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[i]Slam.Slam. Slamslamslamslam.[/i] 
"Leave my door alone! Lay off the battering ram, will ya," called a voice from inside the room with the door was currently being smashed. 

There was a [i]thunk[/i] as the head hit a pillow, and then snoring. An older male came into the room. 

"Hey," he said. "S'okay." He rubbed the female's back gently. 

"Hmmmm," muttered the voice. "Mom?" Her brother knew that in the mornings right when she woke up, she'd often forget. 

"No, she's gone." The answer he'd been giving her for the last month. 

"Kev?" 

A bittersweet smile crossed his face. "Right here, luv. Always right here." The girl turned and buried her face into the boy's chest. 

"I love you," she said softly, just before hot tears slid out of her eyes and into his shirt that was balled in her fists. "I love you." 

The male knew that she was just trying to cope with the loss of their parents, but if this was what she needed to be a functioning human the rest of the day, then so be it. He didn't care if this would be every morning of the rest of their lives. He just wanted to hold his little sister for as long as he could.

"Here." He pulled her head to a spot right over his heart where he knew she could hear his heartbeat. "You hear that?" She nodded meekly. "Know that I will love you, long after that stops. And know that I will tear Heaven and Hell apart with my bare hands to find you. You are my light. You are my life. I love you forever." A set of footsteps made the male glance up at the door. There was a youngish female standing there, about the male's age. He shook his head. "Not right now, Syd."

"I wanted to make sure she was okay before I left."

"Fair enough."

"Sydney," cried a hopeful voice from the male's chest.

"Yeah, hon?" The elder of the two females gave the male an [i]I told you so[/i] look before taking his place in front of the girl, kneeling down so they were face-to-face and holding her hands.

"I love you." The girl threw her arms around her senior.

"I love you, too."

"I love you most," stated the male, wrapping this arms around both of them and holding them tightly. "I love you most."