I shall spare you the long and boring A/n's this time but only because I am a very generous and kind person. The factor I have eaten too much sugar has nothing to do with it so stop looking at me like that!

ps] Sorry for the terrible lay out i figured out how to do single returns but it takes forever.

Chapter 2

"This place is far too big." Klaus said eventually. They'd been living there for nearly a year. "There's only five of us and six rooms, perhaps we should rent it out?" Isadora didn't answer. At seventeen [nearly eighteen] she was obsessed with music and poetry still. Right now she was dancing to some American singer. "Izzy did you hear me, love? I said we're going to rent it out to someone?"
"Oh go ask my brothers!" Isadora snapped. Sunny looked up from her book and laughed.
"Klaus you know better!" she said over Izzy's music. Sunny was now six years old. Her hair long and dark like her brothers and her eyes the brightest green. Where she had got that from nobody knew.
"Yeah I do... come on." He dragged his little sister to the living room where Duncan and Quigley were fighting over the Tv remote. Typical boys. Seventeen and still fighting over cartoons.

"Hey," said Quigley, Duncan took the opportunity to be cunning and steal the remote and flick back on his channel.
"Guys I was thinking, this place is kind of big and lord knows we could use some extra money." Klaus wasn't yet allowed to tap into his inheritance until he was eighteen. He still had another 3 months to go yet. The four had all got jobs, separate shifts of course so there was always someone home to look after Sunny.
"Klaus is trying to ask if he can rent it out!" Giggled Sunny as she sat on the sofa. She was the typical 6 going on 30 kind of girl. She could read everything, she was good at cooking and she had a knack at inventing. She was so it seemed the perfect middle of her siblings both the living and the dead.
"Oh, good idea," Quigley said as he snatched for the remote his other triplet had stolen.
"Yeah..." Duncan agreed as he held the remote out of reach.

"Set up fliers then?"
"Sure thing... ow Quigley gerroff!" Duncan had matured a lot over the past four years physically despite the emotional and maturity range mentally of a six year old, he looked identical to Quigley. Tall dark and handsome, many of the girls at the high school fancied them and although Quigley often flirted Duncan never seemed to. Klaus often wondered, and he and Isadora [who were now an item] often made crude jokes about him. Sunny went to the local Primary school. She was already in year four as she was very advanced. They had put her up a few years for being exceptionally... exceptional.

A few weeks later there had been a lot of interest in the flat. Anyone who has ever been searching for a roommate should know how difficult it is. You get Rock stars, Pasta Salesmen, Lonely people and cat lovers. However most of the time you don't want Rock stars, Pasta Salesmen, Lonely people or cat lovers. So it should have come as a great relief when the doorbell rang on Saturday. Sunny thought she'd rather have preferred the Rock star, Pasta Salesman, Lonely Person or the cat lover.
"Hello there." Said the kind voice. Sunny had been the one who answered the door. She instantly didn't like the feeling this girl gave her. It felt as though the girl [or was it woman?] was staring right through her. "I'm Veronica, I heard there was a room up for rent."
"Position filled." Sunny said coldly. Why was this girl smiling so much?
"Is anybody else in?" Questioned Veronica.
"Nope all alone, school finishes earlier than Klaus's." Sunny explained briefly. She wished her sibling or her friends were here right now.
"They shouldn't leave a little girl on their own," scolded Veronica. "Do you mind if I take a look anyway, See what I'm looking for?"
"No strangers." Sunny said trying to find an excuse.
"Oh of course sorry er... what did you say your name was?"
"Er... my name?" asked Sunny as though this was the oddest question in the world. "My name is... Serena yeah..."
"Ok, 'Serena'." Veronica said using air quotes. It was almost as if she knew she was lying.

