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I know that I usually tell you what happened in the previous chapter but this chapter isn't going to have a lot to do with Nancy and Frank. The mystery yes but that is all I'm going to tell you.
"Is Mr. Nickerson there?" A voice asked to Nancy through the screen door.
"Yes, we're enjoying dinner. Would you like to come in and join us for dinner?" Nancy asked cordially.
"Yes, Ms. Drew." He entered the living room and joined them at the table. Hannah put an extra plate at the table.
"Chief, how are you doing?" Carson Drew asked. He had a suspicion that something was up and he wasn't sure what. He didn't think that it would be good though.
"Everything is..."
"Never mind. You can tell us after we get through eating." Hannah Gruen had taken care of the Nancy since she was three years old and she had pretty much become the leader of the household. There was not one not person even the police officers that popped over for there various reasons disputed her word. They all had learned to respect her.
The dinner was over and Hannah was washing the dishes. Nancy had wanted to exit the room but she had been stopped with Ned's hand. "What is it officer?" Ned's deep voice looked imploringly at him. The police never asked to see him. They usually ask to see Nancy or her father.
There was a shaky sigh and the tension in the room became even stronger. "Your parents were killed in a plane crash."
(I can't seem to remember if it was a plane crash or a car wreck. I have lost some of the story shuffling around the files to where I needed them.)
You could hear a pin drop in the room. There was no reaction from Ned as he walked out of the room and out of the house. Nancy was stunned when he left let alone after that announcement was made. He had to get out of there. It had just gotten to the point that he could no longer breathe.
'How is it that my parents were killed today? They had just left to go on the first vacation and now they won't even be able to enjoy it.' His car seemed to go somewhere and he didn't exactly know how he had arrived at that spot.
There was banging on the window of his car that was rather disturbing at the moment. It was disturbing enough when there wasn't a time like this.
"Let us help you. You seem to be a little lost right now." The woman was seductive and in his state of mind he would have done anything at the moment.
He followed her to a bar and accepted the drink that she handed him. He hadn't seen the little action that she made with the wrist. He drunk the champagne and had another drink. He never even noticed when the drinks became stronger or when he was taken upstairs led by the seductive woman. He couldn't even remember what it was that happened afterwards.
Things began to change for him after that. He had begun to drink a lot and had become involved in little petty crimes that people would hardly take notice of. He had proved that he was capable of not getting caught somehow was moved up some. Nancy had known that he was up to something and had begun to get suspicious. He had changed and not for the best either. She had finally gotten tired enough of it that she kicked him out of her house and informed that he was never come to her house again. He had tried to force a proposal and a kiss on her with every intention to take it farther. She didn't let him. After that he only saw her when she did finally catch him on a video camera that he had missed during his security checks.
She knew what he had been up to now and he wasn't up to any good. He didn't care anymore. He had lost it all and didn't try to keep it up. He met the leader of the terrorist group that he was in now there. He seemed to prove himself after severe questioning and tests that he was more than capable of not getting caught. He was given a second chance and became the second in the group.
Nancy was thrashing about on the bed and couldn't sleep. Joe could sleep through anything but Frank was greatly disturbed when he found that she wasn't sleeping very well.
"Nancy." He gently shook her.
"No.... No... Ned why?" She asked when she heard someone talking to her thinking that she was talking to her former fiancée.
Frank continued talking to her shaking her to get her attention. Finally when he couldn't wake her up he did the only other thing that he could think of. He touched his lips to her cheek and that woke her up.
A groggy Nancy looked at him. Oh no, what did he hear and did I keep him awake? Nancy groaned as he helped her out of the bed and led her to the patio.
Nancy was really glad that she had her long flannel gown on. Frank looked at her, "Nancy you're not sleeping well at all."
"No, I'm not. I haven't slept well in three years." Nancy felt like she could talk to him about anything. "I'm sorry Frank I didn't mean to keep you awake."
"I wasn't sleeping." He told her. He had taken her hand in his as they leaned over the railing.
"Why?" She asked.
"I just didn't feel like sleeping." He responded as he looked at how the moon shined on her hair and her sad face. 'She's beautiful.' Frank thought as she looked at him. He wasn't ready to tell her that he hadn't been sleeping well since he had lost his fiancée. She probably already knew that. " He barely heard what she whispered. "He was tired of coming in second." The look in her beautiful blue eyes and the sound of her voice were almost haunting.
"Oh, Nancy." He whispered as he looked at her wanting to do more than give her a comforting hug.
They stayed out there until it was time to wake Joe in the morning. Nancy went to take a shower and change while Frank went to wake his brother.
Nancy's computer went off as some paper began to go through. He knew what it was that and that would keep them busy today.
He was right. They were off right after breakfast. What breakfast that was eaten anyways. Joe was the only one that really had the heart to eat anything at all. Joe looked at Nancy. 'No wonder she looks like she's getting thinner. We've got to get this case solved. I don't like what it is doing to her.' His brother didn't eat much either. Frank had gotten to the point that he would drink a cup of coffee in the morning and do his workouts without eating until sometime in the afternoon.
Nancy looked at the file in front of her while Frank drove to the police station. They needed to get more information on the terrorist group. "Frank I think that we won't find anything else out by talking to the police." Nancy informed him as she looked over the file. These files have the FBI seal. We wouldn't be able to find anything else."
Frank looked at Nancy only to see her staring at somebody that was walking down the streets. "What is it Nan?" He was getting really worried because she was very pale.
"Ned." It only took the one word.
Okay guys I know that this chapter is kind of short. I'm sorry about that.
PrincessSkywalker thank you for your review. I promise to put more N/F fluff in there and maybe some of Joe and the impossible waitress.
Katie Janeway and Pitaqueen thank you!
