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**
With a sigh Felice returned to their suite to change clothes for lunch.
She almost had forgotten how tiring her family could be. Right now, she had gotten into a cross-examination from some younger cousins who absolutely wanted to know how she was able to tell her husbands apart (*nudge nudge wink wink giggle*).
"Is there a specific…difference??" had been the most harmless question of all.
She would need a club to keep them away from the Twins.
A BIG club.
With rusty nails on it.
Just to be sure.
She went into the bedroom and found Two in front of the mirror, buttoning up his shirt.
She managed a weak "Hi", slumped herself on the bed and closed her eyes.
Hearing the familiar sound of Two binding his tie, she tried to relax. Indeed the sound of silk gliding over silk, smooth white skin and knuckles was very pleasant and a routine she had learned to love. Every morning and every evening. Every day.
It had become an act of intimacy.
And she was the only one whom they allowed to participate in it.
In a passive way of course.
She sucked at binding ties.
Suddenly something wet hit her nose and she squealed in surprise.
As she opened her eyes and wiped her nose with the back of her hands she saw One towering over her, who had just returned out of the shower.
He wore only a towel round his waist (and his sunglasses of course) and his dreadlocks continued dripping water droplets on her.
With a protesting scream she grabbed for his towel and yanked him down on the bed where they engaged in a little catfight.
"Ahem!!" Two cleared his throat.
Felice came to a halt on top of One's chest and looked at Two.
Two shook his head disapprovingly while buttoning up his vest.
"We have another five minutes till lunch left. I suggest that you stop fooling around now and get ready!"
Felice looked innocently at One, who returned her gaze equally innocently.
Just as Two was about to turn around for his coat, she leaped at him and dragged him onto the bed.
"Group hug!!" One announced happily.
"Aaarghh!!"
**
"I could swear that this is already her third dish!" One mumbled fascinated into Felices ear and gestured in Niobes direction.
"Well, don't forget that she needs to eat for two!" Felice mumbled back and shifted her attention towards Two.
Poor Two examined the contents on his dish suspiciously.
"What's this?" he asked and poked his fork into a yellow vegetable-like substance.
"That's Sauerkraut, my dear! Very healthy for you! Give it a try!" she tried to cheer him up.
He raised an eyebrow.
"Are you sure?"
"Give it a try; you like the roast don't you? Then you should like Sauerkraut!"
On her left side, One was busy gobbling up everything her Aunt Christina happily piled onto his dish.
The others seemed to enjoy their meal too.
Good.
That meant she could finally turn her attention towards her younger cousins who tried to make eye contact to the Twins during the meal.
Maria, Anita and Julia.
Tall, blonde, blue-eyed and big bosomed.
In one word:
Every man's wet dream.
Irresistible.
Although they weren't able to tell One and Two apart, they had quickly discovered that the man at Felices left side was the one to flirt with while the one on her right side was the reserved one.
(That wasn't that true, Two could be very…convincing…if he finally decided to switch his charm on. But they didn't have to know that, did they?)
Felice suddenly felt too ugly, too cumbersome, too pale and too old.
She shot the three of them an angry look.
It didn't seem to impress them much, though.
They only started giggling.
Fortunately Two was still examining his food and One was busy eating while listening to Aunt Christina babbling how much she admired a "healthy appetite".
Trinity glanced understandingly at her while Neo still tried to persuade her into buying insurance.
Her cousins had eyed him too, but decided that the Twins were much more interesting prey.
And forbidden fruits, because they were married.
Which seemed to make them even more attractive to them.
They didn't dare to even look at Morpheus though.
One single look at a fuming Niobe told them better not to mess with her.
Felice decided to ask her to teach that particular look to her.
Trinity and she secretly called it "Niobes trademark death stare".
She made eye contact with her mother. Despite all the rumours and all the differences they had their things in common.
Wordless communication, for example.
One look from her and Annalena Guildenstern instantly knew what was disturbing her one and only daughter.
She sent Maria and Anita to the kitchens to prepare the dessert.
And to Felices delight she ordered Julia to help Grandma eating her Sauerkraut, one of the most hated occupations for the younger generation because Grandma used to drool during eating and that made her food pass out over every person that had the luck to sit next to her.
Awww, poor Julia!
Felice smirked merciless as her dear cousin got smeared with Sauerkraut and mashed potatoes all over her ultra mini dress.
She glanced thankfully at her mother.
Annalena Guildenstern just smiled.
**
It turned out that Niobe got very sick after her fourth and final portion, so Felice and Trinity had to accompany her to the bathroom.
"Bleeeraachkrcchhhhh" it came out of the toilet cabin.
"Poor Niobe!" Trinity said as she stood in front of the mirror and fixed her hair.
"Uargghhhkillkghjk"
"Thousand good reasons not to get pregnant and there they are!" Felice said and applied some more lipstick.
"Argllkghghrllchblaeachhhh"
"God knows you're right!" Trinity agreed.
"So you guys are my little cousin's husbands? I'm Jürgen!" a tall black-haired man said and crushed One's hand in a tight body builder like grip.
"Yes we are! One and Two, nice to meet you!" Two said and kicked his twin discreetly in the shin just as One was about to kick the man for good.
Jürgen smiled and introduced a second man, this time a smaller, blonde one.
"This is Klaus, my brother!" he ruffled the younger man's hair.
One shot Two a puzzled look.
How could brothers look that different?
"You have to know.." interrupted Jürgen the Twins thoughts.
"That my little brother here is going to marry at the end of the week!"
Klaus smiled shyly. The Twins obviously gave him the creeps.
"Well… our congratulations!" Two said suspiciously.
He couldn't think of a way this conversation would be going.
He was confused. Jürgen clearly expected a special reaction from them but which?
Humans!
"And since you are now belonging to our family we wanted to invite you to his bachelor-parting party!"
Now both of them smiled.
"A party?" One asked interested.
Since they had left the Merovingian, there hadn't been any chances for some parties where only men would be to do whatever men would do if they were amongst them selves.
Then one of the older women called for Klaus and he had to leave.
Jürgen grinned conspiratingly.
"And well…as it seems that you'll be the only married men who will be there…would you do us the favour and initiate poor Klaus to the duties and the rights of a husband?" he nudged One in the rips and winked.
The Twins just gaped at him.
"I take this as a yes then! I'll pick you up at 7.30 tomorrow evening!" Jürgen said and vanished in the crowd.
**
I know this is a short one but I just returned from a camping weekend and my brain is fried.
Really.
It's awfully hot in Germany at the moment…
To give you something to think about:
What will happen on that bachelor party?
And which advises will the Twins give poor Klaus??
Will Felices cousins try to seduce One and Two?
And what will Felice do to stop them?
Will Niobe eat till she explodes?