<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/3c/584150450_Kate2_2_123_139lo.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name: </strong></td><td>Ellie Parker</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Her House, Great Room</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Paulette, Jenny and Jessy</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Receiving some bad news</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Tagging:</strong> </td><td> Paulette, Jenny and Jessy</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/>Ellie gazed nervously at the floor, squishing her feet into the polished wood as she listened to her aunt.  As ever, it was a calm voice, but one with overriding authority and not to be questioned.<br/><br/>Ellie's eyes widened as her aunt spoke "<em>Ellie, your approval was rather rushed, last week. You remember how I insisted you go with Jenny and Jessy to Uncle Mark's? Anyway, we approved you for membership</em>", she said.  "I've been approved - approved for what?", Ellie anxiously thought to herself.  Why hadn't she been asked - why did she need to be out of the house while this happened.  What if she didn't want to join this stupid club!<br/><br/>Ellie was summoning the courage to protest as her aunt turned to face her and said<em>"So, what do you say? If you don't want to join, I'm going to have to lock you in your room for the duration, by the way!</em>"<br/><br/>Ellie felt outraged - "I haven't been locked in my room since I was 9 years old", she thought to herself.  "This is rediculous".  And with the resolution that she would ring her mother at the very first opportunity and tell her everything that was going on, reluctantly she nodded her head.<br/><br/>"Yes, Aunt Paulette.  I will come along", Ellie half-whispered, "and I swear not to tell anyone", she added, avoiding her aunt's piercing gaze by lowering her head towards the floor.