"Athena! Come play with me" Thomas said as he pulled on my hand. I smiled and nodded. Rose and Jace were walking around, hands in hands. My sister and Dean were sitting on the bench while staring at us. I knew that they wanted to be left alone and I didn't want to be the third wheel. Damian was somewhere around.

As I approached the area where kids usually play, I sat next to Thomas who was staring at the other kids playing. I nudged him and motioned him to go towards the others. I knew that he was really fragile and he shouldn't be putting much effort in any activity that he does. But still, I wanted him to play with the other children.

"Damian! Come play with me" I heard Thomas shout to him. I turned around and saw Damian's sexy self walking to us while tucking his phone in his pocket.

"Sure" he answered with a cheery smile. I watched as Thomas pulled him to the football area and they started playing. A little boy walked to them and I quickly recognized him. Aross!

"Goddess of wisdom!" A smile spread on my face when I saw Ross coming in my direction.

"The guy with the not-so-unique name!" I greeted cheerfully as he sat next to me.

"You're more cheerful than the other day" he pointed out. I nodded and motioned to my little brother.

"That's my brother, playing with Aross" I said and he smiled.

"What's his name?"

"Thomas" I told him.

"And who's the man with him?" he asked as he eyed Damian.

"The future brother-in-law's brother" I said, now my eyes fixated on Damian. As If he felt that I was staring at him, Damian rose his head to look at me. His eyes soon traveled to the person next to me, which happened to be Ross. He narrowed his eyes and I noticed how his demeanor changed.

"And why is he glaring at me?" Ross asked as he shifted in his seat, feeling slightly uncomfortable. I shrugged and turned my attention to Ross.

"Why didn't you text me?" I asked, trying to change the topic of the conversation and by the smirk present on his face, I knew that I succeeded in distracting him from the glaring monster.

"I didn't know you were waiting for my text" he nudged playfully, pride radiating from him.

"I wasn't" I laughed. "it's just weird when someone take your number and you don't even have theirs" I explained. He grinned as he rose his two eyebrows.

"Smooth way to ask me for my number, Athena" he teased, making me huff.

"You're impossible" I laughed but then stopped when I felt a presence behind me. I turned to see Alena staring at us with a huge grin on her face. Ross turned as well and stared at both of us.

"She's your sister" he concluded and i nodded. "You look alike" he said and Alena and I scoffed at his words. We looked nothing alike.

"I'm Alena. And you are?" she asked as she pushed me aside and sat in between Ross and I. Yes. That would be something my sister would do.

"I'm Ross" he said as he placed his hand in front of him. My sister shook his hand and turned to give me a big smile.

"How come i never met Ross before?" she asked.

"It's the second time we're meeting" I told her. Ross nodded while smiling. Alena gave me a wicked grin before turning to Ross.

What the hell is she going to do?

"Well, Ross," she started. "I'm getting married in six days and I would really appreciate it if you come" she said, making my eyes widened. Ross stared at my sister as if she lost her mind. Infact, i think she lost her mind. She was trying to do something.

She was trying to play cupid. Stupid.

"Alena! How can you invite a stranger to your wedding?" I exclaimed in disbelief.

"He is not a stranger! You know him" she exclaimed back.

"I've talked to him twice! Only twice!" I pointed out as I stood up and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Uh girls? I'm still here" Ross mumbled as he stood up as well. "I won't come if you don't want to" he said and I quickly shook my head.

"Of course not! I wouldn't mind you coming " I cleared. "It's just that I'm pretty sure that my sister has something planned in her head" I glared at Alena who simply grinned and smirked.

"I planned nothing. I simply like him and Ross seems nice" she explained. Yeah. As if i would believe her.

"Thank you" Ross said with a smile, making me roll my eyes.

"She's evil, Ross. Don't get lured with her nice words!" I exclaimed childishly, making Ross chuckle. Then his phone rang, making him stop. He pulled out his phone, then sighed.

"Well girls, I'll talk to you later. I need to go. I'll call you " he said. I smiled and started to lift my hand to wave him goodbye, but the guy bent and kissed my cheek before walking away. I blinked several timed and finally stopped when I heard my sister squeal.

"He's so cute" she gushed. I huffed in annoyance and walked to where Dean was sitting. I sat next to him and groaned.

"Why is she so annoying?" I asked, knowing that Alena was soon next to me. I saw Damian walking to us. I looked around for Thomas and saw my little boy walking with Jace and Rose.

"I was trying to get you a date for my wedding!" Alena huffed and sat on Dean's lap.

"Since when do we need a date?!" I shouted in exasperation.

"Come on! The guy is so into you! Give him a chance at least" Alena said with a sigh.

"The guy with the teen face?" Damian asked, his eyes connected to mine. I nodded and rested my head on Dean's shoulder.

