Chapter 2: "What's This?"
As Klaus neared the book, his curiosity grew, who would leave a book like this?
He bend over and picked it up, then opened it, upon seeing that it was a notebook, he wanted to see, who it may belong to, prehaps they written their name, but no, upon inspection, the only name writen was Klaus's. He shut the book, he knew that it wasn't any of his business, these were somebodies private thoughts. He went to rejoin the group, but alast the ten minutes were up. He puts the book in his bag, until later, when he can look for its owner. His sisters, and friends wrote their names in their books, but it couldn't hurt to ask if they knew who it was for, but that would come later, because in thirty minutes, they had to be asleep.
At night all Klaus could think about was the book, who was it for and why was his name writen, he wanted to read it, but he knew that it was an invasion of somebodies privacy, then he thought, "What if I was meant to find it, like somebody left it for me, maybe it has something to do with V.F.D., this thought shot him out of bed, and to his bag. He picks us the notebook, and starts reading, it isn't long, before he realizes that the formate of the text looks a bit familar. It was a dairy. He soon read all sorts of things, before he came to the relization, that somebody liked him. He couldn't stop reading, and the entries, they were all about him. He didn't know who could have wrote his, he wished he did, but he didn't. He soon stops reading, "Okay, this isn't about V.F.D. so I can stop reading, this is private."
He goes to bed, puzzled.
The next day he walks up to his friends, planning to ask about the notebook, to see if they reconize it, or know who it belongs to, but as he drew near, Duncan sees what is in his hand, and runs off, on the verge of tears. My notebook.
"Where is Duncan going," Klaus asked.
"I'm not sure, he just took off," Isadora said, before she seen the notebook. "Maybe I should go check on him," she says before taking off.
"Oh, bye," Klaus said.
"Violet? Any ideas," he asked.
Violet shook her head, but when you know somebody your whole life, you know when they are lying, and he knew she was lying.
"Duncan," Isadora calls out. "Duncan? Duncan? Where are you?"
She hears sniffles, and follows them, to the boys' bathroom.
She knocks, "Duncan? Are you in there?"
He walks out, and hugs her. "He had the book! My life is over!"
"No it isn't, he won't reconize it, because of the paint, and we masked your handwritting, and you never wrote your name in it."
"It is still written in my style though and yes I did," he says.
"It is, but others may share it, and you wrote your name in it," she askes.
"Yes, I am about to be outed, even if he didn't know, he will know now, because I ran off, asuming that he didn't read my name yet. It is at the end of the book," he said.
"No, he won't, and he would never out you, you are friends, besides, your name is at the end, there is no way he got there yet, and even if he did, he would have followed you, he doesn't know," Isadora says, calming him down, for about a split second.
"I never should have written that, when I could have just told you! You would never out me, while that book might!" He says clearly distressed.
Then the Baudelaire Orphans run up, "What happened?"
"Nothing, he just got a sudden cramp," Isadora said.
"Yeah, it is gone now," Duncan said, looking a bit embarrassed, and a bit pink in the cheeks.
"Oh, I was wondering, can we not go to the library today? I need to show you something," Klaus says, indicating the Diary.
Duncan gulps, and nods along side Isadora, and Klaus' sisters.
They settle on the Broom Closet, due to the fact, that it is slightly bigger.
"What do you have there," asked Duncan, although he knew very well what Klaus had.
"A Diary, somebody wrote, I don't know who it is for, and I was wondering if you knew," he says, flashing the diary.
Duncan grabs it, with slightly shaking hands, and opens it, sure enough it was, indeed his diary. "No, but it looks like somebody likes you," he says, sweat begining to form on his head, and he turns pink. "Did you read any of it," he asks.
"I did, just a bit," he says, before quickly adding, "I thought that maybe somebody wanted me to find it, maybe it showed my name to catch my attention, maybe it had something to do with V.F.D., but when I seen that it didn't I quite reading, because it was an invasion of somebodies privacy.
Duncan looked a bit better, before turning pinker, "He knows that somebody likes him, what if he knows..." he thinks.
"Are you okay Duncan? You look pink and sweaty," says Klaus.
"Yeah, just...just the cramps," he says.
"Wow, they must be bad, do you need anything for them?" Violet asks.
"No, I will be fine, thanks," Duncan said.
'Phew they bought it,' both he and Isadora seemed to be thinking.
"Any ideas? Any at all," Klaus asked.
The girls, locked eyes with Duncan, who shoke his head once, then they answered, "None," in unison.
Klaus picked up the Diary, and Duncan looked visably better.
"Maybe I should just come clean," Duncan thought, then he caught Klaus' eye. He saw, what he thought was judgement, 'he knows' flashed across his mind, he knew he couldn't come clean. He needed to get back the diary and destroy it, before Klaus found out that it was his.
Then the Baudelaires left.
When they got back to the shack, Violet pinned Klaus to door, "You have to get rid of the Diary."
"What? Why? No way! I need to know who it is for," he says defensively.
"It isn't your business, you have no idea what you have, and what you are playing at!"
"It is about me, making it my business," he says.
"You will lose, some of the most important things to you, if you continue," she warns.
"I AM DONE WITH THE SECRETS! I may lose stuff, but I will gain the truth, which I deserve, with V.F.D. with our parents, and more so with this, because it sounds like a stalker. I need to know!"
"This has nothing to do with V.F.D., and you just have too, sometimes the truth ruins lives."
"If it is that extreme then I really need to know," he says. She lets him go, aware that she just made it harder for Duncan to ever get back the Journal.
The next day, Sunny, Violet, Isadora, and Duncan all tried to get the Diary, but they all failed, and he started sleeping with it under him, so they couldn't take it, he was so protective, and it seemed impossible to ever get it back.
"I am so sorry, I just tried to help," Violet said, on the verge of tears.
"It is fine, besides, he knows that it is an invasion of privacy, maybe he quit reading," suggested Violet.
Duncan shakes his head, "I seen him reading it earlier."
Duncan, who was in tears, knew that almost all hope was lost. How would they ever get it back?
Then Isadora came up with a plan.
A/N
After this story is done, I will be writing it, in Klaus' POV, but instead, his diary was the one that has been taken! This one, will only have about two more parts! If you have any prompts, for any other story ideas, you can let me know, by reviewing, and review! Please! Reviews are the best! I do respond if I feel that they need a responce! Most do! Even if it is just a thank you! So please, review, and have an amazing day, or if you are doing some late reading, have an amazing night! HAPPY READING!