Brother, Honey... (Eric)

[Calliope Gallo]

Calliope was nervous. Her teeth sunk into her bottom lip as she paced her room for a while, before falling onto her bed and holding the phone above her head.

[Eric: I bought a date with a guy.]

No tentative messages first to test the water; she was just diving right in.

[Eric Jones]

Eric glared at Balls, who was sitting on his phone as it beeped. The cat stared at him until the teleporter lifted him off and pulled out the mobile, tapping out a response.

[Callie-cat: Is he gay?]

That had been the rule, after all.

[Calliope Gallo]

Wow, the wait for a response was agonising. Or maybe he wasn't going to text back in anger. Or maybe, he was just going to appear in her room like he always did. She hated when he did that. It was no secret that Eric was elated when things with Jez didn't work out, though he did seem as annoyed as she was about the lack of an explanation. Still, Eric probably thought he was done worrying for a while. Cam was taken too. Things were looking up for the teleporter, she bet.

Until now, that is. Callie screwed her face up at the message, and instantly she thought of JP. Eric had been happy when they were dating, though he did know that the flamboyant boy was gay before Callie did.

[Eric: No.]

Send. Callie held her breath.

[Eric Jones]

She replied quickly, and Eric read it and flopped back on the couch. He'd been half serious when he set the rule, but it was full serious now.

[Callie-cat: But our rule, Calliope!]

Full name, because she would be annoyed.

[Callie-cat: If you tell me it's Cam I am going to come over there right now]

[Callie-cat: and punch him in the wiener]

[Calliope Gallo]

Callie groaned about the rule he had set for her. She totally thought he was joking. But the simple fact that he used her full name meant he was being serious and also, being a jerk. She wouldn't say that though.

[Eric: No it's not Cam. He has a boyfriend now, btw]

She pointed that out, knowing that he would probably be happy about it. She was still unaware that he kind of taught Cam everything he knew about being a player-type.

[Eric: It's a college guy who used to go to Hammel. You probably don't know him]

[Eric Jones]

[Callie-cat: Ha ha ha.]

Eric paused; maybe she was serious? Hard to imagine, given the kid's attitude when Eric had talked to him both before and during the whole situation with Callie. Well as long as Cam had a boyfriend he wouldn't be trying to get into Callie's pants so that was ok.

[Callie-cat: No seriously he's a lucky guy.]

Checking his phone again, Eric's expression morphed from 'everything's pretty cool, bro' to 'oh no she didn't' in roughly 1.3 seconds. A college guy? Oh hell to the no.

[Callie-cat: Age? Name? Had you known him before or just a spur of the moment?]

[Calliope Gallo]

[Eric: No way would I bid on someone I don't know!]

Cause that would be weird. And a weird way to meet new people. Even if she was into someone she hadn't met yet, that just sounded like some kind of trap. And she wasn't into doing that.

[Eric: He's 18 and his name is Lucah. And he's really nice and my friend]

She was glad then that Lucah wasn't the social type. Callie doubted that Eric knew who he was. And that was a very good thing.

[Eric Jones]

Eric held back on his first thought for a reply to Callie's reassurance, realising "I dunno sis, you dated Jez."might be a little antagonistic.

[Callie-cat: Last name?]

"What do you think," Eric called out to Balls the cat, "Do we find the guy?" Balls flattened against the carpet and rolled backwards and forwards for a little. "Fine," the teleporter muttered.

[Callie-cat: Do I get to meet him?]

[Calliope Gallo]

[Eric: Ivaskov? I think that's how you spell it...]

Callie sat up and sought out her laptop, drawing it towards herself before opening it and checking online. She was sure that was how it was spelt, and she was right. So she didn't follow that message up with another confirmation one.

Then she had a thought; what if Eric checked on Facebook too? That could make it too easy.

[Eric: It's only one date though. It would be weird to introduce you before or after that. Right?]

[Eric Jones]

[Callie-cat: That sounds Russian.]

[Callie-cat: is he russian? ]

Eric had a few friends who were Russian, and they could be pretty proud about things like income. That wasn't something he wanted Callie to have to deal with, though he was actually pretty proud of how little attention Callie paid their family's monetary status.

[Callie-cat: Do you want to date him though?]

[Calliope Gallo]

[Eric: Uhh, I think so?]

Callie actually had no idea where he was from. It wasn't something they had talked about yet. She just knew him as Lucah, the guy that she was kinda friends with until a situation had pushed them to be more than just kinda friends. But real friends. Hell, maybe even more.

[Eric: I don't know I think so. I think I like him and he's really nice. Not like the other ones...]

Eric was probably laughing with Niko about it still. At least this might make them stop thinking that Callie was into Headband Prude.

[Eric: He... Makes me nervous...]