Sitting here at the kitchen table with my coffee at the ungodly hour of 10:30 AM. Here we have the least amount of pixy children since moving into the church and I still get woken up by arguing pixies. At least there was coffee still somewhat warm. Which means Ivy had been here at some point.

"Jenks, when was Ivy here" I yelled only to be answered by the sound of pixy wings. "Damn Rache, I am not Ivy's keeper"

"I think she stopped by to pick up some clean clothes for a run."

"Since when does the all seeing Jenks not know who was here and when?"

Jenks has been distracted a bit lately, and I am not sure by what exactly. Maybe just by the fact that his children were growing up and moving out to find their own way.

I sighed looking out the window, it was going to be another steamy hot late summer day. "Jenks did you hear what the weather was going to be like today?"

"NO! Not only am I not Ivy's keeper, but I am also not the weather man." I sighed "My God Jenks what is wrong with you?"

"Tinks little pink Dildo, what in Disney's Hell would you two lunkers do without me to keep track of everyone and play grown up for you two." He then took flight and headed for the window.

Just then as always perfect timing, the phone starts ringing.

Jenks flies back in "I guess you will want me to get that for you, right?"

"No! My god Jenks, I can answer the phone myself."

"Well I'm already almost there, I'll just get it." As he flies away mumbling all sorts of unidentifiable insults.

I wonder who in the turn is calling before 11:00 AM.

"Rache, it's your boyfriend." Jenks yells. My god what is wrong with him today could he yell that any louder.

"And who exactly is that Jenks?" Although I knew it was probably Trent. The last thing I needed is for Trent to get the wrong idea. I've been working with and seeing a lot of him lately. At least two or three times a week, but always business, or at least somewhat professional. We've been behaving ourselves since that kiss in his spelling hut.

Just the thought made me a little breathless. Jenks came in "well you gonna get the phone? What is wrong with you now? You over heating thinking about lover boy?" Yes my face was a bit red of embarrassment thinking about that night. If I didn't pull away and then he suggested coffee who knows what would have happened that night. Ellasbeth is such a fool. If she is comfortable enough to be engaged with Trent knowing his business, how could she have left him just because he was arrested on their wedding day. He has a perfect body and his voice... "Rache! Earth to Rachel, come in Rachel! You gonna sit and daydream the day away, didn't you hear me, your boyfriend is on the phone."

"I heard you Jenks, I am just still a little tired and I think the heat and humidity are getting to me." Like he believed me. He knew me to well and could always tell when I wasn't telling the truth. "yeah, yeah whatever, I'm going to check on the kids."

"Hello."

"Um, Hello Rachel, its Trent."

"Yeah, I figured, don't mind Jenks, he is in a mood today." Great I am sure Trent heard the whole "your boyfriend" thing. Oh well, he's the one that kissed me on more than one occasion, granted the first time was to get my soul back into my body so I wouldn't stay brain dead, but still.

"So if your free tonight I would like you to come by around 8:00." Trent was rambling on, shit was I day dreaming again did I miss what he needed me for?

"Um, ok I guess I could make it. How should I dress for this, ah, meeting."

"Casual, its just us. I promised Quen we would make some decisions on the Rosewood babies before he returned from Seattle with the girls. And he is due back tomorrow and well, we have not talked about any of the details."

"Okay." Hummm I kind of thought Trent would take care of the details and let me know when he wanted my input. Great now what is he scheming up.

"So see you tonight around 8:00, see you then"

"Okay and try not to be too late."

Deep breath "Bye Trent."

"Bye."

Great, well at least I'm only a couple of minutes late. The dash says 8:06. I just past the gate house and still had a few minutes to make it all the up the drive to the private parking garage.

Oh well I'm here aren't I.

Trent met me near the door from the parking garage to the inside.

"Your late."

"Well hello to you too Mr. Kalamack!"

Then he gave me a little lift of the corner of his mouth in an almost smile.

"Come on let's go to my main office."

Great I guess this really was business. What in the turn does he have going on now.

"Have a seat Ms. Morgan." He said as he motioned me to sit in one of the chairs in his office.

Great on the last name basis now, I guess I started that. Well I am not on his payroll, and somehow I didn't get the feeling my being here tonight was a paying gig. He wanted to "talk" business.

I sat waiting to see where he sat, and trying to get a feel for what was on his mind.

So I watched as he sat leaning on the corner of his desk. Damn! Me and my big mouth telling him he looked sexy when he sat there like that. Although it would have had more effect on me if he were not wearing his suit. Yes he was in one of his usual thousand dollar suits. Almost like he was reading my mind he stepped away and took off his jacket. Well a little better now I thought.

