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The girls were home from school for the Christmas holiday. Their parents hadn't seen them in ages - in fact it struck them how much eachother had changed in the time that had passed.

All of the Dreyfus family had come to Leo and Valerie's home for Christmas that year. It was a wonderful reunion for them all to be together again. Desi and Trudy came with their 3 children - they were still as loved up as when they were teenagers. Pearl and Buddy were there - Pearl proudly telling anyone who would listen how accomplished her handsome now-adult son was. And Violet was there too, accompanied by her good friend Melissa, whom she had been so excited for her family to meet.

They all sat around the table for dinner, but it was noted that one person was missing from the table - their little sister Stella, who nobody had heard much from in many years.

'It's a shame she isn't here,' sighed Desi. 'We've tried to get her to come visit us, but she never returns my calls. I hear she's living down the coast in Sulani now.'

One thing that Leo noticed at the table was how close all his siblings still were with each other - especially his twin sisters. It made him glad that they were all here, but also sad - why didn't his own children like each other the way he loved his siblings?

'How is it that you two tolerate each other still and are so close?' he asked Viole and Pearl.

'I guess just luck!' said Violet. 'You can't force these things, Leo. Your girls will come around one day. Being a teenager is a hard time. We were very different people then, too.'

Whilst the adults reconnected, their children bonded. Daphne and her cousin Beth got along fabulously, pouring over fashion magazines with little Cindy trying to join in with them. Beth was like the cool older sister Daphne wished she had.

Meanwhile, Eleanor had snuck outside with her cousin Jeff to sneakily smoke cigarettes. Jeff was cool - he was a bit weird like her, and they got along well.

Soon their older cousin Buddy discovered them - Eleanor thought he would tell them off, but Buddy didn't care and sat down to smoke with them. Buddy was going to college soon, and he knew a lot about the world - and all the crazy things that were happening around them. Things that Eleanor had no idea about - it made her realise how sheltered and lucky she was, especially when Buddy told her about the war overseas.