"Hello."

"Nancy I just received another ransom note. If I don't come up with the money that they want they are going to sell it to the highest bidder." Chet said into the phone.

"What does the note say?" She put him on speaker phone so that he could be heard.

"It says that I have to be there at ten o'clock tonight with the money." Chet read the part of the note that he was telling her about.

"Chet I want you to come over to the Hardy's in two hours. Oh and Frank is awake." Nancy informed him. - - - "I know that you love her would you have done the same thing?" Ned put the question to Frank.

"I would have told her. I don't go around pushing her away in every way possible just to try to keep her safe. She doesn't stay safe. She works as a detective and a top secret government agent. Tell me where in that does she stay out of the line of fire?"

Ned looked at the floor. "No where." He answered.

Frank was up out of bed going to the window. "I can't stay here. There's something going down tonight. I can feel it." Frank said aloud.

"Nancy isn't going to allow you to help." Ned commented. "You shouldn't be out of bed. You should be resting."

"I shouldn't be in bed right now. I need to be helping her. When have I ever let anyone tell me what to do Nickerson?"

Ned thought about all the times that he had worked with him. "Never."

"Just..."

"Mr. hardy what are you doing out of bed?!" A deep voice thundered. - - - Disclaimer: I don't own them! I just like to write them. I can't wait to see where this chapter goes!

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Chapter 7

"Here's the plan." Joe and Nancy had worked up a plan. They hoped that it worked.

Chet had arrived a few minutes ago. "What will I be doing?"

"You Chet get to be right in the middle of all this. We will have cameras set up here and there so that we can see what is going on." Joe said to him.

"Oh and I wanted to help."

"You will be helping." Bess said.

"Hey what are you guys up to over here?" Nancy turned around.

"Frank Daniel Hardy what are you doing out of bed!?" She yelled at him.

"I couldn't stay in bed any longer. I want to help." Frank gave a cheerful grin. He liked to get her riled sometimes.

The others that were in the room just backed into the far of the room. Ned walked in at that moment. "Ned Nickel Nickerson how dare you let him out of that bed! He is supposed to be resting."

Ned backed away. "Frank wouldn't listen Nancy!" He defended. "He never listens to anything anyone says!"

Nancy looked from Ned to Frank. "Chet there is something you can do if you really want to help other than in the midst of everything. Keep him in bed."

The look that Chet gave her was amusing indeed. There was a mixture of surprise and incredulousness in his face. "You want me to keep Frank Hardy in bed? You must be talking about another Frank Hardy because I don't see one that will stay in bed."

"Oh yes he will."

Bess looked at Nancy. She didn't like it when Nancy got that look in her eyes. That could never mean anything good. "Nancy what are you going to do?"

"You'll see." Nancy picked up her bag before she went toward him.

-Frank-

'I've only seen that look in her eyes a couple of times and both times it wasn't anything good at all.' He tried to back away from but found himself backed against a wall. 'Okay Hardy you've gotten out of worse situations before. How do you get out of this one?'

He gulped silently at how near she was to him. Her hair smelled so good with the strawberry shampoo. She whispered in his ears sending little uncontrollable shivers down his spine. He was getting hot. A little too hot.

Her hand was on his chest as she pushed him down the hall and up the steps to the second floor. 'I have to resist her kiss. I know that she is up to something.' He thought as her lips met his. 'Oh why do I have to be so in love with her. It might make this a little easier.' He thought as he felt his arms wrap involuntarily around her bringing her a little closer to him.

The next thing he knew he was being handcuffed onto his bedpost. He grabbed the hand that was holding the other pair of handcuffs and held it behind her back. "You sure you don't want to have a little fun instead." That did the job for a few seconds until he felt her soft hands run up and down his chest. He groaned inwardly, 'this can't be good.'

"I'm sure." She whispered. Her lips grazed his ear.

-Joe-

Joe watched the scene unfold before him. He didn't know what Frank was going to try to pull but he saw it in his eyes. Nancy was going to try something on his brother. He could see it in her eyes. 'Hmm. This should be interesting.' Joe looked to his right seeing Chet having a hard time keeping from laughing.

-Ned-

"Nancy don't you have a plan you're working on right now?" Ned was trying to save Frank from whatever she was going to do. Over the years there had been several things done to him by her. They usually ended with him having to take a shower to clean up.

"Oh I am Ned." She said a little too coolly.

-Back to normal-

Nancy was about to lead Frank out of the room when Frank did the first thing that came to mind. "You know you look very pretty when you're upset Nancy Drew."

"Oh yeah." She whispered almost by his ear. That sent a small shiver by his spine. She led him out of the room and up the steps where the others followed at what would have been a discreet length if they weren't so many of them.

In the hall they could be seen right by Frank's door. Nancy had kissed him and Frank could be seen trying to resist the kiss. He wasn't very successful at it though. His arms were around her in a few seconds. She opened the door to his room leading him into the room where the bed was. In a few moments he found himself on the bed not really wanting to let her go and not caring if she was trying to get this case solved. That stopped though when he found himself handcuffed to the bed nice and securely. "I told you that there wouldn't e any getting out of bed." She whispered with the second set ready.

