The two siblings were quickly joined by the youngest one. Edward came next to the two, pouting while saying that they didn't call him to join them as they didn't want him.

Victoria quickly hugged her brother and the three Edwards children proceeded with their conversations which now included Edward's opinions.

"Why are you here with us? Don't you have friends your own age?" Edward remarked after Hamilton asked him why he wasn't with any of his school friends.

Hamilton gasped dramatically.

So, people say that Victoria is dramatic, that's not true, she's not dramatic, Hamilton is.

Victoria laughed at the face Hamilton did and then saw him flicking his finger on Edward's forehead. Edward yelped and then stepped on Hamilton's foot. "Oh, you little-"

"I'm sorry to interrupt." All the Edwards siblings turned around to look at the upcoming guest.

Victoria smiled when she saw Gilbert Blythe coming her way, looking as handsome as ever especially in more smart and elegant clothing.

Edward also smiled as he was familiar with the boy who he sometimes saw while he's at school.

Hamilton on the other looked at his sister and the boy in confusion, his eyes darting back and forth between the two.

Gilbert returned the smile that he was given and the two stared at one another not fully knowing themselves on what was going on. Hamilton finally cleared his throat.

"Sorry, I'm not trying to sound rude or anything like that. But who are you?"

Gilbert turned to face Hamilton and took out his hand for the older sibling to shake. "Gilbert Blythe, I go to school with Victoria."

Hamilton shook the boy's hand and nodded. "Gilbert, huh. I'm Hamilton Edwards. Don't say anything about my name, if you have a question on why it's weird then go ask my parents. You see, they named me."

Victoria looked at her brother with disbelief and ran a hand over her face as she groaned in annoyance. Gilbert took a breath of relief when Hamilton let go of the tightly gripped handshake.

"Why don't you take Hamilton to the food table, Edward?" Victoria told Edward with a harsh nod towards the table, begging her younger brother to take him away.

Edward nodded in understanding, knowing full well how much Victoria wanted to get rid of Hamilton. Edward grabbed Hamilton's hand and tried to pull him away.

"Come on you doofus, let's let the two talk." Hamilton started to walk away when he gave Victoria a knowing look and an exaggerated wink.

"I get why you're friends with him, Vicky, he's one dishy bloke," Hamilton said before he left which made Victoria glared at him.

She was glad that Gilbert had no idea what the British word meant because if he did, she would have died of embarrassment. Edward pulled tighter on Hamilton's hand.

"Leave them alone, you tosser."

Hamilton huffed. "Plonker."

Gilbert stared at the two boys for a while after they left and then shook his head. "Would you believe me if I said that I barely understood half of what all of you said?" Gilbert admitted as he turned to Victoria. Victoria shrugged. "Absobloodylootely."

Gilbert nodded. "That was an easy one. I think I know what it means. Anyway, you look great tonight. I especially like your hair, I must say you look better with it down."

Gilbert reached out and twirled a strand of curly hair which made Victoria feel slightly flustered.

Gilbert then let go of her hair and took a step back, after that he gazed into Victoria's green eyes.

"Thank you. It's very nice of you to say that. I don't usually let it down when I'm in school. Back in London, my classmates would complain that they wouldn't see because of me."

Gilbert chuckled. "Well trust me I'm in no way complaining." Victoria tried to fight the grin on her face.

The two didn't know how to continue the conversation and Victoria found herself scratching the back of her neck in awkwardness.

"Your brothers seem nice."

Victoria chuckled at that. "They're great, really but they can also be quite embarrassing. Sometimes.. always. But I wouldn't want to have it any other way." Victoria turned her gaze towards her brothers who were at the food table.

She groaned slightly when she saw Edward throwing grapes at Hamilton as he tried to catch them in his mouth but failed horribly. "I take that back. They're not that great."

Gilbert laughed. "Well, I think they're amazing. I only wish to have had at least one brother or sister." Victoria bit her lower lip, "So it's just you and your parents?"

Gilbert shook his head solemnly. "No, it's just my dad and me. My mother died during childbirth."

All signs of happiness disappeared from Gilbert's face which made Victoria's flash in guilt. "Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought the subject up."

The boy shook his head and gave Victoria a reassuring smile. "There's nothing to be sorry about, it's in no way your fault and you had no idea about it," Gilbert said as he placed a hand on her arm.

Victoria stared at his hand for a few seconds. Not because it bothered her but because she found the gesture foreign to her. She didn't mind it.

Gilbert noticed the way she was looking at his hand and slowly retreated as he thought that he was bothering her. "Sorry about that. I didn't think you'd mind."

The girl tore her gaze away from where his hand lay and looked into Gilbert's hazel eyes, with a small look of confusion on her face.

"It's not that really, I don't mind it. You can touch me whenever you want to."

The boy gave her a slight smirk after hearing what the girl had to say. He fought the urge to smile and look amused.

But when Victoria registered what she had just said, she wanted the ground to swallow her whole.

"That sounded inappropriate. Let me rephrase that. What I meant was that.. umm... I didn't mind the small, APPROPRIATE gesture that you had just displayed. If it were to happen again, it won't bother me. Was that clear? Better than before? Or am I making things worse? Dear lord, I AM making things worse. Why can't I just shut up?"

Her babbling caused Gilbert to smile gently. "Victoria?" Victoria finally looked back up again and this time, no words came out of her mouth.

She hummed yes in response and tried to control her temperature rise.

"I understand what you're trying to tell me. You can calm down."

After hearing those words, Victoria did calm down and smiled back towards the bashful boy in front of her.

Benedict stood from afar watching his daughter silently with plenty of interest as she conversed.

"Ben, what are you doing?" Caroline stopped in her tracks and walked closer to him. She stopped and placed a hand on her husband's shoulder. "Who is that boy that Victoria is talking to?"

Caroline followed his gaze towards the corner of the room and instantly smiled. "I think that might be a friend of hers from school. Don't know what his name is though. She has good taste, she chose one fit bloke."

Benedict turned slightly to look at his wife and looked at her incredulously. "You're telling me that you knew that our daughter had a friend whose a boy and you didn't tell me."

Caroline laughed slightly and shrugged. "Well, she didn't tell me because she wanted to. I forced her as all good parents should." Benedict snickered. "I have a feeling that the two won't only be.. just friends."

Caroline looked at Benedict, studying him closely. "And how can you be so sure?" Benedict nodded at the two, more specifically his daughter.

"Because that, my love, was the way you looked at me before we even knew what was going on."

Caroline smiled sweetly at her husband and placed a hand on his arm. "Well, if that's true and they're anything like us then it certainly is going to be quite tiring for our poor girl."

The man snickered. "Not only for her but also to her dark-haired suitor."