A/N: for the first time in a while….. I have nothing to say. So I'll leave this to Cynthia!

AN: I am so excited! Tonight I am going to see the Doctor Who season 8 premiere with my best friend, her older sister, and my aunt! And, yes, I will bring a banana.

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"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!"

"What does she mean by boy talk?" Butler asked in a somewhat clueless tone.

"I don't know," said Foaly. "Perhaps the complicated romance of my two dear friends, Butler and Artemis."

As if rehearsed, Butler and Artemis both groaned and buried their faces in their hands in perfect unison.

Foaly ignored this, and took in a deep breath. He said, "So, Artemis and Holly are Hartemis, but what's Butler and Lilac? Bilac? Lilutler?"

"Not Bilac," Butler mumbled. "It sounds like a chemical weapon."

Foaly just stared at him, and started to raise his eyebrows and grin. Butler turned red and shook his head back and forth frantically.

"N-No, that's not what I meant!" Butler exclaimed. "I-I meant that-!"

"We know, old friend," said Artemis with a smile, patting his bodyguard's arm. Butler glared at him. Foaly giggled.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say this was girl talk, not boy talk," Butler said quietly to himself.

"I believe that it would be Dilac," said Artemis. "Wait. Did I really just contribute to this kind of conversation? I must be going mad!"

"You were already mad, Artemis," Foaly assured. "Only a madmen could find the People."

"Thank you," Artemis said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "May we please get back to torturing Butler? I have been waiting far too long for this."

"Of course. I'll come back to you and your madness later. So, Butler, what's the story? You and Lilac obviously have history. Hmm?" Foaly said, wiggling his eyebrows.

"We were just good friends when I went to Madame Ko's Academy," said Butler.

"How good of friends were you, though?" questioned Foaly. "Like, brother and sister kind of good friends? Or stealing away for a little kiss kind of good friends?"

Butler sighed. "The first one, if anything. But she had closer friends than me. After we graduated, though, we sort of just went off in different directions. We exchanged phone numbers and email and all that, but over time we drifted apart, both being busy with our masters."

Foaly was smiling sincerely now. "And she decided to find you... how sweet. I mean, even if you weren't more than friends, it'd still be a nice story."

Butler hesitated, but then started to smile as well. He nodded. "Yeah..."

Then Artemis decided to ruin the moment. "But," he said, smirking, "they are. So now it's a nice story of love."

Butler glared daggers at him and hissed, "Y-You little...!"

Meanwhile, upstairs, Juliet, Holly and Lilac were preparing the drawing for Secret Santa. They were working in Juliet's room. There was a notebook on her bed, and they tore out ten strips of paper to write everyone's names on. To make it more interesting, they would put a person's name in twice, so that everyone would have to get two presents.

It was silent for a while, but then, out of nowhere, Juliet giggled, and started a conversation. "So, Lilac," she began, "what's your master's name?"

"Hm?" Lilac looked up from where she was writing on the desk, and then smiled. "Oh, it's Mikey Lukas. My father served his father, like Domovoi and Mr. Fowl's families. He's very nice, like I said before."

"I'm glad to hear that," said Holly. "Some masters can be very mean, but there are some that are nice."

"And where do you think Arty is on that scale?" Juliet asked her, laughing.

Holly glared at Juliet, and said before returning to her task, "No comment."

Juliet put her hands' on Holly's shoulders'. "Holly, no use denying it. I know you and Artemis are in love, and steal away in the nigh to keep your hidden, yet passionate, romance a secret!"

"You've been watching too much chick fliks," responded Holly, to the dramatic speech.

That's when Juliet decided to turn her attention to Lilac.

"So, Lilac, what do you think of Butler?"

"Well, he was one of my best friends growing up. He's nice," Lilac said, clueless to the ways of Juliet.

"Do you like Butler?" Juliet asked.

"Did you not just hear me a moment ago? Butler was one of my best friends," said Lilac.

