Chapter 4

Pearl's POV

"Bye Mystic Maya! Bye Mr. Nick!" I yell out the front door. Finally, after many years, Mr. Nick and Mystic Maya are going out on a date, which means they can truly profess their love for each other. But more importantly, I have the house to myself! It's time to get in trouble. Hee hee hee….

The first thing I do is sneak into Mystic Maya's room and take out her diary. It's locked, but I know where to find the key. I open up Mystic Misty's master box, which Maya always leaves on her desk.

I know I shouldn't be doing this, but I have to know!

I open up the box and find the key. Then I unlock the diary and open it to a random page.

Dear Diary,

I'm going to see my sister tomorrow. Her "hopeless prodigy" is gonna be there too, and we're all going to go out for burgers. It should be fun! I have to pick up this one piece of evidence though, a clock or something…"

Oh, this entry is boring. And really old!

I keep skimming through the pages, looking for something including Mr. Nick. I find entries about Mr. Nick and Mystic Maya planning to go on a boat ride, Mr. Nick promising to take over a noodle shop, and Mr. Nick defending Mystic Maya, but nothing romantic at all. I'm about to do something else when a card falls out of a diary that looks a lot like Mr. Nick. I read the only entry on the page.

Dear Diary,

Guess what Mr. Edgeworth sent me in the mail the other day? Remember how I wrote about how I drew a picture of Nick while I was trapped in a wine cellar? Well, some how he found it, and he mailed it to me! I'm leaving it with you for safekeeping, because if Nick found it I think I'd die of embarrassment. I just don't know how he feels about me. Maybe I'll show it to him one day, when the time is right…

Aww…That's so sweet!

Suddenly, I decide I want to see what the last thing Mystic Maya wrote is, and flip to the last written page.

Dear Diary,

Nick and I planned a fake date to get Pearly off our backs. We're going to see the Steel Samurai movie tomorrow, and even though it's not a real date, I can't help but feel nervous.

A…a fake date? Wait a minute…Of course! Mystic Maya must have known I'd try to read her diary, so she added this entry to confuse me! I should have known, that Mystic Maya is really smart!

I'm done in Mystic Maya's room, so I head over to Mister Nick's room. He's always telling Mystic Maya and I to keep out of his drawer, so now I want to know what's in it.

I open it up, and see a lot of…books?

Let's see here…Def-end-ing for dummies, a flyer for Bill's Burger Bonanza, a bunch of law books, and Sports Ill-ust-rated, swimsuit edition. Why are there so many ladies in this book? I'll have to have a serious talk with Mr. Nick. Mystic Maya is the only lady Mr. Nick's allowed to see in a bikini!

Mr. Nick's room is boring, so I go watch the Nickel Samurai on TV for a couple of hours. When I check the time, it's almost 6 o'clock, and Mystic Maya & Mr. Nick will be home soon. Suddenly, I get an idea. I grab my phone, turn it to camera mode, and look out the window. After about 5 minutes, Mystic Maya and Mr. Nick show up in front of the office…and then they start kissing! I try not to scream because I don't want them to know I'm there, then I sneak around to the door, open it, and take a picture.

"Yes! Now I have proof! Oh man, I have to text all my friends about it, oh, and I have to put this on Facebook!"

"P-Pearly! Get back here! Just give me the phone, and nobody gets hurt! Pearl, if you put that picture on Facebook, so help me I'll…" I hear Mystic Maya yell in the background, but I'm too fast for her. I run to my room, lock the door, and upload the picture onto Facebook. Then I wait for Mystic Maya to stop pounding on the door with her fists, and I unlock the door so Mystic Maya can come in.

"Pearly…you can't put other people's pictures on Facebook without their permission. That's illegal." Mystic Maya says, tired.

"Sorry Mystic Maya." I say.

"It's okay Pearly, just don't do it again."

"Ok!"

"Promise?"

"Promise! So, what are you waiting for? You have to tell me how your date went!"

Mystic Maya starts to tell me all about their date, and she's about to tell me about the kiss when Mr. Nick walks in. For a while, both Mr. Nick and Mystic Maya just stare at each other and blush, but eventually, Mr. Nick notices I'm in the room.

"Hey Pearls! How are you doing?" says Mr. Nick, politely.

"Great!" I say.

Mystic Maya interrupts. "What Pearly means to say is that she's slowly recovering from the shock of earlier, but it'd be much easier to recover if you took us out for burgers. Isn't that right Pearly?"

"Sure, I'd love a burger!"

"But…Maya, you just-"

"This isn't about me Nick, it's about Pearly!"

Mr. Nick starts to complain, but we wear him down with our puppy-dog faces.

"Fine" Mr. Nick says, and then starts to whine about it "Being bad for his cel-ery" or something, which doesn't make sense since the only vegetables I've ever seen Mr. Nick eat are carrots. I get up and run to the door, and Mystic Maya grabs Mr. Nick's arm and drags him along.