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Chapter 13

(Kate's POV)

"I am coming. I am coming", I yelled to the person who was ringing doorbell like mad. It was still too much before Leon reaches home and the way the person is being impatient it told me it wasn't him plus he had keys. I opened the door and to my surprise Leon was standing there.
"It wasn't me", he replied monotonously reading my mind.
"You're such a spoil sport sometimes", Leslie and Jessica said together stepping out, still wearing their School uniforms.
"You both are in senior year of High School why don't you behave like you are", I scolded them as they ran in after Leon.
"Yes Ma'am!", they both yelled teasing me.
"What are you two doing here?", I asked as they both settled themselves on either side of Leon, "and how come you are early?", I asked Leon.
"You having your boyfriend over", Leon quipped back.

"Can't you just answer one question straight away", I said frustrated and looked at girls.
"Mum and Dad are going to attend this Wedding and they don't trust us… ", Leslie began.
"Nobody trusts you", I told her.
"Jessica does", Leslie quipped back and I slapped my head.
"… So he asked Leon to bring us here straight from School", Jessica continued.
"And you skipped work?", I asked Leon surprised.
"Yep", twins chorused, "Not only that he promised to take us bowling tonight."
"What?!", I screamed in amazement.
"You can come too, Leon won't mind", Jessica said.
"I don't need his permission to go with you guys", I said to her, "And I am not going to bowl or anything."
"Oh come on", the both twins began screaming and trying to convince me.
"Okay, Okay", I said to them giving up.
"Thank you", they said hugging me together, "You're the sweetest sister ever, "We'll just get ready", and with that they rushed up the stairs.
"Use the first guest room", I yelled after them.
"Okay", they yelled back.

(Leon's POV)

"Kate you're married", Jessica yelled from the foot of stairs.
"Yeah now can you hurry up", Leslie yelled after her.
"I said I am coming", Kate yelled from above.
"This is the fifth time", twins chorused, "Leon say something."
"If I'll say anything, she would put a bullet through my brain", I said to them.
"She is saying that she's coming for past one hour", Leslie said kicking the lower footstep.
"It's been only 15 minutes", Kate said showing up at the upper landing of stairs, "Of which 10 minutes got wasted because you two kept asking me to come down."
"Let's go!", twins said excited and ran out and Shadow followed.

(Kate's POV)

"There they go", I sighed and I was on the last step when I don't know what happened, how I slipped and began falling forward and to save myself from falling I had to grab Leon, who also supported me preventing my fall.
"You okay?", he asked monotonously.
"Yeah", I replied totally being aware of the position. Leon's hand on my waist and mine on his shoulders and faces inches apart but it took him a while to get aware of the situation. His gaze shifted downwards and for a brief moment he looked at my… lips.

"You guys coming…", Leslie came asking but she stopped at the door.
"Wrong time", Jessica said.
"You're getting it all wrong", I said, "I slipped and I think I sprained my ankle and I am afraid I won't be able to go with you guys, sorry", I lied about the injury, I didn't want to go in the first place and now I have a reason.
"You sure", Jessica asked, "we can stay back."
"No you three enjoy, I'll be up in my bedroom.
"Okay", they said.
"Now don't wait go, go, go", I said to them and twins headed out.

Leon followed them silently and just when he reached the door, he looked back at me as if saying, 'Take care!'

"Take care", I said to him and he smiled nodding closing the door and I headed upstairs, I got ready for no reason but well this will give me the time to clean one of the guest rooms for twins

(Leon's POV)

"Leon that was really great", the twins said.
"Yeah we didn't know you bowled", Jessica said.
"Yeah totally, you kept winning from us and I still think you let us win", Leslie said.
"Hey you won fair and square", I said to her.
"You know, initially we thought you were like Dad, strict, un-cool, short-tempered, you know a total professional emotionless agent but you are not", Leslie told me.
"People still say I am an emotionless agent", I told them, "Even you sister…"

"Kate", they both chorused, "She don't think you're an emotionless agent."
"A little secret that we overheard when she was talking to Mum after one month we caught you fighting with each other", Jessica said, "Mum said although you were good and all but you are a bit too formal."
"And you know what Kate said", Leslie asked me, "She said its not like that and she's sure of it and said that you definitely had more friendly side."
"You two are not setting me up, are you?", I asked them doubtfully.
"Absolutely not, every word that we told is true", they said holding up their right hands up and I couldn't help but let out a laugh.

(Kate's POV)

Shadow whined keeping his head on my lap, like a good dog he stayed behind with me, "I know they're late, but Leon's with them", I said to him and he whined more, "Yeah I think he knows that too", I sort of replied and then heard the car announcing their arrival and then girls loud talk filled the outer hallway.

"Kate", both of them ran to me, "it was awesome, it was so fun…", this was all I could manage to make out before they started to babble about something.
"Okay", I kept saying if at all anything made sense, "Shut up", I had to yell to make them stop, "You had fun I got it", I said to them, "You guys are 17, please behave like you're 17."
"Okay", they said to me.
"Now off to bed, you have school in the morning", I said to them and they turned and started walking upstairs discussing tonight's events. I walked with them to their guest room, "As you know the room across is ours, if you want to sneak out at night, don't think about it and everything's in their place, I put them myself. Do you want me to wake you up in the morning or will you get up by yourself?"
"Wake us up", they chorused rather monotonously.
"Any other thing", I asked them.
"Where are our clothes", Leslie asked.
"That's on the bed's other side", I told them, "By the way don't you think you brought too many clothes, with bags that big I can live at least a week."
"Well they're one week's clothes", Jessica said rounding about the bed, lifting her suitcase and opening it on the bed, "After all we have to stay at least one week."

"What?!", I asked surprised.
"After all Brenda's marriage takes place after one week", Leslie said, "And Mom and Dad won't let us come before that."
"Brenda who? And are you guys missing something", I asked them and they dramatically slapped their heads, they planned this.

"Oh we totally forgot, you see our Uncle Crenshaw, the one who lives in California called the other day, saying that our cousin Brenda is getting married after 10 days and he asked mum and dad to show there immediately but since we had this important test today we couldn't leave and Mom and Dad couldn't stay, so Dad came up with the plan that he and mum will go immediately that is today and we would follow after two days with you guys", Leslie explained everything.
"You guys?", I repeated after her.
"Yeah you and Leon", Jessica said showing me four ticket that was scheduled for the plane to California day after tomorrow.
"This can't be happening", I said re-reading the tickets over and over again.

"We are not going, you girls can travel by your own", I said looking up at them, "I am gonna cancel these two tickets first thing in the morning."
"Dad kinda commanded you guys to come", Jessica said.
"Mum was really excited 'cause it'd be first time you'd be meeting the family after marriage", Leslie said crossing her arms.
'Yeah but that's what I am afraid of', I thought still not believing that all this was happening
"Mum would be so disappointed", Jessica said rounding about me.
"Dad would be so humiliated when all his family member except you would be present there", Leslie said moving towards me.
"Yes Liza will be there too", Jessica answered the question even before it came to my mind.

After that I didn't know what to do, going there is not entirely in my hands. I had too much work cut out for me at the office but knowing Dad he must have pulled up some strings and all I had to do is sign the official papers that I am on leave, "We'll go", I turned around and saw Leon standing at the doorstep in his sleeping attire. He was maybe listening to the entire conversation; he just turned and headed back to bedroom.

"You heard him", I said sighing and the girls cheered, "I am taking the tickets for safe keeping, now go to sleep, Goodnight!"
"Goodnight!", the twins yelled as I headed to my bedroom to sleep too.

A/N: Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I apologize for any inconvenience you had whilst reading.