"Promise" Erika grins looking at Julian who smiles ruffling her hair & promising her. "You are taking it too far now" Sean warns his brother who just shrugs before leaving. Finn shakes his head at him "He is spoiling her way too much" he comments seeing a very happy Erika. "Enzo will kill us for this & I won't be the one telling dad!" he shouts at Julian.

"Don't worry, I already talked about it to him" Julian shouts back. "Ok, meet us at 10 tomorrow we will go from here" Finn sighs looking at Erika. "I don't like this at all" groans Sean.

All of them gather in the car to leave for Jessica's house. The twins drive with their mate while Julian drives with his parents & Erika. Enzo decides to meet them their after he finishes his meeting he can't reschedule.

As they reach the house Erika dreads looking at her back every few seconds. "Relax tiger he is grown up now, he won't do anything to you" Julian tries to soothe her nerves. "You have no idea how his brains works" she groans.

"OK what will I have to do?" she asks looking at the twins. They both smile at her hesitantly before passing her a bag. She looks in it & throws back at them. "Now that's impossible!" she glares at them.

"No way in hell, am I doing it. You can't make me do it" She shouts at them. Julian looks at her before turning her to look at him. "Remember the promise I made, think about it. It's the chance of lifetime, you can never get a chance like this" he bribes her & she debates whether to do or not before grudgingly nodding & taking the bag. They give her privacy to change in it.

As she enters the party everyone tries not to laugh & she glares at the boy's well she tries as they can't see her face which is hidden behind the big head of an Elephant. Yes! They tricked her to be a freaking Elephant in this party.

"Awe tiger, you look so cute in it!" Sean coo's to her pinching her cheeks. Finn takes her under his arms "Ya, you look so awesome. I wish I could see you everyday like this" she kicks him hard in his leg at get away from him.

Gio chuckles as he sees Erika walking in the costume. "Is that Erika?" gushes Mike hearing his voice Erika stiffens & turn slowly "Happy Birthday!" she throws her hands up in the air & says excitedly.

"Why did you bring her here?" Mike shouts. "You wanted a human Elephant" Finn shrugs. Mike look at Erika with a evil smile "Let's have some fun then" he screams as all his friends start running for her & she screams trying to get away from them.

The kids circle her before grabbing & taking her with them as she screams bloody murder to the twins. "Is she going to be ok?" Ami worries. "Yap, she can handle them" Sean chuckles before taking their mate to introduce their cousin.

"Was that Erika?" Jessica asks worriedly as Marisa nods. "Doesn't she look lovely? She is so sweet to agree being the escort for the kids" Marisa smiles. "Ya, but I hope they won't get too excited & hurt her." Jessica worries.

"Let me go, you assholes!" shouts Erika as the boys drag her to the backyard. As she curses them again she freezes when someone hits her with a water balloon. She shouts & runs to hide from them but gets tackle by a group of pups.

She curses her luck as they all woof at her & try to bite the elephant's tail. After an hour of hiding from the kids she finally sits down taking off the head of the elephant. "I'm going to kill them" she cries.

Her stomach grumbles as it reminds her she hasn't ate anything yet. She groans again she can't go out like this the kids will once again run after her. As she thinks of a way to get some food, someone sets a plate in front of her.

She looks up to find Mike, getting startle she gets up but he holds her in her place. "Relax I'm not here to hurt you" he smiles & gives her the plate of cake. "You weren't there while I cut it" he explains as she takes the cakes happily & eats. "Too busy hiding from everyone" she looks at him from under her lashes.

"Why do you hate me?" she asks suddenly. He looks at her for a while before speaking "You are beautiful!" he pushes the strand of hair away from her face & gaze at her for a while.

"I'm too old for you" she blurts out & tries to control the racing of her heart beats. Mike jerks up from his seat & narrows his eyes at her "You don't deserve him!" he shouts before leaving her there.

"What the fuck?" she whispers before walking to find Julian, she is too tired & hungry may be she should go home.

As she sees the guys near pool she smiles making her way to them but before reaching them someone pushes her which makes her fall in the pool. Everyone watches in horror as she tries to come up but the costume is soaked & too heavy that it pulls her down.

Someone jumps in pulling her out as she coughs hardly trying to breathe. "Mike this crosses the limit! I'm warning you this stupidity of your should stop right this instant!" shouts Enzo making everyone stop on their tracks.

He puts his jacket around Erika before getting up moving towards a terrified Mike. "I have had enough of your childishness, this need to stop now. If I ever see you trying or even thinking about harming Erika I will personally make your life living hell!" he screams.

"Now, apologize to her" he shouts as Mike walks to Erika & says sorry before running away from them. Enzo picks Erika up & walks out of the house.

"I think, that it's enough partying for a day" He drops her in his car seat before getting in driver's seat. Erika starts crying quietly as Enzo drives away. He tries to ignore her sniffing but can't, so he stops the car.

"Hey um don't cry, its ok" She looks at him before launching in his arms & crying while shivering a bit. Enzo groans not knowing how to handle the situation & end up sitting straight as she clings to him crying while making him wet with that heavy nasty costume of her that is soaked.

"Why are you always this stupid? You have to do this even when you know he will try to harm you, when will you grow up!" he scolds her as he tries to push her but she just holds him tight.

"I thought he has changed or may be he won't do anything!" she cries hard. Enzo sighs "Ok! OK! That's enough of crying on my shoulder, now let go. You are soaking my clothes too & you are heavy!"

