Treasure of the tower

– We are the same age. – Sasha answered

He conferred with the girls for a long time, who took turns taking the phone until they agreed when they would come. Sasha asked the girls to stock up sleeping bags for spending the night, and they do not bother with food, Misha will have everything you need…

The girls arrived by train a week after the talks. All this time was preparing for a picnic. Everything necessary was obtained, which was not enough for a romantic trip with an overnight stay, especially since such an independent outing for young tourists was for the first time in life, without accompanying elders. The whole company decided to spend the night in Misha’s room. Girls for this in advance chose a free space of the room on the parquet floor, having spread out their sleeping bags.

Sasha, however, could not resist so as not pinching Lusya: – Tell me, girl, and when you like to wake up, eh? – Sasha knew that Lusya often complained to him that he always gets up with difficulty in the morning and never gets enough sleep. On this account, Lusya always knew what to answer, and she never climbed the words into her pocket: “Do not worry, young man, when I have to, I always wake up.

In the evening they put equipment in two backpacks, and settled in the room for the night. At work, the day flashed by unnoticed, and already on the watch was at half past twelve in the morning, when Misha knocked on the door of his room: “Girls, can I come in?” Asked Sasha. The guys stood under the door in their shorts waiting for their turn. When the voice of Lucy answered that it was possible, the guys were not surprised at the jokes. Lusya settled on Sasha’s cot, and Sofia on Misha’s bed.

“Er, that’s how to understand?” Stammered, and trying to keep the presence of the spirit, Sasha asked.

– As you want, understand. – Lusya answered him. – And the sleeping bags on the floor, go there. We girls need a good and comfortable sleep. – Sofia from under the blanket watched the confused guys, and smiled with all her heart, amused by the scene of the confused guys. Sasha He said nothing more, but obediently wandered to Lucy’s sleeping bag, Misha got into Sophia’s sleeping bag…

In the morning, at nine o’clock, Misha woke up first, finding himself in a sleeping bag, which brought him back to reality. He got out of his sleeping bag. In the room the measured sniffs of sleeping friends were heard. He cautiously left the room, closing the door behind him, and ran into his mother in the corridor.

“Well, are you asleep?” She asked worriedly.

“They sleep like after hard labor.” – Misha joked.

“Nothing is their first trip, let them sleep, do not wake.” My aunt and Natasha will go to the bazaar, we’ll have to bribe the products for the evening. You go, and we, what to do, and sit together. Natasha and I have something to remember, and not all of us have visited it yet. After all, half of our class lives here.

“All right, Mom, you’re the best mom in the world.” – said Misha and ran to the bathroom. Mother from these words of emotion brushed aside a tear running down. And she went to her room, where her sister, Aunt Misha, had already woken up. When eleven women left with bags for the bazaar, Lyusya woke up first. She went out to sleep in the kitchen to drink some water, there was already Misha. He wore jeans and a green T-shirt, and he was busy with coffee near the gas stove with the Turk.

– Misha, hello, – appeared at the door of the kitchen, the girl said hello. “Make me a coffee.”

– Hi Lucy. Tell me, does Sofia drink coffee?

– And Sasha, Sophie, and I, we all drink coffee in the morning.

“Okay, I’ll give it all up.” There’s still a cake. You wake up there all and to the table. It’s time for us to go camping.

– Only after coffee. – Categorically with a pleasant smile said Lusya, waving to the top with his indexed finger?

By twelve o’clock in the afternoon, everyone in the kitchen had gathered for coffee and a Prague cake. Misha did not say that yesterday there was a contract to wake up at six in the morning and go out into the hilly country outside the city, where there are cozy backwaters on the river and there it would be possible to organize parking, a shish kebab, and it’s wonderful to mark the beginning of school holidays. Lusya spoke first: “Misha, you, of course, excuse me, but you have such wonderful air and so much comfort that you did not want to wake up. We had a wonderful night’s sleep and hunt out of the house.

“Listen, Lusya,” Sophia interrupted, “if you say so, and then speak for yourself.” For example, I want to go camping, with an overnight stay in a tent, to sit down at the crack of a fire, it’s so romantic and mysterious. And what shish kebabs with a smoke and how nice to get into the sleeping bag.

“Sofia, you say that as if you were already on a march.” – Said Sasha.

– You will believe, never.

– And I do not want to get out of Sasha’s bed and here again. Lucia said in a deep voice.

“So what’s the matter,” interposed Misha, we might not go that far. Here we are not far away, only through the wasteland to cross, and you will get to the abandoned half-ruined prison, where convicts who worked at the construction of the Demidov factories were kept.

– This is where we are skeleton, chained to the wall, found in the dungeon, yes?! Exclaimed Sasha. The girls were quiet. Their eyes lit up and shone with a mysterious story.

“Guys, why did not you say anything and you did not say a word to Sashka about this?” – Suddenly excitedly spoke to Lucy. – I want to go there. Will you show this place? Demanded Lusya.

