I'm so sorry I've been gone for a couple of weeks. My grandfather passed away on February 28 at 2:12 in the morning. My entire family was in the hospital all that day before and until he died. I've needed these couple of weeks to recoup and get my life back in order.

Thank you all for your patience and not chopping my head off!

i-heart-kaoru: Ha, but I didn't ;)

IAmABoredGirlWithNothingToDo: Oh My God!! We have the same name and even spell it the same! It's like I've found my long lost sister! 3

Sakura02: I would've had him say 'when a man loves a woman' but he already said that during the sex talk. Hmmm…maybe Senna should chomp on a few people at the party….

Aurellis: I'm sorry! It's been so crazy with everything going on in my life. I promise you, I will not abandon this story and I will let you know when it is over.

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Senna groaned as she was dragged into the fifth clothing store. She was carrying bag while Ruka had five. "I thought we were only getting dresses for the ball." She whined. Ruka had explained to her in the car about the vampire ball that was to happen the next night.

Ruka rolled her eyes. "Kaname-sama asked me to get you some more clothes. If you'd stop ruining all your dresses, we wouldn't have to buy so many."

"But they're so frilly!" Senna continued to whine. "I can't do anything in these stupid dresses."

"I think that's the idea." Ruka smirked. She sighed when she saw Senna was still pouting. She adjusted the bags in her hand so she had one free and took Senna's hand in hers. "If you stop complaining, I'll take you to get ice cream."

Senna's eyes lit up and she smiled brightly up at Ruka. "Okay!"

True to her word, Senna allowed herself to be dragged from store to store and tried on countless dresses. She really wished she could wear pants like Kaname and the others but Kaname seemed intent on keeping her in poofy doll like dresses. After a few more hours, Ruka called the chauffer to take their bags back to the mansion while she took Senna to get ice cream.

Senna licked happily at her strawberry ice cream cone while Ruka simply watched her. "Thank you, Ruka-neesan."

Ruka waved her hand dismissively. She glanced at Senna from the corner of her eye. "You've grown a few inches."

"Really?" Senna cocked her head to the side. When Ruka didn't answer, Senna shrugged and went back to her ice cream cone. Once she was done, she licked her fingers. "Is everyone going to be at the ball?"

"Yes. Well…we aren't sure about Ichijo." Ruka frowned when she noticed how Senna's shoulders sagged. "But, I heard that that Zero boy will be there."

"Really!?" Senna squealed and leapt up from her seat. "Hooray! I've missed Zero-nichan! I wonder if he's grown at all? Will he remember me? When's the ball?"

Ruka chuckled. "The ball is tomorrow night." She blinked as Senna began impatiently pulling on her hands.

"Let's go! I want it to hurry up and be tomorrow!" Senna dragged Ruka over to where the car was waiting for them. The whole way back to the mansion, she bounced up and down in her seat. The car hadn't even come to a full stop when she leapt out and ran into the mansion. "Kaname, can I go to bed now?"

Kaname glanced up from the book he was reading when Senna leapt into his lap. He raised an eyebrow at her wide, excited eyes. "Why would you want to do that?"

"So that it will be tomorrow!" Senna said excitedly. "I want to go to the party and see Zero-nichan!"

Kaname chuckled and wrapped an arm around Senna. He allowed the little girl to snuggle into him as he went back to reading his book. He could see Ruka dismiss herself from the doorway to go put away Senna's new clothes. "We need to work on your patience. Good things come to those who wait. Do you know who else will be there?" At Senna's curious eyes, Kaname smiled. "Shuuchi-kun and Mikiri-kun."

"Really!?" Senna squealed and began bouncing up and down in Kaname's lap. "Are Carine and Jiro and Kijuu going to be there too!?"

"Yes." Kaname wrapped his arm more firmly around Senna to keep her from bouncing. "Why don't you show me and Yuki the new dresses you got?"

"Okay!" Senna leapt from Kaname's lap and ran to her room. For the next hour, she modeled dress after dress for Kaname, Yuki, and Aidou. Ruka stayed in the room and helped her change. After she was done modeling, Senna allowed Yuki to snuggle with her on her bed and read her a story.

"…and they lived happily ever after." Yuki finished as she closed the book. She looked down where Senna was snuggled against her side. She frowned when she saw the thoughtful look on Senna's face. "What's wrong, Senna?"

"Am I ever gonna find my true love?" Senna asked.

Yuki smiled and hugged the small girl. "Well of course you will. Your still little, Senna. You've got plenty of time to find the love of your life."

"But I don't think I'll live that much longer…" Senna whispered. Shizuka's words still rang in her head. He's still alive. "I'm scared that he'll come back for me." Senna hadn't realized she was crying until she felt an added weight beside her and a cold hand brushing her tears away. She looked up to see Kaname sitting on her other side.

Kaname smiled at her as she latched onto him. He smoothed her hair down and kissed the top of her head. "He won't ever harm you again, Senna. I can promise you that. Your mine…no…our daughter now." Kaname reached over and squeezed Yuki's shoulder.

Senna sighed in content as she was held between the two purebloods. Her anger at Yuki had slowly begun to dissipate over the past year and now they were nearly back to where they had been. She yawned before curling up and closing her eyes. She fell into a peaceful sleep, eager for the next night to come so she could see everyone again.

Okay…we're back to following the manga next chapter. Review please!