Choises II

‘Fred...! Fred, wake up!’ said Simona, almost shouting as she opened the window. ‘Your aunts didn’t come all the way from Italy to see their nephews sleeping… Come on!’ Fred muttered something impossible to understand and rolled in bed, trying to fight against the light and the breeze that came from the opened window.
‘No… Let’s go. Griani is already taking a shower, you’ll be next. Okay, honey?’

Simona left the room, leaving also her son to his own mercy and choices. Federico stretched himself, rubbed his eyes and without opening them sat on the bed to his left side. He scratched his head and he opened one eye after the other unsuccessfully until he decided it was best to get up like a blind man. This decision made him stumble a little and collide slightly with the bedroom’s door jamb before turning left in his way to the kitchen.

Mia opened the closet door slowly. The coast was finally clear. She got out of the closet and noticed her shoes near the desk where the television was. Thank god, they were unisex and the most common sneakers within teenagers.

She heard footsteps again so she lean herself against the wall between the wardrobe and the desk. Someone walked through the corridor and disappear to a room next to Federico’s. Seconds later Dion’s song, Run Around Sue, started playing.

Mia stuck her head out to see if there was someone in the corridor. After verifying that, she quickly grabbed her shoes and looked through the window… but it wasn’t a good way out, she was probably in a third floor or something. Oh, no… footsteps again.

‘Fred!?’
With no time to think, Mia throws herself to the floor so that she would be hidden behind the bed if someone stood by the door.
‘Gosh, Fred…! Did you steal my Guiness black t-shirt?’
By looking under the bed, Mia could see someone’s bare feet near the door. Griani had heard the dry noise of Mia’s body crashing on the floor. He was now standing in the bedroom entrance just with a towel on thinking that the noise had been made by his brother.

‘Unff… Where are you?’ After concluding that it had probably been their cat, Mia saw Griani’s bare feet turn around and walk, just like Federico, towards the kitchen.
Mia sighed with relief and she decided it was best to roll over, stay under the bed and wait.