A/N: How was the first chapter? I hope I'm not too OOC with the characters! And I hope all of you are enjoying the story so far! I might add more bullying scenes in the later chapters. :D Please Review?

Disclaimer : I do not own Pandora Hearts. I just own my OCs, Jenna and Eleanor.

Chapter two: It's a Happy Birthday After All!

"I've changed? No, I grew up! I accepted the fact that I'm stuck in this place, and I'm stuck being a Nightray. And that is not a bad thing. Being a Nightray, thought me to deal with stuffs."

"You are a fool!" I can hear Elliot scolding me as we are going to the nearest park to eat our lunch. I know that I get this 'scolding' sooner or later. But I never thought I will get this kind of scolding this soon. I know that I am a fool, but you don't have to yell like that.

We walked and walked, and as the three of us walk, Elliot still blabbering how stupid I was, or how weak I was. Oh thanks a lot, brother dear; you just make my day a lot worse by saying those stuffs!

"You know, you can at least try to defend yourself!" he said again, this time he is randomly throwing his hands to the mid air. " What are you thinking?! If you don't defend yourself, who will?!"

Elliot is on edge. He is a proud Nightray, who is proud about his family as hunters, and he has high self-esteem. He is not me. I can't never be like him. No matter how hard I try.

"Sorry…," I told him as I continue to walk. And Elliot just groans, shaking his head. He probably think that I'm a weak girl. Clearly, not a true Nightray. He probably even regretted helping me ten years ago. I just sighed, with my hands behind my back.

"Sorry is not enough,Jenna!" he told me with his annoyed look. "You are going to tell them that you are a Nightray, and you will defend yourself!"

Is he forcing me? Or is he threatening me?!

"What?" I looked at him, confused by his statement. "You can't force me to do that, Elliot!"

"I am not forcing you to do that, I am asking you. As a Nightray, you should be fierce and proud. Not this weakling. Now, you know that the girl is annoying as hell right?!"

I shake my head.

"I do not think about her like that at all, Elliot."

My brother is in shock. Hell, he is already in a very bad mood to begin with. And he is blinded with rage now. He doesn't get me. All these years , he still doesn't get my true nature? Geez. I don't seek revenge, Elliot. Never. Actually I kinda admire her for her beauty. And you can't judge me for that.

"…." See? Elliot can't even say any words right now!

Seeing his master holding his anger like that, Leo just simply pats Elliot's shoulder, to show his 'affection'. I know that Leo is holding his laugh to show some respect to his master. But seriously, if you want to laugh, just laugh!

"Leo," I called him as I looked at my brother's servant. "You can't act like that forever."

Leo stopped for awhile, and then looked at me. "Like what?"

"Don't act dumb. I'm not stupid you know," I sighed before looking at my brother with a frown. "If you want to laugh, just laugh! There is no rule for you for not laughing. Right,Elliot?"

Elliot scoffed.

"Says the girl who can't even protect herself."

I rolled my eyes. Here we go again.

"That's very kind of you, Miss Jennifer. I'll keep in mind." Leo responded with a smile.

There more like it . To be honest, seeing Elliot all grumpy made me want to laugh. His grumpy face is too cute to miss, and that being said, he has this handsome face . So no matter what his expression is, he is still handsome.

Not to mention cute.

"Admit it, Leo. You want to laugh right, after seeing Elliot's frowning scary face?"

Leo chuckled a little before nodding.

"What?!" Elliot sulks as he looked at Leo. "How dare you laugh at your master, Leo! And I don't have funny face! It is not funny!"

Oh really?

"Then you gotta stop frowning, brother dear," I laughed at him. "You have such a handsome face! Don't waste it for frowning and being angry all the time."

And Elliot here just looked away before being all 'red'. Aww, isn't he just the cutest? He would always go all 'red' if he received any compliments from other people. Especially with girls.

"D-Don't talk nonsense!" he said, leaving me and Leo behind. "C'mon, you said you wanted to celebrate right?!"

