Logan woke up and was greeted by the smell of cooking eggs and what smelled like toast. 'Bling shouldn't be here right now. I wonder who is cooking,' he thought to himself as he levered himself into his wheelchair. Slowly he rolled into the kitchen to see Julie sitting there making breakfast. "What, no bacon?"
Julie looked behind herself and saw Logan. Giving him a smile much like his own she rolled her eyes. "You mister Eyes Only ought to know that I am Jewish! No bacon or sausage while I am in the place."
He rolled over next to he and reached for a piece of toast. Laughing Julie hit his hand with a spatula to make him drop the toast. "Meenie!" Logan cried as he rubbed his hand and eyed the toast again.
"Don't you dare mister!" she yelled waving the spatula in his face.
Again he looked at all the food; "So you are telling me that we can't have any pig products to eat at all in my home while you are here?"
She laughed, "On the nail! And not just piggies, but also anything traif. Or not kosher to you Goys!"
Logan made a sad face but then brightened up. "As long as it is you that is cooking! I could live off your food!"
"Flattery, Mister Cale will get you everywhere!"
The two of them laughed and ate happily in the kitchen as the day started. After eating the pair cleaned up and put all the dishes away. Logan wheeled into his office and looked at his computer screen. Julie rolled in after him and looked at his equipment.
"You know, I could hook you up with a better system if you wanted. I mean, you are like five years out of date with your software. Any idiot could trace you if they wanted. I mean, I have!"
Shaking his head Logan groaned. "Some how I don't think that was suppose to be a complement."
"On the nail again Cale. But I could upgrade you right now if you wanted, oh and there is a message waiting for you," Julie stated as she pointed to a little blinking icon of a paper.
Logan smiled and nodded, "I'll take you up on that upgrade, but can I take the message in private?"
Julie smiled, "Sure Logan, I'm going to go get changed for some traveling."
Before Logan could ask her what she meant Julie had rolled out. Sighing he turned to the computer and clicked on the message. Slipping on the headset Logan clicked on the message again.
"What?"
A picture of a man in his early twenties came up onto the screen. "Um, you said I could contact you if I had any information. Well, I have some on a girl you might like to know about."
Logan smiled and was glad that the man on the other end couldn't see him. "Yeah, I said you could contact me. So, what is this girl's name and why would I be interested in her?"
"Well, for one her name is Juliet Rosen. She is one of these people you have been looking for."
Logan rolled his eyes. 'Tell me something new!' he thought to himself. "Anything else for me Andy?"
"Yeah, I do. I'm thinking that since you already know a lot about these people that I'm looking up for you that you know how the females go into a heat like state." The sick guy smiled at the thought, grinning to himself.
Raising an eyebrow Logan leaned in, "Actually no, enlighten me on this subject."
The sick man grinned, "My pleasure. Well, you know how female cats will go into heat? Well, the females of this group also go into a heat like state two or three times a year."
Logan coughed to hide his gasp of surprise, 'Why hasn't Max ever told me about this? And how come I never learned any of this?' Regaining his composure Logan asked, "Okay, but how does that relate to this Juliet you told me about?"
Andy smiled again, "Well, for this little reason, I was able to find a file that told the, like, cycle of these females. Look out Mister Eyes Only because this Juliet girl is going into heat today. I hope some one finds her before one of her sibs does because the male ones can smell her from, like, miles away. Just wanted to tell you!"
Logan again coughed, "Okay Andy, I'll send you the money soon."
"Thanks dude! Later!" With that the screen went blank and Logan cut the connection.
Logan sat there for a minute just thinking, the headset still on. 'Okay, I already knew about Julie being an X5, but this heat thing. What does it mean? Does she just have raging hormones that send her after anything male of the human species? And what was it Andy said about her male sibs being able to smell her? Oh god, Zach is still in town! And what was it that Julie said about going out? Oh no!' Logan rolled out of his office at warp speed. "Julie?"
There was no answer. Logan went into her room and found a note resting on her bed in her particular handwriting.
Logan,
Hey buddy! I'm going out for a few hours. I think I am going to look for some better software for you and your lame excuse for a computer. If I can't find anything I told Zach and Max I would be hanging with them for lunch. Talk to you later!
Roses!
Juliet 'Lips Only' Rosen
'Roses,' he thought. That was a phrase that they used while dating instead of love you, or as Julie said; love ya, so people wouldn't make fun of them. 'I wonder what that means,' Logan thought to himself as he rolled into his office again. Once at his computer he pulled out an old video clip that he kept in his file for Eyes Only. Clicking on it his computer screen went black except for what looked like the beginning of a Streaming Freedom Video. The only difference was that instead of Logan's eyes showing up it was a pair of lips.
"Do not try to adjust your television sets. This hack will last for only sixty seconds and can not be traced or interrupted. Our city has gone to the dumps and our politicians don't even care. When the four fathers of our country set up our laws and the Constitution they made it so that it was for the people, by the people, of the people. What happened to that? Maybe my fellow countrymen and women we will find it under the politicians' butts because that is where far too many noses are. This has been a Streaming Freedom Video. Peace. Out."
For a few seconds after watching the first installment of what became the only free voice of Seattle Logan turned off his computer. While looking at the black screen he suddenly remembered. "Shit! Julie is in major trouble!"
