We went inside and Joe was waiting.
"so?" he asked
"were you spying?" Nancy asked
"No. I have spy trainees" he said pointing to the window.
Phil, Biff and Chet were still staring with open mouths and wide eyes.
"Guys. Come here" Joe told them.
"I am horrified" Phil said
"Hey, If Frank didn't make a move I would have" Chet said
"I would have beaten you to it dude" Biff said
"No you wouldn't have"
"uh-huh"
"nu-huh"
"uh-huh"
"Guys!" I said
"what?" They both asked
"she's mine"
"so?"
"so...stop"
"Uh-oh, Revenge of the exes" They said pointing to Ned and Callie.
"who wants to go run and hide?" Nancy asked
"hey, I thought you were fearless" Chet said
"Not when it It comes to two exes, I can handle one"
"too late" Joe said
"what?" Nancy and I asked in unison.
Right behind Joe stood Ned and Callie.
"hey, while you guys are duking it out I'm gonna go show off these" Joe said holding up
Nancy's Badge and Gun.
"give me my gun Joe"
"umm..No"
"Dude, you just asked for it" I told him
"I know" he said running.
"Joe! I swear to (runs by speaker) when I get my hands on you I'm gonna (runs by another
speaker). Did you hear that?"
"Such Hateful words Nan." he said running through the door to the backyard.
She saw her opportunity and jumped on Joe's back.
"Dang Nan, your heavy"
"It's all muscle"
"you sure?"
She slapped his forehead.
"Yes. I go to the gym every morning"
"I think It's time to go for a swim"
She covered his eyes with her hands.
"I can still find the pool" he told her.
He grabbed her legs so she couldn't get down.
"You have less chance of doing so now"
Joe eventually made his way up to the pool deck.
He put the gun and badge on the bench.
"You can let go of my legs now"
"uh...I don't think so"
By that time I had walked casually up to the pool deck.
I grabbed Nancy by her waist and hoisted her down.
She turned to Joe.
"I'm going to go put my gun and badge away" she told him reaching for her things, but Joe
stepped in front of her.
"I have a lot of blackmail material against you Frank"
"sorry Nancy" I said as her eyed widened.
-Nancy P.O.V-
"Grab her legs!" Joe told him.
Frank grabbed my legs and Joe grabbed my arms.
"Good thing I'm wearing my swimsuit underneath my clothes" I thought.
"One...two...three!" Frank counted.
On three they swung me into the air.
I flew high.
"I forgot how strong they are" I thought.
I fit the water back first.
"Oww! I'm never doin' that again!" I thought.
I broke the surface and looked Joe in the eyes.
"I really dislike you right now" I told him.
"Hey! Nothing for Frank"
"He was blackmailed by you threatening to blackmail him" I acknowledged
"sometimes I forget how smart you are" Joe said
"you shouldn't" Frank told him
"thanks for the tip" he said
I creeped up out of the pool and stalked up behind them.
I tackled them both, and we all fell into the pool.
"Jeez Nan! You sure you weren't a football player?" Joe asked.
Then I thought.
"well, one time I went undercover for the Cheetah's" I told them
"wait...are you Alpine?" Joe asked
"uh..yeah"
"Dude! I've been trying to find out who you were even since your season!"
"really?"
"yeah! That tackle at first and ten during the first quarter was awesome!"
"Thanks! Most people didn't think I could tackle anyone"
"Boy were they wrong!" Frank exclaimed.
"Okay everybody" Laura said
"I think everybody's got enough entertainment for the week" She said handing each one of us
a towel.
"hey how'd you get my badge in the first place? I had it in my pocket" I asked Joe after we
changed and dried off.
"I have a fishing pole ya know" He told me.
I put the badge in my back pocket and snapped it close.
"there now you can't get it" I told him.
Somebody put their arms around me.
"Now you really can't get it" he said
I knew it was Frank from his muscular arms and deep voice.
I untensed. I felt safe.
The Epilogue will be up hopefully tomorrow!
~Mrs. Frank Hardy~