Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Deadly Visitor

Chapter 1. Honey's Back!

It was the summer of 1989. Summer was Trixie's favourite season, that being for two reasons. One: the warm sun was bright and happy, causing those under it to feel the same, and two: it meant that she had finished school for the year! In this case, she had finally graduated!

'Gleeps!' She said to herself as she realized that she really had finished school for good.

She was in her swimmers and had her towel slung casually over her shoulder; ready to head down to the beach. Trixie's best friend, Honey Wheeler, would be coming down to Sleepyside for a visit; and she would be there for the whole summer. This made Trixie extremely happy. She couldn't wait to see her bestfriend!

Before she left for the beach a little hand reached out and stopped her.

'Play with Reddy and Me?' a little voice asked.

'Bobby,' Trixie said looking down at her brother's cute little face. 'I have to go, I will play later okay.' She said as kindly as she could, she was in a hurry to leave, though, so she was quite impatient.

'Okay' Bobby said letting go of her hand. He was only 9 but was so cute. Trixie really did love her little blond haired brother.

Trixie hurried out the door, grabbed her bike, and peddled down the driveway of Crabapple farm. She had done this many times, most of those times being with Honey. She truly missed her friend.

She rode right into town, leaving her bike in the bike rack out the front of the train station. She bought her ticket, and took a seat waiting for her train. It was about half an hour train ride to the nearest beach.

She heard the familiar toot of the train's horn and chug, chug, chug of the engine. She smiled to herself, knowing that she would soon be reunited with her friend.

Trixie arrived at the beach, and headed down to the sand. The sun beat down on her back and it felt good, it reminded her that this was real; that after such a long time, she would finally see all her friends again. She walked across the warm sand, heading in the direction of the lifeguard tower. There she stood, waiting for Honey.

As she was waiting she looked around at who exactly was at the beach today. Then she spotted him. He was playing volleyball with his friends; tall, dark hair, gorgeous smile. He was the new boy, Brenden Carmicheal; the hunk of the school. Everyone knew him. Girls wanted him. Boys wanted to be him. He was well known for his incredible voice. She assumed that that was what made him so popular.

'What are you staring at?'

She turned to see Honey standing there looking at her.

'AHHHHHHHHHHH HEYYYY!' She yelled running and giving the honey haired girl the biggest hug.

Honey now lived a 2 day drive away. The last time the two had seen each other was 2 years ago at the Wheelers good-bye party. They keep in touch on the phone but it just wasn't the same as in person. They had been planning for her to come down to visit for such a long time and now, finally that time was here!

They separated from their hug, grinning at one another. Trixie was so pleased to see her! Honey was looking as stunning as ever with her wavy perfect Honey coloured hair (hence her nickname) and slim body; completely opposite to Trixie's Blond curly hair and deep blue (like the ocean as everyone says) eyes.

'I can't believe your finally here. Gleeps! This is going to be the best summer ever!' Trixie yelled hugging her friend again.

'It will be amazing! I am so glad to be here. You have grown your hair long?!'

Trixie grinned from ear to ear at her. 'Sure have! Needed a change,' she said.

'It looks great!' Honey smiled.

'Thanks! Let's go set up?' Trixie asked.

'Sure, thing!'

They headed off along the beach to find a place to set up. As they were crossing the front of the life guard tower Trixie's turned her head slightly and saw Brenden and his friends watching them. She smiled a little to herself and they continued on to a nice sunny spot. Trixie had a funny feeling in her stomach, but she knew that this was going to be a really wonderful summer!

They found a nice place to lay their towels down on. They sat down admiring the beautiful crystal clear water. The two of them talked and talked nonstop; never running out of things to say, but Trixie's eyes kept drifting over to Brenden.

He was gorgeous. He was laughing and mucking around with his friends. She looked up at him for the 2385759407 time and caught him looking at her. Trixie blushed and quickly looked back at Honey.

Honey looked at Brenden.
'Who is he?' She asked grinning.

She had caught Trixie looking at him too. 'He is a new boy in town, his name's Brenden. He goes to our- my school.' Trixie said, realizing that she had almost said 'our' for the 20th time. She still couldn't get use to Honey not living there anymore. Honey just smiled.

'You like him?' Honey asked, raising an eyebrow.

Trixie hesitated for a moment, than sighed. 'He is really nice. We get along well..kind of. I haven't really talked with him much. I don't know. He is new. I don't really know what I feel. Maybe I have a crush?'

'Woah! Okay, give me a sec.' Honey suddenly got up.

'No, Honey what are you doing, Honey, HONEY COME BACK!' Trixie yelled. Gleeps..i sounded like my mother, she thought.

Trixie jumped up running after Honey. She was heading straight for the boys.

Oh, god, Trixie thought.

'HONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!' she called.

Honey had reached Brenden and he had turned to talk to her. Trixie was so close to honey now. She was about to tell him about her...oh no!

'HONEYY!' She yelled diving for Honey.

Trixie landed on her face in the sand at both Brenden and Honeys feet. Honey looked down at Trixie laughing kindly. Trixie looked up, sand all over her, and could feel her face growing redder and redder by the second. She quickly got up.

'I meant to do that.' She said simply and grabbed Honeys arm, leading her away from the boys. She didn't dare to look at Brenden.

'Honey what are you doing?!' Trixie asked.

Honey was still in shock. 'What the hell were you doing?!' She asked laughing. 'It looked like a scene out of an action movie. Anyone watching would have thought I was going to pull out a grenade and you were diving to stop me!'

Trixie closed my eyes. 'Oh god.'

Honey suddenly turned around heading back for Brenden.

'Honey!' Trixie raced after her and started walked alongside her. They came to Brenden's side again. He was with his friends sorting out teams for the next round of volleyball. He looked at Trixie.

'Hey' he said.

Say something intelligent, say something intelligent! Trixie thought to herself. 'My pa has a 6th toe.' she finally said.

Trixie heard Honey face palm. She closed her eyes; and squeezed them tight. I just ruined everything. STUPID! she thought to herself.

He nodded, 'that's cool… Well, since you're here would you like to play a game of volleyball with us?' He asked.

'YES!' Trixie yelled.

He nodded a little shocked at her enthusiasm. She just embarrassed herself to the max. Honey patted Trixie's back. She shook her head and went to find out her team.