Louise looked over at the Kace boy. Louise would have to keep a mental note that he's Emmylou's boyfriend and that the two of them have been dating for more than a year already. Mental note taken. Now if she could make sure that she would remember it. That would be perfect! A lovely present. Louise smiled at the boy. "I can take that for you." She completely forgot that she never thought of a place to put the presents because Emmylou asked not to be given presents. Louise knew that her granddaughter would be receiving presents. With Kace's present in her arms she looked over at the Dylan boy was asking her the same thing as Kace. "I can take that sweetie." she smiled and gently grabbed the present from the boy. Just as Louise was about to go inside and set the presents down on the kitchen counter the adorable little Simon boy was speaking to her. It made the older lady so happy that Emmylou surrounded herself with these lovely people. "Will just enough practice you will being doing an American accent before you know it, honey." Louise beamed at the boy. Louise walked into the house and set the presents on the counter and thinking of here she could put them.

Marcel was looking pretty damn good before a party that wasn't his. With a smirk on his face, the blonde haired boy walked out to the back patio. There are lots and lots of people. He knew that Kace kid and the Lux girl but not really anyone else. He had at least seen the other kids faces because of wandering around Hogwarts and that dark haired kids that was talking to his mother he had seen so he must be a Slytherin though he didn't look like much of a Slytherin, that one must be a little to nice so maybe he should go to Hufflepuff and he merry there. As soon as the third year walked through the french doors he cleared his throat. "Hello." he said with his southern accent that was similar but deeper than his niece Emmylou's accent. "Yes, it's me peasants your king." smirk here, smirk there, a wink at Lux's smoking hot older sister, Willa. It was to bad that she was so old and dating his stupid brother, Jaxson. "Thank you for coming to my party. I am truly honored to see you...well some of you beautiful people here...I can't say much about some of you." Marcel rolled his eyes and turned his attention away from the ugly people.

Willa was happy that everything with Emmylou's outfit was all set, her hair was all done up and she looked fabulous. Now that she was done with helping Emmylou's Aunt Raeanne she was now free to go out to the party or maybe just go find a room to make out with her handsome boyfriend, Jaxson. As Willa walked out to the back patio she shook the thoughts of her and Jaxson and what they could do in a house this big out of her mind. Will heard Marcel's little speech and rolled her eyes at him. "Lux." Willa said happily and hugged her baby sister.

Jaxson walked in with Echo right beside him, he had agree'd to take her with him to Emmy's party. Echo didn't really get a big chance to hang out with her cousin that often so he put on a brave face and to his pleasant surprise he saw Willa, his girlfriend sort-of… well.. they were dating.. so he guess they were boyfriend and girlfriend… ughh the dating game… he hated it. Smiling he directed Echo with him as he stood right next to Willa.. "heyy" he said as he looked around at the huge group of friends.. a lot of boys too.. interesting… ughh he seemed like he was one of the oldest people here..ruffling his hand through his hair he sighed as he brushed Willa's arm lightly/

"Jaxson!! Jaxson!! wheres Emmy?? I don't see her??" she said bouncing around all excited in her costume, she looked so pretty and she was so happy that her mother allowed her to come and with Jaxson too.. he always made everything fun for her.. but she followed him when he went up to say hello to an older girl and other people… should she say something or should she be nice and stay here until someone notices her.. blushing he looked down at her nice new shoes and did some twirling.. watching her dress swing around… humming in her head while she did so

As he entered the house, he gave Mrs. Duchannes the gift. "Here you go.." he told her politely. He hoped Emmy would like his gift. He wondered where his girlfriend was. She couldn't take this long to get ready. I mean he got his costume on in 30 minutes time. As he made his way to the patio and talked to Dylan and Simon, Kace heard Bay and wondered were he was. Then he saw him with Lux. He grinned and shook his head. "I have no idea! I mean her grandmother just brought me back here. I figured she is just getting dressed about now knowing her.." he told Bay truthfully. But he thought she will look beautiful. "I see you found your girl.." he gestured toward Lux. He did wonder where Cinna was. "Yeah where is Cinna?" he asked looking around.

Kaylee was getting a bit impatient. She was wondering where the birthday girl was. "Hey Kace where is your hot girlfriend you keep talking about?" She grinned loving the idea of embarrassing him. He raised an eyebrow and motioned her to go play with Brady. "Alright I am going, I'm going.." she smiled some more.

