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Italian brother walked in. I mean, this boy was
seriously
handsome.
    ‘TJ, Tony. Tony, TJ.
My brother,’ said Nesta as if I hadn’t realised.
    ‘Hi, TJ,’said The
Vision.
    ‘Hi, Tony,’ said a
friendly voice inside my head.
    However, what came out
of my mouth was, ‘
uhyuh’
. Oh,
noooo
, I thought. Alien Girl
from the Planet Zog is back to haunt me.
    Tony looked at the
croissant I was about to eat, then looked right into my eyes and did a
half-smile that made him look even more gorgeous. ‘So,TJ, what do virgins eat
for breakfast?’
    ‘Dunno,’ I replied,
breaking his gaze and staring at the floor.
    ‘Thought so,’ he said
and laughed. ‘Take no notice of Tony, he’s a dingbat,’ said Nesta. ‘So. Aren’t
you going to ask?’ ‘Ask what?’
    ‘How come Tony is my
brother?’ ‘No.’
    ‘Why not?’ asked
Nesta. ‘
Everyone
asks. He’s light-skinned, I’m dark-skinned, how
come?’
    ‘Obvious,’ I said.
‘Same father, different mothers.’ ‘Hmmm,’ said Nesta. ‘Smart cookie.’ ‘Not
really,’ the voice in my head said. ‘I met your mum and dad this morning. I
know she’s Jamaican and your dad looks Italian. Tony looks like your dad so I
reckon he must have had a different mother. Elementary, my dear Williams.’
However, Noola the Alien Girl is a person of few words and all that came out
was, ‘
uh’
. Smart cookie indeed. Why did this
always
happen
when boys I fancied were around? ‘My real mum died before I knew her. I was six
months old,’ explained Tony, coming over and laying his head on my shoulder.
‘Really, I’m an orphan. An orphan prince who needs
love
and
affection
!
    ‘
Uhyuh
,’ I
stuttered, hoping that by some strange quirk of fate, Tony might be fluent in
Zoganese.
    I could see Lucy
giving me a strange look then giving Tony a
filthy
look. Hmm?
Something going on there, methinks. Must ask later.
    Tony went over to the
fridge and opened the door. ‘What’s to eat?’ He got out a half-eaten apple pie,
put it on the breakfast bar and cut himself a huge slice. ‘Apple pie for
breakfast?’ said Iz. ‘Ew. Gross.’ He turned and grinned at her. ‘Would you
prefer I did something else with it?’
    ‘Like what?’ said Iz.
‘You seen that film
American Pie
?’
    ‘Yeah,’ said Izzie,
then pulled a face. ‘
Eew
, double gross.’
    ‘What are you on about?’
I asked. Nesta looked at Tony wearily and sighed.
    ‘Sorry about my
disgusting brother, TJ. In
American Pie
, a boy asks what it’s like to
have sex. His mate says it’s like putting your thingee in a warm apple pie.’
    I blushed furiously as
Tony watched me closely to see my reaction.
    ‘Apparently, some guy
in Australia tried it,’ said Lucy, getting down from her stool at the breakfast
bar and refilling the kettle. ‘Steve read about it in the paper. This guy
didn’t wait for the pie to cool when it came out of the oven. He was taken to
the local hospital and treated for burns.’
    ‘
Aggghhh
,’ said Tony, putting his hands over his crotch
as the rest of us cracked up laughing. ‘I wonder how he explained
that
to the nurse on duty.‘
    Lucy looked at the apple
pie and I saw a wicked twinkle appear in her eye. ‘Would you like me to warm
that up for you, Tony?’ she asked sweetly. ‘I could put it in the microwave. On
high?’
    Tony went over to her
and put his arm round her. ‘And how
is
the love of my life?’
    ‘Dunno. How is she?’
said Lucy as she took his arm away from her shoulder.
    ‘You know you want me
really,’ said Tony.
    Lucy began to walk out
of the kitchen. ‘Yeah. Right. It’s
agony
keeping my hands off you.
Not.’
    ‘That girl…’Tony
sighed as he watched her go out of the room. ‘So what are you lot doing today?’
    ‘Make-over,’ said
Nesta.
    ‘Who’s the poor victim
this time?’
    Nesta looked at me. I
looked back at the floor.
    Tony got up and
started dancing in front of me. ‘Don’t go changing, tryin’ to please me…‘
    ‘Go and see Mum,
Tony,’