Hello hello! Here I go again. I know that I should probably update The Raven Prince since Rephaim and Stevie Rae are finally about to meet but I have so many story ideas on my mind that I'll start on them now, too.

Anyways, this story's title is Horrible Perfection and I really hope it interests you. What I like about the first chapter is that though it is a story about Stevie Rae and Rephaim none of them appears in it (The chapter, of cause. It'd be weird if none of them appeared in the whole story, right?). The funniest thing was imaging Kalona as some normal guy working in a normal company. ( Imagine him wearing a suit and carrying around a briefcase =3 ) I like that idea.

Disclaimer: Do I own House of Night? Oh well, I would love to but I have to disappoint you. I don't own HoN.

~ Nessie

Chapter One – Settlement

Jeffery Johnson was worried. He and his beloved wife had to go on a trip with their three sons. Why? The boys had messed things up again and seriously- you're better off not knowing what it was they did. However the consequence of that mess was that they had to make this little one-month-trip with their parents. Not that Jeffery and his Virginia didn't raise their boys properly- this incident was more of an accident- but they couldn`t say no. There was only one more problem: There wasn't any more room for the youngest family member. Stevie Rae was not only the youngest member of the family but also the only girl- well excluding his wife. Jeffery didn't want to leave his little girl alone at home, neither could he. Stevie Rae was strong but the thing with her independence was still... Let's just say: going slow. So he had to find a place for his daughter to stay. Luckily he had an idea.

"Kalona!", Mr Johnson exclaimed.

The tall and muscular man turned around and while Jeffery still wondered where he got those muscles from doing the very same job as him all day the other raised his eyebrows in an excepting manner:"What is it that I can do for you, Jeffery?" Kalona was a friend of Jeffery and had children himself.

"Do you remember, Kalona, that I will soon have to go on a trip with my wife and sons?"

"I can recall.", the other man answered, no change in his face.

"So-", Mr Johnson began.

"Jeffery."

"Yes?"

"Split it out."

"Yes. Sorry. There is something I wanted to ask you..."

"..."

"Okay. Sorry. Again. Here I go: Five people of our family are soon to go on a trip. But we're six. Soooooooo- I was wondering where to let Stevie Rae stay-"

"And you want me to take your daughter for a month?"

"Er, yes, something like that..." The requesting looked at his old friend who just eyed him. Jeffery felt a little uneasy under his stare. He knew Kalona for ages and Kalona knew him for ages. What could possibly have changed within the last five minutes?

"Very well then."

"Huh?", Jeffery managed brilliantly.

"I will take your daughter."

"Really? Amazing!" Mr Johnson jumped, ran over to his friend and hugged him. He couldn't believe it. He had a place for Stevie Rae to stay. That solved eighty percent of all the problems he had at the moment! "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you a thousand times! Oh I'm so relieved."

"Yes, but sadly-", Kalona began, braking free from Jeffery's hug, " I can not assure you that your daughter will have a good time. Neither can I say I will be at home. You are going the last four weeks of summer holidays, right? I will have to work then. The only companion she will have is my sons. And they are most certainly not used to a lady in the house. Do you think your Stevie Rae can handle five out-of-hand boys?"

"Oh, don't worry about that! Since she can handle three out-of-hand boys, five won't be a problem." That made Kalona chuckle. "Will she complain when something is wrong?" This time Jeffery had to chuckle. "You don't worry. As I know my Stevie Rae she is the unbeaten master at complaining."

"Well, then you will just have to bring her over by time."

"So, may I call you about the details?", Mr Johnson asked timidly. Smiling back assuring Kalona said: "Yes, yes you may."

Back home Mr Johnson was warmly welcomed by his wife. "Ginny, Ginny, guess what!", Jeffery almost yelled at her his eyes sparkling with excitement. "What?", she laughed. Jeffery grinned at her though the better word actually was beamed. "So, what are you so excited about?", Ginny asked smiling but with a hint of curiosity in her eyes. "I know where to let Stevie Rae stay.", he sang. "Really? You found a place for Stevie Rae?", she asked, her eyes widening. "Yup!", Mr Johnson beamed. "Oh, that's so awesome honey! Have you already told her?"

"No.", Mr Johnson sighed. To tell Stevie Rae would be the worst part of it. The fact that her parents wouldn't let her stay with Zoey caused a real uproar in their family. Well, I don't have much of a choice, do I?, he thought to himself. "I guess I'll go tell her then."

Okay, that was this story's first chapter. Liked it? The chapter did pretty much explain what type of story this is gonna get, right? I had very much fun imagining this whole Kalona-the-normal-mortal-coworker-from-next-door thingy.

I hope you will review. It won't hurt- I promise!

~ Nessie