Dan's POV:

"Why did we have to invite the Cobras?" I complained to Amy. It was my birthday and all of our cousins were coming over.

Amy answered saying that since they were part of the family, it would be mean not to. Just then, the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" I shouted.

I raced down to the front entrance, opened the door, and saw the Holts standing in the doorway. Hamilton grabbed me in a bear hug and said happy birthday in his loud, bellowing voice.

"You're squishing me!" I squeaked although since my voice was muffled, even I could tell it sounded more like you're dishing be. Hamilton said sorry and walked in, giving me my present.

"Hamilton!" greeted Amy.

"Hey," replied Hamilton.

Soon after, the Starlings arrived, followed by Jonah covering his head, trying not to attract attention. The last ones to arrive were the Kabras.

Ian's POV:

Natalie and I pulled up in front of the rebuilt mansion of Grace's. I stared at it, realizing it was surprisingly almost the size of the Kabra estate. I made a note to myself to expand our mansion. My thoughts were interrupted by Natalie complaining about her dress being wrinkled from the plane ride. I rolled my eyes and said, "Come on, let's go. You can fix your dress when we get inside." That seemed to satisfy her because she walked out of the car when the chauffer opened the door and walked up to the doorstep. I noticed flowers lining the driveway which I thought must have been Amy's idea. Beautiful, intelligent, jade - eyed Amy. Stop it! Don't think of her like that! She is only a worthless peasant. I shouted at myself and mentally slapped myself too. Still, I knew that I was only kidding myself. If only I hadn't kissed her in Korea, then maybe things would be different. I meantally slapped myself again for admitting that I liked her. Natalie was staring at me, like I had grown three heads. I wondered if I had actually slapped myself instead of just doing it in my head. Actually, my cheek was hurting a bit, but I decided to shake it off.

Natalie's POV:

The opened after I rang the doorbell and sanitized my hands (you never know how many germs could be on a peasant's doorbell, even though Amy and Daniel were technically not poor anymore, but that was beside the point).When Daniel saw that it was us, he almost slammed the door in my face, (Rude much?) but luckily Ian, with the help of his wonderful Lucian reflexes, stopped the door from closing. We walked in, handed Daniel his presents, and saw that we were the last people to arrive. Hamilton, Madison, and Reagan were in the kitchen, emptying it completely, Jonah was in the music room playing the piano, and the Starlings were fixing Dan's Xbox.

Amy's POV:

When Ian and Natalie arrived, I avoided Ian's amber eyes. Instead, I mumbled to Dan to show them their rooms and called everyone to the living room.

"What do you guys want to do first?" I asked.

Hamilton was the first to answer. He suggested, "How 'bout truth or dare?"

Everyone agreed, so we got comfortable on the couch and started.

"Hello, love. Have you been avoiding me?" came a silky British accent from behind me.

I jumped, not only because I was surprised, but because of who said it. Ian Kabra. The name still gave me shivers down my spine. With him, everything was always so confusing: He kissed me, he betrayed me. He was nice, but then his mood changed and he was nasty. I sighed, then realizing I hadn't answered Ian, I said,"N-no, I was just b-busy." I said lamely.

He (unfortunately) sat down on my right side, since Dan had returned and was already on my left.

"Jeez, did you know that the Cobras brought THREE suitcases each? AND, they made me carry them all up to their rooms!" Dan complained. Then he said, "Anyway, Sinead, truth or dare?"