Here's chapter three!

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Ellie's POV

Sean is planning something, he must be. Why would he start being nice to me if he wasn't plotting my downfall? We were currently sitting in his uncle Trevor's 'lab' which was more of a classroom then a lab. He was babbling on about how physics was the science of today while typing on his computer while Sean was grumbling and whining about how we should have waited until tomorrow. I took this time to study him, thinking that maybe I missed something. He was still wearing his beanie, hiding his chocolate hair that looked so soft. His brown eyes were looking weary with the lack of sleep we had had today, but they still held that little sparkle that let me know he was thinking of something snaky to say to lighten the mood. As my eyes travelled southwards I realised, for the first time, that Sean had not only grown taller then me but he had muscle on his arms and chest.

"Hey, Ellie, are you ok?" I heard his voice say and quickly shook my head, ridding me of my mixed thoughts.

"Yeah, just tired." I mumbled. He nodded before turning back to his uncle. I followed suite, deciding I needed a distraction.

"Here it is." he said, pointing at the computer screen. It was full of countries and seismic activity ratings. Only three names were highlighted. "You see: Mongolia, Bolivia and Hawaii. And the conditions today are almost exactly the same as they were in July 97." he said. Sean looked confused.

"What happened in July 97?" he asked. Trevor gave him a sorry look.

"Sean that's the year your dad went missing." he said, sounding sad himself. Sean lowered his gaze from the screen and I knew that he was thinking about his dad again. I felt sorry for him and patted his back, trying to be comforting. He looked up at me, his brown eyes giving me a silent thanks. Our moment was interrupted by Trevor, who was pointing at his screen. "See now this level reads 753. If it read 752 then it would be…" he stopped when I pointed at the screen.

"It does say 752." I said. His eyes widened.

"Exactly the same." he murmured. Sean shifted beside me and I turned, letting Trevor drool over the numbers, to see him looking at a computer screen. It held an image of a world map with four little red dots over four different countries. Mongolia, Bolivia, Hawaii and Iceland.

"Hey what do these little blips mean?" he asked, tapping the screen.

"Hey don't touch anything, those little blips are my life's work."

"These four little blips are your life's work?" he asked.

"Three, three little blips." he said, holding up three fingers and not taking his eyes of his screen. Sean raised his eyebrows as he twisted the computer screen around. I tapped Trevor on his shoulder and he turned to look.

"One, two, three…four." Sean said, tapping each blip. Trevor looked over at us and his jaw dropped.

"Iceland." he whispered.

"This makes sense." Trevor said as he rushed into his house, me and Sean trailing behind him. I was officially too tired to ask many questions but Sean seemed wide awake. "Max saw the readings ten years ago and he took off to investigate. Now if the readings are the same today as they were then…then maybe this is a chance to finally find out what happened." he ranted while I flopped down into one of his chairs. "Sean, Ellie, you two are going to need your passports." he said as he began packing a backpack. This perked some interest from me.

"For what?" me and Sean said at the same time. I blushed but looked away.

"I'm sorry guys but I'm going to need to get you to Canada a little earlier then I planned." he said. That I didn't like.

"What are you talking about?" Sean asked, looking a little mad.

"I'm talking about this: A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. It was set in Iceland which is where Max must of gone." Trevor explained as he threw the book at Sean. I looked over at the book and saw that the pages were littered with scribbled notes.

"These are my dads notes?" Sean asked, flicking through the notes.

"Look…" Trevor started, looking at Sean. "…Max and I…Your dad and I were talking about the possibility of volcanic tubes existing…that went down past the mantle, towards the centre of the earth." I snorted.

"That's impossible." I said and Trevor glared at me.

"And I think that's what he went looking for. I gotta get you guys on a flight to Canada and then call Iceland-air." he said as he picked up the phone.

Sean and I shared a look before Sean stood up to Trevor.

"No, no, look." Sean said as he unplugged the phone.

"Hey." Trevor complained. I rolled my eyes.

