I don't own Detective Conan, I do however own the house and the minor characters! And the nickname that I made up, Arya….just for this story….that character's based on me, and the family is actually based EXACTLY on my own cousins.
"Hey Richard I think someone's at the door," Conan pointed to the door and Richard turned around.
"Can I help you," There was a girl standing at the door smiling, she looked like she was a couple years younger than Rachel, but not by much.
"Uh, hi our car broke down a bit down the road and we're here for vacation, so we don't have a cell phone, may we use your phone to get a tow truck?" Rachel piped in after Richard took to long to figure out what to say.
"Sure come on in," the girl said. She had long dark brown hair and was about Rachel's height. The inside of the house looked very much like the outside, wooden and dusty. There was a couch that was in front of an old TV that was inside a small wooden cabinet. To the left of them was a glass cabinet filled with plates and a WOODEN table that sat three chairs.
"Wow this house is very much like a cabin," Conan said looking at the wooden stairway that led up to a loft looking area, the stair steps were covered with clothes. From the point where he was standing he could see a back of a couch leaning against the railing that was above him. "Or a barn."
"Oh well thank you, my uncle and his brother built this place," she said smiling looking up at the high ceiling.
"Most impressive are they in the construction business," Richard finally said looking around.
"Oh no my uncle used to own a bar, but I think now he's a realitor," she said.
"Do you live here Mrs.uhh," Rachel hesistated, she never said her name.
"Oh, I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Arya," she said holding out her hand.
"My name's Rachel, and this is Conan, and my dad Richard," she pointed to the guys who were looking past Arya to a screen door not to far away from them on the other side of the house, to the left of the door appeared to be a kitchen.
"But, to answer your question, I don't live here, I'm supposed to stay here the weekend with my cousins," Arya said and about that time someone appeared from the kitchen peeking they're head from around the wall.
"Who is that Arya?" the woman asked, she looked young, but older that Rachel, like perhaps in her twenties.
"This is one of my cousins, Michelle," Arya said.
"Pleased to meet ya," Michelle shook Richard's hand.
"She's the chef of our family," Arya said looking proud.
"You don't say," Richard's face lit up.
Conan turned around to see another woman walk through the screen door that they had entered, she looked like she was in her early twenties, younger than Michelle.
"Oh, you must be the owners of that car out there," the woman began.
"My name is Shannon," she said and waved her hand up in the air to say hello. A black lab, it's a dog. came in behind her.
"This is Ellie, don't worry she loves kids," she said and looked at Conan who was petting Ellie. Ellie let out a joyful bark and licked Conan.
"So how many people live here exactly," Richard asked looking around as if to ponder where they would fit all these people.
"Oh, well my four cousins do, those are two of them and my aunt and uncle," Arya said scratching her head.
"Wow that's a lot of people, how old are they all?" Richard asked.
"Let's see there's two girls and two boys," Arya pointed to Michelle and Shannon.
"Michelle's the oldest, she's 24 and Shannon is 22," Arya said calculating the ages in her head.
"My other two cousins, Josh and Jake, are 18 and 16…they're about to have birthdays soon too," Arya said thinking hard.
"I'm fifteen in case you wanted to know detective," she finished and smiled.
"Huh, how'd you know I was a detective," Richard asked looking surprised.
"Your famous remember," Conan said sounding annoyed.
"Oh I've heard your name before on TV," Arya answered.
Just about when Richard was about to gloat about his popularity Jake walked in followed by Josh who was carrying a large pocket knife in his pocket.
"Who are these guys," Jake said pointing. Arya told him and the two boys went upstairs and turned on a light. Conan could see that there was two twin beds and a bunch of other stuff that made him realize that their bedroom was up there.
"Do all your cousins sleep up there," he asked hearing some rustling of shoes and watched as the two boys ran downstairs again and sat on the couch.
"Oh no, only the boys, my aunt and uncle sleep there," Ayra pointed to a small square alcove that was next to a desk in the room they were in. Conan saw 2 doors, Arya was pointing at the one that faced them, and then she pointed to another room across the small hall, only about 5 ft. away from the other door. "And that's where Michelle and Shannon sleep," she said, Conan saw 2 bunk beds in the small room and a bunch more clothes on the floor, he also saw what looked to be a dog bed.
"Hi, I'm Josh," Josh interrupted quickly and shook Rachel's hand.
"Jake," Jake waved from the couch he was hooked on a video game.
"Are all these houses yours," Richard asked pointing to the two other houses.
"Some of our relatives live there," Josh said.
"Our aunt and grandma lives there along with our uncle," he pointed to the house closest to them.
"And our other aunt Jeanne, our cousin Dustin, and our uncle Mark live there," he pointed to the farther house.
"Don't forget Brad and Jecht. They just moved in, they're around Michelle's age. They are Jeanne's first two kids," Jake said from the couch.
"Don't you guys think it's dangerous to live so far from town," Rachel said, although she wanted to ask why they lived in the middle of a swamp, but that wouldn't be polite.
"No we have phones, which I forgot to give you," Arya said and asked where the phone was.
Shannon tossed the phone to Rachel, who caught it and began to dial the rental car number.
Richard was about to ask where Arya's aunt and uncle were when Rachel hung up the phone.
"Well that was fast," Richard said looking up at Rachel.
"No, it's not that. They can't pick up our rental car," Rachel said an air of worry was in her voice, Conan could tell.
I know this chapter was boring but you have to introduce characters sometime! REVIEW OR DIE!
