A/N: This is my first story, ever. I hope whoever reads this likes it. I may or may not continue this, depending on what kind of reviews it gets. This takes place between NatM1 and NatM2. All characters belong to their proper owners.
As Olivia made her way towards the museum, she noticed that the sun was going down. Although she knew the museum would be closing in the next 15 minutes, she felt that she had to at least go and see the exhibits. Even though they weren't real people, Olivia felt that they were her friends. Just great she thought. My friends are all a bunch of stuffed animals and wax figures behind glass cases.
After visiting all the exhibits, she had saved the best for last. Over the loudspeaker, she heard the employee announcing that the museum would close in 5 minutes, but she figured she could still make it to the Egyptian exhibit. She was of course, nervous that she would be locked in the museum alone, in the dark. But she knew that there had to be a night guard. The museum director, as goofy as he was, wouldn't just let all these priceless artifacts go through the night unwatched.
*roughly 18 minutes have passed*
"Excuse me, miss. The museum's closed, and you really need to leave now." said someone behind her. She hadn't realized it, but her 5 minutes had gone by. She always got lost in her thoughts when in Egypt. She turned around to see what must have been the night guard, keys in hand, ready to lock up. "Oh, sorry. I'm Olivia. Olivia Wood. But you can call me Vea. I'm not sure why I'm introducing myself, after all, we're probably never going to meet again! I just adore this museum, I come here all the time. I usually get lost in thought, if ya know what I mean..." she rambled. Dammit! She knew she had to work on talking to new people, but God she hadn't realized that it was this bad! He smiled. "That's alright. I'm Larry Daley, the night guard here as you could probably tell. I'm glad someone outside the museum staff is interested in this stuff. But unfortunately, you have to go now." He said rather urgently. She noticed he was getting anxious over the fact that she wasn't leaving, NOW. She eyed him suspiciously, "Right, I suppose I better get going. No rush though. It's not like anything bad or weird is gonna happen, right?" Was this guy gonna try to rob the museum? She certainly hoped not, and this guy seemed nice enough, but that could be just an act. Who was she kidding, nothing interesting ever happened in her life in the past, what could be different now? She should just go home and ignore the urgency with which Larry Daley the night guard was looking at her. How late was it anyway? How long had she been standing there, in the Egyptian exhibit, staring at the walls deep in thought? It didn't matter now. "Ha, yeah. But you really should go. Here, I'll walk you to the door." Larry said, motioning for her to lead the way. She was now curious about why he was so anxious for her to leave. Sure it was late, but it couldn't be that late. Besides, she hadn't done anything really suspicious or wrong. So she decided to come up with a reason to stay longer real quick. Oh, bathroom breaks always work, but she needed something that wouldn't come back to bite her in the ass. "Hey, I think I left my phone back in Egypt." she said after 'searching' through her pockets. It was actually in her inner jacket pocket, but he clearly didn't need to know that. "Oh, do you want me to go back and get it while you go to the lobby?" he offered. "I can just run back, it'll only take a second..." she said, trying to sound as convincing as possible.