I stopped outside my house and looked up at the window to my parents' room. It was dark, just as it had been for the past week while my parents were away visiting my aunt. Just as well, I thought to myself. It wouldn't exactly go ever well if I had gotten detention while they were home. I sighed. Leo would probably chew me out again. Like it mattered. I had talked my way out of it the last two times, claiming regular scholarly hold-ups, and I would do it again. No problem.
Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and swung my backpack to the ground. "Leo, I'm home!"
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