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Disclaimer:

Me: Hey! How come everybody else gets characters to do their disclaimers? I want somebody to do mine too!

* It just so happens that Hamilton walked past at this very moment*

Me: Yo Ham! Hammer! H-Man! Hamma Time! My brotha from anotha motha! My wingma-

Hamilton: What is it Jona- Oops, thought you were Jonah. You both sound exactly alike.

Me: Uhhh... Thanks? Hey, can you do my disclaimer?

Hamilton: Sure. DemigodOfDeltora doesn't own me, anybody else in the story, or the 39 clues.

Me: Thanks Ham. Now on with the story!

Dan woke in the morning to the smell of breakfast. He jumped out of his hammock, slipped on his scotts, and grabbed an empty plate and fork. All before he was fully awake.

Nellie crossed her arms over her chest. "Nu-Uh! Your crazy if you think I'm gonna let you come over here, load up your plate, and go off."

Dan groaned. "Come on, Nells."

Nellie tended to her cooking. Bacon sizzled. Sausages popped. Eggs were prepared multiple ways. There was even Canadian bacon, which was basically ham, but Dan didn't really care at the moment.

"How about you go wash up, and come help me with breakfast?"

Dan sighed.

"Breakfast will be finished sooner with your help." Nellie coaxed.

Dan mulled it over. "Alright. But can I at least have a piece of bacon first? I'm starving!"

Nellie took pity on the teen, so she gave him a piece. He wolfed it down and took off to get cleaned up.

"Scott's a total whimp. I mean, sure he saves the others occasionally, but Derek is the real deal."

Nellie wagged the spatula in Dan's direction. "Scott took down Erica and Issac at the same time."

Dan snorted. "Yeah. Then he got his butt handed to him by who? Derek."

"He just faced two werewolves! At the same time!"

"They were newbies! They couldn't even beat each other!"

Nellie glared. "What about when Scott saved Derick AND stiles in the pool from Jackson? They would've died without him."

"And Scott would've died fighting against Jackson, had Derrick not shown up."

Amy stepped out of her tent, pulling the zipper close. "What are you two talking about?"

"Dan thinks that Derrick is better than Scott."

"I don't think. I KNOW."

Sinead spread some strawberry cream cheese on a toasted bagel. "I'm more of a 'Vampire Diaries' fan, myself."

Dan and Nellie looked at each other.

"Damon!"

"Elijah!"

"WHAT?!" they cried in unison.

"How can you like Elijah? He's a bad guy!"

Dan rolled his eyes. "And Damon's a saint? Please. He killed Lexi!"

"Well... Elijah killed Trevor. And Lexi deserved it. She was too nosy."

Natalie examined her manicure. "And her hairstyle was out of date BEFORE she was bitten."

Reagan gasped. "Oh no you didn't. I KNOW you did not just diss Lexi. She could beat Damon, Stefan, and Katerina by herself."

Hamilton snickered. "You watch 'Vampire Diaries', Reag? Wait till dad hears about this."

"Oh, shut up. What would dad say if he knew you watched 'Pretty little liars', bro?"

Hamilton flushed. "I just needed to know who 'A' was!"

Jonah cracked up. "You watch 'Pretty little liars'? That show's for girls dawg."

"Your just mad nobody watches your stupid show."

Everybody erupted into laughter, except for Amy. She just rolled her eyes, making a mental note never to bring up tv shows around her family.

After what seemed like a years' wait to the kids, although it was only an hour, breakfast was served.

The table was jam- packed with delicious and nutritious delicacies. From a wide variety of sausages, to a selection of eggs. Crispy bacon, and delectable cheese. Toasted bagels with cream cheese, and even fluffy waffles with syrup. Jugs and cups of OJ and milk were passed around.

Fiske held out his hands to Ned on his right, and Madison on his left. In turn, everybody joined hands.

"Alright, um... Natalie. Would you like to say grace?"

Natalie looked around, aware of the attention she was getting. And for the first time ever, she didn't like it.

"I... I don't know what to say."

She put her head down. Dan, who was sitting across of her, felt bad for her. Which was also a first.

"Umm... I can help her. Natalie can just repeat after me. I mean- if she wants."

Fiske smiled. "What a nice thought Dan. What do you say, Natalie?"

Natalie looked up, expecting Dan to be struggling to hold back his laughter. Instead, he had a genuine look on his face. She was taken back a little, but nodded.

Everyone bowed their heads.

Dan cleared his throat. "Thank you for this great breakfast we are about to eat."

He waited, and Natalie saw her cue. "Thank you for this great breakfast we are about to eat."

Dan kept his eyes closed. "And thank you for bringing us together to enjoy it as a family."

Natalie bit her lip. "And thank you for bringing us together to enjoy it as a- family." Natalie tried not to choke on the last part.

"And Dan is as awesome, handsome, and amazing as always."

"And Dan-" Natalie stopped herself. "I am not saying that."

The family chuckled good heartily. Dan had a smile on his face as he finished the prayer. "Amen."

"Amen."

"AMEN." Everybody said, before letting each other's hands go.

They dug in, chatter and laughter ran along the table.

