Author's note: Alright people!... Heheh... I know it took me a loooong time to put up the next chapter... And I am veeeery sorry about that... The funny part is that it was actually written... maybe in a little different form than this but close enough... For the people who actually bothered to read this thing XD I read through that last chapter, I had in progress and decided to put it up smiles It's not too long, since I must read through the whole story and then maybe think if I still have enough imagination to finally finish this story. But for now... enojoy the chapter 14 )
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Operation: HANDCUFFS
Chapter fourteen: Just a little rain
For a while yet, she was just standing there and didn't say anything. Nor did they.
"So that's what you're doing when you're not at school?!" she said finally.
"Lizzie... um... it's... it's not what you think, Lizzie" Numbuh 1 started.
"Yeah right, now I know why you didn't have time to meet me this week" Lizzie continued.
"Hey girl, ya know he's NOT a guy who would act this way!" Numbuh 5 yelled.
"Yeah?! So how can you explain THIS to me?!" Lizzie yelled as she pointed at their hands.
"We got stuck in handcuffs during our last mission!" Numbuh 5 tried to explain.
"Yeah... and why didn't you get attached to someone else than him?!" Lizzie argued.
"Lizzie..." Numbuh 1 said calmly trying to convince her.
"Forget it NIGEL! I'm not gonna belive in that!" she yelled, then turned back and ran away.
"Lizzie!" Numbuh 1 cried out, but didn't follow her. He knew it wouldn't help. He turned to face Numbuh 5 with sadness in his eyes.
"THAT was your girlfriend?!" Ivy asked loudly with surprisement and a bit of sarcasm, Numbuh 5 sighed "Man! She sure has some problem with herself!" the little girl added.
Numbuh 5 looked at her with surprisement. In a way she was right. Then she looked at Numbuh 1 again.
"I'm sorry Numbuh 1" she said with sorrow.
"No, don't be Numbuh 5, it's not your fault" Numbuh 1 said "We couldn't do anything about that" he said and smiled "Come on, let's go and walk Ivy home".
"Um... and what about Lizzie?" she asked.
"Well, I don't really think that if I went after her, she'd like to talk to me now, and especially that you'd be there. I'll talk to her some other time then" he said with a slight smile. That calmed Numbuh 5 a bit, but she knew he was sad about what happened.
"Okay, let's go then" she said.
"Ya know, I really like ya..." Ivy said suddenly facing Numbuh 1. He looked at her with astonishment "... But I think ya're stupid that ya're goin' out with a girl that doesn't trust ya" she said and both Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 5 watched her with surprisement written on their faces. They couldn't belive that she spoke up about something, that girls her age usually are not really experienced in, and she said that with very serious look in her eyes. Either way, Numbuh 1 had to agree with what she said. "So, what are we waiting for? Let's go" she added, then turned around and started walking ahead. Numbuhs 1 and 5 exchanged a surprised glance and slowly started to follow her. Still holding hands. Only then Numbuh 5 noticed he didn't let go of her hand, even for one second. She was surprised at first, but then smiled slightly to herself.
As they reached Numbuh 5's house it was already quite dark outside. Mr. Lincoln asked them all to stay for the supper. And so they did. When they finished eating Numbuh 5's aunt and Ivy left for the hotel, they were living in now. As they were saying goodbyes Numbuh 1 noticed it was raining, and they heard some thunders too. The rain was becoming thicker with every moment.
"Should we go in such a weather?" Numbuh 1 asked. Numbuh 5 turned to look at him.
"Well... we can wait 'till it'll stop raining, but if it won't stop in an hour, or so, Numbuh 5 guesses we'll just hafta go" she answered. Numbuh 1 turned to look outside the window.
"Guess you're right..." he said and sighed.
"In the meantime, Numbuh 5 wants some things from her room" Numbuh 5 said with a smile. Numbuh 1 nodded and they headed for her room. She searched her drawers and took some CD's and one magazine, then she thought for a while and they went out of the room.
"One more thing Numbuh 1" she said with a smile and approached the door to Cree's room, then opened it and entered. She took one CD that was lying on the desk.
"You sure like to take your sister's CD's, huh?" Numbuh 1 smiled teasingly.
"When she's not home she won't need it anyway, right?" Numbuh 5 explained with a teasing smile as well. Numbuh 1 smiled helplessly in response and they left the room. Then they went down to the living room to see what's on TV. They watched it for some time, when Numbuh 5 noticed that the rain didn't stop, the weather didn't change at all.
"Maaan, Numbuh 5 doesn't think the weather is ever gonna change" she complained and sighed.
"Unfortunately, I guess you're right, Numbuh 5" Numbuh 1 agreed looking outside the window. It was already dark outside, but the sound of the rain was audible. There were no more thunders though.
"Eh... then let's go back to the treehouse" Numbuh 5 said as she turned to look at him.
"Okay, let's go then" Numbuh 1 answered and they got up from the couch. Numbuh 5 took all the CD's and stuffed them into her backpack. Then she said goodbye to her dad and opened the door. The rain was really dense.
"Take care Abigail" Mr. Lincoln said.
"I will dad" Numbuh 5 replied. Then turned to Numbuh 1 "We'll run?".
"If you don't want to walk around in the rain, then yeah" he replied.
"Oh, don't you need un umbrella?" Mr. Lincoln asked as he entered the hall.
