1Secrets
Chapter 2
Movie Night and a Call
A/N: Sorry this update took a while, but school started again two Tuesdays ago, and I've been loaded with homework, plus I had 5 tests on Friday and have just been overall busy these past weeks. But anyhoo, hopefully this week won't be so bad, and I'll be able to update twice a week. But I hope I make up for not updating by making this one long! If you wonder why Nancy's house is like it is, it's because her father is a famous lawyer. So, I just took the fact that all the stories say her dad is a famous criminal attorney and hypothesized that she was rich. o0o, big word, hypothesize, lol. Read and review!
Disclaimer: Most of these characters are not mine. Neither are 'Dark Water' or 'The Notebook.' However, Sam's is mine, as are Jake, Troy, Sarah, and Alisa.
"Well, this is Sam's," Nancy told Frank and Joe, leading them into a fairly large room.
Against the walls were tables, and in the center was an open space for dancing. The latest hits were blaring from a radio set on a local music station. Up some stairs was a platform where the DJ played music at night. A few people were sitting at the tables, and some were dancing, even though the real dance session didn't start until later. "What do you think?" she asked them, waving to a few of her co-workers.
"I like it," Joe said. Frank nodded in agreement.
"How often do you have to work?" Frank asked.
"I work four nights a week during the school year, but I work more in the summer because it's busier. And I mostly work at night since not much goes on here during the day. But I'm taking my week off this week so I can hang out with you guys. Well, you saw it, so let's go," Nancy said, leading the m to the door.
"Aw, do we have to go?" asked Joe.
Nancy laughed. "Don't worry Joe. You can come back tomorrow after Sarah's sweet sixteen party."
"Who's Sarah?" Joe asked.
"My cousin Troy's girlfriend. We go to school together and even though she's a year younger, we're all really good friends," Nancy explained.
"Should we get her a present?" Frank asked as Nancy pulled out of employee parking.
"Nah," Nancy said. "You can just sign your name on mine if you'd like." A few minutes later, they pulled up to Blockbuster. "What do you guys think we should get?"
"How 'bout 'Dark Water'?" Joe suggested.
"Okay," Nancy said, picking up a copy. "Since this one's supposed to be scary, we should probably get something not so scary...how about 'The Notebook?'"
Frank and Joe groaned. "Not a chick flick," Joe said.
Nancy laughed. "Oh come on. 'The Notebook' is a great movie. And besides, Joe picked a horror movie, which Bess might just be horrified of, so I'm picking one that she'll like."
Frank and Joe reluctantly agreed.
"Good," Nancy said. "Now let's go to my place and you two can meet Hannah."
A few minutes later, they were pulling up to Nancy's huge colonial style house. There was a long driveway that made a circle up the front, with a few lampposts stationed here and there, creating a mansion effect.
"Nice house," Frank said.
"Yeah, I guess," Nancy said. "It's been in my family for 200 years, but my dad had it renovated 2 years ago.
"Cool," Joe said.
Nancy just smiled, as they got out of the car and went to the front door. "Hannah, we're here!" she called out as she opened the door.
"I'm in the kitchen!" Hannah called back.
"Hannah," Nancy said, talking to the woman of about 50 with slightly graying hair. "These are Frank and Joe Hardy. Frank and Joe, this is Hannah Gruen."
"Hello Ms. Gruen," Frank said.
"Please, call me Hannah. Everyone else does."
"Okay Hannah," Joe said.
"Now," Hannah said, now looking at Nancy. "Some friends and I are going out tonight, so you all will have the house to yourselves. There's snacks in the pantry, and don't destroy anything. You remember what happened last week when Jake and Troy were over."
"I remember," Nancy said.
"What happened?" Joe asked.
"Oh, nothing," Nancy said, a mischievous smile on her face.
"No really, what?" Joe asked again.
Nancy just shook her head as Hannah walked to the closet, pulled on her coat and opened the front door. "Goodbye! Nice meeting you, Frank and Joe!"
"Bye Hannah!" the three chorused. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang.
Nancy went down the hall and opened the door, Frank and Joe following her. Upon opening it, she saw it was Jake and Troy. "Hey guys!" she said, hugging them both.
"Hey Nancy, and whoever you two are," Jake said. He was tall, with brown hair and piercing green eyes and always had a mischievous grin on.
"Jake, Troy, this is Frank and Joe Hardy," she said pointing to them each in turn. "Frank and Joe, these are my cousins, Troy and Jake Milan."
"Hey guys," Troy said. He had blonde hair, but had the same piercing green eyes as his brother.
Just then the doorbell rang again. This time it was Bess and George. Once again, Nancy introduced them, and then said. "Why don't you all go down to the basement while I order pizza?" she asked, practically pushing them to the door.