She wipes her tears as she smiles at him "Thank you for saving me, Angel!" Enzo groans "I'm not an angel" As Enzo drops her at her house she pecks him before rushing to her house making him yell at her. "That's disgusting!"

She just shows her tongue & shakes her ass at him to tease him more from the porch before jumping inside her house & locking her door. Enzo curses her as he drives back to his house.

"OK, I don't think it's Halloween" Kate states as she sees her dear friend Erika in a costume of an elephant. The zip to the costume has broken & she couldn't take it off so she ends up coming in the school wearing it much to her humiliation.

"Don't ask but help me out of this" she grumbles. "Nice dress Erika!" whistles Nick & she shows him a bird. "Ooh someone is in mood" Sean chuckles. "Shut up you two not a word from both of you, if you want to stay alive" she threatens before dragging Kate in ladies room where she helps Erika to get out of the dress.

"Heaven!" murmurs Erika. She smiles at her before dragging Kate with her. "Guess who is going to the yearly non- human ballroom dance?" she grins as Kate looks at her with disinterest. "You & your weird obsession with our kind" she sighs before heading for her class.

"Huh? Wait you mean to say that it's not at all the most dynamic, earth shattering moment in your life hearing one of your friend is going in that ball dance where you being a non-human couldn't go?" Erika asks her incredulously.

Kate scoffs at her "You are insane! I have no interest in this stupid so called ballroom dance. I don't even know how to dance & the dynamic, earth shattering moment for me is only when my mate gives me an orgasm so please!" she takes a seat.

Erika glares at her friend, she is the only friend that Erika can talk about all this excitement while the twins are busy with their mates. As the time passes on she dreams about the dress she got from Finn's card perfect for the party. She has to do her hair & make up may be mom will help.

Thinking of her mom she tries to remember the moment she was home which was the day Mr. Gomez found out about the girls. She sighs may be she can leave a message & ask to help her that day.

As she walks to her home after school she finds Mr. Gomez reading papers in his porch. She walks to his porch & greets "Hey Mr. Gomez! What's up?" he smiles at her "Hey kiddo! Why are you walking home where's your car?" she looks at her doorway grimly.

"It's broken I may need to trash it. So what you doing want to ask me for dinner?" she smiles sweetly causing him to look at her amused. "You want to go dinner with me? Am I not too old for you Kiddo?" she laughs.

"As long as you pay you are not & anyway we should have a father daughter dinner, you see now that you are all alone without the twins & I got no father so it's quite convenient that we should join forces. After all I know about your kind we can talk stuffs what say?"

He chuckles, this one is a weird one! "Ok fine get ready at 6, I'll come pick you up" she hugs him before walking to her house.

Gio looks at his middle son as he keeps pacing here & there "You got something to say boy?" Gio's voice breaks the train of thoughts that were in his head. "No Pa, nothing just wondering if I should take Erika for shopping. I mean she may not have proper dress. Knowing her she may walk in there in her jeans & shirt" he chuckles.

Gio watches him intently before asking the question that has been in his mind since ages. "Is there something you are hiding from me?" Julian looks at his father in confusion & shakes his head no.

"Listen son it's good that you care for tiger but are you sure this is just some brotherly love you are feeling or some other bond you are not telling us or not ready to accept?"

Julian laughs at the point his father is trying to get. "Relax Pa! She isn't my mate if that's what you are trying to point out."

He shakes his head as he continues "I would have been lucky if she was mine, but I don't have any other intentions then brotherly love towards her. I'm just worried, now that the twins got their mates it's like she is disappearing from our lives. I hardly see her these days. Before they were attached by hip but now it's different. I just want her not to feel left out that's all" he explains.

Gio nods his head "I know son but what can we do? When we find our mate, we see no one else other than her. It's like our whole world shifts around her. Erika is a big girl & she understands it, not everything in life goes our ways. Time changes & with it things changes & so does people. I'm glad you are looking after her but son she is lot stronger then she seems so take it easy."

He gets up from his seat before patting his shoulder, "About that shopping I think you should take her God knows that girl should sometimes dress like one. Even I forget she is a girl & not one of you boys" he chuckles.

Erika & Neil drive to have a pizza. "So you never tried to date again?" she asks him. "We only have one mate it's a miracle if we got another chance but it rarely happens" he sighs taking a bite from his piece.

"So are you still drinking?" she asks again & he chuckles "I'm trying not to". She nods before speaking "It's good to see you laugh" he looks at her amused & smile. "Enough about me, you say anything going in your life?" she shrugs.

"Nothing much now that my twins are busy with your twins there is hardly fun in my life" they get interrupted by her phone call.

She picks it up "Hey Juliet!" he grins "Hey! Where are you I came by your house you aren't in" Julian worries. "Oh I'm out for dinner with Mr. Gomez. Why is there anything important?" she asks.

Julian sighs "No I just wanted to take you out & then some shopping for the ball, knowing you I won't be surprised if you turned in your usual self" he chuckles making her groan. "Then you are in for a surprise because I already have a dress so don't worry ok?" they say their bye before hanging up.

"What's the matter?" Neil asks her. She smiles eating her pizza "Oh I'm going on that non-human ball room dance as Julian date & he was worried about my attire so he called. Isn't that awesome?" she grins.

Neil nods "Yap so you ever went there before?" he asks & she shakes her head. After their dinner Neil drops her home "Hey kiddo you can call me Neil you know" he offers but she just shrugs.

"Mr. Gomez sounds cool" she argues before rushing inside her house "Thanks for the dinner Mr. Gomez & goodnight" she yells from her doorway. Neil laughs driving off to his garage "Silly girl!"