Seeing Through

Chapter 14

"Hey Sarah don't touch that! It's an antique!"

"What really?"

"Yeah."

"So, you're telling me that this small piece of handkerchief is worth millions?"

"Yes, Sarah. It's from the pre-independence era."

"Wow Hope, I didn't know you were such a nerd."

"Well, I prefer the term educated."

"Oh really?"

She punches me hard on the shoulder.

"Yep."

"Ouch! That hurt!"

"Well, that was my intention. Anyway, we should keep walking, we don't want to fall behind our group do we?"

"No we absolutely do not want that."

We start walking. My eyes fall upon a huge skeleton of a dinosaur.

"Hey Hope, what dinosaur is that?"

"That's a tyrannosaurus rex or T-Rex for short. They were one of the strongest dinosaurs."

"It looks cool."

"Yeah, it is cool. By the way, my parents won't be home for the weekend."

"And what do you seem to have in mind?"

"Well, we could do a sleepover."

"Hmm... That's a pretty good idea."

"We could watch movies, dance, stay up all night and eat what we want."

"You're getting me excited already!"

"It's going to be a lot of fun."

"Yep."

"Hey look there's our group."

We go and stand at the back of our group.

"Sarah, I need to go to the washroom. I'll be back soon."

"Yeah sure."

I look around and spot a familiar face next to me.

"Hey Aaron, what's up?"

"Hmm... what? Where am I?"

"You were sleeping?"

"Yeah, I was. Until I was woken up."

"You can sleep while you're standing?"

"Well, yeah. I mean it's not the most easiest of things, I can do that."

"So, what's up?"

"Nothing much really. I'm really bored."

"Yeah, me too."

"Plus, the tour guide doesn't really know what she's talking about."

"How's that?"

"Well, most of the facts that she's telling us are wrong."

"Museums aren't really my kind of place."

"You're visiting one after a long time aren't you?"

"How'd you know that?"

"Well, you wouldn't have been fiddling with that million dollar handkerchief if you had visited one recently."

"You saw that?"

"It was hard not to."

"Don't tell anyone about that."

"Don't worry Sarah you can trust me. I won't tell anyone."