"Do you two know each other?" The lady asked as she eyed the both of us, her smile was wide

"She's my girlfriend Mom," Cloud said to her as he sets down his bag on a bench, I saw one of the brothers drop his food which a plate that has a slice of chocolate cake

That poor cake

"WHAT!?" They yelled loudly that me and my sisters have to cover our ears

"Dude WTF?!" The guy with dark hair fixed his glasses on him

"I see you guys have the same reaction as we do!" Ella shouted at them then chuckled because the space between them and the guys are so large that they have to say something loudly for the other side to hear

"Ah thank goodness some people other than us sisters, understand our surprise" Caramia sighed in relief, I rolled my eyes

"Seriously?" I put a hand on my waist, they all nodded including the guys

Just having a boyfriend around here could make my siblings act weird

"Alright, since everyone is here it's time to make friends and I will just sit here and draw," she told us in a chirpy voice and sat down on a chair

It was awkward at first but soon the guys introduced themselves to us

Liam (29)

Noah (25)

Dustin (21)

Cloud (17)

Oliver and Mason (15) [twins]

Benjamin (8)

Benjamin walked up to me and asked me if I know what a Hawker Hurricane is and I got confused, he pulled out a plane behind his back and showed it to me with enthusiasm

Wendy was playing games on her phone when all of a sudden the twins were watching her play on both of her sides

"Hey I know that game," Oliver said

Wendy glanced at him with bright eyes "really?"

"Yeah" the twins replied in unison and then they pulled out their phones and showed it to her

Adeline was eating a piece of chocolate cake that she got at the small snack area, the guy that I said who dropped his piece of cake is now battling with her for ownership

Noah was the guy that Caramia went on a date with and it didn't end well so Noah kept trying to talk to Caramia who is now hiding behind Brie and Natalie, Dustin has to help his brother talk to her and try to persuade her

Lastly, it was Liam and Natalie who are not talking and it doesn't look like they are gonna talk to each other anytime soon just like me who is going to ignore this guy following me around

Benjamin showed me the flowers around the garden and Cloud kept following us, we were now meters away from the gazebo

"Why are you following me?" I crossed my arms at him

I don't have the slightest clue about what is going on inside Cloud's mind, he is too unpredictable. He touched the hair that was framing my face

"You look presentable today, that's a first" he twirled a strand of my hair in between his fingertips

I held his wrist and furrowed my brows looking at him

"My Aunt helped us that's all, I only look like this once in a blue moon" I grumbled but my anger was not that long since I admire the breathtaking garden with awe

Benjamin was running around the small trees playing with his toy airplane, I saw a group of sunflowers near a Magnolia flowerbed. I touched the petals of the sunflower gently, I was so lost in admiring the flowers that I didn't even feel Cloud's presence behind me anymore and that made me happy

I finished walking around the garden and admiring the flowers then I raised my head to search for the gazebo. I found Cloud sitting at a swing under a tree, he looks like he is either writing or drawing in his notebook

"You haven't changed that habit of yours," I mocked him as I touched the rope of the swing

"What habit?" He asked while his eyes are still glued to his notebook

"Whenever there is something to be admired you ignore it even back in preschool" I tried to peek at his notebook when he quickly shut it

"I like being admired than doing the admiring," he said cockily before standing up, I took the chance to sit at the swing before he notices

I stuck my tongue out at him and enjoyed the swing, he leaned by the tree and continues drawing in his notebook. I began to swing higher and higher

"I was planning to say that you are going to move in with me"

I instantly stopped my swinging using the heel of my wedge, I glared at him and he chuckles

"Penelope if you want to make a difference we should do it now"

My hands fiddled with the rope that is holding my weight on the swing

"What if my parents don't agree?" I asked him and he tilted his head

"What do you mean?" He asked innocently

It looks like this guy has never been given a no in his life

"Listen Cloud, not everyone is gonna agree with you if you tell your plans to them" I explained to him as I started to remove the wedge shoe that is now hurting the back of my feet.

