A/N: Thanks for the new follow and favourite, welcome to my fic. Thank you for the review much appreciated . This chapter Niamh uses an interesting tactic to get Cheryl and Brendan talking and babysits Leah and Lucas. Enjoy.

Niamh woke up the next morning her face was stinging and the eye that was shut was throbbing. She went in to the bathroom to look at the damage off her face, she had one of her eyes was bruised and swollen which meant her eye was shut, she had bruising round her nose and she had cuts on her cheeks. She went down stairs and Brendan was already in the sitting room. She sat down and Brendan went in to the kitchen. He soon came back through from the kitchen with a glass of ice in his hand. She laid out on the sofa and Brendan moved her head and sat down so her head was in his lap. He put the glass on her eye and she sighed in relief, it took away the pain of her eye.
"That feels so nice" said Niamh.
"I know; this is a nana Flo remedy" said Brendan. It sounded like something she would do come up with remedies.
"I see, so have you and Cheryl made up" asked Niamh. Brendan shook his head.
"Every time I try and talk to her she blanks me, this flat has been very awkward with you gone" said Brendan. She had hoped they would come to at least a truce for when she was away.
"Shame, don't give up on it though" said Niamh.

She was going to have to intervene because it was going to become too awkward. She made a plan in her head which she really hoped would work. She laid there thinking about it.
"You're up to something" said Brendan, Niamh put on a confused face.
"What makes you say that?" asked Niamh in a very sly voice. He wouldn't know what planning not until it was too late.
"Even with one eye bruised, I can tell your planning something" said Brendan. Niamh smirked and laughed.
"You'll see" said Niamh.

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Niamh was sat at the club she had been out as soon as her eye had opened. She had been sat at the bar waiting for Ste to come on shift so she could fill him in on her master plan to get Cheryl and Brendan to talk to each other again. Soon he came up the stairs. She got up and he went over to her and hugged her. He went round the bar and Niamh sat back down.
"Gave us all a scare yesterday" said Ste, Niamh nodded.
"Yeah, including myself, thanks for yesterday" said Niamh feeling gratitude that it had been him that had found her.
"Don't mention it" said Ste. He put his hand on her hand squeezed.

She leant closer to him.
"Right I need a favour; you know when Cheryl and Brendan comes up can you go along with conversation" said Niamh quietly so only Ste could hear her.
"Why?" asked Ste.
"I am going to get them to talk each other one way or another, you'll see" said Niamh. Cheryl came up and went over to the bar "Aunty Cheryl, Ste was just telling me how some of the bottles of beer are missing in the cellar, weren't you Ste?" She looked at him and he nodded quickly.
"Yeah, went in this morning some were missing" said Ste. He sounded more convincing than she thought he would be.
"Okay, I'll go take a look" said Cheryl. She then went in the direction of the cellar.

"That's one down, one to go" said Niamh smirking again. Brendan came up and looked around; she took the smirk of her face before he looked at her. He went over to the bar. "Ste was just telling me how some of the beer bottles were missing". She looked at him and he nodded again like he did before.
"Okay, I'll take a look" said Brendan. He also went in the direction of the cellar. She followed behind him quietly so he didn't know he was there. He got in to the cellar and she grabbed the key and shut the door quickly locking the door on the outside.
"What is the meaning of this" shouted Cheryl through the door.
"You two need to talk to each other properly and truthfully so you can make up, this is for your own good" shouted Niamh through the door. She had planned this down to the finest detail. She knew it would work.

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She spent the afternoon listening to Cheryl and Brendan talk; they had talked through Brendan's sexuality. He had admitted to her that he weren't okay with it. Finally however Niamh heard a break through.
"Please Cheryl just let me be your brother, I love ye" said Brendan.
"Do you?" said Cheryl
"Yeah, of course I do, your my baby sister" said Brendan
"I love you to" said Cheryl. She heard sniffing and coughs which were to hide sobs. She was sure they were hugging.
"That girl is just like you" said Cheryl, Niamh got up and went to unlock the door.
"Yeah she is, I like that, she has mainly me with bits of Eileen and she has a personality of her own as well" said Brendan. She unlocked the door and opened the door. She went in and they all hugged.
"So glad you two have made up" said Niamh feeling pleased with herself, she was so glad it had worked.
"Thank you Niamh" said Brendan, he looked at her and smiled at her.

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Niamh was sat in Ste's flat babysitting Leah and Lucas; she had missed them like crazy so was glad when she had been asked to babysit. She had them both leant on her while they watched Disney's Robin Hood. She hadn't seen it in ages and it was a good watch. The kids seemed to agree on that one.
"We've missed you" said Leah, this made Niamh smile, she ruffled both their hair.
"I missed you both to" said Niamh she loved them both dearly they were like a brother and sister to her in a sense because everything she did with them like watching DVDs, playing board games with them even putting them to bed, it was like what she had done with Padraig. She wrapped a protective arm round them both. She waited for the film to finish. They were both asleep which is what she had wanted them to do, just fall asleep. She carried them both through to their bedroom and tucked them in. She went back to the living room and sat on the sofa, feeling content.

TBC

Next chapter; Has a catch up with Mitzeee, gets in to an argument with Noah and helps Brendan hatch a plan to get rid of Noah for ever.