God, this day bites! Jae thought bitterly to herself as she continued to sit and stew on her bed.

"Jae?"

Turning her head suddenly towards her door, Jae spotted Jula standing in the entrance.

"What do you want?" she asked, an undertone of annoyance in her voice.

"Jae I'm... I'm sorry alright?"

"Whatever. Just go away and cause trouble somewhere else and leave me out of it."

Jula sighed and replied, "Jae, please stop. I don't want to fight."

"Then get out of here, because right now, I do!" Jae hissed, getting up from the bed.

"Don't be stupid, Jae. We just got our butts busted. Now you want to go and do it all over again?"

"Shut up Jula." Jae replied, her face tightening in anger.

"Jae stop it! You're overreacting!"

"I don't care. You were still being stupid this morning.."

Before Jae could say anything else, Jula crossed the room and was standing inches from her.

"You still think so?"

"Yeah-"

Jula shoved her sister hard to the ground, her head landing with a loud thud against the floor.

Jae blinked, momentarily dazed and then her eyes fixed and narrowed on Jula.

"And you said I was overreacting.."

"Just knock it off, I'm sick of fighting you!" said Jula angrily, giving her sister a final glare before heading out the door.

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The next few days passed with both of the sisters hardly speaking to one another, and though they were forced to be cordial and greet one another during their 'lessons', both Col. Tavington and his wife could tell they weren't getting along, however they decided not to intervene unless it became necessary. But the pressure continued to build until Jula burst into her sister's room after an unusually quiet and tense supper, and nearly shouted, "I hate this! Can't we just get along?"

Jae, who was sitting in an armchair reading, looked up from her book with a blank stare.

"Well, that's minus five points for yelling; totally 'unladylike' behavior.."

"Jae, come on!"

Jae raised an eyebrow and looked back down at her book.

"I guess you're right." she mumbled. "Sorry."

"Oh, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!"

Jula rushed over and bear-hugged her sister.

"Yeah... whatever.. just don't.. suffocate me!" said Jae pretending to be grumpy, but then smiled.

"Sorry."

"Yeah, honestly, I hate it when we fight. Especially over stupid things."

Jula nodded in response.

"I'll see you later then.."

"Yup, see you later."