Chapter 4:
Ramses walked silently up to his room, mad at his parents that they didn't take him to Egypt this time.
"Ramses are you still upset about not going this time. Are you?" asked Nefret walking over to him.
"No not at all, now if you will excuse me... I should like to read now, good night Nefret." replied Ramses taking out the key to his room and unlocking his door then locking it behind him once more when he got inside.
Ramses turned around to see Merry calmly laying down on his bed reading one of his books. "What in the world are you doing here!" he yelled.
Merry looked up in surprise. "Ah, Ramses you finally decided to come back... by the way your taste in books is somewhat dull if you ask me." Merry replied sitting up and putting the book down.
"How did you get in here? The door was locked from the outside." said Ramses looking puzzled.
Merry pointed to the semi-broken window on the East wall. "Windows are so useful these days, don't you agree Ramses?" asked Merry getting up and starting to walk around looking at all of Ramses' little experiments around his room.
Ramses was about to reply when he heard someone knocking at the door. "Ramses? Are you allright?" asked Nefret trying to open the door and failing.
"Yes Nefret." replied Ramses.
But as usual Nefret wouldn't take him for his word and unlocked his door with a bobby pin and was startled that Merry was in there too. "How did you- when did you-." started Nefret.
"Window. And did you know that Ramses is very dull when it comes to his taste in books. Uh oh... who's comming now?" asked Merry turning a bit pale at the thought of Emerson bursting into the room and throwing her out the window... which in no doubt he would do so if only she wasn't a girl.
Evelyn came walking in. "What in the world... is there a girl in your room Ramses? And why is the window broken?" she asked eyeing Merry strangly.
"Allow me to introduce myself madam... I am Merideth, Merideth um... De Larké that is." replied Merry holding out her hand as a greeting.
Evelyn looked at Merry like she was some kind of freak, but then again anyone would the way Merry was dressed.
"Alright then, well I had better go now, my entire famliy is going to... uh somewhere and I don't want to be left behind. I shall let myself out now. Farewell Ramses, Nefret and you too Evelyn." said Merry walking over to the window and she would have jumped out it too... if only Ramses hadn't interfered by grabing her by the arm and drging her away from the window.
"Please, use the front door like a normal person." said Nefret. "The window is so barbaric."
Merry nodded and Ramses' grip relexed, which wasn't the smartest thing to do because as soon as he did that Merry ran over to the window and started to climb out of it.
"I don't like non-dramatic exits so I shall go out the window." said Merry jumping down... which was about a story high and landing on the ground with very little grace.
Then started to walk around the side of the house and would have made it across the lawn too.. if only the other girl wearing a simple black skirt, a white blouse and a parosal, hadn't noticed her.
"Why on earth did you have to smash the window? Really Merideth your vulgarity is absolutly limitless!" she said. "I thought you swore to do things properly from now on!"
"Awww, but I don't wanna be proper!" Merry exclaimed and the other girl sighed pushing her hat farther onto her head hiding her dark brown hair and her grey-blue coloured eyes.
"Kindly use proper diction in my presence, Merideth."
Merry rolled her eyes and started to run, saying "Oh, come on, don't be so stuffy Marisa!" And they both ran out into the streets. Although Ramses was running trying to catch up with the two of them.
"Run Marisa hold up your skirts would you!" yelled Merry running faster than Marisa as she had pants on.
"Well it is not my fault I like to be presentable and you do not!" yelled Marisa holding up her skirts a little bit.
"Watch out Ramses is right behind you!" yelled Merry running around the corner Marisa looked back and saw Ramses gaining on her... fast. She let out a little squeak and turned the corner too, dissappearing along with Merry. By the time Ramses turned the corner both of the girls were gone. He listened for awhile then reached down an ally way and grabed who he believed to be Merry, although she had changed into a black skirt and a white blouse with a strange looking hat on her head.
"Do let go of me sir, I have a parosaland I know how to use it." threatened Merry holding her parosol out threatningly. Ramses looked confused.
"Were you not wearing trousers and a different shirt just a few moments ago Merry?" he asked confused. Merry looked at him funny for a few seconds with her pearcing grey-blue eyes then she seemed to hear the question clearly.
"I felt that this was more becomming to my stature is this a problem?" she asked. "Now if you would be do kind as to let me go... I must be on my way, tell Nefret that I shall stop in later on. Good bye Master Ramses." and with that... Merry walked off down the street. Ramses was still quite confused but went on back to his uncle's house without further delay.
