Suddenly the front door opened and Rachel Weisz entered, carrying a few brown paper bags. Anck-su-namun and Pat went over to help. Imhotep had gotten a date pit stuck in his throat and was reaching through the holes in his rotted neck trying to pull it out. (AN – LOL! Where did that come from? o_O)
"Hello Anck-su-namun." Rachel said as her bags were placed on the kitchen table.
Anck-su-namun brought Pat up. "Rachel, this is my friend Pat. She sits next to me in class. She's a big fan of yours and loves Egypt."
"Oh really? Well, it's nice to have you here, Pat." Rachel shook Pat's hand. Pat didn't know what to say.
"You have a nice house." Finally came out.
"Thank you. Is Imhotep watching the movie again?"
Anck-su-namun nodded. "Yes. I swear, he never stops watching it, even though he can't understand half of it."
"Has he watched The Mummy Returns?" Pat asked.
"Yeah." Rachel said, "He doesn't like it though. He says that Anck-su-namun would never forsake him."
"I wouldn't!!!"
"I never said you would."
"So, do you speak Ancient Egyptian too, Rachel?" Pat asked.
"Only a little bit," Rachel answered, "But Anck-su-namun translates everything for me."
"Umm, Pat?" Anck-su-namun asked.
"Yes?"
"Do your parents know you're here?"
"Oh God! They don't! I'll have to call them!"
Anck-su-namun took out her cell phone and handed it to Pat. "Use this."
"Thanks."
Pat dialed the phone while Rachel and Anck-su-namun put the groceries away.
Anck-su-namun got a sudden idea.
"Rachel," she asked, "Would it be alright if Pat slept over?"
"It's fine with me if she wants to."
Pat nodded. "Hey mom, Rachel says it's okay if I sleep over tonight – at her house. It is Friday!"
After a few arrangements were made, Pat's mom said she would come by to drop off Pat's sleeping bag and a change of clothes. When Pat had shut the phone they all did a high-five. Imhotep walked into the kitchen and said something to Anck-su-namun in Egyptian. She walked over to them and they began talking.