Virgil was woken up at about 6:00am after his alarm went buzzing off at the other side of the room. Strange he couldn't recall setting it.

He groaned as he walked across the carpeted floor, he'd placed the alarm on the other side of the room purposely so he'd wake himself up walking the small but annoying distance.

He flicked a switch and the alarm silenced, now he was thirsty, he decided upon getting a drink, and then he'd go back to bed. He exited his room and walked down the corridor on his way to the kitchen.

He heard quiet voices coming from in the lounge. Considering the time he may as well rule one of them out as Scott. Scott! Last nights events replayed themselves in his mind as it all came back to him.

Remembering how angry Scott looked with him, he decided it would be best to avoid him today. He didn't want to chance getting on Scott's bad side again.

He could only pick certain bits of the conversation up, it sounded like Gordon was in there too.

"He's not happy… yelled at him" He heard Scott saying something of the like.

"Wouldn't listen to me… probably hates me" Was Scott… crying?

Virgil couldn't really think of a time he'd seen or heard of his brother being so emotional. After their Mother died he had just shut himself out as though he was ashamed of showing any emotion at all.

Virgil wanted to go in and comfort Scott but on the other hand he had better leave it to Gordon, Virgil didn't want to risk Scott getting angry with him again.

Torn between what to do he eventually decided to leave the drink and go back to bed, yeah that seemed the best thing to do. He walked away back up to his room and closed the door quietly behind him careful not to wake anyone else up.

Climbing back into bed he closed his eyes and welcomed sleep.


"Scott, Scott wake up!" ordered Gordon trying to shake his brother awake. Scott's eyes opened slowly as he rolled over to face Gordon. "What?" He asked between yawning.

"I think we should get up now, its like half past one…"

Scott looked surprised at how long they had slept in and looked at the multi purpose machine on the bedside table to confirm the time.

"Damn! Virgil must have woken up hours ago!"

"Yeah, but you don't have to speak to him the moment you get up, I suggest you shower and eat first. I doubt he'd appreciate something that looks like that," Gordon suggested looking Scott's disheveled appearance up and down.

Scott narrowed his eyes at his brother playfully, "not looking so great yourself if I may say so Gordo. And, thanks for letting me sleep here, I really owe you one"

"Na, don't worry about it. Lets call it equal?"

Scott nodded and stood up of the large bed to make his exit out of the room. He walked down the corridor slowly debating on what he should wear today when someone exited out of the room adjacent to his.

It was Virgil.

The two locked eyes immediately and stared at each other for what felt like an eternity to Scott. Finally deciding that he should break the silence between them both he went to open his mouth to speak just as Virgil turned in the opposite direction and walked away.

Scott sighed heavily and punched to code in to the electronic lock granting him access to his room. The first thing he noticed as he walked in was the contrast in temperature in comparison with the rest of the house. Must have left those darn windows open again!

Of course it wasn't actually that cold on the island they lived on, it could just get quite cold during the night due to the obvious fact that they happened to live by the sea.

So ignoring the temperature within the room he made his way towards the bathroom to freshen up for the day as Gordon had earlier recommended.


"Hey Virgil!" Virgil turned around when he noticed that someone was calling his name.

He sighed inwardly when he realized exactly who that 'someone' was.

Scott jogged over to where he was slowly as Virgil tried to figure out whether Scott was going to yell at him or not.

"Virgil… we kind of need to talk."

Virgil nodded. "I just want to say about last night Scott, I'm sorr…"

"No!"

Virgil flinched as Scott raised his voice.

"I mean sorry Virg I didn't mean to yell. I'm not mad at you. You shouldn't be apologizing it should be me. I didn't mean to get mad at you like that last night… it won't happen again, I promise" Scott explained solemnly.

Virgil smiled before embracing Scott, he decided he wouldn't tell his brother that he had overheard him talking to Gordon the previous night.

"Its okay. Just no more drama please!" Laughed Virgil emphasizing the last word.

"Sure, hey Virg? I was wondering whether you wanted to hang out again today, we could go down to the ocean?" Scott questioned his younger brother hopefully.

The said person immediately nodded his head enthusiastically. "Hell yeah, lets go" Replied Virgil. "I'll race you old man" Added Virgil before sprinting off in the direction of the beach leaving a startled Scott behind.

Just as Scott was about to follow his lead he felt that all too familiar dizziness that he had been experiencing lately. It felt as though the floor was moving beneath his feet and the whole world was spinning around him.

Without anything to hold on to he was unable to steady himself and so dropped to his knees on the hard ground clutching his head. His mind was so blurry he couldn't make sense of anything, what was wrong with him?

Before he had anymore time to dwell on the subject his vision blackened and he fell flat on the floor where he lay motionlessly.


I'd like to say thanks for anyone who has reviewed:

Pepsemaxke: Thanks for you reviews and its good to see other people don't like learning French too.

Magratconvert: You were right about Scott's dizzy spell. By the way I love your stories, I'm so delighted a writer like you has reviewed this piece of work.

Small-but-strong: You don't have to worry about Scott's nightmares being premonitions. I would never kill Virgil.

Peridotbookworm: Pleased your enjoying the story.

Cheryl: Personally I thought it was sucky but I can continue quite happily knowing that not everyone thinks it is.

storm05: I guess I shouldn't really use school as an excuse for not updating. As there are people who manage to update regularly who work, but thanks for your reviews.

Anakin's Girl 4eva: Thank you for your reviews, I'll try my best to keep updating.

Simanis: My stories always seem to end up tense for some reason, but you'll just have to wait and see.

Virgil's Girl: Thrilled that you are also liking this story, thanks for the review it means a lot.

Stormm: Funnily enough I'm wondering what's going to happen next too… no I actually do have some idea, honestly.

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