Brian paced like a caged animal. AJ, crouched on the chair he'd been sitting in, timed his leap perfectly, knocking him onto the bed and landing on top of him. "You know," he told his startled friend conversationally, "you are beginning to drive me crazy. And you know how short a drive that really is."
"Get off!" Brian insisted, pushing AJ away and sitting up again.
AJ remained laying on the bed where Brian had pushed him. "Come on, B-Rok! Tim said they were on their way back. He sound like he was going to kill Kevin himself, so if you have plans on doing so, make tracks for Lexington."
"What was he doing in San Francisco?" Brian asked, ignoring him.
AJ rolled his eyes. "I don't know. Maybe he went to see those three sisters."
"While he was blind? Alone? With Lacey? In the middle of..." His eyes suddenly widened. "Oh. Oh. Oh." His hands reached out, blindly feeling the bed he was sitting on.
"What?"
"Oh." He seemed glad he was sitting down. "Do you have their number?"
"Yeah," AJ said guardedly. "Why?"
"Because I think he did go see them, and took Lacey."
"All right. Why?"
"Let me call, and I'll fill you in." Brian moved towards the phone as AJ dug into his bag for the number.
A knock at the door interrupted Brian's dialing, and caused him to loose his place. He hung up in frustration. "What is it this time?" he demanded, lifting the receiver to try again. AJ opened the door.
"Train!" he bellowed, and jerked Kevin into the room. Kevin barely had time to drop his bag before AJ caught him in a hug. "What are you doing here? I thought for sure you'd be dead or grounded." He smirked; Kevin smirked back.
"It wasn't as if he didn't try," he said.
"Kev?" Brian asked, the receiver forgotten in his hand.
"Hey, Brian," Kevin grinned. "I... got better."
AJ laughed out loud. "You sound like you were a newt," he said, on his way out the door. His last glimpse was of the two cousins, hugging.