Cruise & Bruise:- A Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Fanfiction

4| Breakfast

Frank's POV:-

" -and this is the guest room. Well, you're gonna stay here, and my room is just opposite yours. I'm not sure if you guys remember our house very well, since the last time you came here was probably two years ago, when you visited River Heights for your aunt's wedding. " Nancy finished showing us the first floor of her house. To be honest, I payed very less attention to what she was saying, instead, I was admiring her beauty. Her strawberry blonde hair cascading down her shoulders, her ocean blue eyes twinkling with excitement and enthusiasm, her voice as sweet as-

" Earth to Frank! Hey, you listening? " Nancy asked, waving her hands in front of me, bringing me out from my trance. " Uh.... Yeah, I'm.... Listening." I murmured, while Joe shot me an amused smile. " He's probably thinking about something... Or more specifically, someone.... " He said, to which Nancy gave me a small smile. " How's Callie, by the way? " Hearing her name fumed me. Luckily, Joe answered for me. " They broke up. How's everything between you and Ned? " I glanced at Nancy, to see pain and hatred in her eyes. " Nance? " I asked, as she snapped her head towards me. " In my last case, I found out he was a thief, and stole a precious jewellery from a lady. And apparently, he was in love with her daughter, so we broke up too. " She answered with venom in her voice.

Was it wrong that I felt a bolt of happiness in me after hearing that they too broke up?

" So both of you are living pathetic lives now, huh? " Joe asked, taking out his mobile, and typing something.

" Well, we shall change now, else-"

" Woof! " Nancy was cut off, as Togo, their dog, came into the room, wagging his tail. I was going to say something, when Joe's voice cut me off. " Nancy, is it just me, or do you sound like a dog? " I turned around and I saw exactly what I guessed. Joe was still typing in his phone, not looking up, hence unaware of Toro's presence.

" Joe, touch your mobile again, and I'll make sure you do not get any real breakfast today, though you ate a cheese burger as your 'small snack' in the car. " I threatened him, and on hearing the breakfast part, Joe hurriedly put the phone back. And that's when his eyes landed on Togo. " Oh, hey buddy! How you doing? " He asked patting his head.

Soon, Nancy left to shower in her room, and Joe was busy playing with Togo, so I decided to shower first.

                       *after half an hour*

I heard Joe singing from the bathroom.

What if...
What if we run away?
What if...
What if we left today?
What if we said goodbye to safe and sound?
What if...
What if we're hard to find?

I covered my ears with my hands, because trust me, Joe was sounding like a dying cat. " Joe! Hurry up, we're gonna miss the breakfast! " I shouted, but he continued singing.

What if...
What if we run away?
What if...
What if we left today?
What if we said goodbye to safe and sound?
What if...
What if we're hard to find?

" JOE STOP YOUR SCREAMING, ELSE I WILL RUN AWAY FROM HERE! " I shouted, much louder this time, and hopefully, Joe stooped his screaming, or so called 'singing', and came out of the shower fully dressed after a few more minutes. He grinned at me and asked, " So, how was my singing? " I raised an eye brow. " It depends on how you define singing. Cause honestly, what I heard was sounding like a dying cat screeching for life. " Joe shook his head and murmured, " Singing is an art, it's beyond your understanding. "

A soft knock on the door interruped as. I opened the door to find Mrs. Gruen, the Drew's housekeeper, standing there. " Umm hi! " I said, catching her attention. " Hello, dear. I was just asking when you will come down for breakfast? " Before I could even answer, Joe spoke up. " What's for breakfast Mrs. Gruen? " She smiled and said, " You haven't changed a bit, have you? Well, there are pancakes, and it would be Hannah, for both of you. Mrs. Gruen makes me sound so old. "

Joe didn't need to speak another word as he heard the word 'pancakes'. He ran down the stairs towards the dining room, taking three at a time. I swear, if he was given the option to choose between a girlfriend or food, he's definitely going to choose food. Shaking my head, I too went down and saw everyone laughing and having their breakfast. I scanned the room for Nancy and found her laughing to something mom said. Cute.

Wait, did I just say 'cute? '
Yes you did. My subconsciousness reminded me.
What the hell is wrong with me?

My chain of thoughts was interruped as I heard Nancy screaming, " JOE! That was mine! Put it back. " I looked up from my plate and saw Joe eating the honey coated pancake from Nancy's plate. " Shut up, it's just a food. Besides, you should eat less; you're getting fat. " Nancy eyes widened and she narrowed her eyes at my brother. " You did not just say that. Take it back! " Joe grinned, and replied " NEVER! "

And ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you, the tom-and-jerry chase was streaming in front of our eyes. Nancy was chasing Joe all around the room, the latter laughing and running up the stairs.

" Frank, can you please stop them before the whole house tumbles down, dear? " Mr. Drew asked me, shaking his head, with a small smile at the corner of his lips. " Of course, Mr. Drew. " I said and ran up the stairs.

As I went up the stairs, I heard Nancy's melodious laughter echoing from her room and opened the door to see Joe tickling Nancy, hard. As they saw me, they both stopped in their tracks, while Joe and Nancy smirked at each other, and the next thing I knew, I was rolling on the bed, laughing, being tickled by my brother and the redhead. " St........ Stop......Stop.... It...." I said between laughters. Oh God, save me from these two demons!
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A/N:- Hey everyone! How are y'll doing?
I hope you liked this chapter (as much as I liked writing it 😉🤭)
What do you think is wrong with Frank? Is there something really wrong with him, or is he just overthinking this for calling Nancy 'cute'?
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