Okay, here's a little bit of history from Jenna! I'm not really sure I'm happy with this chapter either. I'm just not sure what to do to make it more to my liking yet...so here it is, as it is for now. I know it's a bit shorter than normal...sorry. Hopefully the next chappie will be a bit longer. I'm still trying to keep Erik in character, please let me know if I'm not succeeding. Alright, enjoy the update! Don't forget to drop me a line! Luv Yas!

Disclaimer: Still don't own Erik...pity. Jenna is all mine though :) As is Bernard, Henri ect...

"My sister and I are about 2 years apart, I'm the oldest and she's been trying to outdo me since she learned to walk" Jenna said laughing. "She was always a snob" she said finally, shame filling her voice. "Which I've never been able to understand, my parents aren't snobs and I'd like to think I'm not a snob either"

"Your parents are wealthy I take it?" he asked, watching her.

"Yeah, my dad hit it big in the stock market right before he and my mom got married, but with the stock market fluctuating so much back then he decided to invest it in a small business venture…at that time computers and computer software. After the dot com boom in the nineties Mom and Dad were really well off, and my mom is a doctor she's got her own practice that's fairly popular. So yeah, my sister and I never wanted anything growing up. We were horribly spoiled." She glanced over at him, seeing his reactions so far. He appeared calm, his eyes locking with hers.

"Anyway…in school she was always the stereotypical spoiled little rich girl. God, she disgusted me! The way she treated people…like if someone's parents didn't have millions then they weren't worthy of her attention. She treated a lot of my friends like crap. She always ran with the popular crowd, the jocks, other cheerleaders, the snooty rich types." She shrugged "I was never really into the whole 'popular' thing. I had a lot of friends and I knew a lot of people but I didn't stick with one clique, I had friends in every social class in high school"

She sighed, "I was into choir, drama club, thespians. That kind of thing, when I wasn't doing any of those things I was wandering around the city, drawing and painting. She always bashed me when it came to my grades, that was the one place she couldn't compete with me. I was a straight A student, always making the honor roll, she could barely keep a C average. Mostly because she was always out partying. When I was a junior in high school I started sending out applications to colleges, I sent them to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Penn State and USC. But I really wanted to go to Penn State. My dad graduated from there and he was always talking about the landmarks and the little town that surrounded Penn State. Well I got accepted to every school I applied to, but I chose to go to PSU."

She smiled as she remembered how excited she was to be able to go to the school she had always wanted to go to. She shook her head, bringing her back to the present. "Well she also got accepted to PSU, and when she first moved there she wanted to move in with me. She couldn't stand the thought of having to share a room the size of a closet with anyone else. After a few angry phone calls from her I finally got fed up and told her to suck it up or leave. She stuck it out for the first year and a half. But she insisted that I meet her on campus and take her to lunch. Then she would always try to weasel her way into staying the night at my apartment."

Jenna blushed "I feel bad now, because I never let her stay. I didn't have any roommates and my apartment was in the borough only a 20-minute walk from downtown, but she just irritated me SO much that I thought if she spent the night I'd kill her. I remember this one Friday night some friends from class and I decided to go to the Saloon, it's this little bar that's in the basement of a really popular restaurant she tried to tag along because her friends ditched her, and she tried to go home with this random guy from out of state. I ended up walking all over Downtown trying to find her, finally I found out where he was staying and drug her home to my place. She was three sheets to the wind and puking all night long. After that little indecent she dropped out, leaving me to finish my college career in peace" she said with a smile.

"After I graduated mom and dad offered to pay for me to go to Europe for a summer, I of course jumped on it. Alyssa wanted to come too, but mom and dad put their foot down and said that I would be going alone, or with the friends of my choosing. She got really mad and wouldn't talk to me for a week. But I'm glad I didn't cave and let her come…"

Erik raised an eyebrow "Oh? Why is that?"

She gave him a small, embarrassed smile "Because if she had been along I would have never gone to the Opera House and I wouldn't have met you"

Erik smiled and placed a kiss on the top of her head. "It does sound like you have a very complicated relationship with her."

"Yeah, it's a love hate thing….I love to hate her. Nah, I do love her and I have tried to keep her out of trouble, but she doesn't want my help and she gets herself into these situations that I just shake my head. Mom and Dad always said they were so happy that they had one responsible daughter, though I think they kinda hoped my good habits would rub off on her."

"You can only do so much for a sibling" he said, frowning "Though it's not like I have a lot of experience with family" he added bitterly.

Jenna took his hand "Listen to me going on and on about my sister like a big dope. I'm sorry Erik…I shouldn't, well I never meant to make you feel bad"

He tilted her chin up to look at him "Never apologize for your life. Family is a big part of your life, and I love that about you. Never apologize for that"

She nodded "Alright…"

He kissed her tenderly, running a hand through her hair. "Do you have any other siblings?"

She looked down at her hands "Well I had an older brother…he was 3 years older than me. But he died, about 14 years ago"

"I'm so sorry Jenna," he whispered.

She shrugged "He had cancer, and they didn't catch it in time. Mom and Dad were devastated, so was I. He and I had been very close…" she said softly. "I've come to terms with his death, it makes me sad but I know he's in a better place. He was always sick…he's healthy now. So I'm happy"

Erik looked at her amazed at her strong will and cheerful attitude. She still amazed him to this day, every day he found things that made him love her more and more. "You are such an amazing woman," he whispered to her.

She blushed "Thank You Erik," she said quietly.

He kissed her forehead "Thank you for sharing all this with me"

She smiled at him, laying her head on his shoulder "It's getting cold out here…lets go back inside"

"Very well my dear…" they stood up and walked back into the house, she pulled off her scarf and gloves. And made her way into the kitchen for some coffee, Henri was one step ahead of her. He handed her a cup of coffee as she walked in the door. She grinned.

"Thanks…" she turned and went up to her room, taking off her jacket and throwing her stuff onto a nearby chair. She sipped her coffee as she sat down at her desk. She looked at a picture of her and her brother that she kept next to her computer. She smiled faintly before logging onto her computer and checking her emails.

There was a knock at her door, it was Erik. She turned in her chair "Hey, what's up?"

He was carrying a package, he handed it to her. "This arrived for you a moment ago"

She took it and opened it, curiously. She set the card on the desk and opened the small box inside. It was a new MP3 player, hers had broken right before she left for Europe, and so she had been using her sisters. She smiled "Cool"

He looked at her curiously; she smiled as she opened her birthday card. "It's my birthday gift from my parents. You know I had forgotten about it, I've lost track of the time…"

A look of embarrassment and sadness crossed his face "Oh? When was your birthday?"

"Oh, it's not until Monday. The 18th"

Relief spread through him, today was Thursday, he still had plenty of time to get her a gift. He made a mental note to go into Paris some day while she was working and get her a gift.

"Henri also wanted me to tell you that dinner is ready, but I had him send it up to my suite."

Jenna smiled at him "I lovely, dinner just the two of us with no servants bustling about…sounds wonderful"

He laughed, a rich warm and sensual laugh that took Jenna quite by surprise. She had never heard such a wonderful sound. She stood up "What's so funny?"

"It takes so little to appease you my dear, I find it very amusing"

"What can I say? I'm low maintenance" she replied with a grin. She took his hand and let him lead her to his room across the hall. She sat down on the sofa in front of the fire and stared into the flames, lost in her thoughts…