“Oi, I’m eating the last one, ‘kay?” A voice echoed through the hall.
“Don’t you dare!” I yelled back through the long hallway.
I heard his footsteps thudding on the wooden floor and a second later a head popped through into my bedroom.
“Oh c’mon, I’ll give you the next one.”
“If i had a dollar for every time you’ve said that...” I started.
“Oh gosh.” Letting out a deep sigh he plopped himself onto my bed.
He sat there for a while, in silence, until he suddenly looked pleased with himself.
“I’ll fight you for it.” he said with a grin.
The temptation to accept was irresistibly compelling, I loved fighting and he knew it, but I managed to hold back.
“Mum will be home soon. You have to finish your homework. We’ll get in trouble.” I spouted a bunch of excuses.
“She called and said she’ll be home late ‘cause of the rain. It’ll be quick” His grin widened.
He knew I just couldn’t resist.
“First to incapacitate the other. No aiming for vitals or dismembering either, anything else is fair game.” his voice resonated throughout the clearing.
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It was then I heard a strange muffled voice called out to me, I felt uneasy. “Did you hear that?”
“I’m not falling for that.” he said to me.
“No really, I’m seri-” I started with a slightly annoyed tone until a blunt object struck me. In a daze, I heard the voice once more, calling out to me again, and then everything went black.
“What on earth do you guys think you’re doing!” a familiar voice shouted as us, as my headphones were ripped from off the top of my head.
“Hey!” my brother and I shouted simultaneously at our suddenly blank monitors.
I swiveled on my chair to find the culprit.
“Mum! What the hell? We were in the middle of a game. Why’d you do that for?” I exclaimed.
“I’m the one asking the questions here. What do you guys think you’re doing playing computer games when I told you to take in the laundry? It’s coming down in bucket loads out