1 Chapter 1 : Anya

"Anya pick up the pace."

I glare at my brothers back, hearing the demand in his deep voice. I know he is smiling he never turns his head around to look at me when he smiles cause he is enjoying this! I want to wring his thick neck with my tiny hands.

"Your jogging to fast!" That's what I want to say but I know if I do, he will make me do another lap so I'll just bit my tongue and keep my mouth shut for now.

I can feel the cramps building up behind my legs. I don't want to do another lap cause of my big mouth, just thinking about it makes me what to hurl.

I wonder if all brothers that own a mixed martial arts gym make their little sister do this? I seriously doubt it, their are no men like my brothers out there in this world. They all are very.. Unique in their own way.

I have three older brothers... Well technically they are not my biological brothers but we grew up together as siblings.

Their's Ace who's the oldest and the most serious one. He is 24 years old with metallic hair. He's ruby red eyes seems to always smile when he looks at me but his words are always harsh.

My eyes keep darting to his muscular back. I try to look some where else but they always seem to wander back to the same spot, the middle of his back.

I can see his muscles flexing under his tight fitted navy shirt most girls would have a nose bleed just looking at him.

It's still hard for me to believe that Ace's biological parents abandon him at a near by church when he was only 4 years old. He is so beautiful, perfect, and successful in every way.

If he wasn't my brother I think I would have been attracted to him but that's just weird. I snorted and shook my head side to side trying to get rid of that disgusting thought out of my head.

Of course my very kind and loving parents took him in. They also adopted two other boys as well Dimitri and Quinn. My parents were told they could never get pregnant so they gave up on trying to have one of their own and adopted three boys.

Not to long after that, well what do you know they got pregnant with me. The baby of the family and the only girl.

I spotted Ace's gym a few yards up a head, waiting patiently at the building were Dimitri and Quinn with big smiles plastered on their stupid faces.

Ugh! I want to smack those smiles right off their faces. I can already feel my cheeks puckering up from the anger that's growing inside my chest. They enjoy my pain I know they do that's why they make me do this every morning, but at least this jog is almost over my legs are about to give out any minute.

"Did you two have a nice jog?" Dimitri asked sarcastically with that stupid grin still glued to his face when we stopped in front of them.

"You know the answer to that question already Dimitri, why don't you and Quinn start accompany Ace with his morning jogs since you two have so much free time on your hands to stay out here and wait for us?"

I asked looking down at my feet with my hands on my knees still trying to catch my breath.

I already know the answer to the question I asked but I just hate doing this every morning.

I know my face is all flustered and my frustrations were written on my face. I have the worst poker face. I hate not being able to hide what I feel cause my face gives away everything.

Dimitri smiles goofiely with his yellow eyebrows dancing across his forehead when I looked up at him.

"You know Ace only wants to jog with you and only you besides," Dimitri's smile deepens.

"We love seeing your cheeks pucker when you get angry seeing us waiting for you two." He says pinching my cheeks with is fingers.

Quinn chuckles behind him looking away from me pretending not to notice that I'm glaring at him.

"Whatever," I said swiping his hands away from my face. "Don't you have to go to work and teach your students different languages that they will probably never use in their lifetime?" I asked Dimitri mockingly.

He is a foreign language teacher, he substitutes at different schools or University's. He is only 23 and already knows quite a few languages.

I helped him through most of his studies so I picked up on a couple of the languages. I'm not as fluent as him but I think I can get by if I need to.

Dimitri covers his heart with his hands pretending that I hurt his feelings.

"Your so cruel Anya why can't you be nicer to your sweet loving older brother?" He pokes out his bottom lip and gives me these big puppy dog eyes.

Normally that wouldn't work on me but lately it's been so hard to look away from his purple periwinkle eyes and to top it all off he has shoulder length yellow blonde hair he has gotten so handsome over these years it crazy how gorgeous he is. Women love him and he sleeps around a lot but he is a good man despite that.

I know I didn't hurt his feeling, he just enjoys picking on me. I rolled my eyes, "Sweet? loving? No I don't think so maybe the total opposite of those words," I said unpleasantly.

As much as we all bicker at each other I love my brothers with all my heart and I would never trade them for anything in this world.

Those thoughts put a smile on my face and at the corner of my eye I could see Quinn staring at me.

He is only 22 but he is very intelligent for his age. He will be taking his exams next Wednesday and if he passes he will get his license to be studying under doctors.

I'm so proud of him I have also been studying with him and helping him study I never knew the human body was so fascinating.

"Yes Quinn I know you want to ask something so go a head and ask?" I asked Quinn suspiciously.

His cheeks slowly started to turn pink. He puts his hand behind his bronze colored hair and smiled shyly at me. "You caught me. . I-I was just wondering if you would help me s-study for the exam Wednesday?"

He kept darting his brown eyes every wheres but at me. He already knows the answer I don't know why he thinks he has to ask.

"Of course Quinn you know I'll help you in every way I can, you don't have to ask me I already told you I would."

I gave him a big smile trying not to laugh at his shyness.

He has always been so shy but it seems like somethings been bugging him.

I'll have to ask him when we are alone studying tonight.

"Alright I'm going to go finish my work out with Ace." I glanced at Dimitri, "try not to have to much fun at work today you big flirt." I walked up to him and gave him a kiss on his cheek, "I love you."

I have to step on my toes just to reach their faces. He gave me hug and lifted me off my feet.

"No promises and I love you too," he puts me down with a smile that was ear to ear and pinched my cheek with a kiss on my temple. I smacked his hand away and I walked up to Quinn.

"Good luck with your classes Quinn just a few more days and you will graduate!" I said cheerfully hugging him tight and I kissed his cheek. His face turned bright red when I pulled away from him a little to look at his face.

"I-I love you too." He returned my hug and gave me a kiss on my forehead. "H-have fun with Ace, y-you should be use to his work out by now." Quinn said looking me in the eyes but looked away when I smile at him.

Quinn's been stuttering a lot lately he hasn't done that since we were kids. Now I know something is going on.

I'll have to weasel it out of him tonight. "I should be but I don't think I'll ever get use to it." I glared at Ace whos waiting patiently at the gym door with his arms crossed.

"Glare at me all you want. You are not going to change my mind about me teaching you to defend yourself, I'm doing this for your own good." Ace said looking annoyed.

That's the thing I already know how to protect myself. I been learning how to since I was 14 I don't think their are anymore moves he can teach me that I don't know how to do. I'm 19 and I work with Ace at his gym. I rolled my eyes at him and started walking toward him. I waved goodbye to Dimitri and Quinn. "Bye guys I'll see you both at dinner." They waved back and Ace opened the door for me to go in first. The air from the gym hit my face and all I could smell was blood, sweat, and misery I sighed.. I couldn't help but think here we go again.