Title? Unnoticed

Rating? T for some of the language that just can't be held back from teenagers.

Pairing? Amian, Danatalie, Hamead, Nedison, Teagan.

Chapter One? Don't Trust Me

Disclaimer?Don't even think about that!

Summary?"You forget that we are Cahills. It's bloody impossible for us to go unnoticed" An attempt to make a realistic setting of the Cahills in high school.

A/n Trying out to make a realistic fanfic of the Cahills in high school. Constructive criticism is appreciated, flames will be used to keep me warm in the cold weather of my country and reviews in general are valued.

For those people who have read this before and are wondering what happened. My computer crashed and it took a really long time to get it fixed, when I looked at my stuff, everything was gone. No joke, I freaked out and told my parents, then we contacted the guy who fixed our computer and he said something about a virus that wiped everything out. So I couldn't look at any of my previous works of text and I was really frustrated. Anyway I decided to remake this story because I really like it and I thought I could probably do better. It's still similar to the first copy but I agree with Koraki that the Evan-Amy-Sinead scene was really not that logical. So enough of my ramblings and on with the story!

{X's on the back of your hands}

{Washed them in the bathroom to drink like the bands}

The winds howled and screamed fiercely in an attempt to gain control over the gliding metal contraption. The plane jumped and wobbled but stayed true to its path, the pilot inside struggling greatly to keep it flying. It was a murky night and the air transporter was heading for Boston where, the pilot hoped, the weather would be a bit more lenient, unlike where they were right now with the sky filled by grey clouds. Rain splattered onto the roof of the plane like little pinpricks of sound. Occasional flashes of lightning brightened the sky but no more than for a few seconds.

Amy Cahill awoke abruptly to the rumble of thunder and the jostling of the plane. She snuggled further into her seat and wrapped her blanket tight around her shoulders. The staff had served dinner two hours ago then turned off the lights a while later. This left everything to be plunged in the black night, all except for the dim glow from the restrooms. The place was shrouded in darkness and Amy shivered lightly. Everyone else in the plane seemed to be asleep and oblivious to the storm happening around them.

Amy felt even more alone than ever.

She was thankful to hear her 14-year old brother's light snoring next to her, it was better to be with another human being in situations like this. They had just come from a two-week vacation in Hawaii which their Uncle Fiske insisted they needed, what with all the Madrigal work they had. The Cahills would have rather taken their uncle with them than leave him behind, however fate deemed Uncle Fiske was busy.

"I just want you and Dan to have at least these two weeks to rest, Amy. Gideon knows you don't get enough holidays as it is"

Deciding she probably wouldn't be able to sleep anyways, the 17-year old pulled out a flashlight and a book from her rucksack. Pulling the dreary, but warm blanket over her head, Amy turned over the page to read The Secret Garden. Reading was always a comfort; it helped to take her away from the problematic world even if it was just for a few hours.

Outside a crack of lightning sounded and the pilot was happy to realise that they were only half an hour away from their destination. With a determined manner from its driver, the plane flew onwards to the city of Boston.

{39}

Dan Cahill loved airports.

The excitement of being in a new place or just coming back home to where you belonged, it was fantastic. The airport was where you could try out all these different new things and where people were friendly, because everyone knew the feeling of being back at home or being in a new place. They all helped each other out.

He supposed it made sense for a Madrigal to like a place where everyone helped everyone else. Three years ago he didn't even know the meaning of Madrigal, except that the people associated with it were not good. Not good at all. When he thought about it, three years ago seemed like twenty years ago actually. It was hard to remember not being a Madrigal, not knowing of the Vespers, not knowing Uncle Fiske.

Not being a Cahill.

Now though everything had changed, he just wasn't sure if that was a good thing. In some ways it was, in other ways it wasn't.

"I love airports!" he exclaimed grinning.

"Airports are too crowded" his older sister remarked wistfully, frowning.

Dan stuck his tongue out at her childishly, "Amy, it's an airport, it's meant to be crowded. Why do you think it's so big?"

Amy rolled her eyes at his antics and walked faster, pulling at her leafy-green suitcase. She wanted to get to the exits quickly; she missed Nellie in those two weeks of holidays. The cool au pair had stayed due to college.

