Everything was going so well for Michelle. She was going to have a sister-in-law soon, finals were over, there was a party coming soon. But there was one thing that was not going well for Michelle, and that was having Lavi mad at her.

That Friday, she walked home from the supermarket with a brown bag in each hand.

She sighed as she thought about the week. The five of them would walk to school together but the two of them haven't really talked. The atmosphere was a little tense but she knows that they were going to be okay.

She walked up the stairs and shoved the bag in her right hand into her left as she took out her keys. She proper her knee up against the wall as she put in the key to her doorknob. But her finger slipped and she dropped her keys.

"Damn." She said as she kneeled down to retrieve her keys.

"Need some help?" A voice asked behind her.

"Ah." She said as she dropped her keys again. She turned her head to see Lavi peering down at her.

"Yeah, that would be nice." Michelle said as she handed him the groceries. Then she reached down to pick up her keys and inserted it into the keyhole. She opened the door and then turned back to the red-head.

He looked at her with his emerald eye and handed her back her groceries.

"Thanks." She said. But she made no move to go back inside her apartment. He made no move to leave either.

"So." Michelle started.

"So." Lavi said.

"Do you wMichelle come in?" Michelle asked as she nodded to the door.

"Yeah," Lavi said as he followed her into her apartment. He sat down on her stool. Silence engulfed them.

The only sound that can be heard was the shuffling that Michelle was making as she was took out her groceries and put it into her shelves.

She could feel Lavi's eye on her as she stored her groceries.

She set her nutella jar down slowly.

After she finished putting away her groceries, she turned around slowly to find Lavi's eye following her every move.

"Alright." Michelle said with determination. "I know you're mad at me but you can't be mad at me forever right?" Michelle asked.

Lavi said nothing.

Michelle nodded her head. "Okay, don't talk to me. But you really can't not talk to me forever can't you?" Michelle asked as she turned to her fridge. She took out her rocky-road ice-cream and walked over to where he sat. She took out two spoons and put it into the container.

She took a dip and put her spoon into her mouth as she watched him. After a while, he took the other spoon and ate some ice-cream.

She looked across him and smiled.

Lavi couldn't help but smile back at her.

"See? Told you you couldn't stay mad at me forever." Michelle smiled as she pointed her spoon at him.

"Alright, but no more keeping things from me." He said.

"Promise." She said.

"Besides, it would probably have been best as it was."

Michelle raised her eyebrow at him.

"I didn't have to beat that him to pieces and end up in jail somewhere."

Michelle laughed. "So."

"So."

"I think you should take Lenalee to Tyki's party." Michelle said to him.

"Lenalee?"

"Yeah. She really wants to go with you."

"Of course, who wouldn't want to go with this handsome face?" Lavi smirked at her.

Michelle rolled her eyes but looked at him, with such seriousness in her eyes that he stopped how joking for a minute. "I think you should ask her. There's only a few weeks left to get ready. And there's so much planning to do!"

"Who are you going with?"

"Huh?"

"We go together every year, its like a tradition. Who are you going with this year then?"

Michelle shrugged. "Kanda. or Allen. Besides, tradition can be broken if its for the better."

"Will it make you happy if I take her to this party?"

Michelle nod.

Lavi sighed, "If it makes you happy, I'll ask her later."

"Not only me, but Lenalee too!" Michelle exclaimed as she clasped her hands together.

"Yes, yes." Lavi said as he took another bite of the ice-cream.

Michelle stared at him while he ate.

"Wha?" He asked. She stared at him and then nod to the door.

"Now?" He asked.

"Yes! Now!" Michelle said. "Why not make her happy now?" Michelle asked.

Lavi continued eating her ice-cream.

"Now, later, whats the difference?" Lavi asked.

"The difference is that she'll be happy sooner!" Michelle explained as she pulled Lavi up from his seat and ushering him towards her front door.

"But I wanted some more ice-cream!"

"After!" Michelle said as she pushed him to Lenalee's front door.

"Michelle."

"Lavi. It's now or never." Michelle said as she rang the doorbell.

"Coming." She heard from inside the apartment.

"You can do it." Michelle said as she ran back to her apartment leaving Lavi in front of Lenalee's door.

From her own door, she watched Lenalee opened her door. First, she was surprised to see Lavi but the surprise look was soon replaced with a smile.

"You sure that is a good idea?" Someone asked next to her. Michelle clasped her hand to her heart. She's been getting scared a lot lately. Having been practicing martial arts, it is funny to see her get scared so easily.

"Yes, I am." Michelle said as she turned her head back to look at them. Lavi had apparently asked her because she ran to give Lavi a big hug with a big grin on her face. "Now." She said as she turned back to the black-hair man beside her. "What do you want, Kanda?"

"I just want to know if that was a good idea." He said as he nodded over to the other two.

"Yes, it is." Michelle said. "What do you have there?"

