~Hey guys! So, I'm on break now, so I'll probably update at least once more this week. Anyway, it's short but I hope you like it. Please read the authors note. Enjoy!~

Amy blushed as Ian opened the car door for her when they arrived at the house. She took his hand as they started walking toward the mansion, only to be intercepted by Natalie and Dan.

"Where did you take her?" Dan asked Ian accusingly. "Why didn't you tell her?"

"Why do you care?" Ian asked.

"We couldn't follow you!" Dan complained. Natalie turned to Dan.

"Fantastic. Great job completely giving us away." She crossed her arms and rolled her eyes as Amy turned on her brother.

"You were spying on us?" she demanded. Dan cowered backwards at her furious face. "What power made you so important you could spy on us? Daniel Arthur Cahill, you are in so much trouble," Amy raged as she took her brothers arm. She then proceeded to roughly drag him into the house.

Ian turned to Natalie. "You didn't think to ask Fiske?" She shrugged.

"We did, but he refused to answer us. By the way," she commented as she turned towards the house. "A blindfold? Really?" She left before Ian could retort.

The group of teens lay relaxing down in the gathering room, enjoying their Saturday night. Everyone was either reading, doing homework, or quietly talking, just enjoying the peace after a hectic week. Eventually, Amy turned from her book to face Sinead.

"We're going to have a long year aren't we?" Sinead nodded solemnly before grinning.

"And it's only just beginning."

~Alright, I know that was an awful, short chapter, but truly, it was just so, one, I got Natalie and Dan's reactions out of the way, and two, so I wouldn't feel bad about this huge authors note. If you feel you must flame me for this chapter, go ahead.

Truthfully? I need a consistent beta reader. Badly. If anyone can help me, I would be really grateful. Now I have sixteen chapters on here. I would feel awful make one poor person read all that. So if I get multiple offers, I might have someone do one chapter, and the other do another until I get it all covered, when I'll just have one. So if you're interested, please review or PM me.

Also, what Sinead said at the end of the chapter was true. I'm on chapter sixteen and there are ten months of school left to cover. I'm thinking about changing it so for the rest of September through May, I have experts from several days. The chapters will be longer, but I only cover important matters throughout each month. Then in June is when the action starts up again, so I'll go back to full chapters. Does that sound alright? Thanks to anyone who actually read that and is about to review or PM me with their opinion. Au revior!~