OH HEY!

There was a kid that Simon didn't know here and he was introducing himself. "Hey old sport. It's to meet you, Dylan," he said, holding his hand out towards the boy in the form of a handshake. "Sorry was trying to be in character before. I'm Simon. Simon Holden. How are you?" He gave Dylan a nice grin for the kid seemed nice.

Then Kace was acknowledging him. "Hey Kace! It's good to see you, mate. We should go explore the passageways again really soon," he exclaimed with a nod. He liked Kace. The kid was awesome and fun to hang out with. Now had Simon seen his girlfriend? He fought a creeping blush and it didn't appear at all for once. Success! Maybe he didn't have a crush on Emmy anymore? "Emmy, no I haven't. Louise let us both in."

Good question. Where was the birthday girl hiding!?

Zander returned Kace’s smile with one of his own. This kid was nice. Strange. But nice. Anyways. The third year decided to finally take a seat around the fire pit too, and patted the spot next to him as to direct Simon over as well. Then looking back at the Hufflepuff, Zander sighed. “Wasn’t too exciting… I had to stay at Hogwarts because my mum was feeling skeptical about the weather and all that, you know?” Awh. For once he was actually looking forward to going on and being away from all the cold Hogwarts corridors. “How was yours?”

Just then, Zander heard someone yelling. A very familiar someone yelling. O______O OMYGOSHNOWWAYBAY! Zander’s eyes lit up as he saw his very first MATE EVER approaching the fire pit. Hold on. This sitting business would have to wait because before he knew it, the kid had jumped into the air and hug!attacked the sixth year. Normally, Zander wasn’t the all huggy type, but there were exceptions. And first mate ever was kind of an exception. “BAAAAYYYYY!”

He also noticed everyone handing over the presents, yet his sat neglected under his seat. Eh, he’d get to that later BECAUSE BAAAAY FIRSTEST MATE EVER HERE.

So.... There she was sitting there with Lux, Bay, Kace and the rest of Emmys friends and family waiting for her to come out for her party. Cinna had been quiet most of the day. Her mind wondering and daydreaming. Totally spaced out and didn't even notice "prince Marcel" being an idiot as usual. If that boy ever tried kissing her again. He better hope that he knows a good plastic surgeon.

He still irks her though. She was thinking of someone else at the moment. Bart. Sigh sadly he wasn't here. So that kind of had Cinna in a bad mood. And the fact that the birthday girl wasn't even there. "Where's Emmy?" She asked in a pouty voice that didn't sound much like hers. "That's it I'm going to find her. I'm tired of waiting." She had sat there quietly for long enough. How could you have a birthday party without the birthday girl.

Lux had barely any time to do anything before Zander was rushing over and tackling Bay in his chair. Haha, that was funny and he was so cute. Amused she said, "hey, Zander. You know I'm here too, right?" It was so adorable how he was attached to Bay because he was his first friend. Awww.

Kace got a laugh for his joking comment. " I'm sure you're excited to see the birthday girl." Of course she was excited to see Emmy too, but Kace had to be more so because he was her boyfriend.

EEP! Willa had arrived. Happily she hugged her sister while hoping that she would be nice to Bay this time. "You look amazing! I'm so glad you're here." The last time they had seen each other was at Hogsmeade, so this was awesome.

Oh no! It seemed like Cinna was in a pouty mood, and Lux wondered if it was because Bart wasn't at the party. That was sad, though Cinna would be seeing her boyfriend again soon. They were such a cute couple.

"Hey Simon!" he greeted the slytherin. "It is good to see you mate!" he nodded towards him. He liked this little guy. He couldn't wait to explore the dungeon corridor some more. He saw a little blush creeping on him when he asked about his girlfriend. He wondered if he had a crush on him? He wouldn't be surprised, Emmy was sociable and cute. But he claimed her and she claimed him. "Ah maybe she is hiding from all of us then huh?" he asked Simon. He went over to look around when he bumped into a fellow gryffindor.

Aahh that was a shame to hear that Zander couldn't go home for winter break. Hmm that is weird but he understood his mother's logic. His mom wanted him home since she was her only boy plus all his family was gonna be home and wanted to see him. He brought the life to the party after all. "Sorry to hear that mate. But I am sure you explored more of hogwarts? I am sure there are secret corridors to still explore.." he shrugged. He managed to run into a few of them before. Oh? Back tom him! "Well mine was pretty well. I just saw a lot of family and had a lot to eat. I managed to see Emmy over the break and it was nice. Speaking of which you haven't seen her either..?" he asked the gryffindor.