"Ice-cream."

"For me?" Michelle asked with love in her eyes as she reached for the bag.

But Kanda put it out of her reach. "No." He said as he walked to his apartment leaving a gapping Michelle behind him.

"KANDA." Michelle growled as she watched him walk into his apartment with the ice-cream. Then she went back into her apartment and slammed the door. She went back to her stool and reached for the ice-cream cart but there was no more.

"Damn it." She said. Now she had no more ice-cream while Kanda had a new carton.

She threw away the empty carton of ice-cream into her trashcan and then got her purse and sweater to go out to get stock more ice-cream. She bought everything else that she needed except for the ice-cream.

As she reached her door, there was a knock.

Michelle opened the door, and there stood a glowing Lenalee.

"Wha-"

Before she finished her sentence, Lenalee tackled her into a hug.

"Omph. Lenalee." Michelle said as she grabbed onto her door to stop herself from falling down.

"Lavi asked me to the party! I am so happy. I am so happy I could cry. Ohmyogsh, than you so much. Thank you. Thankyou!"

"Lenalee, calm down. Deep breaths, deep breaths." Michelle said taking a deep breath to show Lenalee how it goes.

Lenalee followed along and inhale a deep breath and exhale. She inhale a breath again and then exhale.

"I'm going to the ball with Lavi!" Lenalee said happily. "With Lavi! Im going with Lavi! Thank you! Thank you!" Lenalee said as she gave Michelle another hug.

"I got chu. I got chu." Michelle said as she hug Lenalee back. "So have you thought about what dress you're going to wear?" Michelle asked.

"Not yet, I came over to see if you wanted to come shopping with me."

"Yeah, I would love too!" Michelle said. "I need to get a dress too! oh! Let's call Rani! We can all go shopping together!"

Lenalee agreed so Michelle called Rani, and they decided to met up at the shopping mall.

"Rani! Hi!" Michelle said as she rant o give Rani a hug.

"Hey girls! You guys ready to go shopping?" Rani asked.

Both Michelle and Lenalee nodded their head eagerly.

"Well then! Let's go!" Rani shouted.

"Whooo!"

Then the three of them went from store to store to try on different dresses just to find the right one for Tyki's ball.

But they couldn't find the perfect one until the very last minute.

"This dress." Lenalee said as she twirled around the strapless blue dress. "This is the dress that I am going to wear to the ball."

"You look hawwwwtt." Michelle said as she watch Lenalee twirled.

"That dress is very you!" Rani agreed.

"I'm not the only one!" Lenalee exclaimed. "Michelle here looks like a princess!"

"Why thank you." Michelle said as she curtsied in her pink dress.

"Lenalee is absolutely right. You have to get that dress, if you don't, you're not going to the ball." Rani said.

Michelle laughed. "Alright, let's pay for this and then go get some ice-cream!" Michelle exclaimed.

"No. No. You need to lay off all the junk food until after the ball AND the wedding." Rani said.

Michelle looked at her bewildered. "NO. PLEASE. I'll work out extra if you just let me eat my ice-cream." Michelle pleaded.

But Rani shook her head. "Nope, no can do. This is for your own good."

Michelle shook her head vigorously. "How is that for my own good?!" Michelle exclaimed.

"Oh well, you can suck it up." Rani said.

Michelle felt her mouth open into an "o" shape. "Is this really how its going to be like to be living with you?"

Rani smiled and shrugged. "Alright guys. Let's go." She said as she made her way to the cash register.

"Oh come on." Michelle sighed.

They brought their dresses and then made their way back home.

"What a day!" Michelle said as they arrived at their apartment complex.

"Hey, where have you been all day?" Michael asked when Michelle and Rani came into the door.

"We went out shopping." Michelle said as she ran to her fridge.

"What are you looking for?" Michael asked.

Michelle didn't reply as she opened her fridge.

"Oh, there all still here!" Michelle exclaimed.

"What?"

"My food." Michelle said as she pulled her nutella jar into a hug.

"You didn't store them away yet?" Rani asked her fiancé.

"Oops?" Michael said sheepishly.

"Of course not. Michael loves me enough not to take away my food right?" Michelle asked her brother.

All Michael could do was laugh because he was in the middle now. Between his dear sister and his soon-to-be-wife, he was in a really hard place.

"Oh, who is Lenalee going with?" Rani asked.

"Lavi."

"Lavi?"

Michelle nodded her head.

"Don't you always go with Lavi?" Michael asked. "It's like tradition."

Michelle shrugged. "Traditions can be broken if its for the better." Michelle repeated with what she had told Lavi earlier. "Besides, I can go with Kanda or Allen. OH! We forgot to buy masks!" Michelle exclaimed.

"There's still time." Rani said. "We can go this weekend."

"Okay! This is going to be so great! I can't wait!" Michelle squealed.

Things between her and Lavi were better and she can't wait until the ball is here.