"Oh hello, who might you..." Klaus and Isadora stopped in their tracks as the woman turned to face them.
"Hello I'm Veronica, I came to look at the flat but your daughter said it was taken already."
"She's my sister actually and no it's not, Sunny!" Klaus didn't take his eyes from hers.
"Sor-rry Klaus. Only trying to help. No strangers remember." Sunny said moodily "I'm going to my room." Klaus was looking from Isadora to Veronica.
"Can I have a look round I need a place close to campus."
"You go to collegethen?" Isadora asked evidently not feeling as shaken as Klaus.
"Yeah first term. I turned nineteen a while ago." Veronica smiled. Her long black hair was to her shoulders and tied up behind her ears with a red ribbon.
"So full name?" Klaus asked looking her up and down. Isadora got the wrong idea and hit him.
"Veronica Felicity Davis." Veronica chanted as though she had been forced to remember this from a young age. Like a small child who is taught their address incase they get lost. Veronica Felicity Davis... V.F.D. It was a coincidence surely? Could she really be an enemy? Or was she on their side of the schism?

"Ok so this is the spare room..." Like many tours this was long and boring so I shall spare you the 45 minute tour that Klaus gave Veronica.
"It's lovely, my last house was HUGE but I only got one room and stuff. Then I moved in by myself some place but it was far too far away for me to get to college."
"Oh dear. I know how about some dinner, are you staying Veronica?" Veronica looked undecided for a moment then said.
"If that's alright. Do you want me to help?"
"That's alright Vio...Veronica." Klaus mentally slapped himself. There are two types of slapping oneself. Physical: where your hand comes down on yourself in a forceful manner often leaving a bruise. And mentally, where you think to yourself how stupid you are.
"Sunny will do it."
"She's six!" Veronica said in shock "Seven tops."
"She loves cooking, honestly. And I'll watch over her." Explained Klaus. Sunny had been cooking since she could walk and often made delicious food. Of course for safety reasons Klaus always had someone watch her.

"Sunny?" he called. His sister was sat on her bed reading her book. Klaus was surprised the words hadn't worn right off the page the amount of times she'd read it.
"Oh dinnertime?"
"Yeah can you manage for six? Veronica's staying."
"Klaus is she...moving in with us?" Sunny asked awkwardly.
"Maybe... Why?" Klaus wanted to wrap his arm around his little sister. They hadn't been close in years. he sat down next to her and she squirmed away.
"It's just...nothing, nevermind." Sunny got up and wandered into the kitchen. Normally when Sunny cooked she had a laugh and a joke with whoever was watching her but today she was very quiet. She didn't know why she didn't like Veronica, she just found her odd. Not evil just odd.
"Oops." Sunny said. She had cooked Spaghetti Bolognese but now when pouring the drinks she had spilt orange juice all over her top.
"Aw Sunny. C'mere." Klaus grabbed a cloth and dabbed his sisters shirt. "Go on go get dressed."
"Sorry."
"It's alright." Klaus said. He let his sister go and she went to her room. Quigley and Duncan got back at 5. They only had part-time jobs and worked from three until five, they had been given permission to leave school's registration 20 minutes early so they could get to work.

"I told you, you shouldn't have hit on the boss's daughter." Duncan scolded.
"I didn't hit on her I just said she had nice...Oh, hello Izzy." Quigley said embarrassedly.
"Hello yourself, This is Veronica." Isadora said nodding her head toward her friend who was sat beside her.
"Hello, you must be..."
"Quigley." Quigley said awkwardly. Something was stirring at the back of his mind. Duncan didn't say a word to her.
"I'll be right back." He muttered. "Klaus who the f....flip is she." He caught himself before he swore in front of Sunny. Sunny was helping carry the plates, of course she could only carry one at a time.

"Our new roommate apparently." Sunny said clicking her teeth. She evidently disapproved.
"What no way! Why?"
"Look I know what you mean, she gives me the creeps but I think Klaus likes her." She handed Duncan a plate.
"Klaus trust me you're better off with my SISTER and that's saying something."
"Look the subject is closed ok, she might be moving in with us so just keep yourselves to yourselves ok?"