As they walked down the steps, Troy asked, "What's with Nan? She seemed kinda eager to get rid of us."
"Ned's coming and she probably doesn't want us all hanging around when she sees him for the first time in like, 3 months," Bess explained.
"Oh," Jake said, joining the conversation. "You know, for some reason, I never really liked him."
"Jake, you're just too protective of her. You should be glad he's not a jerk," George said. And Jake had to admit she was right. Nancy was the youngest of all of his cousins and she was really more like his sister than his cousin. He just didn't want the long-distance thing with Ned to hurt her. But George was also right about Ned, too. He wasn't a jerk. He was actually a pretty cool guy.
Back upstairs, Nancy had ordered the pizza and was peeking out the foyer curtains to see him as soon as he got there. When the doorbell rang, she ran to answer it.
"Ned!" she cried, about to hug him. But then she saw a girl standing just behind him and her smile faded. I- uh- didn't know you were bring a guest," she said lamely.
"Nancy, this is Alisa Johnson," Ned explained. "We go to Emerson together, and she's spending the summer here with her aunt, so I offered to show her around and include her in some stuff." As the stepped inside, Nancy studied Alisa. She was tall and pretty and blonde and skinny as anything. Nancy noticed that she was grasping Ned's arm like she needed to use it to hold herself up. She felt instantly jealous and instantly hated herself for it.
"Oh, well, that's great," she said unenthusiastically. "Um, nice to meet you Alisa."
"Nice to meet you, too Nancy," Alisa said with a slight Southern twang.
"So...why don't we- or you two- go down to the basement with everyone else while I wait up here until the pizza man comes."
Back downstairs, Bess and Jake saw Ned and Alisa coming down the stairs. "Who's she?" Jake whispered to Bess.
"I don't know. Do you think Ned's- no, he would never ever do that."
"I have no clue, but if he is, he's gonna be sorry he ever met Jake Miran," Jake said, his former fears coming back to him. But Ned would be sorry. Jake was one year older than Ned, played football, baseball, and basketball in college, like Ned, but was at least an three inches taller than Ned.
"Look at the way they're looking at each other," Bess pointed out as Ned sat down. Alisa sat down very close to him. "Or rather, the way she's looking at him. Ned just looks kinda uncomfortable."
Frank and Joe had also noticed what was happening. "Isn't that Nancy's boyfriend?" Joe asked.
"I think so. But who's she?"
"No clue." Just then Bess, Jake, Frank, Joe, Troy, and George all received an IM chat on they're cell phones from Nancy.
IM conversation
Nancy: guyz?
Joe: whatz up?
Nancy: what r they doing?
Bess: snuggling up on the couch
George: no, shes trying to, he looks all funny
Nancy: who the crimety does he think he is showing up at my house w/ her? i mean look at the way shes looking at him.
Jake: i c
Frank: who is she even
Nancy: alisa johnson. she n ned go 2 college 2gether, n shes visiting her aunt or wtvr in river heights, he told her he wood show her around n include her in stuf
Troy: did u even no she waz coming
Nancy: no! do u think theyre going out secretly or wtvr? caz if the r, theyre gonna b sry they ever met nancy elizabeth drew
Troy: chill nan. we dont no that yet. we'll tell ned u want 2 talk 2 him upstairs. k?
Nancy: good idea. thatll get her away from him
End Conversation
"Ned," Troy said. "Nancy wants to talk to you upstairs. She just texted me. She, uh, didn't want to call down because Togo is asleep or something."
"Ok," Ned said, getting up.
"I'll come, too," Alisa said.
"No," Troy interrupted. "She wants to talk to him alone."
"Oh," Alisa said as Ned started up the stairs.
"What is it Nan?" he asked once he'd reached the kitchen where she was sitting at the table, looking out the window.
"What's the story with Alisa?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean! She was looking at you like she was totally head over heels, you never mentioned she was coming. Are you two going out or something? What is wrong with you?"
"What is wrong with me? What's wrong with you? She's new in town and I thought we could all be nice and let her join us. We were kind of out once, but I-"
"Ok, just stop," Nancy said, holding her hand up. "How could you?"
"Nancy, we were studying and-" Ned started, but the phone interrupted him. Nancy went to answer it, listened for a few seconds, and her face went white. "Nancy?" Ned asked. "What is it?"
"TROY!" Nancy called at the top of her lungs.
"Yeah?" Troy asked, pounding up the stairs, everyone trailing him.
"Sarah, she, she was, she was murdered!" Nancy stammered.
A/N: o0o, how'd you like that one? 6 pages! I can't believe I've had all these hits to this story already, but only 5 people reviewed! So pleeease review, anonymous reviews ARE accepted!
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