"Man Nellie. You make some amazing French toast."

Ted grabbed the chocolate syrup and whipped cream, loading his stack of French toast with toppings.

Nellie shrugged. "Well, I took culinary classes in college. And my dad and abuelita used to let me watch them in the kitchen. My abuelita made the best chorizo and mushroom omelet ever."

"I'm actually going to open up a store back home. Its gonna be a surf shop, with a yogurt parlor on the side. It's gonna be called- 'Hammer Brigade'. Whatcha think?"

Jonah nodded, taking a bite of his buttered toast. "Thats tight ham. Lemme know if I can help."

Dan took a swig of orange juice. "That'd be great. I'd come to the shop every summer."

Hamilton's eyes lit up. "Yeah! We could relax, have a few days, maybe even weeks, to just cruise and catch up. We could go out, or rent a movie."

"And we could help you with the shop. It'd be the best shop on the coast."

Jonah munched on a piece of bacon. "Fa sho. That would shut Tim McGraw up about his dumb cologne." (A/N: Just an example. I really like his music. Never actually smelled the cologne...)

The boys continued on, discussing ideas and plans for the shop.

Amy ate away at her raspberry parfait. "But Stefan's a total sweetheart. He'd do anything for Elena."

Natalie rolled her eyes. "So would Damon. In fact, Damon is the reason that Elena became a vampire in the first place."

Sinead swallowed her mouthful of eggs. "He forced her to. He made her drink his blood, remember?"

Phoenix shook his head. "And Stefan bit Caroline, almost killing her."

Amy sighed. "I guess they both have issues. But I still say that Stefan and Elena match together."

"Me too." Sinead turned to Natalie. "How about you, Natalie?"

"No contest. Damon, definitely Damon."

Phoenix nodded. "Looks like it's two-to-two."

Sinead nodded. "We need a tie-breaker."

"Not just any tie-breaker, someone who's impartial.", Natalie stated. "Someone who doesn't care if feelings are hurt, as long as they say what's on their minds."

The four looked at each other for a second.

"MADISON!"

Madison, who'd been talking with Ned, turned around at the sound of her name.

"What?"

Natalie hushed the others. "Who do you think matches better with Elena? Damon, or Stefan?"

They leaned forward as she thought about it. "Neither. I'd choose Matt."

The four Cahills stared at her.

"Aw man!"

After breakfast, Fiske, Alistair, and the boys decided to go swimming, while the girls stayed behind to gossip. (Besides Amy and Sinead. They insisted that they were going to be reading.)

Reagan and Madison tossed a football back and forth.

"I'm bored."

"Why don't you two paint your nails?" Nellie replied.

Natalie gasped, looking up from painting her own nails. "Can I do it?"

She scrunched up her nose, eyeing the holts' sneakers. "On second thought- Never mind."

Sinead looked up from her book, slightly annoyed. "Can you guys keep it down? I'm in the middle of a very interesting part."

She returned to her story.

Nellie peeked over Sinead's shoulder. "Watcha' readin'?"

"The son of Neptune." She replied, not taking her eyes off of the page.

Nellie gasped. "Percy Jackson? I love the movie. It had a great balance of drama, action, history, and a little romance."

"You just think Logan Lerman's hot." Amy snorted in reply.

"He's got pretty eyes, okay!"

Nellie put her arms on her hips. "You know, your's and Dan's eyes are almost the same color as his."

Sinead nodded. "Yeah. But percy's eyes are more of a sea green color."

"And your's is more of a jade-ish green." Natalie supplied. As an afterthought she added, "Their actually really pretty."

She blinked. "Not nearly as pretty as mine, though." she stated, regaining her composure.

Nellie's eyes widened, but she quickly covered it up. "Whose eyes did you say were pretty?"

"Amy's. Duh."

Nellie smirked. "Are you sure? Not some boy who has the exact same pair of eyes? Whose initials are DC?"

Natalie narrowed her eyes. "What're you suggesting?"

Her tone sounded deadly, like they were laced with venom. But Nellie didn't notice.

Or didn't care.

"I'm SAYING-", Nellie exasperated. "That you and Dan go good together."

Silence...

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" Natalie shrieked. "I would NEVER, stoop so low as Daniel. Why would I, when I could have any boy I want?"

Amy frowned. "Hey! That happens to be my brother your talking about."

"Did you forget the time he posted those videos of you dancing to 'thriftshop'? Total fail, BTW."

"... carry on..."

"Alright." Nellie interjected. "So maybe you don't have a thing for Dan. But I know for SURE that he's got the hots for you."

Natalie placed her hands on her hips, giving Nellie a look of loathing. "The hots?"

Madison rolled her eyes. "You know- the hots? As in fancy? He's got it bad? Googley-eyed, tongue tied-"

"Yeah I know what a crush is holt!" The Kabra snapped.

She turned back to Nellie. "And how, exactly, do you know this?" she asked.

Nellie flashed a bright smile. "Well, it all started one night-"

A/N: CLIFFIE! HAHAHA! I'm bad. Sorry it took so long to update, but I had a case of writers block. Thanks for the reviews. Keep it up!

~D.O.D.