Edmund answers the phone and ascertains that there is a fire in the tack room. He and Alex didn't seem particularly anxious to get down there. Alex's expression didn't even change, despite her professed love for the horse, Scorpio. They took great care to turn off the lights and carefully shut the front door before leaving.
Well, the cheerleaders from Hell have just re-confirmed my opinion that many teenagers have a tendency to pretty much be 2-yr-olds with car keys. Of course, most 2-yr-olds are more intelligent and poised, not to mention not NEARLY as gullible.
Robin "they're so angelic when they're sleeping" Coutellier