I know that I usually tell you what happened in the previous chapter but this chapter isn't going to have a lot to do with Nancy and Frank. The mystery yes but that is all I'm going to tell you.
"Is Mr. Nickerson there?" A voice asked to Nancy through the screen door.
"Yes, we're enjoying dinner. Would you like to come in and join us for dinner?" Nancy asked cordially.
"Yes, Ms. Drew." He entered the living room and joined them at the table. Hannah put an extra plate at the table.
"Chief, how are you doing?" Carson Drew asked. He had a suspicion that something was up and he wasn't sure what. He didn't think that it would be good though.
"Everything is..."
"Never mind. You can tell us after we get through eating." Hannah Gruen had taken care of the Nancy since she was three years old and she had pretty much become the leader of the household. There was not one not person even the police officers that popped over for there various reasons disputed her word. They all had learned to respect her.
The dinner was over and Hannah was washing the dishes. Nancy had wanted to exit the room but she had been stopped with Ned's hand. "What is it officer?" Ned's deep voice looked imploringly at him. The police never asked to see him. They usually ask to see Nancy or her father.
There was a shaky sigh and the tension in the room became even stronger. "Your parents were killed in a plane crash."
(I can't seem to remember if it was a plane crash or a car wreck. I have lost some of the story shuffling around the files to where I needed them.)
You could hear a pin drop in the room. There was no reaction from Ned as he walked out of the room and out of the house. Nancy was stunned when he left let alone after that announcement was made. He had to get out of there. It had just gotten to the point that he could no longer breathe.
'How is it that my parents were killed today? They had just left to go on the first vacation and now they won't even be able to enjoy it.' His car seemed to go somewhere and he didn't exactly know how he had arrived at that spot.
There was banging on the window of his car that was rather disturbing at the moment. It was disturbing enough when there wasn't a time like this.
"Let us help you. You seem to be a little lost right now." The woman was seductive and in his state of mind he would have done anything at the moment.
He followed her to a bar and accepted the drink that she handed him. He hadn't seen the little action that she made with the wrist. He drunk the champagne and had another drink. He never even noticed when the drinks became stronger or when he was taken upstairs led by the seductive woman. He couldn't even remember what it was that happened afterwards.
Things began to change for him after that. He had begun to drink a lot and had become involved in little petty crimes that people would hardly take notice of. He had proved that he was capable of not getting caught somehow was moved up some. Nancy had known that he was up to something and had begun to get suspicious. He had changed and not for the best either. She had finally gotten tired enough of it that she kicked him out of her house and informed that he was never come to her house again. He had tried to force a proposal and a kiss on her with every intention to take it farther. She didn't let him. After that he only saw her when she did finally catch him on a video camera that he had missed during his security checks.
She knew what he had been up to now and he wasn't up to any good. He didn't care anymore. He had lost it all and didn't try to keep it up. He met the leader of the terrorist group that he was in now there. He seemed to prove himself after severe questioning and tests that he was more than capable of not getting caught. He was given a second chance and became the second in the group.
Nancy was thrashing about on the bed and couldn't sleep. Joe could sleep through anything but Frank was greatly disturbed when he found that she wasn't sleeping very well.
"Nancy." He gently shook her.
"No.... No... Ned why?" She asked when she heard someone talking to her thinking that she was talking to her former fiancée.
Frank continued talking to her shaking her to get her attention. Finally when he couldn't wake her up he did the only other thing that he could think of. He touched his lips to her cheek and that woke her up.
A groggy Nancy looked at him. Oh no, what did he hear and did I keep him awake? Nancy groaned as he helped her out of the bed and led her to the patio.
Nancy was really glad that she had her long flannel gown on. Frank looked at her, "Nancy you're not sleeping well at all."
"No, I'm not. I haven't slept well in three years." Nancy felt like she could talk to him about anything. "I'm sorry Frank I didn't mean to keep you awake."
"I wasn't sleeping." He told her. He had taken her hand in his as they leaned over the railing.
"Why?" She asked.
"I just didn't feel like sleeping." He responded as he looked at how the moon shined on her hair and her sad face. 'She's beautiful.' Frank thought as she looked at him. He wasn't ready to tell her that he hadn't been sleeping well since he had lost his fiancée. She probably already knew that. " He barely heard what she whispered. "He was tired of coming in second." The look in her beautiful blue eyes and the sound of her voice were almost haunting.
"Oh, Nancy." He whispered as he looked at her wanting to do more than give her a comforting hug.
They stayed out there until it was time to wake Joe in the morning. Nancy went to take a shower and change while Frank went to wake his brother.
Nancy's computer went off as some paper began to go through. He knew what it was that and that would keep them busy today.
He was right. They were off right after breakfast. What breakfast that was eaten anyways. Joe was the only one that really had the heart to eat anything at all. Joe looked at Nancy. 'No wonder she looks like she's getting thinner. We've got to get this case solved. I don't like what it is doing to her.' His brother didn't eat much either. Frank had gotten to the point that he would drink a cup of coffee in the morning and do his workouts without eating until sometime in the afternoon.
Nancy looked at the file in front of her while Frank drove to the police station. They needed to get more information on the terrorist group. "Frank I think that we won't find anything else out by talking to the police." Nancy informed him as she looked over the file. These files have the FBI seal. We wouldn't be able to find anything else."
Frank looked at Nancy only to see her staring at somebody that was walking down the streets. "What is it Nan?" He was getting really worried because she was very pale.
"Ned." It only took the one word.
Okay guys I know that this chapter is kind of short. I'm sorry about that.
PrincessSkywalker thank you for your review. I promise to put more N/F fluff in there and maybe some of Joe and the impossible waitress.
Katie Janeway and Pitaqueen thank you!