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'Hello baby! Break me off a piece of that!' Julie thought as a relatively attractive guy walked past Zach, Max, and her. Mentally shaking her head Julie groaned, 'Stop looking at every male like they are a piece of meat. Zach or Max just might notice!'
Zach looked at his two sisters who were both to his left. They were all going out to lunch to talk and Zach had a funny feeling that something was up with one of his sisters. 'Granted that I do have more than just brotherly feelings for Max, but Juliet has this charisma I never noticed before in her.'
By then they had all reached the café where they were having lunch. Max looked around and groaned inwardly and outward. Original Cindy and Kendra were there having lunch also. 'Now when did those two start to hang out together so much?'
Cindy had by then seen Max and she raised one of her eyebrows looking at Zach. Standing she walked over to them just as they sat down. "Hey Boo! And whom do we have here? Original Cindy doesn't know these two people."
Max just rolled her eyes as Kendra came over too. "Original Cindy, Kendra, these two people are my friends; Zach and Juliet."
Julie smiled and held her hand out to Cindy and Kendra. "Call me Julie or Jules. Those are a lot less formal than Juliet." Julie looked at Cindy's hands and smiled, "Hey, I like your nail polish! Very nice!"
Cindy smiled, "Oooh girl! Original Cindy likes this one!"
Whispering, "She's strait." Max smiled sadly at Cindy.
Pouting Cindy sat down next to Max as Kendra also sat down, "Why do all the good ones have to be?"
Julie smiled at Cindy; "I know how you feel. For me it is that all the good men are either taken or gay. But I guess you win some you loose some, but I am still looking for that cloud with that damned silver lining!"
Everyone laughed at that with the exception of Zach who was off in his own mind thinking and keeping a look out. Suddenly a waiter appeared and smiled down at all of them.
"Hi, do you all know what you want to eat?" he asked mainly looking at the four girls.
Julie smiled up at the waiter, "We're not sure yet, could you give us a few more minutes please?"
The man smiled and gave a slight wink to Julie, "Sure, no problem at all."
Julie smiled again and then turned to the other girls acting like she was swooning over the waiter. Max smiled as Kendra and Original Cindy laughed.
The rest of lunch went well. The girls chatted happily and exchanged stories of where they came from as Zach sat brooding. At one point when Zach got up Julie turned to Max.
"Hey Max? What is eating Zach? He is just so broody right now." Julie leaned in and whispered just to Max, "Plus, he is giving me weird looks whenever I flirt with the waiter."
"Oh, you know our fearless leader don't you? He is probably just watching over you to make sure you are all right," Max assumed.
Julie nodded and continued to eat her lunch. Little did she know that Zach was standing right behind her, his hand reaching out like he wanted to put it on her shoulder. With a strangled sigh he dropped his hand as sat back down next to her and Max. Julie turned and smiled up at Zach when he sat back down.
'Oh, I hate this! I'm in heat and I can't do a damned thing except the things that teenagers do! This sucks. As soon as possible I am going to regain my lower limbs. But before then I need to get at least some action!' Julie thought as she ate her lunch.
Max looked up and groaned, "Damn! Normal is going to kill us Cindy! We are about an hour past from when we were suppose to come back!" The two girls picked up their jackets and sighed. "See yal later, we've gotta blaze!" Max smiled at Julie and Zach; "I will see you two at Logan's for dinner tonight?"
Julie smiled up at Max, "Of course! See ya! It was nice to meet you Cindy!"
"Original Cindy liked meeting you too!" Cindy called over her shoulder as she and Max left the café. "So tell Cindy something. Are rich boy and Julie getting it on?" Cindy asked as soon as they were out of earshot.
Max had to laugh, "Logan and Julie? Not anymore, they used to be a thing but they aren't anymore."
Cindy just nodded her head, "Sure, sure."
Back at the café Kendra had left to go do one of her odd jobs just leaving Julie and Zach. Julie smiled at the waiter as he walked by again as he by 'accident' touched her hair.
Growling low in his throat Zach began to realize something. Not only was he loosing his feelings for Max, but gaining larger ones for Julie. Seeing her flirt with the waiter was just about killing him. Suddenly something larger dawned on him: Julie was in heat.
'Oh no, this is not good. Not only am I getting feelings for this girl but also she is in heat. To add another thing, she is my "sister!"'
Julie conned her way out of paying for lunch and smiled up at Zach. "Walk me back to Logan's?"
For some reason Zach got this large grin on his face and he nodded, "Sure Juliet."
Julie put her hand over Zach's as he got up to stand, "Call me Jules, Zach, Jules."
Again he smiled and they walked out of the café. At that same moment Logan came peeling around the corner and ran into Zach's legs knocking him over.
Biting his lower lip Logan held an arm out to help Zach up. "Whoa, sorry there. Did not mean to do that."
Zach just glared at Logan as he stood. Julie smiled at Logan, "Hey, we were just heading over to your place. Walk with us?"
Logan smiled in spite of himself, "Don't you mean roll?"
"On the nail yet again Mister Cale. If you keep up like this you might actually get somewhere in life!" Julie joked.
Zach rolled his eyes at the two of them. 'Okay, this sucks. How is it that Cale can talk to her so easily and here I am trying to say something but I just can't! This majorly sucks.'
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AN: poor, poor Zach! What will happen next? I know, but I ain't telling! You will just
have to read the next chapter! Love yas! Review for me!
~Callisto's Dream