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Nora woke her heart pounding. She looked around wildly and relaxed as she realized everything had been a dream. At least, she with it was. She could still hear screaming as her mother was dragged away. She took herself out of the memory.
"Come on Nora, keep up," she reprimanded herself as she got ready for the day. The twelve Cahills were going shopping, much to the boys' dismay. They lightened a bit when they found they weren't going clothes shopping. The boys were going to get things for the secret room Jonah had shown her last night. The girls however, were going for a clothes spree and spa. She got into a pink sundress with matching flats before going to wake Amy up. If this was her last day without school, she wasn't going to miss a minute.
Ned and Ted walked sullenly down the stairs. How in the world did Sinead convince them to do this? Oh yeah. Half persuasion, half Natalie's tranquilizer gun. They entered to find all the girls except Reagan and Madison rushing through their meal. All the boy and Reagan and Madison were procrastinating.
"Late!" proclaimed Sinead as they walked in. Hamilton tossed them both an orange.
"Eat up kiddos," Nellie told them from the head of the table.
"This is abuse!" Ned protested picking Ted's orange off the floor for him. "How are we supposed to walk around the mall all day with nothing to eat but an orange?"
"You'll live," Sinead replied heartlessly. "Anyway, as soon as we get there you are just going to head to the food courts. Admit it." Ted tried to think of a witty response but failed. He hoped Ned would come up with something.
"Yeah, whatever," Ned tapped the back of Teds hand and Ted followed Ned's shadow to the table. Ned's phone rang as he sat down. He answered the phone before Sinead could yell at him. His eyes widened as he listen to the speaker, then smirked.
"Sorry, we won't be able to join your fun fest today. The doctor said today he has time to perform the surgery." Sinead's eyes grew worried then narrowed. She eventually decided it really was the doctor who called and it wasn't a prank.
This created a problem. "They can't go alone," she said resigned. She knew she should go with them, but she loved shopping.
"We'll go!" volunteered Reagan and Madison simultaneously. Hamilton chuckled inwardly. They hated shopping more than… well anything. Sinead considered then agreed.
"That's fine, although," Sinead stared at the girls, "I will personally sign your execution order if anything happens to them." The girls nodded, and then escaped with the starling boys before Sinead could change her mint. Nora turned to the remaining teens.
"Let's get this show on the road!"
Hamilton sighed inwardly as Ian and Jonah yet again began arguing. Who cared whether the beanbag was light or dark purple? They each had a pile of beanbags they wanted to buy. He finally got tired of the bickering and beckoned Dan over. Dan grinned as Hamilton outlined his plan.
Dan quietly grabbed Ian's wallet as Hamilton grabbed 6 beanbag from Jonah's pile and 6 beanbags from Ian's. They went up to the register and paid for them. They helped the assistant put the unchosen beanbags away. Only then did Ian notice what was happening.
"Daniel, why do you have my wallet?" Ian asked in a deadly calm voice. Dan quickly hid behind Hamilton.
"Let's go guys! We're done here," Hamilton encouraged.
"We have to decide which beanbags to get though," Jonah protested. He looked around. "Specking of which, where are they?"
"I already got them. Come on!" Hamilton said, exasperated.
"What if you picked the wrong ones?" Ian asked horrified.
"Don't worry Ian. I got light purple for Amy instead for dark purple. That was your choice right?" Hamilton asked innocently. Dan smirked and Jonah snickered. Ian suddenly got a glint in his eye and rounded on Jonah.
"I can't help that notice that Nora's beanbag is dark green like you wanted," He noted evilly. Hamilton nodded solemnly as Jonah blushed.
"Ha! I knew it!" Ian crowed triumphantly. "Jonah likes Nora!"
"Ian likes Amy!" Jonah shot back.
"You say that like it's a bad thing," Hamilton noted. "Come on love birds. We still have to get paint."
Amy sighed in relief as they left the clothing store. All the girls were now toting at least two bags. Natalie had thrown a fit when she found the store didn't have the newest collection of designer pajamas, but Nora had settled it down. They were now on their way to the spa.
All after crossing half the mall they arrived at the spa. Amy's fine toned instincts swept the room for possible exits, weapons and distractions. She turned slightly to see Sinead doing the same thing. Natalie hurried to reassure them.
"Everyone here has been checked and double checked for vesper identification. We can just relax." It took a few minutes before Amy could relax completely. She closed her eyes, not thinking about clues, Vespers, brothers or crushes. An hour later the left feeling refreshed. Amy was talking to Nora and warning her about Dan's pranks. Nora was laughing at Dan's latest prank when they approached the boys outside the pet store. Dan had his innocent face on. She strode over there in time to hear Dan.
"And it would go great with your hair," Dan said, trying to hide a smile.
"Hello Dan, Ian. What is going on here?" Amy interrupted.
"Dan is trying to convince me to buy a snake. He says it goes well with my personality," Ian said, his impatience thinly veiled.
"Dan," Amy groaned. "What in the world makes you think we would get a snake?"
"Oh, come on! Just one more pet!" Dan protested. Amy ignored him and he went on sulking.
Ted suddenly felt a little queasy. What if it didn't work? What would happen? Just then the nurse came in.
"You ready?" she asked cheerily.
"Yep" Ted replied shortly. She glanced at Reagan and Hamsteed, his Seeing Eye dog.
"Your girlfriend?" she asked.
"Who?" he said confused. "Oh Reagan? She`s an, um, family friend."
"Alright, then. Here`s the anesthesia shot." He felt something pierce his arm and he gently fell asleep as Reagan left.
Madison met Reagan in the lobby to wait. The boy's surgery would take two hours. They talked for a while, and then elapsed into a quite silence. Madison got some food at the hospital cafeteria for her and Reagan. After an hour and a half, she just continued to pace like a caged tiger. Reagan was reading a magazine and looked up when Madison sat down with a sigh.
"Are you alright?" Reagan asked her twin.
"I wish that they`d hurry up." Madison snapped back. Reagan took no offence but asked her.
"Would you rather them hurry and mess up or take their time and have it work?" Madison stood up and started pacing while Reagan went back to her magazine. Just then the doctor walked in.
"Is everything alright?" Madison asked alarmed. The doctor hurried to reassure her.
"They're fine. The surgery worked, miraculously. They will be waking up soon. They are in room 12b." The girls thanked him and hurried over to the hallway. They finally reached room 12b and went inside. The boys were still asleep, but stirring. Ned woke up first.
"Where am I?" he asked drowsily.
"The hospital," Madison told him. He woke up fast.
"How's Ted?" he asked straining to look at the other bed. Reagan grabbed her twins arm.
"He's waking up!"
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