Chapter 10
When we got back to the house, it was around ten o'clock. Everything was perfectly still. It seemed like nothing dared to interrupt the silence. Of course, I didn't either. Now Ian…he was a different story.
"Do you know how hungry I am?" He complained, getting out of the car.
"Yes I do, in fact I have gone longer than you have thank you very much." That silenced him. He unlocked the front door and we stepped inside. Then I noticed something.
"No butlers?" I asked and he just raised an eyebrow. "Impressive…" I noted. The Kabras always had assistance. I walked around the living room. This was the only room I had been in. I decided something right away.
"I want a tour." I told him.
"Um ok, where do you want to start?" He asked. It must be a really big house.
"How about downstairs, since we are already down here?" I suggested and he walked out of the room. Wow, he could never be a tour guide. I followed him down one of the many hallways. We stopped at an elegant office.
"As you can see this is the office." Ian said and we continued the tour of the house. There were four bedrooms, two offices, four bathrooms, a recreational room, the living room, many hallways, a kitchen, and a huge backyard. Every room took my breath away. The way they were decorated and furnished.
Finally we got back to the living room. I plopped down on one of the couches, exhausted.
"Do you have any movies?" I asked. What can I say? I was in the movie-mood.
"As a matter of fact, I do." He said and walked out of the room. He came back with a boat load of movies in his hands.
"Wow, that's a lot of variety." He set the movies down next to me on the couch. I started to sort through them. "Hey Ian, can you like not stand there and actually help me?" He chuckled but sat down next to the pile of DVDs. He dumped a bunch on the floor without my opinion. I picked one up.
"How do you not like National Treasure?" I asked, disbelieving.
"I have never seen it." He admitted.
"Well this is the one we are watching then." I handed the disk to him. He raised an eyebrow but walked over to the abnormally large flat screen T.V. He inserted the disk and the screen came to life. But something was missing.
I walked to the Kitchen and opened a cupboard. It was loaded with snacks! I found some popcorn and stuck it in the microwave.
"What are you doing?" Ian asked from behind me.
"I thought you said there wasn't any food." I put my hand on my hip.
"That, in my book, doesn't count as food." He said.
"Do you even know what this is?" I pulled the popcorn out of the microwave. He looked disgusted at the buttery bag.
"No, but it doesn't look edible." He said.
"Oh wow…you really don't know what popcorn is." I walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. He followed me and I sat down on the couch. National Treasure was about to start. I hadn't seen this movie since…since…well before the clue hunt, I guess.
It was kind of funny how the bad guy in the movie was British and his name was Ian. The movie also reminded me a lot of the clue hunt…creepy. I looked over at Ian and his eyes were glued to the screen. Apparently, he wasn't the only one who loved National Treasure. Half way through the movie, I felt my eye lids droop. I looked at Ian again and he seemed as tired as I did.
I yawned and didn't fight my drowsiness. I closed my eyes and leaned against the side of the couch. The T.V. turned off filling the room and my vision with blackness.
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I woke up to whispering. I didn't open my eyes though, due to the harsh sunlight.
"Ew, this is gross." That sounded like Dan's voice so I must be dreaming.
"How do you think this is gross? It's like so cute!" Wow, my dreams were really good at copying Nellie.
"What? Jeez Nellie, you're such a girl." My eyes flew open at the mentioning of Nellie. There before me, stood my annoying little brother and my Goth Au Pair. Dan looked disgusted and Nellie had a dreamy look on her face.
"Nellie, Dan!" I cried and tried to run to them, but I couldn't move off the couch. I turned my head and gasped. Ian was sleeping right next to me, like right next to me. I couldn't move because he had his arms around my waist. My face heated up and I shot a panicked look at Nellie.
"Ian, wake up." I said, lightly shaking him.
"Amy…" He muttered in his sleep and he pulled me closer to him. I turned a nice crimson color and Dan snickered.
"I-Ian, wake up!" I shouted at him. This was too embarrassing. He sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"Amy, love why are-" He noticed Nellie and Dan. "Why are you here?" It was colder than the tone he used with me.
"Well we just came by to pick up a movie. You have billions." Dan gestured to the pile of movies on the floor. Ian rolled his eyes. I got off the couch and ran up to hug them.
"Ew gross, get her off me!" Dan whined and I laughed. Who knew I could miss his complaining? I withdrew from the hug and Nellie grinned.
"I told you we would come find you." She said. Ian got off the couch and brushed off his clothes.
"Well you found her. Where does your little plan lead you next?" Ian crossed his arms.
"What do you think genius?" Nellie matched Ian's attitude.
"So you are going to take her away." He smirked for some reason. I did not like where he was going with this.
"Um duh," Dan said and Ian shifted his weight to the other foot casually.
"Now what's stopping me from giving Isabel your location?" His smirk got larger. Nellie glared at him.
"You wouldn't." She dared and he took out his phone.
"Oh, I think I would." Ian said. Now Nellie and Dan were giving him the death glare.
"Jerk…" I muttered under my breath.
"Dude, what do you want from us?" Nellie asked.
"Oh nothing…" Ian said with a wave of his hand. Nellie looked confused and gave me a look. I shrugged. I had no clue what Ian was getting at.
"So… we um can go?" Dan asked and Ian laughed.
"I wouldn't let you off that easy, now would I?" He said.
"Ian, seriously what do you want?" I was annoyed with him.
"Let me join." He said simply and we all looked at each other.
"What?" Nellie asked.
"Let me join, your clue hunting team." Our mouths fell open.
"Why would you want to do that?" I crossed my arms. How could I not be suspicious?
"I don't want to be a part of my team anymore. Isabel and Natalie both don't treat me like family should and I'm tired of it. Natalie hasn't even called to see if I'm ok or anything. Plus, I have money and resources." He suggested. I looked at Nellie. Was she buying this?
"How stupid do you think we are?" Nellie challenged.
"Not very, since you've made it this far," He shrugged.
"Well the answer is no." Nellie said. Ian pulled out his phone.
"I have Isabel on speed dial." Dan looked at me, panicked. Do something! His eyes screamed.
"Ian ,wait!" I snatched the phone from his hand and I decided. I had to stall him. "You can join." I said simply. Dan and Nellie looked at me incredulously. Ian grinned triumphantly.
"I'm glad you saw my side of it love." He said.
"Don't call me that." The sentence came out naturally. Dan looked at me again. What are you doing? His eyes said. Wait for the signal, I said and I turned my eyes away, trying to avoid suspicion.
"Well, I will just grab my keys." He turned his back from us for a second, a second too long. I hit Dan on the shoulder and his eyes widened. I bolted out the door with Nellie and Dan at my heels. We heard Ian's frantic footsteps behind us.
We threw the front door open and ran outside. Nellie jumped in another convertible and jammed the keys in the slot. We hopped in after her and sped out of the drive way. When we got out of the house's view, I breathed a sigh of relief. Things would've gotten bad. I thought and we blew through the small towns.
Psh, let him join…in a million years!
A/N: OMG that took me forever! I hoped you enjoyed it! You weren't expecting that now were you? Of course not! Nobody expected that! Well except for Elvis's second cousin's daughter in law. Wow that's one to think about. Any who, I hoped you liked it and if you didn't notice I have had too much sugar lately. If you haven't…WELL I DON'T KNOW! DO WHAT YOU WANT YOU FILTHY CANTALOUPES! That's how you spell cantaloupes right? Aw who cares? Oh yea…you do!
~Luvlessgrl (man that was a sucky ending :)