Michelle was in the kitchen doing homework when she heard the front door open.
"Michelle."
"In the kitchen!" She yelled.
Her brother walked in. "Hey there, squirt." He greeted her.
"Hi ya!" She said and then got back to her homework.
"Wow, you sure are hard at work. That's a first." He laughed.
Michelle glared at him and said, "I happen to be a very studious student."
He laughed again. "Guess who I met in town today?"
"Who?" Michelle asked, not quite interested.
"Michelle darling!" a feminine voice called to her.
Michelle gasped and looked up from her homework.
"Rani!" She said as she ran to give her a hug. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see you of course." She said.
Michelle laughed, "Yeah right." She said as she glanced at Michael. Rani blushed.
Michelle glances at them and then laughed again.
Rani was one of Michaels' college friend and they dated on and off. Rani was beautiful with shoulder length dark brown hair.
"Michelle, who are you taking to Tyki's dance this year?"
"The next person to walk through my door."
"Michelle!" Michael yelled.
Rani and Michelle both turned their head to look at her.
Michelle gave him a confused look.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"You can't just say it like that." He said. "You have to find someone to this dance and not just a person who walks through your front door. That's not right."
As if on cue, her front door handle rattled, and Kanda walked in.
"I guess I'm going to take Kanda to the ball."
He gave her a confused look. Michelle and Rani laughed.
Michelle jumped over to Kanda and linked her arm through his.
"I guess you're taking me to the ball." Michelle said happily.
"Ball? What ball?"
"Tyki's ball." Michelle said as she gave him a big bright smile.
"And if I don't want to?" Kanda asked as he unlinked their arm.
"Why not?" Michelle asked.
"Because I don't want to."
"Oh!" Michelle gasped as everyone turned to look at her. She pointed a finger at Kanda. "There's someone else you want to go with huh?" Michelle questioned him.
Michelle pouted and crossed her arm. "I know it. You don't want to go with me because there's someone else. Who is she?" Michelle glared at him.
Michael and Rani turned to look at Kanda.
"It's someone from your fan club, huh?" Michelle asked.
Kanda glared right back.
"There is no one." He said through clenched teeth.
"Really?" she asked.
"Yes." He said.
"Okay, I believe you." She said as she walked over to where she was sitting and sat down.
"Kanda, what are you doing here?" Michael asked.
"Allen told me to bring over some food. Just in case."
"Michelle, you have such great friends." Rani said.
"Such great friends." Michelle said.
"What?" Michael asked detecting the sarcasm in her voice.
"Nothing, except there's a secret that they're not telling me."
"A secret?" Rani asked.
Michelle nodded.
"Ooh, what kind secret?" She asked as she turned to Kanda.
Kanda looked at her and then shrugged. "I can't say."
"Can't say what?" Allen asked as he walked through the door.
"Secret." Kanda said.
"Oh."
"See? Such great friends." Michelle rolled her eyes.
"A secret is a secret." Allen shrugged.
"Fine." Michelle said. "I'll find out myself."
"Find what out?" A new voice asked. It was Lenalee.
"A secret." Michelle replied.
"Whose secret?" Lavi asked as he walked through the door behind her.
"Allen and Kanda's."
"Lavi!" Rani said as she gave him a hug.
"Rani! How have you been?"
"Good. It's been a while. I'm glad to be back. And who is this?" She asked as she turned to Lenalee. "Your girlfriend?"
"What?" Lavi stuttered in shock as Lenalee blushed a bright red.
Rani laughed. Allen and Kanda tried to stifle back a laugh, and Michelle was grinning from ear to ear.
After Lavi calmed down, he introduced Lenalee to Rani.
"This is Lenalee Lee." Lavi introduced her. "Lenalee, this is Rani."
"It's so nice to meet you dear." Rani said. "So not together?"
"I think that they would make a fine couple!" Michelle yelled.
Lenalee shook her head, her face still red.
"I do too." Rani agreed.
"Are you going to the to the ball?" Lavi asked Rani, trying to change the subject.
"Of course. Wouldn't miss it for the world. Besides, I'm going to have some sister bonding time with my future-sister-in-law. Have to take her shopping and all that." Rani said as she took Michael's hand in hers.
Michelle turned her head to look at the two of them.
"Sister-in-law?" Michelle asked as she stood up slowly, eyebrows raised.
Then it dawned on Michelle what had happened.
"OHMYGOSH." Michelle screamed as she ran to Rani and her brother.
"Ohmygosh. Ohmygosh." Michelle kept saying as she hugged them closely.
"Congratulations!" Everyone started going at once. They came over to give them hugs. Kanda stood on the side, smiling, as his way of saying "CONGRATS."
"I can't believe this." Michelle said as she wiped a tear away. "I'm so happy." When her brother and Rani were still going out, Michelle had always looked up to her. And now, she was going to become her sister, what can get better than this?
"I can't believe this. I didn't know that you had in you." She teased her brother as she nudged him.
"Well, it's getting late, and I made reservations at this restaurant, so I think that we should go or lose our spot." Michael said as he stood up and ushered everyone out the door.
"Lavi, get your sister and grandfather." Michael instructed.
"No need, we're right here." Bookman said as he appeared at the door. "Mia heard all this screaming and had to come over and see what was happening for herself. Congratulations, you guys." He said, smiling at them.
"Thank you." They smiled back at him and looked back at each other.
Michelle sighed as she looked at them.
"This is too good to be true." She thought to her self. Then to prove that is it a dream, she pinched herself.
"Ow!" She said as she felt the pain.
"Michelle! What happened?" Michael asked, concerned for his sister.
"Just making sure that this wasn't all a dream!" Michelle said as she ran to give them another hug.
Everyone laughed and then they all left to go celebrate the good news.