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She Will Be Loved
National Treasure™
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing from National Treasure…sadly.
Chapter Thirteen
Kyle and Riley ran all the back to the store that Ben and Abigail are at. They stop at the front of it and try to catch their breath.
"What was that all about?" Riley asks gasping for air.
"I saw Ian." She pants, standing up straight, putting her hands behind her head.
Riley takes a deep breath before saying anything further, "That's just…GREAT." He remarks as he starts heading into the store.
Kyle shakes her head and walks in after him, up the stairs over to Ben and Abigail who are currently paying for their new outfits. They look rather snazzy.
"Did you get it?"Ben asks as the two young adults walk up to them.
"Oh, we got it." Riley answers with excitement.
Kyle smiles and recites the clue that she memorized the best she could, "the vision to see the treasured past comes as the timely shadow crosses in front of the house of pass and stow." She finishes with a grin.
"Now, Pass and Stow referring to-" Ben and Abigail cut Riley off.
"The Liberty Bell." The both say, now trying to think.
"Why do you always have to do that?" Riley asks in frustration.
Kyle pats his shoulder in sympathy.
"Well, John Pass and John Stow cast the bell," says Abigail.
"Okay. Well, then, what does the rest of this mean?" asks Riley, looking at Ben and Abigail then to Kyle who just merely shrugs.
Ben then starts pacing a little and thinking. Deeply thinking, before he stops with a smile growing.
"Wait, the vision to see the treasured past, must refer to a way to read the map," says Ben.
Kyle gives him a "duh" look right after he says this.
"I thought the cipher was the map," says Riley who's clearly confused.
"No, the cipher was a way to find the way to read the map," Ben explains.
"And the way to read the map can be found where the timely shadow crosses in front of the Liberty Bell," Abigail says stepping a little closer to Ben.
"Crosses in front of the house of the Liberty Bell. Independence Hall," says Ben.
"Right, so timely shadow...it's a specific time," Abigail says also thinking about it.
"Uh, what time?" Kyle asks.
"What time? What time? Wait, wait, you're going to love this," Ben says very excitedly to Abigail, "Excuse me, can I see one of those hundred dollar bills I paid you with?" he asks the cashier.
"No," she says giving Ben a suspicious look.
"Well, uh, I have this diver's watch. It's called a submariner. I dive with it. It's actually quite valuable. You can use it as collateral," says Ben taking off his watch and handing it to the cashier.
"Whatever," she says and takes the watch.
"Thank you," says Ben.
Ben turns to face Abigail, Kyle and Riley with an excited look on his face like little kid who got first bike.
"On the back of the hundred-dollar bill is an etching on Independence Hall, based on a painting..." Ben starts to say
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"Hello," the cashier interrupts handing him the bill.
"Thank you," he says to her and continues without skipping a beat, "in the 1780's, who and the artist was actually a friend of Benjamin Franklin's. It's wonderful," says Ben to the cashier.
"Fascinating," says the cashier, but not very interested.
"Who pissed in her cereal bowel this morning?" Kyle mumbles causing Riley to try and keep his laughter in.
"Hold this," Ben says passing the container with the Declaration to Abigail ignoring what Kyle had just said.
"Okay," she says going to sling it over her shoulder.
Ben pulls it back and looks at her.
"I'm not going anywhere," she says.
They smile at each other. Kyle and Riley frown wanting to figure this out.
"Now, I think that if we look at this clock tower, we may find the specific time," says Ben flipping the bill over and picking up one of the water bottles sitting on the counter.
Ben holds the water bottle to magnify the back of the bill so he can see the clock.
"What do you see?" Abigail asks looking over his shoulder.
"2:22," replies Ben.
'Well, what time is it now?" Riley asks.
"Almost 3," says the cashier looking at Ben's watch that she was holding.
Ben looks at Rile and Kyle then back at Abigail.
"We missed it," Abigail whines slightly.
"No, we didn't," says Riley looking to Ben, "We didn't miss it because...uh...you don't know this? I-I know something about history that you don't," gloats Riley.
"I'd be very excited to learn about it, Riley," says Ben, flatly.
"Well, hold on a second, let me just..." Riley relaxes his body and takes a breath, "let me just take in this moment. This is...this is cool," he says looking around, "Is this how you feel all the time? Because, you know...except for now, of course," he says looking back at Ben.
Ben looks at him weird while Abigail and Kyle are getting irritated with his ego. Kyle slaps his arm hard.
"Riley!" both women yell at him.
Riley looks taken back and rubs his arm where Kyle had hit him, "Alright. What I know is that daylight savings wasn't established until World War I. If it's 3 PM now, okay, that means in 1776, it would be 2 pm," he finishes and throws a glare at Kyle and Abigail.
"Let's go." Abigail says walking off with Ben hot on her heels after exchanging the cashier the bill for his watch.
Kyle runs to catch to catch up with other two, Riley right behind her.
"Do you who the first person was to suggest Day Light Saving's time?" Riley asks.
"Benjamin Franklin." The other three answer together causing Riley to stomp his foot on the ground in defeat.
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