Family secrets – Part 9
"Arch we better go collect Shell now" Lexie said as they came back from their walk. Archie smiled "Yeah ok" he laughed. "Arch do you reckon Duncan's ok at home?" Lexie said worried. Archie smiled, "I bet he's still sulking, other than that he will be fine, I've told him he isn't allowed on the computer for a week" "Oh Arch don't you think your being a bit hard on him?" Lexie said arguing.
"Lex, he did something bad and wrong, he should be punished for it" Archie said arguing his point back. "Ok then... well I just worry" Lexie said turning away. "Come on lets get Shell" Archie said avoiding the conversation.
Lexie knocked on the door of Shelley's friend Tilly. Two happy faces appeared at the door. "We've been cooking" Shelley said smiling with flour over her face. "I can see that" Lexie laughed. Tilly's mum appeared at the door behind the two girls. "I hope she's been good," Lexie said thanking her. "As always" the woman smiled back at Lexie. "Thanks, right now pet we have to go home" Lexie said talking to Shelley. "Can I take my cakes home please?" Shelley asked Tilly's mum "Sure kiddo, there out the back" Tilly's mum pointed back. Shelley disappeared and returned holding a bag of cakes. "Ok ready" she said walking out the door. "What do you say?" Lexie prompted "Thank you for having me" Shelley said back laughing.
"Daddy! Daddy! Look what I made!" Shelley shouted running up to Archie who was standing by the road. "Oh wow, cakes...Hope there better than your mums!" he joked taking her hand. Lexie gave him a cheeky grin as to say watch it then took Shelley's over hand as they walked home.
"DUNCAN!" Shelley shouted running in the house, and through to the kitchen. The gust of wind she bought behind her, made papers fly in on the kitchen side, including Duncan's note to say where he had gone. "Mummy I'm going to give Duncan a cake," Shelley said still searching for him. "Ok honey" Lexie said coming into the kitchen and noticing the papers. "Maybe he's upstairs..." Shelley said puzzled and walking past Lexie again. "Ok, I think daddy's gone up there too" Lexie said bending down to pick the papers up. She started collecting a few of them up when the phone started ringing. Lexie continued to pick up the papers, but the phone kept ringing. "I guess I'll get that" She called upstairs; she left the papers and went to go to the phone.
Same time back at Robs...
"Told you my mum would make you ring" Rob said waiting by the phone where Duncan was calling home. "Ah well they should of got my note" Duncan said while listening to the ringing on the other end. "No ones picking up" Duncan said putting the phone down. "Oh on lets go have dinner" Rob said leading Duncan away.
Lexie got to the phone just as it stopped ringing. Suddenly Shelley came running down the stairs. "Mummy! Mummy! Duncan's gone!" Shelley came running up to Lexie nearly knocking her over. "What?" Lexie said shocked and totally forgetting about picking up the pile of paper, including Duncan's note. Archie came bounding down the stairs and called through to Lexie "He's gone" he said seriously. "What? He can't? Oh Arch where's he gone?" Lexie panicked, walking up to Archie. "Look you take Shelley and go search by the beach, I'll go down to the park" Archie said making orders. "Come on Shell" Lexie said grabbing her daughter's hand and yanking her out the door. Archie charged out the door behind them.
Lexie scanned her eyes across the beach, walking quickly pulling Shelley behind her. "I can't see him! I can't see him!" she kept saying to herself.
"Mummy...so has Duncan run away?" Shelley asked worried herself now. "Well we don't know where he is, you could call that running away!" Lexie kind of shouted at Shelley. Shelley didn't say anything but she decided it might be the best thing to do, she could see her mother was getting hysterical. Suddenly Lexie's mobile went of, she saw it was Archie calling. "Arch?" Lexie said in hope. "Nothing" Archie said back disappointed. "Nor here, meet you back at the house" Lexie said almost in tears now with worry.
Back at the house, Lexie paced up and down waiting for Archie to return. Shelley sat twiddling her thumbs on the sofa watching Lexie walk up and down. Archie came in the door. "Arch where have you been?" Lexie shouted "I went to look around a bit more!" Archie retaliated "Look Arch I told you, you shouldn't be so hard on him!" "Lex he did something wrong he had to be punished!" "Well he's run away now hasn't he?! Is that what you wanted?" "Oh course its not what I wanted!" "Look Arch I know what its like to run away! I'm just lucky I found Glenbogle!" "Glenbogle?" Shelley suddenly piped up. Archie and Lexie turned to see their daughter on the sofa; she acted like the light bulb had just been switched on over her head. "I know where Duncan is!" Shelley suddenly said running upstairs. Archie and Lexie looked at each other confused but followed her all the same. She was sitting down at the computer and typing something in. Archie and Lexie stood behind her confused, then Archie moved closer as he saw her type in the address bar: his eyes turned to Lexie "How did you know that Shell?" Archie asked worried. "Duncan had it on...he made me promise me not to tell...but I think he went there" Shelley said worried, and scared that she had let one of Duncan's secrets out.
Lexie looked at Archie, she knew Duncan couldn't of gone there, but all the same it did help with the situation, at least now they knew why he had been acting weird lately. "Lex I think we better keep looking" Archie said walking out of the room.
