<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 sat sheepishly twiddling the end of one of her pigtails as Aunt Paulette and the twins spoke.  Ellie had only been at her Aunt's house for less than a week, and was still trying to become aquainted with the family's ways.  Aunt Paulette had been very kind to her - but there was something about the way she spoke that commanded authority and made it clear that she was not to be argued with - this was something her mother had warned her about.  The twins had also been welcoming - but they were so close.  It had also been a trying week at her new school - new people, teachers - trying not to stand out but to make friends at the same time.<br/>Ellie's mind turned back to other after school clubs she had participated in, and a warming smile crossed her face.  There was the poetry club she used to run last year, she had been captain of the swimming club, and a member of the debating society.  "But why does it have to be a secret", she puzzled to herself.<br/>"T..t..thank you, Aunt Paulette", Ellie stuttered nervously.  "But why is it a secret - can't you tell us what it is about first?"