"Slow down Ames! Enjoy the feeling of being back at home, let the excitement envelop you, feel the rush of the people, smell the scent of the familiar foo- hey! Let go of my suitcase!" Even though Dan was growing rapidly, Amy was strong and he was dragged along quickly to the exits.

"Come on Dan! Stop being lazy! I can see Nellie and she's got Saladin-"Amy never finished her sentence as Dan barrelled past her like a hyperactive cheetah. The redhead shook her head and sighed before running to catch up with her brother.

The two teenagers shot out of the airport quickly and ran straight for their au pair, the 14-year old running lead.

Nellie looked positively surprised to see Dan sprinting towards her, usually it was Amy that missed her most, but she grinned none the less.

"Hey kiddo! Didn't think you'd miss me that much, you don't have to run you know, I'm not going anywhere"

The blonde-haired boy barely looked at her and practically plucked his cat out of her arms. Nellie rolled her eyes. She should've known he was going for the cat. Laughing she barely had time to register Amy slamming into her and hugging her tightly.

"Nellie, I missed you so much!" the 17-year old said.

"I missed...you...too Ames...ter...I...can't...breathe!" Nellie replied going gasping for air. Amy saw what she was doing and quickly let go, giving the au pair room to breathe.

"Wow geez Amy, those bear hugs are incredibly tight. You should try one on Alan, Nellie looked nearly purple" Dan remarked stroking his cat lightly, his sister glaring at him.

"Hey to you too Dan and stop teasing your sister about Evan, and call him by his actual name, honestly they've been dating for two years now" The oldest girl scolded.

"Which only makes it more disgusting," he replied.

Nellie rolled her eyes and decided to give up the argument, turning to Amy instead.

"How was Hawaii Ames?"

The redhead excitedly recounted her trip with her brother making interruptions on what happened here and there. The three moved Amy and Dan's luggage to the boot of Nellie's red Mercedes Benz. Once done, Amy claimed the front seat with Nellie and Dan at the back with Saladin.

"How's Uncle Fiske?" The 17-year old asked toying with the fringe of her jacket.

"He's fine, apparently there's a surprise for you two" Her au pair replied keeping her eyes on the road.

Dan perked up at the word surprise, "What is it? Is it a good surprise or a bad surprise?"

"Sorry kiddo, you're gonna have to ask your uncle, didn't tell me a single thing" Nellie said chuckling.

The boy pouted before deciding to cuddle Saladin again (who gave an irritated 'Mmrp'), ignoring the cat's blatant attempts to escape.

"Is it Madrigal related?" Amy wondered out loud.

"I told you, Fiske kept his mouth shut, wouldn't tell me anything" The other girl replied.

"Hmm" The redhead contemplated with several ideas. Looking on, Amy noticed that the traffic light was already amber.

"Nellie! Stop!"

Her au pair didn't seem to be listening and they made it past the traffic light just when it turned red. The 17-year old turned to Nellie with horrified eyes.

"Nellie, that traffic light was already orange!" Amy scolded.

"Amy, orange means floor it. So technically we were doing the right thing" the accused girl explained, at the redhead's pointed look she apologised "Alright, sorry about that, won't happen again, promise"

Dan had a thinking face at the back, "Does orange really mean that? That's awesome!"

His sister immediately turned on him and chided "NO, it doesn't mean that and you know it as well as I do, so don't try anything silly dweeb!"

The 14-year old scowled and choosing to ignore his sister, picked out his PSP out of his rucksack and went on the Cahill CliqueMe website. Nothing seemed new, the Holts hadn't updated their statuses in six months (Dan suspected it had something to do with the fact that they were at a sports boot camp), Ned and Ted Starling were apparently at a perpetual motion exhibition (whatever that meant), Jonah was still on his tour in Asia and the Kabras were moving houses (they just didn't mention where).

Noticing that they had finally arrived at the Cahill Manor, the blonde-haired boy jumped out of the car, his sister and au pair following seconds after.