Kace smiled at Lux and was really excited to see his girlfriend. He had to ask Lux, "Do you know what she is wearing per chance? Did she keep it a secret from you?" He was just soo curious. "What did you get her for her birthday by the way?" Alright enough questions for now. He chuckled when he saw Cinna was getting impatient. "Leave it to Cinna to go and find the birthday girl.." he commented to Lux.

Oh thank goodness. There he was, Willa’s insanely hot boyfriend, Jaxson. Willa looked around around at all the little kidos to make sure that there was no one hotter than her boyfriend. Oh and lookie here there wasn’t anyone hotter here and Willa was sure that she was stealing the whole party with her very good looks. “How are you?” she asked Jaxson with a smile. Willa looked at Jaxson and gave him a kiss on his cheek before looking at his little cousin, Echo. She was just so adorable. “Emmy will be down in a moment or two, sweetie.” Willa smiled at the little girl. Then she had heard her little sister and smiled. “Of course I look amazing, Lux. I’m Willa freaking Carrington.” Did she have to spell it out to her little sister?

So no one was paying any attention to him? Marcellus rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. These people were lame and he was sick of not even getting the slightest bit of attention. Marcel also didn’t like the fact that Willa was kissing his older brother on the cheek. There was Cinnamon, why wasn’t she talking to anyone? Yes he was jealous of his older brother and yes it mostly had to do with him having a hot girlfriend and Marcel himself still being single but what made this day even better was not seeing Cinnamon’s boyfriend here. Marcel was sure that his niece Emmylou had invited the boy because he knew that Emmylou and that Bart person were friends.

The third year was happy to hear that most of her guests had arrived but she felt really bad for having her friends and family waiting around for her and the now fourteen year old was very sure that all of them wanted cake just as much as she wanted cake. Now that the fashion malfunction was all fixed thanks to her Aunt Raeanne and Luxness’s older sister she was ready to go but for some reason she was very nervous about going to see her friends. She had wondered if her friends had liked the theme of her party for if they would like the dress she was wearing. But what if some of them had left because it had taken her so long to walk downstairs and outside?

The blonde hurried down the stairs as fast as she could in these really high heels that Willa had made her wear because she was told that they looked really nice with her hair and dress. The third year lioness had taken little fast steps and made her way through the hallway and finally into the kitchen. She stopped before she made it to the backdoor, she had fixed her hair a bit and messed with her dress here and there before walked out on to the back patio.

Emmylou opened the backdoor and walked out to the patio, she looked around at all of her friends. “Hey.” she smiled and waved at all of them. “I’m sorry I’m late to my own party.” she said nervously but she was more worried about finding her boyfriend because she wanted him to hold her and take away her nervousness. Emmylou’s ocean blue eyes finally found her boyfriend. She made her way over to Kace and wrapped her arms around him. “I’msohappythatyou’rehere.” she said into his chest.

As Kace was making small talk with his buds, he was getting worried if Emmy was ever gonna show up. As he heard the doors open, he moved his head towards the noise and then he saw the most beautiful girl ever. She was wearing an amazing dress. Even her hair was gorgeous. He stood there gobsmacked. She seemed a little nervous for some reason. He had no idea why and gave her a quizzical look. Then he felt someone someone bump softly into him.

He even felt arms being wrapped around him. He looked down and saw blonde hair."Heyy Emmy.." he smiled and kissed her forehead. "Your dress is sooo woaahh..." he said trying to find the words but he was in total awe.

"Are you kidding me? I wouldn't miss your birthday for the world."he assured her. He was so glad to be here. "You feeling alright?" he whispered to her concerned. He didn't want to cause a scene for her.

July 1st, 2086
The Engagement Party of Jaxson Duchannes & Willa Carrington

The older woman went through on her check list that she had on a yellow notepad in her left had and a bright purple pen in the other. She ran around the kitchen in her high heels and pink dress making sure all the food was set up very nicely. Now this party wasn't going to be happening int he house but they did clean up the barn and it looked like it was brand new. It also wasn't everyday that one of her handsome sons gets married. None of them were married but she had grandkids so that made her very happy. Yes! Now two grandkids, it was all so exciting.

