Rise of the Jaded Rose

Chapter 19: Treasure

  Chapter 19: Treasure
Roselyn's POV
The day after the concert we had a free day. Zayn and Perrie were going to the zoo, the other three Little Mix girls were having a shopping day, Liam, Selena, Demi, and Niall were going on a double date to the movies and dinner, and Harry and Melody wanted to stay in the hotel and watch movies. Louis keeps telling me that he has a surprise, but he won't tell me what it is.

"Will you pretty please tell me what we're doing," I beg Louis.

"Nope. It's a surprise. If I tell you now it won't be a surprise anymore," he tells me.

"Pretty pretty please with One Direction on top,"I beg. I'm so used to using that to beg that I didn't even think about the fact that I already had One Direction.

"Funny, but no," Louis says.

"Can you at least give me a hint so I know what to dress for," I ask.

"Where something nice with your swimsuit underneath," he tells me.

"Ok. I'm going to go get dressed now," I tell him. I run back to my room to change. I pick out my cute strapless black one piece swimsuit and choose a cute but dressy tank to go over top and a nice jean skirt. I quickly get dressed and slide on a pair of sandals. I throw my phone, wallet, and a book into my purse, and head down the hall to meet Louis. When I get to Louis' room Harry and Melody answer the door.

"Hey is Louis ready," I ask.

"He left already. He said to give you this," Harry says as Melody hands me a gift bag with a card attached. I open the bag and dig through the tissue paper. Inside I find an adorable little baby sea turtle stuffed animal. Next I open the card. It reads, "I bet you are wondering what's going on. I know you enjoy mysteries and puzzles so I created one for you. Each card has a gift and a clue to the next location. There is a card at each location. I'll see you at the end of the hunt. Love, Louis". It was so sweet of him. There is a second piece of paper inside the envelope. I open it up and read it. It said to go find the live version of my turtle. It took me like two seconds to realize that he wanted me to go to the baby sea turtles at the zoo. I leave the hotel and catch a cab to the zoo. After paying the admission fee and finding a map, I head to the sea turtle enclosure. Once I get to the sea turtles I am distracted by all of the new babies. The sea turtles are amazing and the babies are so cute. I'm shaken out staring at adorable baby animals by someone tapping me on the shoulder. I turn around to find a giant stuffed turtle in my face. I reach out and take it and lower it to see Zayn and Perrie on the other side.

"Hi guys," I said. I totally forgot that they were going to the zoo.

"This is for you from Louis," Zayn tells me, pointing at the giant turtle.

"Also here is your next clue," Perrie says handing me an envelope.

Zayn holds the giant turtle while I open the envelope. Inside is another note and clue from Louis. "Hope you like the giant turtle. Your baby one needed a mommy. Here is your next clue." The clue is a crossword puzzle with certain boxes highlighted. I quickly solve the puzzle and see that the highlighted boxes read Starbucks. I guess I'm taking a little trip to Starbucks. I exit the zoo and hail a cab. I tell the driver to take me to the closest Starbucks. Once there I go inside to order my drink. The cashier recognizes who I am and hands me a drink with another bag and envelope. She tells me that the drink is already paid for. I take a sip of the drink and go sit down to read the next clue. Louis had gotten me my favorite drink, a vanilla bean frappuccino with a shot of caramel syrup. The bag held the new book in the series I'm reading. The clue in the envelope said, "That man is playing Galaga. Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did." I immediately recognized the quote from Avengers. I thought about it for a minute. Then it hit me. Galaga was an old arcade game. He wanted me to go to an arcade. Where is there an arcade? I google search for an arcade and find that there is one in the mall. He must have given the clue to Jesie, Jade, and Leigh Anne. The mall is within walking distance so I walk there. I find the arcade fairly quickly. I search for Galaga and find that Jade is playing it. I walk up behind her and just watch. She's doing really good. When she dies she turns around and almost runs into me. She makes a squeaky yelping noise of surprise when she sees me.

"How long have you been standing there," she asks me.

"Just a few minutes. I was enjoying watching you play," I tell her.

"Jesie has the next clue. She's over at Skee Ball," Jade tells me.

"Thanks," I reply. I go over and find Jesie. She gives me the bag and the envelope. The bag has a stack of sketch pads with colored pencils and graphite pencils. The clue in the envelope is a code. He left me a math matrixes to decode it.

"Do you happen to have a graphing calculator on you," I ask the Little Mix girls, Jade and Leigh Anne had joined us.

"Umm no," Leigh Anne replies.

"Never mind. I still have a graphing calculator app from when I did homework. One thing I don't miss about high school," I say. I quickly put in the matrixes and decode the puzzle. It's an address.

"Thanks guys," I tell them.

"No problem. Go have fun on your date," they tell me.

I hail a cab and tell the driver the address from the puzzle. He drops me off in front of a movie theater. I'm trying to figure out what to do when my phone buzzes. I see that I have a text from Louis.

"Hey love, the movie isn't over yet. Your clue will be coming shortly. I expected it to take you longer to find a calculator for the last puzzle. Hope you're enjoying my surprise. I'll see you soon. -Louis <3"

I couldn't help but smile at his text. It was so sweet. I sit down on a bench to wait. Soon enough I see Liam, Selena, Niall, and Demi walk out of the theater and toward me.

"Hi guys," I greet them.

"Hey Roselyn. How's it going," Demi asks.

"Good. I hear you guys have a clue for me," I say.

"Yup right here," Liam says handing me a bag. I open it to find a set of buckets, shovels, and sand molds. I open the clue and it just says Coronado. I google search it and discover that it is a beach. I thank the two couples and hail a cab to take me to the beach. When I get to the beach my phone buzzes with another text.

"You have done excellent. Now it's time for a real treasure hunt. I will text you the directions one at a time. The first one is to take 10 steps due East."

I follow his directions and stop. The next text comes.

"Walk 100 feet to your right."

I walk the distance.

"Climb the sand dune that is directly in front of you."

I climb the sand dune. I'm getting confused. Where is Louis sending me? I get to the top and see a beautiful table and trellis covered in twinkling lights and roses, tucked away in a little cove hidden by the sand dunes. Louis is standing next to the table. I run down the dune and straight into Louis' arms.

"Thank you so much," I say into his chest.

"You're welcome love," he replies. He lets go of me. He walks over to the table and pulls out a chair gesturing for me to take a seat. I sit down and he pushes my chair in for me. He goes and sits in the other chair. He pulls the metal covers off the dishes to reveal spaghetti and meatballs with extra mushrooms. I'm surprised to see that he remembered that I liked extra mushrooms in my spaghetti.

"Bon appetit," he says imitating a French accent.

We eat and talk. After dinner we go swimming in the ocean. We ended up having a splash fight and making sand castles. After enjoying ourselves for a few hours we headed back to the hotel.