"No dad, we'll be fine" Numbuh 5 said not looking at her dad "Okay let's go" she said to Numbuh 1 and they ran out of the house. Mr. Lincoln just sighed and closed the door behind them. They weren't running very fast so they wouldn't trip. But as Numbuh 5 remembered that they were holding hands, she got scared someone else can see them, and she really didn't want any more problems. So she started to run faster, draggaing Numbuh 1 behind her.
"Numbuh 5! Aren't you running a bit too fast?!" Numbuh 1 screamed behind her.
"What! Ya can't run any faster?!" she yelled not slowing down, nor turning back to look at him.
"I can but-" Numbuh 1 tried to reply, but didn't really know what to say. Numbuh 5 ran even faster "Numbuh 5! Slow down! There is mud on the pavement, it's slippery!" as he finished yelling that sentence, Numbuh 5 felt as her shoes started to slide on the pavement. She stopped running, just slid. She managed to keep her balance, though, and then stop. But Numbuh 1 wasn't this lucky, his foot slipped and he lost his balance. He started to fall over still slipping on the ground towards Numbuh 5. Just as Numbuh 5 stopped and turned to him, his feet hit hers and she lost her balance as well. They both fell on the ground with a big splash. Numbuh 1 was lying on his back, Numbuh 5 on top of him, face to face. Their faces were very close to eachother. They were quiet for a while, still a little in shock, trying to understand what had just happend.
"Uh... Um... I... I'm... sorry" Numbuh 1 said finally. Numbuh 5 was just looking into his eyes, with hers still wide open. Again she was so close to him, she could feel his heart beating against her chest. She could feel how fast his heart was beating. Her own was beating very fast itself, and Numbuh 1 noticed it as well. She thought it could be explained by the fact that they were just running. She could feel as her cheeks were slowly turning red.
"... I... um..." she didn't really know what to say.
"Y-you okay?" Numbuh 1 asked unsurely.
"E..." his voice made her cheeks turn crimson in one second. And her heart started raicing. She quickly shooke her head and got up "Oh! Yeah! Sure! Numbuh 5's fine!" she answered still confused yet trying to hide it "A-and you?" she asked as she pulled him up.
"Fine... And... again... I'm sorry" he apologised.
"Heh... It's also Numbuh 5's fault" Numbuh 5 said.
"And now we're even more dirty than beofre the shower..." Numbuh 1 noticed as he looked at his clothes.
"No boss" Numbuh 5 said with a smile "YA are dirty, Numbuh 5 has only her knees and hands a bit dirty, and the whole rest is only wet" she pointed out. Numbuh 1 noticed she was right. His whole back, his shorts, and arms were covered in mud "Come on, let's go, Numbuh 5 doesn't want to get more wet than she's now" she added. Numbuh 1 nodded and they started to run towards the treehouse again. This time more carefully. They reached the treehouse quite fast. When they were already on the stairs Numbuh 5 sighed tiredly as she leaned on the barier. Numbuh 1 looked at his clothes again, with very tired look. Numbuh 5 turned her head to look at him, same exhausted.
"Well, guess ya'll hafta take another shower..." she said with a tired expression on her face. Numbuh 1 made a scared face for a second but then understood she was right and sighed, turning back to his tired expression.
"Eh... guess you're right..." he agreed helplessly.
"Let's go then..." the tired tone of her voice told him she wasn't happy about it either. They entered the treehouse. In the living room Numbuhs 2, 3 and 4 were sitting on the couch watching TV. They all turned around at the sound of closing door.
"Hi guys!... Gosh! What happened to you?!" Numbuh 3 asked surprised.
"Well, we thought you'd never come back 'cause of this weather" Numbuh 2 added.
"What tha crud were ya doin' for so long? Mud wrestlin'?" Numbuh 4 laughed.
"Well, we had a lil' accident" Numbuh 5 explained "Anyways, we need to do somethin' 'bout this, so excuse us" she added and then dragged Numbuh 1 to the bathroom. He made a surprised and a little scared face as she did that. She closed the door and locked it, then turning to him "Come on, take those dirty clothes off".
"B-but... why I'm the only one who has to take a shower?" Numbuh 1 cried "You're dirty too".
"Cause Numbuh 5 has only her legs in mud, and ya're dirty all over" she explained "Guess we'll hafta wash your clothes... but... I just don't know what to do 'bout those wet clothes then..." she added. Numbuh 1 thought about this as well.
"Then we'll have to walk just in towels until our clothes will dry out" he said. Numbuh 5 turned her head for a moment to think. Then she turned to him again. She looked at him with surprisement in her eyes. He gave her puzzled look.
She blinked "And ya still in your clothes?" she asked with surprisement "What're ya waitin' for? Take 'em off!" she added. That made Numbuh 1 a little scared. He didn't say anything "Or da ya need my help?" she suggested, before he got the chance to say anything and approached him, then wrapped her arms around him. His heart skipped. Numbuh 5 smiled, then grabbed the edge of his sweater and pulled it up. That surprised him even more. For a moment he couldn't see anything, before she pulled the sweater off his head. He looked at her feeling his cheeks turned red.
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Heh... Hope you liked it. As I said, I'll see how things go, how my imagination will be and all that, and I hope it'll be okay, so I can finish that story smiles