CHAPTER 11
Ruth was waiting for me after school. Not that I really care- I didn't even hitched a ride with her this morning. Nor did I hitch a ride with Skip and his third twin, Eric-what's-his-name. I got Mike to drive me instead, threatening him once again to tell mum about the little incident in the kitchen if he didn't.
What can I say? I'm such a nice sister.
The minute Ruth saw me however, she walked towards me.
Red alert. I see doomsday in her eyes.
"Look," she said, "you're not still that angry now are you? I mean, it was such a silly thing to get all worked up over, don't you think?"
I wasn't that angry or pissed anymore actually, and I do need rides back and forth to school. But just to get back at her a little bit, I didn't immediately make truce.
"No, I don't think it was such a silly thing. I mean, I was going to tell you something really really important yesterday and you totally blew me off for those so-called 'influential people'. You and I both know they're jerks, Ruth."
"Okay, okay, fine, I admit I was wrong. If my way of apologizing would be to drive you as usual to school, even to drop by that Jerk's ", by that she meant Rob, "would you forgive me?"
I pretended like I was considering it for a minute.
"Okay," I replied, smiling as she hugged me.
Just then, the sound of the Indian was heard. Ahh, my knight in leather jacket has arrived.
"Rob's here. I gotta go but I'll catch up with you later, alright? I gotta go somewhere with him."
He stopped right in front of us, and honked. Not very loudly, but just loud enough to indicate that he's here and he's not going to wait for long.
I waved to Ruth and she walked off to her car. Rob passed me his extra helmet- my unofficial helmet- and I gave him a quick kiss before I got on the bike behind him.
And then we rode off, back to the Disgusting House.
The door creaked when Rob opened it.
And it was dark, as usual.
"Can you please explain to me, why we must come back here? I mean, they obviously took the saw from us last night so it's sure like hell not here anymore." He said, looking back so that he could look at me.
"You know Rob, sometimes I think you talk more than me. A lot more." I replied him and walked front, to the living room, a torchlight in hand.
There, at that one corner, was the ropes that had been used by Mr. Anonymous to tie Rob and me. It looked untouched; exactly how we had left it the night before. It took me 10 seconds to realize what was actually happening to us now.
"Damn."
"…And by that you mean?" Came Rob's reply from the kitchen. I could hear his footsteps getting closer to where I was standing.
"We are so at a dead end. I mean, think about it- no more leads or clues, nor is there any evidence of anything! We don't even have any suspects!" I exploded in frustration.
Gosh, how could I not realize this last night!
"Oh yeahhhh."
"Damn," both of us said in unison as we headed back to Rob's Indian, each with thoughts of our own. In my head though, one specific sentence was repeating over and over, like a mantra;
I'm at a dead end.
A/N: Hey all! ;)Know what? If you're REALLY lucky, i might update chapter 12 by end of next week (I'm on holiday for a week ;p) I have a few paragraph written for chapter 12 (wrote it during my Art exam a few days ago- yes I was bored that time :p) and a storyline of how it should turn out but of course I don't know yet :S
anyways, thanks for still sticking to my story :) here's the reply to reviews:-
fuzzidom: hey you! how are you? I hope you like this chapter (its nothing much, don't you think:I) But yes, this update is for you ;D (everytime i think about you and everybody else who's waiting for an update i feel guilty :S) don't forget to review:D
Anna and Sarah-Louise: Hey you two:) Thanks for reading ;) I hope you like this story- or at least this chapter? ;p the reason why i did that part was actually because I hope there was more scenes of Rob and Jess together dating and stuff and right after I'd finished reading the 4th book i was immeediately inspired to write that scene- which started everything after that :p I appreciate your opinions though (I thought it might be a bit out of character too :p) yes i hope there's a book 5 too but according to Meg Cabot- last I heard- she doesn't have any ideas yet on book 5 so until then there will be no book 5 :S please review again:)
EasyTiger: hey! I lovelovelove your review :) very sweet yet it gave me a boost to continue :D thanks so much for liking the Talk part- it was kind of hard to write actually :p hope you keep on reading and reviewing sweet-inspiring reviews! ;)
cassie89: hey! Thank you for you review! I love it when readers say they love the chapter or story itself- very inspiring :D Hmm can't say much about Eric yet :p i have plans for him and Jess but I can't seem to insert it into the story but we'll see ;p please keep reviewing:)
Erica30: hey! Thanks for reviewing ;) I think i must apologise to you for my slowness in updating :I It's just that i'm actually normally either busy or somehow out of idea to write so i take a long, longggg time to update :S I'm sorry again but i'll do my best in future ;) and about my grammar mistakes, i have a confession to make: i'm not actually very good in grammar- i'm better in spelling :p i did grammar check with the computer but everytime it would say everything is fine so i'm really sorry if there really is a lot of mistakes- i'll learn and improve ;) and about the kissing scene (another confession :p) I don't want to reveal my age just yet but I've never been kissed- I wrote the scenes through the many romance books thatI've read- which means it's not entirely original buti think will do for the story:p i hope you'll review again though :)
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