Author's Note: Sorry, this is a short chapter. Very short compared to Mia's Birthday Party, but oh well.
Anyway, hope you all enjoy. Don't forget to comment.

Chapter Five

I was hoping that Sunday would be a quiet day; that I might be able see Mia sometime through it. However, annoyingly, that turned out not to be the case.

Lil left early (Well early for us, since Lil and I aren't exactly what you would call Morning people. She left around nine thirty) to do only hells knows what, possibly something with Jangbu because she had obviously not left early to go and sort things out with Boris, as I soon discovered when he started to ring periodically after ten o'clock that morning.

I was the only one home beside Maya who was simply making our dinner, which she was going to put in the fridge for us to heat up tonight, before she too left.

She left just after two o'clock, when Boris rang for the tenth time.

I was torn between being frustrated and pitying as I picked up the phone, guessing full well who it was calling.

"Hello, Moscovitz residence. Michael speaking." I said once I answered the phone, trying to keep the irritation out of my voice.

'Oh,' the obviously unhappy voice of Boris said down the line. 'Hi Michael. Is Lilly there?' I closed my eyes, cursing, once again, my sister for leaving me in this position. I also cursed our parents as well, for not giving her a bloody mobile phone. If they had, then Boris would be calling it and not the home phone so that I wouldn't be having to deal with him.

"Hey Boris. No she isn't, she's still out."

'Oh,' he said again, 'I suppose you still don't know when she'll be back?' he asked dejectedly, while I fought the desire to roll my eyes. Dammit Lil, I'm going to kill you!

"No, sorry mate, I don't. I don't even know where she is." I said which of course was the worst thing to say since I hadn't said this before, I had been careful not to tell him, in fact, except this time I accidently let it slip out.

'So, you mean she could be with him for all you know?' Boris said sounding frantic.

I pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Boris…"

'I mean, she could be, couldn't she? But why? I mean, I understand that they're working together to bring justice to busboys everywhere, but-but… I don't understand what I did wrong.' He ended in a sort pitiful whisper and I suddenly felt more badly for him than I had last night. Maybe I should have done something, stepped in or something. I mean, I know Lil can take care of herself and while I do think them breaking up is for the best, overall, I could have still done something other that what I had done. Which was absolutely nothing.

I sighed.

Ok, maybe I understand now why Mia was so upset with me last night for not doing anything. I mean, clearly Boris was really and truly cut up with what Lil has done to him. I mean, come on, what normal person wouldn't be? I mean, if Mia ever did that to me, kiss another guy basically right in front of me, ok besides the fact that I'd beat the guy to a Cream of Wheat, I would be hurt beyond measure if Mia ever did that to me.

So with another sigh, I said, 'Look Boris, you didn't do anything wrong. Lilly was the one who did the wrong thing, ok."

'But why? I must have done something that caused her to run in to Jangbu's arms.' You mean, something beside her hormones kicking into overdrive, I thought but of course didn't say.

"Look Boris, you know how Lil is. She does these sorts of things without thinking how they might affect other people, people close to her. Last night was just another one of those times, she just wasn't thinking of anyone else's feeling besides her own."

I listen as Boris tried to defend Lil against what I had just said before finally giving up with a great, miserable sigh.

'I guess. What should I do?'

"At the moment? Nothing." I replied.

'B-but.'

"I'm serious, Boris. At the moment she thinks she hasn't done anything wrong, so you trying to talk to her, trying to make her understand how much she's hurt you, won't do anything or rather, it'll just end up hurting you more. So for the moment, just leave it. Don't do anything, just wait and see what happens. Trust me, this thing with Jangbu, it won't last. Give her a week; maybe two and she'll be begging you to take her back… or something like that."

I thought I heard him sniff, before he asked in a small voice, 'you think?'

"Yeah, I do. It's just Lil having her ego-inflated, that's all."

There was a slight pause as Boris thought that over.

'Ok,' he replied slowly, 'can you still at least let her know I called?'

"Sure thing, Boris."

'Thanks Michael. Um, can you let Mia know that I'm sorry for how her party turned out?'

"Yeah, I will." I said.

'Ok, well, thanks again Michael. Um, bye.'

"Bye Boris." I said and he hung up.

I sighed heavily as I too hung up the phone.

Yup, I was definitely going to kill Lil the moment she got home.

I emailed Mia, telling her that she should probably stay out of the Lil/Boris break up for her sanity's sake and asking if she wanted to hang out, if she wasn't grounded for what had happened last night, to either go out for dim sum or if she wanted me to come over to hers to help her with her algebra homework.

I was still waiting for a reply when Lil got home around seven that evening, just before Mom and Dad got home.

"Where you been?" I asked as I stuck my head out of my room as she walked for hers.

"What's it to you?" she asked and I rolled my eyes at her.

"Can't I show any sort of brotherly concern towards you at all?"

"No."

"Well, too bad. Where you been?"

She smiled secretively at me and, "you'll just have to wait for tomorrow."

"Why?" I asked cautiously.

"You'll see." She said and skipped the rest of the way to her room.

"Wait, Lil. Boris called…" but her bedroom door slammed before I could finish what I was trying to say.

"I hate it when she does that." I muttered under my breath as I shut my door again and flopped into my computer chair.