Dan, Amy and Nellie got the luggage and made for the front door. The oldest girl led them up the steps and promptly put down the suitcase she'd been dragging and picked out her keys from the back pocket of her jeans.

The Cahill siblings followed her with Dan struggling to hold the cat carrier carrying his Egyptian Mau. Nellie was just about to stick the house key in when the huge wooden door was opened by a smiling Fiske Cahill. Sinead Starling stood behind him grinning as well.

"Amy, Dan! Did you have fun in Hawaii? I do hope you rested well both of you-"

The old man was cut off when his niece and nephew attacked him at the same time with a tight bear hug. He laughed slightly and hugged them back.

"It's great to be home Uncle Fiske! You should've been there in Hawaii the waves were epic!" Dan told him pulling back and letting his uncle catch his breath. Amy nodded and smiled at Dan as he was making crazy hand gestures as he spoke. She noticed Sinead and rushed to greet her best friend.

"Sinead! I missed you so much! Wait- why do you still have your safety glasses on? You weren't working on medicines all night again were you?" At Sinead's guilty smile, Amy chided her "Sinead! You should get some sleep at least sometimes!"

The auburn-haired girl sighed before replying, "Amy, the Vespers are still out there! Cahills all over the world are still getting kidnapped! Those Vespers won't halt in developing their medicine and technology and neither should we!" Amy had to agree that she had a point but she couldn't help frowning at this piece of truth.

Sinead smiled once again before asking, "How was your vacation? Did you meet anyone? What did you do there?"

The other girl smiled and was about to reply when-

"Fiske! It's been a week! Please give me back my iPod!" Nellie begged looking about ready to go on her knees, Dan knew there was something missing the moment he saw her.

The old man in question chuckled and pulled out a sleek, black contraption from his pocket and handed it over to the au pair. The oldest girl's face lit up like a Christmas light and in three seconds she was gone from the room and all they heard was her rapid footsteps and then...a hurried click from the door of her bedroom.

Fiske chuckled again and explained, "She's been a bit out of control in the Madrigal HQ lately, and as a result I confiscated her iPod for a week"

Amy looked surprised "Nellie's been out of control? But why?"

"She got a mission partnered with Craig Johnson and you know how they are" Sinead explained, hiding a smile, remembering the oldest girl's reaction to the news. The Madrigal smiled as well when she remembered the person in subject.

"Hahahaha I remember Craig! He and Nellie both argue like Sinead and Hamilton at family reunions, or like Ian and Amy when they both want to take control and be the leader!" Dan laughed clutching his stomach in an effort to keep standing upright.

Amy and Sinead abruptly stopped, stilled and narrowed their eyes at him.

"Dan, stop humiliating Amy and Sinead. You wouldn't like it if they reminded you about your many arguments with Natalie, would you?" Fiske interjected wisely.

Dan frowned but then smiled cheerfully "No but I can totally and completely forget about the Prada-loving-snob; she lives miles away in London! And besides I don't like her like Amy and Sinead do Ian and Hamilton and you know how it is, they'll all be seeing each other and falling in love and be incredibly cheesy-"

"Is there a point to this?" Amy interrupted, eyebrows raised.

"Yes" her brother replied "anyways, I probably won't be able to see Nat anytime soon!" Uncle Fiske winced at this.

"Nat? Really?" Amy asked having known how immature he could be and already guessing the answer.

Dan shrugged "She calls me something I don't like so I call her something she doesn't like"

"She doesn't even know" Sinead pointed out.

"Yeah but who cares? I'm just happy I won't see her again" Dan said grinning not noticing his uncle frown at the comment. Amy rolled her eyes whilst Sinead raised a brow.

"Is everything okay Fiske?" The Ekat inquired.

The Madrigal leader looked guilty for a moment before he schooled his features, "Yes I'm alright Sinead"

Amy and Dan frowned, having finally noticed their uncle's strange behaviour.

"Are you sure?" Dan asked.

Fiske sighed before saying, "Look Amy, Dan, Sinead, there's something I have to tell you three"

"You mean about the surprise?" Amy asked, "Nellie told us about that in the car"

"There's a surprise? What is it?" Sinead asked curiously.