Looking at the list she made sure that everything was all checked off. Louise look at the little gold watch in her right wrist. It was almost time! The food was being set up, the guest would be arriving early, she knew that the guests would be early, they were always early. She knew she always loved to arrive to parties a little earlier. The older woman went out to the barn to make sure that everything was in order.

Now that she was done with Emmylou's hair she walked down the staircase and back towards the French doors out to the barn. Willa couldn't believe this was happening. She normally never had a party for this but Jaxson's mother insisted. The blonde really loved parties and a reason to get all dressed up. She didn't know who was going to be showing up. She had invited her family and she knew Jaxson's family was invited. She didn't mind that some of Marcel and Emmylou's friends were invited. Wilhelmina walked into the barn and was just amazing at how beautiful it was. His parents and brothers really didn't an amazing job.

The twenty-four year old walked over towards her soon to be mother-in-law. She gave Louise a hug. "This looks so beautiful." She knew what the barn looked like before and it was mostly used as a storage area because they had horse stables down at the other end of the property. The barn yesterday morning was still a mess but it was getting better. She knew that Jaxson's brothers had something to do with it. This was where the waiting would begin. She thought her parents would be here by now.

Jaxson, was shocked.... that his mother wanted to throw Willa and Him a party. She had complained that he joints were hurting her earlier this week before all the craziness happened. Smiling he made his way to the manor, wondering what everyone was up to. Reaching the door it opened slowly as he made his way in. "Hello" he said loudly for the entry way kind of echo'd. Jaxson moved towards the stair case as he tried to listen to any kind of noise.

Dylan had never worn suspenders before. And he rarely wore nice clothes like this... or took the time to actually make his hair look really good. But he felt like he should for this whole party thing, and now that he had seen himself in it, it wasn't that bad. Not that he'd wear this every day, though. Nah, he'd stick with his leather jackets and such.

As he reached the place, he looked at the large manor before him, noticing the big red barn. Seemed that he was at the right spot...and, now that he had taken a glance at his watch, he was a bit early. He was always showing up to things early. Eh, better than showing up late, right? Smiling, the fifth year made his way up to the barn, hoping someone he knew was in there already. Hopefully Bleu would show up... he had invited her to join him but wasn't sure if she was going to come yet.

So one of him younger brothers were getting married be he was. This didn't surprise him in the bit. Making the trip from London to Alabama back to the place where he had grown up. He didn't make the trip as much as he would like anymore. Christmas, Easter, someones birthday every now and then. But this, this was a big thing for the family. So of course he'd be there.

He walked into the barn which looked great. Mother was always so good at decorating for parties and events. She could've made a career out of it. The first person he seen was his brother, or the man of the party. Clapping his hand over his brothers shoulder. "Well if it isn't the man of the hour." Grinning at him he turned to the ladies.

"Mother, Everything looks amazing, as usual." Moving over to her and wrapping her into a hug. 28 years old and still the biggest mama's boy this side of the Mississippi. Taking the hand of his soon to be sister-in-law he kissed her hand. "Willa, my dear. Hope you are doing well? Beautiful as usual. His little brother was a lucky man. He noticed the young man who had just arrived, must be one of Emmylou's friends. He got a friendly welcoming nod it was still his house in a way. Speaking of Emmylou where was his niece?

Bleu quickly walked up the drive between the manor and the barn, her heels making that annoying clacking noise. She didn't know either one of these people, other than it was Lux's older sister that this engagement party was far. So far the place looked gorgeous. Dylan had invited her to be his plus one, but she hadn't told him a definitive yes yet. Her mother was very weary of letting her go to a place that she had never been alone with a boy her mother hadn't met yet. But Bleu was very convincing.

She noticed someone walking in front of her. It was a young man dressed rather nicely. Then she noticed he had long flowy hair and knew that had to be Dylan. She smiled hugely, and called out "Now if I didn't know any better, I would think this person dressed to the nines was my boyfriend but it couldn't possibly be the rocker dude I know...." ...she almost said 'and love' but they hadn't said that yet and she didn't want to be the first one.

Seeing a man he didn't know walk in, Dylan waved back and smiled. "Hello," He greeted. "I'm Dylan. One of Emmylou's friends." He added with another smile.

Hearing someone call out from behind him, he grinned as he recognized the voice to be Bleu's. He was so glad that she had come, he was worried she wouldn't... Turning, Dylan laughed, blushing slightly. He gave a shrug, smiling shyly as he shoved his hands awkwardly into his pockets. "I have no idea where the rocker look went today. Decided to look nice." Mainly for her. But he wouldn't mention that. "You look lovely yourself by the way." As always.

