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two - lily

"I really think you should pick the blue one, Lil." Luke said, leaning up against the wall as he waited for his sister to come out of the dressing room.

"But the blue one looks too similar to the dress I wore 3 months ago to Daddy's birthday party!" Lily whined, taking a different dress, a tight fitting black one, off of a hanger and sliding it on her body.

Meet Lily Hemmings: New York's richest 21 year old. Not because she's done anything special, of course, but because her parents are practically celebrities around here. With a successful fashion designer as a mother and an even more successful business tycoon for a father, Lily and her older brother Luke got money and fame for doing almost nothing, and they loved it.

Lily loved the fancy events and good publicity and designer clothes. She believed in using her fame and power for something good, and that's why she recently started a charity to help save species of endangered dolphins. Lily loved dolphins. Luke, on the other hand, just loved having his picture taken whenever he walked down the street.

"What's wrong with wearing a dress that's similar to one you've already worn?" Luke questioned, holding back a yawn. They'd been in the small shop for almost 2 hours now and Lily just couldn't find the perfect dress.

"Luke!" Lily gasped, peaking her head out from behind the curtain that separated them. "You can never wear the same dress twice, okay? It's just a rule."

"I know plenty of other girls that have worn the same dress - "

"Luke, really?" Lily let out a sigh, rolling her eyes and her 25-year-old-but-still-quite-dumb-brother. "I have more money than the other girls. I can afford to never have to wear the same dress twice."

Lily went behind the curtain again, trying to zip up the too tight dress on her own.

"You know, Lil, I love that you make such a big deal about people donating money to save the dolphins and then you spend your own money, that can easily go to your precious dolphins, on buying a new dress every week." Luke said to her through the curtain, sounding bored again.

"Don't talk about the dolphins like that. You have enough money to donate too and you never do it." Lily pouted. She pulled the curtain aside and grabbed Luke's wrist, pulling him into the changing room with her. She turned around, her back facing her older brother. "Zip me up."

Luke zipped the dress up for his younger sister and she turned around, letting him get a good look at it. Lily valued Luke's opinion, and that's why she always took him shopping with her, no matter what she was looking for.

As well as being her older brother, Luke was also Lily's best friend. They had a very close sibling relationship and spent a lot of time together. Lily didn't know what she would do without Luke, she felt like she'd probably go insane without him.

"I don't know about this one, Lil." Luke said carefully after a minute, looking his sister up and down.

"What's wrong with it? It's perfect." Lily smiled at herself in the mirror, smoothing out any wrinkles in the dress.

"Well for one: I'm pretty sure you have almost the same thing at home, and two: it's too tight." Luke explained. "Guys are going to be all over you."

"That's the point." Lily said and turned towards Luke, her hands resting on her hips. Sometimes Luke just didn't understand Lily, despite them spending most of their time together.

"You want boys to be all over you?" Luke asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Uh huh." Lily nodded. She turned to the mirror again and combed her fingers through her hair, continuing to admire herself in the dress. "This is my post-break up clubbing dress."