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@isaacbye: i'm not very cool, i have to try quite hard.

[plsdiana]

Diana’s eyes widened as they entered the craft room. It wasn’t a grand room, but it definitely wasn’t a closet.

"How many different kinds of glitter does your mom have? Damn," she remarked, looking decently impressed, a smile crossing her face, “This is magical."

[plsisaac]

"A lot.  She had another room like this, but it's smaller and all full of fabrics and stuff.  Not nearly as magical," He grinned as he watched Diana look around.  Moving to a wall of shelves and drawers, he ran his finger along it before letting it stop on one drawer, pulling it open and holding up the box of clothes pins inside of it.  "Aha!" He declared triumphantly.

[plsdiana]

Diana giggled and nodded her approval, “Good. We’ve got to get the circus tents up first, though." She dropped her hands, not before kissing him quickly, “Clothes pins, yeah?"

[plsisaac]

Isaac smiled, grabbing one of the hands she dropped away from his face.  "Follow me," he instructed, guiding her up the stairs and in the direction of the craft room.

[plsdiana]

Diana turned around, placing her hands on either side of Isaac’s face and giving him the most profoundly exaggerated pout the world had ever seen. "Isaac Hastings," she said, “There has to be popcorn for the Dianas. Or the Dianas will be really sad. Really, really sad."

[plsisaac]

"Don't pout at me," He warned furrowing his eyebrows and reflecting her pout back at her, laughing immediately after he tried.  "Okay, well, I'm sure I can manage to make some popcorn for the Dianas.  Wouldn't want her sad."

[plsdiana]

"I wanted to include everyone," Diana laughed, leaning back into Isaac’s arms and smiling, “Cirque de Hastings," she repeated, “That sounds fancy. Will there be popcorn? You know, for the elephants… and the Dianas."

[plsisaac]

"It is.  The fanciest of all living room circuses," Isaac nodded, letting out a chuckle. "Well, I know there'll be popcorn for the elephants, but I don't know about popcorn for the Diana's."

[plsdiana]

"Mostly lights, though, Isaiah!" Diana called back to him over her shoulder, “All the lights!" She giggled, turning back to Isaac and squeezing his hand, “Even Isaiah wants to help!" She said, overjoyed, “It’s going to be the best fort in the history of man. And woman. In the history of people."

[plsisaac]

"The best fort in the history of people?" Isaac chucked, turning her around so she was standing in front of him, wrapping his arms around his waist and resting his chin in her shoulder.  "Just picture it.  In a short while, you'll be standing the middle of Cirque de Hastings."

[stellafckk]

Go hotbox your car and get out of my life, oh my god.

[plsisaac]

Hotbox my car?  Really?

[plsdiana]

"No, not in the slightest," Diana replied, taking Isaac’s hand.

"You do?" Diana asked, glancing between the two brothers, “Well, okay. We’re looking for clothes pins and christmas lights!" She started up the stairs, past Isaiah, “It’s going to be beautiful. The best blanket fort ever. Ring Master, Trapeze Artist… And you liked Lion Tamer, Isaiah? Yeah, and the Lion Tamer."

[plsisaac]

"Thanks," Isaac whispered with a smile, placing a kiss on her cheek.  Upon hearing Isaiah's words, he turned his head sharply to look over at him.  "You do?"  He repeated, raising an eyebrow. 

"We'll split up," He instructed, seeing as he was the Ring Master, and he was in charge.  "Di and I will go look for mom's sewing kit, and you can go find the Christmas decorations and get the lights."

[plsdiana]

"It’s you!" Diana said to Isaac, who she’d been addressing as Isaac 2, “It’s you. You’re Isaac." She was grinning, “Right? Oh god, please tell me I’m right."

[plsisaac]

"This is one of the many reasons I like you," He nodded, confirming her exclamation with a grin.  Stepping forward her wrapped his arm around her shoulders.  "Good job."

[plsdiana]

"One Isaac keeps looking at the other Isaac for cues, and Isaac 1 will look me in the eye, but Isaac 2 won’t," Diana looked at Isaac 1, who had stepped forward first, and who she assumed to be Isaiah, and shrugged.

"I can’t guess!" She said, with a laugh, “Either I guess right out of pure luck, or I guess wrong and real Isaac will not hear the end of it for days from real Isaiah, am I right?"

[plsisaac]

"What?" The twins both asked in sync, starting to get confused by the amount of times Isaac's name was used in the conversation.

"You get one question to figure it out," Isaiah decided, looking over at Isaac to make sure it was a good idea.  When Isaac nodded, he made sure to look at Diana's eyes to make her question her previous statement.  "Ask wisely," He instructed solemnly.

[plsdiana]

Diana waited, leaning against the railing of the staircase with crossed arms and an amused smirk. The boys reappeared and her eyes widened. She laughed, shaking her head and throwing her hands up.

"Am I allowed to ask questions?!" She asked, “No, I suppose not…"

Diana looked back and forth between one and the other, finding absolutely zero clues, “You guys are too good at this."

[plsisaac]

"No questions," Isaiah confirmed, Isaac nodding in agreement.  Even their smiles were identical, and the boys both knew that.  But they still kept on a serious face, glancing over at each other to admire their own handiwork.  "We've been doing this for ages, Diana," Issac replied, not cracking a smile.  