AT MERRY & MARISA'S HOUSE:
"Why me? Why do I have to have somewhat of a boy for a sister!" said Marisa walking into her and Merry's bedroom, which their step-sister made them share.
"Is it my fault that Ramses grabbed you instead of me?" countered Merry who was laying on her bed reading one of Ramses' novels.
"No! But what I am saying is that he though I was you and he called me... Merry." said Marisa with a sour face as she sat down on her perfect bed. Merry put the book down.
"Well no duh. I mean we are indentical twins you know." replied Merry walking over to their mirror and taking out her short dark brown hair, only to put it right back up in a low bun.
"That is aside the point Merideth! No well, actually that was the point. Oh well never mind. Just make sure you don't tell our step-sister, or step-father about this. Or Seth either. I am going to have a bath now if you will excuse me Merideth." said Marisa walking out of the room.
Merry went back to 'her' book which she was done, but was reading it again... it was Ramses' book that she had "borrowed".
"MERIDETH! Get down here this instant!" someone belowed from downstairs. Merry sighed and walked slowly down the stairs. Only to be greeted by a hard smack on the face, which sent her flying into the table.
"You kniving little witch! Do you know what will happen if Mr. Emerson finds out where you live! He will sue us for you breaking the window in their house!" yelled Elizabeth, Merry's oldest and only step-sister hitting Merry again.
"It is not my fault that they leave their doors locked." replied Merry narrowly missing another smack from Elizabeth.
"What do you think you are doing!" yelled Seth as he came running down the stairs, Marisa close behind. Merry took that chance to flee out the back door, Marisa ran after her leaving her two yelling step- brother and sister fighting in the lounge.
"Merry, you do know that you deserved one of those hits, right?" asked Marisa walking up beside Merry who had sat down on the curb outside their house.
"Thats was a sad attempt at trying to help me Marisa. I'll climb in through the window later, just make sure that it is unlocked this time." replied Merry standing up, rubbing her cheek where Elizabeth had hit her. "Elizabeth is bigger on properness than you Marisa." "Proper diction in my presence Merideth." replied Marisa before walking back inside the house for the night.
"I think I shall take a little walk and do please leave the window unlocked for me." muttered Merry getting up and starting to walk into the cold night air, searching for something to do.
"Where is she going?" asked Elizabeth when Marisa walked in and Merry did not.
"Leave the both of them alone Elizabeth." said Seth from the other room. Elizabeth looked flustered and truned around to go clean something... again. It was about eleven thirty by the time Merry climbed in the window.
"Took you long enough. I have been worried sick about you Merideth, we do have the privillage of attending... someone's house for lunchen in the morning you know." said Marisa sitting up in her bed and turning on a nearby lamp.
"Oh very funny Marisa, well seeing as though I do not intend on going and wearing a... dress, what an awful word. I am going to return this book to Ramses as this was the one he was in the middle of reading. I shall see you in the morning dear sister and do please leave the window unlocked for me." said Merry walking over to her bed and grabbing Ramses' book then headed for the door once more.
"You shall do no such thing..." started Marisa but she was cut short by Merry jumping out of their window.
"The girl is a freak..."
"I really should have gotten a coat." said Merry as she walked towards Walter and Evelyn's house which was only a few blocks away from her house. Marisa walked out of her room and into Seth's room, who woke with a start.
"Seth. I need you to follow Merideth, I fear that she is going to do something stupid again." said Marisa as Seth started to sit up.
"But when is she not doing something stupid?" asked Seth. Marisa gave him the evil eye. "Alright just pass me over a shirt." said Seth getting up and out of bed, Marisa passed him over a shirt that he had slung over a chair.
UNDER RAMSES' BALCONY:
"Marisa won't be happy that I have to go through a window again..." said Merry starting to climb up the wall. She was at the window sill when she realised that Ramses wasn't asleep yet.
'Go to sleep now or I will hurt you!' thought Merry nearly loseing her footing and plunging down. after Ramses didn't go to sleep for twenty minutes, Merry started to climb over to Nefret's room when someone started to call her name from below.
"Merry! get down right now!" yelled Seth from below her. Merry looked in through Ramses' window only to see that he was right infront of it looking at her.
"Hello Ramses, I was just stopping by to give you back your book which I borrowed frrom you eairler(?). Well I must go now." said Merry handing Ramses his book as he opened up his window then letting go of the wall and letting Seth catch her at the bottom.
"You are going to be in so much trouble if Elizabeth finds out what you did." said Seth dropping Merry on the ground. Merry rolled her eyes at him as she got up, wiping herself off. Ramses looked at the two strangly as Merry and Seth ran onto the street and back to their house.
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