The (Not so) tactical approach

"If ya wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends!" Jamie sang into her hairbrush as she continued to dance around. "Make it last forever, friendship never -"

*Ding-Dong!*

"Huh?" Jamie asked as she turned off the music. It couldn't have been her family coming back, could it? They had a key.

*Ding-Dong!*

"Coming!" Jamie called out as she looked for her pajamas, slipping on her shirt. As she picked up her pants, an impish smile came to her face as she said to herself, "You know, if I hide myself behind the door just right, no one would know I was Donald Ducking it..."

Giggling to herself, Jamie tossed the pajama bottoms away and walked bottomless towards the door.

"Just you wait, Keith!" Tim gloated, "Jamie is going to reveal that she was trying to seduce me!"

"Yeah, and maybe those cheerleaders from college will decide to run down the street butt ass naked." Keith said sarcastically. "She was obviously trying to seduce me!"

"We'll just see about that..."

Before the two could continue, the door opened as Jamie poked the top half of her body out, her smile quickly becoming a flat look.

"Oh, it's you two." Jamie said in annoyance at the neighbor twins that constantly competed with each other to get in her pants. "What do you want? And make it quick, please."

"Good morning, My beautiful exotic flower!" Tim greeted with a flirty grin, not noticing Jamie rolling her eyes. "Having a fun holiday?"

"Well, I was..." Jamie replied, "Until the two turtle dorks showed up."

"Oh sure she says that, but let's see how she feels." Keith thought to himself before clearing his throat. "What my dopey brother here means, Jamie, is that we thought that you and your family were off to China for vacation. Not that we're not grateful and honored that you stayed behind."

Tim chuckled at the last word before Keith stomped on his foot, making him yelp in pain.

"Yeah... Look, did you guys want anything or not?" Jamie asked, not wanting to ruin her first vacation away from her family. "I kinda have things to do."

"Like me!" Tim quietly exclaimed... But still loud enough for Jamie to hear.

"What?" She asked flatly.

"Be tactful about this, you dolt!" Keith snapped in a hushed voice, slapping Tim in the back of the head. "What he means is... Well, we have a little bet going that we need your help to settle. If you would date one of us, who would you pick? Me or Tim?"

Jamie blinked at the two for several seconds... Before slamming the door in their faces.

"Nice going, Rondell." Tim said sarcastically.

"First of all, his name was Rommel. Actually watch Patton sometime." Keith stated as the two left for their house, "And second, this is only a minor setback. We'll get the truth out of her soon, we just need to think smarter..."

"Look at those two." A twenty-two year old, fit African-American woman said as she shook her head while she and her roommate watched from their window next door. "Still pinning for that girl who has literally no interest in either of them... When they got two lonely and attractive bachelorettes living right next door to that woman!"

"I'd give literally anything to get my arms around Keith, Monique." A chubby twenty-two year old latina woman sighed longingly as they eyed the two brothers stopping next to a tree outside Jamie's house.

"Same here, Luisa." Monique said. "If I could just get one moment alone with Tim... Oof! The things I'd do to that boy!"

"It would be the best Christmas gift of all!" Luisa exclaimed excitedly.

"Why can't those two get it in their heads that I don't like either of them in that way?" Jamie asked herself as she slid her pajama shirt back off, deciding to go upstairs and take a bath.

Suddenly, she passed by her sister Taylor's room, an impish smile on her face. At twenty-six, Taylor still lived at home, not that Jamie had any room to talk. However, the older sister had lucked out as she had the biggest tub in the entire house; practically an indoor jacuzzi! And she even had a TV installed so she could watch while she bathed.

True, Taylor had left Niki, her pet anaconda, in her terrarium while she was on the trip, but once Jamie got past that...

Without another word, Jamie pushed open the door and skipped into Taylor's room, making her way past the sleeping snake and towards the bathroom...

The one that faced out to the tree that Tim and Keith were standing in front of, discussing a plan.