"Agh!" Greenlee groaned as she tried to put her remaining shoe on, "Who is crazy enough to be dropping by at this hour of the morning?"
Putting on a pleasant face as she opened the door, she smiled at David, who was standing on the other side. The dark haired man smiled, and nodded silently at her as he walked in.
"Hey." he greeted as Greenlee shut the door quietly, "I'm assuming that lazy brother of mine is still sound asleep?"
"Yeah." Greenlee informed with a nod, "But if you want me to wake him up..."
"No, it's fine." David declined before smiling, "I can't tell you how happy I am that we're even having this conversation."
"I know what you mean." Greenlee agreed, looking at the closed bedroom door, "It's just so wonderful to have him back."
"Yeah." David commented with a sigh, "I should apologize to you though."
"For what?" Greenlee wondered.
"Leo should have taken you to Paris." David explained, "And it's because of me that he almost didn't get the chance to."
"It's not your fault, David." Greenlee assured, before checking her watch, "And I'm running majorly late. You two, have fun today."
"Oh, we will." David promised with a nod, "We will. You have fun at work."
"I will." Greenlee said as she opened the door, "Bye."
After staring at the closed front door for a moment, David silently turned and headed towards Greenlee and Leo's bedroom. As he opened the door, light fell upon the sleeping form of Leo. David smiled as he walked over, and sat gently down next to his younger brother, who bore a peaceful, happy look on his face. It almost seemed like a crime to wake him.
"Hey, little brother." David said quietly, lightly shaking Leo's shoulder, "Time to wake up."
"Huh? What?" the barely awake Leo asked, opening his eyes, "David? What in the hell are you doing here this early?"
"It's not early." David corrected, "It's nine."
"That's early." Leo yawned, turning away from David.
"You know," David pointed out, "some people have been up and hard at work for hours now."
"Good for them." Leo replied, putting his pillow over his head to block the now exasperated David out.
Spotting a spare throw pillow on the floor, David suddenly thought of something. Smiling, he grabbed the pillow and did the brotherliest thing he could think of: whack the top of Leo's pillow with it!
"ACK!" Leo exclaimed, shooting up straight, "Damn it, David! Remind me to come over the next time you try to sleep in!"
"Unlike some people," David said amused, "I don't sleep in all the time."
"Jealous that some of us are lucky enough not to have the pressure of getting to a job in the morning?" Leo asked with a smile.
"You have a job this morning." David informed.
"Oh yeah?" Leo asked curiously, "What's that?"
"Besides taking care of that war zone on top of your head," David said, nodding to Leo's messed up hair, "we have to tell Maggie and Trey about your encounter with Vanessa. She might try to go after one of them next."
"Okay." Leo agreed, running a hand over his hair.
"After that," David said with a grin, "what do you say to some good, old-fashioned…"
"Oh God!" Leo warned, shaking his head, "Do not even say it! I'm so not in the mood!"
"Brotherly bonding." David finished as Leo fell back into bed.
"You do realize," Leo commented, "just how Martinisque that sounded, don't you?"
"I know." David assured with a chuckle, "Now, get up before I have to hit you with this pillow again!"
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"So that was it?" Trey asked, looking from David to Leo.
"Yeah." Leo said as Trey banged his fist on the bars of his cell in frustration.
"Damn it!" the youngest brother swore, looking at his two brothers, "What the hell are we supposed to do now?"
"Well," Leo pointed out with a smile, "you could take comfort in the fact that you're probably the safest of us three. I don't exactly think that Mother's going to be breaking in to the state penitentiary anytime soon."
"He's got a point." David remarked, "There's no way in hell that Vanessa will be breaking in here, so you are safe."
"But you two aren't." Trey sighed, sitting on the cot in his cell.
"Ah," Leo said, stuffing his hands in his pockets, "I think David and I together are more than a match for Vanessa. We should be just fine."
"Damn you and your optimism, Leo." Trey said, smiling at the two.
"One of us has to look on the bright side." Leo said with a shrug, "And Dr. Sourpuss over here didn't want the job."
"Dr. Sourpuss?" David started, before noticing Anna motioning to them, "It looks like our time's up, Leather Boy."
"And Dr. Dave evens the score." Trey said, smiling at Leo, "Keep me informed, will you?"
"Sure thing." Leo promised as the two free brothers headed out.
After shutting the gate to the cells, Anna turned her attention on the two brothers. She eyed them suspiciously.
"All right." she said in a blunt tone, "Do I have to get search warrants, or are you two going to tell me of your own free will what's going on?"
"What are you talking about?" David wondered curiously.
"Our security systems picked up a concealed weapon on one of you." Anna informed, looking from Leo to David and back, "So, which one of you is it?"
