"I'd like to say something." Katey said, standing on the couch where she'd been sitting. "Now, we're all adults here, so I'm going to be blunt because I know there will come a time in the next few months where any of us could be put into a situation. The, um, 'Mine or yours' situation. When being asked this question, what do you think the answer will be, gentlemen?"

They all kind of looked at her, dumbfounded that she'd been the one to bring it up.

"If we're being asked, we should say yours." Arthur answered, clearly understanding where this conversation was going. "And I'm assuming that we're not to ask, correct?"

"Ding ding, ten points to Wart. I'm just trying to spare all of us. No one wants to be woken up by the sound of two people positively going at it, alright? I'd imagine that really goes for you boys, since y'all are sharing rooms. Unless you're into that. But no one wants to know about that so, anything to say?" They continued to stare at her, so she just clapped her hands and jumped off the couch, saying, "Alrighty team, good meeting. I'll be in my room. Y'all should shower. I don't want to be seen in public with a bunch of stinky boys," as she headed into her own room and shut the door behind her. She padded into the bathroom and began to run herself a bath. She could use one after such a hectic day.

Out in the living room, the boys were still talking amongst each other. "Americans are so weird." Gwaine had decided once Katey was safely out of earshot. "I was not expecting that, though. Way to warn us we'd be staying with such a fit bird, princess! A little looney, but very fit."

"Yeeeah, that 'bird' is still my cousin Gwaine. With your reputation, you really shouldn't be so surprised I didn't tell you about her."

Gwaine simply shrugged. "I know I'm not the only one who thinks so. She's exactly Perce's type. That can't have escaped your attention."

"Hey! I don't have a type!" Percival defended himself.

"Ah, that's true. Perce is so desperate that-" Leon was cut off by Percy lunging for him, and they both fell into peals of laughter.

"Now, come on lads." Lance sighed from his spot on the couch. "If we're going to be going out tonight, we really should clean up. I call shower."

"Shower!" Gwaine and Leon chimed together, and they both ran towards their respective bedrooms, leaving Arthur, Percival, and Elyan.

"You know, Percy, I'd definitely prefer to see you with my cousin as opposed to Leon or Gwaine. I think you'd be good for each other."

Percival eyed Arthur warily. "Thanks, mate, but other than Leon, we've only just met her, and I don't want to jump to any conclusions. Or, save myself for her, yeah? Like if I meet a bird tonight, I don't plan on declining any offers for the off chance that your cousin might be into me, you know?"

Arthur pondered this. "I suppose that makes sense. Gwaine's probably looking at it the same way. I guess we'll all see when we get pissed tonight, yeah?"

Elyan and Percival nodded. Arthur joined them on the couch and turned on the TV to see if there were any football matches on.

It was at exactly that moment that Katey came rushing from her room, her hair sopping wet from her bath and clothes sticking to her because she hadn't properly dried off in her hurry to dress. "Um, there's a problem."

Arthur got up, alarmed. "What is it, what's wrong? Are you okay? God, you're not hurt are you? Not pregnant, right? I'll kill him, I swear to God I'll kill him…"

"Wart!" Katey yelled to get his attention. "Christ, do you always have to pull the pregnancy card? I know, when the time comes, you'll kill him. I got it. First off, not. Pregnant. Okay? Okay. Moving on, the uh, problem is that Nikki just flew in. To surprise me. And she has nowhere to stay. And she needs me to come get her from the helipad."

Arthur groaned audibly. "Really? She needs to stay here?"

"Well it's not like I could have told her no! She's my best friend, Wart! Besides, there's plenty of room in my room, she'll stay in there with me. Or whatever man she deems worthy to sleep with. Whatever. I can't leave her stranded!"

"She's nearly as wealthy as we are, Kat, I don't think she'll be stranded!"

"Well, I'm going to get her, so I'll be back in like an hour." Katey left, purse and keys in hand.

"Who's Nikki?" Percival asked. Arthur flopped down on the couch, groaning, before sitting up and explaining, "Nikki Mendez is Katey's best mate from the States. Her mother is my Uncle James' VP, much like Leon's father is my father's VP. So, naturally, her family has spent every Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and summer with ours, the same way Leon's does. She's, ah, very straight-forward. And loud. But she and Kat get on unnervingly well, so they're best mates. They always have been."

"So they're essentially a female version of you and Leon?" Elyan asked, smirking.
"More like our polar opposites. But in that respect, I suppose so. Those two are loud and blunt, brutally honest, even. And Nikki's a raging feminist, which Katey goes along, just a little less raging. They aren't afraid to tell you how they feel, that's for damn sure. Not exactly lady-like, but they're family, so what can you do, yeah?"

Elyan nodded. "Gwen and Morgana are the same way, remember?"

Arthur groaned. "Ugh, Morgana. I'm glad she's spending the summer in Paris so that she won't be bothering me every day for once. 'Arthur, do this for me, won't you,' and 'Arthur pick Mordred up from the groomers, would you please?' She's al prim and proper when she needs something but dear God if she's angry you'll want to be oceans apart from the witch."

