I heard the popping of hot oil when I walked into Kane's house. I spent most of my teen and early 20's here and I knew it like the back of my hand. "Are those the zuchinni mozzarella things you were talking about?" I asked as Kane dropped more into his fryer.

"Yeah, when did you get here?" He asked looking the way of the garage and then the way of the front door and I smirked.

"Just now. I took a walk. The back gate was unlocked, again... and the back door wide open." I laughed and sat down as he rolled his eyes.

"Just because you love 3 blocks away doesn't mean that you can walk here. What if I need something and ask you to drive to the store?" He asked and I rolled my eyes.

"You have a jeep and I am still on your insurance card." I told him with a laugh and he sighed. "Besides, I am sure O is going to call and ask if you forgot anything when she stops off anyways just to make sure." I advised and he rolled his eyes before making more of the cheese breaded balls.

"I will call her because I did forget something." He told me but just as he was washing his hands his phone started to ring and he answered it with a sigh. "Yes, I actually do. Fresh tomatoes." He told Octavia and I smirked as he waved me away. "Yeah, your brother is already here." He told her and I got up before going into the living room and turning on the Discovery channel since I knew there was nothing interesting on the History and sat on the couch.

Eventually Kane brought in some of his fried balls and a beer for me and I smiled. "Thanks, is she going to the close store or the other-" I stopped hearing a knock at the door and I stood up. "Go before more balls burn." I smirked at the use of the word balls, he hated sex terms and how I use them but I didn't mind making it fun. He threw the bottle cap at me but I didn't dodge since it went no where near me and I stuck my tongue out before hearing another knock. "Coming!" I shouted before opening Kanes door.

"Hi, am I late?" Clarke asked looking nervous and I shook my head.

"Come on in, I am the only one here. Well besides boss man." I told her and she walked in and I noticed the wine bottle in her hand. "Kitchen is to the left." I told her and she walked that way. "Kane!"

"Hey Clarke! Oh, that is a good bottle." I walked in after just leaving the front door open. "Thanks, we can all have this with dinner."

"It's no problem, I don't drink all that much and when my dad died he left me his collection and I have been giving it as gifts to basically anyone." She laughed lightly and rubbed the back of her head.

"I'll take one." I teased and saw that it was at least a 100 dollar bottle of wine.

"I'll give you one. Red or white?" She asked seriously and I looked over her face.

"I was kidding." I told her and she shrugged.

"I wasn't. I need the space that it's take up as a bookshelf so I a trying to get as many out and drank as I can." She told me and I smiled.

"I am gunna go with white." I said and she nodded before looking at what Marcus was doing.

"I would offer to help but I burn food easily." She told him and I smiled slightly as she still asked if she could help by cutting something up and Kane laughed and told her that he had everything handled except what O was bringing in a few minutes.

"Come and sit with me, maybe we can find something cool to watch before the geeks come." I offered her and she just bit her lip, looked at me and then just nodded. I was a little confused as to why her hips started to sway as I walked behind her. Or may be they just swayed naturally. I don't know but I honestly was getting mildly turned on by the way that she sat down too. One leg under her, and the other pushed out. She had shapely legs too.

She might be the hottest teacher I had ever seen, and she wasn't even teaching me. I snapped out of it at that thought, she wasn't teaching me, which meant she was a co-worker and I already knew how those relationships turned out and I wouldn't go there again.

"So... how did you guys get the job at the school? Well you?" She asked me and I turned to look at her after hitting the guide button.

"When I was 15 and O was 10 our mom died. I was in high school and Marcus was my history teacher. I had loved history for longer than I knew Marcus, and we grew close and... and when O and I were going to be separated he stepped in. Became out foster dad. I never had a dad, O's wasn't around for very long with her and Marcus kind of gave us a purpose. I always wanted to do some kind of History... like Indiana Jones but alas, teaching does it for me. And O... well Octavia loves kids. So it was a easy route with her. We kind of moved in with Marcus, he helped us with college and he gave us teaching jobs when they became available at his school. He replaced the principal when I needed a job despite not wanting to move up." I told her honestly. I was just as blunt when I told Raven and Monty, but the looks I got from them always made me want to shut up.