Louise looked around as people started arriving. A big welcoming smile shown on her face. She saw a couple people that had been here before and a new person that she hadn't seen at all. The older woman turned towards Willa. "Willa, dear you look beautiful." She could tell by Willa's boy language that she knew that already. Louise turned her attention towards the younger crowd. "Welcome everybody!" Her French accent still in tact after all these years of living in Alabama. "You may go and find a seat and eat some food if you'd like. The DJ should be here shortly to have some music playing, we also have a dance floor in the middle. Just a reminder to eat food! We have more than enough." She said pointing towards the buffet of food and tables.

Her light blue eyes widen as she saw one of her sons. Axel. "Axel my dear!" She said walking over towards him and giving a hug. "I'm so happy to see you here." Louise looked around for Emmylou but didn't see her. "I don't know if Emmylou will make an appearance. Willa just told her that Benedict won't be showing up because Juliette is more important that his daughter right now." Though she had no problem with her eldest son trying to see his little boy but he also has a daughter that needs him. She knew that it had been since Christmas since the two of them last talked.

Willa smiled at Mrs. Duchannes compliment. "Thank you Mrs. Duchannes." The twenty-four year old smiled at her. She knew that she would be told not to call her that but it was just out of habit. She wasn't looking forward to her family being here. Don't get Willa wrong she loves her family to death but she wasn't ready to hear her little sister Lux talk about how much she wants her to have a baby. Willa wasn't even ready to have a baby yet.

Willa turned her head and saw her future brother-in-law, Axel. She could tell that he was a momma's boy. Then he took her hand and kissed the top of it. How sweet. "Thank you Axel." She smiled at him. Willa looked around and wondered where Jaxson was. He did know that the party wasn't going to be in the house, right?

So many things were swirling around in her brain. She just didn't know what to do or how to process what Willa had told her. She knew that some of her friends would be there by now and she also knew that she would have to get down to the party. After Emmylou was done talking with her uncle Marcel she hurried down the stairs and saw her Uncle Jaxson. "Uncle Jaxson?" She said stopping in front of him. "What are you doing in here?" She gave him a puzzled look and wiped the tears that were in her eyes.

No one knew that he was coming to the party. He didn't even RSVP but he knew his mother very well because she always had extra food and of course his bedroom was always up for grabs. Warren hadn't seen any of his family since Christmas but man did he miss sweet home Alabama! Russia was nice and all but Alabama always had his heart. Warren parked his truck over on the other side of the house so no one could see that it was him. He would get an earful from his mother later about parking on the grass but oh well he wasn't afraid of her anymore. Okay well maybe a little afraid but she would get very scary when she's mad.

"Hey y'all! I have arrived! No I'm not the guests of honor but it's very nice to finally be home." He always had to make a grand arrival. The twenty-five year old had his brown cowboy hat on as always. He wouldn't go anywhere without it and the looks he would get at work for it was just funny. Walking over to the barn he smiled at his mother. "Mother! It's been too long." He smiled and hugged her tight then he turned to his soon to be sister-in-law. "It's a pleasure to see you again, Willa. You look beautiful as always." He said with a charming smile. "Axel!" He stuck his hand out for his older brother to shake it. "How are ya?"

Bleu grinned and reached up to straighten his bow tie. He looked absolutely adorable, and oddly enough they kinda matched. His bow tie and suspenders and pants were black and her entire outfit was black. How cute were they? "That should do it." She smiled at his blush. "Thank you...I hope black isn't too dark for an engagement party." It was her signature color. She had so much black in her closet at home it was ridiculous. But she always made sure she had a touch of color on, even if it was an accessory like her earrings were tonight and the touch of color on the bottom of her dress.

Even in her heels he was taller than she was. She pulled herself up on her tiptoes and gently kissed him. She was really very nervous despite her calm demeanor. She didn't know anyone at this party other than Dylan, and of course Lux would be here eventually, at least that's what she figured. "So are we the first to arrive other than that gentleman you were greeting?" She gently wrapped her fingers around his.

Kace got the invitation that one of Emmy's relatives was celebrating her engagement. He was excited for Emmy's family and he got a little gift for them. I mean it would be rude not to give them a gift right. He got them a photo frame so they could cherish the moment. As he got near the mansion he heard music going on for the party and he took a deep breath and knocked on the door hard to be heard. While waiting his fiddled with his package as well, he hoped the new couple would like it.

