"How long Scott?" There was a note of desperation in Alan's voice.
"Give me a minute."
"Urgh! You're taking forever."
"Geez, give me a break, the crowds are insane here. And my Cantonese isn't exactly up to scratch."
"I mean it is Hong Kong, you should expect crowds. I'm starting to draw some attention here."
Scott fought his way to the edge of the crowd and took off over Hong Kong harbour.
"Coming in hot. Wanna open the door for me?"
One's cargo bay door opened, and Scott landed. Alan glanced over his shoulder.
"Can I fly home?"
"Nope, you can babysit the food. Don't eat it all either. Move."
Alan swapped and took the bag of food. "But it smells so good."
Scott frowned and adjusted his seat. Alan dragged his eyes from the bag after a minute.
"What's taking so long?"
"Well, someone messed this up and it's like riding a kid's bike."
Alan rolled his eyes. "It's not my fault you're stupidly tall. Virgil called by the way, they've got food but apparently Grandma's saving us some Meatloaf Surprise."
"Great, we're taking a detour."
They sat on a beach together with their food watching the waves lap against the shore. It was calm and quiet, they were the only people around.
"We need to hang out more." Alan shot a look up at Scott.
"Yeah 'course, but, work."
"Not an excuse. New rule: we're chilling together like this once a week."
"What about work? There's no guarantee that we'll have time."
Alan's eyes got a bit watery and his bottom lip quivered. It was a sure-fire way to wrap almost any of his brothers round his little finger, especially Scott. Not that Scott was fully aware of this.
"We chill! We'll chill! Don't cry."
Alan gave him a short hug and a bright grin. "Aww, thanks Scott."
"Did you just play me?"
"You make it too easy Scott."
"Cos I'm the Best Big Brother?"
"Nah. Top five definitely."
Scott frowned. "One, who's better than me? Two, we only have four brothers."
"One, John's cooler," Scott snorted. "Gordon's more fun and Virgil's hair is better. Two, I'm including M.A.X."
Scott leant over and stole one of Alan's rice noodle rolls.
"You can have that because I love you."
"I love you too, Al."