"Yeah come on Uncle Fiske, tell us!" Dan prompted.

The old man sighed, looking resigned to his fate before explaining,

"All three of you know that the Vespers, as sure as the fact that we beat them, are still out there, right?"

The trio nodded.

"Well, I talked to the other branch leaders last week; we came to the conclusion that the Vespers will probably attack you, the Clue Hunters, if they come back"

"So…" Amy prompted further.

"So we decided it would be best for your safety if you all stick together, unlike before whereas the people who got kidnapped were alone and had no one to help them"

"Wait-what? Stick together? And what actions will have to be made for that?" Dan exclaimed, something in his expression told them he didn't like that idea.

"Calm down, Dan, can you explain this further Fiske?" Sinead asked.

"Well, first of all the Starlings will be living with the Holts in the guest house which will be more than big enough-"

"The Holts? What-why them?" Sinead exclaimed, abandoning her earlier notion of calming down.

"The Wizards already have an estate in this neighbourhood, and so do the Kabras, the Holts' estate is still a bit underdeveloped. Don't worry, Mary-Todd and Eisenhower have opted to go on a Caribbean holiday until their estate has been fully established " The Madrigal Leader replied slowly and cautiously, hoping this wouldn't lead to another outburst.

That hope was a faraway dream.

"The KABRAS? Why are they living here?" Dan exclaimed again, looking even more defiant.

"Well Dan, I went to a meeting with the other branch leaders last week and we came to the conclusion that-"

"I know why they're going to be here! But why are they living HERE?" Sinead and Dan both yelled.

"Dan! Sinead! Calm down!" Amy exclaimed playing peacemaker.

"Yes, I'm sure you'll all get along fine"

"You're right Fiske, Amy, I'm sorry for that outburst. I guess I still don't feel too hot about the idea of the Holts living with us. I'll try to be better, I know that at least the girls and their parents are sorry about what happened in the Clue Hunt" Sinead said, still looking a bit doubtful about the whole ordeal.

"What about Hamilton? I'm sure he feels sorry about it too" Amy said, knowing whatever she did now could either double or decrease the amount of arguments Sinead and Hamilton were bound to get into. She already had enough of it from Natalie and Dan.

"I'm not sure, he hasn't really shown it and he was the one who came up with the idea in the first place" Sinead replied.

"Well, if you can help me be civil with Ian then I'll help you with Hamilton" Amy told her knowing deep down she still didn't really trust the British boy.

"Alright" Sinead replied smiling, the Madrigal grinning back.

"Well that's great, just great" Dan said scowling before stalking off to his room.

"I'm glad you both understand the situation and are willing to at least try it, I'm just hoping Dan will change his mind and do the same soon" Fiske said gravely, it was a serious situation and he was glad that even though Amy and Sinead didn't know this they were still willing participants.

"We'll see you later Uncle Fiske, take some rest soon" Amy told him walking with Sinead to the living room to have an overly owed chat.

The Madrigal Leader nodded before walking off to his office.

{39}

The city of Boston was fully awake and rather busy. Taxis honked, people yelled from inside their cars, police sirens could be heard all over and pedestrians walked rapidly through the streets.

Amidst the chaos of it all, a radiant, black limousine glided through the roads. Inside it, two teenagers sat, each buried in their own thoughts.

Ian Kabra sat in the limo feeling oddly calm, but that was quickly turning awry. The fact that him, his sister and his guardian were moving to Boston to live there did not matter and it also didn't matter that they would be living right across from Amy Cahill. At least that's what he tried to tell himself.

Repeatedly.

The British boy sighed and ran a hand through his impeccable, black hair, worriedly. Why was this happening to him? It wasn't like Amy was the only girl in his life. No, he had a girlfriend just a month ago, though they did have to break up due to the relationship quickly dwindling right in front of them. So why did he keep thinking about Amy Cahill? Maybe it was because the last time he saw her, in his 16-year old state of mind, he thought he was in love. In fact, now that he thought about it the teen realised that the redheaded Madrigal was probably his first love. He had never felt anything for any girls before Amy; he supposed that made her extra special.

