Disclaimer: Again, I own nothing having to do with this story except for
the plot a few characters. But, other than that, it's all Stephen Sommers.
. . *tear*
Author's Note: Thank you so much Imhoteps Lover, toni~isis, and marybug6otnile for being my two reviewers. Because of this, I dedicate this chapter to you! Oh, and toni~isis: Yes, I can assure you that Jonathan will get a bit of "luck" in this story with the blonde, who's name is Nichole (revealed in this chappie) and with a few other things. ;-)
Now on with it.
Chapter 1: Evie's turn
"Nichole, could I have the check-in records for last week, please?" Evelyn asked as she walked into the library, but go no answer. "Nichole?" Still, no one answered.
"Probably still out with Jonathan, I suppose." She said exasperatedly.
She looked around the room for a minute and saw about twenty books sitting on a table not too far from her. Evie knew right away that these were the books that were checked in last week and hadn't been put away yet.
She sighed loudly. "Why is it that if I want something done right around here, I always have to do it myself?"
She picked up about eight of the books in as close to alphabetical order she could that fast and headed over to the shelves. She climbed up the ladder slowly and once she reached her destination, she put half of the books down on a shelf not too far from her.
(*A/N*-Yes, I know. You'd think she'd learned. . .)
"Tutankamun Volumes 1 and 2. . ." She placed the books down in their correct spots and then continued. "Tuthmosis. . .you naughty little book. I remember what happened with you last time. . .You go right. . .here! Hmm. Lucky I didn't have to lean over on that one."
Evelyn was very accustomed to talking to not only herself but also her books.
"And Ramsees the third." She pushed the ladder slightly sideways on its wheels until she reached the R section. "You go here between Ramsees second and Ram-ooh!" Suddenly, Evie lost her footing and while she was moving every part of her body she thought might help her to get her balance back again, she fell right off of the ladder.
(*A/N* I would leave ya hangin' right here, but I'm not gonna since I'm nice. ^_^ no, seriously, I'm not gonna cuz then the chapter would be all of one page long. . .)
She screamed loudly as she fell towards the hard ground and then winced when she hit her destination: In someone's arms.
She opened her eyes slowly, surprised that she hadn't felt pain. Once they were all the way open she saw what had saved her fall.
"Rick?" She asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Hi, Honey. Nice to see you too." He said, one eyebrow raised.
"No, it's good to see you and all. But, really what are you doing here?"
He blinked once or twice and then put her down. "Well, it's 3:30. I always come to pick you up from work at 3:30. I mean, you know, when we're here for vacation." Evelyn could hear a bit of bitterness from her husband at the end of that sentence, but paid it no attention since she had already talked with him about her working when she didn't really HAVE to.
"It's not really 3:30 already, is it?" She looked at her watch in puzzlement. "No, it's only 2:30, Rick."
"Oh." He looked at his watch. "It's an hour fast. That's weird. You know what else is weird?"
"What?"
"I just had a new battery put in my watch yesterday."
"That is rather awkward. Maybe they put in a bad one or something."
"I don't know. It was working fine when I left there. And this morning too."
"Oh." She furrowed her brow in confusion.
It was silent for just a short moment.
"Well, do you wanna go home early today?" Rick asked Evie, smiling that wonderful grin that could only be his. (*A/N* I LOVE that grin. . .*sigh* Okay, anyway)
"Sure." Evie said, smiling back at him.
"Good." He said, giving her a kiss, which lasted longer than both had expected. . .
*~#~#~#~*
"Mummy!" Emily called to her mother when she saw her walk through the door.
"Hello, darling." Evie answered, giving her daughter a quick kiss on the forehead and a hug.
Then, Emily ran to her father to give him his greeting.
"Alex?" Evie called into the large house. She was going to be very angry if he was far away from his sister, since she knew he had been left in charge.
"Hey, Mum." Alex said, walking out of the room right next to the one they were in. He smiled broadly, which was awkward, considering how he had been that morning towards her. She was glad, though, because she hadn't wanted to go home to a depressed and angry Alex. He was very rarely ever that way, but when he was a brat about something, he usually stayed that way for the entire day.
"Hello." She said, eying him skeptically.
"How are you? Is there anything you need that I can get for you?"
She knew now that he was definitely up to something. "I'm fine, Alex. And no, I don't *need* anything, but there's something you *need*, isn't there?"
"Well. . ."
"What is it?"
"I just wanted to go meet some of my friends tonight for one of those moving pictures. They just opened one not too far from here."
