"So you're Luke's real brother?" Asked the other boy who I'd come to know as Ravi after some introductions and explanations. Jessie decided that a family reunion called for hot cocoa and so I was left with the kids.

"Yeah," I nodded.

"We didn't know that Luke had a brother," Said Emma, staring at me with avid interest. I looked down at Luke who was beside me and he gave a sheepish smile.

"I-I..."

"Luke, relax. It's fine, I didn't expect you to want to talk about me." I gave him a reassuring smile and he perked up, relaxing into the couch.

"So why visit Luke now? Why not before?" Zuri questioned.

"Because I couldn't find him. The adoption agency wouldn't give me any information so I had to look for him myself." I replied before Emma butted in.

"How hard could it be to find the adopted son of one of the most famous couples in the world?"

"Harder than you think." Just as Emma opened her mouth to say something else, Jessie walked in with a tray of mugs and laid them on the table. I shot her a smile which she reciprocated before sitting along with us on the couch. Bertram scrambled away as quickly as possible; I got the sense that he didn't like the kids but then again I got that same feeling from the kids about him.

"So, Dylan. What made you want you wanna see Luke?" Jessie asked, taking a sip from her mug. I shrugged, not wanting to get into the conversation again. Emma seemed like a really nice person but, wow, she could talk. If we was to divulge into it then it would had ended up as an interrogation and possibly making me feel more guilt that I could had felt before. Luckily for me, the elevator behind us pinged, bringing everyone's attention to it. The doors slid open, revealing a tall, dark skinned girl standing there with her arms full of gift bags.

"Hi, you guys." She smiled and walked out. A sweet smile was plastered on her face as Luke jumped over the couch and wrapped his arms around her in an amourous hug. "Hi, Luke."

"What's up?"

"I went on a shopping spree and decided to get you guys some stuff." The girl gently dropped the bags on the floor then crouched besides them as she rifled through the arrays of bags. She laid the content down and the kids crowded around them in awe.

"No way! These shoes aren't even on sale yet!" Emma squealed, holding a pair of heels in her hands. The female species and their intimate connection with shoes has always confused me. But then again has so many other things about women.

Zuri got a massive teddy bear; Ravi, an electronic chess board which he seemed more than happy to receive and Luke got a game that apparently only existed in the furthest regions of the world. It became immediate to me that this girl had wealth, just like the kids.

"What's with the gifts?" Jessie asked.

"Oh," She squeaked, "I saw them and thought of you guys. Sorry that I didn't get you anything."

Jessie shrugged, sipping from her mug as the girl moved round the couch which is when her eyes landed on me. "Who is this?"

Luke moved hastily next her and sat back next to me, wrapping an awkward arm around my shoulder. I peered down, eyebrow raised. Did she not know about me? I wasn't entirely surprised as when I got there I figured that Luke hated me so I wasn't expecting everyone to know who I was but the panic in his face said something different.

"Oh, this is Jessie's new boyfriend." I gasped for air, choking on the hot chocolate I was in process of drinking. Her girlfriend! Of all the things he could had lied about like I lived in the apartment, he chose to make me Jessie's, a girl I met half an hour ago, boyfriend.

Jessie seemed alerted but she quickly recovered and smiled,"He's a friend." Sending Luke a glare, Jessie then turned to the girl who's name I had yet to learn who seemed to be soaking it up.

"Oh, cause Tony was just telling me that him and you had a date tonight." A wink was sent to Jess who blushed in response and Luke's friend turned to me, extending a hand out.

"Hello. I'm Clarissa." Finally knowing her name, I took her hand and smiled warmly at her. Luke stood up beside her and placed an arm around her waist.

"She's Luke's girlfriend." Zuri sang, wiggling her hips as she stuck out her tongue. Clarissa giggled and poked Luke's cheek as he frowned at his adopted sister. His head instantly turned to her and it soften immediately. It was warming to see my brother, all grown up, having experiences that I'd wished to see but that was the downside: I wasn't there for a lot of things. Sure, I'd been there for some of his childhood but it wasn't a good one. His memories that involve me are hardly good and now that he's here, adopted by celebrities that could give him the world.

Luke may not had loved Clarissa but he was still going through on the most important times of his life, he was being a teenager. Maybe being around him may had been harder than I thought.