Pulling her haphazardly around the ballroom,

I savour each giggle bubbling through her small lips.

The orchestra’s polite waltz has no influence on the wild spins and daring jumps between us. As she’s merely half my size, I swiftly lift my sister upwards, blinking away at her skirt’s lavender frills which caress my eyelashes in passing. I pull her to my chest before she lands, whisking her around...