"With which of 'your friends', and how late will you be out?" Evie asked.
Alex opened his mouth to answer, but was stopped.
"Exactly how far from here, how are you getting there, and how much will it cost?" Rick opened his mouth for the first time during that conversation. He had been listening carefully while playing with his daughter.
Alex, having become very accustomed to his parents' version of the 4-1-1 over the last few years, answered quite easily. "Well, Dad, it's about 1 mile from here, we're going to walk I guess, and don't worry about the money because I'm paying for it myself. It should end at around 8:30 and it'll take about 20-30 minutes to walk back. And I'm going with Abdul, Madeline, John, Catalina, and. . ." He looked at his father strangely and continued, "Amelia."
Rick's eyebrow lifted and he chuckled slightly.
"What? What's so funny?"
"Amelia." Rick stated simply, as if Evie should know what he was talking about right away.
"Yes, and?"
"It's just that-"
"Dad!" Alex yelled to his father, cutting him off.
Rick looked at his son's face and smirked slightly. He knew it was a bit evil, but he WAS his father after all. It was his JOB to humiliate him to at least some degree.
"Amelia's his little crush from down the street."
"Ugh! DAD!! I can't believe you told her!" Alex yelled at his father, running over to him and trying to knock him over, but to no avail as Rick now had Alex in a light, but effective headlock.
"A crush? Why is it that you knew about this, Rick, before I did? And why didn't you tell me?"
"I notice things." Rick said, laughing as his son was trying so hard to escape. "And, I didn't tell you cuz Alex asked me not to. But, I'm sorry son, I just couldn't resist any more."
Evelyn didn't find it quite as funny that her son actually liked a girl in that way. He'd just grown up way too fast, in her opinion.
"Dad! Let go!" Alex yelled, trying desperately to escape.
Rick finally let him go, still chuckling slightly.
"So, can I go?" He questioned, still a bit irritated about what his father had done.
Rick's "Sure" and Evie's "Absolutely not" came out at the exact same time.
"No, no you cannot." She repeated.
"Oh, come on, Evie. He's. . .well, he's a young man now. You can't expect him to-"
"No. I said no and I mean NO."
She was met by a look of her husband, which plainly said, "You're being ridiculous" and one from her son saying, "Please, just let me go do something for once!"
She met them back with her "I don't care what you do or say, my decision stands" look and she held her head high with it.
The looks of her husband and son got somehow stronger, then she made hers do the same. But, once they upped it once again, she knew she had met her match.
"Oh, alright, alright. But I do not want you walking home so late at night in Cairo, of all places. I'm sure something will happen to you. Rick, you'll have to pick him up, since you were so set on taking his side." She then turned her back to them and headed into her bedroom.
"Dad, I can walk home on my own. Besides, I won't be alone; I'll be with my friends. You're with me on this one, right?"
"Sorry, son. But, your mom's right. You shouldn't be out there on your own. Not in this city. You can walk there, but I'll pick you up."
"Oh, all right."
*~#~#~#~*
"Hey, Evie, where'd you get the, uh, necklace?" Rick asked Evie later on that day when he first noticed it.
"Oh, it's something Jonathan found." She said, half lying to him herself.
"Oh."
*~#~#~#~*
"I'm going to go pick up some sugar." Evelyn said to Rick as she walked out the door.
It was evening when she left. The sun was just going down and it was somewhat warm, but not hot as it had been earlier that day.
Just as she was walking out into one of the busy roads she heard something fall to the ground and sort of jingle. 'What did I drop?' She asked herself as she bent down in search of it. But, she saw nothing. 'Oh. I must have been hearing something else.'
When she looked back up, she saw that a car had crashed into a cart in the marketplace just feet away from where she was standing. It startled her a bit, but as she was being rushed into the crowd of people surrounding the area to see what had happened, she moved on to where she had been going.
*~#~#~#~*
Later on that night, Rick left Evie and Emily at home to go get Alex.
On the way down the road, Rick's car suddenly stopped for no reason. He sighed exhaustedly and tried to start t again. And again. And again. But, it wouldn't start.
With a few grumbles and curses under his breath, he got out of the car and started to go to the engine. But, before he got there, he saw a glint of something on the side of the road. For some reason, he felt the need to walk towards it, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was the same necklace Evie had had on earlier that day. He put it in his pocket, and without going to check the engine, got back in the car and turned the key to find that the car was working again.
"Hmm. . .okay then."
*~#~#~#~*
That's all 4 now. I know it wasn't the best-written chapter ever. . . But, I tried. Next chapter will be more fun. I just know it! Just REVIEW and I'll get started on it!
