Post by StoryGirl83 on Aug 23, 2010 14:08:58 GMT -5
Chapter Twenty-Two – Not Antique
When Wyatt finally returned Chris had already said his good-byes and had headed back to their apartment. Wyatt gave his mom a quick kiss and orbed back into the apartment’s living room. Seeing no sigh of his brother, he headed into the hall and knocked on Chris’ closed door. “Everything okay?”
Chris pulled opened the door and nodded. “I’ve just been wondering if I made the right decision last week.”
Wyatt waited silently for more.
“Emily called,” Chris explained. “Apparently she saw something she thought was unusual and decided to find out if she could if magic had anything do with it.”
“Did it?”
Chris nodded. “This isn’t her fight.”
“Perhaps not,” Wyatt agreed. “And we all told you not to cast that spell.”
“But we know she won’t betray us,” Chris argued.
“We know that at that point in time she had no intention of doing so,” Wyatt reminded him. “We don’t know her and we don’t know how time will change her.”
Chris shook his head. “No, I’m pretty sure she’s safe. I just don’t want her sticking her nose in this and getting it cut off.”
“You warned her,” Wyatt reminded him.
Chris sighed. “Yeah, I did. Why did she have to be so curious?”
“Perhaps it’s her nature,” Wyatt suggested. “She’ll probably be safe as long as she doesn’t actually start trying to stop demons.”
Chris smiled a little. “Yeah, I guess that’s true. And why would she go after demons? She’d lose.”
Wyatt grinned back. “Come on, we’ve had a long day and I’d like to play some sort of game. Interested?”
Chris shrugged. “I might be persuaded. What did you have in mind?”
Wyatt considered this. “I was thinking we should go down to the store and see if we could find a likely board game.”
“Board game!” Chris exclaimed amused. “And where do you intend to find one of those? An antique shop?”
Wyatt snorted. “I will have you know that board games are not antiques. Kali and I spotted a brand new one just a few months ago when she dragged me around the stores to help her with her Christmas shopping.”
Chris shook his head laughing. “Lead the way then. This I have to see. A new board game. Please.”