TWO ~~~~~

"Follow me."

Delilah leads us down the staircase and in to a small room with three beds in it.

"The children of the house attend boarding school." she says. "You can have this room until we find a place for you. The sheets are clean."

"Thanks." I say, sitting down on one of the beds.

She smiles at me. "Well aren't you the sweetest? Mind, you're to keep to this room and the next. I would allow you some freedom, but the mistress of the house will go spare if she sees children running about." With that, she exits the room.

"You mean I'm gonna have to share with you guys?" asks Jodie.

"What's wrong with that?" I ask.

"Nothing, just...Nothing."

"I suppose the next room is the bathroom?" says Fred, to change the subject.

"You dorkbot, to quote Jodie." I say. "The bathroom is outside."

"Damn." says Jodie. "I am not using a chamber pot."

"You might not have to." Fred is staring out of the window.

Jodie runs over to see what he's looking at, and eventually I get up and toddle over as well.

Did I mention this house had three floors? Undernteath our window is another window. A bay window. It's not too far away from our floor, and not too far away form the ground either.

"You could get to the garden from here." says Fred. "Without hurting yourself at all."

"Fred, no!"

"Alright, I wasn't gonna try it now." says Fred quickly.

"Good," says Jodie, "You might hurt yourself."

Fred sighs. "So...what do we do now?"

"T-Try to find the Book?" I say.

"No kidding." Jodie rolls her eyes. "It'll either be in one of the bookcases in this house, or it'll be in the library."

"Well I hope it's in here, cus we aren't allowed anywhere else."

Jodie kneels down and starts searching the bookcase. "Nope, not here."

"Next room?" I ask, sounding a bit like a four-year-old.

"Right." Jodie jumps to her feet and tries the door. It doesn't move.

Jodie curses under her breath. "It's locked!"

"Well, that's just great!" I shout. "Now what the heck do we do?!"

"I don't know!" shouts Jodie. "You can't expect me to think for all three of us!"

"I don't!"

"Whatever."

"I am sick of this! I wish we'd never had that stupid book in the first place!" I flop on to the bed, burying my face in the pillow.

"Sam?" asks Jodie.

I don't say anything. A small tremor runs through my body, and I realise I'm crying. Again.

"S-Sam?" Jodie sits on the bed, and gently puts her hand on my back.

I still don't say anything. Jodie starts rubbing my back comfortingly.

"I-It's okay. We'll find it."

"When?!" I ask into the pillow.

"I..." Jodie sighs. "I don't know. I don't know anymore."

Sorry for the short chapter. ^_^;