A Reporter and a Nurse

"Thank god we're here! Longest and most boring trip I've ever had!" Katherine grumbled as she got out of the cab. She got her luggage out and looked at the large gate and the long path that lead to the manor.

"Oh no I am NOT walking all that way with my luggage to some creepy ass manor." She was about to put her luggage back in when she saw Henry walking to the large black gates. "Oh thank god." She sighed.

Henry smiled at the blond, "I couldn't let you walk there on your own." He winked and took her bags.

Katherine giggled, "So sweet." She moved to hug him and kiss his cheek.

Henry chuckled and pulled back. He opened the gates with press of a button. He began to walk down the long path to the house.

Katherine began to follow him, only holding her small handbag. She looked up at the sign on the gate. "Allerdale Hall. Huh never heard of it." Katherine skipped over to him.

"It's the secret part of Cumbria." Henry chuckles.

"Secret? You're not taking us here to kill us now are you?" She joked and lightly nudged him.

Henry smirked, "Shh don't spoil the surprise."

They were silent as they finally made it to the doors.

"Allerdale Hall is a noble house belonging to the Sharpe family, it's beautiful and historic and we have the honor of staying in here for a week!" Henry opened the doors and smiled.

"Historic is right. Beautiful...Not the word I'd use. Crumbling sounds better." Katherine raised a brow.

"Katherine come on! It's amazing, imagine what we could learn!" Henry smirked.

"Since when did you become a history professor?" Katherine chuckled.

"You know I have a love of history, even if I'm a nurse doesn't mean I can't have a hobby." Henry smiled.

Katherine raised a brow. "Alright well why here though? It looks like it's going to fall apart." She frowned.

"Well Rick and I were actually in Cumbria, in the central part, we were sight-seeing and people told us about this place, we went to check it out and we decided that this would be the best vacation for everyone!" Henry smiled and set the bags down when they were finally in. He turned to close the doors and looked back at Katherine.

Katherine looked up at the ceiling and noticed the outline of a hole in the roof.

"What happened here?" She frowned.

"Dunno, we saw it like this. Rick and I hired some workers to fix the ceiling so when we stayed here it we wouldn't freeze to death." He chuckled.

"That's quite an expensive project just for us." Katherine looked to Henry.

"Well Rick paid for most of it. They're making a movie based on his book. It paid him a lot too. Did you ever read the copy he sent you?" Henry asked.

"I have other things to do. I'm not into the whole gore and murder books." Katherine shook her head.

"Ah well you should watch the movie then." Henry suggested.

"Yeah no thanks," Katherine walked forward a little, "Well this was definitely worth leaving work for. Instead of reporting celebrities I get to stay at a dump." She moved to stand beside him and screamed when she felt something warm and liquid on her shoes. She looked down and saw the red clay. "Oh my god what the fuck?!"

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about that, don't worry it's just red clay. The workers said they couldn't really do anything about that, it's too deep in the ground for them to drill it out." Henry shrugged.

"That's not something you should forget about Henry! This could be dangerous!" Katherine stayed close to Henry.

"Don't worry we wouldn't be allowed to stay in here if it was. Come on, I'll show you the rooms." Henry offered his arm.

Katherine huffed, "These were my new shoes...Ugh fine. There better be something here to get this shit off of my boots."

Henry laughed, "Of course, come on Katherine, we're gonna have fun."

Katherine looked at him, "Alright fine. You're lucky I missed you."

Henry chuckles, "I missed you too. Hey maybe you can do a report on the house? It could attract a lot of attention."

"Why? Who the hell would want to come here? Besides us because we're crazy apparently." Katherine scoffed.

Henry chuckles, "Come on Kathy don't be like that."

Katherine frowned, "You know I don't like being call Kathy. Just Katherine. Short names formed from full names is not professional." She looked around, "Where are we going now?"

"To your room then I'll take your boots to clean them." Henry smiled.

Katherine nodded and walked over to the stairs, "Lead the way then."

Henry took her bags again and closed the doors. He turned back to her. He began to walk up the stairs, Katherine behind her. He smiled at her, "It's gonna be a fun week."

"If you say so." Katherine said then began to text her friend as she followed him up the stairs.

As she was walking she swore she could have heard someone whispering.

"What was that Henry? I couldn't hear you?" She asked.

Henry turned to her, "I didn't say anything, come on let's go!"

Katherine shrugged it off and kept walking, she heard the whisper again, this time more clear.

"Beware."