But not with Clarke. She just nodded her head, encouraging me to go on like none of this was sad or awesome and she didn't seem to want to interrupt. So I trailed off and asked her about why she wanted to teach.

"In all honestly... my dad was a professor, well he started out as one. He was a science professor at Yale.. and then he was just a scientist and my mom was a doctor. Top Nero-surgeon in the east coast. They eventually were legally separated but my dad died before they got a divorce and while mom wanted me to be just like her... I didn't find happiness in going through a persons body. Maybe if I was like a GP I would have loved it but I love equations. I love math. I am great at math." I watched as she told me about how she loved going through some of her dad's old work, getting things set up and figuring out what he had and doing all of the math for certain things he needed when she was younger and I felt completely out of sorts when she tried to explain a problem but luckily O showed up and cut her off as she yelled and I looked her way.

"Hey Clarke!" O waved at her and I smiled and waved at my own sister. "And Bell. You're being nice right?" She asked me and I nodded. "Anyone need a new beer?"

"I will take one." Clarke told her and I lifted mine.

"Still have some." I told O and turned back to Clarke. "So, how do you like the kids?" I asked her before she could go on about that problem again.

"They're great, they all like to praise the other teachers, most like you the best, some like Monty." She told me and I titled my head.

"That is surprising. I must have to give more homework next week." I teased again and she smiled before O gave her the beer she had asked for and I smiled as she took a large gulp.

"I hate you." O said pointing at me before she took her own sip of beer.

"Why? What did I do now?" I asked her and she narrowed her eyes.

"Ever kid I had yesterday called me Octavia. Why? Because you, once again, told that stupid story." She ground out and moved to sit on the other couch and I smiled.

"Story?" Clarke asked and I nodded.

"I was 5, and for my birthday my mom got me this book, it was Roman, and about an empire and it was how she told me that I was getting a little sister. So when she asked what I wanted to name Octavia, I just blurted out the same because I thought that was already going to be her name." I told her and laughed when O grumbled about the kids now calling her by her first name. "Well, they asked the question."

"They always ask why Ancient Rome is your favorite when you bring it up. I swear if you didn't no one would ever ask." She pointed at me and I just smiled and laughed lightly when she again rolled her eyes and took a sip of beer.

"You used to love that story." I mumbled before taking my own sip.

"Yeah, but now the kids all know. I can't wait to marry Lincoln and take his last name so the kids don't think we are related." She told me and I huffed. She always had to bring him up.

"Who is Lincoln?" CLarke asked and I looked at her.

"He's my fiancée. He is a stunt double as of right now but when he comes back we are going to get married and-" I turned my sisters wedding plans out and started to go through the TV list.

I didn't hate her boyfriend, but I didn't love him either. Once he marries her and settles down I will be sure that this whole thing is true love like she calls it, but as of right now he could be fucking everything that looks his way and I hated him for it.

O was just happy to be in love. With her childhood she didn't date that much, so when she left for college and went to UCLA... she went a little boy crazy. She dated some, and then she brought Lincoln home one year and they'd been together, even as he lived in LA and she lived back in Texas with us. they made the long distance thing 'work' apparently.

They have made plans that when he gets done with making his fortune he wants to come, buy her a big house with 4 bedrooms, marry her, and make lots and lots of babies. I am sure the baby part is just from O because even I wasn't thinking about ever having kids.

Not that I have had a long term 'I will marry her' type of relationship, I just didn't want to have kids yet. I was almost 28, but that doesn't mean I am craving a girlfriend or wife or kids.

"What about you Bell?" I heard the nickname fall from her lips and turned to see her bright blue eyes glued to me and I gulped.

OK, maybe the girlfriend wouldn't be so bad.

Especially if I get a hip swaying blue eyed princess to fill the role.