Detectives and Thieves

Article Four: Victor's Tips and Tricks

Like a heart-broken boy would do, Scipio was lying sluggishly on the couch, watching tv. Suddenly, he heard the door open and Victor came in. He looked horrible! His clothes were torn and he had a black eye!

"ARGH!!!! SCIPIO!!!" He boomed.

Scipio didn't move. He just sat there and ignored him. He didn't even glanced at the furious women-dressed man.

"Scipio!" Victor marched toward him. "Scipio! Can't you hear me??? What is wrong with you, boy!"

But still, he did not move.

"Scipio?" That's when the detective knew something had gone wrong with the teenaged boy. "Scipio, what's the matter?"

He sat down beside him, sitting on some popcorn, but that didn't bug him. But what did bug him was Scipio's depressed figure.

"Scipio. Tell me what's wrong."

"Why would you care?" He snapped, and then grabbed a handful of popcorn beside him and shoved it into his mouth. "You're just gonna laugh at me, like I'm some joke or something."

"Come on, Scip. I would never laugh at you."

Scipio gazed at him.

"Uh... Ok, fine. Maybe I would. But I wouldn't laugh at you now. So tell me."

"Ok..." Scipio sighed. "You know, Hornet, right?"

"Yes. Why? Like her?"

Scipio suddenly stood up. "Hey! What... How... How did you know???"

"Because..."

"Because what??? Are you some kind of freak???"

"Nuh-oh..."

"What then, huh? Huh? Huh??? Tell me, or else!!!" Scipio put his fists up in front of Victor's face.

"Have I ever said that I wasn't gonna tell ya?"

"Uh... no..." He slowly put his fists down.

"Well, anyway, Scipio... You don't need to know about that right now. But, you do need to know... That you should never, ever, EVER upset a girl."

"Why?"

"Because... uh... girls are sensitive."

"Why are they sensitive?"

"Because... well... uh... Hey! How am I suppose to know??? They're... they're girls!"

"That's not helpful at all... But let's get back to the point. How did you know that I like Hornet, anyways?"

"Oh, Scip..." Victor then got up from the popcorn-covered couch and was about to head to his room, until he added, "You kept on muttering Hornet's name over and over and over again in your sleep!" He grinned and then walked away.

"What??? How dare you eavesdrop when I sleep!" Scipio shouted out, but Victor just ignored him.

Not even a word of thanks... Victor thought, shrugging. Poor boy.