The Search for Me

Chapter 5: A Blueprint

After few days in the hotel, we finally found a place where we can stay for the filming. Jackson's manager, Pang Hu, invited us to live with them in a huge mansion that they rented. They're short on money so they need another person to pay together with them. We drove an hour to get there and they not kidding about it being a mansion.

"I call this room," Roy yelled as we were checking out each room. The room that Roy had selected has a huge bed with trampolines covering the room. It matched his personality.

Karry picked a room with a huge window and a gorgeous view into the backyard garden. Jackson decided on a massive room with a balcony.

I marched around the house, watching everyone settling into a room. Then, I spotted a back stairway in the living room. Curiously, I went up found an attic bedroom with super high ceiling and a window seat. It was perfect. I went back downstairs and dragged my suitcases up.

I started unpacking my clothes and re-decorating the room to make it feel more...me. As I went through posters in my suitcase, I found a huge life-size poster of the TFBOYS. Why did I even pack this? What is wrong with me? Now, they are going to think as a creep if I hang this up. Just as I began rolling it back up, Karry showed up by the stairs. I quickly turned my back toward him.

"Hey, I see you found a room. Just checking on you for Claire."

"Well, I'm alright," I said with the cheesiest smile on my face. He needed to go now before he saw the poster.

"What is in your hands?" He asked, suspiciously.

I started to roll faster. "Hee... just a weird poster I accidentally packed."

I heard his footsteps behind me. I looked down at the poster. Halfway there. Then, my hands slipped and all my hard work spilled on to the floor. Dang, I'm so clumsy.

There was an awkward silence between us. Then, I heard him laugh.

"That's what you trying to hide from me. This poster is huge!" Karry kept laughing.

"I found the poster a little creepy to hang up since you guys are right downstairs. I was going to throw it into the back of the closet." I explained, "Honestly, I have no idea how it got in my suitcase." I started rolling again

"It's okay if you hang it up. Roy has a life-size poster of you in his room." Karry said.

"What?!"

"He's a huge fan. Jackson and I are too. We're all very excited to work with you."

Wow, I think the room just warmed up 100 degrees. I nodded to show that agree with him and hid my face. It probably looked like a tomato. I manage to finish with the poster and threw into the back of my closet.

"There you guys are," Roy said at the stairway with Jackson following. "This room is so cool," Roy said as they check out the room.

Jackson peered at the books on two enormous bookshelves. You needed a ladder to reach some of the books. It'll be great for my large appetite for books.

"What is this?" He held up a paper wedged between the floor and bookshelves.

We gathered around him. "It's a blueprint of some room in the house," Karry said as we studied it. Interesting thing is, it doesn't fit any room layouts we saw around the house.

"Hey, there's something written on the back," Roy shouted.

"It's in a foreign language." Jackson stared at it.

"That's French," I said. "It says: Figure out the bookshelves and you may find a surprise."

"What is there to figure out. There are just books on shelves," Roy said.

"Here's a list of book titles under the blueprint." Karry pointed out.

We stood there thinking for a while. "Find the books and flip through them. We might find a clue," Jackson suddenly ordered.

We literally tore through the bookshelves and found four keys. 

"What are the keys for?" I wondered out loud.

"Guys, come here!" Jackson waved. In one corner of the bookshelves had two keyholes.

"There must be two more on the other the end," I exclaimed.

Karry and I rushed over and found them immediately. "Okay on three guys. We are going to stick the keys in the holes at the same time. Three, two, one!"

We stuck our keys in and nothing happened. "Did we do something wrong?"

I studied the bookshelves and saw two unusual book spines. "These books are blank" I pulled them out. The next thing we knew the bookshelves flew open. And a huge dust cloud formed. All of us coughed like crazy.

"Is this like a secret room?" Jackson said after the cloud went down. Our eyes were still watering as we went in."

"That's the surprise behind the bookshelves!" Roy shouted.

I found the light switch and flicked it on. We were in awe. This was nothing like what we had seen before.

"The room could be our secret hideout," Karry said after we peered and touched everything in the room.

"Here's the thing: How do we close the bookshelves while we are in the room. It wouldn't be very private if the bookshelves are open," Jackson said.

"Maybe you just need to tell it." Roy guessed. He faced the bookshelves. "Close bookshelves."

The bookshelves slid together, creating a dust cloud again. 

"If we are using this room, we need cleaning supplies. I don't need to get respiratory reaction every time I'm in here!"