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I open my eyes and discover that I am sleeping on my couch. I turn my head in the direction of the coffee table bought for five euros from the Swedish furniture giant. The two cups of coffee remind me that I left my bed to Lola who stayed to sleep because we finished our conversation late at night.

I get up and go slowly into my room to get some clothes. My friend is sleeping soundly, on her back, her mouth wide open and her long brown hair tangled under her head. I open the old chest of drawers that I inherited from my great-grandmother. I take jeans, a t-shirt and underwear then I go in the shower.

When I'm clean, dry, dressed and done, I come back to the living room. I start putting away what's lying around on the coffee table before my phone rings. I take it and look at the interlocutor. "Minion" this name is unknown to me. The call ends before I pick up and see the wallpaper. Seeing the photo of a magnificent panorama that is totally unknown to me, I understand my mistake. It's Lola's cell phone and I see that the same person has tried to call her almost a dozen times in the last quarter of an hour and as many messages left on her answering machine.

I remember that she uses this nickname to refer to her brother's partner and she doesn't carry it in her heart. If he calls back before she wakes up, I want to play a good joke on him. Given the low blow he gave him, a few years ago he will have deserved it. Bingo! He comes back to the charge and I pick up.

- Lola! What are you doing ? Where are you ? If your brother arrives and you're not there, he will freak out! he yells into the phone.

I can't stand this kind of contemptuous guys who allow themselves to give orders without even saying hello. I decide to play my joke on him to shut him up.

— Lola is in my bed and she is sleeping. So if you could wait, she'll come when she decides, I replied.

- Who are you ? And why do you have his phone? he gets angry.

He took the bait, a big smile appears on my lips.

- Who I am ? Just the woman she spent the whole night with. I intend to take advantage of it for a few more hours.

A silence answers. Then I hear the sound of his voice more hesitant, almost shocked.

- It's not possible ! She's not a lesbian! he leaves a bit distraught.

- Just bisexual and it is one of my best partners for a long time, I replied.

Lola comes out of my room, she looks at me taken aback.

- She just woke up, I have to go back, I said before hanging up.

I press the red button on the screen to end the conversation. I then hand the phone to its owner and tell her.

- Sorry, when I saw the name of the person trying to call you, I could not resist, I explained.

She takes a look and asks me:

"What did you tell him?"

- I was going to tell him that you were sleeping with a friend and you were going home, but he seemed so arrogant to me that I thought I was going to beat him down. So I implied to him that we had slept together and that really distracted him, I told him with a big smile.

She bursts out laughing then jumps around my neck and gives me a kiss on the cheek.

- Thank you, but thank you Lili! I hate that he calls me ten times in the morning when I'm a little late. Besides, it's only nine o'clock and we should visit the premises only at two o'clock. He will be embarrassed in my presence, it will do him good, the aristo of my two! she gets angry before clapping her hands to show her joy.

She goes to my coffee machine and says to me:

- Sit down, I prepare the coffee and I make you my specialty.

She gives me a wink, opens my cupboards in search of a cup and my fridge to get some milk. She fills the two mugs using my espresso machine then makes a shape in the foam with the milk. She concentrates on doing her drawing well, her tongue protruding from her lips. She comes back to me and hands me my cup.

A male sex is very well drawn in the foam. The chuckle that escapes me turns into giggles. I pull myself together, fanning myself to repress the fit of hysteria that has come over me.

- Do you often make bites in the coffee foam? I ask him.

- For someone else, it's the first time. Two weeks ago, my brother and his partner got sick. I wanted to punish them during a meeting by drawing a clitoris in the milk foam, but they spent a quarter of an hour trying to find out if I had made a pair of pliers or scissors. At least with a dick, the drawing is easy and understandable. I can't wait to see their faces when it happens, she told me with a mischievous expression on her face.

I pick up my cup and hold it out in front of me to clink it against my friend's. With a solemn air, I say:

— The arrogant, parasitic, macho guys...

“Pervert,” she adds.

“Arrogant, parasitic, macho, perverse and embezzling money,” I finished. Fuck you all!

- Long live the cocks in the coffee foam! she adds.

- Health ! I say to him while toasting.

We take a sip before laughing at the brown cloud above our lips. Lola tells me while making a naughty mimicry which makes her sexy.

- It was one of the best cocks I've had the pleasure of tasting.

- We must stop our delusions pigs, I have an appointment with my banker in an hour, I said before laughing.

She looks at her watch.

- I've got to go. My brother should be soon. Can I take off my make-up and brush my hair so I don't get scared on the tram this morning? she asks me.

I nod and nod my head to the door. She swallows the rest of her cup and goes to the bathroom. I finish mine and put the cups in the sink. I'm doing a bit of washing up when someone rings my front door. I go to open it and find a tall, dark-haired man in a suit on my landing. He takes his eyes off his phone and says:

"Where's Lola?"

- In my bathroom, I replied, fascinated by this individual.

He enters without asking my opinion. I come to my senses and insult him.

- Who are you first? And I didn't allow you to come home!

"I'm his brother and I won't leave until my sister is here," he replied, looking down on me.

Considering my height more than average, it exceeds me largely. I don't react because my brain makes the connection between the memory I have of Theo and the one I have before my eyes. The bathroom door opens and Lola comes out.

- Theo! What are you doing here? she asks him.

- Jules calls me to tell me that you had slept with a woman. I almost ran off the road. You're going to explain this mess to me because I don't want my partner to call me back to tell me that my sister has disappeared and that she became a lesbian overnight.

Undaunted, she laughs.

- He really thought I was a lesbian? Is he dumb or what? she told him. In any case, it suits him.

"It's not funny, Lola," he told her, frowning. Besides, who are you? he asks me as if he had just noticed my presence.

— It's Lili, Theo. You know Alison, our neighbor when we were little. I reconnected with her weeks ago and last night we took the opportunity to meet again and eat together. As we had a lot to talk about, I came to sleep at her place, she tells him.

He stares at me.

- You have not slept together? he asks to reassure himself.

Lola groans before answering him.

- No, we prefer cocks both, she said, giving me a wink.

I smile thinking back to his drawings. His brother's gaze is fixed on me again.

"Are you the Lili who had been flying when your swing seat failed?" he asks me.

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I would have preferred that he remember another anecdote. I lift my sleeve and show him my scar on my forearm that I harvested from this accident. Fifteen stitches for protecting my face by falling more than two meters high on the asphalt. He takes my hand and lifts it to get a better look at my scar. He touches the white line with his finger and I shiver. Maybe because I think back to my flight or because I like the adult Theo too much. I'd rather not know the real reason for this sudden goosebumps.

I feel him detailing me from head to toe and then he hugs me. I feel stupid in his arms. He finally pulls away before planting a peck on my cheek.

- I'm glad to see you again. I didn't recognize you, he told me.

- No kidding, I said without thinking.

He looks at me like I've offended him. Lola laughs and hips her bro.

- You have not seen each other for fifteen years, it is normal that it is different. She has become even more beautiful than I had imagined. OK, let's go. Lili has an important appointment for her work. She's an entrepreneur, she told him with great pride. And you have Jules to calm down.

She pushes him outside and comes to take me in her arms.

- Tell me about your meeting. If it doesn't work, I'll help you find a solution. This week, I have to manage the move of the box but next Saturday, we meet again, she assures me.

She gives me a last sign before joining her brother. I find myself alone again. I leave to finish the dishes before my appointment at the bank. I hope I could borrow to avoid declaring bankruptcy. I had an urgent call from the accounting firm that I employ and I have to see them in the afternoon as well. Cleaning calms my mind so I decide to forget for the half hour I have left.