Me : Hi Ali , How are you? Sit down !

*Ali sits down on a sofa*

Me : Do you want some tea?

Ali : No thank you Ant , I actually came to talk to you about something cuz you haven't been answering my phone calls lately ( says she going straight to the point )

Me : Oh yeah , the phone calls right , sorry . It's actually that in that moment I've been busy and then I forgot to call you back. 

Ali : Yeah it's okay but then you turned your phone off for a day !!

Me : oh wow did I really do that ? I didn't notice sorry. Must have been a mistake or something .

Ali : Ok,  but next time I don't want mistakes to happen because I'm your manager and i have to keep in touch with you boys everyday for anything. Now I've come to ask you about Dec's whereabouts because I've been trying to call him for some days but he doesn't answer . Do you know anything ?

Me : Oh Dec , yeah right. ( feel sweat running down my neck ) . You were concerned about Dec. Well Dec has gone on holiday with his girlfriend ( I immediately regret saying that but now there's no going back, I had to go with it ) . They had been having some problems lately , so he wanted to make it up to her. He said he didn't want to be disturbed by anyone or answer any phone calls . I still haven't spoken to him believe me. ( I couldn't even believe the big lie I had just told but I was hoping Ali would fell for it )

Ali : Oh right his girlfriend. I thought he said he was single when we met but...

Me : ( OH DAMN NO.  what now??  ) oh really did he ?? What a joker he is. Always jokes about this things .

Ali : well he could've at least told me so I wouldn't be worried about him . Or you could have. Instead of declining my calls and shutting the phone down ?? 

Me : Yeah I know I already said sorry about that . But I was so excited about him going on holiday that I absolutely forgot to tell you. Sorry ).

Ali : Ah ok,  now let's talk about you Ant.

Me : ( oh noooo,  she knows about the doll) : Me , what about me ?

Ali : Holidays. Aren't you going on holidays aswell?  I mean you deserve to take a break. 

Me : .... I....

Ali : But wait weren't you and Dec supposed to go on holidays together year ? 

Me : Yeah we were supposed to and we had planned everything out , but plans had to be changed so he could go with his girlfriend .

Ali : Oh I see , well . If you get any other news from him please let me know ok?

Me : Yeah I will don't worry. 

* They greet goodbye and Ali leaves *

Ant's POV !!! 

Well that went off well didn't it ?? I went to the kitchen and prepared lunch. After eating I watched telly for two hours . When the time went to 6 pm I was so tired I couldn't do anything else. I went straight to bed totally forgetting to put the alarm clock at 2 am. I had been sleeping for for a few hours when I suddenly woke up from a bad dream . I take a look at the time and it's 2:10 am . OH NO ! How the hell did I forget to put the alarm clock ??? Thanks God I woke up on time . I got up and got dressed . Took the keys and then opened the last note to read the last two sentences . " AFTER TWO DAYS MEET AT MAJESTIC HOTEL AT EXACTLY 3 AM. DONT BE LATE. CLOCK IS TICKING "  . Since Majestic hotel was was a little bit more far from my house than Avenil Venue I went out straight away. One minute before 3 I was standing right in front of the hotel , glad to see absolutely  no one around me. I started searching for my note. I found it after 5 minutes close to a what it seemed a blindfold . I picked up an only the note.  I opened it. The note read : " Hello hello there Ant ! Glad to see you again. So let's not loose unnecessary time with unnecessary words and let me explain you what the challenge is today. In your right you have the magnificent and huge London bridge . What you need to know is that I'm watching . Two , you have a time limit on this one so you must complete it in 30 minutes , or less if you're capable . And there's a catch.  You have to be blindfolded . Yes , so the challenge is this. You will climb one edge of the bridge and you gonna walk on it blindfolded to reach the other side , where also the second note with the second clue Is awaiting you. Your time will start once you're face to face with the bridge and you have put your blindfold on. Good luck . Don't be late. Clock is ticking ." . He's crazy . What if I die ??? But if this is said to happen it will happen. I will die knowing I died for Dec. I folded the note and put it inside my pocket. I picked the blindfold up and holded it in my hand. I started walking towards the bridge , fear arising from me , with my heart pounding on my chest rapidly trying to get out. When I got there my nerves were tense and cold sweats were covering my body. A cold shiver ran across my back with the velocity of the light making me feel more awake and aware. The butterflies inside my stomach were trying to set free from my body. I pictured the bridge and started thinking about the tactic I was gonna use to pass it without falling. I wasn't finding a way and that was making me more nervous and my breath heavier . I realised that if I wanted to get out of it and live I had to keep my calm down and relax. " I can do this "  . I said to myself . " I have to do it for Dec " . I put the blindfold on and climb the bridge . My feet instinctively started trembling and I couldn't reach my balance . Everything around me was plain dark and the only thing i was trying to think was UP , UP , Need to stay up. Eventually after swinging around for a few minutes I finally reached the balance I needed and tried to normalise my breath . My feet were still trembling , so I stood in one spot without moving before I was completely calm . After I was calm enough to start moving I made the first step and started walking slowly  . I went on like this for minutes , my feet still trembling from time to time . The bridge was not wobbly so that was good.   I must have been in the middle of the bridge when I heard a loud thunder . Oh no I thought to myself. Not the rain. Not now. I was waiting for the rain to start pouring down like mad ,but nothing like that happened . I carried on walking slowly. I walked for some more while loud thunders were bursting above my head. I walked and walked and suddenly the next step went Into empty air , making my heart miss a beat and me freak out. I slowly took off the blindfold and realised i had made it at to the end. I jump on the ground ever so relieved . My feet was still shaky . I turned my head around to see the bridge . It was big , It was huge and It was scary. I take a look at the river . Black and wavy. I suddenly feel a drop of water in my face and a second later it starts pouring down . Well I'm getting wet but and least I'm safe now . I still don't know how I did it but I hope I won't have to do something like this ever again . I take a look at the time. Still one more minute to go.    Well there's some luck !! I didn't have to search up for the note because I found it immediately. I opened it and read " Yet another challenge completed by you Mr. McPartlin. I'm impressed . I seriously am impressed. This was a tough one and you managed to do it like I required and on time. Now this is the second clue. DEC'S ROOM IS BIG , DARK AND IN AN ISOLATED PLACE . That's it.   Ok.  Today rest. Tomorrow meet me at 11 pm near Convert Garden restaurant . I would advise you to bring your hoodie aswell.  Don't be late. Clock is ticking " I folded the note and put it in the pocket the other note was staying. The rain hadn't stopped a second and and I was already soaking wet. By the time I got home I felt like I was just getting out of the shower. I quickly got on and changed to some more dry and warm clothes . Then I got straight to my working desk to put the notes who miraculously weren't very wet inside the drawer with the other notes. And then I went to bed. Exhausted from the night and already nervous for tomorrow. I drifted to a not-to-be peaceful sleep.



Ok.  So have to apologise again because I promised you that this chapter would have been posted a week ago but I got really sick and had to go to hospital for quite a few days. I'm sorry everyone. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.


Note : it often says FINISHED READING at the end but it's just for that chapter and mot the whole story. I got lots of other chapters to write and post so keep an eye out.

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