Prelapsarian | Adjective: characteristic or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period.
After they land in Attleboro from their flight, the siblings hop off, search for their luggage, and depart from the airport. Dan is fiddling with his cards and his other items he had collected over the course of the clue hunt during the long months.
She sighs. A few weeks' worth of peace would be nice. Then, if all goes well and she finishes her task of unpacking it all, she'd be snoozing on a bed and get a nap that is long deserved.
Dan glances over to her, as Nellie pulls up to the parking lot of their old apartment. "Hey, do you realize we can do anything?"
Amy's head snaps up from her reverie. "What are you thinking of, Dan?"
"For instance, we can go to a baseball game, we can get autographs, we can fly anywhere, heck, I can get flying lessons! I mean, we're filthy rich. Think of the possibilities, Amy!" Dreamily, he adds, "I can order some of the best food in town. What about the Sakura? The one that we wanted to go for ages?"
"Oh, the Sakura?" Nellie cuts in, grinning ear to ear, after the engine is turned off, and she gazes at them. "Now, we're really talking, here, kiddos! I'm game. How about we do it after we unpack and settle in?"
"Amy, please?" He pouts, giving her puppy eyes. "You got to admit, it's one of my better ideas."
She chuckles, her lips breaking into a smile. "All right, we can go. Just let me have a nap for thirty minutes? Or is it too much to ask?"
After all, she could enjoy it while it lasts. He makes it seem like that the clue hunt, all of the ordeals that they went through, that he isn't, at the slightest, fazed at the experiences.
What else could the Cahill world could possibly do to destroy, damage, and break her brother's prelapsarian nature?
A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks for the reviews and suggestions. I'm currently working on them. This probably may be my last update before I go away for a few days. What do you think? I'd love to hear from you all! Also, this is sort of an AU after the clue hunt ended from the tenth book, "Into the Gauntlet."