The guys began to think what to say to these two chatterboxes, who, of course, will start bragging to everyone in a row, and a lot of people will pour in here.

– We need to confer. Suddenly Sasha jumped up from his seat and dragged Misha along with him. The guys went out into the corridor, tightly closing the kitchen door behind them.

“What are we going to do, Mishka?” What the girls will see – will hear the whole get-together of Yekaterinburg?

– Yes, it is true. I think that we can not escape this, so girls can not be taken there, and even more so they can show them everything there. Let’s apologize and explain this, which we played it out so that the girls are completely awake, and they wanted to go with us to nature.

“It’s settled!” Let’s go to! – Sasha, having said this, first entered the kitchen, where the girls were smoking a cigarette, dropping the ashes into a faceted glass.

– Well, what did you think up there? Asked Luce.

“Excuse us girls, we’ve made it all up.” In short, played you, so it was more interesting. – Sasha said first who entered.

– Yes, we understood it immediately. “Said Lusya”. Is Sofia true?”

– Of course. – Confirmed the girl, – We, when we were going to you to go, carefully studied the space map of Nevyansk and its environs. And except for the sagging tower on the shores of an artificial lake, which was built during the time of Demidov, there are no remains of jails nearby.

– And looked at the enlarged view, and in detail. – Lusya added.

The guys relaxed from the heart. It seemed that it was concealed after the Moscow expedition to the ruins of the prison. The space map of Nevyansk and its environs was carefully retouched, removing even a hint of the very existence of these ruins themselves. This instilled in the boys even greater interest in organizing a search expedition, but, of course, without girls, because how, no matter how it is, it’s still a man’s business…

Chapter – 6.

The whole company left the house at two o’clock in the afternoon. Guys under the weight of heavy backpacks with inventory for a picnic, girls with hand luggage. Transport was not worth using, since Misha’s house stood on the very outskirts of the city, and to the hilly countryside overgrown with grass and bushes was a stone’s throw away. It was necessary to cross the bridge across the river to the right bank. Then, with a winding path, it will go deep into the desert area, take care of the place and break up two tents. It was decided to put one more tent for the girls for the guys. The boys immediately set to work. Sasha with a hatchet went to the bushes to cut the peg for the stretchers of the tent, and Misha began to install a metal brazier and lay out charcoal in it. The girls, meanwhile, spread a blue oilcloth blanket and began to string pieces of pickled meat with tomatoes and onions on skewers. When Misha approached the girls to check how they were doing, Lusya and Sofia stared at him in surprise.

– You, th, girls? – Misha cringed, trying to understand what was wrong.

The first could not stand Lusya. Her contagious and sonorous laughter made Sofia laugh to tears. Misha finally understood, and he began to wipe his face vigorously, smearing coal dust even harder over his face. These manipulations caused hysterical laughter of girlfriends. Misha felt awkward and insulted, he was already going to leave, twisting his unhappy face, but Sofia ran up to him with a laugh. She had a handkerchief moistened with drinking water.

– Mishka, let me wash you a little. – Carefully said the girl. Began to wipe his nose, cheeks, smeared with coal cheekbones, pressing closer to the guy closer and closer. Misha suddenly grabbed the girl in his arms, pressed her to him and they began to kiss, having frozen from mutual pleasure and sympathy.

“E-e, what are you doing there, ah?!” Called Lusya. Sofia suddenly pushed Misha away and ran off to her.

“What did I tell you?” No harassment, – she began, as a teacher in the school of noble maidens. “And you told me what you promised, eh?” What kind of not filed, that you like him when you see his photo.

– Listen, Lusya, leave me alone, ah! – Frowning, and blushing, Sophia said. The girls still continued to string meat when Sasha came up to them with an armful of pegs.

– Well, how are you, girls. The Serpent did not go around here, did he? – Looking to Misha, the guy asked.

“We can stand up for ourselves.” – Said Lucia, Sofia again blushed.

Of course, Sasha saw everything and already guessed that the flushed Sophie fell in love with his brother’s ears. But it’s better to leave this topic, and he said: “I’m going to set up tents with Mishka.” There he already melted the brazier. Shish kebabs will be fried when more heat is generated. Approximately by this time, the tents will already stand, and we will cast lots, where will be, whose will be determined by the draw. Is there a girl?!

– About! Lord of tents, you, as always right! – Lusya answered with a smile. Sofia at that time stuck in a three-liter jar with pickled meat, the brush took another piece, brushing the brine in a jar, strung it over the skewer.

– Go, look, maybe there is already enough heat, and it’s time to fry shish kebab? Prompted Lusya. Sofia, silently, rose, went to the side of the smoking Mangal, then went to the guys and began to help them set up the tent. With the remaining meat, Lucia managed and also joined them…

The guys brought with them two folding chairs, which they installed for the girls. From the brazier came the fragrant scent of shish kebabs, near which Misha was conjuring. And in the meantime Sasha took out four glasses and a bottle of vodka “SMIRNOFF” in volume of 1 liter. And in a voluptuous voice, he said: