A large limo pulled in front of a modest house with a large yard with high hedges.

"Alexis lives here," Haruhi stared with wonder at the hedges, some holding multiple colored flowers among the leaves.

"It's amazing," Tamaki's eyes shimmered with excitement.

"Where am I," Kyoya finally woke up to look at the garden around them.

"Come on Kyoya," Tamaki whined. "We need to talk to Alexis."

"It's almost noon," the Hitachiin twins took a tug at the covers.

"I've been up since six in the morning," Kyoya glared at his visitors. "Show yourselves out of my house before I have you thrown out."

Kyoya pulled the covers back from the twins and fell back asleep. After a few seconds, the Hitachiin twins, Hani-senpai and Tamaki jumped on Kyoya and started to drag him out of bed, Kyoya complete unconscious through the entire endeavor. Once dressed, Mori-senpai, who was standing in the corner, picked up the sleeping Kyoya and they walked out of his house with Haruhi waiting in front of the limo, wearing her regular short sleeve jersey and cargo shorts.

"Let's hurry before he wakes up," Tamaki ushered everyone into the limo, Mori-senpai placing Kyoya in the back seat.

"Oh," Kyoya remembered vaguely what had happened. "What are we doing here?"

"We need to talk with Alexis," Tamaki spoke as the limo jumped on the dirt road until hitting the pavement driveway.

"She sure lives far from civilization, doesn't she?" Kaoru commented as they came to a stop in front of the house.

The Host Club jumped out of the car and began to stretch, Kyoya stayed inside the vehicle.

"Come on Kyoya," Tamaki urged. "Don't you want to talk with Alexis too?"

Kyoya remained silent, his head ducked down to hide his expressions. The Club turned to see the front doors open to show a older woman wearing pale blue overalls and a gardening hat.

"Hello," the woman smiled, removing her gardening gloves, placing them in the pocket of her dirty overalls. "By the looks of things, you must be from Ouran Academy."

"Yes, ma'am," Haruhi bowed respectfully. "We're here to see Alexis. Is she home?"

"Yes, she is," the woman smiled. "I'll see you to her."

"Thank you," Tamaki bowed, already at the top of the steps with woman's hand in his. "You are an angel."

The woman chuckled. "Shall we?"

"Kyoya," Hani-senpai looked back to the limo and the group watched Kyoya step out of the limo and the Club began to follow the woman.

"I'm sorry," Haruhi spoke as they entered the house. "We don't know your name."

"Ruth," the woman, Ruth, answered back. "I'm Alexis' grandmother."

"But you look much too young to have grandchildren," Tamaki began flirting. "I would assume you were Alexis' older sister, or her mother.

Ruth laughed some more as they passed a living room that looked comfortable to sleep in. "You're quite the flirt, aren't you?"

"Only when I see a beautiful maiden, like yourself."

"Sweetheart," Ruth sighed pleasantly. "I haven't been a maiden since before I met my first husband. There is no need to try and flatter me."

"First husband," Hikaru and Kaoru asked, turning their attention to Ruth.

"Ah, yes," Ruth smiled. "My first husband died shortly after the war started and since I've only been married to one other man, who is away on business at the moment."

"Shouldn't your husband be retired," Hani-senpai asked.

"He is," Ruth laughed as they exited the house through a backdoor. "He just loves what he does too much to quit it completely."

"What does he do," Haruhi asked, following the others into the backyard.

"Landscaping, actually," Ruth smiled. "Well, the planning. He can't do any yard work anymore, but he still comes up with amazing ideas for his clients' yards."

"So why do you garden," Haruhi asked, glancing at the gloves and dirty overalls.

"Oh, I have a vegetable garden that I grow. Fresh vegetables are the best, you know," Ruth winked. "Now, Alexis should be here somewhere."

The Club stared at the view in front of them with amazement. Lilac and sakura trees stood in front of the fence of hedges. The lilac and sakura trees were in full bloom and petals were fluttering on the breeze, some petals nesting on the surface of the clear water pond. Round smooth stones clustered at certain points of the pond and in the clear water, you could see different color koi fish swim elegantly. A tabby cat sat on one of the stones, watching the fish intently, her eyes slitted in deep concentration. Next to the cat stood an easel with an image of the pond and garden painted with oil paints on a canvas.

"Who made the painting," Tamaki asked, pointing to the easel and abandon wooden stool with only a well loved painter's palate on it.

"That would be Alexis," Ruth smiled, putting her gardening gloves back on. "She had a natural talent when she was young and over time she developed more and more of her skills. She is quite a Jack of all Trades, but a master of none."

"Jack of all trades," Hikaru questioned, looking at Kaoru.

"Master of none," Kaoru returned the glance.

"It's an American saying," Ruth explained. "You see I'm from America and my second husband was born here. This is his childhood home actually, his entire family worked in landscaping for generations."

"Why doesn't your son work in landscaping like his father," Tamaki asked.

"You mean our son-in-law," Ruth explained. "Alexis' father is an American mutt."

"Mutt?" The Club drew back in surprise.

"Don't be too shocked," Ruth laughed. "Most Americans are mutts of some kind. A mixture of many different cultures."

"That is true," Kyoya pushed his glasses up his nose.

"He speaks," Ruth smiled kindly to Kyoya. "Anyway, I need to get back to gardening so feel free to explore the yard and house to your hearts content."

Ruth walked away humming, leaving the Club standing in the scene from a romance movie.

"I wonder where Alexis is," Hani-senpai looked around the garden.

"There," Mori-senpai pointed to a shadow in a weeping willow standing over the pond.

"Alexis," Tamaki called. "Come down."

The shadow didn't seem to move from it's spot and Mori-senpai walked over quickly. Just as Mori-senpai made it to the willow, the figure tilted toward Mori-senpai and fell. The club shouted as Alexis fell straight into Mori-senpai's arms and began walking about to the Hosts when she was comfortably in his arms. Alexis twitched a couple of times and opened her eyes. She blinked a couple of times in confusion and quickly froze in shock.

"Hi Alexis," Haruhi smiled. "We were worried."

"You fell out of a tree," Hani-senpai spoke up.

"What?"

"Mori-senpai caught you though," Haruhi assured and Mori-senpai grunted in agreement and gently set her to the ground.

Alexis was barefoot and was wearing a black tank top with a plaid button up shirt with multiple paint stains on it. Alexis straighten her denim capri pants and looked straight at Kyoya for a moment before turning away.

"Why are you guys here," Alexis asked, turning away from the Club and started towards her painting.

"We wanted to talk about the scandal with your mom," Kaoru spoke first.

"And about you and Kyoya," Hikaru finished, causing Alexis to stiffen in mid stride.