Queen Mary

Chapter IV

After the call with Bianca, Sam and I began preparing the house for her arrival. We picked up around the place and got our equipment ready, the equipment we'd already packed away for the trip to Queen Mary. Even though she is a gifted medium, we still feel it could be helpful. We brainstormed a few ideas to try out while she is here and came up with a few really good ones.

I didn't tell Sam, but I was hoping to get to know Bianca on a deeper level as well. I feel such a strong connection to her and I can't put my finger on exactly why, but it's there.

"I think we've got everything set up, hopefully being in the house will help her get an idea of who this spirit is. It's weird usually we don't find stuff like that in our own house." Sam says to me.

"Yeah, but I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. We go to haunted places all the time. I'm honestly surprised we haven't had anything like this before. I mean aside from your.. Ghost buddy haha." Sam laughs, we make the joke all the time that he had a demon in his ass haunting him. Of course, we know it wasn't actually up there, but it's a funny joke nonetheless.

"Well, we can't forget Maddie. Isn't she still obsessed with you?" We both laugh, but my phone rings, and I look to see who it is.

"It's Bianca!" I tell him. I think he could tell 'm maybe a little too excited, I feel my face turning bright red. I answer the phone eagerly.

"Hey guys, I'm at the airport about to take off. Estimated around a two-hour flight, even less if the weather lets up." I hadn't even noticed, but even here it's storming. I guess I was too caught up in my excitement for her being here.

"Alright, well hopefully it's a short and safe flight. We have things at the house all set to go so when we get back from picking you up we can start right away!" I hear the normal airport noises in the background before her flight is called for boarding.

"Okay, guys! Well, I'll see you when I land!"

"Okay, see ya!" Sam says before ending the call. He looks straight at me, a huge grin on his face.

"So is there anything you'd like to tell me? Any other reason you're so excited for Bianca to be here?" He asks, prodding my arm. I feel my face go hot, and I know I'm not hiding it very well. Sam knows me better than anyone, of course, I can't hide this from him.

"I'm caught haha," I say, placing my hand on the back of my neck and laughing. Sam laughs but then goes kind of serious.

"Honestly bro, she seems like a good girl, and if this and Queen Mary goes well, I think you guys could have a real shot." I look at Sam, my best friend for well over 10 years. I'm happy to know he thinks we could be a good match for each other, I certainly think so.

"Thank you, Sam," I say sincerely.

"But brother, how did you ever think you could hide that shit from me haha. We've been friends for years, man, of course I'd catch on!" He says happily. Probably because he caught me. But he is right. I've never been able to hide anything from him in all the years we've been friends. Come to think of it, I've never really tried to. So why did I this time?

Over the next few hours, we watched Family Guy, made up some food and snacks. I'm sure Bianca will be hungry after the flight. I know I always am. It was about half an hour before Bianca would be landing, so we decided to leave for the airport. We decided to leave a camera rolling in the living room of the house, in case whoever that spirit is decides to come back. It's about a twenty minute drive to the airport, so we make it just in time to see Bianca's flight landing. She wasn't hard to miss. She has beautiful platinum blonde hair, with green underneath. The cutest little evil bear tattoo on the side of her neck, and piercings that I think are adorable and so pretty on her. We greet her and she smiles from ear to ear. Sam is the first to notice the hoodie she's wearing.

"No way you're wearing our merch from Hell Week!" He says.

"Well of course! Gotta support my favorite YouTubers and ghost hunters haha!" She exclaims. We begin walking to baggage collection. I ask her about her flight.

"It was okay, I'm starving though!" I knew it.

"Well then I guess it's a good thing you and Colby here are alike like that haha. He's always hungry after a flight and insisted we make sure you had something to eat when we get back to the house." Sam tells her, giving me a playful side eye. I feel my face get hot once again, but I notice hers turn pink too.

"Yeah haha, well, we should probably get heading back to the house, our investigation awaits." I say to them both, steering the conversation in a different direction. We get in the car, me driving, Bianca up front, and Sam sitting behind her.

On our way back to the house, I decide to take a detour. I know I made food, but I figured no one could ever go wrong with Panda Express and Starbucks.

"What's your Panda Express and Starbucks order?" I ask her. She giggles, which automatically makes me smile and I think Sam notices.

"Don't judge me haha," She says sheepishly "I usually get the orange chicken with ragoons from Panda. And My Starbies order is ridiculous." She says.

"That's fine haha, I'm sure it's worth it," I tell her. We go through Panda Express first and get all three of us food. For Bianca, I ordered Orange Chicken with 2 side orders of ragoons, white rice, and an egg roll. I got the same thing, as that's my usual. Sam got the teriyaki steak with fried rice and an egg roll. I drive to the Starbucks drive-thru and order mine and Sam's drinks, then let Bianca order hers.

"Can I please get a venti vanilla bean frap base, and can I please add strawberry inclusions, syrup, and puree? And the same for dragon fruit and raspberry!" She finishes sweetly. I can't help but laugh to myself and smile. That sounds amazing honestly. When we get our drinks, Bianca's is like a magenta-colored frappe. It looks even better than it sounds.

"Do you wanna try it? It's like my favorite thing to drink haha." She hands me the drink and I take a sip. She's right, it's absolutely amazing.

"Holy shit that's good. Imma have to remember how to order that one haha."

"I told ya, it's my favorite drink haha. Sam, do you wanna try it?" She asks. I look at same with eyes telling him he definitely needs to try it. He does, taking a sip his eyes get wide.

"Jeez, that's really good!" He hands the drink back to Bianca and we leave the parking lot. As I drive, Bianca talks about some of her other experiences as a medium. Helping families reconnect with deceased loved ones, performing her own investigations in local haunted locations near her, and even helping in the crossing over process. It's amazing to listen to, mesmerizing honestly. She speaks beautifully. Before I know it, we're pulling into our driveway.