How could you snoop?

"Are you blushing?"

Harvey asked with amusement. This girl was already too beautiful for his sanity when she was just sitting quietly but now that she was blushing, he could feel his heart stuttering. And she was blushing only because she had spoken a few extra words? Avoiding looking at him, she turned back and would have raced away... if he did not move to block her way.

"Bam!" Niana rubbed her nose as tears threatened to fall from her eyes. If she were a cartoon, she was sure a few stars would be revolving over her head at present. Did he have a rock for a chest? Looking up, she glared at him before moving sideways to march away. He had suddenly blocked her way and he was standing there without a flinch while she was injured. She glared at him and ordered him, "Move.." But he moved...only to block her way.. She moved right so he would move to his left. And if she shifted to the left he would change positions to his right! What an ornery man!

Eventually, Niana threw up her hands in the air with frustration, shot him a glare and went back to sit on the tall chair clutching the box of half eaten food. She would simply wait for this guy to move before going back to her room. Seeing her pouting like this, Harvey could only smile as he spoke," Are you related to Mr. Bean in any way?"

Niana glared at him but did not answer. Shrugging his shoulders, Harvey continued," It sure feels like I am living with Mr. Bean."

Finally, unable to stop herself, Niana pointed out," Mr. Bean was an alien."

A triumphant smile threatened to cover his face and Harvey had to forcefully suppress it down as he finally discovered a way to make her talk! She liked speaking about facts and could not spoke them at the most unexpected times ! So, was she interested in crossing swords? Let's see.

"Miss Niana, here is where you are mistaken! You see, it was never made clear whether Mr. Bean was a mere clumsy human or an extra terrestrial being."

Niana frowned at this and nodded in thought," Yes. But is has been hinted at quite a few times. There was this episode where all the aliens looked like..."

"Uh huh! That was the animation... Not on the sitcom though!"

Niana frowned thoughtfully at this. As she was thinking this through, her gaze fell on his smug face, making her realize that she had been tricked! Standing up, she pretended to walk around the kitchen as she spoke slowly," It doesn't matter whether he is an alien or not. Mr. Bean does not speak at all not even French and I do! So..."

With that, Niana moved out of the kitchen and straight back towards her knitting. However, Harvey was not going to let her go a easily..

"Miss Niana Rivers. I am not going to let you have peace until I have received a few answers!"

Niana frowned and spoke, "Well, what do you want to ask? I will answer three question.. three only!"

Rubbing his hands with gleeful anticipation, Harvey immediately negotiated, "Three questions today and the rest in the coming days. So question one," What genre do you like to read?"

"Non-fiction, humor, science."

Harvey raised an eyebrow at that. "Really?"

Niana was about to nod her head when he raised his hand," Stop. That was not the second question. The second question is what do you like to do in your leisure time?"

"Knit and embroider"

Harvey rolled his eyes at that. He should have framed the question better. She was always knitting or doing something with a different needle.. For that reason, he was even going to have his killer use differently sized needles. To confuse the police and even make them doubt that the killer was a doctor...

"Fine. You think you are smart. I'll catch you soon, don't worry. Third question: What would make you read fiction?"

This time, Niana actually looked up thoughtfully and questioned him back, "Are you going to write this in your book or are you going to use this for reference to your story?"

"I don't know. At present I am only collecting my thoughts.. so what kind of a story would you like?"

"I'd like a story about villainous aliens", Niana replied thoughtfully, missing the look where poor Harvey's eyebrows almost disappeared into his hairline.

"Like Aliens coming to earth and capturing the human race? And torturing and murdering them? Or keeping them as slaves? Or maybe dissecting them to research them?"

Frowning at his gross imagination, Niana cut him off, "Harvey Elliott! I am one word away from throwing up on you! You have a horrible imagination. How do you earn money from writing?I was talking about aliens invading earth. And stealing all the junk food. Then they would become obese and have to suffer from lectures about obesity and trying to lose weight."

Harvey: ".." Aliens with obesity problem? Wow... Maybe she could write such a book.

But... "So, you like to read about aliens? And other than that you do not like fiction?"

"Your three questions are already over Harvey Elliott."

Shrugging his shoulders, at her refusal to answer, he then walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a small book..." I can only wonder who this novel belongs to? Since you don't like fiction? I mean is there any other Niana Rivers that has lived here?"

This made Niana look up in horror and she noticed the romance novel in his hand... Eyes widening, she looked at the man accusing," Did you snoop around in my room?"

Raising his hands in the air, Harvey defended himself," Hey! I never did snoop! I am not that kind of a person alright? I mean I would snoop in a heartbeat but only if I thought you were hiding something fishy! And a romance novel is not fishy! Also, I would have snooped through the underwear drawer and stolen some of that not a book ! It was in this kitchen cabinet! I just found it by chance!"