<div style="text-align: justify;">Alannah burst out laughing. Dimitri's attempt at carefully guarded jealousy didn't fool her in the slightest. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Yeah, we're friends alright. He's like a brotha to me,"</span> she told him. Alannah then looked him up and down, as if she was judging him, then winked. <span style="color: #4080FF">"And don't worry about it. Ya look old enough."</span> She was still bubbling with laughter. Oh no, he was far too cute for his own good. She squeezed his hand reassuringly. She really didn't want Dimitri to be uncomfortable around her, especially not because of his age or her friends. She almost told him Dan was gay and that he, like her, found Dimitri attractive, but stopped herself at the last minute by covering her still wide grin with her free hand. <br/><br/>For some inexplicable reason, it made her unreasonably happy that chasing women wasn't one of his hobbies. Even after such a short time, she wanted him to be hers and hers alone - just a little bit. She watched him in silent admiration as he spoke about his home. The way his face lit up when he smiled was absolutely breathtaking. Even more so because it wasn't the halfway automatic smile warranted by social interaction, but because it came from happy memories. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Oh, it was the usual deal. Sneaking out at odd hours, occasionally forgetting homework, having friends over so my pa could embarrass me. The weekly family outings to the sea. I wasn't the worst of brats,"</span> she said, waving a hand through the water dismissively. <span style="color: #4080FF">"I sometimes wish I'd had had a sibling to take some of the heat, but I guess I've got Daniel now. Ma loves him like her own, too, so that's good." </span><br/><br/>From what she knew of mythology - which she had only just recently had to accept was real, at least some of it - gods tended to be pretty promiscuous. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Ya got any siblings?"</span> She asked Dimitri. She was sure he had, but she also thought it likely he hadn't met any of them. The world was a big place, after all, and gods were hardly restricted by distances. The sun had only sunk slightly lower as they talked, but the thought that they only had a few more hours down here all to themselves made her unexpectedly sad.</div>