"Today treasure hunter Benjamin Gates along with his parents and friends are being given special awards by The President for special services to the United States."

Mary looked at her television and sighed. Everyone knew about Benjamin, Patrick and Emily Gates but no one had ever heard of Mary Gates. Mary was Benjamin's much younger sister who was a product of one of her parents denied one night stands. Patrick and Emily Gates always claimed that they hadn't seen each other in 30 some years but in fact they saw each other almost every year and most of the time they'd end up sleeping together, even thought to anyone outside the family they would deny any such accusations.

Mary had sighed at the television because she was still in Maryland at her mothers apartment while her family were all in Washington DC receiving special honors from the President for "Service to the Country". Mary wasn't allowed to go because she was "to young" and sure Mary was 16 but she didn't think herself to young to go to a party. Even though her parents wouldn't tell her she knew why she wasn't allowed to go, her parents were afraid she would let it slip that her parents had been "together" multiple times during their divorce and had a child that no one actually knew about. Sometimes it made Mary mad that no one had ever heard of Mary Gates but she knew things were probably better that way.

As Mary watched the television she noticed how many of the channels had different programs which all were relating, in some way or another, to her Brothers remarkable discovery of the "Golden City". Semi-desperate to find a station not (seemingly) dedicated to her brother Mary turned her television on to the Disney channel and began watching a show called "The Suite life of Zach and Cody", the show despite what she had originally thought was actually kind of interesting and it was starting to get her mind off the awards. But just as she started to forget the phone rang and she went over to answer it

"Hello?"

"Hello sweetheart, It's your mother."

"Hi mum. What's up?"

"Oh nothing I'm just checking in on you, What have you been doing?"

"Not much just watching TV."

"Is it something educational?"

"No, besides there's nothing educational about TV tonight."

"There isn't well that's to bad, I have someone here who wants to talk to you."

"Okay."

"Hey Mary"

"Hi Ben"

"Have you been watching TV, There going to televise us getting our awards, thought you might want to watch it."

"Okay I will, If that's all you wanted can I talk to mum now?"

"Sure, Mum Mary wants to talk to you."

"Mary, what's wrong?"

"Nothing mum, I just wanted to know when are you coming home?"

"Soon sweetheart very soon, I promise, after tonight your father and I will driving home and by tomorrow when you wake up we'll be there."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. Your father can't wait to see you and neither can Ben."

"Ben's coming tomorrow too?"

"Not tomorrow but he'll be up in couple days"

"Oh, Okay, see you tomorrow."

"Bye sweetie."

"Bye"

"Love you."

Mary didn't even answer her mother but instead hung up the phone tossed it on another seat, looked at it and said "liar".

Now don't judge Mary to hard, it isn't that she didn't love her mother it was just that she was jealous, Her brother was right now with both of her parents receiving awards from the President and Mary wasn't even allowed to go with them.