"Arch we better go collect Shell now" Lexie said as they came back from their walk. Archie smiled "Yeah ok" he laughed. "Arch do you reckon Duncan's ok at home?" Lexie said worried. Archie smiled, "I bet he's still sulking, other than that he will be fine, I've told him he isn't allowed on the computer for a week" "Oh Arch don't you think your being a bit hard on him?" Lexie said arguing.
"Lex, he did something bad and wrong, he should be punished for it" Archie said arguing his point back. "Ok then... well I just worry" Lexie said turning away. "Come on lets get Shell" Archie said avoiding the conversation.
Lexie knocked on the door of Shelley's friend Tilly. Two happy faces appeared at the door. "We've been cooking" Shelley said smiling with flour over her face. "I can see that" Lexie laughed. Tilly's mum appeared at the door behind the two girls. "I hope she's been good," Lexie said thanking her. "As always" the woman smiled back at Lexie. "Thanks, right now pet we have to go home" Lexie said talking to Shelley. "Can I take my cakes home please?" Shelley asked Tilly's mum "Sure kiddo, there out the back" Tilly's mum pointed back. Shelley disappeared and returned holding a bag of cakes. "Ok ready" she said walking out the door. "What do you say?" Lexie prompted "Thank you for having me" Shelley said back laughing.
"Daddy! Daddy! Look what I made!" Shelley shouted running up to Archie who was standing by the road. "Oh wow, cakes...Hope there better than your mums!" he joked taking her hand. Lexie gave him a cheeky grin as to say watch it then took Shelley's over hand as they walked home.
"DUNCAN!" Shelley shouted running in the house, and through to the kitchen. The gust of wind she bought behind her, made papers fly in on the kitchen side, including Duncan's note to say where he had gone. "Mummy I'm going to give Duncan a cake," Shelley said still searching for him. "Ok honey" Lexie said coming into the kitchen and noticing the papers. "Maybe he's upstairs..." Shelley said puzzled and walking past Lexie again. "Ok, I think daddy's gone up there too" Lexie said bending down to pick the papers up. She started collecting a few of them up when the phone started ringing. Lexie continued to pick up the papers, but the phone kept ringing. "I guess I'll get that" She called upstairs; she left the papers and went to go to the phone.
Same time back at Robs...
"Told you my mum would make you ring" Rob said waiting by the phone where Duncan was calling home. "Ah well they should of got my note" Duncan said while listening to the ringing on the other end. "No ones picking up" Duncan said putting the phone down. "Oh on lets go have dinner" Rob said leading Duncan away.
Lexie got to the phone just as it stopped ringing. Suddenly Shelley came running down the stairs. "Mummy! Mummy! Duncan's gone!" Shelley came running up to Lexie nearly knocking her over. "What?" Lexie said shocked and totally forgetting about picking up the pile of paper, including Duncan's note. Archie came bounding down the stairs and called through to Lexie "He's gone" he said seriously. "What? He can't? Oh Arch where's he gone?" Lexie panicked, walking up to Archie. "Look you take Shelley and go search by the beach, I'll go down to the park" Archie said making orders. "Come on Shell" Lexie said grabbing her daughter's hand and yanking her out the door. Archie charged out the door behind them.
Lexie scanned her eyes across the beach, walking quickly pulling Shelley behind her. "I can't see him! I can't see him!" she kept saying to herself.
"Mummy...so has Duncan run away?" Shelley asked worried herself now. "Well we don't know where he is, you could call that running away!" Lexie kind of shouted at Shelley. Shelley didn't say anything but she decided it might be the best thing to do, she could see her mother was getting hysterical. Suddenly Lexie's mobile went of, she saw it was Archie calling. "Arch?" Lexie said in hope. "Nothing" Archie said back disappointed. "Nor here, meet you back at the house" Lexie said almost in tears now with worry.
Back at the house, Lexie paced up and down waiting for Archie to return. Shelley sat twiddling her thumbs on the sofa watching Lexie walk up and down. Archie came in the door. "Arch where have you been?" Lexie shouted "I went to look around a bit more!" Archie retaliated "Look Arch I told you, you shouldn't be so hard on him!" "Lex he did something wrong he had to be punished!" "Well he's run away now hasn't he?! Is that what you wanted?" "Oh course its not what I wanted!" "Look Arch I know what its like to run away! I'm just lucky I found Glenbogle!" "Glenbogle?" Shelley suddenly piped up. Archie and Lexie turned to see their daughter on the sofa; she acted like the light bulb had just been switched on over her head. "I know where Duncan is!" Shelley suddenly said running upstairs. Archie and Lexie looked at each other confused but followed her all the same. She was sitting down at the computer and typing something in. Archie and Lexie stood behind her confused, then Archie moved closer as he saw her type in the address bar: his eyes turned to Lexie "How did you know that Shell?" Archie asked worried. "Duncan had it on...he made me promise me not to tell...but I think he went there" Shelley said worried, and scared that she had let one of Duncan's secrets out.
Lexie looked at Archie, she knew Duncan couldn't of gone there, but all the same it did help with the situation, at least now they knew why he had been acting weird lately. "Lex I think we better keep looking" Archie said walking out of the room.