DISCLAIMER: See Chapter 1 for Proper Disclaimer.

Author's Note: Ok, after getting, not 2 not 5, but SEVEN reviews for chapter 1 I love you guys! You all get cookies and a piece of Riley! Share him nicely, ladies! ;)

Dimonah Tralon- I really didn't get to do a National Treasure 1 fanfic, but I think I should, since I've watched that movie about 5 times already to know the plot to that one...

propheticllusion (if i spelt that right...)- yes, this does take place in Book of Secrets. I happen to love Riley more in this one, because of his witty quotes (don't get me wrong, i love the first one too. this one was hilarious with his british accent coming out more here than the first one.)

And now, without further ado...chapter two of 'Boy Next Door'!

Alex was driving her car as Ben told Riley about Mitch Wilkinson. Alex recalled the conversation she had with Ben that afternoon…

(FLASHBACK!)

"How bad is it?" Alex asked her older brother on her cell phone.

Pretty bad, Alex…you might wanna sit down for this… Ben said with a sulky sigh.

"Tell me straight-forward, Ben—what happened?"

Well, I had that lecture with Dad today and it was going real well. Then, this Mitch Wilkinson shows up with a page from John Booths' diary…

"Wait, wait…one of THE missing pages from the Booths' diary?" Alex asked, a bit confused for the moment.

Yeah, Alex. And, guess whose name was on it? Great-Grandfather Thomas Gates, and Wilkinson thinks that he was one of the conspirators of Lincoln's assassination.

Alex's eyes bulged out of her head at Ben's news. She could feel her knees shake a little from hearing this.

"There's no way! I'm pretty sure that Great-grandfather Thomas wasn't part of the ones behind killing President Lincoln…in fact, from what I remember reading from Great-great-aunt Elizabeth Gates' diary, he didn't help kill Lincoln…" Alex said as she became a bit more and more furious.

Great-Great Aunt Betsy had a diary? I didn't know that…

"Yeah…and both her and grandpa Gates confirmed that Thomas never actually commit the murder, since he was killed when he realized something…something to do with what he was doing before he died…I don't remember," Alex said as she sighed into the phone.

Good. Can you go and pick up Riley for me, please? I might need his help with something, Ben said before he hung up on his younger sister.

"So much for me asking why…" Alex said as she put her phone away and got into her car.

(END FLASHBACK!)

"I bet that it's another treasure hunt, Ben…" Alex said as she interrupts Ben.

"No, it's not-wait, yes it is…" Ben said.

"And you want Riley's hacking skills to come in handy so that we could steal Abby's ID to look at that page you and dad were talking about?" Alex asked as she parked the car near the end of the driveway to Ben's former house that he shared with Abigail. "So, let me get this straight: you wanna do this while she's out on her date, right?" Alex added as she turned in her seat to face Ben.

"A date with whom? The White House curator?" Ben asked.

"Why would Abigail date—?" Riley asked with a gagging look on his face.

"I don't even bother with her dating life after Ben…besides, she was better off with you, Ben…seriously better with you than with anybody else…" Alex said to her older brother as the three exited the Toyota Rav4.

"I can't believe we have to break into your own house," Riley said as the three walked from the driveway to the front door.

"I'll agree with ya on that…" Alex said as she put her hands into her pocket and found something in there that she made a confused face for five seconds, but shook it away with her a shake of her head.

"I need Abigail's ID badge; she has access to the Booth diary page," Ben replied.

"Why not ask for her help then?" Riley asked.

"I bet she switched the code on ya when she kicked you out, huh Ben?" Alex asked.

"Yes…she did. She's not going to talk to me."

"We have 30 seconds after the alert starts to disable the alarm," Riley said as Ben pulled out a key from his pocket.

Alex, Ben and Riley entered the house as Riley set up to disable the alarm. While he was doing that, Alex pulled the item from her pocket and her eyes widen a bit. She decided to replace the item back into her pocket with a small grin. By the time she did that, Riley had just cracked the code.

"You did that in twenty-five seconds," Ben announced.

"You're slipping," Alex just said as the three headed up the stairs.

"I'm not slipping," Riley said.

"Riles, even I can break the code in half the time that you did it in…and I thought that you would hack into the system within 15 seconds," Alex replied as she headed straight for where Abigail kept her ID badge. "Got it," she added as she pocketed the item.

Ben then noticed a car coming into the driveway.

"That's not Abigail's car…" Ben said.

Alex swore under her breath as the three headed down the steps. Alex then did the most unlikely thing ever: she sat down near the foyer and pulled the morning paper from a small pile on one of the end tables. Ben hissed a 'What are you doing?' to her, but Alex didn't listen as she read the paper in silence.

'I could have told them that I did have the code in my pocket…oh well,' Alex said in her mind as she let out a sigh as Abigail and Connor entered the house.

Upon entering her home, Abigail noticed Alex sitting on a chair, reading quietly at her spot.

"Alex…nice seeing you again. How was your lecture for today?" Abigail asked as Alex looked up to see Ben's ex-girlfriend and Connor, the White House Curator.

"Hey, Abby. Class was very interesting today, I have to say. How was the Museum? Busy as ever?"

"Likewise. Hacked into my system besides breaking into the house?"

"Nah…spare key was underneath your rug and your code is the date of the Battle of Trenton…in numeral order of the battalions," Alex replied back as she flipped the page of the paper.

"I see…" Abigail said just as Ben made his entrance.

Alex just read the paper as she tuned out the argument between Ben and Abigail. Riley, who had just come out of hiding when Abigail called out his name, walked over to Connor and introduced himself.

"Right…Ben's assistant," Connor said.

Alex hissed between her teeth as she heard that part. She shook her head as she heard Connor starting to leave.

"Awkward," Riley said as Alex nodded her head.

"Very awkward indeed, my good Watson," Alex said with a Sherlock Holmes impression as she turned the page again for the paper.

" I cannot believe you three broke in," Abigail said to Ben just as Connor was out the door.

"Not my idea for once," Alex said.

"What did you take?"

"Nothing that you might have missed, Abby."

Abigail stopped in front of Ben before walking over to Alex. She stuck her hand out in front of Alex, who didn't take notice till after she looked up.

"What?"

"Hand it over, whatever it is that Ben made you hide in your pocket," Abigail said.

"Darn…and here, I thought I would have gotten away Scot-free for once," Alex said as she handed over Abigail's ID badge to its owner.

"I need to take a look at the Booth diary page," Ben said flatout.

"You saw the page yourself. There is no treasure map on it," Abigail said.

"Ah-HA!! I knew it! I knew it from the start that it was going to lead to another treasure hunt…" Alex said as she leapt to her feet.

Riley smiled at Alex's reaction to Ben's statement. As Ben and Abigail argued more, the four walked down one of the numerous hallways.

"…you can have the Boston tea tables," Ben said, which caused Abigail to stop in her tracks.

As soon as Alex heard that, she ran in front of her brother to protest.

"No, you're not giving her those! Grandpa promised those to me…even Dad can vouch for me on this," Alex said, hoping that Abigail wouldn't take the bribe.

"Both of them?" Abigail asked as she turned to face Ben.

"And, yet another fruitless attempt…" Alex said as she sighed, her head low in defeat.

Author's Note: Ok, you know the drill. Click on the Review button and I might throw in Ian into the reviews as well as Richard Sharpe (which, if you must, the two are protrayed by the same person...the wonderful, yet charming, Sean Bean)