The next morning Ahkmenrah woke up before October did. He watched her sleep as he ran his fingers through her hair. It was getting longer now and she was so happy. Ahkmenrah smiled as he remembered the last October told him her hair was getting longer. She put her hand behind her back and tried to touch her hair. She got so excited when the tips of her fingers touched her hair.

October mumbled something in her sleep then turned over. Ahkmenrah looked over at the clock and saw that it was about time for October to get up for work.

"October, it's time to get up."

October opened up her eyes and smiled. "I had fun with you."

"I had fun too. We should do that more often."

October laughed as she got out of bed. She went into the bathroom and started a shower. Ahkmenrah came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her neck.

"Have I told you lately how much I love you?" October asked.

"Yes, but I don't get tired of hearing it."

October turned around and kissed him then stepped into the shower.

"Should I go make some coffee?"

"Yes please."

Ahkmenrah smiled as he left to make coffee for October.

After awhile October came into the kitchen dressed in her work uniform. She kissed Ahkmenrah then made herself a cup of coffee.

"What are you working on?" October asked.

Ahkmenrah was sitting at the table looking at a piece of paper in front of him.

"My letters. Your language is hard to learn."

October laughed. "Yeah English is the hardest language to learn."

October looked over his shoulder to see how he was doing. He was copying down some of the words October had written out for him.

"This is supposed to be a 'D.'"

October took the pencil and made a lower case d. Ahkmenrah had made a lower case b for dog.

"It's easy to mix those two up."

"At least I have a good teacher." He smiled.

October smiled back. "I'm glad you think so. Well, I should head to work. I'll see you later."

October finished her coffee and put it in the sink. She grabbed her coat then kissed Ahkmenrah.

"Ana bahbak." (I love you)

"Wa ana kaman bahbek." (I love you too)

October then left and headed to work. Rebecca was working today and October wondered how she was doing. After she and Larry stopped fighting Rebecca pretending to be happy, but October knew she was hurting.

When October got to the museum Rebecca was sitting at the desk and she didn't look at all happy. Maybe she and Larry got in another fight. October walked up to her sister with caution.

"Hey Becky, how are you doing?"

"Just fine."

"Did you and Larry get in another fight?"

"No."

October could tell Rebecca was trying not to yell so she decided to go clock in. Once she was clocked in she was about to make her rounds, but she stopped when she heard Dr. McPhee yelling. Being the curious one that she is she looked into his office to see what was going on. He was talking on the phone.

After a few more minutes of yelling Dr. McPhee slammed the phone down. October was debating whether she should go ask what was wrong, but she didn't want to get yelled at.

October was about to start her rounds, but Dr. McPhee saw her and motioned her to come him. October prepared herself for what was to come.

"I suppose you heard all that."

"I was just passing by. Is everything all right?"

"No, everything is not all right. One of the museums in Washington DC is over packed with exhibits so they are sending some to us."

"And that's a bad thing?"

"No, but a little more warning would be nice and I would like to know what we are getting instead of them just saying they are sending us some exhibits."

"When are they arriving?"

"Some time after Christmas. I don't know why it's so hard for them to tell me what they are sending."

Dr. McPhee started ranting again so October took that time to leave his office.

October wondered what kind of exhibits they would be getting and why the other museum didn't say what they would be getting. She didn't agree with McPhee on a lot of things, but she did agree that it wasn't that to say.

October walked passed Ahkmenrah's tomb and saw a group of kids with an adult looking around. They must be on a school field trip. The teacher was explaining about the little information she knew about the young pharaoh.

"How did the Egyptians get the word pharaoh?" One student asked.

The teacher looked at a loss so October decided to go over to them and explain the answer.

"The Egyptians actually didn't use the word pharaoh when they referred to the kings. It is a Greek word that was based on an Egyptian word that means great house. It referred to the palace of the king and its greatness."

"Wow, you're smart."

October smiled. "Thank you."

"So they didn't call the king pharaoh?" Another student asked.

"Nope. Not until the New Kingdom did it become a form of address."

"That's interesting."

"Thanks for that." The teacher said as she walked up to October.

"No problem. I love Egypt and I enjoy telling people about it. Well, I better get back to work."

The kids waved bye to her then October left the room and continued her rounds. After that October thought about her career choice. She knew she was going to enjoy teaching kids especially on Egypt. She had so many ideas to make learning fun for them.

After a few hours it was time for October's break. She and Rebecca went to a nearby fast food place for lunch.

"So did you hear that the museum is going to get some exhibits?" October asked.

"Yes. Dr. McPhee was raging about it this morning."

"I can understand why since the other museum wouldn't tell him what we are getting. I wonder why."

"I guess they want it to be a surprise."

"I've never been to the museum in DC. Do you know what all is there?"

"There are a lot of things. One of the things they have is Kahmunrah."

"Ahkmenrah's brother? I hope they don't send us him. Ahkmenrah said they never got along and Kahmunrah even tried to steal the throne from him. I don't know what would happen if he came to the museum."

"Well, if he is one of the exhibits that come we'll think of something."

"We're going to have to."

For the rest of their break they just talked about Christmas and finishing shopping. October had presents for everyone except Ahkmenrah. She wanted to get him something special, but nothing seemed good so far. The siblings decided to finish their shopping on Sunday. Rebecca had to get something for Larry. She had been putting off getting him something since he was making her mad, but she wasn't not going to get him anything just because of that. She still loves him.

The rest of the day went by uneventful. October kept thinking about what they were getting for the museum. She was hoping it wouldn't be Kahmunrah. That was just disaster waiting to happen.

When October got home she saw Ahkmenrah passed out on the couch. He looked so cute when he was sleeping. October smiled as she kneeled net to him and lightly blew in his ear. Ahkmenrah turned his head a little. October blew in his ear again and Ahkmenrah waved his hand to try to hit whatever was blowing on him. October giggled as she blew again. Ahkmenrah opened his eyes and smiled when he saw October.

"Why must you torture me?" He asked.

"Because its fun."

October then laid on top of Ahkmenrah and he wrapped his arms around her.

"So how was work?"

"It was ok. I taught some kids a few things on Egypt. Oh and Dr. McPhee said we were getting some new exhibits after Christmas."

"Really? What are they?"

"We don't know for sure. For some reason the museum wouldn't say. But the museum that is sending us the exhibits has your brother and it's possible that they will send us him."

Ahkmenrah quickly sat up which made October fall on the floor.

"He can't come to the museum."

"Ow."

Ahkmenrah looked at October. "I'm sorry." He helped her up.

"It's all right. Just warn me next time you're going to do that."

"My brother can't come."

"Well, it's not a for sure thing so don't worry about it until it happens, ok?"

Ahkmenrah nodded.

"That's good. Now how about I make us some dinner?"

"All right."

October started cooking dinner and she started a conversation about Christmas. She wanted to get Ahkmenrah's mind off his brother. She could tell he was worrying about it. She was hoping he was worrying for nothing. Ahkmenrah had said before that if he ever saw his brother again there would be a big battle and October didn't want to see Ahkmenrah fight. Now that he is alive he can seriously get hurt or worse. October shook her head. She didn't want to think about that.