Well here we are chapter 2! Thanks to cheer95 and MCR-1993 for reviewing!
Nancy Drew waited upstairs impatiently for the arrival of the Hardys. Her father had called up half an hour ago saying that Fenton Hardy had called and they were stuck in traffic. Nancy glumly picked up a slim detective novel and tried to read. Time passed faster than Nancy had expected, "Nancy, the Hardys are here!"
"Can I come down?" Nancy asked as she waited at the top of the stairs.
"No" Carson addressed her. The girl sighed and leaned glumly against the railing.
Carson addressed the Hardys as he opened the door, "Fenton, it's good to see you. Frank, Joe, wow you two are certainly getting tall."
Nancy interrupted her father's greeting, "Hi Mr. Hardy! Hi Frank! Hi Joe! I'd come down but I'm not allowed to!"
Fenton looked up the stairs and said with a smile, "Hello Nancy, it's good to see you."
Eight year-old, blond haired, blue eyed Joe Hardy too looked up the stair well at Nancy, "How come you can't come down?"
Joe's nine year-old, dark haired brother followed his brother's actions, and before he could reprimand his brother Nancy answered, "I'm being kept prisoner!"
"Really?" Joe asked excitedly.
"No you dumb head, she's just joking!" Frank smiled at Nancy.
The two fathers laughed and Carson said, "You two can go on up."
With out another word the boys were racing upstairs to see their friend. As they ran Fenton called out, "And try to stay out of trouble!"
"We will!" they sang out.
The two men laughed and then headed toward Carson's study to try to get some work done.
"Hi Nancy!" Joe fairly screamed at his red haired friend.
"Shhh!" Nancy reprimanded him, "I want to make sure they go into the study." Sure enough there was a click as the office door was shut. With a smile Nancy turned to the Hardys, "Sorry I yelled Joe, you were just being loud."
"It's okay," Joe said in a loud whisper, "Why did you have to make sure they went into the study?"
Nancy glanced at the two Hardys, "Come on, let's talk in my room, that way we won't be over heard."
Frank nodded and walked in step with Nancy. Well, walked next to her as she hopped down the hall on her crutches. Joe trailed behind already lost in another thought.
Nancy paused at a white door, turned the knob and pushed the door open with her crutch. Eight year old Joe Hardy was surprised; the room wasn't three shades of pink! It wasn't even one. He thought all girls had their rooms painted pink, "Wow Nancy, I thought girls all had their rooms painted pink! Yours is blue and white!"
The room was indeed blue and white, the wall paper was striped in the two colors and part the furniture was white wicker, the bed and the desk were a painted white wood. A desk sat in front of one of the tree windows and the bed sat between the other two. A set of double doors hide the closet. A second door was open to reveal a spotless blue and white themed bathroom.
"Bravo Joe! I'm glad you finally know your colors!" Frank rolled his eyes at his younger brother.
Joe glared at his brother. Before he could speak Nancy interrupted him, "You two can fight later. Right now we have a lot of work to do."
"What?" Frank asked as the girl hopped toward the window beside the bed.
"Well like I said earlier, I'm not allow to go down the stairs-"
Nancy was interrupted by the younger Hardy, "How come?"
"Because I sprained my ankle last week and my dad said I wasn't aloud to walk down the stairs, he wants me to stay in bed for TWO weeks! But I can't survive another week! It's summer, I want to escape outside for awhile…and you two are going to help me," Nancy paused and looked at the brothers, "If you don't mind…"
Frank grinned, "I'm game."
Nodding energetically, Joe added, "I'm good at being bad, my mom says that a lot!"
Nancy and Frank laughed, "I'll bet she does say that. Now," Nancy paused and hopped toward the window beside the bed.
"Wait Nancy, you can't jump out the window!" Frank said nervously as he followed Nancy to the window, "It's too high!"
"It doesn't look that far down-"
Joe started but Frank clapped his hand over his brother's mouth, "Shut up, you're not involved-"
Nancy once again interrupted the brothers, "I'm not going to jump out the window! I'd probably break all the bones in my body!"
"Then why did you walk over here?" Frank wanted to know.
"To get the plans." Nancy answered.
