Pietro was busy going all over town looking for the most expensive stores. He had to look his best if he was to seduce one of the dectuplets. I'm going to need a car, he thought. A sports car. He would have to take care of that tomorrow when they gave Lance more money. He had decided to tell them that his father had recently died and he had inherited all the money. That would stop them from suspecting that it was actually their money he was using. He went back to the house several times with a large quantity of shopping bags. He also bought a special alarm to keep the other guys, especially Toad, out.

The next day, he dressed in what looked like the best, and went to school, ready to take action. He made the other members of the Brotherhood get up early, since he knew the dectuplets always got to school extra early, around seven, and he wanted to talk to them first thing in the morning. He first saw the dectuplets get out of their car and walked up to them.

"Good morning."he said as he helped one of them out.

"Good morning,"she replied. "I don't recall you ever being here this early, or so very well dressed."she commented, looking at his clothes.

"My father died, a few days ago, and now, since I'm his only son, I've inherited the money, estate, well, everything. It is, after all, my birth right."

"Shouldn't you be wearing mourning, then? And didn't he give you any money before?"

Uh-oh, he should've thought of this before. If he was going to say that his father had died, they would obviously expect him to be wearing black. He cursed himself for not remembering.

"We weren't on very good terms. We always saw things in different ways, and as for the mourning, well, let's just say it's my way of getting back for all the abuse I had to go through. He never really liked me, but now that he's dead, and left no will, I inherited everything."

"What kind of abuse?"

"Verbal."he said, wishing they would forget about that, and again cursing himself for not coming up with something better. He should've said he won the lottery, but he thought they probably wouldn't believe that. And he couldn't risk looking like an idiot.

"Well, we're sorry about your father. Both about the abuse, and his dying. But still, we think you should mourn him, it would be the right thing, and one must always honor their parents."

"Yeah, well."he shrugged. Things weren't going at all the way he wanted them to. Suddenly an idea came to him. He knew Lance would be mad, but he couldn't give up that opportunity.

"Lance told me he had a date with your friend, Kitty, on Friday, and I was wondering if we could double-date. You know, them, and one of you with me."

"Why not? All you have to do, is the dec you like."

They lined up, and waited for him to make his choose. This was the stupidest thing he had ever done. Everyone of them looked exactly alike. There was absolutely no difference, not even in their clothes. Their skirts had the same number of folds, on the exact same places, they wore the same number of rings, on the exact same fingers, the same colors. Why, even the light seem to hit them on exactly the same spots. He thought you couldn't find anyway to tell them apart, not even if you looked at the last atom. He could probably choose one right now, they might change their minds, another one would go on the date, and he wouldn't know the difference!

"Well,"he said. "Which one of you will I choose? I guess I choose...you."He pointed to Ma.Xamila.

"I've always been the lucky one."she said, smiling. "And because you were so thoughtful in choosing me, I'll pay for dinner. For everything. And we'll take one of the cars at my cousin's house. He has so many. Fermin will drive."

Now we'll just have to see what Sissy will say, she thought.

"What do you mean, you're going on a date?!"yelled Sissy. "I told you, you're not here to socialize with anybody!"

"I'm not socializing, Sissy."Ma.Xamila replied. "Don't you see this could come in handy? If I accompany them, think of it like, I'm supervising things. That way, I could see if something's wrong, and if it is, then I'll figure out someway to fix it, you know."

"No, I don't see how this could come in handy."

"Ma.Xamila is right, Sissy."spoke Ma.Xiomara.

Sissy thought about it, and if she gave it a little thought, they were right. It might come in handy.

"Fine, but it will only be this first time, because I think you have a point. But no more."she said firmly.

At the Brotherhood house, Lance was furious that Pietro had decided to double-date and take Ma.Xiomara on his date with Kitty.