Author's Note: Okay! Let's get back to the fancy dinners!!

Ellie's Prov

The other girls and I waited in Nicole's loft. The person on the TV was droning on about something that Marller found extremely interesting; she was glued to the TV. It made me think of someone actually literally glued to a TV. Chuckle chuckle. Nicole was curled up on the recliner reading Wicked, making weird faces as she read. I never got that. Erin and Avery were playing Speed on the floor. All was calm until…

"I'm bored!" I cried.

"It was your idea," Nicole said, not looking up from her book. I swear she must have that book memorized by now; she's read it hundreds of times.

"I know, but I wouldn't have if I had known it be this boring waiting for them." I sighed dramatically. "I know," I said standing up, "I'll just go tell them that time is up!"

"Erin, Avery, would you mind?" Nicole said, still not looking up from her book. Damn her. Erin and Avery jumped up and each grabbed on of my arms and pulled me back into the loft ( I was already to the stairs ).

"You won't be ruining this for us," Avery was saying, "If all goes according to plan, we're getting laid tonight." Erin dropped my arm, staring at Avery.

"Speak for yourself!" She said, looking offended. She plopped down, played her last card, and yelled out "Speed!"

"Dammit!" Avery yelled back, putting me on the couch again. Nicole finally closed her book. She looked up through the red part of her long bangs that had fallen in front of her face. In a high, creepy voice, she sang out, "They're heee-rrrre."

"Dammit, how does she do that?" I heard Pein yell from behind the corner on the stairs.

"You were hiding on the stairs?" I asked, scoffing. "What are you, 12?"

Pein shrugged as he, Sasori, Deidara, Itachi, and Tobi came into full view. They all went to their respective girlfriends and said, "Your dinner waits," holding out their hand. Well, all except for Tobi, who held out his hand and said, "Marller's yum-yums are waiting eagerly for her!"

We all stared at Tobi, out hands half extended out into the air. Marller blushed and said, "Well, what are we standing around here for? Our yum-yums are eagerly waiting for us!"

We all laughed a little bit before following the boys to the stairs. Pein and Sasori led Nicole and me the first floor, while the others stayed on the next floor up in their rooms.

"Why are they staying there?" I asked when we branched off from the others to the last flight of stairs.

"Because you're special." Sasori said, flashing me a charming, blinding, flirty smile. How the hell does he manage all that in one smile?

"And because we called it first," Pein said, proudly beaming. Nicole chuckled at him.

"Okay." Sasori stopped the group and pulled out two blindfolds.

"Oh, how mysterious," Nicole said as Pein put her blindfold on her. I smiled as Sasori put a blindfold on me and engulfed me in blackness. But it was romantic blackness.

***

Nicole's Prov

Pein finally stopped me and pulled off my blindfold. I gasped.

We were in the living room, and the TV was on, casting a soft, blue light over everything. On the coffee table, candles were lit and a fancy dinner was laid out expertly. On the screen, Ellie and I were frozen, smiling wide.

"Oh my Goddess. Pein…" I trailed off, unsure of what exactly to say. I sat down, and he sat next to me.

"Here." He handed me a plate of food (Holy shit! Steak!) and pressed play on the remote. Ellie, age 4, and I, age 6, jumped to life. He was playing one of our old home movies. I smiled at little me. Ellie was trying to take the camera from our dad, but I stood pouting, hands on my hips, dutifully telling her not to.

Then I took a bite of steak. Holy shit, my man can cook! Pein took out a bottle of wine and poured us both a glass. I took a grateful sip and smiled at him.

"Pein this is amazing." I took another bite and he just smiled at me. I pointed my fork at the food. "When did you learn how to cook like this?"

"I have more free time than you think." He said, taking a bite of his own steak. We spent the night like that, eating our steak, drinking our wine. We talked about stupid things like the weather and our favorite soda and the like. The home movie continued in the background. After a while, we set our empty plates down on the table and I actually looked at the screen. My mom was there, smiling into the camera. A barbeque went on in the background, and the camera cut to my dad and Ellie at the gill. "Those are your parents?" Pein asked as I snuggled into his chest.

"Yeah." I said. I was pointing the camera at my mom. She was saying, "Hun, it's your birthday party, give me the camera."

My little voice came out defiantly. "No, we always do it conventionally. I want people to remember my birthday the way I do, from my point of view."

"You were feisty, huh?" Pein asked. I chuckled and nodded my head. Everyone was in the middle of singing 'Happy Birthday', my mom finally got the camera out of my hands, when the camera cut to my mom sitting on her bed. She was looking worriedly into the camera.

"I'm afraid I haven't much time." My mom suddenly was speaking with a Scottish accent. "Nicole, Ellie, my dear hearts, I miss you. And if you're watching this, you probably miss me, too." She smiled sadly.

I sat up. "Mommy?" I whispered. My dad's voice came from out of frame, also Scottish all of a sudden.

"Dear, we haven't hardly any time. Tell them what they need to know now. We must leave."

She looked off screen. "Alright." She turned back. "Listen, you two. Listen very closely. I have extremely important instructions. But first, I must tell you: Your father and I, we aren't who you think we are. Now, first…" She kept talking, but I stopped listening. Her face grew urgent. Very urgent.

"Ellie!" I shrieked. "Get your ass the hell in here now!"

OMG! Cliffy! I don't know, this may turn into a sci-fi/anime/fantasy fan fiction.

Ellie: Well, I need not to keep you from writing! Nikki doesn't own Erin, Avery, or the Akatsuki!! Now go write!!