"Good morning Vi, Vince," Airi said, smiling brightly at the siblings as she gratefully took the seat next to the youngest Vincenzi. She immediately began pouring herself a very full cup of tea (which she absolutely couldn't live without) and grabbed a slice of toast.

"That's right, goodness I hadn't realized," Airi said, taking a small bite of her toast as she marveled at this fact. She had been so busy avoiding Victor and Robert that she'd inadvertently avoided Ned, Vianna and Vince, no wonder she'd felt so oddly alone this week. "I've just been really busy with Prefect duties, and studying, and tutoring, I'm sorry," Airi said, with an apologetic smile.
And avoiding your brother at all costs, no big deal.


Ned was looking himself over in the mirror, smoothing out his sandy blond hair and checking his clean, even teeth for any odd food particles, when Victor walked in looking rather surprised. Ned chuckled, it wasn't often that he managed to amaze his oldest friend, but it seemed all he had to do was be awake and clean before noon. Funny.

"I've got big plans tonight, don't you remember?" Ned nonchalantly asked, rolling up his shirt sleeve again, because it would not lie flat. "I'm going out with Vianna," He added simply, not even remotely thinking that this sentence might cause any problem.