-Mr. Blackbourne's POV-

I can see his fingers twitching and I know he is counting in his head. I know he needs to let this sink in.

"Have they told Sang how they feel?"

"No, we agreed to wait so we do not scare her or overwhelm her. We are hoping to catch each brother before he feels a need to tell Sang how he feels."

"So right now it is only you, Victor and North in on the plan?"

"Dr. Green knows as well. I felt it necessary to tell him since he works closely with me to oversee the group. Mr. Griffin is also aware of the plan. He did not agree at first and told Sang how he felt and that he wanted to run away with her."

I saw his hands grip the sides of the chair, turning his knuckles white. "How was I not made aware of this! This is exactly the reason why I needed to be aware of the plan from the very beginning!"

"Calm down please Mr. Lee. I have talked to Mr. Griffin and he seems willing to see if this is something that could work with the team. Which at this point is all I can ask for."

"With all due respect sir, the Academy wants a formal introduction with Sang in January. Do you really think everyone will fall in love with her, and her with us, by that time?"

"I agree that the timing is not what we were hoping for when Mr. Taylor and I first met with Mr. Anderson. However, we still have time and we will need to make it work."

"What about you Mr. Blackbourne? Are you in love with her?" I knew this question would come eventually. I can say that Miss Sorenson has filled a void that I didn't know was there, and I think all of my brothers feel the same.

"I have not been in a position to really spend time with Miss Sorenson yet to form that kind of relationship. But I know I would do anything for her. I also love my brothers and I will do anything to keep this team together. If that means committing to Sang than that is what I will do."

-Kota's POV-

He is willing to do that for us? I feel the same way about my brothers, our team. I would do anything to keep us together and will push against anyone that tries to break us apart. Whether I like it or not, Sang is going to be introduced to the Academy in a few months. Like Mr. B, I need to make sure everyone is ready for that meeting.

"May I give an opinion about your plan now?"

"Of course, Mr. Lee."

"The truth is that I don't know if what I feel for Sang is love or not. But I think a lot of the guys feel the same way. While most of us have had girlfriends, none of us have been in love, to my knowledge. Relationships as a whole might be new to Sang, but feelings of love, aside from family, are new to most of us. We may not realize it is what we are feeling, or someone might realize it and just blurt it out one day and risk our plan."

"That's a valid point Mr. Lee. Do you have another suggestion?"

"I do. I think we have learned that keeping information from Sang is detrimental to our case in getting her to trust us. And I will be the first to admit that I have made that mistake on more than one occasion. But I suggest we lay it all on the table. We can bring the guys in on it, all of them. Tell them where we stand, what we stand to lose, and what we have to gain. And once we all agree we can approach Sang and let her know it is what we are interested in doing." The more I spoke the more I believed it. We would make this work, we had to.

"Don't you think that might be something of a sensory overload for Miss Sorenson?"

"If we approach it from the love angle, yes I do. But what if we approach it strictly as dating? That's how it should start anyway right?"

"So once we bring our brothers up to date, you would like tell Miss Sorenson that we all want to date her and see what happens?"

"Yes. That is what I suggest." I can't risk one of the other guys figuring out his feelings and pulling a Nathan.

He doesn't say anything for a few moments. I know people can tell when I am counting in my head as I think through a problem or calm down. Mr. B has no tell – I can't tell if he is considering my suggestion or listing all the reasons why it will not work.

Finally he speaks…"Alright. You have valid points. I also had a chance to speak to Miss Sorenson before homecoming. As you may have heard, Mr. Korba asked her to be his girlfriend…"

I spring out of my chair "What!"

"…apparently you have not heard that one either. We should cover the importance of candor in the next family meeting. Anyway, I asked her if Mr. Taylor was there at that moment asking her to be his girlfriend what would she say. After a little hesitation, she said she would say yes to Mr. Taylor, even though she said yes to Mr. Korba too. She may actually be more ready for this than some of our brothers. I will call a family meeting for tonight."

"Thank you Mr. Blackbourne. And thank you for trusting me with this."

"Don't thank me yet Mr. Lee. I suggest you prepare for what could be our most controversial family meeting since Mr. Coleman wanted to give everyone their own make up bag and lessons so he wouldn't have to be the one to cover up all of our bruises all the time." Yikes, I remember that night. North almost knocked Gabe out.