-Chapter Two: An Introduction and a Chance-
By: Lilly Rae
Rating: Could be K+ but T to be careful maybe later.
Disclaimer: I don't own National Treasure. If I did, do you think I'd be sitting here writing fanfictions for it? Right. I own Elizabeth, not the name, the original character I made. I don't own the places in here or basically anything beyond what I actually came up with. Don't sue. You won't win. I said right here that I don't own it. Get over it people.
# of Words: 1,298
Author's Note: Okay, I had a great response to the first chapter. Thanks a million you guys.
Daisyduke80 - I'm glad that you liked it so much.
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Also, Ben is 30, Abigail is 28, Riley is 20 (I know he is a bit younger than he really should be but, hey, this is my fanfiction. I like to manipulate things in my fanfictions)
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"Ben!" I exclaimed, running over to him and stumbling as I almost tripped over the edge of the driveway. A hand shot out of nowhere, grabbing my elbow to keep me from falling flat on my face. It was the guy with the dark hair. And now that I got a good look at him, dang! He was hot! But I didn't really have much time to think about it as Ben was pulling me into a one armed hug a second later.
"Elizabeth Griscom Smith, I would have thought that you might lave learned to walk a straight line for once since you started taking those gymnastics lessons," he teased and I rolled my eyes
"Ben, I thought I told you. I got out of those lessons after the first week. I twisted my ankle the first day and got like five-hundred bruises," I reminded him. He laughed and I pouted. "Be nice. You know that I have like zero coordination."
"And so says that girl who can dance almost all of the classical ballroom dances. Waltz, foxtrot, minuet, tango... need I go on?" he said, raising an eyebrow.
I glared at him and said," And moving on. What are you doing here? I haven't seen you in forever. Why are you up here now?"
However, before he could answer, my mother came up behind me. "Ben, what a pleasant surprise. You set Lizzie here on 'red alert' when she saw that ol' thing," she said. I blushed as Ben gave me a questioning look.
"How did she even know that someone was coming down the road?" he asked.
"I kind of installed a high Def- wireless security camera in the big knot in the old tree by the bend at the road. I have the screens to the feed set up in the spare room that connects to my bedroom," I explained. "And I can hook into the feed with the hand held viewer that I carry with me." I reached into my pants' pocket and pulled out the 2" by 4½" viewer. It was about the size of my iTouch and was a self-creation of mine.
"Where'd you get that? I haven't seen anything like that on the market," the dark haired guy said, catching a hold of the viewer...and my hand. And, as cute as he was and as much as I liked the sparkly tinglies that I got from his hand, he had crossed the line. A major line. No one touches my electronics without my say so first.
Ben must have noticed that I had 'THAT' look in my eyes and on my face, because he said, "Riley, you might want to let go of her and that and back away slowly and carefully." I nodded in agreement, the look still in my eyes. 'Riley's' eyes got big and his hand fell away from mine and from the viewer, backing away as Ben laughed.
"Lizzie, stop being so overly dramatic," my mom said. Finally, she noticed that there were two other people with Ben. "You must be Abigail. Ben has told us so much about you," she said, reaching out and shaking the blonde woman's hand. That's when it dawned on me that this was Ben's girlfriend, and probably soon-to-be fiancé, Abigail Chase.
"It's nice to meet you, too, Mrs. Smith," she said with a kind smile.
"Please, call me Claire. And you must be Riley Poole," Mom said, turning towards the 'Riley' dude. And just like that, it clicked in my head. His face looked so familiar now that I really thought about it.
"Didn't you write the 'Templar Treasure'?" I asked and he looked at me in surprise.
"You read my book?! Like, seriously?"
I had to hold myself back from squealing. Instead, I acted totally calm, even though I was squealing and happy-dancing inside my head. "I really liked it," I said with a smile. That is, I was smiling until my mother butted in.
"You 'liked' it? Lizzie, you must have read it five hundred times. And that was just in the first two weeks that you had it," she said with a laugh.
Riley's smile grew huge and I felt Ben trying to hold back his laughter as my face heated up. I elbowed him in the side, hard, and he choked back the laughs, coughing, and I gave him my best 'I'm-just-SOOO-innocent-but-you-know-I'm-not' smile.
"Lizzie," he said angrily.
"Yes?" I said, oh so innocent-like and he rolled his eyes and turned to my mom.
"Well, the last time we talked, you were saying how you and Daniel [AN: Lizzie's Dad] had been planning on taking a long vacation, just the two of you but that you didn't know what you would do about Elizabeth because Daniel's mother was out of town. So I thought, 'Well, I could use a little help on a summer project that I'm working on this summer, why not just invite Elizabeth to come stay with me and have her help?' So how about it? I'm in town for a few days to do a little bit of research, and of course, to visit. And I need to trade in this old junker. When I go back to Boston [AN: I don't actually know if they live in Boston or Washington, D.C. I'm just guessing here people], Elizabeth can come with me to help on some work. She gets a summer trip away from here, you guys get your vacation and I get a free summer inter," Ben finished and my eyes lit up. A summer with my cousin [AN: Actually, they are second cousins but I consider my second cousins like normal cousins, so yeah.] and I get to work on a summer project with him! Can you even say uber exciting and fun summer? Oh, and New England boys!
"Ben, I can't let you do that. You know how Daniel gets about being away from Lizzie for such a long time, and you have know idea what it is to deal with a seventeen year old for a few days, let alone a few months," my mother protested.
I crossed my arms as I turned to my mother. "Mom, I am probably the most responsible seventeen year-old you could find in a twenty-five to fifty mile radius. And according to Grandma Smith, I am insanely low maintness [I can't spell this word no matter how hard I try.] Give me a book, my notebook, pen, and my iTouch and I'm set. I can cook for myself... the basics. If it comes to the worst, I know all the emergency numbers. Ben is perfectly capable of 'watching over me' for one summer, even though I do not need him to, no offense, Ben. Plus, I can put it on my résumé. Summer internship with the renowned Benjamin Franklin Gates, historian, treasure 'protector', American hero. Who wouldn't enjoy having an opportunity like that? This is a golden opportunity for all of us that would make us fool for us to refuse it."
I heard Riley whisper off to the side to Ben "Is it just in your family's blood or do you guys just learn to make such awesome speeches?" and Abigail chocked back a laugh.
I turned my attention back to Mom. She looked like she had already made her decision as she said, "We'll talk about it late. Why don't you all come inside? It's boiling out here." And with that, I knew that the subject was officially closed.
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So, what did you guys think about the second chapter. Did you love it? Hate it? Want to marry it? Grow old with it and have many happy memories? Sorry, I'm like insane today. Any who this is the second chapter, Review and you get another chapter. And please, reviews are the only 'payment' that I get so I really like getting them. See Ya!