Knockknockknockknock! The sharp rapping on the door made Lilly's roommate break off from her lengthy phone conversation and glare at the door before glancing at Lilly, who shrugged and got up off her bed to open the door. Doing so, she found herself face to face (well, ish) with Donald, who was wearing his usual mismatch of clothes and the classic smirk.
"Sup, Lils." He grinned. She rolled her eyes, but Donald saw the twitch of her mouth that hid a smile.
"What do you want, Treblemaker?" she asked, her voice as quiet as ever.
"Company and conversation too much to ask for?" Donald leant on the doorframe. "Bumper's gone already, Jesse's hiding away in his room, Unicycle's being a jerk, Kolio-"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it." Lilly sighed and let him in, shutting the door behind him and joining him as he flopped down on her bed and picked up the book she had been flipping through.
"Fascinating stuff here." He said.
"Liar. You never read if you can avoid it."
"Dammit, you know me too well!"
"You're easier to read than a five-year-old's murder story." Lilly plucked the book from his hands and went to put it on her bookcase.
"So? You not packing for spring break then?" Donald looked around.
"Well I was going to go home, but instead Billy's taking Mom and Dad to the coast for the week and there's not enough room for me as well, he says." Lilly came back over. "I'm just staying here; Becca is as well though, so I won't be lonely. Are you going back to your parents?"
Donald winced. "Oh no. I'm staying with Daniel, he's got a spare room and the week off, plus David or Michael might be able to drop by."
"You won't see your parents at all?"
"Well they'll probably come to visit, if Dad's not working on one day or something, but I guarantee it'll turn into a lecture of 'why-aren't-you-your-brothers?'" Donald suddenly sat up slightly.
"What?" Lilly asked. Donald grinned as she sat down again next to him.
"How would you like to come over during the week?" he asked. "It's not far from my old beatboxing group, and you're getting so good I bet you could compete with some of the really good guys!"
"Would your brother agree to that?" Lilly asked, interested.
"Sure! He's got two spare rooms if you wanted to stay the night. The beatboxing group's in the evening, so that might be useful."
"I'd love to." Lilly nodded. "As long as your brother's completely ok with it."
"Daniel doesn't mind!" Donald chuckled "He's cool with my music and everything, doesn't even complain when I've got my music blasting and I'm practicing beatboxing!"
"Either that or he's got a really good pair of headphones." Lilly raised her eyebrows, then suddenly tilted her head slightly and added. "And have you ever seen a dog rip a china doll's head off?"
"Uh...not yet!" was the best answer Donald could come up with. Lilly beamed.
"I'd love to visit you over break."
S'up Lils! Hope you're all packed- borrowed the bro's car and I'll be there in 30 ;)
Lilly picked up her phone and chuckled slightly at the text glowing on her screen. Shutting down her laptop, she slid it into her small sticker-covered suitcase and re-locked it before curling up with a book and beatboxing to herself until her phone buzzed yet again. Glancing at it, Lilly got to her feet, placed her bookmark in its place, grabbed her suitcase and lugged it down the stairs, heading outside to where Donald was waiting leant against his brother's car.
"Hey Silly Lilly." He grinned, but her eyes were on the car.
"No way." She stared "Your brother drives a 67 chevy Impala?!"
"Impressed, are you?" Donald chuckled, tossing and catching the keys before unlocking the boot and lifting Lilly's case in. "Daniel barely ever lets me borrow it, but he was feeling nice. I've never understood it, but he says it's a reference to his old favourite TV show."
Lilly's grin widened. "True deals can only be made at crossroads." She whispered and Donald laughed.
"Good to see you're happy!"
Lilly climbed in the passenger seat while Donald swung into the driver's seat and started the ignition.
"So how's your holiday so far? Seen your parents?" she asked as they joined the main road.
"We had a video call with them; Dad's working abroad." Donald shrugged "They were alright, Mum complained about my earrings as usual, but I got to say hi to David, so that was good."
