The next morning I was awakened by a perky blonde with perky curls and a perky outfit. Lovely. "Brooky-chan!" Chan? …Brook-y? Misa is rubbing off on her….

"Yes?" I groggily replied, rubbing my eyes. "Time to visit my Ciel-kun!" "W-What time is it?" "Seven." "Oh, than my alarm…!" I turned off the annoying device as soon as it came on. "Alright, just let me change-""No time!" she chirped as loud and high as my alarm-tone after a minute of ringing.

Before I knew just what the hell was going on, (come on, I just woke up) we made it to a private looking building. "Huh…?" I let out a sigh of confusion. This is why I'm not a morning person. You can do almost anything while I'm half-way asleep, and I won't even notice until later. Oh, what was that knock? …Lizzy, golden door-knocker thing…, right. See my point?

With only one knock the door went ajar. Two men came out in unison. I tried to remain a good amount away from them and the building considering how bad I am with strangers, yet utterly failed as Elizabeth pulled me toward the group. "Sebastian, Claude! Yay! You two can be the first to meet Brooky!" She shoved me up to them. At least there is one light in this situation: no need to fake being overly timid. Reason? Tall people make me feel like an ant about to be smashed by Goliath's foot… or, in this case, Goliath and his friend Zeus.

Noticing I was being rather silent, I bowed as an apology. "H-Hello." One of the tall figures with a stray strand of hair smiled while the other with glasses kept a straight face. "Ello," both said together. Woah. Low/Deep voice alert. I wonder when they got through puberty…. Gah! No, get that OUT of my head, please.

Within that short bit of quiescence in which the three of us were all probably gathering our thoughts together, Elizabeth intervened. "So, how's my Ciel?" Finally, the neat-haired, stoic-glasses-man's expression changed. Hmm… Mello and he should meet. They both seem a wee bit over the rainbow. [Happy St. Patrick's Day!] The other man let us in, but I was mainly following Liz, Elizabeth or Lizzy. Whatever that girl was to be called, I acted as her shadow.

When my eyes finally worked their way off the ground and up, they were met by blues, whites, gold, blacks… so many arrangements of decoration. Honestly, it was too much. I think I liked the other building better.

"Brooky?" Lizzy was hovering a mere foot away. "Y-Yes?" "This is Ciel Phantomhive and his friend Alois Trancy. The butlers Sebastian, Ciel's favorite, and Claude, the one with glasses, are the ones whom you have just met." I nodded at the butlers. These people must be scary wealthy…. Not many people have butlers today. Not that I know. Lizzy now pointed to her left. There were two boys. The boy more to the right had one eye covered with raven-hair and was wearing mostly blues to match with his visible eye. The blonde had blue eyes that were most definatly more pale than the other boy's, was wearing mostly purple and black, and… is that a lip piercing I see? Yes, a snake bite to be exact. I've always wanted one but chicken-out.

Lizzy went to the one with the darker eyes humming, "Cielllll-kun!" She hugged him while twirling around. I guess that means el-blondo is Alois Trancy. I laughed slightly upon seeing Ciel's expression: in shock. Alois smirked at me or laughing and the two from before exchanged amused looks. Maybe I just shouldn't show emotion at this mansion-like building. It only gets me very unwanted attention. Yes. Be the Claude…. Um, never mind, too creepy.

Again Alois looked at me but this time, with a strange and curious expression. "What?" I asked and was answered with but a point. …And of course. Backing away I stood next to Ciel. "Excuse me…." Shyly I interrupted their hug fest. "Elizabeth! I'm still in my pajamas!" She looked down as I had before and concluded her studies with a, "Yup!"…Oh, that means!

Before I could protest, Lizzy had grabbed my arm and dragged me into a closet. She is stronger than she looks. Don't judge me; I'm not too weak! I thought she would dress me in something hideously pink, but was presented with a pleasant surprise when it turned out to be a grey suit. Wait suit… like, butler suit? This could go in two ways. One, amusing Lizzy and Alois while pissing off everybody else; Two, it's another one of Elizabeth's games which will, ultimately, end in trouble.

