Chapter Seven
That night, I was in my room listening to music on my iPod, when I heard a knock at my door.
Of course it was Josiah, ready for our "date".
I opened the door.
"Hello," he greeted.
"Hi," I replied.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
I nodded.
We walked together for a while and ended up in the kitchen.
"So I heard my brother has also asked you to a date tomorrow night, am I correct?" asked Josiah.
"Yeah I guess so," I replied.
"Hmm…well, let me tell you a little bit about him," he said.
He sat down across from where I was sitting.
"You see, I think it is time for me to tell someone my story. Keep it a secret please, no one else knows except Melathiah and Elijah. Elijah and I were born here in England nearly two-hundred years ago. Back then, there was no technology in which we have today. Elijah and I lived in a mansion here with our rich parents. My father worked all the time so I never really knew him. My mother was always home with us. When the two of us turned seventeen, our mansion was burned down from a riot. Our parents both died, our world was in ruins. Elijah and I agreed to stick together no matter how much we hated each other. So after about a year of being lost and homeless, Elijah and I finally decided to move on and let go of our past. One day we had a blizzard. Elijah and I were stuck in the snow. Nothing stopped us from walking in the white nothingness. After several long hours of walking against the cold blizzard, Elijah passed out. I knew I couldn't leave him alone. I stayed by his side and cried for help. No one heard me. After several minutes, I was nearly dying from the cold when I saw someone walking towards me. I didn't bother to find out. I passed out. The next thing I knew, I was here in the cave, immortal and lost. Elijah was already friends with Elvira, Ephraim, and Jeremiah. I later found out that it was Melathiah who saved me and Elijah. For many years, life was great. Until one day Elijah lost himself and became very short-tempered and depressed. His friends slowly drifted away from him. He was mean, nasty, and a horrible person. Melathiah eventually got him to become normal again. But he's still bad if you ask me," he explained.
"So let me guess, you think that he'll be mean to me or something," I said.
"You never know. I'm just warning you," he said.
Fair enough.
"Look Melanie, I know this has only been our first date and all, but I think I love you," he said.
That took me by surprise.
"Well I love you too Josiah, but we need to get to know each other more," I said.
"Right. So I hear you and Elvira are visiting America later am I correct?" he asked.
"Yeah. We won't be gone long I hope. Since my family will probably be coming home soon because I am gone, we had better hurry and get whatever I need," I said.
"Yes, that is a good idea. I must ask, why did you take Elvira?" he asked.
I took a deep breath.
"She volunteered to go so I let her. She's my friend after all. I helped her get a date with Jeremiah, so she owes me," I said.
"Interesting," he said.
The rest of the date was fun. We went to the arcade and played games. We talked to each other about our lives and points of view on things and it was a lot of fun. I really did love Josiah.
As soon as our date was over, Elvira came to find me.
"C'mon girl! We have to get going! We must be back by morning and that tunnel takes a long time to travel in, even if it's an elevator-type thing," she said.
"Wait…elevator?" I questioned.
"The tunnel has a sideways going elevator so it travels faster. The elevator goes extremely fast. Almost to the speed of sound, but it still takes about an hour or two to get to America. Um…which part of America do you live in exactly?" she asked.
"Um…New Jersey," I answered.
"Hmm…well…the tunnel leads to California, New York, and Chicago…which one is closest?" she asked.
Obviously she didn't know anything about the United States.
"New Jersey is very close to New York. I got shopping in New York almost every weekend," I told her.
She smiled.
"Excellent. This should be very easy to do now," she said.
We walked to the main room where Josiah's and Elijah's thrones were.
Of course, they were sitting way up high, sleeping.
Way back in the far corner behind the pool, I saw a small hole in the wall.
Rufus was putting suitcases on a platform that was sitting in the hole.
Elvira and I walked over to him.
"Excellent job Ruffles," said Elvira.
Rufus rolled his eyes.
I snickered at the name Ruffles and Elvira smiled.
She climbed onto the platform and sat next to a large suitcase.
The platform was big enough to hold both of us and three suitcases.
"Okay. You guys ready?" Rufus asked us.
I climbed in and sat next to Elvira.
"Yeah. Shut the door," ordered Elvira.
Rufus shut the door to the platform and pressed a button.
"Bye!" he called out.
But we were already traveling at the speed of sound down a dark tunnel.
It was the best ride I have ever been on.