"Alright, jokes up," Isaiah said, flashing her a grin, "I'm the real Isaac."  As he reached forward to grab for Diana's hand, Isaac caught the hint and stepped forward as well.  "Unless I'm the real Isaac," He added, flashing her and identical grin.

[isaiahfck-blog]

Isaiah raised an eyebrow, an amused smile on his face.  Reaching forward to wrap his arm around his brother’s shoulder, he gently tugged him away.  "The ultimate test of your relationship," He decided, guessing on a whim that they were together now.  "We’ll be right back," He said, pulling him upstairs.  "You have this tan sweater, right?" He asked, exchanging the t-shirt for the jumper.

[plsisaac]

"I didn't mean I actually wanted to do this!" Isaac complained as Isaiah pulled him upstairs, knowing he shouldn't have said anything like that around his brother.  "Yeah," He nodded, waiting for Isaiah to get done changing before they went directly to Isaac's room, finding his sweater and pulling it on.  They both messed up their hair quickly, giving each other a once-over to make sure there'd be no dead giveaways.  "Be dead serious," He reminded Isaiah as they headed down the stairs.

[plsdiana]

"Thank you!" Diana grinned at Isaiah and back at Isaac before faltering for a second with a giggle, “You gotta realize how trippy this is getting. I’m holding his hand to make sure I’m keeping track of the right twin. If I let go it’ll get all confusing, yeah?"

Diana glanced back at Isaac, squeezing his hand briefly with an embarrassed smile.

[plsisaac]

Isaac gave her hand a small squeeze before pulling her a little closer, flashing his brother a little glare.  More than anything he was just hoping that Isaiah would behave, be polite.  "So, if Isaiah and I were to go back upstairs and put on the same outfit, would you be able to tell us apart?" He asked, teasingly.

[plsdiana]

Diana glanced from Isaiah to Isaac, her free hand covering her almost guilty looking grin as she shrugged, gripping tighter onto Isaac’s hand. "We’re building a fort and starting a circus. I thought you could be the lion tamer, yeah? I’m the trapeze artist, Isaac’s the ring master." Diana nodded, still grinning, “Did we wake you up? I’m so sorry."

[plsisaac]

Isaac bit his lip, looking over at Diana and trying to avoid locking gazes with his brother.  As soon as Diana was gone, it was all he was going to hear about.  He nodded along with Diana's explanation, adding on, "I said you could be the tightrope walker and she said you would fall."

[plsdiana]

"Neither have I!" Diana replied, shaking out a few blankets, “Do you have clothes pins and chairs and all that? It’ll be amazing. Truly. I want it to be so amazing that Isaiah will walk down here and be convinced he’s walked into a circus tent and then just completely trip out. And then he’ll pass out from amazing. And I will be the trapeze artist and you’ll be the ring master and it’ll be the best blanket fort ever!"

[plsisaac]

"I'm fairly positive my mom has a sewing kit full of safety pins and clothes pins and all those fun things in one of her craft rooms.  And I know where all the Christmas decorations are so we can get string lights and put those up!" Isaac said cheerfully, beginning to chuckle and Diana's excitement.  "And then Isaiah can be the tightrope walker and we'll be the best family circus in the best blanket fort ever!"

[plsdiana]

Diana followed his eyes to the trunk and smiled, nodding, “A celebratory blanket fort?" She chuckled, walking over to the trunk and opening it, “Only if you promise it’ll be the best blanket fort ever, yeah?"

[plsisaac]

Isaac nodded, pulling his right hand away to place it over his heart.  "I'll try to the best of my ability, I swear it," He nodded, leading her over the trunk and opening it.  "I haven't made one of these since I was a little kid," He admitted, starting to pull the neatly folded blankets out.

[plsdiana]

"No, no no. I’m just not as cool as I look, and I don’t even look that cool. I-" Diana laughed, “I get nervous? I guess."

Diana dropped her hands and stood up just as he started talking. She grinned, taking both of his hands and leaning in to kiss him. There was a swarm of butterflies in her stomach and her fingertips seemed to buzz with electricity as she laced her fingers through his.

She pulled away, laughing and grinning, “Yes! Of course, of course."

[plsisaac]

Isaac grinned as Diana pressed her lips against his and he squeezed her hands lightly as she said yes.

"Can we make a celebratory blanket fort, or something?" He asked, a lightly blush creeping across his cheeks as he glanced over his shoulder at the white wooden trunk next to the couch which held a large assortment of blankets.

[plsdiana]

"One day with major side-eyeing from Daniel and my mother. So, really, it’s been like a week." Di half-smiled and pushed herself into a sitting position.

"One hundred percent…" She repeated quietly, hugging her knees to her chest and smiling a quiet smile. Her eyes flickered to him for a moment before she looked down at the carpet, “I really like you, Isaac," she said quietly, “I do."

Diana nodded and looked back to him, she couldn’t help a smile from forming as she did, “What is this, then?"

[plsisaac]

"Okay, good," He said softly, pushing his hair out of his face and giving her a nervous smile.  "I was starting to get really nervous that I liked you and you didn't like me and this was just going to be really awkward and one-sided."

Isaac gave a little shrug, not sure what she was comfortable with this becoming.  However, he was in a particularly good mood, and he figured taking a chance couldn't hurt.  "Will you be my girlfriend, Diana?"