Of course it was only puppy love and it was all over now, right? Ian quickly agreed with that statement, yes that was probably it. He was conscious to see his first crush again but that didn't necessarily mean he still had a crush on her of course. Nope, that wasn't possible. No way.

Though his thoughts were still questionable. Maybe it was because of her ever-giving personality, not only that she also managed to be quite cute. She wasn't pretty in that pin-up way that most girls were, no she was natural. She was-

"Ian! For the love of fashion would you stop thinking about Amy for at least five seconds?" The 17-year old turned to face his younger sister and glared.

Natalie was comfortably lounging on the seat and looking like she had just come out of a magazine, as usual. She glared right back at her brother, challenging him.

"And what, exactly do you mean by that Natalie?" Ian asked raising a brow.

"Ian, I could practically hear the gears in your brain thinking about the Madrigal. Honestly, I'm your sister, I'd think you would trust that I've put up with you long enough to know that you're thinking about her" The 14-year old said exasperatedly as if she'd explained it a thousand and one times already.

"Look, I was not thinking about Amy and even if I was, I doubt you'd honestly be able to tell just by looking at me" The black-haired boy argued.

"Actually I can tell just by looking at you" His sister replied steadily.

Ian repressed the urge to roll his eyes, "And how, pray tell, would you be able to do that?"

"There's this certain expression you always wear, your eyes would be glazed, you would blush from time to time and you'd look indignant and determined at the same time, like you were having an internal battle" Natalie told him effortlessly ticking off her observations.

"Have you been seriously just observing me like this all the time?" Her brother inquired.

"As impossible as it may seem, I get flashes of boredom too Ian, and besides it helps to enhance my Lucian skills" The brunette replied smirking wickedly.

Ian sighed at his sister before deciding to change the subject, "Have you taken notice of where Anya might be?"

Anya Nicolavena was their distant aunt; she was the one who decided to adopt the Kabras. She knew what Isabel was like and she assumed what the children might've been like due to their mother. Anya was a beautiful lady of 40 years. She had black hair that curled naturally down the small of her back, her eyes were grey-black and she looked younger than her age. Like Isabel, Anya was into fashion and other such things of interest; however she was a good person. She allowed the Kabras a number of luxurious things but drew the line at certain times of course, as she would her own children. Mostly Ian was glad about Anya, she was the motherly figure he felt Natalie needed in her life and maybe, just a little bit, in his life too. All in all Anya was a great guardian and the Kabras felt like she was and could be their actual mother. It might've been better for them if she actually was, in fact.

"She told me she was arriving at the manor early to check up on some things" Natalie answered absent-mindedly, having taken out her phone and gone on CliqueMe.

Her brother nodded curtly before turning to face the window again, trying to get his brain from thinking about Amy so bloody much (What did she look like now? Did she still have that cute-pathetic stutter? Was she still in a relationship with that Alan nerd?). Ian ran his hand through his hair again, he felt a head ache coming on. The pictures of Amy Cahill his brain was conjuring up didn't help things in the slightest.

{39}

"So then what happened?" Sinead was on the edge of her seat, literally, waiting for Amy to continue with the story.

"I told him that I have a boyfriend" Amy said simply, her friend looked deflated at these words.

"So, you're telling me that, you saw this Kurt guy and you haven't seen him in like three years and he told you he likes you and has starting from the moment you guys' met and you tell him you have boyfriend?" The Ekat asked watching her friend nodding in answer "Why?"

"Sinead, what if that was Hamilton? What would you have done?" The American asked folding her arms.

The girl in question looked to be thinking about it and sighed in defeat, "Yeah I would've done the same thing"

Amy smiled.

"Still though, you did say he looked hot-"

"Sinead!" The Madrigal exclaimed blushing. Sinead grinned evilly and shrugged as if to say 'What? You were the one who said it'

Ding Dong

Both girls looked up at the sound of the doorbell. They looked at each other in confusion, neither seemed to remember they were expecting any visitors.

"It's Evan, he called up yesterday and said he was gonna visit today" Sinead recalled.