"I have ways" he boasted, I could only roll my eyes at him at his confidence in getting an ok from my parents. I walked on the grass barefoot as I held both of my shoes in one hand

If I live with Cloud I can't imagine seeing him every day with that obnoxious personality of his

I thought to myself as I stepped on the side of a large water fountain, I can feel small splashes of water hit my feet

Cloud was beside me and was enjoying the silence

"What happened between you and Aiden?" I didn't look Cloud in the eye as I asked him, I was focusing on the water fountain

I look back at him and I have to look down because I was still standing by the fountain barefoot, his green eyes turned dark. I shouldn't have asked him without thinking

"Why would you want to know?" He asked in a deep voice

I don't want him to get worked up because of my question so I told him "nevermind, just forget about my question"

"Penelope?" I heard a male voice and I turned to my right to see Jason

"Jason!" I said loudly with happiness as I ran to him and hugged him around the neck

He lifted me and put me down after the hug

"You've grown again and you look amazing" he complimented me

"What are doing here?" Cloud asked Jason in a hostile tone, I was shocked to even see him being hostile even to a guy like Jason. Jason Is the sweetest guy you will ever meet

"I'm here because Auntie called" he answered him politely even though he was rudely asked by Cloud, I tugged Jason's arm and pointed to the gazebo

"Natalie is there right now" I whispered to him and he grinned at me and patted my head

I have always been rooting for Natalie and Jason to have something more than a just friends relationship because I feel like Jason likes her. My eyes bore to Cloud's piercing ones

"Cloud you were very rude"

"Well excuse me if I'm not polite like the guy you see me every day in school" he turned his back on me and walked back to the gazebo, I flipped him off in my head

I am so not going to get used to living with him

I jogged back to the gazebo to find out that the lady is now finished for the day, she clapped her hands to get our attention and to thank us for our participation. My sisters said their farewells to the guys and Aunt Laborè came just in time

She snapped her finger three times as Mom did and we formed a straight line again, the lady and the guys looked astonished at how we did it

"Wow" Benjamin let out as his mouth formed into an O

"You girls did it like a military" Oliver joked

"We always do this at home, it's quite effective," Adeline told him and both Mason and Oliver nodded

"Oh my, Laborè you should have told me this. They look lovely if they are in line and they looked proper together" The lady strolled up to us in her beige heels and circled around

"Could someone get my camera please?" the lady told her sons

"You could use mine" Jason pulled out his camera from the bag and gave it to her

"Boss wha-"

"BOSS?!" Me and my sisters said it out loud as we turned our heads to look at the lady, the camera then clicked

"Caught it" she giggled as she looks at the photo

"Penelope why are you barefoot?" Caramia asked me as she finally saw my feet with no shoes

"My feet hurt" I replied

"Oh dear, you should have told me" Aunt Laborè gave me an apologetic face, I smiled a little

"Can you still walk? Does it still hurt?" Wendy checked my feet

"I'm fine really" I assured them but they don't seem convinced

Cloud sighed loudly for all of us to hear, he looked at his brothers

"The last man to carry the girls back to the palace will buy food" he yelled out and suddenly they ran to us quickly and lifted my sisters up

Cloud carried me bridal style just like his other brothers did to my sisters

"What the heck are you doing dude?!" Ella asked Liam

I can hear Sophia's camera keep clicking as she takes a lot of photos of all of us being carried, Cloud then ran first to the palace but Dustin and Mason managed to catch up with him. Noah was a few feet behind Cloud and was catching up to all three really quick

Noah was first to arrive then Liam, Cloud was third, and Dustin the fourth. From a distance, I can see Oliver and Benjamin

"Wait Benjamin is holding Wendy's hand," I told them and they all chuckled

"You can't expect an 8-year-old boy to carry a 13-year-old girl do you?" Dustin told me with a grin and a raised brow, I wanted to slap my temple for saying something so stupid

Benjamin arrived first before Oliver, Mason was the last to arrive. He puts down Adeline

"Mason you got beaten by an 8-year-old" Noah told him as Mason was trying to catch his breath

"He wasn't that athletic, to begin with, because he is more of an inside bookworm person" Oliver answered as he patted his twin brother's back

"I guess he enjoyed the AC too" I let out and he agreed with me

"I think it's a bit unfair that one of the brothers wasn't that athletic and you just suggested a race where he is weak at" I gave Cloud the look and he gave me a sheepish smile

My sisters agreed with me

"Yeah, I kind of feel bad that one of you has a disadvantage" Brie gave him some water as Mason sat down flat on the ground

"Geez, you better thanked the girls for now Mason," Liam said to him, Liam helped his brother up as his legs were a bit weak

"Next time, find something that all of you could do" I muttered to Cloud before passing by him to enter the palace