"Alena invited him to the wedding" I groaned. "Your girlfriend is so annoying" I told Dean as I pulled away to assess his reaction. He chuckled and pecked Alena's forehead.

"One of the reasons why I love her" he said. "And she's my fiancée. Not girlfriend" Dean said proudly, making a smile spread on my face. They were so cute.

"Wife in a few days" Alena whispered before going in a full make out session with Dean. I faked gag and stood up. I walked to Jace and Rose. Thomas ran to me when he saw me approaching.

"Well guys, I'll talk to you later. I'm going to spend some time with my boy" I took Thomas hand in mine.

"I want Damian to come. He's so nice" Thomas said suddenly, making me stop. I turned to see Damian sitting on the bench. He was staring at his phone, typing furiously. I didn't want to disturb him so I turned my attention to Thomas and gave him a little smile.

"He's quite busy right now. What about we spend some time together?" I asked with a bright smile. I took the ball and ran to the playground. I took off my shoes and tied my hair in a messy bun.

"What do you want to play?" he asked.

"Let's play one touch" I said. I wanted him to do the minimum effort possible. "You have the right to touch the ball only time. Kick it only time and in that one touch, it has to reach me, okay?" I asked, making him nod vigorously.

"If i touch two times, I lose?" he asked.

"Yeah"

With that, we started playing. I was pretty sure that my feet were damn dirty right now and by the amount of times I've fallen down, my jeans were ripped. Cool. I won't have to buy ripped jeans. The smile on my brother's face kept me going. We played till he said he was tired. I walked to the nearby candy shop, barefoot because I was too lazy to put my shoes back. Apparently, it was not a good idea as I stepped on a sharp piece of wood.

That bitch hurts like hell.

Thomas stared at me in alarm and then looked at my foot. I rose it and slowly pulled out the piece of wood, trying not to wince at the pain. Blood started oozing from the wound, making Thomas sob.

"Hey, little boy! I'm okay! It's just a little blood" I reassured. I wiped his tears away and watched as he stared at me with his big blue eyes.

"I'm sorry" he apologized.

"Why?"

"If i didn't ask for candy, you wouldn't be hurt right now" he said while wiping his cheeks.

"Tommy, it's not your fault. I wanted candy as well. Now stop crying. You're a big boy, right?" he nodded and gave me a little smile. "Now do something for me, take my shoes and go wait for me with Alena" I told him. He nodded. I watched as he walked to the playground. I stared back at my wound and winced. I took a deep breath and wobbled to the candy shop. It was as if I was leaving my mark behind as the blood was dripping all the way.

"Is something wrong?" the girl working in the candy shop asked with a frown on her face.

"Do you happen to have a bandaid? I stepped on a piece of wood " I explained. I tried walking on the foot but as soon as I applied pressure on the foot, i felt it burning.

"Yeah, I do" the girl said and quickly disappeared through the back door.

"Are you okay?" I turned to see Damian standing close to me, concern dancing in his gray eyes. I nodded but he soon glared at me.

"What happened? Thomas said you stepped on wood and there's a lot of blood" he said. I took a deep breath and shrugged.

"Just a little wound" I explained. Soon the girl came and gave me the bandaid. "Thank you" I said. Her eyes were on Damian all the times, making me roll my eyes.

His effect on women is tiring.

"Let me take it" Damian said and soon the bandaid was pulled out of my hand. I yelped as I felt Damian's hands on my waist and he lifted me. He put me on the counter and bent on his knees. I tried not to react to his hands on me. I put my hands on his shoulder for support. His head turned slightly to my hands and then he lifted my foot. He huffed and glared at me.

"That's a lot of blood" he said. "There's still wood stuck in it" he breathed in exasperation. "How can you be so reckless? Who walks barefoot in a park?" he questioned.

"Kids do that all the times!" I retorted. He glared at me and his glares made me shut up. Yeah. I should probably not argue with him.

"You're not a kid" he snapped. He lifted me bridal style and started walking out of the shop.

"I can walk" I muttered.

"Shut up and be grateful" he said while walking to the bench where everyone was. "Jace will have to look after your foot" he then said. My eyes widened.

"No. I can take the wood out myself" I said and tried to wriggle out of his hands but he held me tighter. "Damian, let me go!" I begged. He turned to look at me and then grinned.

"You're scared?"

"Yeah. I am! I don't want him to open the wound! I can do that myself! I know my limit of pain. He doesn't " I rambled.

"He's a doctor" Damian deadpan.

"Exactly" I huffed. "It hurts like a bitch when someone else take care of a wound" I tried to explain. I probably sounded stupid.

"Athena. Shut up" Damian mumbled as we reached my friends, who were now staring at us with wide eyes.

Did Damian really had to hold me like this?