Sorry! Only a short chapter! And it's pretty shit too, but I plan on writing more soon! Holidays are coming up, so I will get writing then!

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Chapter Two

After my meeting with Andre and Alice, I strolled off to my room, wanting to do some reading before I had to meet my mother again. I was about two corridors away from my room when I heard a soft giggling and a low moaning.

"Oh, Dimitri, stop it!"

I sighed. Dimitri was my older brother. He was nineteen, and was supposed to be overseas serving in the navy. I wanted to throw myself in his arms, because it had been so long since I had seen him, but he was already preoccupied.

I stuck my head around the corner, and saw a very odd sight. My brother had his left hand resting on the waist of a very unattractive girl, with the other resting on the wall next to her head. The girl wasn't very pretty, not that I could talk. She was blonde, and her skin was pale with bright red blotches here and there. Her eyes were the only pretty thing about them; a deep blue that reminded me of the ocean. She had a very long and sharp nose, and her lips were very thin. Honestly. And my mother was worried about my choice in men! Ha! If only she could see Dimitri right now.

My brother was running his tongue up the girl's neck, and I could have vomited.

The girl, moaned once, then opened her eyes and saw me. She gasped, pushed Dimitri off her, and glared at me.

"Is there something you want, slave girl?" she asked, spitting on me.

I pursed my lips and snickered. "It's amusing how you assume I'm a slave girl when you look the way you do."

The girl took a step forward, and prepared to swing, when my brother took a quick step forward and wrapped his arm around the girl's waist before she was able to make anymore movements. He laughed a loud and rich laugh, and placed a light kiss on the girl's cheek.

"Eleanor, how nice to see you again!" he said, loudly.

I nodded. "It's nice to see you too, brother."

Emma's eyes widened, and she glanced between Dimitri and me.

"Oh, I am so sorry, Dimitri! I had no idea that she was your sister!"

Dimitri just laughed again, whispered something in her ear, and kissed her neck. She giggled, looked at me again, and ran off.

When she was out of sight, I looked at my brother, placed my hands on my hips and glared.

"I see you are up to your old tricks again, Dimitri." I scoffed. "And mother is scared that I would get impregnated by one of these men. I'm surprised you haven't got a little bastard child right now!"

Dimitri laughed again, and pulled me into his arms. "Dear sister," he whispered against my hair." "How I have missed you and your witty retorts."

I frowned and pulled myself out of his arms. "What are you doing here, Dimitri? What happened to joining the navy? I thought that was what you wanted to do? You were forever telling me that you were going to give up being a self-involved pig and settle down with a family. What's wrong? Did you get sick of your wife-to-be?"

Dimitri lifted his hand and flicked my shoulder with his long fingers. "I decided that I no longer wanted to join the navy. And as for me wanting to settle down with a family, I think you need to get your hearing checked."

I frowned. "Typical."

I spun on my heel and started to walk off, not noticing that Dimitri was following me.

"What about you, sister dear? It's been three years since I last saw you. Have you found a man whilst I've been gone?"

I frowned. "I've had more important things to think about."

"So that is a no, is it?"

I flicked my head and glared at him. "I just haven't found the right man, alright! Young men are very immature, Dimitri. You, of all people, should understand that!"

"Mother doesn't approve, does she?"

I laughed in disbelief. "Why bother! You never listen to me! Neither of you do! And no, she doesn't approve, anyway. Besides, he is with that dreadful Alice Finnegan."

"Is she still here? Maybe I should catch up with her whilst I'm here?"

I shook my head. "You will never learn, will you, Dimitri Jones?"

He grinned, and shook his head. "Never in my life, Eleanor Jones."

I stopped and looked at him, observing his features. I hadn't seen him for three years, and I didn't know how much he could change in that amount of time. He had grown up quite a bit. He had grown at least another three inches, and his shoulders were broader. His voice had gotten deeper, and his brown eyes had gotten darker and richer. His hair was dark, just like mine, and was a little long. He had a bit of stubble around his top lip and his chin. He was very attractive, if I might say so myself. He was quite thin, but had built some muscle in the years that he had been away. No wonder he attracted so many women.

"You have gotten so beautiful, sister. You look so much life Father. It's a shame."

I nodded. "I didn't know him very well, Dimitri. He had left Mother before I was four."

He nodded. "I know, but I knew him for a while, and trust me, if he were here right now, he would be so proud of you."

I smiled, a tear coming to my eye. Dimitri raised his hand and wiped it away. "Don't cry, Eleanor. He wouldn't want this."

I nodded. "I'm sorry, Dimitri."

"No need to be, love."

I sighed. "Well, have you seen Mother yet?"

He shook his head, his hair falling into his eyes. He raised his hand and brushed it out of his face. "No, not yet. I want to surprise her."

I laughed. "She will be! Wait until she sees that her darling precious boy is growing into a handsome young man!"

Dimitri threw his head back and laughed. "And I was hoping you would throw a 'mature' in there somewhere."

I laughed with him. "Many things you are, Dimitri Anthony Jones, but mature is not one of them!"

I stood on my toes and leaned in to kiss him on the cheek. He kissed me back, wrapped his arms tightly around my waist, holding me against him for a little while.

"I missed you so much, Ellie," he whispered in my ear. "It feels so good to be home."

I pulled back, kissed him on the lips lightly, and stood back down on my feet. "I missed you too, Dim. It's great to have you home."

I smiled, turned and walked off, Dimitri heading in the other direction. I would see him later on in the day, and all I wanted to do right now was to spend time with him, but I knew he wanted to see Mother, and that was one person I was trying to avoid right now.

I had missed my older brother so much. I thought I would never see him again when he told us that he wanted to join the navy. I knew young girl's who no longer had fathers and uncles because they had wanted to defend their country. It was sad, and as selfish as this may sound, I was glad that it was their fathers and not my brother. I cared for him too much. For endless nights, I would lay awake in bed, praying to God that Dimitri was alright Thank God, he answered my prayers, and Dimitri was fine.

I could only beg that it would stay that way.