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shit.”
    Alex shrugged, obviously uncomfortable with the whole thing.
    “They’ll do anything they can to make it up to you,” I assured him. “Won’t you?” I nailed them with my angry glare again and they both nodded enthusiastically. Oh, how the tables have turned. I never thought I’d see my brothers taking orders from me, although the fact that they knew they’d messed up probably had a lot to do with it.
    “Fuck yeah we will!” Danny declared.
    “Anything,” Rick nodded. “You want to bathe in ice cream, you got it.”
    “Hell, we’ll even pose naked for your own priva te fireman calendar if that gets Jelly off our backs,” Danny wiggled his eyebrows.
    “Gross!” I protested. I was still furious with them but Danny’s stupid cocky sense of humour had me fighting really hard not to smile. I turned around to get the biscuits out of the oven so my stupid, traitor mouth wouldn’t give me away.
    “There’d be no point both of you posing naked,” Alex grinned, sounding a lot more like himself with a sing song lilt in his voice. “You’re twins .”
    “So?” Danny frowned.
    “ Identical twins,” Alex stressed.
    “Not in every way,” Danny wiggled his eyebrows again.
    “I’d bet anything his gonads are lacking,” Rick cut in. “He got kicked in the balls way more than I did when we were kids.”
    “That’s bullshit!” Danny shoved Rick. “Girls like me better and you know it.”
    “You’re talking out of your arse! Remember that lass at the gym last month?” Rick shoved him back.
    “Cut it out!” I sighed, throwing an oven glove at them. My head still hurt and they were making it worse.
    “Fine,” they sighed, hitting each other a final time for good measure.
    “Alex can sort this out once and for all. Drop trou,” Danny ordered Rick, already moving to pull his own jeans down.
    “Wait!” Alex protested, giggling madly. “Dammit, I would have happily measured a few months ago,” he pouted. “I doubt Rab would appreciate it though.”
    Danny grinned and pulled his jeans back up, winking at Alex.
    “There is one thing you could do though,” Alex said hopefully.
    “What’s that?” Rick asked looking encouraged at the prospect of setting things right.
    “Hook me up with gym membership.”
    “Consider it done,” Rick nodded enthusiastically.
    Alex beamed happily and I raised my eyebrow at him. Alex was not the gym-going kind; he hated exercise with a passion.
    “Don’t look at me like that!” He blushed. “I’m having a hard time keeping up with Rab. I had no idea muscle was directly proportionate to stamina.”
    I snorted with laughter and had to cling onto Jason for support so I didn’t fall off my chair. I agreed with him whole-heartedly but I doubted my brothers would want to know that and I wasn’t quite ready to let them go back to bossing me around and telling me off just yet.
    Alex was back to himself after that and I hoped he truly had forgiven himself. He didn’t ask for details about what had happened and I didn’t offer any information. He was treating me like normal and he was the only one. I didn’t want to change that.
    Alex’ normality helped me forget in a way only a true friend could and it was hard to focus on the negative when I was surrounded by so many people who meant so much to me.

Chapter 6
    Tuesday, 25th June 2013
    As Karl and Ian came through the front door the following day, everyone relaxed to some degree. It wasn’t that we were worried about them, we just all wanted answers and Ian seemed to be the one who could provide them.
    Elise had spent the day at the house with us. Karl said it was because he thought it’d be nice for her to have some help and company but I suspected he didn’t want her to be alone with everything that was happening.
    I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready and I poured them a cup of coffee each when I heard them come in because I suspected that it had been a long day.
    “Cheers, Jelly,” Karl smiled