I awoke the following morning tucked into bed. I sat up and hit my head on the top bunk.

"OW!" I yelped, before covering my mouth remembering I was now sharing a room with my six sisters. I looked around, but everyone was still asleep. I walked over to the mirror and noticed my cheek was slightly red. The memories from the previous night came flooding back to me. I put a hand on my scarlet mark and luckily the pain had gone.

I didn't bother to cover it up before walking into the kitchen for breakfast.

"What's wrong with your cheek?" My father asked as soon as I walked into the room. I moved my hand back up to the mark in surprise.

"I walked into the door frame just now." I lied. "I'm fine, nothing to worry about, just a little scrape." I smiled at him, noticing that Shayne shot me a funny look out of the corner of my eye. I took a seat beside him and took a slice of his toast.

"Why didn't you cover it up?" He whispered in my ear.

"I don't need to." I whispered back, swallowing my mouthful of bread.

After breakfast I got changed into my black and purple bikini so I could go for a swim in the lake. I ran out of the door so fast that I fell into something, more like someone. The two of us went flying down the steps, and I landed on top of their chest while they were lying down in the dirt. I looked up and my eyes connected with Duncan's.

"I didn't know you wanted me this bad, Princess." He winked at me

"What are you doing here?" I asked, jumping up from my position.

"Thought I'd come see you." Duncan shrugged his shoulders as he too got up from the floor.

"Well I'm going for a swim, feel free to join me." I smirked, walking past him.

I could feel his gaze on me as I sat on the lakes edge and splashed a few small ripples in the water with my feet. I knew he wouldn't be able to resist, and soon enough he came over and sat beside me. He ripped of his shirt and jumped in, sending a cool wave over my head. I shook my head in disapproval, but Duncan didn't seem to care. He grabbed me by my waist and pulled me in with him.

"Duncan!" I screamed as my face broke the surface of the clear-blue water.

"Yes?" He answered slyly, circling me closely in the water. I giggled stupidly and mentally slapped myself when I realized I had.

Duncan wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and placed my forehead against his. We both leaned in to kiss but didn't get anywhere.

"Oooo, Courtney's got a boyfriend." Came Kyle and Drake's shrieks of laughter. The two of us broke apart and looked over to the cabin where a few of my siblings were watching us. I death glared the twins and swam over the edge, my brothers ran away in fear that I would kill them, and to be honest I probably would have.

Duncan and I got out of the lake and sat on the deck of my cabin to dry off. We leaned in to kiss again but my mother came walking though the door.

"Oh!" She exclaimed, noticing the two of us sitting on the wooden floor. I cursed under my breath and smiled up at my mother. She got the idea and went back inside. I turned back to Duncan who was holding back his laughter. I started laughing and he joined in.

"Now, the real reason I came here was to invite you and your family over to my place tonight." Duncan explained once our laughing had died down.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because my parents have noticed that me and my brother have been spending a lot of time over here and at your place back home, so they wanted to get to meet you and your family." He told me. "And because it's my uncle's cabin I have my cousins over there too, so your brothers and sisters shouldn't be too lonely either."

"Sounds like a good idea, I'll have to ask my dad first." I looked towards the front door of the cabin. "Come on." I said, standing up and holding my hand out to Duncan. He gave me a funny look before taking my hand and walking into the cabin with me.

"Dad, can you call a family meeting?" I asked my father, who was sitting on the sofa reading the news paper.

"What for?" He inquired.

"We have a proposal." I told him. He gave us both a look that said, 'what-are-you-up-to?', but got to his feet anyway.

"FAMILY MEETING!" He yelled. Thousands of footsteps bounced off the hollow walls as everyone came running into the room. Duncan and I stood up front and Shayne and Will came over and stood by us.

"You telling them now?" Will asked his brother.

"Yeah." Duncan replied.

"Telling us what?" Robin asked, she had appeared by my feet.

"Well, my parents were wondering if you would all like to come over tonight for a barbecue." Duncan told my family.

"Where's your cabin?" Stevie asked.

"The one across the lake from here." Will said.

"The big fancy one?" Jake piped up excitedly.

"That's the one." The room was filled with whispers.

"Quiet!" My father shouted before turning to Duncan and Will. "I'd feel better if I spoke to your parents."

"Sure, our dads out on the lake now, I can go call him if you want." Will told my father, he nodded his head and Will left the cabin to get his own father.

When he returned a middle-aged man was with him. He had black hair and tealy eyes like Duncan. His skin was slightly tanned, but that was from being out in the sun. He was wearing a blue pair of swim shorts and a black vest top.

"Hey." He said, extending an arm for my father. "Ian Lewis."

"Dave Baker." My father replied.

"Will says you wanted to talk about tonight."

"Yeah, I would have just felt better getting the details from you rather than the boys here."

"I know how you feel. But yeah, I want all of you to come over tonight at 8 for a barbecue, I thought it would be a good idea since the boys spend a lot of time with your kids and I have my nieces and nephews over there too."

"Sounds like a plan." My father smiled.

"I'll see you later then." Mr. Lewis smiled back, before leaving our cabin.