Amy stood up, "I'll go answer the door"

"OK, see ya later, I have to finish off this potion I'm making, it should be ready for testing by now" The Ekat said walking off to her lab, not wanting to become a third wheel.

"Bye"

Amy walked the opposite way to the entrance hall to answer the door. She was excited to be seeing Evan again after what seemed like a dragged out holiday. Especially with the whole Kurt ordeal.

The redhead opened the door and happily realised that Sinead was right. Her boyfriend was standing on the front porch holding a bouquet of flowers smiling happily.

Amy was happy too, she had missed Evan and her cheeks coloured as she thought this. Time seemed to slow down for Amy.

Her boyfriend was grinning and she felt herself smile subconsciously as well, he was just so...him. Cute, adorkable, him.

She stepped forward and enveloped him in a tight hug, him doing the same to her.

"I missed you"

"I missed you too"

They pull back after a moment both grinning. Evan leans forward and pecks Amy quickly on the lips, both of them blushing.

"Come in, it must be boiling outside" Amy says inviting him in. Evan follows her to the living room, closing the door behind him,

"How was Hawaii?" He asks sitting down on the couch next to her.

"It was great" Amy replies placing the bouquet on the coffee table.

As the two of them talked, Dan lay brooding in his room. He glares at the ceiling of his room thinking sullenly.

Stick together?

What were they bees? The clue hunt was bad enough now they had to deal with the snakes again?

He stood up from his bed and takes a Cola flavoured lollipop from his desk. Dan always kept them mixed with his pencils in the case. He unwraps the tip and sucked the lolly whilst looking out his window.

Everything seemed normal, except for the fact that he now knew one of the sold mansions around his house were owned by either Jonah and his cousins or the Kabras. Dan scowled at the thought and notices a black limo glide through the neighbourhood and stop at the estate just in front of the Cahill Manor. He prays that it's the Wizards…

And curses when he sees Natalie Kabra step out of the limo and saunter to the front. Dan frowns and pulls his blinds down over the window harshly.

{39}

The black limousine swiftly stopped next to a huge manor. Natalie Kabra stepped out and took off her designer sunglasses to investigate the mansion.

It was immense, of course, no better than the Kabra estate in England but it was still pretty big. It was painted all white with a slated, grey roof and black topped chimneys. There were some steps leading up to the arched front door and some beautiful plants as green as the grass.

(A/N: Here just look at this picture and remove the spaces so it works:

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Over all it looked satisfactory, in Natalie's eyes that is. Her brother came out of the limousine a moment later walked over to join her.

She looked at him, scrutinizing his face. He seemed...out of sorts. Wait- was that...indignant and determined at the same time? Check. Glazed eyes? Check. The 14-year old only needed one more piece of evidence to complete the puzzle. Ian blushed. We have a winner!

Natalie shook her head and kicked her brother's leg. Hard.

"Natalie! What was that for?" Ian asked in shock.

"Look, I've told you about fifty times now, restrain yourself from thinking about Amy while I'm around! It sickens me. Really, really sickens me" His sister replied with no remorse.

Natalie's brother scoffed. "Or you just really felt like kicking me because you don't like the fact that I think about her while her immediate family is Daniel"

"Yeah, I suppose that's the reason why I did that" Natalie reluctantly admitted then slowly smirked "You just admitted that you think about Amy"

Ian scowled and turned away from her. Natalie grinned and reached in her dress pocket clicking the stop button on the recorder inside. Her brother had turned around at the last minute and saw the movement.

"Is that...a recorder in there?"

Ian's sister slowly looked up and schooled her features, "Nope. I was just reaching down to turn off my phone"

"You may be able to fool others, but I am your brother Natalie, therefore I know when you're lying" Ian said before lunging forward, his sister instantly stepped back and ran.

Natalie ran as fast as she could, she needed to keep this recorder from being disintegrated, and other such things she knew perfectly well he would do to it, no hesitation. Besides, it was for his own good.

"Give it up Natalie! That's an invasion of privacy!" Her brother yelled running after her with fast.

"Not happening brother! You're getting rid of this thinking problem! You have to ask her out already or else I'll be emailing this to every single one of our cousins!" The brunette yelled in reply.

