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Illinois
Ben's Perspective
I woke up at 7am. I wanted to see Lincoln's entire house, but before that, we had to find it.
"Sweetheart wake up." I hugged Abi to me and kissed her lips gently.
"That's a really nice way to wake up, darling." She smiled and kissed me once again. "Who wakes Ri up?" Nobody really liked to wake up a tired Riley.
"I'll wake him up, as long I don't need to kiss him to do it!" I closed my eyes and kissed her for the third time that morning, more passionately than before.
"No, you don't have to wake him this way. I must admit, I would be a little jealous and Riley wouldn't be thrilled." Abi teased.
We both stood up, she headed to the bathroom and I went to Riley's bed and sat down beside him. "Ri! Wake up." I ordered and stroked some hairs out of his forehead, not wanting to wake him up in a rude manner like the previous mornings. I rested my hand on his shoulder, patting it slightly.
He tensed and let out a yawn. "Are you awake?" I asked him with a smile when I saw how young and innocent he looked. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and nodded. "Yeah. But today I'm actually looking forward to the long carried so I can sleep." I helped him sit up.
"It's only a half of an hour to Lincoln's house." I hauled him to his feet and gave him a gentle shove to his prepared clothes.
He went into the bathroom after Abi came out. I went in when he was finished.
When we finally go into the car I was excited to see the house of my favorite president.
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Riley's Perspective
"It's only a half of an hour to Lincoln's house." I repeated Ben's statement from before. "Sure Ben. We've been searching for nearly an hour, now"
"Riley. You've been getting on my nerves this whole trip. If you don't shut up, we are never going to find it." Ben told me through gritted teeth.
I glared at him from the backseat. It wasn't my fault! It was his fault; he forgot the map in the motel, not me! But yeah, it was typical for him to blame anybody else. Usually, he was a really great friend. But right now, I didn't want him to acknowledge him as a friend.
I broke my gaze, when his angry eyes locked with mine in the mirror. I couldn't really stand fighting with him. I hated it when he was mad. We had fought way too often during this trip.
"You know Riley, if you want to be useful you can take out your laptop and search for the way." Ben ordered.
"No, Ben!" I glared again at him.
"No?" His and my eyes locked again for a moment. Abi remained silent, she have learned not to interrupt.
"Yeah, no! Try to find something by yourself for once." I crossed my arms in front of my chest, Abi let out a frustrated sigh.
"Was that a hint?" He asked with a dangerous voice.
"A hint for what, Benny?" Shit, that was too much. I really didn't want to say that. I just couldn't shut up.
"I don't know, you tell me." He turned around for a brief moment. I looked away, not wanting to meet his gaze and bit my lower lip.
"You're not talking about the treasure hunts, are you Riley?" He asked when I didn't make an answer.
"Ben, Riley. I'm really beginning to hate being on this vacation with you two. You're totally go on my nerves with your fighting- not fighting- fighting- not fighting. Would you please decide in which state you're going to stay in? And I'm entirely sure I know exactly which choice you'll make!" Abi was angry and I understood her. But I couldn't help being defensive, Ben was the one who usually got mad faster.
"Abi, I don't want to fight with him, but when I'm angry I can't just ignore it!" Yea, this was a reaction from Ben I had expected.
"And I don't want to be blamed for something that's not my fault," I said with a glare at Ben.
"I didn't blame you." Ben held his gaze on the street.
"You did. You just said that if I would stop nagging or whining, you could find our destination faster. Do you realize that you're the one who forgot the map?" My voice was surprisingly calm though my blood boiled.
"I don't want to talk to you." Ben mumbled.
I opened my mouth to say something, but Abi held a hand in the air to silence me, before I could speak.
"Ben, he's right. You blamed him and you don't want to admit that you've done something wrong. Believe me, I know." Ben swallowed.
"Ha, ha, thanks Abi." I cheered.
"Oh, I'm not done, yet." She said and turned around to face me.
"I should have known. An Abigail Chase is never done." I glanced at her but looked away when I saw that death glare on her face.
"Sorry." I apologized.
"Riley, that's why you two fight all the time, and to be perfectly honest, I understand why Ben is getting annoyed at you. You're always whining and nagging and those comments of yours get really annoying." She turned around, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Don't you think you'd be as mad as me when your so called best friend has blamed you fo-..."
"For something, you didn't do, I know Riley. Okay, I would be angry, and I just admitted it. But you were whining and nagging before. So that's not a very good excuse." Abi stated.
"Hm, okay, but..." again I was interrupted, this time by Ben who parked.
"We're here. And I found it. Without help." He pronounced the last sentence and I glared at him.
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After we got out of the car, Ben paid for three tickets. I smiled despite myself when I watched him; he behaved like a child on his first theatre-visit. I knew he adored Abraham Lincoln and even though we were fighting, I didn't want to spoil this for him. So I remained quiet.
"That's amazing." Ben stammered.
We were in the Sitting Room and Ben stared at the fireplace with wide eyes. My attention was on the wallpaper. 'Glad that isn't modern.' I thought. But then I turned to Ben.
"You know that you look like a little kid in a candy shop, Ben?" I asked him, when I reached his side.
"I can't imagine, that Abraham Lincoln lived here with his family. Right here, he had birthday parties for his kids, and relaxed with his sons, his daughter, his wife, his dog and his cats." He shook his head.
"Ben, you're amazing, his dog and his cats?" I laughed.
"Yeah, he had numerous cats and a dog named Fido." He said matter of factly.
"Fido! You're really obsessed, but you're cool though." I said and gave him a one-arm hug, before I turned around and went to the Stair hall.
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Ben's Perspective
I looked after him; sometimes he surprised me. Once minute he was acting like an annoying nag and in the next he behaved like a little brother.
"Oh, nice, you decided to get along again for how long, this time?" Abi took my hand and kissed it.
"I don't know." I answered truthfully.
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Fido :-) I laughed so hard, when I was reading it on the internet... That's great :-) I am very interested in the history of the USA and I really like Lincoln,... some of his statements were very cool... and I loved to read something about his private life...
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