Another shortish chapter, but a small update is better than no update right???

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Meryl quickly jabbed Mac's office number into the phone.

"Hi Mac, I screwed up." Meryl told Mac.

"Come down to my office. Immediately." Mac replied.

Meryl quickly left her office and headed down the hallway to Mac's Office. She knocked twice on Mac's door before entering.

"Tell me whats happened." Mac asked Meryl.

"Well I told Trixie about the money in the will, and about how her parents won the lottery, but the thing we forgot about was that her Father was 'brutally murdered by gangsters he owed money too.' But she knows her parents won the jackpot." Meryl told Mac, she continued; "so do we tell her about her Father?"

"Tricky situation. With the advance in his case, maybe we should wait and see what happens. If she comes to talk to you about it send her to me. Trixie deserves to be told, but I would rather wait and see what happens." Mac said.

"Thanks for your time." Meryl replied, as the walked out of the door.

Back with Trixie and Sophie

"Well Trixie this is your new room. My room is opposite this one, so feel free to come hang out. You hungry now? We can go down and get Lunch if you want." Sophie asked.

"Nah I'm not really hungry yet." Trixie replied.

"So do you have any questions?" Sophie asked.

"Yeah, whats up with the t-shirts?" Trixie asked.

"Well their like your authority rank. When you first arrived for the tests you wore an orange shirt right?" Trixie nodded. Sophie continued "Well orange is for guests, Cherubs need clearance from Mac to be able to talk to an Orange. Kids that are under 10 wear a red shirt. This means they are being educated on campus but aren't old enough to begin basic training. When you are about to do basic training or are doing it you wear the light blue shirt. Once you qualify as an agent you get the grey shirt. For outstanding performance on a mission you get the navy shirt. For outstanding performance over a number of missions you get the Black shirt. White is for retired Cherubs." Sophie told Trixie.

"But your wearing the light blue shirt, I thought you had to be qualified to go on missions, and you recruited me!" Trixie said.

"Well Cherubs normally go on recruitment missions when they get into trouble, but I helped some other already qualified Cherubs with a prank and Mac thought I deserved the same punishment as them, he said that I was experienced enough, and the care home I went too was quite close so my progress could be closely monitored." Sophie said.

"Oh okay." Trixie replied.

"We are doing basic training together anyways. If we are lucky we might even end up partners." Sophie excitedly told Trixie.

"Do you know where I go to get my stuff?" Trixie asked.

"Oh it will be delivered soon, anyway lets go to Lunch"

Trixie and Sophie went to the Dining Room.

"So where do you and all of your friends sit?" Trixie asked.

"All of my friends are doing basic training at the moment. They finish in a couple of days." Sophie said.

"How come you didn't do it when they did?"

"I was still 9 when the last basic training started, you have to be 10." Sophie replied.

"oh… well at least we can do it together!" Trixie enthusiastically said.

"If you want after lunch I can give you a full tour of campus" Sophie said.

"sounds great but first I have to go back and see Meryl again. She was in a hurry earlier and she said she needs to talk to me about my schedule and stuff." Trixie replied.

Trixie and Sophie had sandwiches for lunch and then headed over to Meryl's office.

"Hey Trixie, ok I'm going to give you your schedule for this week. Basic training starts in 4 weeks. You won't be going to any lessons, but you will start martial arts and fitness training. Tomorrow morning you have a medical assessment and a dentist appointment. Its all there on the schedule." Meryl told Trixie.

"Ok cool, and I was just wandering is there anywhere I can buy a new toothbrush and some new clothes, all of mine are in tatters and I could do with some new ones." Trixie said.

"Once a week there is a trip into town for the juniors. Once you have passed basic training you can go in yourself. Each week one of the handlers takes 20 Cherubs into town. Once you get there you can go off by yourself though. As it happens I'm taking everyone this week and the trip is planned for tomorrow afternoon. Do you want me to sign you up?" Meryl asked.

"Yes please and can Sophie come too? And also how do I get my £40 this month?" Trixie asked.

"Well usually it gets put in an envelope that gets put through your door at night on the first Saturday of each month. However that was last Saturday, but I can give you the money anyways. And if you need new clothes you may withdraw £100 as long as you don't waste it on junk." Meryl said.

"Ok please may I have £100. That way I can get new clothes and things." Trixie said.

When Trixie had left Meryl was relieved she didn't ask about her Father again.

I was best she didn't find out. Not yet.