South looked at Cal for a long time as they walked, not sure if she exactly liked what he was telling her. However she smiled and decided to let it drop when he offered to help her with any more problems from North. “We’ll be fine.” She assured him. “To be honest it’s probably one of the first fights we’ve had in a long time… even before he left for the army.” She said, though there was this small hint of sadness in her voice, like there was more to the story of ‘before North left’ that she wasn’t going into.

Wash’s question caught North off guard for a moment and a small blush could definitely be seen for a few seconds. “I um… well… you know what I don’t know honestly.” He said with an embarrassed laugh. “Whilst South and I aren’t twins we’ve always had an exceptionally close relationship. She got sick when she was very young, you see. So she wasn’t allowed to go outside much, so I was really the only friend she had. And when I wasn’t around she spent all her time on the computer, which is probably where the hacking started… anyway, it was a very expensive illness to treat.”

“Curable… but we just didn’t have that kind of money. So as soon as I was able I joined the UNSC, hoping to be able to pay for her treatment.” He shrugged slightly, figuring it was just something anyone would have done for their family. “I’m not saying there isn’t a girl back where I’m from missing me… but honestly if there is she never said anything to me. Up until a few weeks ago I thought she was still back there.” He laughed. “You can imagine my surprise when I found out the UNSC had picked her up and already gone through with all of the treatment and thrown her into a secret program.”

“What about all of you?” He asked suddenly. “I guess you all know my and South’s story about how we got here… what about you? And not why you were picked for this Freelancer stuff, I mean what drove you to join the UNSC?”

South and Cal entered the Mess and she easily spotted her brother and the others and it brought a smile to her face, despite the fact they had parted on bad terms. South wasn’t sure if she’d ever be able to stay mad or upset with North honestly. Seeing him was just too much of a good memory in her mind and she waved happily at them.