I made sure to keep her number. I walked out the door and saw dad was outside in the car waiting for us. I hopped in behind Matthew and buckled me seat belt.

"I was in town getting some things." My dad answered when I looked at him.

"What did you get?"

"It's a surprise for you two." I sat through the drive going through all the things in my mind wondering what the heck my dad got. I sure hope it wasn't another animal. When we finally pulled up to the house, I waited to see if my dad went to the trunk to get anything but he didn't, he went straight to the house. Me and Matthew followed and went inside and sat on the couch. Kumajiro walked up and hopped into Matthew's lap. He began to squeeze the bear and giggled. I hated that I had to ruin his happiness. Dad walked into the living room and slapped an envelope down onto the coffee table.

"What is it?" I and Matthew said at the same time.

"Man its weird having twins, open it you silly boys." I reached forward and grabbed the envelope. Matthew leaned over my shoulder trying to see what was inside as I opened it. I pulled out two strips of thick paper and I had barely any time to read them before Matthew snatched them out of my hand.

"No way, you got us hockey tickets! This is so cool!" Dad grinned and nodded, pleased with himself to see that Matthew was really happy. I stood up and took the tickets back and examined them.

"We always lived near the stadium but never thought of going. This could be fun, thanks dad."

"No prob, I thought you two would enjoy it. Since your 14 I thought you would be OK going alone. Just think of it as an award."

Matthew grabbed the tickets and ran upstairs. I decided at the moment I wasn't going to tell him about Julietta just yet. I'll wait until after we get home tomorrow. I went upstairs and lugged Kumajiro to Matthew's room but he wasn't in there. I went to my room and saw he had fell asleep in my bed. I looked at his peaceful face and sighed.

"Matthew what am I going to do with you?"

Really Mattie, what am I going to do?

This one is a little shorted because I wrote it during school and Freckles was reading over my shoulder (hes my creepy ginger buddy) So yea I wrote quickly becaus eI don't like people I know reading my stuff... I'm so tired and I want my Nami back NOW!