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"Operation Hook Up Older Brother With Best Friend is go," Reiya said, looking to her sister. Samantha nodded and started dialing Elisabetta's phone number. The twins had been planning this for some time now, and had finally decided that they had waited long enough. "What movie should we make them see again?" Sure, they had planned far enough to know they had to get them together, but what would they do while here?

"Beauty and the Beast," Sammi told her, while waiting for her friend to pick up the phone. "It's only the most romantic Disney movie ever."

"Of course," Reiya said, easily agreeing. "I'll go get Vinny." She walked out of the room to go find their teenage brother. "Vincent! Lissy's coming over! Come make us popcorn!" She called, looking for him. Ah! Vincent was coming out of his room.

"Lissy's coming?" he asked, with the eagerness both his sisters had expected. "Can I hang out with you guys then?"

"Sure!" Vincent had fallen into their trap, as they had expected.

Vincent opened the door, and stared for several seconds. This was Lissy? This beautiful creature was the little girl he had babysat and taken to see Santa Claus? He was so astonished that his mouth fell open for a moment, and gaped until he was able to stammer, "O-oh, you can come in." Unfortunately for him, his younger sisters had taken the time to turn on the cd player; Taylor Swift started to play--Love Story. A blush crossed his cheeks. No no no! This was all wrong! He was supposed to be dating Ebony--ugh.

"I'll show you to the living room," he said awkwardly. "Sammi and Reiya say we're going to be watching a movie." Oh, if only he had known what movie his sisters were planning on having them see. He would have ran into his room and hid. He took a deep breath. "You look really nice, by the way."

"Okay," Vinny said, waiting for her to take her shoes off. Hopefully it'd give him enough time to recover. Vincent led her to their couch in front of the tv. A bowl of popcorn was sitting on the coffee table in front of it. "Um, I think they want to watch a Disney movie, so it won't be that long." He paused, and glanced around around the room. "I wonder where they've gotten to..." Where were Sammi and Reiya?

"You'd never look like a slut," Vinny told her. Of course not. Half of hm was still thinking of her as the little girl he had babysat. He felt his face going red as his tail was inspected. He sat down on the couch. "Um. Looks like they've already put the movie in. Want to wait until they come back, or start the movie without them?" He silently wondered what movie his siblings had chosen. They were rather picky, and rarely got along unless they were plotting something.

He stood up and took the vhs out of the vcr. "Oh... Beauty and the Beast." Awkward. His sisters were trying to play match maker.

Vincent stared at his friend. "You don't know Disney?" he asked, amazed. And he'd thought he'd been sheltered! "Well... It's really hard to explain. I guess you'll have to see once the movie starts. Disney's really known known for their cartoons..." He kept looking behind him to see if his sisters were coming. Nope. No sign that they were coming out. He'd known it all along.

"Um Lissy? I don't think they're going to be joining us after all... I think they're planning something." He looked at her, a blush crossing his cheek. "It seems my entire family's been trying to get me to date someone..." Another blush. "It's alright, I know what tentacles are like," he gave her a grin, before pressing play on the vcr remote. Previews for the Little Mermaid started to play.

"Is Lissy here yet?" Came Samantha's voice.

"Well, I've never really met anyone who hasn't heard of Disney," Vincent told her, blinking. "You've never seen cartoons? Seriously? Your mom must be really strict or something." It reminded him of a character he'd read about in one of his sister's favorite books. Flower-in-the-Night had been a princess who hadn't been allowed to see any men except her own father. He took a handful of popcorn, and smiled at her.

"Your family isn't as nosey as mine, is it?" he asked. "They probably don't set up things for you... Mom doesn't. I think it's really a sibling thing rather than a parent thing." He leaned back onto the couch, paying more attention to her than he was the movie. He'd seen it countless times before, when he'd babysat his younger siblings.

Speaking of Vincent's younger siblings, they were watching from the hall. "Do you think it's working?" Sammi whispered in her twin's ear.

"It has to work. For both their sakes."

Vincent noticed that Lissy was using past tense when speaking about her mother, but he decided not to ask about that. He didn't want to make her upset; it would be a horrible thing to see such a beautiful person upset. "I don't think cartoons rot brains," Vinny said. "Maybe some of them, but not Disney. I mean, it hasn't rotted mine, and I've been watching them since I was a toddler."

He silently decided not to ask her what had happened to her mother. Maybe they had had a fight or something, and Lissy had decided to move out? Whatever the cause, as long as Lissy was happy, it was alright with him. "Hey Lissy? If only to please my sisters, um..." a blush crossed his face, that clearly said it wouldn't be just to make his sisters happy, "would you um..." another blush. He was supposed to be good with people! What was going on? "Go on a date with me or something?"

For a moment, Vincent was afraid she'd reject him. Even if he was playing up the "Only for my sisters" line. He went red, and felt his face getting hot. "Yeah. We could go to a movie, or to the park or something." Vinny couldn't help blushing now. "Um... Well, where would you like to go?" he asked. Drat; how was he supposed to get out of this one? He hated lying to her, telling her that it was only his sisters' happiness that he cared about. He tried to ignore the whispers he could hear from the hall. His sisters were listening in on them.

Speaking of Vincent's sisters; Samantha highfived Reiya. "Mission accomplished!" she whispered. "It sounds like Vinny's only doing it to keep us happy though..." Lame. Maybe the mission hadn't been accomplished after all? They would have to start from scratch if it hadn't worked.

"Nah," Reiya assured her sister with a smile. "You know how Vinny is. He'd never admit it was his idea, really. We just helped."

Vincent paused, he had to think about her question. His heart was beating faster than it did when he played tag with his siblings. "Uh... Well, I like most movies. I hear Lightening Theif is coming out soon in theaters, want to go see that? It's based on a book about greek gods and everything. It's really cool," he said with a smile. "It's made by the same guy who made the first Harry Potter too, so I'm sure it'll be true to the books."

That was good, he decided. He couldn't tell her that he would watch any movie, as long as he was with her. No, that was far too cheesy. He didn't want to look stupid in front of her. "Uh. But you can pick the movie next time," he offered with a smile. "I'm sure we'll agree."