Before Ian could reply a new voice spoke out.

"What is going on here?"

Both Kabras stopped and looked to the entrance of the manor and found Anya standing there, hands on hips.

"Anya! How are you?" Natalie asked hugging her guardian and smiling. Ian came up and stood next to her smiling too.

"Wonderful Natalie; now, what did you do to your brother this time?"

{39}

"Yeah but it was a bit creepy since the volcano was still active, and it could've erupted anytime soon" Amy told him.

Evan nodded, "Were there a lot of people living on the bottom?"

"Oh yeah, and there was still smoke coming out of the top so that was really scary" She replied.

"Huh, proves the fiction part of Journey to the Centre of the Earth then" Her boyfriend mused.

"Yeah! Have you watched Journey to the Island? Amber told me it's pretty cool" Amy said.

"Nope, have you seen it?" Evan asked.

"No, but I'm hoping I will soon" Amy answered.

"Maybe sooner than you think, I got tickets. Do you want to come with me on Saturday?" Evan asked hopefully.

"Wha- of course! I 'd love to" Amy replied sincerely. Evan smiled, they sat in comfortable silence.

Ring!

Ring!

Ring!

Both jumped at the sound of the phone.

"Um, excuse me" Amy said to him, sliding towards the other end of the couch and picking up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Oh hello! Is this young Miss Amelia Cahill?"

Amy frowned at the knowing voice.

"Um…yes, who's asking?"

"Oh I'm Anya Nicolavena dear, Ian and Natalie's guardian? I'm sure we'll be meeting soon, I called to talk to your uncle, Fiske?"

"Uncle Fiske? Oh, um he's in his office, I'll just go get him"

"Okay then"

"Sorry, I'll be right back" Amy said to Evan before walking off to her uncle's office.

She stopped at the wooden door and knocked. Uncle Fiske opened the door a moment later and smiled kindly at her.

"Amy, what's going on?"

"Um, Anya Nikola-niko- yeah…Ian and Natalie's guardian is on the phone, she wanted to talk to you?"

"Oh well okay then"

Amy handed him the phone before quickly slipping out back to the living room.

{39}

The liquid bubbled over, spilling out of the test tube. Sinead turned around just in time to see it distinguish the heating flame of the Bunsen burner.

"No! Wai-"

She panicked and tried to pick up the test tube before it smashed. She gasped at the burn of her fingers.

Well of course it was hot.

Sinead wringed her hand before picking up her metal tongs and using them to place her test tube on a heat mat.

"Whoa-what happened here?"

Sinead turned around to see Nellie walk into her lab, surveying the mess on the bench.

"Hey Nellie" She greeted smiling.

"Hey kiddo, bit of a mess?" Nellie grinned back.

"Yeah…I accidentally let some chemicals overheat" Sinead replied sheepishly.

"Well, I'll help you clean that mess up, then we can go to the living room, Fiske wants to talk to all of us" The au pair told her.

"Okay, thanks"

The girls made quick work of the mess and left for the living room. Evan and Amy sat on one couch talking quietly whilst Dan sat on one of the lone armchairs playing his PSP with Fiske sitting across from him, they both sat down on another couch.

"Oh good you're both here, could we hurry this? I have basketball practice" Dan said, still in his bad mood.

"Well, as I said before the Clue Hunters have to stick together" Fiske began.

"Yes, but do Evan and Nellie know?" Sinead asked.

"Yep, we told them earlier" Dan said scowling, still.

"Anyway, the Holts will arrive tomorrow and the Wizards will arrive the day after" Fiske told them.

"What about Ned and Ted and the Kabras?" Nellie asked.

Sinead looked up "My brothers will arrive today, as for the Kabras-"

"They've already arrived" Dan interrupted, his face stony "I saw them outside"

"Okay then, now that everyone knows what's going on, I have some Madrigal business to attend to, so I'll see you later" With that Fiske walked off to his office.

Leaving the others to contemplate the news.

{Tell your boyfriend, if he's got beef}

{I'm a vegetarian and I ain't feckin' scared of him}

Finished! Everyone please review, please! Thanks for reading! Also try to guess the song?