The Gang Girl

Chapter 8- Family

AN//  Okay, more foreign languages being spoken here, translations provided at the bottom of this slightly long chapter. Enjoy lovelys//

"I WIN AGAIN!" I scream as Dry Bones crosses the finish line just as a spiky shell Zakhar had aimed at me goes off.

Zakhar groans and flops back onto his bed swearing like a sailor in Russian.

I tsk at him and nudge him, shooting a look over at our 5-year-old sister innocently lying on the black rug next to Blue, who is drawing with her instead of playing Mario Kart with Zak and me.

"Oh come on, she's five, it's not like she's going to know how to say it, let alone know what it means." He hisses at me.

"I could swear profoundly in English by the time I was five. I have serious doubts the witch would want her perfect little daughter to be able to swear in Russian at the age five." I shoot a dubious look his way, just as Kiana crawls up onto the bed and into my lap.

She had taken an immediate liking to me, which is the complete opposite of her mother, who had hated me on sight. Kiana looks like a mini-me, except where I have waist length, curly hair, the little angel has straight hair that went to the middle of her back.

"Hey munchkin, get that thumb out of your mouth." I cooe down at her, slightly amused by the fact that she's still sucking her thumb at five. A habit I'm going to break before it's too late.

She removes her thumb from her mouth and nestles her head into the juncture between my neck and shoulder, where she begins to twirl one of my blonde curls around her fingers.

"She has you wrapped around her finger." My brother states, clearly amused by the fact that his tough little sister is absolutely gone when it comes to the baby.

I shoot him a glare over Kiana's head which, by the looks of it, makes him regret his choice of words. But he is right. I'll do anything for my little munchkin.

"Why shouldn't I suck my thumb, Lexi?" She says absently, still focused on my hair.

"Because Kia, there are some many better things in life to suck," I say this just as Blue takes a sip out of his Gatorade bottle. The result is him choking on the drink and my brother pissing himself laughing.

"What?" I say innocently.

The boys just stare at me with 'oh come on' looks on their faces.

"Lollipops, ice-poles. Ice cubes in summer. Great things to suck on. Much better than skin."

Whoops, there's that innuendo again.

I grin at my conscience.

"Oh sureee." Blue pipes up from the floor with a raspy voice, seeing as he just choked on his drink.

"I do seriously hope those are the only things you've been sucking little sister." A voice pipes up from the doorway and all heads in the room snap towards the voice.

Dress pants, blonde hair, dad's eyes, 6-foot giant. My oldest brother.

"Wouldn't you like to know, Kaspar."

My brother grimaces slightly.

"No Alexis, I really wouldn't."

I laugh at him and he walks into the room and sits on the bed with us. 4 siblings finally together at last.

Kiana stirs a little and looks at Kaspar before climbing out of my lap and crawling over to Kaspar, who picks her up and settles her in his lap.

"Hey Kiki. What do you think of your big sister, huh?" He asks her.