Chapter 11
His gray sweats low on his hips, Luis padded on bare feet into Antonio's compact kitchen. Rolling his head around on his neck, he tried to work the kinks out. The sofa bed had seemed like a good idea the night before when Antonio had suggested it as an alternative to taking the top bunk to Miguel's bottom bunk in his kid brother's old bedroom while Kay claimed his current bed as her own. In the morning light he saw differently, much differently. Rubbing a hand over his stubbled chin absently, Luis opened the refrigerator with his other hand and peered inside warily. An outdated carton of milk and 2/3's of a six pack resided on the top shelf. A quick inventory of the rest of the sparsely populated space revealed some kind of questionable lunch meat, a bottle of ketchup, and a pizza box. His stomach's insistent growling spurred Luis on. He decided to take his chances with the pizza.
Wandering into the living room in his black boxers minutes later, Antonio grumbled when he saw Luis comfortably sprawled on the newly remade couch. "You're eating my breakfast." Nudging Luis's legs out of the way, he bent at the waist to snatch the last piece of supreme pizza from the box and plopped down beside his brother, digging his hand down between the couch cushions for the remote control and turning the television on, flipping through the channels quickly in search of something remotely interesting. He finally settled on one of the many ESPN channels, and the pair enjoyed a companionable silence as they munched on cold pizza. Nodding his head in the direction of the kitchen, Antonio asked, "Anything to drink in there?"
Smirking, Luis said, "Not unless you're a closet alcoholic and drink beer for breakfast. You do realize your milk's at least a month out of date, don't you?"
Antonio shrugged in response.
"You're the stereotypical bachelor," Luis laughed.
"I have my fun," Antonio answered him with a devilish twinkle in his dark eyes. "You should try it sometime. I might not be able to hook you up with that ever elusive girl of your dreams, but I can guarantee you won't have a dull moment the rest of the time you're in Harmony. What do you say, Bro? You in?" Antonio held out his hand for Luis to shake.
"Something tells me I'll live to regret this," Luis said, grasping his brother's hand weakly at first and then more firmly.
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