"I just got here ok? Your not getting rid of me that easily." he argued. He then glanced at me and his eyes softened. "Or Ellie." now he was defending me? "And besides, we were the ones who found your life's work fourth blip thingy in the first place." now he's including me? Ok something's definitely wrong with him.

"Whoa that's my brother you're talking about." Trevor responded.

"Yeah and he's my dad!" Sean snapped back. I had never seen him act so passionately about something before. "Now me and Ellie don't have to be in Ottawa for ten days. We're going with you." he said with a finalised tone. Trevor raised his eyebrows.

"Do you know how much it costs to book three last minute flights to Reykjavik?" Trevor asked.

"Something tells me you got it covered." Sean responded, pointing at Trevor's coin jars. I sighed, standing up and heading out the room. "Ellie? Where are you going?" Sean called after me.

"Getting my stuff!" I shouted behind me. As I was walking into my room, I could hear Trevor and Sean talking. It seemed to be about me so I tiptoed back over to the doorway.

"She's pretty grumpy sometimes." Trevor commented. I'm grumpy. I thought I was just tired, but if he thinks I'm always like this…

"Give her a break, it was a long drive up here and she hasn't slept since we picked her up this morning, at ." why was Sean sticking up for me again?

"Why are you defending her? I thought you two hated each other." Trevor asked. Thank you, now I might get some answers.

"Well…I don't exactly, you know…hate her." Sean mumbled and I could practically see him blushing. I on the other hand felt a little happier. Sean didn't hate me? Did I still hate him? I guess I'll find out soon enough. I could hear Trevor chuckling.

"You like her. You like her. Sean likes a girl." he sung childishly. He's like my elementary school friends all over again.

"Shut up Trevor. I'm going to bed." Sean grumbled. I quietly bolted from the hall and leaped into my bed. I heard the door open and felt light flood onto my face. I kept my eyes closed as I heard a sigh that sounded like it came from Sean. "I don't know what it is about you that makes me hate and like you at the same time." he mumbled before he shut the door and walked off. Feeling my eyes grow heavy, I decided to sleep on my confused thoughts, only one question in my mind.

'What if I had responded when he said that?'

I gulped as we all found our seats on the plane. I didn't like planes, something this heavy shouldn't be able to fly. I slipped into the window seat, Sean next to me and Trevor on the end. As the captain started his usual safety terms and flight times, I started my inner breathing cycle to keep calm. In, out, in, out. That all amounted to nothing when the plane started moving. My hands flew to the arm rests and I gripped them for dear life. Take off was the worst part because all I can imagine at this moment is the plane not being able to lift, the pilot loosing control and all of us dying in a horrible explosion as the plane crashes into the airport. As we picked up speed I shut my eyes, my head starting to feel light.

"Hey Ellie, is everything ok?" Sean asked. I shook my head, keeping my eyes closed.

"I don't like planes. I'm fine with heights but something this big and heavy shouldn't be able to fly." I said in one breath. I could feel my hands hurting as I continued to squeeze any life out of the arm rests. Suddenly the pressure on my right hand lessened, also becoming warm. I cracked open my eyes to see Sean gently taking my hand in his, rubbing it gently with his thumb.

"Everything's goanna be fine, Ellie. Don't worry." he said calmly in my ear. I shivered at his breath against my neck.

I looked up at him and smiled thankfully. There was a second there, a moment where all I could see were his eyes, his soft caring coffee brown eyes. He must have leaned closer then I anticipated when he whispered to me. He was staring right at me, his gaze never wavering from my green eyes until they flickered down to glance at my lips. He started leaning in and I started doing the same, all thoughts fleeing my brain. Just as I thought he was going to kiss me, the plane jolted as it left the runway. I gasped and buried my face in Sean's neck. He stiffened but rubbed my back soothingly.

"Why don't you try and get some more sleep?" he said quietly. I nodded. I hadn't gotten much sleep last night, to busy thinking about how awful this take off was going to be. I was about to pull away, but Sean kept his arm around my shoulders. "You can stay. It's better then the window." I sighed and let my head drop onto his shoulder, falling into a surprisingly easy sleep.

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