Notes

I own no characters. Thanks to Mileminnie for reassuring me I am not yelling at a wall and for pointing out on here I have not yet stated Cleena is endgame however I cannot guarantee it will be the only relationship for Claudia in this story, I'm still not sure it depends where I end up but the main plot is more set so it will happen at some point.

"Okay children gather round." Artie called out at the end of the session, "We shall be going on a field trip." Claudia and Pete looked at each other and groaned in sync.

"Please not another museum Artie, there are only a certain number of mummies as guy can look at in one life time." Moaned Pete.

"No. No museums." Pete perked up slightly as he continued, "If you do choose to work for the government then there is a possibility you may be asked to carry or use a gun, so I felt it would be a good idea for you to all get a feel for it."

"Artie, are you sure that this is a good idea. I mean shooting guns is dangerous and someone could get hurt." Myka spoke quickly the worry evident in her voice, "And well not to point a finger but some people are not exactly the most mature or the best at following rules."

As Myka paused to breath Artie cut her off, "You will not be shooting actual guns but instead we are going to a paintball course in Featherhead." After seeing Myka start to breath again he slowed his speech slightly, "Is everyone able to get down there?" Claudia looked to the ground slightly embarrassed to have to admit she couldn't.

"Hey Claudia, do you want a ride?" Claudia looked up to see Leena looking expectantly at her waiting for an answer, she wasn't sure if the other girl had read her aura or just seen her discomfort but she had offered exactly what Claudia was to afraid to ask for.

"Sure, that would be great actually." As she looked around she could see no one took much notice of it and allowed herself to breath more easily.

"Alright then, we have the course for six hours starting at twelve so eat before you get there." As Artie spoke he handed out pieces of paper with the address on it.

After Artie dismissed them Myka and Pete headed out together while Leena stood over Claudia as she picked up her laptop and placed it in her bag.

"So do you want me to pick you up from your house?"

"No I don't want to inconvenience you, it's already plenty that you're taking me down there, I'll walk to yours, I like the fresh air anyways." Claudia went to walk off before she realised she had no idea where Leena lived, as she moved to turn and ask a piece of paper was held out in front of her.

"Here, do you think you will be able to find your way?" Leena looked at her calmly while Claudia was in shock, she knew Leena could read auras but at this point she seemed to be closer to mind reading.

"I'll manage." Claudia was still frozen in place as Leena walked past, turing back to call out.

"Be there at about nine, we'll stop for food on the way."

Claudia paced on the pavement outside Leena's house, she had made sure to leave earlier than necessary to avoid being late but was now stuck thirty minutes early not wanting to intrude. She was still in the middle of an internal crisis about when was too early to got to the door when she heard her name being called, turning to look at the house she saw Leena stood in the doorway still in pyjamas waving her inside.

"Sorry I just didn't want to be late so I might have overcompensated slightly." She started apologising to Leena the second she got close enough.

"Don't worry, I half expected it." Claudia was slowly becoming more convinced of Leena's mind reading abilities, after quickly thinking, if anyone is reading my mind right now cough, and hearing no reply she started to look around the house. It was much larger than any foster home she had been in, almost reminding her of her family's home or at least what she could remember of it, the hallway was filled with pictures of Leena and an older woman Claudia assumed was her mother. Following Leena she ended up in a kitchen where there was a bowl of cereal already placed on the counter half eaten, clearly left when Leena had come to fetch her.

"Do you want some?" Leena asked watching how Claudia reacted, after she shook her head Leena tried a different tactic, "Have you had anything to eat yet today?" Watching as Claudia more hesitantly shook her head again she began to get out another bowl and spoon along with milk and three different types of cereal. "Eat some, I'll be down in ten minutes I just have to go and get dressed." As she walked away Claudia poured herself out a small bowl of coco pops and tried to remember the last time she had eaten a proper breakfast or even something before eleven o'Clock that had been bigger than an apple or chocolate bar she had nicked from someones kitchen.

It took fifteen minutes for Leena to get ready, Claudia had finished her cereal after five and head spent the next ten minutes sitting at at the counter unsure what to do with herself. Leena almost laughed seeing the girl trying to pretend she didn't exist whilst playing with a few coco pops that had fallen out of her bowl before walking towards her and touching her shoulder to get her attention. Had Claudia not been so much into her own world the simple action would have been fine however it brought her back to reality so quickly that she jumped and fell off her chair and onto the floor.

"Oh my God are you okay?" At this point Leena could no longer hold back a laugh and had to hold the counter to keep herself up and avoid joining Claudia on the floor.

"I'm glad you finding this amusing." The statement was said lightheartedly as Claudia slowly picked herself up, "Nest time don't try to sneak up on people."

"I wasn't, I made quite a bit of noise on my way over here in fact, you were just too busy playing with your food to notice." Before the two could continue the woman Claudia had seen in the photographs walked in.

"Ah Claudia you're here, we may as well head out early then." She turned and walked gracefully to he door with the two girls following close behind.

They made it to the paintball course on time after eating lunch, which Claudia had let them pay for after some persuasion as wells as her realising she had no money and was sure to get hungry paintballing for six straight hours. Walking in Artie handed out sets of camo uniforms along with protective helmets and goggles.

"Okay there are going to be three sections, the first is practicing and learning how to shoot the gun, then we will have a game with two teams where you have to work together and the final will be a free for all in which the team member with the smallest amount of paint will get a prize at the end." At hearing the last of Artie's games Claudia, Pete and Myka all looked at one another as if to try and scare the others off their prize while Leena looked exasperatedly at Artie. "Okay so if you all head outside there is an instructor out there with some targets for you to practice on."

Okay so at the moment there are two options, I can either take longer to update with longer chapters or update faster but stick with chapters about this length, any preferences? Also I assume you can guess what the next chapter is going to be.