Meanwhile, Katey was just pulling into Pendragon, Corp.'s private helipad just outside the city. Nikki stood there on the tarmac, waiting for her. "Hello my darling! I still can't believe how long your hair is, Katey! Ugh!" Katey ran to her friend and hugged her tight. "You just saw me two days ago, dumbass. It hasn't grown any since then. So tell me again why you up and decided to fly out here?"

Nikki sighed. "You, Warty, Leon, and I have spent every single summer together since we were in the womb. There isn't any reason for this summer to be any different. Hey, we should get those matching tattoos we've wanted. Besides, how am I supposed to go until Christmas to see you? We spend the entire year together, no questions asked."

Katey looked at her best friend. "What're you gonna do when we all start school?"

"Well, I think if I like London enough, I'll stay here for my gap year and go from there."

They loaded Nikki's things into the cab and slid into the backseat. "You should probably know that we're staying in a flat with six boys. You and I will be sharing a room, and a bed, to be honest but-"

"Uh, yeah fuck that. I called the building where y'all are living while I was waiting for you to get here and rented myself a one room apartment for the summer. It's the floor beneath the penthouse, I think."

"Thank god. Wart was complaining 'cause things were already really cramped with all of the boys sharing rooms."

"Oooh! Tell me all about each and every one of these boys! Except Wart and Leon. I know them already. So that leaves what, four? Also, has Wart come out yet? You'd have told me right?"

One of the things Katey and Nikki liked to discuss was Arthur's sexuality. Both of them were entirely sure that he was gay, even if he refused to admit it to himself.

"Ugh, not yet. Of course I would have told you! But oh my gosh guess what? I was in this tea shop near the park earlier and this really, really cute boy gave me his number."

Nikki looked at her. "So? You never describe boys you like as cute."

Katey smiled smugly. "That's because he didn't give it to me for me. He gave it to me to give to Wart! Can you believe that? He's perfect, Nikki. They'll be perfect we just have to get them together. And get Wart out of his Narnia sized closet."

"Narnia was in the back of a wardrobe."

"Shut the fuck up you knew what I meant. Besides, closet worked better for the analogy. So mehh." Katey stuck her tongue out at Nikki, who in turn flicked Katey off, before they both began to laugh.

"Alright ladies, we're here."

"Thanks a bunch." Katey handed him a note and they exited the cab, going through the front of the building to obtain Nikki's key. Katey helped her take her things to her own room before they went back up to the penthouse.

"Holy shit, this is swanky." Nikki commented as Katey opened the door. As they walked in together Katey noticed that the boys had switched for showers and Lancelot, Leon, and Gwaine were now sitting in the living room.

"Katey! You didn't tell me Nikki was coming into town." Leon said, opening his arms as Nikki embraced him.

"Yeah, well, she didn't tell me either so aren't we all surprised."

"Now who is this? We're meeting all sorts today, aren't we Lance?" Gwaine asked, standing to introduce himself. "Hello love. The name's Gwaine, and this here is Lancelot, but we just call him Lance." He took Nikki's hand and kissed it. She giggled at the gesture and mock curtsied. "Well gee thanks, it's an honor, sir. But what the hell is 'all sorts' supposed to mean, huh?"

Gwaine blanched. "Nothing, didn't mean anything by it, I just-" Nikki waved him off. "Don't worry about it. No biggie. Don't get your knickers in a twist, alright?"

Gwaine just stared at her. "Americans," He mumbled under his breath. Katey and Nikki just laughed at him.

"I'm Nikki Mendez, best friend of our lovely Katey Pendragon, and I'm going to be staying in London for the summer. My flat is on the floor below yours if anyone is interested in, say, having a sleepover? How bout it, Leon?"

Leon blushed and shook his head. "No thanks, Nikki. You know I see you as a sister."

Nikki winked at him and giggled. "Of course I do, dear. It's mutual. Just a joke among old friends, right? Speaking of old friends where is Wart?"

"Shower." Leon replied.

Nikki nodded. "So, Leon! Katey and I are getting tattoos, you should come with us!"

"I'm not a tattoo type, but uh, thanks Nikki. Besides, don't they hurt?"

Nikki and Katey both shrugged. "It all depends on where you get it and how big the piece is. Like I have this one on my leg," Katey pulled up the right leg of her pants to reveal a black and grey manatee swimming through sea grass tattooed onto ¾ of the side of her calf. "It took the guy like two hours, and yeah it hurt but it was pretty bearable."

"And I have this one on my ribs," Nikki pulled up her shirt so that the boys could see the detailed outline of a dove on her right ribcage. "And they say the ribs hurt the worst, but I didn't think it was too bad."

Leon was appalled. "You two? You two have tattoos? Weren't your fathers upset?"

"Our parents paid for them, dear. They were one of our presents for the big 18." Katey explained.

It was then that Arthur stumbled from his and Leon's room, gaping at Katey's leg and Nikki's ribs. "When did you get tattoos?"

Katey sighed. "September, dear, do keep up. They're perfectly healed, and Nikki and I are getting matching ones soon. All that matters is that they're easily covered, you know? So pants, and all Nikki has to do is wear a shirt, so yeah."

"It's nice to see you too, Wart." Nikki waved. "Yes, yes, hello Nikki."

"Oh stop worrying your pretty little head, Wart, I'm staying in a flat downstairs. You won't be seeing too much of me." Nikki waved his discomfort off, and Arthur noticeably relaxed.