All Grace ever wanted was for her family to get along- but she knows that that's nearly impossible. So when she plans a Cahill family reunion, she expects a lot of things: hate, deceit, mistrust… but definitely not this! 2 yrs before Hunt.

Hi! KLBooks here. Thanks for clicking! It's set 2 years before the Hunt.

I'm sorry if anyone is OOC- We don't really know how Grace would speak on a cell phone, because, well, she's dead, Isabel- who knows what she's thinking, the Holt's- they're kinda unpredictable… you get my point (hopefully).

Disclaimer: I, Klbooks do not own anything from the 39 clues.

P.S : Oh, and sorry, but if your hoping for and Amy/Ian fanfic, this is not one of those. Why? Although I like the couple, I got sick of just about every other fanfic on here being a love story between the two.

Special thanks to all of AllOut's reviewers- thanks for all of your help!

I'm sorry, but the first couple of chapters might be a little boring.

Please review- Constructive criticism is loved, critiscm welcomed, and praise not liked!

Bye!

"You're holding a family reunion?"

Grace nodded. "Mmm-hmm. It's this Saturday, Isabel."

At the other end, Isabel carelessly looked at a paper and said, "I have a spa appointment scheduled this Saturday."

"You do? Well, if you want to come, cancel it or move it."

"But the specialist is only here for day."

"Then don't come."

"Why should I want to come?" Isabel responded delicately.

"Arthur and Hope's children will be there." Grace paused for a second, to let it sink in. "Perhaps you'd like to meet them?"

"Hmm. And is this a trick to cheat me out of my spa appointment?"

"No, Isabel, this is not a trick to-"

"Is this a trick to capture, hold prisoner, and threaten me for all my clues?"

"No Isabel, it's not. Now, for all Cahill's sake, will you come?" Grace asked.

"Yes, I will."

"Good. Don't forget your family. It is, after all, a family reunion."

"Of course," Isabel responded, and closed the phone without a 'goodbye'. After staring at the cell phone for a second, she promptly threw it into a trash can across the room with deadly aim. Lying back in her chair, she picked up another cell phone to call a certain spa specialist…

Grace closed one of her many cell phones (this particular one being under the alias of Gretel Carn) and sighed. Talking with Isabel was tiring. At least Grace had invited most of the guests already- but she still had to notify Alistair, the Holts, and…Amy and Dan. Grace hoped they would take it well, or, at least she did, until another thought crossed her mind:

They probably won't. They think all of their relatives, save me, don't care about them at all. Which, in Grace's mind, was actually false: Their relatives did care- about killing them.

Grace sighed again.

Her relatives were just so unreasonable.

Bracing herself to call the Holts, Grace opened her cell phone and dialed their number.

"Hello?" A pleasant voice answered. Mary-Todd.

"Hello, Mary-Todd, its Grace. I'm planning a family reunion on Saturday. Would you and your family like to come?"

"Oh, a family reunion! I and the others wou-," at that moment, Mary-Todd was cut off, and Grace heard sounds from the cell phone: a dog's barks, kid's shouts, a cat's persistent meowing, and a gruff voice yelling "Give me that!"

The line went dead.

Grace closed her phone, slightly confused. After a few seconds, it started ringing, and Grace picked it up.

"Sorry about that," came Mary-Todd's voice, "Arnold was chasing a cat, and the cat had the cell phone, and the children were shouting Arnold on, and-," Mary-Todd's voice got cut off again, and Grace heard more barks, voices and other chaos.

Grace closed the phone.

In a minute, it was ringing, again.

"Sorry, again, Arno-" Mary-Todd was cut off again, but this time, she was replaced by a gruff man's voice. Eisenhower.

"Who's this?"

"Grace," responded Grace, somewhat lamely.

"Oh, it's you. Whaddya want?"

"I'm planning a reunion. Would you and your family like to come?"

"Why should we?"

Grace thought for a second, then coaxed, "There will be food..."

Eisenhower responded faster than even Grace thought he would. "Deal."

"Good. I'll see you in Boston on Saturday. Don't forget. Bye." Grace closed her phone.

At the other end, Eisenhower did the same, and announced to his family, "We're going to London on Sunday!" which, afterwards, had to be gently corrected by his wife.

Grace opened her phone and dialed Alistair. After ringing only once, he picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Alistair. I'm planning a family reunion this Saturday. Would you like to come?"

"Dear Grace, do you seriously consider it to be a good idea to have a reunion?" Alistair answered with a question.

"Yes. Would you like to come?"

"Who will be attending?" he asked.

"The family."

"Specifically?"

"The Kabras, Holts, Irina, the Starlings, Arthur and Hope's children, and a few other people."

"All the most unreasonable people, save your grandchildren, maybe."

"Will you come?" Grace persisted.

"I suppose. See you, Saturday, was it?"

"Yes. At my mansion. Good-bye, Alistair." Grace hung up. After a second, to his slight frustration, so did Alistair.

Grace leaned back in her chair. Today was Thursday…she'd pick Amy and Dan up tomorrow after school, like always, and tell them.

She had a feeling Saturday would be a long day.

So what did you think?

I'm sorry it was so boring… there's not much comedy in telephone calls.

Anywayz. Review please! Oh, and are reunions usually on day? I have no idea.

Special thanks to lilswmr427, LucianWriter77, Music4evah, and aMedlyOfRedandGreen. Thanks for reviewing AllOut. I'm putting your reviews on here 'cause I'm going to delete AllOut. (Other people's don't need to read the following, in other words)

lilswmr427:
For your first story, not too bad.
It is a little short and Grace is a tad OOC (to me, I mean, we don't really know much about her on how she spoke). I thought the call with Isabel was very creative. Some of the sentences are put together oddly, but that will improve with time.
Nice job and hope to see you writing more often!

LucianWriter77:

Hi! I see you're new to FF! Welcome! Also, thanks for adding me to your favorite authors list. ;)
Okay, so you see that review from music4evah? I pretty much agree with everything she's saying. The oh joy part was a tad annoying...
On the bright side, your huge paragraph isn't the worst I've seen. Unfortunetely, it is a tad annoying. I find that lots of people skip over paragraphs, and you use potential reviews.
My advice? Longer chapters, and more detail. You say you have to go halfway around the world to talk to Isabel Kabra? Where?
And also...is AllOut intended to be one word? If so, I would suggeset you make a space between the two.
However, you ARE new, so I hope this advice makes an impact!
N'oubliez pas d'écrire!
~LW77

Music4evah:

This was practically all one paragraph.
Not a good thing. It's harder to read, and it makes this REALLY short. You should have at least separated some of her thoughts from it.
Also, I don't think it was really...Well, good, to have her think 'oh joy' twice. Especially since both were about the Holts. I think it also would have been nice to include her conversation with them. Give us some laughs, you know? It's not bad to have a long chapter. I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS. It's more good then bad. Trust me.

aMedlyOfRedandGreen:

likeee! update quick! and can you put paragraphs...just asking! :D

THANKS SO MUCH!

~KLBooks