By: Artemis Antony
I do NOT own the anything you recognize in this story. Also, I will post the next chapter if I get at least one review!
Frank Hardy slowly opened his eyes, trying to fight the sunlight streaming through the window of his hotel room in Cairo, Egypt. For a moment, the detective in him was a little panicked at the unfamiliar surroundings after being held hostage several times throughout his lifetime. All negative thoughts fled him as his eyes settled on the strawberry blond woman sleeping next to him. This woman, Nancy Drew, Nancy Hardy now, actually, was here with him on their honeymoon. They had decided to have their honeymoon in Egypt since their last case in Egypt was a turning point in their relationship. The soft groan and flutter of her eyelids indicated that she, too, was waking up. She opened her eyes and smiled at her husband. "Morning, Beautiful," he said with a grin. "Good morning yourself," she quipped. She smiled and planted a soft kiss on his lips. Before the kiss could deepen, there was a loud banging on their bedroom door. "How long are you going to keep Van and me waiting?" Frank's younger brother, Joe, called. Frank rolled his eyes. The double wedding/double honeymoon with his 23 year old brother and his wife, Vanessa Bender, was starting to get a little annoying. "Give us twenty minutes and when I'm done I'll make myself an only child!" Frank replied. "Love you too, big bro," Joe countered as he heard a pillow hit the door where he would have been if it were open and walked away.
Frank and Nancy took turns taking 5 minute showers and got dressed. Even at ten in the morning, Cairo was almost sweltering hot. At breakfast, Nancy and Vanessa talked about all the shopping they were going to do as Frank and Joe groaned and shot themselves with finger guns. "Hopefully we'll get bombed by terrorists before I die of boredom," Joe moaned. "Not funny, Joe!"Nancy snapped. Terrorists were a sore subject after her encounter with one the last time they were in Cairo. Frank banged his head on the table. "Then we get to choose out next activity after that, deal?" he asked. The girls looked at each other and nodded. "Deal," they said in unison.