An adventure to remember
Disclaimer: I do not own Tintin or any of the characters (except my OC). They all belong to Hergé.
Tintin x OC
Rating: K
Notice: This story wont follow the movie version to 100% accuracy.
Chapter 2
Amanda walked next to Tintin for almost ten minutes before starting a conversation again.
'That ship seems to catch a lot of attention.' Amanda said.
'Yeah and I want to know why.' Tintin said.
'It's a beautiful model.' Amanda said.
'Why didn't you want to buy it if you find it beautiful?' Tintin asked.
'Like I was saying before being interrupted I do love model ships but I prefer to go sailing in a real boat than collecting models.' Amanda said. 'My parents own a sailing boat and when I was younger and had more spare time me and my dad would often go sailing.' Amanda continued. 'Where do you live by the way?' Amanda asked Tintin.
'On Labrador Street and where do you live?' Tintin asked.
'I happen to live on the same street.' Amanda said.
'How long have you lived here?' Tintin asked.
'I moved here for almost six months ago.' Amanda said.
'How come we haven't run into each other earlier?' Tintin asked.
'Don't know. I leave early in the morning to get to work and get back late afternoon.' Amanda said. 'What do you work as?' Amanda asked Tintin.
'I'm a journalist.' Tintin said.
'Really!? Have you written any interesting stories?' Amanda asked.
'It depends on what you find interesting.' Tintin said with a tint of a blush.
'If I asked would you let me read them?' Amanda asked.
'If you'd like to.' Tintin said with a laugh in his voice.
On the rest of the way they walked quietly next to each other with a glance in each other directions from time to time. Whenever Amanda would catch the eye contact with Tintin she felt a warm feeling spread in her chests.
'This is my stop.' Amanda said when they reach her home. 'But I guess that I'll see you around.' Amanda said.
'I guess you will.' Tintin said as he continued to his own apartment further down the street.
Later that evening Amanda was making herself ready to go to bed. Since it was a fairly warm night she decided to leave one of her windows open. All of a sudden she heard gunshots further down the street. When she looked out of the window Amanda saw a blue car rush by at a high speed. Feeling both curious and a bit worried she put a jacket on while rushing out and down the street. When she arrived Amanda saw Tintin holding a newspaper and the same man from earlier that morning lying on the floor.
When Tintin heard a scream from the door he looked in that direction and saw Amanda standing in the doorway.
'Amanda!' Tintin yelled while rushing to grab her before she fell. 'What are you doing here?' he asked.
'I heard gunshots and rushed here to see if someone had been hit and needed help.' Amanda said while being led to a ransacked apartment.
'Stay here and calm down.' Tintin said before going back down to wait for an ambulance his landlady had called.
Roughly half an hour later Tintin returned to the apartment to see that Amanda still sat down in the same spot he had left her in.
'Hey. How are you feeling?' Tintin asked Amanda.
'Honestly? I could be better.' Amanda said. 'How is the man that got shot?' Amanda asked Tintin.
'He's been taken to the hospital but it's still uncertain on how his condition is.' Tintin said. 'Do you want tea?' Tintin asked Amanda.
'Yes, that would be lovely.' Amanda said. 'Excuse me for asking. But what happened to your apartment?' Amanda asked while Tintin was busy preparing tea. 'It looks like someone broke in.' Amanda finished.
'Yeah, it seems as if something like that happened.' Tintin said. 'Do you remember the model of the Unicorn I bought this morning?' Tintin asked Amanda while giving her a cup of tea.
'Yeah I remember it.' Amanda said while sipping the tea.
'After I got home I decided to visit the library in hopes of finding more information about it and when I got back someone had broken into the apartment and the ship was gone.' Tintin told Amanda. 'So I somehow thought that I knew who might have taken it and took a trip to Marlinspike Hall. There I found an exact copy of my ship but it turned out that it wasn't my ship. And when I got back a second time this is how my apartment looked like.' Tintin finished.
'And the only thing that was missing is the model of the ship?' Amanda asked.
'Yes which means someone is after whatever the ship is hiding.' Tintin said. 'I read it in a book at the library that it was long thought that the Unicorn was carrying a secret cargo and I'm starting to believe that it is that secret cargo whoever took my model is after.' Tintin said while walking back and forth in front of the fireplace.
'Maybe you'll find out.' Amanda said while covering a yawn with her hand. 'Thank for the tea, it really worked wonder to calm me down.' Amanda said giving Tintin the cup to be put away. 'But I better get back to my own place. If you want I can come by tomorrow to help you clean up this mess.' Amanda said while walking down the stairs.
'Don't you have work?' Tintin asked.
'No, my boss called me earlier and told me that I've earned a few days off from work.' Amanda said. 'I guess I'll be seeing you around Tintin and thank you again for the tea.' Amanda said before walking off.
Tintin looked down at Snowy when he whined for attention. 'I'm sorry Snowy. Did I pay too much attention to Amanda?' Tintin said while scratching Snowy behind his ears. 'It seems like I can't stop thinking about her and I get this weird feeling in my chests when I see her.' Tintin said.
Back at Amandas home she was having similar feelings in her chest and went to bed thinking what the next day might bring.