Arlene walked out of her room and went to her sister's room "Nicol, are you up?" she asked as she opened the white door with bright letters on the front that spelled "Nicol".

A little voice came for the closet "Is this good?" a small blond girl came out from the closet with a dress in hand. "Well, yes that's pretty" the older blond girl answered with a smile "But we are just going to visit the Wilhern family" she giggled when she saw the small one blushed "It's easy for you, you look pretty with everything" Nicol said with an angry voice "You do too sweetie" Arlene bend down and gave her little sister a kiss in the forehead before she went out of the room. "And James likes you" she ended with a quite voice when her big sister stepped out of the room.

The Kirkland family, a Pureblood wizard family with great name, every single person that has carried that name has done wonderful thing for the wizard world. Arlene and Nicol were for now the youngest of the family tree. Their parents Mari Campbell-Kirkland and Logan Kirkland were Special Aurors who worked specially for the Government of Magic, and hoped that their daughters did the same. They had planned for several years that Arlene married the oldest of the Wilhern sons, James Wilhern, they were as well a Pure-blood family and were trying to keep up with that. So today was a normal day, since Arlene could recall every Sunday they would go to have breakfast with the Wilhern's, then go somewhere else, have lunch, and finally have dinner in either of both houses and today dinner was at the Wilhern's House.

Arlene was so used to this that she could actually just go out with them with un-formal clothing, but that would mean listen to her parent's get pissed off and having to change again, so she decided to wear a simple but formal dress, while Nicol took out a beautiful white with pink flowers dress. She has always know that Nicol had a crush with James, she had it too when they just met, but the childish crushed disappeared when he went to Hexture school two years before her and the fact that when she arrived they never spoke, he was too busy with all his homework and she was having a hard time adapting too all the new stuff, or it could have been the fact that she was new and he was in third year. Whatever it was it made that the childish crush Arlene once had on James just vanished, it had been three years since Arlene first stood on Hexture and since that crush vanished, and she hoped that would happen to Nicol some time soon, she hated the glares the small Kirkland gives too her every time she sees her next to James. Thankfully tomorrow she would be on her way to Hexture and she would be in peace for a whole semester with her friends.

-"Girls are you ready?" - Mr. Kirkland spoke from the first floor waiting to see his daughters, Arlene came down followed by Nicol and for their surprise the Wilhern's where waiting on the living room.

-"It surely takes you long to get ready" - James said with a smile when he stood up to give Arlene his seat next to her mother, he was a really good looking guy, average stature, long kind of messy hair, blue eyes and he was wearing a suit without tie.

-"So funny" - Arlene gave him a glare while she sat down and he took a chair and place it next to her.

-"Do you wanna seat next to your sis?" - James asked Nicol when he saw her standing in front of him, the small girl just shook her head and went running towards her dad. - "I did something wrong?"

-"Oh no darling, don't worry" - Mrs. Kirkland gave James a warm smile and gestured him to seat down. -"We'll be back in a minute, please wait here Nicol, sweetie" - she stood up and walked to one of the rooms followed by her husband and Mr. and Mrs. Wilhern, leaving the 3 Wilhern brothers and the 2 Kirkland sisters alone.

Nicol made her way to where Arlene and James where seating, James had token Mrs. Kirkland's spot on the couch next to Arlene and had his arm almost around her. Nicol stood in front of them for a while before she decided to take a seat between them.

-"What's wrong Nicol, jealous that James will take your sister away from you?" - the second oldest of the Wilherns, Duncan, said with a grin on his face. Someone that knew the "plan" of the Kirklands and Wilherns would have understood the reason of that grin, but none of the Kirkland's sisters was aware of that "plan" and it all pointed that he Wilhern boys had been warned, maybe so none of the younger once would try to make a move with Arlene, specially Duncan, since they are the same age, but the three of them were aware of the situation.

-"Why would I take Arlene away from her, Duncan?" - James gave his brother a warning look, they were told not to say a word to the Kirkland's sisters especially to the one involved in the "plan". - "That's ridiculous" - he added and turned with the small Kirkland and gave her a smile, what made her blush and hide on her sister's lap.

-"I think she hates you" - said Scott, the younger of the Wilherns when he saw the reaction of Nicol.

-"Just live her alone ok" - said Arlene a little pissed off.

-"Do what the lady said" - James said with a mocking tone, what made that Arlene gave him a killing glare.

Meanwhile in the other room…

-"James it's already aware of this" - Mrs. Wilhern said as she placed a cup of tea on her lips.

-"Arlene isn't we know she wouldn't take it in a really good way" - Mr. Kirkland said to the Wilherns - "She likes to have her privacy, specially on things like that".

-"That's what James told us, he was a little hesitating at the beginning, but he finally decided to do what he could" - Mr. Wilhern explained to the Kirkland couple. -"He is aware that this is important for our families"

-"And he's always had a crush on Arlene" - Mrs. Wilhern added with a little smile before they stood up and went back to the living room.

They got into the living room and everyone was quite, just staring at each other.

-"Is everything ok kids?" - Mrs. Kirkland asked when she saw the scene.

-"Yes mom, don't worry" - Arlene answered with a forced smile she was clearly uncomfortable in that moment.

-"Ok then, we decided to have breakfast here at home, then we'll go out somewhere" - Mr. Kirkland said to break the tense atmosphere. -"So, someone wants some pancakes?"

-"ME!" - the three Wilhern brothers and Nicol burst into a scream, and then followed their parents into the dining room.

-"Aren't you coming?" - Duncan asked Arlene when he saw her still seating on the couch. -"It was a joke you know, what I said about you and James, I'm sorry" - Duncan was looking directly into Arlene's eyes, she gave him a little smile.

-"I know don't worry" - she stood up and hugged him, he was the only one, besides her friends Kristi and Eli, that knew about her childish crush on James, she knew she could trust him, she had always trusted him.