"So Veronica, what're you studying at college?" asked Quigley trying to make conversation.
"Mechanics and engineering." Duncan nearly choked on his dinner. "Are you alright?" she asked worriedly.
"Fine I'm... mechanics and engineering you say?"
"Yes I'm there on a scholarship so I have to keep my grades up." She said. "My dad didn't want to pay for me to go to college."
"Dad?"
"I'm adopted." She explained "I was kicked out when I was 18 by the bloody ignorant...oh sorry Sunny." She looked guilty.
"Why did he kick you out?"
"I was independent I suppose. He wanted a kid. He took me to the bank on my eighteenth and yelled at the bank clerks then threw me out, something about having a stupid name, it's his name anyway!" she said. Quigley nodded. "When did you guys move in here then?"
"About a year ago, we'd all got jobs and pulled together." Klaus explained.

"Did you know each other since you were younger then?"
"We were thirteen we met Isadora and Duncan at an Academy. Quigley came later."
"Yeah I'd be late for my own funeral I would." Laughed Quigley. The rest of Dinner was very much enjoyed. Klaus and Duncan however couldn't help but feel something strange about this girl. Klaus was certain it wasn't love, he loved Isadora. But he got the same fluttery stomach and light headedness that he had when he'd first met Isadora. He couldn't.

"Are you alright?" Isadora asked Klaus once Veronica had gone.
"Yeah I'm fine..."
"No your not, why won't you look me in the eye Klaus?" she asked. "I heard you call her Vio... earlier, were you going to say Violet?"
"Yeah does that seem stupid?" he asked with a sigh. He wrapped his arm around her.
"No, after we thought Quigley died I kept calling Duncan Quigley, or asking where he was."
"She just... I guess she looks about her age and stuff. It's nothing. Ok?" he kissed her lightly which she seemed to think balanced as an excuse.
"Klaus, you should be at work." Sunny scolded.
"Yeah I know, I would call in sick but, hey just think in three months I can pack it all in eh?"
"Hopefully, bye Klaus." Sunny kissed her brother knowing she wouldn't see him again til morning. She was worried about her brother. He looked at Veronica the same way he looked at Isadora almost. It was... odd. Sunny liked her brother dating Isadora she didn't want him dating Veronica. A few weeks later Veronica moved in, much to Sunny's shock.

"Hello Sunny." Sunny was pulling the key out of the door when she noticed someone was already in.
"Oh, hello."
"I only had a half day at college so I've been here a while, do you want to help me with the last of my stuff?"
"Sure I guess." Sunny had always been taught to be polite. Her parents had taught her, her sister, and her brother. So she didn't have a choice. Sunny grabbed a suitcase.

"I like your hair..." Sunny said awkwardly, she didn't like silence. Silence reminded her of Lake Lachrymose and it's horrid silence. It reminded her of the sleepless nights on Mount Fraught, it reminded her of Uncle Monty's dead body.
"Thanks." Veronica said fingering her long ebony hair. It was still tied up with a blue ribbon. "It looks like yours, hey later maybe I could braid it for you?" she said trying to break the ice.
"No, thank you."
"It doesn't take long honestly."
"It's alright..."
"Hey at least you don't use a bow anymore eh?" Sunny paused. She was sure nobody had mentioned to her that she had had to wear a bow as a baby. They must have done though.

"hey Sunny?" called Klaus's voice.
"Here..." she called then she realised her mistake a moment too late. Veronica was getting dressed. Klaus, not even knowing Veronica was there, walked right in. Veronica screamed. Klaus was hurriedly pushed from the room but not before he caught an eyeful, literally. On the top of her chest was a tattoo of an eye. Coincidence?
"Sorry!" he said from the other side of the door. Isadora was laughing like mad.
"Shut up Izzy, I didn't know Veronica was here yet."
"Oh I thought you'd walked in on Sunny." The door opened and Veronica appeared.
"Sorry about that I..."
"My fault." Klaus said hands in the air. Veronica shifted awkwardly.
"I'll lock the door next time, it's just Sunny was helping me get unpacked and I... I didn't think, sorry."
"Interesting tattoo." He murmered to her. She blushed as he left.
"Idiot." She muttered laughing.

I must say inviting Veronica to live with them was one of the biggest mistakes the Baudelaires had made since allowing Violet to go on and rescue the Quagmires while they alerted the V.F.D. Veronica brought with her trouble beyond their imagination. Of course now is not the time to mention such troubles.