He sat in his chair behind his desk.

As always I thought jeeze maybe I should have worn something else, I had on Jeans and a nice tank top a deep purple to compliment my red hair and green eyes, but it was really hot and humid out even at 8:00 at night. And here he was wearing a full suit, guess since temperature doesn't bother him the humidity wouldn't either. Damn Elf.

"So I asked you here to talk about the business venture we agreed on, concerning the Rosewood babies."

Huh, what did I agree to? I said I would help him, but we didn't talk about a "business venture", shit did we, god that night was so blurred and all I remember clearly was the kiss, and the look when he realized he had his pointy ears back.

So I ventured on acting like I had a clue, "Okay and what exactly do you have in mind at this time."

"Well as you know Quen will be back tomorrow with the girls, and I promised I would keep my schedule light for the next couple days, but after that I am going to be extremely busy, so I needed to get this offer to you today. Being Thursday I will give you two weeks and one day to review the contract in order to make a counter offer."

What the turn is he talking about? "Ah, What offer, and what contract?"

"In order to make this arrangement work I do need to take you on as the Director of the "School for the gifted" It will be for Elf and Witch children that have a gifted talent with magic. It is really the only way I found to hide, yet keep track of the Rosewood babies. It will be a few years before these children we saved will be ready for the school, but to make this work and keep them well hidden we need to get this program up and running very soon."

"But Trent these families, most of them don't have much money... and"

"Wait until your hear me out, the families of the Rosewood children will have a full scholarship, as well as any siblings that wish to attend. We will also help the families with boarding. I assure you they will be well taken care of Rachel. They will be given every opportunity, as well as other deserving Elf and Witch children that show promise.

"Okay, now for problem two, this sounds an awful lot like me working for you, and I have said time and again...And is this just another way for you to hand pick future Employees? Trent, I will not stand by and watch you groom these children so you..."

"Rachel, you said you would help me with this. And future Employees was never even a thought. Remember I have a daughter now"

Great Trent's tone was much louder then usual and it lost some of its sing song calming effect. I must have really pissed him off this time.

"I would never think about exploiting children for my gain."

Trent took a deep breath and let out a sigh. "If I did not ask for your opinion and help, none of this would even been a concern to me."

"Look I know I asked for your input, but without the promise of your help, I would have to find someone else, or handle it myself, but I really think that you are the person best fit for this position."

He sounded much calmer now, he was really trying to make me see his reasoning, but I tried to stay angry, anger always kept me clear headed.

"The fewer that know the true reason behind Kalamack Industries and our investors supporting this school, the safer these children will be. I also think that you care enough to make sure that these children and any others in the program get the best support they can. Although I think it is a waste of much of your talent, I think that with my help you can find a staff that can handle the majority of daily routine items that come up and that you will be allowed time to still take care of any runs you feel will not conflict with you ability to manage this project."

Trent continued to explain.

"I would take this on myself, but with Lucy and Ray in my life and my work load as it is I would not be able to give this project the attention it deserves, and I truly think I would be out of my comfort zone with this project. I now have a love for children like never before, but I still," Trent paused and looked at me with a little grin, "I still can be a bit of a murdering bastard sometimes, as you like to remind me time and again."

"So, Rachel it will not be like you are working for me. For one thing the way the contract reads, it would need board approval to terminate your contract, and if the board voted to do so, then it would be my ultimate decision to terminate you or not, but I could not outright act on my own to terminate you."

Trent sat back trying to look relaxed.

"You also would have nothing to do with Kalamack Industries as a whole. If I needed your assistance with a job, it would be outside of your job description and you would not be expected to do anything outside your job description without agreement."

"Everything is outlined in your contract, the job description, the positions you would need to fill, salary, benefits, company vehicle, clothing allowance. Think about it, you would no longer need David to keep you on his insurance. Do you have any idea how much his premiums have increased by him keeping you on?"

I knew he had something up his sleeve. "Trent, I really cannot..."

"Rachel, please think about it, read through the contract, consult with your attorney." He let out a little chuckle then, "Or do you have an attorney, oh yeah David and I have also taken care of your legal battles for you, well we can introduce you to the ones that have been acting on your behalf for years."

"And Trent when you say terminate"

"Fire you Rachel, I do not make it a habit killing my Employees."

"No really, so is that just a hobby than."

Trent stood and turned his back on me and walked over to his fish tank. He was probably counting to ten. Why did we work so hard to push each others buttons. hmmm well wait I guess tonight it is mostly me pushing his buttons. He seems extremely patient with me tonight.

Shit maybe I have been around Jenks too much lately and his bad moods are rubbing off. Now Trent is pissed at me too.