Chapter Two: A Crash
"Oh, Lissie! Check these out!" called Beth from the living room of her house. Lissie, who had been in the kitchen getting them both water, ran back to where Beth was, 2 bottles of water in her hands.
Piles and piles of bridal magazines lay scattered all over, along with post-it notes, pens, calculators, cookie crumbs, and a wet spot on the rug Beth had to clean up where Taffy had emptied her bladder.
Lissie tossed a bottle to Beth, who didn't catch it in time; it bounced off the wall and landed near the side of the couch. "Nice catch," she said sarcastically.
"Lissie! Watch your—"
"EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!" screamed Lissie as she hopped around the room on one foot, peeling off her sock as she went.
"Step," finished Beth. Lissie had just stepped in the place where Taffy had peed.
"Thanks for the warning," said Lissie sarcastically.
"You're welcome."
"What did you want to show me?"
"Look," said Beth, pointing to a dress.
"Oh, wow!" said Lissie. "Good choice!"
"But that's not all. Read the description."
Lissie read it, then laughed along with Beth. "That's perfect! Embroidered with pearls! Too bad they're not black."
The girls just laughed again.
Lissie sighed, and picked up another magazine.
"Still haven't found the one for you?" asked Beth as she wrote down the brand and description of her's.
"Nope. But you know me, I'm extremely picky, but it only takes me about five minutes to find one on the third day of looking."
"Okay," Beth replied as Lissie shrugged.
"It's the weird truth," she said.
They looked for a bit more when suddenly, they heard a crash coming from upstairs. The girls just looked at each other, then Lissie whispered, "What should we do? Is someone breaking in?"
"I don't know… Should we go get the guys?"
"We can handle it. You know how hare I kick."
"Most unfortunately," said Beth.
Cautiously, the girls got up from the couch and walked up the stairs, Lissie with her set of strong legs in front.
"It sounded like it came from the bedroom," whispered Beth.
Lissie nodded, then crept down the hall, Beth right behind her. That room was at the very end of the hall, and Lissie felt strongly like she was in a horror movie. Of course, that might be something Beth would be excited about, but Lissie didn't like the feeling that in a second, someone might jump out of one of the rooms and slit her throat.
They had reached the doorway, and Lissie leapt into the room, doing a karate scream.
But no one was there.
"Lissie! You just blew out my eardrums for nothing!"
"No, I have a feeling something's wrong—something seems out of place," she said slowly, looking around.
"What, you mean the bed being un-made?"
"No, that's always like that, I'm such a bum."
Beth started rambling off suggestions, but Lissie didn't think that any of them were the reason.
"You sure are picky," said Beth. "I'm going back down…"
"Wait!" said Lissie suddenly.
She walked over to the desk, but on the floor, there was a wooden, faded black box. Lissie looked at it for a second, then wrenched open the drawer with the secret compartment, took out its contents, throwing aside her Two Towers book… with Legolas on the cover.
Wow, she wouldn't do something like that unless it was super important, Beth thought.
Lissie pulled the lever, and the bottom snapped up. The two girls gasped.
"Nothing…" said Beth.
"Just as I thought," said Lissie.
"But… how did it get out…?" asked Beth slowly.
"I don't know…" Lissie cautiously picked up the box and opened it. The medallion glinted innocently back at the two of them.
Suddenly, a chill wind picked up, and they looked at each other. There were no windows open, no fans on.
At once, the wind seemed to get stronger. Lissie dropped the box and the two girls bolted out of the room, flew down the stairs, out the door and across the street.