February Secret Agent #1

TITLE: Adventures With Auntie Mischief
GENRE: MG Contemporary Fantasy

Jonah took the carrot stick out of his mouth and jabbed his brother. Most six years olds would have made a face or gone crying to their mother. Brandon didn’t move except to wipe the drool on the back of his hand off on his pant leg, cool as ever. Still, Jonah hated being ignored.

“Hey,” Jonah said, raising the same drool laden carrot stick and holding it inches away from his brother’s face.

Brandon’s attention never wavered except to jut his chin, gesturing at a spot across the room.
Auntie Mischief had arrived.

Their aunt was a mystery they couldn’t quite figure out. Perhaps it was because they didn’t see her as often as their other relatives. Perhaps it was because no matter how much time passed between visits, it was like no time had passed at all. Perhaps it was because no matter how ordinary an activity, when she was around, something strange always seemed to happen, so much so in fact, that they had begun to call their aunt Michelle, Auntie Mischief.

Now their mother and Auntie Mischief stood, heads close together, lips barely moving, faces pinched into frowns, looking like they were waist deep in conversation.

“Something’s up,” Brandon said.

Jonah shrugged. In truth, he always seemed to know when a secretive conversation was going on, one that would be worth listening to at any rate. It made the roof of his mouth itch horribly.