Chapter 2
Stephanie gazed at her brother, her hopeful yellow-green eyes meeting his identical, though cold ones.
Just as William was about to speak a face popped into the doorway behind Stephanie who still hadn't fully entered the office.
"Ooooh! Who is this? Has William got himself a new girlfriend?" came a high pitched voice of a man…? Behind Stephanie, the elder Spears gave a frustrated sigh before adjusting his glasses and giving a stern reply.
"Grell Sutcliff, I suggest you refrain from annoying me today, I have a lot to discuss with my sister," he said, emphasizing the relation between himself and his sister in the room and Grell gave a shock of surprise.
"YOU'RE WILL'S SISTER?! I've heard about you! He barely shut up about you during our training, kept on mentioning all of the things he was going to have to teach you and- UGH!" Grell gave out a very inhuman-like sound as Will smacked the top of his head with a very heavy binder.
Stephanie took the opportunity to size up the newcomer. The person whom she had now determined to be a man, was dressed almost completely in red, matching his own red hair. It looked as if he was attempting to grow it out, as it was at an awkward length below the shoulder, initially making the girl question his gender.
He seemed harmless, but she knew better than to judge a reaper's skills based on looks alone.
As she thought more about him it finally clicked to her. This was Will's partner! She remembered him mentioning a loud, obnoxious, red head that he always had to deal with, and it sounded an awful lot like the man she was staring down at now.
"Excuse his interruption. Unfortunately I must continue to put up with his antics, one of my more aggravating responsibilities," her brother said, coming over to Stephanie.
"So, you're finally ready to become a reaper? It won't be easy Steph, I'll tell you that right now, but I don't doubt that you'd do a great job," he said reassuringly.
"I'm sure Will. I've wanted this so badly, and this is my chance. Uh, is he going to be okay?" she asked gesturing to the feminine reaper still twitching on the floor.
"Yes, sadly. Be thankful he's not going to be your training partner," Will said, looking down at his former partner.
"Heeeyyy! I was a great partner! In fact, we both know that I had better marks than you William!" pouted Grell.
"Um, I'm sorry, but I didn't introduce myself. Here," said Stephanie, extending a hand to help the older man up off of the floor. "My name is Stephanie O. Spears, Will's sister, if you hadn't already gathered that," she smiled.
Grell took the hand and proceeded to jump her in a bone-crushing hug, "OHHH! You're so adorable! Now I see the resemblance between you two! Although you seem much more fun that that stick in the mud over there," he said gesturing over to her brother as his arm remained slung over her shoulder.
"Get off my sister!" Will raised his voice slightly, shoving Grell away and Stephanie couldn't help but giggle softly at her brother and his protectiveness. He had always been so serious, and never really showed much emotion unless he was around her. She could already tell how much fun this was going to be, seeing just how far she could push her brother's buttons.