"Alaina?"  Jim turned around at the sound of the familiar voice.  He took off his glasses for a moment, just to make sure, and cleaned them, for the same reason.  "Oh good.  It is you."  He paused to look behind her.  "Wasn't dad supposed to be with you?  I could've sworn he was, but he's not.  Maybe I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have, but what can you expect; a sporting thing was mentioned so of course my mind went elsewhere."  He waited for a moment before shrugging.  With a smile, which he tried in vain to hide.  "Well, I was going to say that, but I thought it would be a bit better to work up to that, but oh well, the cats out of the bag.  Scarlet, my dear sister."  He put his hand on his elder sister's shoulder, and shrugged amiably.  "I really did love the time we had together, and wished there was something I could've done to make it last for at least another year."  He sighed, and shook his head, still smiling.  "It was an honor to call you my sister."<br/><br/>He turned his attention back to Alaina.  "I guess your the only sister I'll have left.  I'll make sure to do everything possible to make sure I get to know you, encase a similar fate befalls us.  "