"What did you do? Buy the whole store?" joked Aunt Jennifer as I walked up to her. I just smiled and rolled my eyes as I gathered up the purchases and then took Aunt Jennifer's hand. She turned and I felt like I entered a small sucking tube that was squeezing me. Then it ended and I opened my eyes to see us in our living home back home in Paris. "Your home!" shrieked Kathy, jumping off the couch and tackling Aunt Jennifer in a hug. I gathered up my purchases and carried them up into my room where I packed them into my trunk. It took a couple of hours to sort through all my stuff so it was around 6:30 when Aunt Jennifer called me down from my room.
I walked down the stairs and into the living room. "Father!" I cried, seeing him sitting uncomfortably on the sofa next to his wife, my step-mother. I ran up and gave him a hug as he stood up. "Hello, Ella. " He said, hugging me briefly before releasing my grip on him. "Hello, Pollie" I said politely to my step-mom. She nodded in return. "Vicky!" I cried, spying the other person next to my father. I tackled my half-brother in a hug with he gladly returned. "Ella!" He cried, picking me up and swinging me around. Once he set me down, I looked up at him. "Have you grown?" I teased, poking him in the chest as he still had his arms around me. He grinned down at me. Last time I had seen him we were the same height. Now he was about a head taller than me. His shoulders had widened and his face had lengthened, making his nose that he inherited from our father incredibly long. I was very glad that I hadn't inherited that trait from my father.
"Maybe you just shrunk." Said Victor. I stuck my tongue out at him and wiggled out of our embrace. "What ever Vicky." I said. He rolled his eyes at the nickname I had given him. I turned back to my father and said,"What are you doing here father?" "Vell, since this is a special occasion, I have brought you a present." He turned around and when he faced me again he was holding a long slightly slender box.
"Thank you papa!" I cried, taking the box and pecking him on the cheek. He cleared his throat and blushed a bit as I sat down on the couch. Kathy came up shyly to me as I started to unwrap the gift. "Do you want to help?" I asked her. She nodded and attacked the gift, giggling as she tore off the paper. Between the both of us the package was unwrapped in seconds. What was revealed was a box. I lifted off the lid and gasped. Inside was the newest, fastest broom that wasn't even out on the market yet. "Thank you so much!" I said, beaming with excitement and giving papa a hug.
He chuckled a bit and said," Your velcome. Consider it a going avay present." I nodded and raced up stairs to put my broom in my room. After that we had a slightly uncomfortable dinner and then I said goodbye to papa, Vicky and my step mom as they left. Then I went up to my room, changed into my pj's and crashed onto my bed as I fell asleep, wore out by the day.
Victor Jr. P.O.V
I hesitated outside of my fathers door. With my hand hovering an inch from the door. Deciding whether or not to knock. Finally, I gathered my courage and gently knocked. "Come in." My father said in his slightly gruff voice. I took a deep breath and entered his study where he was sitting behind his desk. He looked up as I entered and he looked surprised.
"My son. Vhat is vrong?" "Nothing, Father. It's just..." He looked at me waiting for me to continue. "Do you think it is the right thing? To send me off to school with Ella? I mean, don't you think she will get mad?" My fathers eyebrows furrowed as he said," Yes, I do believe it is the right thing. You know how naive she is. Someone must be there to protect her and since I can't be there you are the only one I trust to look after her."
He looked down, signaling that the meeting was over.
I nodded and started heading out the door. "Victor." My father called. I turned to face him. He had a serious look on his face. "Make sure that no boys mess with Ella." I nodded and he grunted before turning back to the papers on his desk. As I shut the door quietly behind me I swore to myself that if any one messed with my half sister, they would have to answer to me.