"No. Not like. I mean, like," Juliet explained.

Lilac blinked several times. Then she put on a sweet smile and said, "I do like him. He's nice to me."

Holly tried to hold in her laughter, but almost failed. Juliet grunted. "That's not what I meant..." she murmured.

Holly decided to explain it to the innocent girl. "What Juliet meant was-"

"Shh!" Juliet hissed. She covered the captain's mouth, and smirked evilly. Then she whispered, "Let's not tell her... We can use this to our advantage..."

Holly glared at her. "You mean your advantage. I'm not getting involved in this."

"Fine. But just keep it like it is now, okay?"

Holly hesitated, then sighed. "Fine..."

Juliet leaned forward to Lilac and asked, "Do you wanna-?"

"No! Lilac does not want to build a snowman," Holly interrupted.

"Spoil sport," Juliet mumbled. "But! Do you want to know a secret? More of a true story."

"What kind of true story?" Lilac asked.

"A romance true story," informed Juliet.

Holly rolled her eyes. "Oh, brother."

"There are these two people. A dark haired genius and an auburn haired soldier. They come from completely different worlds, yet, manage to become, dare I say it, exceptionally close friends. A gorgeous blonde tries to convince the soldier and the genius of their true feelings for each other, yet they deny it! But their true feelings shall soon be revealed," said Juliet, dramatically.

"Who is this true story about?" questioned Lilac. "A lovely one, though."

"Thank you. And you will find out soon enough, my child," Juliet said mysteriously.

Lilac shot Holly a questioning look, to which Holly replied, "It's Juliet. Just roll with it."

Lilac smiled naturally. "Okay." She returned to her task, and put the slips of paper in the pile where they were being collected. "I'm done. How close are you two?"

Holly put hers by Lilac's next. "I just finished."

Juliet grinned. "I was finished a while ago."

"So that's why you had so much time to talk..." Holly grumbled under her breath.

Then, Juliet hopped up from the bed, and marched over to the closet. "Now," she said happily, "we need a hat. Or a box of some kind." She started to dig through it to find something, and after a minute, she said, "Aha!" and came out with a black fedora.

"Why do you have a black fedora?" Holly asked.

Juliet glared. "To wear, obviously." She put it on her head and struck a confident pose. They had to admit; she looked very stylish. "I have a hug thing for hats," she laughed.

Holly half chuckled, and held out her hand as she stood up. Juliet gave to the hat to her, and she dumped the papers into it. While doing this, the captain said, "Alright, so we'll take this downstairs and have everyone draw, then set off. Okay?"

"'Kay!" Juliet cheered.

Lilac smiled. "Okay."

"I wonder what the guys have been doing," Lilac said, before they walked out the door.

If she only knew.

"Shut up!" Butler hissed. "I hear the girls coming down."

"What? You don't what your precious Lilac to know about your adoration for her?" Foaly said mockingly.

"I said to shut up!"

"Mmhmm..."

"Hey guys," said the cheery voice of Lilac. "What have you guys been up to?"

"Just...talking," Butler said.

"About what?"

"About...Doctor...Who."

Juliet squealed. "I'm so proud of you! Who's your guys' favorite doctor?" she asked excitedly.

"David Tennant," Artemis answered immediately.

Juliet gasped. She sprinted over to Artemis and held out her hand for a highfive. "I never knew how much I liked you until now!"

Artemis raised his hand to touch hers, but then grimaced, and put it down. "Eh... I would highfive you, but I believe fangirlism is contagious and I don't want to catch the disease."

Holly covered her mouth and tried not to laugh, but Juliet and Foaly saw it and glared at her. The two Hartemis shippers grunted at the same time, and rolled their eyes.

Juliet sighed. "Whatever." She held out the black fedora and shook it around. Her grin returned. "I have the papers!"

Butler smiled. "Good. Now, let's see who gets who..."