Dylan looked down, watching Bleu's hands as they straightened his bowtie. He smiled at this, looking back up at her and raising his eyebrows as she pulled her hands away. Grinning, he messed with the bowtie, causing it to be crooked. Juuuust because he was funny like that.

He waved a hand. "Nah, you look just fine, trust me." The fifth year told her reassuringly with a nod. In fact, she looked just perfect. The black wasn't too much for an engagement party. Although, what did he know? He wasn't very knowledgeable on the whole 'fashion thing'. But it looked fine to him so it must be okay, right? Ah, well. He needn't stress too much on the subject. All he knew was that Bleu looked absolutely beautiful in that dress and he adored it.

"Yeah, I think we're one of the first people here." Dylan said before giving her hand a quick squeeze after she had entwined her fingers with his. Suddenly, there was a knocking at the door. "Looks like someone else is here," He said, wondering who it was.

Emmylou looked at her uncle Jaxson waiting for him to say something but he hadn't said anything yet. A puzzled look shown on her face when she heard a knock at the door. The blonde walked over to the door and opened it. Kace. "What are you doing here?" She asked before realizing how it sounded. "I mean I know why you're here. Why are you at the front door? The party is being held at the barn." She smiled and gave him a hug. "You're not the only one that didn't get the memo, my uncle Jaxson didn't either." He laughed and looked at him.

Bleu pursed her lips and grinned as he undid her straightening. He was such a rebel. She rolled her eyes and shook her head giggling. She didn't care...he was too cute.

She looked down at her dress. 'Just fine? I was hoping for pretty...' She thought to herself. She hoped she wasn't under dressed now. Now she was nervous for a whole other reason. What if she wasn't appropriately dressed for this thing? She didn't know these people. Her eyebrows smashed together in concentration as she moved her hands over the skirt of the dress. "Just fine...?" She whispered to herself. She should have worn the other dress.....

They were standing outside the manor, when someone had passed them, that someone looking vaguely like Kace, and knocked on the door. "I thought this was going to be in the barn. Shouldn't we be going over there?" She pointed with her unoccupied hand.

No long after Kace had knocked on the door there was another knock. Emmylou opened the door and saw her friend Dylan. "Hey." She beamed, she looked and saw a girl. That must be his girlfriend. She hadn't met her yet. She smiled at the girl. "I'm Emmylou." The blonde wasn't made that some people didn't read anything right because her uncle, the almost married man didn't even know where to go. "Come in." She said holding the door open for them.

Hearing her whisper to herself, Dylan frowned, turning towards her. Oh, no. No no no. "Oh, Bleu, I didn't mean it to come out like that... honestly, you look really beautiful. Insanely beautiful. I was just...kinda shy to say it." He told her, looking down at the ground and wringing his hands. He felt so stupid, she was his girlfriend and all! Shouldn't he not be afraid to say these things? Why did he still get so nervous all the time? Sigh.

The barn. Of course. Dylan had almost forgotten, and it had been right there on the invitation! "Right, right. We probably should." He said, taking her hand again and leading her over to where the barn was.

Dylan grinned at Emmylou when she opened the door. "Hey," He greeted, smiling as she introduced herself to Bleu before making his way inside when she opened the door for them.

Bleu gave him a gentle smile. She had taken it too literally. She grabbed his hands and squeezed them tight to get him to calm down. "You don't have to be shy about those kinds of things. I tell you you're adorable all the time. And honestly, right now it is very hard for me to keep my hands off your bum in these pants. Mmm," she shivered thinking about it. He did have a perfect bum. "So," she giggled at her own comment flushing, "feel free to tell me when you think I am looking exceptionally beautiful. I like to hear it." She winked at him with a sassy smile and kissed his cheek.

Just as they were starting to walk towards the barn, the door to the house opened, and a girl spoke to them. Bleu waited patiently, holding Dylan's hand tightly.

Wasn't she Kace's girlfriend....which means...Lux's ex-best friend. Or were they friends now? She hadn't heard what was going on between them, but she actually hadn't met her yet. Maybe Lux wasn't coming...? "Hello, Emmylou! I'm Bleu. It's nice to meet you." She smiled sweetly and walked hand in hand with Dylan inside.