Just a short chapter to get into the story. Thank you so much to all who reviewed and favourite this story. :) Much appreciated! Btw, sorry updates take awhile, school and all that. x

Myrnin grimaced and pulled a face of distaste. "The horror! "he said to himself in a tone that must have been louder than he thought as at that moment both Oliver and Amelie snapped their heads to to the side to look out the window.

Myrnin slowly waved in at them with an innocent smile and looked behind him awkwardly. When he looked back, Amelie was gone and Oliver was still sitting on the couch, staring at him with an expression of distaste. Myrnin glared back at Oliver for an instant when he heard a voice behind him, causing him to turn around and put his attention on the blond haired woman standing with her arms folded and one eyebrow raised.

"What on earth are you doing, Myrnin?" she questioned coolly, a frown forming on her face. "And where were you earlier?"

Myrnin scratched the back of his neck. "I was…preoccupied".

Amelie didn't look convinced. "And by preoccupied you mean that you forgot? How utterly typical of you, you continuously..."

"No!" Myrnin screamed, interrupting her from her rant. "Me? Forget? How could you presume such a thing! I thought we were friends, Amelie. Do you know me at all?" he questioned, offended by her accusations, whether they were correct or not.

Amelie looked at him in surprise. "Very well, then I apologise for making assumptions. What is your reason? "

"Well you were right, I did forget. But you shouldn't merely presume such things!"

Attempting to prevent herself from rolling her eyes, she decided to let it go. It wasn't worth starting an argument over something so meaningless and there were far worse things to worry about. "Very well, would you like to come inside?" she finally asked.

"That depends entirely on how long he's staying" Myrnin said, nodding to Oliver who was still inside, earning a stern look from Amelie.

"As long as needed, he has some unnerving news to share. Now do you wish to come inside or not?"

Myrnin considered this for a moment, but soon got lost in thought when he remembered that he never fed Bob that morning. "I actually have something quite important to do, so I had best…." At this point Amelie interrupted him.

"I'm really not giving you an option, Myrnin. Now come inside."

"Fine" Myrnin grumbled, and began to walk towards the door but a delicate hand prevented him from entering the house.

"Perhaps you might be so kind as to remove your shoes first, I just had the carpets cleaned" Amelie then glanced down at his feet. "And your shoes are far from clean"

Myrnin scowled at her but did as he was told.

"Myrnin will be joining us" Amelie told Oliver, just as Myrnin swept dramatically into the room. "I am overjoyed" he said sarcastically, his lip curling as he spoke.

At this Myrnin put on his best fake smile. "Oh stop it, you're embarrassing me. Such a shame I can't say the same about you"

Oliver's glare settled on Myrnin. "Fool"

"Dimwit!" Myrnin retorted, taking a step towards Oliver, who immediately stood up.

"Pillock"

Myrnin thought for a moment and advanced a little towards the other man as he spoke. "Oliver, I feel I must inform you of how much of a total…"

"I think that's quite enough. Myrnin, sit on the arm chair and Oliver, reseat yourself over there" Amelie instructed, ensuring that they were a safe distance apart from eachother. "Now, I would very much appreciate if you would both calm down and refrain from winding each other up. Can you do that?"

They both nodded but then something caught Myrnin's attention. "Wait one moment, why was he allowed to keep his shoes on? How is that fair? This is discrimination!"

"I recall asking you to calm down, Myrnin, and if your shoes weren't covered in dirt and god knows what else you could wear them too" Amelie moved to sit back down beside Oliver, keeping a distance between them, before speaking again. Now, Myrnin, Oliver was just about to explain exactly how it is at all possible for Bishop to return so would you please, please stay quiet?"

Myrnin's eyes widened in shock and they both turned to Oliver, waiting for him to speak.