I closed my eyes and thought. Chloe's room is at the end of the hall way and most of the floorboards are really noisy. Toilet use is out of the question considering I went ten minutes ago and I'm known to have a very strong bladder. So all's I have to do is avoid the creaky floorboards and be very light on my feet.
How hard could it be?
I nodded, assured of my plan, and made my way over to the door resting my ear against it.
I could hear the distant sound of muffled voices coming from downstairs. Ian and Paul were arguing I gathered as their voices were slightly louder than usual , however, I couldn't make out what they were fighting over. I knew I didn't have to worry about Chloe as she wasn't at home; she had gone out on some school trip. So that left Mom and Dad. I couldn't hear if they were in or not but I couldn't just stand here and wait to find out.
I made a reach for the doorknob.
With my heart pounding in my head, I slowly twisted it to the right trying my hardest to make as little noise as possible. I pulled it slowly to get a peak outside the a-jar door. From across the hall I could see that Mom and Dad had left there door open and fortunately for me they weren't in there. I carefully opened my door even further until there was enough space for me to get out. I popped my head out of my room to check to see if the coast is clear. Once I was sure it was safe, I walked out of my room on tip-toe, making sure I didn't make any heavy or sudden movements.
I sneaked my way across the landing to Chloe's room only to discover that her door was shut. It was hard enough opening my own door quietly, now I had to open hers then shut it again without any one hearing me, man life is unfair! I grasped the door knob and carefully unlocked the door and crept inside. Everything was so tidy, it was unnatural! I hastily went over to her desk and glanced down at the surface. It was empty except for a few pens and her diary I thought about peeking inside her diary but I that thought went away quite quickly as I had my own problems to solve let alone Chloe's.
I came away from her desk and went over to her storage drawers. Each one had their own label, how convenient! All I had to do is find the one with 'Latin Books' on. Turns out that that's easier said than done as none of the drawers had anything remotely to do with Latin; most of them were just science topics and phycology. I didn't have time for this I was sure someone would come upstairs at any moment.
Where would Chloe keep her books? I stopped and though then I remembered I had once asked her about some French assignment and she gave me tons of books on the subject from… under her bed. Of course!
I dropped down onto my belly quietly and had a look. Every inch of the floor was covered with language books, all of them concealed by a bed. And they were all in alphabetical order, how I loved how efficient she was at times like this. I found the 'L' section pretty quickly and took out five books on Latin.
Finally I would be able to find out exactly what 'Dominus Imperitus Electus' means and maybe even uncover the identity of the infamous Vlad.
I stood up to leave when my heart sank, someone was coming up the stairs.
