The Arrivals
Amy's long, auburn hair blew behind her in the summer breeze. She, along with Dan and Nellie, were "cordially" invited to a Cahill Reunion, held at the Kabra Estate. She was bubbling with nervousness and excitement. The clue hunt was over and of course, she and Dan had one. Now there was no reason for their family to kill them, so they were all allowed to be in the same room. She and Dan still got some dirty looks but that didn't bother as it would have two years ago. They walked through the garden and up to the front steps. They had been here several times so the beauty of the estate didn't faze them.
"Aw, Ms. and Mr. Cahill, you are the last to arrive. But do not fret! All the children are in the room to the right. Thank you so much for coming!" A butler said greeting them at the door.
"Thank you." Amy replied, walking into the room.
"Amy and Dan!" Hamilton yelled sweeping them both into a big hug. "I missed you guys so much!"
We missed you too, Hamilton!" Amy said, laughing. She took a look around the room. The Starling triplets were here, along with the Holts, Jonah, and the Kabras were all present. Amy's eyes lingered on Ian. He was dressed in nice slacks and a sky blue polo shirt that went well with his hair.
"Going casual Ian?" Amy said with her eyebrows raised. She had lost her stutter during the clue hunt and gained confidence.
"You like?" Ian gave a dramatic twirl. Amy just giggled and everybody looked at her strange.
"I am a girl you know?" Amy said.
"Ummm ok then? Now that everyone's here we can start the games. Natalie and I had chosen a list of games to play. All of you will be paired up and that will be your permanent partner throughout the games." Ian announced.
"But brother, I did not help you decide the partners at all?" Natalie said confused.
"All right then, if there are no questions we can start now." Ian said completely ignoring Natalie's confusion. Weird looks were thrown around the room.
"Ok so the partners are: Hamilton and Sinead, Ned and Madison, Ted and Reagan, myself and Amy, and Natalie and Dan." Shrieks of protest rang through the room. The loudest were Natalie and Dan, both disgusted by the pairing.
"Wait! Hold up! I don't have a partner!" Jonah said. He had dropped the gangster lingo when he found out that everyone thought it was annoying.
"Oh I see." Ian said looking down at his clipboard. "You can pick any pair to become a group of three."
"Hmmm ok… I'll be with my bud Hamilton!"
"Ok since that's all settled…let the games begin." Ian said with a mischievous look in his eyes.
Author's Note: I do not own the 39 clues. Ok that was the first chapter of The Cahill Games. There will be many more chapters to come! I'm sorry if it's little boring. I have trouble with starting a story. Tips would be nice. Anyway it was kind of short the next chapter will be longer.
-Luvlessgrl hopefully it's a your welcome.
