Okay, at long last, here is the second chapter of Digging for Trouble. My AP classes have kept me more then busy this year, so finding time to write has been hard. So I hope you all can forgive me.
ENJOY
Kagome stumbled as she got off the very camel that she had been so looking forward to riding. Her hair was a mess and she continued to stumble around from her dizziness. She stepped forward and fell face first into the hot desert sand.
"Kagome!" Bryan called. He jogged from where he had been standing with his camel to her side. He knelt down beside her, "Are you alright?"
Kagome lifted her head and spat out a mouthful of sand, "That ride was not as smooth as I expected it to be" She paused, "I can't wait to do it again!"
"Bryan!" Bryan stood up and glanced over his shoulder to see Cleo walking up. "Did she not show up? I told you she wouldn't. A spoiled woman like her would never come out here. She was just playing you. That bi-"
"Cleo!" Bryan called out, interrupting Cleo's rant. He stepped to the side to reveal Kagome still on the ground, only sitting kneeling gently, her face hard glaring up at Cleo. "Allow me to introduce you to Miss Kagome Higurashi. Kagome this is Cleo Pine"
Kagome got to her feet and walked up to Cleo. "It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Pine."
Cleo's face gained a slight red tint as she looked at the small Japanese woman in front of her. "Miss Higurashi."
Kagome turned her attention back to Bryan, "So, are you going to show me around the campsite?"
"Sure, if you follow me I'll give you the grand tour." He offered her his arm and began to lead her off towards the khaki tents pitched up. "Oh Cleo!" He glanced over his shoulder at the blonde woman, "Can you take care of the camels and then set up an extra bed in your tent for Kagome?" With those parting words he continued off with Kagome.
Cleo glared at their retreating backs before turning of her heal and grabbing the reins of the camels.
"Can you believe that woman?" she said to the camels angrily, "Just walking in here and acting like she owns the place. She's all over him too!" She let out an angry cry of exasperation as she led the animals into the campsite.
Kagome looked on at the equipment in amazement. There were so many different tools. She picked up a random brush and began to play with it as Bryan talked about the things he found the past couple years.
"But even those bones were nothing compared to these swords of yours. I mean, I know it sounds crazy and no one believes me, but I swear to you that they are the same one in your stories. They fit the description and the age and all that stuff. It's amazing really."
"Where are they?" Kagome asked suddenly "Did you dig them up already?"
"No not yet?"
"Why not? Didn't you find them weeks ago?"
"I insisted that we do no more digging or try to remove the swords until you took a look at them. The boss is heck of mad at me, but you have to see everything. The cave is amazing."
"Cave? I thought you dug them up. You said nothing about a cave."
"Well, we were digging when we found this cave. This place was old, but someone had been there before. There were inscriptions on the walls and in the very back…well you have to see it to believe it."
"When are we going?"
"Tomorrow. It's much to late to head down there today. The site isn't far, but the cave goes in pretty deep. Plus, you must be exhausted. How about I take you to the dinning tent to get something to eat and then you can head to bed. You are going to all a lot of strength tomorrow. New comers tend to have a bit of difficulty handling the desert heat while on a dig. They start seeing things." The two headed out the equipment tent. The sun had long since set and the burning heat had been replaced by a chilly breeze. They headed into the large tent about 20 yards away. Inside there were lines of foldable benches and tables. The food was lined up on the back table. There were bagels, a couple different vegetables and fruits. The main course of the night seemed to be some type of chowder. There was a total of six other people spaced out around the tent eating, many were typing away at something on their laptop. There was one man sitting in the far back corner. He was engulfed in some book, trying to eat at the same time he kept on missing the bowl of soup. Most of the soup was sitting on the table and no longer in the bowl. The man had messy brown hair and his hazel eyes were hidden behind a pair of thick round glasses. "That's Sodi, or Pigeon, he's from a small city somewhere here in Egypt."
"Why do you call him Pigeon?" Kagome asked as she took a paper plate from the table and began to look at the food lined up.
"Remember when I said that new diggers see things while they're out there? He's a really good example of that. He's been here for about two weeks now. He was working for me when I found the swords. He got separated from the rest of the team while we were in the cave. We found him ½ hour later. He was curled up in a ball in a corner. He was raving about seeing a spirit or ghost or something."
Kagome stopped and looked at Bryan amazed, "He saw a ghost?"
"The heat was just getting to him. There was nothing there. Ever since then people have laughed at him calling him Pigeon"
Kagome glanced back at the man only to find him staring at her. His eyes were hard and glaring. She quickly turned her attention back to the large pot chowder in front of her. "So…umm…what kind of chowder is this?"
"I've found it's better not to ask." Bryan said seriously as he scooped some of the soup into his bowl and headed to sit down.
Kagome peered into the bowl doubtfully before pouring herself some of the soup. On her way to the table where Bryan had seated himself she risked another glance over at the man called Sodi, he was no where to be seen. She took her seat across from Bryan and the two began to eat and talk about different topics ranging from where they were from and family, all her former thoughts on Sodi gone from her mind
"Bryan! There you are! I've been looking all over for you." A tall pale woman with obviously dyed blonde hair with black spread into it walked over to them. She sat down next to him throwing her arms around him without even glancing at Kagome. "There are rumors going around that you've spent all day with some strange woman. I told them that that couldn't possibly be true since you have me, but they insisted. I told them that my man would never cheat on me"
Kagome looked on quietly, not noticing Bryan's annoyed expression, she was more focused how close the woman was to him. She was practically in his lap.
"Cassandra, can you get off me." Bryan said pushing her away, "This is Kagome Higurashi, she's flown in from Japan to help me with some research.
Cassandra looked at Kagome blankly for a second before smiling warmly at her, "It's nice to meet you." She then turned her attention back to the man she still had her arms around "Bryan, dear, would you mind getting me a bottle of water so I ca get going. I have things to do tonight." Cassandra asked in a gentle voice
"Sure." Bryan untangled himself from her arms and headed to the back table for the water.
As soon as he was gone the smile on Cassandra's face vanished and was replaced with a scowl. If Kagome thought that the look Cleo gave her was bad, it was nothing compared to the look she was getting from this Cassandra woman. If looks could kill she would have died twice already.
"Look, I don't know who you are, but I'm going to make it very clear for you. Bryan is my man, so you better back off. If I hear anything about your relationship with him being anything more then professional or if you're spending too much time with him I will personally make your life a living hell. Watch yourself." Cassandra whispered viciously
"Here you go." Bryan said returning with the bottle of water. He handed it to Cassandra as she got to her feet.
"Thanks love, I'll see you later. It was nice to meet you Miss Higurashi." She said in that fake nice voice again.
"I'm sorry about that." Bryan started after Cassandra left he tent
"It's no problem." Kagome said waving her hand, "That's a real nice girl you have there." She mumbled
"BRYAN!!" Cleo ran into the tent. Her hair was falling out it's pony-tail. It was obvious she had run over there. "Our RV's been broken into."
THANK YOU
I know it's short, but it's all I can get done at the moment without it sitting on my computer for a month. I will focus of this fic for now, so I can update more, the chapters will be relativily short, depnding on the amount of homeowrk I get.
Okay, just because I feel the need to tell people about this, I got my first kiss yesterday. I know it's sad since I'm already 17, but I'm just so happy
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