"Oh," Frank said, "What plans?"
"The escape plans!" Nancy said with a slightly evil grin. The girl reached out the window and felt around on the right side. "Aha!" With a smile, Nancy pulled a few sheets of paper inside.
"Are those the plans?" Joe asked excitedly.
"Yes they are." Nancy said with a smile as she hobbled over to her desk where she speard out the papers.
Frank glanced back at the window then asked, "Where were they hidden?"
"I put them in the siding so nobody would accidentally find them," Nancy said.
Frank glanced over her shoulder. There were two sheets of paper. The first was a drawing of what looked like the entire Drew house. Each room was labeled and there were 3 Xs in two different rooms, "What are the Xs?" Frank asked.
"That is Hannah," Nancy said pointing toward the X in the room marked 'kitchen', "And those are our dads," she continued as she pointed to the room marked study.
Joe looked confused so Nancy explained further, "This is where they have to be for the plan to work."
"Oh," Joe said.
"Okay-" Nancy stopped speaking at the sound of foot steps on the stairs, "Uh-oh, Hannah!"
Nancy handed the plans to Frank, "Quick put these back in the siding!"
Frank rushed to the window and easily placed the plans in a safe spot. When Frank turned around Nancy and Joe had pulled out a board game and where setting up the pieces to look like the trio had been playing. Frank sat down just as Hannah opened the door.
"Hi Hannah!" Nancy said, "We were just playing Sorry."
"That sounds like fun. Are you ready for a break, I have lunch and I thought you boys might like to eat up here with Nancy." The boys nodded excitedly at the mention of food.
Hannah set down a basket that resembled a picnic basket, "I thought it might be fun to have a picnic, that way you can all sit on the floor and the blanket will keep the crumbs off the floor." Hannah set out the blanket and moved the basket to the middle of the blanket, "Well, have fun, I'll come and get the basket in about half an hour."
The three kids thanked the kindly house keeper. Nancy opened the basket and pulled out three sandwiches, three peaches, three mini bags of potato chips, a thermos of lemonade, three cups, and finally three of Hannah's famous M&M chocolate cookies.
"Are we going to eat first?" Joe asked eyeing the food.
"Yep, then when Hannah takes the basket to the kitchen we'll start the plan." The trio dug hungrily into the food.
It only took the group about 15 minutes to eat and the trio started to get ready for the mission. Nancy handed Joe a pair of flip-flops and said, "Okay, you can go through the bathroom to get to the guest room. Just open the window and drop them."
"Why?" Joe asked as her held the shoes.
"So I'll have a pair of shoes once we get outside." Nancy answered as she pushed Joe toward the bathroom door.
Just at that moment the door open and Hannah steeped inside. Joe shoved the shoes behind his back and smiled sweetly. "Hi Hannah!" All three sang out.
"Hello just came to get the lunch basket." Hannah saw the guilty look on Joe's face but she just assumed he was being his silly eight year old self. She shook her head as she left the room.
As soon as Hannah was out the door, a collective sign when through out the room, "That was close," Frank said. Nancy nodded in agreement and Joe quickly headed for the guest room, "I'll go make sure she goes to the kitchen."
Nancy agreed. Frank peered out the door then snuck toward the stairs. He slowly climbed down a few stairs and peeked through the railing. He was just in time to see Hannah enter the kitchen. Thinking, Frank decided to check to make sure his father and Carson Drew were in the study. He crept down the rest of the stairs and dashed across the entry way and inclined his head to listen at the door. Sure enough he heard two voices talking inside. Frank headed for the stairs but paused out side the kitchen door. He could hear faint strands of music and the sound of running water. Satisfied, Frank made his way back to Nancy's room.
He opened the door and Nancy motioned for him to come to the desk, "Did she go to the kitchen?"
Frank nodded, "Yep, and the dads are in the study."
"Good, I'm glad you checked on them." Nancy said. She had pulled out the papers again and Frank could see the second paper. It was a list. "Okay we've done everything on the list," Nancy said as she scanned the list, "It's time for The Great Escape!"
Nancy grinned at the brothers and gave them both high fives, "Okay, this is what we'll do…"
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