"Are you ready?" Lizzy practically sang. "Yeah," a voice that sounded a lot like Ciel's responded in at an annoyed pitch. As we came out of the closet, (no side comments, please) everybody in the room had changed in one way or another. Even Lizzy was dressed differently! How she managed to do that is beyond me. This was a setup. Lizzy in Ciel's clothes, Ciel in Alois's clothes; Claude in Sebastian's clothes, me in Claude's clothes, and Sebastian in a… cat suit. What happened there?

After a while of just staring at each other, I somewhat glared at Elizabeth. "And… what exactly is this all for?" "A game of course! We all have to get to know who we're dressed as. For example: You talk to Claude, Sebastian, and his cat. I talk to Ciel, Alois, than I'm done because it's a weird number. Get it?" Oh, so the person you're dressed as, who they're dressed as, and so on. Cleaver, but I just realized that I got stuck with the tall butlers and a cat. Is it ironic that my sister is a counselor? Maybe I should call her later.

I waited for Claude to finish person #1 before I spoke to him. Hmm… she never said what to talk about. Ugh, Lizzy! "Ello," he said with an uncertain tone. Yay, his second (semi) emotion. Oh, that's not what I should be focused on! I just walked up to a guy and he said hello. No, "Ello". Earth. To. Brook. "Hi…" -_- I held back my erg to face-palm there.

"We're supposed to tell one another about personal affairs such as living preferences, birthdays, religion, hobbies… things of that matter. Lady Elizabeth over uses this technique, really." Technique? "Oh, um… well, what do you want to know?"

After a second of pondering… "Talents." "Well, I've been told I am a good artist and writer, but I've seen much better. As for you?" "Weaponry, cooking, and sewing." I held in some laughter. He does look like the sewing type. Now, my turn for a question.

"Business?" "Butler for the Earl Trancy, Alois. Assuming you go to the same college as Lady Elizabeth, what are you majoring in?" Oh, so he's an earl now? That's not weird…. "I'm majoring in the medical field of forensics, but I take what the counselor considers a 'strange' range of classes." "The term strange is personal as it goes by the 'eye of the beholder' so to speak. I'm sure the range is well suited for one as you." "Thank you." I'm still not quite sure if he was calling me strange or not….

"I remember that I was quite fascinated in the history field, yet was majoring in something rather different." "Really? I love history as well. The 1800's mostly…. It's just so fascinating. E-Excuse my rambling." "It's fine. History repeats itself as they say." Although I have mixed feeling towards that saying, I nodded in agreement.

A few more Q/A's later Claude and I finished out conversations, and I was off to find Sebastian. Sadly, my adventure came to an embarrassing end as I bumped into him. "Sorry!" "It's quite alright. You're the next person I speak with, correct?" "Yes." "Than a pleasure to meet you, Miss Brook." "And you sir." I must admit, I felt a bit out of my element speaking in such informalities, but once our conversation came to a close, I found it normal.

Once everybody finished their part of the game, we all headed to the middle of the room. The cat, however still clung to my jacket. The commander of the day, Lizzy, then spoke. "Well, now that we all know each other better… time for truth or dare!" Truth or dare, isn't that a child's game? Oh well, from the mixture of devious, horrified, happy, stunned, and stoic faces, I can tell that this will get very ugly, very fast. …Let's watch!

"Everyone plays!" Liz chimed. Great. Still, I wonder if others can read my thoughts or something. I mean really, was that not weird? I'm pretty sure it was. "Ciel-uu, you start!" Lizzy has it bad for him, geese. I wonder if that's how Lily (my sister) and Seth are… or worse, Mom and Dad. Ewe, the imagery.

