And here is chapter two! Thanks to PearlAgent64, NaruSakuObsessed, xxXNatan FanXxx, and alejandrita0202 for reviewing.
This one should be more interesting!
Disclaimer:
Me: Dan, do the disclaimer!
Dan: After I finish 5 more levels on this video game!
Me: Or I could just write about you and Natalie...
Dan: readingisamazing does not own anything, including me! Or the ipod!
Me: Too bad, I'm writing it anyway.(Not this chapter).
Dan: NO!
Me: On with the story!
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Amy paced her room. It was early the next morning. She had woken up around 6 am, showered, and then dressed in a pair of her favorite dark jeans, a white embroidered tank top, and a blue and green sweater.
She was worried about singing in front of all her Cahill relatives, even if she had lost her stutter years ago.
She picked up her green ipod, stuck the ear buds in her ears, and pressed shuffle. A Taylor Swift song came on, and right then, she knew immediately that it was the song she was going to sing.
-Epic Page break-
"Die! Die! Die!" Dan yelled at his T.V. screen. He was taking his anger about having to sing, out on his video games. He heard his door open, and took his eyes off the screen to see who it was. His character on-screen died.
It was Nellie. "Can you keep it down in here, kiddo? It's 6:30 am and I never get up before 10 on weekends."
"Ok, Nellie, but on one condition," Dan bargained.
"And what would that be?" She asked.
"That you help me pick out a song sometime tomorrow," Dan said.
"Fine. Even though it's against the rules, I guess I have to if I actually want to sleep at all!"
"See you later Nellie!" Sang Dan.
As he turned off his video game, he could hear her snoring from down the hall.
-Epic Page break-
"OW!"
"I'll shoot!"
"Infernal feline."
"Hissss!"
"Ow!"
"Get him, Saladin!"
"DAN!"
"Yo, yo"
"Team! Formation!"
The entry hall to Grace's rebuilt mansion was utter chaos, and Amt and Dan hadn't even told their relatives about the singing competition yet. They were not looking forward to their reactions to that. Saladin had already attacked Ian and Natalie, and Natalie had her dart gun out.
"We have to put a stop to this, Dan!" Amy told him.
"Good luck with that," he answered.
Amy grabbed a chair from nearby and climbed up on it.
"Can I have your attention, please?" She yelled.
She waited for them to calm down before she continued. "Everyone, your rooms are on the second and third floors. The doors are labeled with each person's name and branch. You can relax and settle in, but I need everyone down here in an hour because i have a very important announcement. Thank you."
The crowd dispersed.
Amy started to climb down from the chair, but her foot slipped and she started to fall. She closed her eyes and braced herself for impact, but it never came. Confused, she opened her eyes and found herself looking up into a pair of very familiar amber ones.
"Hello, love," said Ian Kabra. She realized that he must have caught her when she started to fall.
"D-don't call me love, Ian," mentally cursing her stutter. She hadn't stuttered in two years, and Ian is the person that brings it back? She could already hear Dan teasing her later. She noticed his arms were still around her waist, and she struggled upward and out of his grasp, blushing.
"Now, is that any way to treat someone who just saved you from a possible injury?" He asked, pretending to be hurt.
"No, it's the way to treat someone who broke your heart and left you to die in a cave," she shot back, and stalked off.
Dan confronted her on the stairs. "Sister, that was truly awesome, the way you treated that Cobra. You should do that more often, or I could just use some of my epic ninja skills on him!"
"Dan, number one, I don't know what came over me there, I doubt I could do it again, and number two, whenever you attempt to use your so-called ninja skills, you end up pushing people in the pool or running around the house screaming 'peanut butter' because you are on a sugar high," Amy said.
"Aw. Fine. But I will definitely pull pranks on both snakes." Dan ran up the stairs before Amy could scold him.
Amy was reaching the third floor, where her room was, when she realized something. Fiske had put the Ekat, Tomas, and Janus on the second floor and the Lucian on the third. That meant she was on the same floor as...
"Hello, love"
Amy groaned inwardly. Ian was the last person she wanted to talk to right now, but she could hear him coming up the stairs behind her.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me love?" She asked, spinning to face him.
"I don't think it makes a difference, love, because I haven't learned, now have I?" He replied, with the famous Kabra smirk plastered on his face.
Amy sighed. "I guess not."
"That's what I thought. Now, if you would be so kind as to show me to my room, it would be greatly appreciated," he walked past her to the top of the stairs, and then stopped, waiting for her.
She reluctantly climbed up to join him. "This way," she said, turning right. "Your room is here, right next to mine." She realized this as she said it and reminded herself to chew out Fiske for the room arrangement later.
She opened the door for him. "I'm in the room to the left, if you need anything."
"Lovely. You said that you had an announcement for the Cahills. Would you be willing to give me a hint as to what that would be?"
Amy debated silently. If she told him, he might have a lead on the others. But an hour, really? It would barely make a difference.
"Okay, Ian. How well do you sing?" she asked.
"Sing? Love, I'm afraid I don't know what you mean."
Amy took a deep breath, and took the plunge. "Fiske, Nellie, and the Wizards entered the younger generation of Cahills in a singing competition."
"What! How soon does it start? And why would they do that to us?" Ian exclaimed.
"Fiske said it was his way of getting us to 'bond'. And it starts tomorrow. The girls sing first and the boys the day after."
"Wow love, this is a lot to take in. I appreciate you telling me early." Ian said.
Amy looked up at him and realized that he was sincere in his thank-you. He was staring at her with those amber eyes that made her want to melt into a puddle-NO, BAD AMY! Don't think about that! He left you to die in Korea. He broke your heart and betrayed you. You should hate him. But she couldn't bring herself to hate him. Maybe he's changed, she thought. Maybe I can give him another cha-
"Love?" Ian broke her train of thought.
"Oh, sorry," she said. "I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"How to tell the others about the competition," Amy lied.
"You'll do fine," Ian encouraged.
"Hopefully. Well, I'd better go now." Amy excused herself and went into her room next door.
Ian looked like he was going to say something, but he just let her go.
As she closed her door, she thought: Oh my gosh! Was I imagining that he looked disappointed about me leaving? Does he like me?
TA-DA!
There's the second chapter!
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