Alicia
Author's Note: Thank you so much Imhoteps Lover, toni~isis, and marybug6otnile for being my two reviewers. Because of this, I dedicate this chapter to you! Oh, and toni~isis: Yes, I can assure you that Jonathan will get a bit of "luck" in this story with the blonde, who's name is Nichole (revealed in this chappie) and with a few other things. ;-)
Now on with it.
Chapter 1: Evie's turn
"Nichole, could I have the check-in records for last week, please?" Evelyn asked as she walked into the library, but go no answer. "Nichole?" Still, no one answered.
"Probably still out with Jonathan, I suppose." She said exasperatedly.
She looked around the room for a minute and saw about twenty books sitting on a table not too far from her. Evie knew right away that these were the books that were checked in last week and hadn't been put away yet.
She sighed loudly. "Why is it that if I want something done right around here, I always have to do it myself?"
She picked up about eight of the books in as close to alphabetical order she could that fast and headed over to the shelves. She climbed up the ladder slowly and once she reached her destination, she put half of the books down on a shelf not too far from her.
(*A/N*-Yes, I know. You'd think she'd learned. . .)
"Tutankamun Volumes 1 and 2. . ." She placed the books down in their correct spots and then continued. "Tuthmosis. . .you naughty little book. I remember what happened with you last time. . .You go right. . .here! Hmm. Lucky I didn't have to lean over on that one."
Evelyn was very accustomed to talking to not only herself but also her books.
"And Ramsees the third." She pushed the ladder slightly sideways on its wheels until she reached the R section. "You go here between Ramsees second and Ram-ooh!" Suddenly, Evie lost her footing and while she was moving every part of her body she thought might help her to get her balance back again, she fell right off of the ladder.
(*A/N* I would leave ya hangin' right here, but I'm not gonna since I'm nice. ^_^ no, seriously, I'm not gonna cuz then the chapter would be all of one page long. . .)
She screamed loudly as she fell towards the hard ground and then winced when she hit her destination: In someone's arms.
She opened her eyes slowly, surprised that she hadn't felt pain. Once they were all the way open she saw what had saved her fall.
"Rick?" She asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Hi, Honey. Nice to see you too." He said, one eyebrow raised.
"No, it's good to see you and all. But, really what are you doing here?"
He blinked once or twice and then put her down. "Well, it's 3:30. I always come to pick you up from work at 3:30. I mean, you know, when we're here for vacation." Evelyn could hear a bit of bitterness from her husband at the end of that sentence, but paid it no attention since she had already talked with him about her working when she didn't really HAVE to.
"It's not really 3:30 already, is it?" She looked at her watch in puzzlement. "No, it's only 2:30, Rick."
"Oh." He looked at his watch. "It's an hour fast. That's weird. You know what else is weird?"
"What?"
"I just had a new battery put in my watch yesterday."
"That is rather awkward. Maybe they put in a bad one or something."
"I don't know. It was working fine when I left there. And this morning too."
"Oh." She furrowed her brow in confusion.
It was silent for just a short moment.
"Well, do you wanna go home early today?" Rick asked Evie, smiling that wonderful grin that could only be his. (*A/N* I LOVE that grin. . .*sigh* Okay, anyway)
"Sure." Evie said, smiling back at him.
"Good." He said, giving her a kiss, which lasted longer than both had expected. . .
*~#~#~#~*
"Mummy!" Emily called to her mother when she saw her walk through the door.
"Hello, darling." Evie answered, giving her daughter a quick kiss on the forehead and a hug.
Then, Emily ran to her father to give him his greeting.
"Alex?" Evie called into the large house. She was going to be very angry if he was far away from his sister, since she knew he had been left in charge.
"Hey, Mum." Alex said, walking out of the room right next to the one they were in. He smiled broadly, which was awkward, considering how he had been that morning towards her. She was glad, though, because she hadn't wanted to go home to a depressed and angry Alex. He was very rarely ever that way, but when he was a brat about something, he usually stayed that way for the entire day.
"Hello." She said, eying him skeptically.
"How are you? Is there anything you need that I can get for you?"
She knew now that he was definitely up to something. "I'm fine, Alex. And no, I don't *need* anything, but there's something you *need*, isn't there?"
"Well. . ."
"What is it?"
"I just wanted to go meet some of my friends tonight for one of those moving pictures. They just opened one not too far from here."
"With which of 'your friends', and how late will you be out?" Evie asked.
Alex opened his mouth to answer, but was stopped.