Frank stopped her hand from moving with his free hand when he held it behind her back trying to get the cuffs while he kissed her some more. "You sure you don't want to have a little fun instead." He whispered huskily into her ear.

"I'm sure Frank." Her lips grazed his ear. She ran her free hand down his chest loosening the hold that he had on her other hand. "Gotcha!" She whispered before she kissed him one more time before she left the room.

Nancy turned around to see the hall crowded with people at Frank's door. "That is how you get Frank Hardy back in bed when that is where you want him."

"Nan I don't think that I can kiss my brother so that one won't work for me." Joe commented with a rye smile. "You probably could though. I don't think Callie even managed that one successfully."

"I'm married. I won't kiss any guy like that except my husband." Bess held a secret glint in her eyes just as if she was coming up with some crazy scheme.

Frank groaned from the bed. "Will you guys have a little mercy on me? I want to help."

Ned looked at Frank with a smirk. "She did say that she was going to get you back in your bed. The doctor will be happy." Ned paused. "You should consider yourself lucky. Usually when she pulled something on me I ended up taking a shower one way or another. I wasn't being kissed like there was no tomorrow." There was a twinge of jealousy in Ned's voice as he made the comment.

-Ned-

"You know you look pretty when you're upset." Frank had said to her. Ned knew that he was going to try to get out of whatever she was going to pull. He also knew that it would be good. He just didn't expect what did come.

She whispered something in his ear with her smirk. He didn't know what it was but he could see the spark in Frank's eyes brighten just a little bit. 'What is she doing? Is she doing what I think she is?' Ned felt the rage and the jealousy that was never very far from the surface rise. He led the way upstairs hoping that his suspicion was wrong. He could barely keep himself in check when he saw Nancy kissing Frank at one of the doors.

'1.2..3..4.5.6.7.8.9.10.' He was counting to himself trying to calm down. That didn't work very well when she opened the door and went inside still kissing Frank. Then he tried to take deep breaths but that didn't work when he saw her kissing him while he was laid on the bed.

'Nancy what are you doing? I want you back! You hear!' His thoughts almost rang out. He wanted to scream having to watch her do this.

"If you don't want to see her do this then don't watch." Joe whispered as he chuckled at seeing his brother completely handcuffed to the bed.

-Joe-

'Boy Ned is going to burst a blood vessel. He looks like someone just ran over him.' Just to be on the safe side Joe maneuvered his way toward Ned to keep him from doing something foolish.

-Back to normal-

Ned felt himself breathe easier when Nancy was away from the room. "Ned you're with me. I don't want you letting him out of bed and I know that he will try to pull rank on you." She looked at Bess almost apologetically. "I'm sorry Bess I know that you want to go with but I really have to ask you to stay with Frank."

Bess protested. "But I.. I have more experience than Chet does."

Nancy smiled at this. She was really sorry that she was having to ask her friend this when she wanted to help out so badly. "I know but there isn't one of the people in this room I trust to keep Frank in bed other than you. When we go out next time like this you will be on the top of the list." Nancy promised.

"Chet you will go where previously planned and we have a case with fake money in it." Everyone nodded at their current assignments.

Nancy went upstairs to see how Frank was doing before she left. "Awww. is poow wittwe Fwankie twapped." She kissed his forehead and moved away before he could kick her.

"Oh you just wait Nancy until I get out of these." He told her out loud.

"Oh I'm sure you're going to come up with something really good for me." She answered knowingly. She left the room leaving for Bess to enter.

"Bess I thought that she was leaving Chet here." At least Chet he would have been able to talk into letting him out.

"She decided against it. She said that she didn't trust any of them with you." Bess smiled at him.

"Why is that?" he was trying to buy some time but it seemed that Bess didn't miss a thing because she was watching him very carefully.

"Well you would have pulled rank on Ned she said. I don't understand what that means but oh well. Chet being your best friend would have let you out because you would have bribed him somehow and as for Joe he's your brother." Bess answered. "So did you enjoy the 'LITTLE' kiss that she gave you?" Bess teased after she finished telling Frank all of the reasons.

Frank turned all red. "I can't believe that she did that." He muttered under his breath.

-Joe and Chet-

Joe was in the van watching where all he cameras had been setup. Each member had an earpiece that could be heard for two miles away. "Chet you ready?" Joe didn't like having his friend play bait. Chet while he always wanted to help out usually didn't because he would eat the whole time or be in his lab. He had no idea how much danger he was even in. He was the bait and that wasn't a good thing.

"I'm in place Joe. I hope that we catch these guys tonight."

-Nancy and Ned-

Ned kept all of his senses in tune and still managed to pay attention to what Nancy who was right by his side. "Ned you're to go to the right of the building. I will be going to the left but we will stay in sight Chet so that we can see what is going on."

"Okay Nancy but before I do that." He twirled her to face him and gave her a resounding kiss. - - - -

Okay guys I know that I have said it before but I will say it again. I will not be writing any sex scenes into these stories. If you want to imagine that particular scene you can but then I have to say that you have a dirty mind. I'm one of the strong believers that you wait until after you're married to make love to your husband so if I have anything to say about it they won't do anything of the sort until after they are married.

You know the drill. You have to give a good and honest review. I hope that this chapter was better than the others. I think it is though. It was getting just a little boring in my book. This chapter was so much fun to write.