Chapter 2!

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Jamie Bennet sat quietly in his room on his bed, slouched against his pillows reading 'To Kill A Mockingjay'. He didn't particularly like the book, but it was his class assignment and he had to read it to write an essay on it next week. His iPod was blasting Bon Jovi in his ears, and he didn't hear Sophie come in his room.

"Jamie?" she said, but he didn't hear her. The eight year old sighed at her big brother and rolled her eyes, brushing her hair out of her face.

"Jamie!" she shouted, but he still didn't hear her. So the blond took it upon herself to pick up his baseball and throw it at his head as hard as she could. Smirking slightly as it connected she watched as he jumped and flailed around a little bit before falling off the side of his bed. When his head shot up again, the younger girl smiled and waved at him, and deftly dodged the ball as he flung it back at her.

"Sophie?! The hell?" he cried, standing up and dropping the book and his iPod on the bed, rubbing the spot on his head slightly where he could feel a lump already forming. He knew she was only eight, but she had a fairly good arm.

"It's Easter, Jamie. Time for the egg hunt!" she cried happily, jumping up and down before hopping towards him and sitting on his bed. "Time to see Bunny!"

"Um... yeah, about that," the boy started, and he watched as the smile slipped from his little sister's face.

"What?" she asked, narrowing her eyes at him.

"I'm not going this time," he said quietly, and braced himself for her throwing something else at him. But what she did was much worse. Her face fell into an expression of sadness and shock, and she pouted as she stood again, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Why not?" she asked, and the note of hurt in her voice was there for him to hear, and he felt really guilty.

"I have to read this book, Soph, and besides I'm getting too old."

"Too old?!" she cried, looking appalled. "Jamie, you've just turned fifteen!"

"Exactly, I'm fifteen, I need to start growing up."

"G-growing up?" she whispered, and he saw how for a second she looked really scared, and really sad for him.

"Soph, sit down," Jamie told her with a sigh, and sat down himself. She did as she was told, but she refused to look at him, crossing her arms across her chest and sulking with him. "Look, I still believe in Bunny. He's here like every other weekend, I can't not believe in him! And I still believe in North, Tooth, Sandy and Jack. Jack's like my best friend. I just have a lot to do at the moment, so I can't go. I still believe in them."

"Promise?" she asked, still refusing to look at him, but she looked considerably less sulky at him.

"Pinky promise," he chuckled, extending his little finger, which she hooked with her own.

"Alright then," she said, jumping up from the bed and heading for the door. He watched as she went to leave, but she paused as she went to shut the door again behind herself, and looked back at him.

"Jamie?" she asked, and he looked at her with a small smile.

"Yeah?"

"I swear, you stop believing in them, and I'll disown you."