"And we can still go to the group tonight?"
"Oh definitely! People just flit in and out of the group, so you don't need to introduce yourself or anything, we kinda just beatbox-battle as much as we can and try not to bring the police on our heads!"
"How many times has that happened?!" Lilly giggled and Donald chuckled as well. He found her laugh so contagious.
"Not many..."
*le-FFabeonG time-skippy-thing*
"Daniel!" Donald yelled as they entered the large house and he shut the door. "I didn't crash your car!"
"That's good for you, then!" Daniel emerged from the kitchen, in plain trousers and a smart shirt, coming to get the keys from his brother. "You must be Lilly." He grinned, offering her his hand. Lilly noted that the two brothers did look alike, there was the same brown eyes and charming smile, as well as the above average height. "Good to see my brother can be trusted behind the wheel with a girl."
"I tried to kill a clown when I was five." Lilly whispered as she shook Daniel's hand politely.
"Oh I hate clowns! I think you did the world a favour there!" he grinned. "If you just go up these stairs, your room's the first on the left if you want to dump your stuff."
"I will, thanks." Lilly climbed the stairs leaving the two brothers below. Donald heard his brother chuckle, and turned to him.
"What?" he asked.
Daniel raised his eyebrows. "Just a friend, Donald?"
"Shut up!"
"Please, you've never looked at a girl like that before."
"What the hell are you on about, Danny?"
"When I was talking to her, your face said it all, Donny!"
Donald groaned, bringing a hand to his face. "Just...don't tell her."
"Sure thing, kiddo." Daniel ruffled his younger brother's hair and returned to the kitchen. "Stuff's in the fridge when you want it!"
Unknown to the two boys, Lilly was paused at the top of the stairs, listening with a tiny smile on her face. She hadn't dared to hope that the Treblemaker beatboxer actually returned the feelings she had kept secret ever since they met, but if he did...
Shaking her head, Lilly descended the stairs and Donald grinned cheerfully.
"I'd say we've got about an hour till the group's on." He grinned. "There's snacks in the fridge if you want?"
"Sure." Lilly shrugged. The two went into the kitchen, and Donald opened the silver fridge, only to stop and roll his eyes.
"Daniel!" he yelled, pulling out an innocent-looking silver foil box.
"What?" came the reply. Daniel appeared from a room on the left and Lilly didn't miss the slight mischievous sparkle in his eye when he saw what his brother was holding. It was the exact same look Donald got when he was playing a trick on someone. Donald held the box up.
"Do you think I am a ******* idiot?" he asked.
"I don't know what you mean." Daniel shrugged.
"What is it?" Lilly asked, interested now. Donald slowly handed her the box.
"Open it if you want." He offered. Lilly narrowed her eyes first at him, then at his brother before pulling back the lid. The massive spider leapt out onto her hand, and Lilly's face broke into a wide smile.
"Look at how sweet it is!" she giggled, setting the box down and cupping the critter.
"Donald at seven years old didn't quite think that, you know!" Daniel laughed.
"Yeah, but you didn't do it again for a whole year after that, did you?" Donald smirked. Daniel's smile vanished.
"You put Tabasco sauce in my apple crumble!" he groaned.
"And you, Lils, thought that pouring maple syrup on roses was normal, this was how I grew up!" Donald spun back round with his arms out as if he had just finished a performance. Lilly just tilted her head and looked up at his head.
"How long would it take this spider to make a web in your hair?" she murmured, then her gaze shifted to Daniel's equally curly hair.
"And I'm out!" the elder brother backed away. "I'm driving you tonight, Donald, you're not having my car from 7 till 10 pm."
"You don't trust me!"
"I wonder why!?"
AN: So yeah, I originally meant for this to be a two-chapter story, but then Mr Spider entered, and I realised it's gonna be three chapters if I don't wanna bore you guys :) Third chapter up A LOT SOONER THAN THIS ONE I'M SORRY BLAME WRITER'S BLOCK!