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Untitled Chapter Three 11 pm, about four hours after Danny had gotten into the elevator, another resident of the building wished to use the elevator. Old Mrs Brown was just arriving after a nice night with her friends. They had been drinking tea, eating biscuits and remembered the good old times. Because of her bad leg Mrs Brown didn�t fancy taking the stairs to her floor so when the elevator didn�t work she chose to call the landlord. Unaware that the rescue was close Danny offered Hayley a button from his shirt. �Why would I wanna eat your button?� she asked confused. �Well I watched this movie where they didn�t have anything to eat so they sucked on shirt buttons. Apparently they contain loads of good stuff� he explained matter-of-factly. �Ok� she said and grabbed the button. �Aren�t you gonna eat it?� Danny asked as he pulled off another button from his shirt. �Dunno...� Hayley said hesitating �You go first� �Why? Do you think it�s poisoned?� Danny laughed as he placed it on his tongue. �UH! No you�re right� Danny yelled and spit it out �It tastes like Danny sweat, don�t eat it!� Hayley was laughing hysterically but stopped when all of a sudden the elevator started to rumble. They were both up on their feet within the second trying to grab something to hold on to. The elevator shook heavily for a couple of minutes and Danny grabbed Hayley and held her so she wouldn�t fall. Then it stopped just as suddenly as it had started. �What was that?� Hayley asked nervously. �Dunno� Danny said and started banging on the door. �Do you think it�s gonna fall?� she asked and looked over at Danny with a worried face. �No probably not. We�re only two tiny persons and it�s supposed to take, like, ten fat ones.� �Yeah, but it�s also supposed to take you to the floor you wish to go not break down in between floors� she said and sat down in the corner of the elevator. Danny gave up and pulled out his cell phone. �Gotten any magical reception?� she asked. �No� Danny answered and put his phone in his pocket again. �That�s too bad� she sighed and looked hopelessly at the door. �Hey Mrs Brown� Tom greeted when he and the lads came down the stairs. �Oh, and hi Mr�err�landlord� he said politely when he saw the landlord standing in front of Mrs Brown. �Hello boys. Did you know the elevator�s broken down?� Mrs Brown asked. �What? No we didn�t� Tom said and looked over at the Harry and Dougie to see if they were as surprised as him. �And the repairman can�t come until tomorrow� she said accusingly and eyed the landlord. �I bet Danny broke it. He�s too lazy to ever take the stairs� Dougie presumed. �That could totally happen� Tom agreed. �Hey, wouldn�t that mean he�s still in it?� Harry asked thoughtfully. �Dunno� Tom said as he went over to the elevator �Danny!� Tom shouted but there were no answer. �Where is the elevator cabin?� Harry asked the landlord. �It seems to be stuck between the second and third floor� the landlord explained. �I�ve been trying to fix it but I can�t� �C�mon!� Harry shouted to the lads and they ran up the stairs. When they got to the second floor Harry and Tom went straight for the elevator, but Dougie kept going up the stairs. �Hey! Where�re you goin?� Tom asked Dougie. �What? I wanna be the one looking down on him not the other way �round� Dougie explained. Tom and Harry looked at each other before deciding to follow Dougie. The boys were really happy that they had found something to do. When they got to the third floor they started banging on the elevator door. �Danny, you in there?!� Tom shouted Back |