I laughed as I looked at Leo who is chuckling too. We are always together like we ran across Ada, and my brother started to treating Ada poorly because she came from the Vessalius family. It's true that the Vessalius and the Nightrays are enemies. But that doesn't made them enemies too. Sometimes, the nobles are weird. Being a noble is hard. I know. I can't imagine being princess if being 'noble' is just so hard for me.

As we arrived at the place which we all agreed to eat our lunch at, the three of us sits in circle. I looked at my pocket watch. It's half past twelve. Ten minutes after the recess' bell rang. In my memory, I didn't recall the seniors are having extra classes today. I do hope that my dear Ada would come here. I sighed as I looked around.

"Who the hell are you looking for?"

Elliot's sudden question made me to gasp. He called me a 'scaredy-cat' every time I got startle like that. I don't blame him though. Since he is right about it. Maybe I am a scaredy-cat .

"I..uhm,…" I couldn't manage to tell him that I invited Ada to attend this 'small' celebration.

Elliot let out a heavy sigh. "Don't you dare tell me."

I gave him a small, but nervous smile. "Sorry….?"

It doesn't need a couple of hours to wait for Ada. She quickly came soon after I said 'sorry' to my dear brother about this matter. But it's my birthday. Why the hell I have to apologize to him anyway ? Sometimes I just don't get myself.

"Happy Birthday, Jennifer!" Ada giggled as she wrapped her arms around me. Seriously, this is the second time that she has hugged me today. For my birthday. Ada Vessalius is my first female friend. Minus the fact that the maids from my house are instructed to be my 'friend' . Seriously, I appreciate what my step mother did for me, but I don't need fake friends.

"You said it for the second time, Ada," I laughed at her as I hugged her tighter. "Well, unlike someone over there who didn't even bother wished me a 'happy birthday'."

I slightly frowned at my brother.

Elliot scoffed at me, knowing that I was right about it. He hasn't wish me a happy birthday yet. Even Leo already has wished me a 'happy birthday'. Well, I'm not expecting him to wish me a happy birthday, I was just teasing him.

"Don't be like that, I'm sure Elliot just have some stuffs to deal with. He doesn't 'forget' you. how could he? You're his precious little sister," Ada told me as she pats my head.

And this is the Ada which I like so much! Always see the 'good' part of people, and always see her brother as her 'junior' who she always wanted to be friends with. She doesn't see why her brother would hate so much. Apart from her being a Vessalius, she is the kindest person that I ever met.

She is pretty, and kind hearted.

She reminded her of her older step sister, Vanessa.

Elliot scoffed at Ada. "Don't talk as if you know me, Ada Vessalius."

Seeing his master has once again ill-treated Ada , Leo elbowed Elliot with a face which basically says 'it's-your-sister's-birthday-play-along-with-it'.

I giggled.

"G-Geez, you're making a big deal out of it, Jenna," Elliot muttered under his breath before looking at me who is still clinging with Ada. "It's not that I forgot, I was planning to tell you anyway."

I looked at Ada who is smiling, she then made a gesture so that I can properly face Elliot when he wish me a happy birthday.

"Elliot…, it was a joke," I slightly try to laugh it off.

Elliot just looked at me as he said. "Give me your hand."

"Why…?"

" Just give me your hand, already!"

Wow, what a short tempered person. I just let a sigh, as I give him my hand. Elliot gave me a book , or a novel …? I'm not sure. But it's already been wrapped with pretty red ribbon.

Aww, he knows how much I loved books.

I chuckled. "Thank you, Elliot. This is lovely!"

Very lovely, infact. I can't hold my excitement any longer and just tackled him with a big bear hug. Elliot, being well.. him; nearly fall down because of what I did, but he didn't get mad since he hugged me back as he patted my head gently. For a minute there, I feel that my heart is going to fall from my mouth. Yes, I do love him. But I told myself that this 'feelings' cannot go overbroad. But this time, I cant pushed away my feelings since he made me feel so safe. Yet, my heart still beating so fast as he continue to hug me. Snapping back from my thoughts, I slowly stepped back.

"Happy Birthday, Jenna."