A/N: it's a little shorter chapter than usual… sorry… but it's still fun!

Cynthia: Welp, we delivered! And on my last day of summer vacation, too! Hopefully, I remember how to open my locker. Sorry. I'm rambling. Hope you enjoy our shortish chapter, sorry about that, and wish me luck on my first day of school tomorrow.

I'm going to school 25th, so I have some more time. *cheers* But enjoy the last part of you guys' summer vacation too, and good luck with school! Comment, suggest, compliment, critique, love, hate, review and enjoy! :) J&Cynthia

The red head gulped, and blushed across her face. "U-Um... I'm... Lilac Bloom..." She smiled. "It's nice to see you again... Domovoi..."

"Come in, come in," Butler ushered Lilac in. "Sit on the couch."

"Um, Butler? Who is this?" Juliet asked.

"This is Lilac Bloom, a...friend from when we went to Madame Ko's. Lilac, this is my little sister, Juliet."

Lilac smiled. "Nice to meet you, Juliet."

"Well, anyway, how did you find me? That's virtually impossible!" Butler said.

"Hey, I trained alongside you, don't forget," said Lilac, tapping Butler on the head. "I was going through some stuff in the attic and I saw a picture of us, when we were seventeen. So, I decided to try and find you."

"That's great, Lilac! But, did your career as a bodyguard work out?" asked Butler.

Lilac nodded. "It did. I have a wonderful master, and he gave me a week off for Christmas."

Butler smiled. "He sounds nice."

There was a silence in the room, but several looks were still exchanged. Artemis glanced at Butler and smirked. Lilac didn't see this; she was looking around the room, and getting used to her new surroundings. Butler looked back at Artemis with an expression that said "don't do anything bad". Artemis had been told about Lilac Bloom before, and about how much of a friend she really was to Butler...

"Well," Juliet said, "if you have a week off... if you don't have any other plans, you can spend it here!"

"Oh, Juliet. I'm sure Lilac wouldn't-"

"Actually, I would love to," Lilac interrupted.

Juliet gave her brother a pointed look. "See? Lilac does want to spend Christmas with us. Come on, Lilac. I'll show you your room!"

Juliet raced upstairs with Lilac behind her.

"Butler, is that the Lilac Bloom?" Artemis asked after Juliet and Lilac had left.

"Yes, Artemis, it is," admitted Butler.

"I am so confused right now," muttered Holly.

"Yeah," Foaly agreed. "Who is this Lilac Bloom?"

"Just a...friend from...school," Butler said.

"I'd say she was a lot more than a friend, by the way you two were eyeing each other," stated Foaly.

"Foaly!" Holly gasped.

"Hey! Just calling it like I see it," Foaly said.

Holly glared at him. "And you wonder why you get in trouble..." she muttered, mostly to herself.

Butler sighed. "Well, Foaly, we are just friends, I assure you." He paid no attention to Artemis, who was obviously holding in a laugh.

Foaly just looked at the bodyguard and smirked. Slowly, and unconvinced, he nodded. "Mhm... I wonder what you guys' couple name should be. Holly and Artemis is Hartemis, like Juliet said, but what's Domovoi and Lilac?"

"Make that Butler and Lilac," Butler corrected. Foaly raised his eyebrows at him, and then Butler realized what he'd said. He turned bright red. "N-No, I meant-! ...don't do a couple name in the first place! We're not going to be a couple!" he exclaimed, almost yelling.

Artemis leaned back in his chair, chuckling and crossing his arms. "It's nice to see someone else getting teased about this for a change. Now Foaly and Juliet can lay off Holly and I and start focusing on you and Lilac."

Butler growled.

"Take one for the team, old friend."

After that sentence, Lilac and Juliet same walking down the stairs, chatting friendly together.

"Yeah," Juliet said, nodding, "he does sound cool!"

Lilac smiled. "He is."

They came to the bottom of the stairs together, and faced where Artemis, Butler, and the others were. "So," Juliet said, clapping her hands together excitedly, "we have a new person to vote! Let's start over in case any of you have changed your minds."

Juliet walked farther over into the group, and Lilac tipped her head to the side and stayed where she was. "Vote?" she asked.

"Yeah! We're voting on what Christmastime activities to do first," Juliet explained. "So far, we have two for gingerbread houses, two for Secret Santa, and none for making cookies,or getting a Christmas tree."

"Hmm. I think I'll vote for Secret Santa," Lilac decided.

"Really? I voted for that, too! I mean, I voted for that...as well," Butler finished awkwardly.

Juliet silently giggled at her older brother. Butler never acted like this before, and it was very entertaining to watch. Butler seemed to sense that Juliet was secretly laughing at him. He turned around and mouthed to her, 'zip it, or you're grounded!'

Juliet stuck her tongue at him childishly, and he scowled and looked away quickly. Lilac chuckled at this exchange, but didn't let them see that she saw it.

"Then we're doing Secret Santa!" said Foaly excitedly.

Holly nodded. "Yeah... But how are we going to decide who gets who?"

Juliet said, "I'll get a hat and put everyone's name in. Then you'll draw a random piece of paper and whoever you get will be the person you buy a present for!"

"Seems logical enough," Artemis said.

Juliet rolled her eyes and muttered his words again to herself. "I suppose that could be considered as agreeing, so I'll just go do that! Want to help me, Lilac?"

Lilac smiled. "Sure!"

"You come too, Holly," Juliet told the officer. "We'll leave the boys alone to talk." She winked at her brother as Holly made her way over to her side.

"What exactly would we talk about?" Artemis asked, furrowing his eyebrows together.

"Boy talk!" Juliet exclaimed. She swirled around on her heel to the stairs, and started to run upstairs with Holly and Lilac following. "Have fu-u-un!"