CHAPTER FIVE, zip it

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"Hello ladies." Chase walked into Tech Town with Emilia hanging off his back. If you are wondering why, the reason being is the Hunter was growing suspicious of her boyfriend who wanted to visit Bree at her new job — which she only got so she could have space from her brothers, just to annoy her on purpose.

"Chase." Bree scoffed in annoyance, approaching the couple as Emilia frowned and interjected into the conversation before Bree could continue. "I tried to stop him, Bree. I'm sorry."

The Davenport girl only smiled gratefully before turning back to her brother. "What are you doing here?"

Emilia slowly jumped down from Chase's back as he explained. "I just came down to see what this Tech Town was all about." He looked around the store, slightly impressed. "Nice setup. You guys have all the latest models. Except for this one. This one's last year's." He pointed out.

Overhearing what Chase had said, Scott, the store manager, quickly rushed over so he could correct Chase. "I couldn't help but overhear. I can assure you, we only have the most current models on display."

"Scott, this is my brother and his girlfriend, also known as my best friend, Emilia," Bree quickly introduced to her boss. "and I can assure you that Chase is leaving. Bye bye!" She started pushing her brother out of the store, who turned around before he reached the exit, and corrected Scott on his claim. "Nope. This model's old. I mean, I know the shell hasn't changed, but look at that screen quality. There's no way that's glare resistant."

"You're right, this is the old model. No one's ever noticed that." Scott realised. "Caitlin!"

"Well, Chase, thanks for coming on down." Bree continued to push him out of the store, when she suggested. "Now, why don't you go lecture people about the evils of sodium at the Pretzel Hut?"

Chase snickered at that. "Where you do you think we just came from?" He asked rhetorically before his sister tried to make him leave once again, but this time, Scott stopped him. "Wait. It's probably a long shot, but I'm looking for one more hire. Especially someone with your tech-spertise."

Emilia looked from Scott then Chase who replied with a pun as well. "Well, I'm glad I've been exceeded your tech-speciations." Although, Scott was the only one who laughed before they tried to high-five but failed completely.

"What the tech is going on?!"

"I ask that very same question." The Hunter girl agreed with Bree as they both looked between the two males in disbelief.

"So, what do you say?" Scott started off before he offered Chase a position. "Any interest in working here?"

Since she didn't like the idea of working with her brother, Bree instantly objected. "No. No, no, no. He has no interest in working here. Chase, tell him you have no interest." She practically begged.

"0111 00101." Chase answered, and Scott laughed before explaining to those around them who were confused. "He just said yes to my offer in Binary Code."

"Oh." Bree let out. "I wonder what's binary for 'I hate my life'?!"

"011 0001–"

"Okay, she gets it!"

"Welcome to the team, Chase." The manager told him, finally welcoming him to the store. "You are Tech Town's newest employee."

"I gotta go, Bree." Emilia announced sadly after checking the time. "But, call me if you need help, okay?" She squeezed her softly on the shoulder and kissed Chase on the cheek before walking out of the store. 

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Two days later and Bree was still sulking around about Chase working in the same place she was, when the only reason she started working there in the first place was to get space.

Emilia was back at the store, simply to check how Chase and Bree were doing, plus it was almost closing time.

"Great day today, Tech Towners!" Scott spoke to his customers before turning to Chase. "Chase, I think you've got a bright future here."

"Me too!" Caitlin shouted and ran towards Scott who looked back at her. "Go home, Caitlin." He snapped, receiving a laugh from the girl, thinking he was joking, but when she noticed the look he was giving her, Caitlin was quick to run out of the store.

"And Chase's sister..." Scott turned to Bree before reminding her. "you left mop streaks in the ladies room."

Emilia perked up slightly, raising a brow at Scott and questioned before Bree did. "What were you doing in the ladies room?"

Scott stammered slightly as he struggled to come up with an answer that didn't sound weird, when he finally opened his mouth and said. "You're good, Chase's girl."

"Hmm, that's not my name." The Hunter pursed her lips together in annoyance, along with Bree who was quick to chime in and remind her boss about her name. "Oh, and by the way, my name is Bree."

