Chapter one: You really don't remember?
"Hey, Peter? Can you guess who came to visit me?" Elizabeth asked her husband as he sipped his coffee before leaving for work.
"No, who would come visit you before I even leave for work?"
"A young girl named Evalynn. Can you guess who she is related to?" Elizabeth smiled excitedly. Peter sighed.
"No, honey. I have no idea who she's related to."
"Neal." Peter chocked on his coffee and struggled to not drop the mostly full mug.
"Honey, please don't tell me that she is in the living room."Elizabeth nodded, still smiling.
"El, I can barely deal with Neal! I really don't need a mini girl version of him, much less in our house," he said, almost hysterically.
"Honey, just talk to her. She's really a lovely girl. And she looks just like Neal!" Elisabeth couldn't help grinning at that.
"Mr. Burke, you work with Neal, right?" Evalynn spoke from the door way. She was trying to be polite and act very nice and proper. She needed his help getting to his work. (A) Because she didn't feel like walking that far. And (B) because she hadn't had any caffeine to get to walk that far at 6:30 in the morning.
"You don't have to call me Mr. Burke. Yes, I do work with Neal," Peter answered wearily, as he rubbed one hand over his face.
"Well then what do you want me to call you?" She asked, her small amount of patience coming close to an end. Despite that, she kept a pleasant smile on her face.
"Peter; just call me Peter. That's what anyone who doesn't call me boss calls me. Neal, as usual, is the exception to that rule. And to quite a few other rules unfortunately."
"Okay then Peter. Can you take me to work with you so I can see my brother? We haven't seen each other for… a long time," she said the last part quietly and Elizabeth noticed that sadness flickered across the girl's face as she did.
"You know El, I think I just might be going to work early today. Can I take you? Of course; wether or not I will is another matter."
"Honey..."
"Please Peter?"
"... Fine." Peter came pretty close to scowling as he pulled his jacket on and snatched his keys off the table. Evalynn grinned, feeling almost giddy with excitement, as Elizabeth gave her a thumbs up sign. Evalynn followed Peter out to his car after giving El a quick hug and whispering thank you to the woman.
Neal Caffrey noticed her immediately after stepping off the elevator. She was a little bit eccentric looking and quite eye catching, but some thing about her… was weird. He wasn't sure what, so he ducked behind a shelf and observed her, trying to figure her out.
It wasn't hard to watch her, she was sitting in one of the conference rooms, which was all windows. Her sneaker clad feet were propped up on the table and she was nodding her head a little to music that was coming out of her pink and black earbuds. She was fiddling with her ipod touch in her hand and frowned once, then grinned. She went back and forth between those two expressions, tapping her foot as she did. He thought she was humming, but he wasn't sure. She looked almost excited about something.
Her clothes were… different. Definitely not some thing Neal would ever consider putting on some one and having that person go out in public, but he was very into classic, chic looking clothes. Her outfit consisted of black shorts, a hot pink shirt and white blazer, a black and white diagonal striped tie, and black and purple converse tennis shoes. Her outfit was finished with a black fedora and black frame glasses. She wore an awful lot of black, he noticed. Her nails were painted a glossy shade of plum purple and around her petite wrists were a set of glittering bangles. A silver leaf cuff adorned her right ear. Three rings, one gold, two silver, were on her right ring finger. Her brown hair fell in soft curls to her shoulders.
Suddenly she glanced up over the top of her glasses and through her bangs directly at Neal and he felt his breath catch in his throat. Her eyes were a grey blue/green and they were hard as ice, yet they seemed familiar somehow. He thought he would remember eyes like that if he had ever seen them, but he couldn't remember having ever seen them before. Her look startled him and he stepped out from behind his hiding place behind the shelf, his eyes never leaving hers.
She set her feet back on the ground, took her earbuds out and started wrapping them around her ipod. Her face was emotionless. He nearly jumped out of his skin when Peter came out of the elevator and spoke from behind Neal. Carefully, he hid his surprise behind a suave smile as he smoothed his tie.
"So Neal, I have some one who wants to meet you."
"Really? A fan girl? I'm honored." He grinned deviously. Peter rolled his eyes and started walking towards the conference room and it's odd little occupant. Neal sprinted a few steps to catch up with Peter. Their paces were evenly matched and Neal quickly followed Peter into the room. The girl looked mildly at Neal, then smiled a smile that was anything but warm and fuzzy. She stood up and Neal removed his hat, as was polite when a man entered the presence of a girl.
"Hello Neal. Nice to see after all these years. You never did come visit for Christmas."
Neal tried to keep his shock from registering on his face, but it didn't work so well. She had caught him so by surprise.
"Ah, do I know you?" He asked. Peter grinned and couldn't stop.
"Of course you do, Neal George Caffrey. We are related." She rolled her eyes at him, a small smile tugging at the corner of her lips, a real smile.
"Sorry, who are you again?" Neal asked, trying to hide the fact that it worried him that she knew his middle name. No one knew his middle name. Least of all his real middle name. She hesitated before answering.
"Evalynn Caffrey." Neal furrowed his brow at her while he thought.
"How do you have my last name?"
"I don't. It's my last name too," she answered.
"How are we-what do you-what are you talking about?"
All the blood drained from her face and a look of terror flashed across her face.
"Neal, when I said we were related, I meant it. We are related, very closely. Neal, I'm your little sister." Neal blinked in surprise.
"I don't have a sister. I was an only child."
I know this chapter is short, but if any one wants to read more of this, let me know and I will try to post a second chapter.
