Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own The Mummy or any of its characters, just the plot for this story.

*A/N*~ Wow, I didn't think I'd be getting so many reviews for just the first chapter…none of my other stories have ever gotten that many in the first chap. Really, that's half the reviews of my story with 5 chapters! Anyway, thank you a thousand times to all!

Marybug6otnile: Did I not say without having to do with guns? Lol. J/K. Anywayz…I'm sorry about not being online again…I went shopping. Hehe. Sry. Where ya been? I haven't talked 2 ya in at least a whole day! Lol. Which is really a long while, considering. Well, ttyl.

Nakhti: Yes! I really DO love to give them marital difficulties! It makes it all the more fun! ;-) But, they always get back together…te he…eventually.

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And now, without further ado, Chapter 2 of The "Lost" Ring. (That's what it's supposed to look…but ff wouldn't let me do the quotations.)

Chapter 2: "Um…At the Jewelry Shop?"

Moments later, Evie crept down the stairs cautiously in search of her brother. She was hoping she wouldn't have to meet up with Rick on the way there. He had come really close to finding out about the ring the last time.

She tiptoed throughout the house. First, through the living room, then the family room, and she thought she'd check the study, but as soon as she got the doorway, she noticed Rick standing with his back faced to her by a bookcase. She gasped slightly, then turned back around and tiptoed ever so quietly down the hall until she was out of his earshot.

"Now, where is Jonathan?" Her next stop was to the kitchen, which was exactly where she found her brother. Perfect.

"Jonathan," She started.

"Yeah?" Jonathan said, turning towards her.

"I need your help with something."

"What?" Jonathan seemed a bit anxious, but Evie didn't know why and decided to brush it aside.

"Well, I…" She paused and then continued, her voice a bit softer now, "My wedding ring. I dropped it down the drain."

"What do you mean you dropped it down the drain? You could—" He stopped short.

"What?"

"Nothing. Um…uh…yes, and? What' your point?"

"My point is that I need you to help me get it out…I've never messed with pipes before…"

"Huh? Oh, Evie, there's no point in that." There he went again, slipping out things left and right. Next thing you know, he would've told her about Rick having the ring.

"Why not?"

"Oh, never mind. Well, Evie, you see, I've sort of…um…well, I never have either. So, there's no way that I could help."

"Oh, fiddle, Jonathan! I know you have! I did grow up in the same house as you, you know. Now, would you please just help me?"

"But—" He fell short on words. Evelyn raised her eyebrows in impatience.

"Oh, all right." He finished. He knew that there really wasn't any point because she hadn't dropped it down the drain in the first place. But, he couldn't come up with a good believable excuse, so he'd just have to help her.

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Hours later, a very tired and slightly dirty Jonathan emerged from the cabinet under the sink. "Well, Evie. It's not here. It…uh…it must have gone farther down the drain."

"Well, can't you go wherever it might be and try to get it from there?"

"Oh, bloody Hell, Evie!"

Evie gave him a questioning look at that.

"I mean…um…well, I… See, that's not possible. Once it passes the sink pipes it's gone forever."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, I didn't know that."

"Yeah, so, um…your ring's just gone, I suppose."

"Oh, no! Now what?"

Jonathan shrugged and turned to run off.

"Wait, Jonathan,"

"What?"

"Please, don't tell Rick about this!"

He breathed deeply. "Right." Then he slumped off mumbling, "Why would I? It's not like he doesn't already know."

Fortunately for him, he was slightly out of earshot by now and Evie hadn't understood his words. "What?"

"Oh, nothing! Nothing at all…"

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Later that night while Evie was making dinner, Rick walked into the kitchen with his son.

"Evie, is something wrong?" He asked her, knowing all too well exactly what was wrong.

She jumped slightly at his words. "Hmm? Oh, no, what would make you think that?" He started to walk over to her slowly and she quickly went to the opposite side of the kitchen to the spice rack.

"Well, I've barely seen you all day. I mean, it seems like you're avoiding me or something."

"Avoiding you?" Just as she asked her question, he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She moved quickly out of his grasp, trying hard to make sure he didn't see her hand.

"Yes."

"What would make you think that?" She asked, sprinkling different spices into the soup that she was making.

"Well, for one thing, you haven't looked me in the eye during this whole conversation."

She turned away from the oven for a moment, placing her hands carefully behind her back and then looked him in the eye. "See? Now, are you done thinking things like that?" She turned back to her work.

"No."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"Hmm…"

"Evie,"

"Yes?"

"You know, I was going to make this a surprise, but, I needed your ring and," Evie's eyes got wide when she heard him say that, "I couldn't get to it because you're just so good about keeping it on all the time and never leaving it around anywhere, so I couldn't fool you. But, see, I wanted to get it engraved for you, so where is it?"

"Where is it?"

"Yes."

"What do you mean, 'where is it'?"

"Stop playing around, Evie." He chuckled. "Seriously, where?"

"Um…at the jewelry shop?"

"I…don't…know. Is it?"

She laughed nervously. "Yes, it is."

"Oh, okay then. Why?"

"Why?"

"Yes!"

"Oh! Because the uh…the diamond fell out!"

"It fell out?" He lifted an eyebrow. "How?"

"I…well, I knocked it on this brick wall on accident."

"Oh. Well, that saves me some trouble anyway. I'll just tell the man at the shop to keep and it also have it engraved while its there." He turned around.

"No!"

"What? Why?" He turned back around to face her a put a mask of confusion on his face.

"Because…well…" She took a deep breath and then continued without taking another one, "I already told one of my close friends to pick it up for me because she's already going to be there and I don't have a way to get in touch with her and tell her that it wouldn't be ready to go until later and I wouldn't want her to waste her time, so, just have it engraved after she brings it back!"

"Right." He really did love to watch her struggle, and he wanted to make her struggle some more, but just when he was about to, Jonathan walked in.

"What's for dinner?" He asked, sniffing the air.

Evie took that as an opportunity to get out of Rick's questioning and answered Jonathan, also starting a new conversation with him.

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*End of chapter*

Did you like it? Well, I hope so, because I'm not going to be able to write anymore until June 7th. Sry, but I'm going to go visit my family for the 4th of July. Review and I promise to get started the moment I get back! Even if it's 1:00 in the morning! I'll be looking to get as many as I got last time, though…so…you know…you HAVE to review! Plz plz plz? And review my other stories 2? I beg of thee! Okay, I'm done now! Talk to every1 l8er!

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