"Exactly how far from here, how are you getting there, and how much will it cost?" Rick opened his mouth for the first time during that conversation. He had been listening carefully while playing with his daughter.
Alex, having become very accustomed to his parents' version of the 4-1-1 over the last few years, answered quite easily. "Well, Dad, it's about 1 mile from here, we're going to walk I guess, and don't worry about the money because I'm paying for it myself. It should end at around 8:30 and it'll take about 20-30 minutes to walk back. And I'm going with Abdul, Madeline, John, Catalina, and. . ." He looked at his father strangely and continued, "Amelia."
Rick's eyebrow lifted and he chuckled slightly.
"What? What's so funny?"
"Amelia." Rick stated simply, as if Evie should know what he was talking about right away.
"Yes, and?"
"It's just that-"
"Dad!" Alex yelled to his father, cutting him off.
Rick looked at his son's face and smirked slightly. He knew it was a bit evil, but he WAS his father after all. It was his JOB to humiliate him to at least some degree.
"Amelia's his little crush from down the street."
"Ugh! DAD!! I can't believe you told her!" Alex yelled at his father, running over to him and trying to knock him over, but to no avail as Rick now had Alex in a light, but effective headlock.
"A crush? Why is it that you knew about this, Rick, before I did? And why didn't you tell me?"
"I notice things." Rick said, laughing as his son was trying so hard to escape. "And, I didn't tell you cuz Alex asked me not to. But, I'm sorry son, I just couldn't resist any more."
Evelyn didn't find it quite as funny that her son actually liked a girl in that way. He'd just grown up way too fast, in her opinion.
"Dad! Let go!" Alex yelled, trying desperately to escape.
Rick finally let him go, still chuckling slightly.
"So, can I go?" He questioned, still a bit irritated about what his father had done.
Rick's "Sure" and Evie's "Absolutely not" came out at the exact same time.
"No, no you cannot." She repeated.
"Oh, come on, Evie. He's. . .well, he's a young man now. You can't expect him to-"
"No. I said no and I mean NO."
She was met by a look of her husband, which plainly said, "You're being ridiculous" and one from her son saying, "Please, just let me go do something for once!"
She met them back with her "I don't care what you do or say, my decision stands" look and she held her head high with it.
The looks of her husband and son got somehow stronger, then she made hers do the same. But, once they upped it once again, she knew she had met her match.
"Oh, alright, alright. But I do not want you walking home so late at night in Cairo, of all places. I'm sure something will happen to you. Rick, you'll have to pick him up, since you were so set on taking his side." She then turned her back to them and headed into her bedroom.
"Dad, I can walk home on my own. Besides, I won't be alone; I'll be with my friends. You're with me on this one, right?"
"Sorry, son. But, your mom's right. You shouldn't be out there on your own. Not in this city. You can walk there, but I'll pick you up."
"Oh, all right."
*~#~#~#~*
"Hey, Evie, where'd you get the, uh, necklace?" Rick asked Evie later on that day when he first noticed it.
"Oh, it's something Jonathan found." She said, half lying to him herself.
"Oh."
*~#~#~#~*
"I'm going to go pick up some sugar." Evelyn said to Rick as she walked out the door.
It was evening when she left. The sun was just going down and it was somewhat warm, but not hot as it had been earlier that day.
Just as she was walking out into one of the busy roads she heard something fall to the ground and sort of jingle. 'What did I drop?' She asked herself as she bent down in search of it. But, she saw nothing. 'Oh. I must have been hearing something else.'
When she looked back up, she saw that a car had crashed into a cart in the marketplace just feet away from where she was standing. It startled her a bit, but as she was being rushed into the crowd of people surrounding the area to see what had happened, she moved on to where she had been going.
*~#~#~#~*
Later on that night, Rick left Evie and Emily at home to go get Alex.
On the way down the road, Rick's car suddenly stopped for no reason. He sighed exhaustedly and tried to start t again. And again. And again. But, it wouldn't start.
With a few grumbles and curses under his breath, he got out of the car and started to go to the engine. But, before he got there, he saw a glint of something on the side of the road. For some reason, he felt the need to walk towards it, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was the same necklace Evie had had on earlier that day. He put it in his pocket, and without going to check the engine, got back in the car and turned the key to find that the car was working again.
"Hmm. . .okay then."
*~#~#~#~*
That's all 4 now. I know it wasn't the best-written chapter ever. . . But, I tried. Next chapter will be more fun. I just know it! Just REVIEW and I'll get started on it!
Alicia