~Rinchelle's POV~

In the not-so-far distance, a soft
ringing awoke me from my slumber. The Kagarinese part of the
household was currently vacant; the maid and butler (aka guardians)
left for errands and such, while I have no clue where Lennon could
be. I lifted one of my eyelids to see where the sound was coming
from, and then it seemed like the volume was raise of the roaring
phone from across the room. It stopped, and I knew the call was
missed. The place was, sadly, out of order. I decided to get up and
do something productive. I straightened my black dress that I took a
nap in and fluffed the pillows back to its original form. I wouldn't
usually do anymore than this though, I'm sure Kailen and Meigan
will take care of any further filth when they arrive back to the
estate.

Just as I turned on my heel to leave
the room to get myself a drink and snack, again I heard the ringing
from the phone next to the room door. Since it was conveniently at my
side, and not another foot was in the house other than my heeled
pair, I answered with a pout, hoping the call is short, "Hello,
Rinchelle speaking"

"RIN RIN!" echoed a squeaky
high-pitched voice, which I would usually hear galloping around the
house singing around this time on a daily basis.

"Don't call me that, Mikayla,
now what business do you have of calling, and where are you?" She
had been missing since this morning; it would be nice to know her
explanation of her absence of the last five hours.

"I asked if I could go to a nice
cafe with Kailen, and Meigan said yes, so I left, and I saw the
CUTEST boy, and we went to the park, and before I knew it, it was 1
'o clock. I said I had to go, but before I left, he invited me to a
ball, and he said I was more than welcome to bring family and friends
to it, it's a costume ball and-"

I had to ask her a question before
she started blabbering about the cute boy "Was Kailen with you?"

"Yes, and he said we can make
arrangements to go as long as you and Lennon agree."

"Ok, and-"

"I forgot to mention something!
The boy looked a little like Len! His name is even close to it! His
name is Leonel. He has emerald green eyes, he wears his hair down,
and it isn't as long as Lennon. I believe he said he was the eldest
of the Zerzon family? Leonel G. Zerzon... Cool!"

"Can you please tell me where you
are?" sounded an irritated blonde from the other side of the line.

"Ok, I am a half a mile away from
the estate. We are going to be walking back after this call. So will
you be ok with going to the ball tonight?"

There was silence in between the two
cousins for a long while, when finally the silence was cleared by the
sleepy and parched girl "Alright, as long as Lennon agrees, that sounds fun!"

There was chatter on the other side
of the line, the conversation was muffled to my ears. All I could
understand is Mikayla saying "ok" and squeals. "LEN AGREES LEN
AGREES LEN AGREE-"

"Wait! How do you know?"

"Lennon went with Meigan for
errands since Kailen was with me~ and they just happened to be
passing by and I asked"

"May we continue this conversation
when we are all home? I'm sure it will be easier to tell us all at
once"

"Ok, see you later Rin~"

I placed the telephone back to its
base, sighed, and went downstairs for some chocolate covered orange
slices the maid makes every morning (and gets devoured finished by
sunset) for a filling daily snack. I went into the kitchen and found
chocolate covered banana slices instead. They were just as good, in
my opinion that is. So I popped a few into my mouth, chewed and
swallowed, and awaited for my brother, cousin, butler, and maid to
come home. I keep pondering about the dream I nearly forgot when I
woke up.

I could tell they were home before I
heard the cheery singing voice storming through the door, I giggled
as she wrapped her arms around me, almost pulling me off of the couch
as if she hasn't seen me for a decade. I looked over at Kailen and
Meigan; Kailen had the usual childish smile, he was wearing his usual
and favorite scarf, and was eating Haagen Daz, as normal, while was
holding and scanning an invitation that was given to Mikayla, passed
to Kailen to hold onto, passed to Meigan to hold onto while the
butler was savoring his ice-cream. I'll admit, me, Lennon, nor
Mikayla ever treat the maid and butler as much as a maid and butler,
but more as family. They were our aunt and uncle, and we didn't
know until they became our un-hired staff. They prefer for us to
refer them to their names or "maid" and "butler" because
"aunt" and "uncle" made them sound old.

"Mikayla, would you mind telling
us out this party tonight?" Lennon was settled on the love-seat
next to the couch I was on the edge of.

"Oh, yes." She remembered the
reason why she was exited, and started to refresh the story "a cute
boy invited me to his ball, and he told me that I can also invite
friends and family. There is a change Luca might arrive from her trip
this afternoon also! Would that be ok with everyone?" Everyone
standing or seated in the room nodded, since it wasn't like any of us had anything
planned for the afternoon. "Excellent! We would have to head off to
shopping now!" Mikayla grabbed my and Lennon's wrist, turned to
Meigan, and asked "Will you take us?"

"Sure, but Kailen should take
Lennon so he doesn't end up as flushed as when you took him last"

"HEY! He looked good in that white
and black dress! Kailen and Kamau both thought he was a girl! They
found out a week later whe-"

"Can you change the subject?"
Lennon and Kailen both were close to shouting directing it to
Mikayla.

"Best idea; Rin and Mikayla
will go with me, and Lennon will go with Kailen, done deal?" Meigan
announced, sounded eager to get started

"Ok!" Mikayla pulled me and
Meigan to the door. "I almost forgot! You have to be wearing a mask
to the party! Meet back at the house at 7 o' clock!"

~Gumillia's POV~

"What do you think I should wear
for the party?" I looked around at all of the hand-made and one
of-a-kind costumes.

"Might as well make a good first
impression, right?" Lilia chimed in as she was looking at a mage
dress, "This is your first year, too bad you missed the before
years, they were a blast! Glad that you can make it this time"

"We should enjoy ourselves and
hope we make a good first impression" the red-head, Culara, glanced
at me with her usually spirit-lifting smile. "I'm going to try
this costume, be right back," She dashed into a changing room with,
what appeared to be, a red traditional Chinese royal wedding dress.
It was foreign, and it wasn't like anyone was getting married, so I thought it was cool.

"Kamau! Kamau! What kind of
dinosaur costumes do you think there are?" Ryuton was tugging on
Kamau's sleeve, almost begging for attention.

"Umm, you can try looking around-"

"THAT LOOKS AWESOME!" Ryuton
pulled Kamau over to a... Robot dinosaur outfit? And it was his
favorite color, green, also. "And I don't need a separate mask,
it comes with one!" He dashed right past me to the dressing room
right next to Culara's.

"Kamau, what do you think that you
will dress up as?"

"Probably this samurai costume, do
you need help choosing your costume?" I nodded toward him, hoping
if he does help me, he wouldn't pick a kimono. "Well, try to
think of what you like in mind, also your hair style so it doesn't
seem out of place. Also, keep your hair and eye color in your
thoughts also when choosing your color."

I was surprised what he said was
wise. I went into thought. After a little while, I found a great
costume. I took it off of the rack, and went to the dressing room
after Culara came out and got dressed.

"I knew she would like the steampunk style," Kamai said with a
chuckle, and went into the dressing room after Ryuton to get changed.