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Chapter Six

The Phantomhives Part 2

Just like Edward had said, he had sent a note the day before to announce that they were coming over. It would just be him and his son, his wife taking ill the day before. So that day, the twins had the entire house cleaned; though Vincent, Victor, Aurora, and Alois did most of the cleaning due to the fact that the others burned/broke/painted on everything.

Victor followed Aurora everywhere while they cleaned; Aurora found the cleaning to be much easier here than at her own home and found the young teen trailing her to be strange, but it made her smile. Victor was very sweet, though he couldn't talk. When he wanted to say something he wrote it down for you in a small notepad that he carried around everywhere before running of in embarrassment; no matter who he wrote it to or what it said. 14-year-old children were such strange creatures.

Vincent and Aurora didn't have much time to talk to each other over the last few days. Victor has recently made himself a burrow in her room by dragging a couch from the next room and staying awake and just stare at her until she fell asleep herself. She would laugh at the child and settled to just taking the naps. It didn't refresh her, but it passed the time.

It was supposed to be a luncheon visit, but Edward and his son arrived just as they were starting breakfast.

Aurora looked up in surprise as Alois led the two of them in and even more surprised as young Vincent ran to her with some more flowers right off the back. They were different than the ones that she had received last week, but these weren't the kinds that James had planted in their yard so she knew that the young boy had brought them with him.

"I-it's good to see you again, L-Lady Aurora." The young boy was flushing again.

"Why, thank you Vincent. It's good to see you again, too." She pushed her food aside and took the flowers from the boy. "They're lovely." The boy's face turned even redder and she gave a chuckle before turning back to his father. "It is good to see you again a swell." She told the elder man.

"Same to you, Madam Rush. How has the change of lifestyles treated you?"

~Change indeed.~ She smirked. "I've gotten used to it much better than I had expected." Aurora admitted. "Of course, I miss the others but I enjoy it here as well. Infact," She stood up. "It's much more peaceful here." And that was extremely true. She didn't have Vincent's little pets calling at her for food here. She wondered how they were doing. Picking up her flowers, she turned to the young boy that was still standing beside her. "Let me go put these with my others and I'll be right back." Young Vincent nodded happily and took a seat next to hers. As she passed Victor, she shook her head at the glare he was shooting the other boy. She hoped that it wasn't going to turn naughty.

"I see that Victor has dug his nails into you." Vincent's voice sounded the moment that Aurora opened her door. He was sitting on her bed, propped back on his hands with his legs crosses. His glasses were tossed behind him, making his red eyes shine even more without them.

"Indeed he has and it seems that yet another is trying to do the same." Aurora sighed as she added the flowers to the ones she already had. "Let us hope that they don't get too attached."

Vincent smirked. "Coming for the lips of the one that plans on returning the young boys flowers with a present of her own?"

Aurora raised an eyebrow with a smirk. He always seemed to be able to read her mind. She had learned to live with that, but it was still strange to her sometimes. "And if I am? I do have to seem human, do I not?" She turned to face him. "Speaking of which, do me a favor, would you?"

Vincent stared at her, smiling. "And what would that be?"

She smiled herself.

Heading back down to the dining hall, Aurora took her seat between the two boys and began to listen to the twins and Lord Phantomhive confirm their plans for Christmas. Young Vincent would be coming over for two weeks a week before Christmas. The twins were now thinking up plans for the three of them to do. Aurora was sure that they could acquire games and whatnot to entertain themselves.

They soon moved out into the Garden Patio like they had been at the Phantomhive estate and Aurora took entertainment in James trying to keep Patrick from pulling his little fire tricks out on the weeds of the garden. Vincent tried to talk to Aurora, but he kept stumbling over his words and in the end just resided into staring at her. Victor kept shooting him glares before deciding to grab Aurora's hand and dragging her away from the patio.

Aurora sighed at the two children. She guaranteed that neither of them would want to be around her if they knew what she was. Imagining their reactions, Aurora couldn't help but smirk. Now THAT would be entertainment. For her, anyway.

Vincent didn't return until the Phantomhives stood to leave. Holding a large box in his hands he moved into the house with a smile still on his face.

"I was wondering where you had gotten to, Vincent." Reymond commented as Alois shut the door behind the chef.

"What is that?" Ramona asked.

Aurora stepped forward and took the box from the smiling man. "I asked Vincent to go into town and grab something for me. I couldn't just let the younger Vincent here bring me flowers and not get him something in return." She set the box on the table by the door and slowly opened it. "I do hope that you don't mind, Lord Phantomhive, but if you do, it's all right. I understand how much of a hassle these can be."

Edward raised an eyebrow and then smiled as she pulled the squealing jumble of joy out of the box.

"A-a puppy?" Young Vincent cried with eyes wider than the smile on his face.

Aurora smiled. "Yes. I thought that you might enjoy it, but you have to promise to take care of it yourself, understand?"

"Yes! yes! Of course!" She continued to smile and knelt down the hand the excited ball of brown fur to the young boy. "I shall name him…Sebastian!" (Don't forget, Ciel named Sebastian after his dog, remember?)

"Oh, I like that name," Aurora ruffled Vincent's hair before standing up herself and exchanging a look with the older Vincent.

Edward smiled but held a rather shocked expression as he watched his son with the puppy. "Madam Rush, thank you greatly but isn't that a bit much for a few flowers?"

Aurora continued to smile. "Every child should have a pet when they are young. It gets them ready for when they are older themselves. Is it too much? Not in the least. But forgive me if that was what you were planning to get your child for his birthday or Christmas."

Edward went red around his cheeks. "No no, I thank you greatly. Though it was planned, his mother and I think of something else."

"Aww, he's adorable!" Ramona squealed happily as she reached down to pet the puppy that young Vincent refused to let go of.

Aurora smiled again and returned to the box. "Of course, I didn't forget you two, either," She pulled out another puppy; this time a black one. "Think of this as your early Christmas present," She told the twins. Ramona squealed like a little girl(which she still was technically) and Reymond shook his head at her, smiling happily himself. Aurora was certain that the moment the Phantomhives left Reymond would be all over the puppy.

And she was right.
The moment their carriage was out of site, everyone, and I mean everyone in the family, was crouched over the puppy, petting it and welcoming it to the family. Alois wasn't there though, he had gone off to finish cleaning the Twins' room and Aurora and Vincent just stood there watching them for a moment. Aurora turned to head back into the dining hall to finish what she didn't eat and Vincent followed her, heading towards the kitchen, no doubt.

"Are you not going to join them in doting upon the new animal in the house?" She asked, sitting down in her chair as he picked up the plates that were finished.

"I'm not much of a dog fan," Vincent stopped beside and bent down a bit to whisper in her ear. "I'd much rather enjoy cats."

The feel of his warm breath on her neck made her shiver and she turned around to respond but he was already on his way into the kitchen, the door swinging behind him.

Unable to help herself, Aurora gave a laugh. So far, everything here had been normal…but she felt that something strange was soon to happen and it was going to involve everyone in this house; her and Vincent included.

Don't worry guys. I know that there hasn't been too much of Sebastian/Vincent yet, but it's going to be just him and Aurora really soon, I promise! I just had to set up the walkway for it! It'll begin in the next chapter, I promise!

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