After a breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast (of which Imhotep had fifths) Anck-su-namun retrieved a paper plate full of money from her room and put it in her purse, which had her car keys in it.
"That's money?"
"Yeah. Paper money. Dollars."
Anck-su-namun gave Imhotep a dollar to look at while she put the dishes in the dishwasher and started it. After she and Imhotep went outside to her 4x4. Imhotep was absolutely amazed at it, and that every house along the block had one in front of their house. After a bit of examining, Anck-su-namun showed him how to open a car door and buckle a seatbelt.
"So what does this big thing do?"
"You'll see. Now let's see if I can still drive this thing."
Anck-su-namun started the car and Imhotep jumped.
"Gah! Earthquake!"
Anck-su-namun put her hand on his shoulder to comfort him. "It's okay. It's just the car starting. Just relax."
Imhotep sat back and breathed deeply while Anck-su-namun pulled out of the driveway. After a while Imhotep's curiosity got the better of him and he stared out the window at all the things he had never seen before in his life. The whole car ride was a flurry of questions, which Anck-su-namun was all too pleased to answer.
"What's that?"
"A lawnmower. To cut the grass."
"What's this?"
"A fire hydrant. There's water inside it."
Finally they got to downtown. Imhotep was in such awe of the skyscrapers that he could not speak.
"Pretty nice, huh?" Anck-su-namun asked.
"You were right..."
"I was?"
"Yes. Someone like me could not handle your world."
"Told you. Anyway, I'm going to try to show you the best of my world in our measly 24 hours here."
"Um, okay. What first?"
"The amusement park. But since that doesn't open for another hour, I'll just drive around downtown so you can look at all the buildings."
Four hours later Anck-su-namun and Imhotep walked out of the amusement park, laughing. They had gone on every ride, even though it took a lot of persuasion to get Imhotep to ride the roller coaster, but he had loved it!
As they drove to their next destination (the airport) Anck-su-namun thought about the haunted house ride they had gone on.
Just for fun, she did not tell Imhotep that the ghosts were all fake, and during the ride he had become so scared she had put her arms around him to comfort him. He had scooted over to her, trying to get as far away from the ghosts as he could and they had ended up holding each other for almost half the ride.
They got to the airport and watched the planes take off and land for about an hour. Imhotep could not get over how these big metal birds carried people and flew by themselves.
At 7:00 PM they came home, having gone to the amusement park, the airport, the roller skating rink, McDonald's, the Egyptian Museum, the library, the mall, and had a tour of an office building.
Imhotep had been very disturbed at the Egyptian Museum. He saw a couple of artifacts that had belonged to him, and they had a walk-through model of Seti's palace, which was both odd and not historically accurate. They also looked at the Egyptologists' translation of a few hieroglyphics. They were so wrong they were almost kicked out of the museum for laughing.
Anck-su-namun walked into the kitchen.
"So, what should we have for dinner?"
"Uhh, bread?"
"Sick of it. How about..." She scanned thorough the cupboards. "Macaroni and cheese!"
"What?"
"Oh, you'll love it."
Imhotep deposited his souvenirs on the table and went to go look at the blue box Anck-su-namun was holding. He shook it.
"No, you have to cook it first, Immy."
'Immy'? No one had ever called him Immy before. Not even his mother. He shrugged, went back to the table, and sat in one of the chairs.
Anck-su-namun took out a pot, filled it with water, and put it on the stove. Once it had boiled she dumped the hard macaroni into it and began to stir.
Imhotep didn't know what made him do it, but he walked over to Anck-su-namun and slid his arms under hers and locked them over her stomach. She took one of her own hands and placed then on top of his. She looked up at him.
"Imhotep?"
"Mmm?"
"Are we in love?"
"I think so."
She leaned back into him and they kissed. The bubbling macaroni lay forgotten. They broke apart.
"I liked that." Anck-su-namun smiled.
Imhotep returned the smile and brought his mouth down upon her's again.