To be continued....
Putting on a pleasant face as she opened the door, she smiled at David, who was standing on the other side. The dark haired man smiled, and nodded silently at her as he walked in.
"Hey." he greeted as Greenlee shut the door quietly, "I'm assuming that lazy brother of mine is still sound asleep?"
"Yeah." Greenlee informed with a nod, "But if you want me to wake him up..."
"No, it's fine." David declined before smiling, "I can't tell you how happy I am that we're even having this conversation."
"I know what you mean." Greenlee agreed, looking at the closed bedroom door, "It's just so wonderful to have him back."
"Yeah." David commented with a sigh, "I should apologize to you though."
"For what?" Greenlee wondered.
"Leo should have taken you to Paris." David explained, "And it's because of me that he almost didn't get the chance to."
"It's not your fault, David." Greenlee assured, before checking her watch, "And I'm running majorly late. You two, have fun today."
"Oh, we will." David promised with a nod, "We will. You have fun at work."
"I will." Greenlee said as she opened the door, "Bye."
After staring at the closed front door for a moment, David silently turned and headed towards Greenlee and Leo's bedroom. As he opened the door, light fell upon the sleeping form of Leo. David smiled as he walked over, and sat gently down next to his younger brother, who bore a peaceful, happy look on his face. It almost seemed like a crime to wake him.
"Hey, little brother." David said quietly, lightly shaking Leo's shoulder, "Time to wake up."
"Huh? What?" the barely awake Leo asked, opening his eyes, "David? What in the hell are you doing here this early?"
"It's not early." David corrected, "It's nine."
"That's early." Leo yawned, turning away from David.
"You know," David pointed out, "some people have been up and hard at work for hours now."
"Good for them." Leo replied, putting his pillow over his head to block the now exasperated David out.
Spotting a spare throw pillow on the floor, David suddenly thought of something. Smiling, he grabbed the pillow and did the brotherliest thing he could think of: whack the top of Leo's pillow with it!
"ACK!" Leo exclaimed, shooting up straight, "Damn it, David! Remind me to come over the next time you try to sleep in!"
"Unlike some people," David said amused, "I don't sleep in all the time."
"Jealous that some of us are lucky enough not to have the pressure of getting to a job in the morning?" Leo asked with a smile.
"You have a job this morning." David informed.
"Oh yeah?" Leo asked curiously, "What's that?"
"Besides taking care of that war zone on top of your head," David said, nodding to Leo's messed up hair, "we have to tell Maggie and Trey about your encounter with Vanessa. She might try to go after one of them next."
"Okay." Leo agreed, running a hand over his hair.
"After that," David said with a grin, "what do you say to some good, old-fashioned…"
"Oh God!" Leo warned, shaking his head, "Do not even say it! I'm so not in the mood!"
"Brotherly bonding." David finished as Leo fell back into bed.
"You do realize," Leo commented, "just how Martinisque that sounded, don't you?"
"I know." David assured with a chuckle, "Now, get up before I have to hit you with this pillow again!"
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"So that was it?" Trey asked, looking from David to Leo.
"Yeah." Leo said as Trey banged his fist on the bars of his cell in frustration.
"Damn it!" the youngest brother swore, looking at his two brothers, "What the hell are we supposed to do now?"
"Well," Leo pointed out with a smile, "you could take comfort in the fact that you're probably the safest of us three. I don't exactly think that Mother's going to be breaking in to the state penitentiary anytime soon."
"He's got a point." David remarked, "There's no way in hell that Vanessa will be breaking in here, so you are safe."
"But you two aren't." Trey sighed, sitting on the cot in his cell.
"Ah," Leo said, stuffing his hands in his pockets, "I think David and I together are more than a match for Vanessa. We should be just fine."
"Damn you and your optimism, Leo." Trey said, smiling at the two.
"One of us has to look on the bright side." Leo said with a shrug, "And Dr. Sourpuss over here didn't want the job."
"Dr. Sourpuss?" David started, before noticing Anna motioning to them, "It looks like our time's up, Leather Boy."
"And Dr. Dave evens the score." Trey said, smiling at Leo, "Keep me informed, will you?"
"Sure thing." Leo promised as the two free brothers headed out.
After shutting the gate to the cells, Anna turned her attention on the two brothers. She eyed them suspiciously.
"All right." she said in a blunt tone, "Do I have to get search warrants, or are you two going to tell me of your own free will what's going on?"
"What are you talking about?" David wondered curiously.
"Our security systems picked up a concealed weapon on one of you." Anna informed, looking from Leo to David and back, "So, which one of you is it?"
To be continued....