"Truth or dare, Trancy?" "Dare." "I dare you to… um…." Sebastian whispered something in Ciel's ear with a sparkle to his eye before he finally concluded with his dare. "Hug Hannah without hurting and/or killing her." What? "Aw, without hurting or killing? Fine…. Hannah!" Just a few seconds after he called, a woman with long silver hair came in. What happened to her eye? Alois stood, hugged her, whispered an inaudible threat, waved her off, and sat back down. Would that count as abuse?

"Brook." I almost jumped upon hearing my name. "Y-Yes?" "Truth or dare?" Shit… asked by a maniac. "Truth?" He smiled. Why did he smile? "Elizabeth told me something rather interesting about you." He leaned in close. "Is it true that you are… bisexual?" Crap. Elizabeth, why would you tell him that? In spite of my effort, my shock was shown through my widening eyes and shaky voice. "Umm… Y-Yes, that is true." "Good! That means I can have fun with this game!" What the hell is that supposed to mean? I'm just going to change the subject now….

"Claude, truth or dare?" "Dare." Well, Sebastian will hate me for this. "Find and take all of Sebastian's cats." Claude bowed and with a slight smirk was gone just like that. Meanwhile, Sebastian gave me the mother of all glares causing me to advert my eyes. Minutes passed, and finally, the sent butler walked in wearing a fur suit. Oh, I'm sorry, no. It was a layer of cats clinging to him. Sebastian looked relieved, but that soon passed as he saw the trail of cats appearing behind Claude. "Amusing dare." He said picking off fur-balls and sitting down.

"Ciel Phantomhive, truth or dare?" "Truth." "Why do you like Sebastian so much?" "He is a loyal pawn with the abilities of a knight." "I'm flattered, Young Master." Both Ciel and Claude glared and the smiling butler. Ciel and I might get along. "Elizabeth, truth or da-""Dare!" Even Lizzy did dare? I feel like a wimp. Next time I'll do dare no matter what! "Do Sebastian's make-up." "Yay!" After waiting about… say six minutes, they returned. Red lips, pink cheeks, purple eye shadow… he was quite a sight to behold. I couldn't help but laugh! "Glad I could be amusing." That made me shut up… for the most part. "Sorry, you look umm… good."

"Sir Trancy, truth or dare?" "Truth." This time Ciel whispered something to Sebastian. "Do you have your eye on anyone?" "Of course I do, I'm in college now after all!" Before any of us could shout out, "Who?" Alois continued. "Brook, truth or dare?" Again? Well… I did say dare no matter what. "Dare." He smiled again, yet this time more devious than the last.

"Ciel, get Mey-Rin." "N-""Pleaassee?" "Okay, just calm down! Mey-Rin?" After a crash, a familiar red-head walked in. "M-Mey-Rin?" "B-B-Brook!" Ciel then explained how she helped clean around the estate.

"Okay, so kiss, on the lips, thirty seconds. Go!" "What?" we both shouted in unison at Alois. "You're both bi, now go." I had the hell of all glare contests with him until he finally sighed and said that we could do it on our own time, but Mey-Rin would have to say it happened to Claude. Apparently he is a lie-detector.

A couple more tiring rounds of 'T/D' passed, and we finally returned home… or to out dorm. Lizzy went out shopping with Misa right away however, so Mey-Rin and I were left alone. After some talking, we decided now would be the best time. "R-Ready?" She asked with a blush. "Y-Yeah…." Hesitantly, our lips came in contact. My heart, as corny as it might sound, rushed. Not from love per-say, but from never really experiencing this before. I was afraid to mess up. …I wonder what love feels like. What am I thinking of that for! Love is not important. Only as a tool. …Still….

It seemed like a while had passed so we broke apart for air. I immediately checked the timer set on my I-POD Touch. 2:01. Woah, Woah, how? I can't even hold my breath…. This timer must be screwed! With all these thoughts running through my head I could feel heat focused on my cheeks. Geese, I'm blushing now? I need to work on not showing emotion. Quickly I shut off the lights before she could notice as I noticed hers. Both of us tumbled into our own beds and dozed off into sleep. The last thing I recall thinking of that night is, 'That damn Trancy.'