Knight In Distress

12

"Adrianne! Come on down here!" James called.

"Just a sec!" I yelled. I sliced the mannequin's head off and breathed heavily. Boy, that was tiring. I pushed back strands of hair from my face and grabbed the nearby towel. I wiped the sweat off of my face and ran down the stairs.

James was in the study and on his computer. He motioned for me to come beside him and I obliged.

"What's up?" I took a drink from my water bottle.

"Good afternoon, Agent Snow," A voice said. I looked over to the screen and saw William.

"Good afternoon, sir." I greeted politely and he gave me a nod.

"I wanted to give you an update on this case," He started and I nodded for him to continue. "We have leads to where Victoria is hiding but as of now, we still have no idea what she wants with the boy. We were hoping you could take care of that problem.

"In Agent Jameson's hands is the device you have to put in Mr. Hemmings' room. In the box is an earchip that will help us keep track on the thing he will be doing and a speaker that you will keep in your room. It will help us hear his conversations and such. How you are to do that, is up to you. That is all I ask of you for now. Surely you have done much complicated things. I bid you good luck." He said and then he signed off.

James handed me the box, where the chip and the speaker was.

"Take the speaker to your room. Keep track of his doings once you've put it in his room." He adviced and I nodded curtly.

I went back up to my room and changed my clothes. I sat on my table and stared at the box. How was I gonna do this? Do I sneak up to his balcony and enter his room or do I pretend to be injured whilst biking and bump into him?

Just then, my phone buzzed and I ran over to my bed to look at who was calling.

LUKE IS A PENGUIN <3

Wh-Oh! Luke likes penguins. I smiled. Wait. How did he get my number?

LUKE IS A PENGUIN <3:

Hey! you wanna start our project for Astronomy? :-)

I laughed. Who puts a nose on smileys these days?

Me:

You don't have to use the project as a cover story. Admit it, you just wanna hang out with me :D You love me and my sarcastic ass

Not a few seconds later, he replied:

LUKE IS A PENGUIN <3:

Okay, okay, you caught me :-D Be over in five minutes or else Im bursting through your window.

p.s don't these smileys look extra cute with the nose?

I smiled and put my phone down. I changed into some black skinny jeans and a loose white sweater. I put on my red converse, grabbed my phone and the microchip, and stuffed them into my sling bag. I grabbed my science book and notebook then headed down.

"Yo, James," I said as I walked in his study. "I'm heading over to Luke's. I'll be back before mignight."

James smiled at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing. Nothing." He tried to hide his smile. "Have fun."

"Okay," I replied slowly before heading out.

I crossed the street and walked up the front porch.

Before I could even ring the doorbell, the door burst open. Luke stood in the doorway, looking handsome as always with his disheveled hair and his simple clothes. I always loved boys who wore simple clothes, not that I've like a guy before.

"Excited much?" I smirked.

"You could say that," He ran a hand over his hair.

He stepped aside to let me in and I gladly did. The house was as fancy as I remember. It looked better during the day. The chandelier-with all its thousands of diamonds-shining in its glory. It never ceases to amaze me.

"Come on," Luke put a hand on my lower back, guiding me. He led me up the staircase, through a long hallway that wad decorated with vintage things. We stopped infront of a pair of doors. He reached beside me to open the door. He froze when his head was inches away from mine. I heard him sniff.

"Are you sniffing me?" I turned my head towards him.

"Umm...yeah, you just um...Let's go in shall we?" He changed the topic.

"Whatever you say," I sighed. "Though I gotta say, my scent I pretty hypnotic." I dramatically fanned myself.

"Yeah, I'm already under your spell." He sarcastically said before walking into the room.

It was quite spacious. The walls were painted white, the floor was carpeted. Tall bookshelves stood tall against the far wall. A huge bed was in the middle with simple white covers. There was a desk in front of the window which overlooked my house.

"Wow," I whispered.

"Why?" Luke asked.

"I never imagined that your room would look like this," I murmered.

"You imagined what my room would look like?" He asked, clearly amused.

"Yeah, shut up," I playfully punched his arm.

"Look like what, though?"

"So...normal," I replied.

"Why wouldn't it be normal?"

"I don't know, I guess since you're rich and all that...." I trailed off, walking towards the bookshelf. I looked at his book collection. Most of them were classics. I never knew guys who read those books still exsisted. "You've read these?" I turned back to him.

"Yeah," He walked over to where I was standing. "This is my fave." He reached over my head and pulled out an old hardbound book. He handed it to me.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

I chuckled. This was the book that we discussed in class when I first started school.

"Yeah, I know. You thought "Why would a guy be reading some Shakespeare?" But I'm different. I may be a jerk, but I'd always have a soft spot for books." He said, staring at the book in my hands.

He seemed lost in a whole different world when talking about books. Just like me. He understands me and he wouldn't laugh at me or think me differently. And I liked that about him.

"Should we start with our project?" I asked, raising my arm with the books.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot." He said.

"See? I knew you just wanted to hang out with me," I poked his tummy, which was very hard.

The sun was setting when we reached the rooftop. The sun had already set and the stars have already come up. The night sky was absolutely breathtaking. In the middle of the rooftop was a cloth spread out.

"I thought we were gonna be studying stars," I said.

"Yeah," He replied simply.

"Then where is the-"

"I don't think you'll be needing these," He took my books from me and set it on the floor. He then stepped towards me, our faces only an inch apart. A shiver went through my body.

I wonder what will happen tonight.