If Avril thought she'd be fine with whichever answer. She was wrong. She hadn't asked before because she figured the answer would be no, but since she'd waited so long, she'd hoped her brother would have taken pity on her and see that she actually did care about what her family thought. But he was being just as stubborn as she was. She gave a mental sigh and gave another short nod at Ace's words. Hopefully the torture would only last a few lessons and not the rest of the year.

With that, she assumed the conversation was over. Or, at least, she wanted it to end there. She turned and left the room.