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Chapter 36 – Jiana Heero
I couldn't help but laugh at Draco's denial of his resemblance to the vampire. "Yes, Dracie, you do resemble Spike." I ignored the blonde's glare and Sev's faint groan. "Sorry, but that's what you're going to look like in the future. Not that it's a bad thing . . . Spike's not bad to look at, after all."
"Ji!"
"What?" I gave my older sister an 'innocent' look that plainly announced my guilt. "Spike's pretty. Angel, too, but we weren't discussing that. We were telling Drace that he looks like Spike. Which he does. Except smaller. You know, since he's fifteen and Spike's hundreds of years old."
"I'm sixteen," Draco pouted.
"Yep. So am I. I don't act like a spoiled five-year-old. You do. I don't care that you're older than me—which I'm fairly sure you are, seeing as I've only been sixteen for a month and a half. I also don't care that you're pretty and rich. I just don't. So shut up and act your age." So what if he was number four on my list? He was getting on my nerves a bit with his attitude. The fact that my nerves were already fairly frazzled didn't help. "No talking until you can do so without pouting. It's not attractive."
"What makes you think—"
"I've had to keep someone larger, stronger, and more powerful than you are in line today. Shut up or be made to shut up. Arrogance is fine, but whining gets on my nerves." Draco glared and muttered to himself, but he shut up. "Now. Separation seems to be the best idea. I'll take Drace, Neville, and Luna up here. You take Golden Trio elsewhere. The adults can go where they want, as I trust they will keep their mouths shut about anything they hear. Though, frankly, keeping Siri with the Trio might be a good idea." Laur gave me a look, and I shrugged. "You know very well that if we keep the lot of them up here, I'm likely to cause the beans to be spilt and the house of cards will come tumbling down."
"So you get these three and I get the trio."
"It's not like they're going to be hard to keep track of. Their sneaking style is severely cramped at the moment. Besides, me up here keeps me out of your hair while you supervise down there. I refuse to; I'm not sure those you fed sugar have calmed down completely yet."