"Really?" Scott grimaced at the name, and in his opinion, advised his employee. "Might wanna stick with Ming." He laughed at that, with Chase joining in before they attempted to high-five, and failed again. "All right, you guys tidy up. I gotta run to Foot World. They're holding a pair of socks for me. Chase, you're in charge till I get back." He instructed before finally walking out of the store.

"You hear that?" Chase smirked and turned to his sister. "Just like a mission, I'm in charge." He leaned his leg on the counter, struggling to do so in the process.

"And just like a mission, you're obnoxious about it." Bree shot back at her brother. "Come on, Em, we're outta here." She said, however, before the girl could take a step in following Bree, Chase wrapped his arms around Emilia and pulled her back, muttering into her hair. "You're not going anywhere."

Chase kept Emilia in his grip while looking up at Bree and called. "Come on, Bree, help me clean this place up or I'll have to tell Scott and you're already not his favourite." He reminded.

"Have you seen that guy?" The speedster scoffed in annoyance before telling him. "I don't want to be his favourite!"

Chase responded with a sigh. "Just straighten up the display models and dust the screens. And when you're done, start vacuuming."

"Sure thing, boss." Bree smirked before using her super-speed to knock down one of the display models, which caused Chase to panic. "What are you doing?! Scott's gonna be back here any minute!"

"Oh, yeah. Too bad you're the one in charge, so if the store's wrecked, it's on you." Bree frowned at him playfully, as Emilia stood between them and watched as they bickered with one another. "Oh, I'm getting serious deja vu." She muttered to herself.

"Oh, you think you're so clever, don't you?" Chase raised a brow. "Well, you forgot one thing. I can do this." He reminded and looked around before using his molecular kinesis to rebuild the display model that Bree knocked over.

"Oh, please." Bree scoffed. "You're gonna have to move faster than that." She warned before using her super-speed to knock down more display models, just to annoy him.

"You're only moving further away from employee of the month!" Chase shouted while in the middle of dodging the models, making Emilia sigh, and once she decided she had enough, she stepped forward and caught one of the boxes before it hit Chase. "Enough! Do I have to get in the middle of your bickering once again? This time, I am not going to help you, so you can figure it out for yourselves." She sighed deeply. "Now if you two will excuse me, I'm going to get a pretzel. When I get back, you guys better not have killed each other."

Thankfully, Emilia gave the siblings enough time to themselves so they could solve their problems, when she started heading her way back to the store, finishing off her pretzel before she reached the entrance and watched as Scott passed Chase a frozen yoghurt before he turned to Bree. "Oh. Sorry, I only have two hands. Couldn't carry three, and I forgot about you."

"It's okay, Scott." Chase declined his offer for the frozen yoghurt. "Bree really helped me clean the place up. So, you can have mine." He looked at his sister, making Emilia smile proudly from the entrance. Bree then returned his smile before she grabbed the frozen yogurt from him.

"Oh! It's that kind of selfless attitude that's gonna make you a tech town star." Scott pointed at the Davenport boy. "But, I'm gonna eat both." He decided, grabbing the frozen yogurt off Bree.

Emilia gasped, and given this was an opportunity to make her presence known, she walked over to Scott, pretending to be surprised as she called to him. "Oh my god. You got us food! Oh, thank you Scott." She snatched the frozen yoghurt out of his other hand before passing it over to Bree.

"I'm not even going to bother." Scott sighed and looked at Chase before pointing out the obvious to him. "Your girlfriend's scary."

Once Scott had left, Chase turned to his girlfriend with a smile. "You're amazing, you know that, right?" He rhetorically asked before reminding her on the subject. "But where's mine?"

"Oh relax, me and you can quickly grab one along the way." Emilia reassured before holding up the money to him with a smirk. "Don't forget to share, though." She teased.

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MEGAN SPEAKS !

hope you enjoyed reading
this chapter!! some deja vu for emilia,
always stopping the siblings arguing.
thanks for reading, i love you all!! <33