Apology

Olivia raced down the stairs, she was a good actress and hadn't been really mad at Emma, her feelings had been a bit bruised and that was all. She went into the kitchen and lit the candle and then made her way over to the front door. As she opened the door she made her face change from happy to annoyed.

"What do you want?" she asked glaring at Emma.

"I wanted to apologise," she began "I didn't mean to giggle you're just such a brilliant actress I never would have guessed you liked Charlie."

"You think I'm brilliant?" Olivia interrupted a smile creeping onto her face. "Better than anyone else I know!" Emma answered.

"Yippee!" Olivia squealed jumping at her friend to give her a big hug. Emma smiled, she felt much happier now. "Come in." Olivia said gesturing inside.

All the time Paton had been staring at the ground trying not to stop the girls from saying what they needed to. Paton took Emma's coat and hung it on the rack. "Oh, I almost forgot," Emma started to say.

"Forgot what?" Olivia asked.

"Auntie's having a baby." Emma tried not to show her enthusiasm, unsuccessfully.

"A baby?" Mrs Vertigo called from the steps. "How wonderful!" she added.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Olivia asked looking like she was over the moon with excitement. "Do you have any names in mind?" she added thinking that the perfect girls name would be Olivia but she didn't say that. She was also thinking Charlie would be a good boys name but she really didn't want to say that around Paton, he was his uncle.

"We decided to wait to find out." Paton said and Olivia's face turned from exhilaration to annoyance. "And Emma has asked to choose the name; you could probably discuss names with her."

"Honey, it's not up to you," Mrs Vertigo said looking down at her daughter, who still looked annoyed at not knowing what gender the baby was going to be. "Your father and I waited too!" Olivia's face brightened up.

"We just have to have a party," Olivia was just about bouncing up and down now that she knew her parents had waited, too. "I'll organise the whole thing of course," she took a breath "There'll be balloons, streamers, flowers," she thought of her godmother, Alice "posters and most importantly, FOOD!" she practically screamed the last word as she made a list in her mind and counted on her fingers.

"I think that sounds," Paton said taking a breath to make it more dramatic "Wonderful!" and he hugged Olivia. "But we'll have to check with Julia first." Olivia's eyes were sparkling even though a few minutes ago she had been complaining about how early it was.

When Emma arrived back at her house she was going to call Tancred to apologise for being such a pain and say that she'd love to see a movie but when she found another envelope on her bed the thought completely left her mind.

Sorry everyone but you'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out what the letter actually says!