Here we are! Chapter 30!

To be honest. I don't like this chapter... :/ I dunno, I just don't.

But, it's just a filler, so don't expect too much. Had fun writing a couple of the parts, I hope you enjoy it as well. ^^


I opened the door to the Dark Forest house to nearly get ran over by Miranda. She smiled sheepishly at me before bolting out the door. I shook my head, knowing that she had taken Jeff's knife again and was running off with it.

" GIVE ME BACK MY KNIFE!" Jeff screeched, confirming my thoughts, as he took off after the brunette. I sighed and crossed my arms, pouting. We were supposed to be discussing how we were going to navigate through the Swamplands, not chasing each other around like a couple of idiots.

Now if I only had the guts to say that to Miranda's face…

" Ben, where were you last night?" Ben stiffened as we both turned towards my grandma. She was standing at the entrance to the kitchen, arms crossed with a wooden spoon in one hand. She was tapping her foot impatiently.

" You're on your own." I whispered. Ben looked at me with a pleading look and I shrugged. Yep. I'm an awesome girlfriend.

" I was… at… Bailey's?" Ben muttered like a kicked puppy. My grandma narrowed her eyes.

" All night?" She inquired as Ben nodded. Grandma shook her head as she calmly walked back into the kitchen. Ben and I looked at each other before following.

I was surprised to see Slender man in a white apron, helping my grandma cook what seemed to be pancakes. I stifled a laugh and went to sit at the table when I saw Jack, eating something red-ish looking.

" Is… that a kidney?" I question as he nodded happily. I shuddered and sat down across from my kidney eating friend, looking up at Slendy.

" You cook?" I asked, clearly surprised. Slender nodded and flipped another pancake.

" These imbeciles don't know how, and a few of the other Keepers didn't know either." I raised a brow.

" Really?" I wondered. " That's… lame…" Slender simple nodded and brought me a plate full of pancakes.

" Hey, where's mine?" Ben whined. Slender faced him and growled.

" Get up and get it yourself." He snapped. Ben blinked a few times before obediently getting up and getting his food. I started to laugh.

The door busted open as Miranda casually strolled in, sitting in the other seat next to me. I raised a brow at her and she just shrugged.

" Where's—"

" In the forest, looking for his knife." She replied, not waiting for me to finish. " I hid it like an Easter egg." I could see the smirk on her face, knowing all too well that she probably hid it somewhere he'd never think to look.

" You two are the craziest couple I've ever seen…" I muttered, taking another bite out of my pancakes.

" Hey, we're not a couple." Miranda pointed out, eyeing my pancakes.

" You told me you guys liked each other."

" Doesn't mean we're a couple, B-Chan. Where'd you get the pancakes?" I pointed over to the counter where Slender stood, almost like a butler.

" Ah, good. I'm starving." Miranda jumped up and grabbed a plate full of pancakes before coming back and sitting back down. We ate in silence until a thought came across my mind.

" How did you get here?" I asked Miranda, raising an eyebrow. " I don't remember you staying."

" Well, you see…" Miranda started awkwardly. " I was bored at my house and you were taking forever, so I was thinking there had to be another way into the Dark Forest. So I tried to reach Slendy and he kindly teleported me here." I blinked a few times before looking at the tall faceless man. He nodded to show what Miranda said was true.

Before I could reply, the door burst open yet again to reveal Jeff, panting heavily, clutching his knife in his hand.

" Found… it…" He sighed and collapsed in a chair. I looked at Miranda with an amused, yet questioning stare.

" Where'd you hide it?" I wondered. Miranda smirked.

" That's a secret." She giggled and finished off her pancakes. " Eat your food!" I groaned.

" I can't!" I whined with a slightly British accent. " I'll explode!" Miranda rolled her eyes and took my plate away from me.

" Lazy butt…" She muttered and walked to the sink, placing the plate down and getting the sponge to start washing it.

" Yesh, but you love me anyway." I bat my eyelashes.

" Yeah, whatever." I laughed and walked out into the living room, sitting on the couch and staring at the blank TV. Sometime today, we'd have to go to the Swamplands and find Chris.

" B-Chan!" Miranda called, jumping over the couch epically and sitting next to me. " We should go to the mall!"

" Uh, Miranda, we have to go to the Swamplands." I reminded. Miranda gave me a blank look.

" We don't have to do that right away, you know." She said, crossing her arms and sinking into the couch.

" The world is in peril and you wanna go shopping?" Miranda thought for a moment.

" Yeah." She answered as I laughed.

" Right, we'd have to ask Slendy. And I doubt he'll let us just leave when the fate of the worlds depend on it." I explained, sinking into the couch also.

" Well, it's worth asking." Miranda grumbled back.

" What is?" Both of us turned and looked up at Jack.

" Miranda wants to go shopping." I said. Jack tilted his head.

" Shopping?" Jack scoffed. " We're all about to die, and you two want to go shopping?"

" Hey, I said Miranda wants to go shopping." I corrected as Miranda slapped me upside the head. I muttered an 'ouch' as Jack laughed.

" Well, good luck with that." He chuckled, walking upstairs. I shook my head.

" No wonder grandma wants to pass down the Keeper job." I sighed. " These guys are a handful." Miranda shrugged.

" Could be worse." She stated. I looked at her.

" How so?"

" They all could be little babies." I laughed.

" They act like little babies," I reminded. " So it is like we're babysitting." Miranda giggled.

" Fair enough, let's go!" She squealed as she grabbed my arm and dragged me through the front door.


Miranda and I laughed as we walked out of the food court, smoothies in hand. I couldn't believe we managed to get away with this.

Long story short, Miranda dragged me out of the Otherworld and we drove up to Reno to go shopping. We were currently in Meadow Wood, exploring all the stores, making fun of either the stores or the people, and buying a bunch of useless crap.

As we walked, I stopped and noticed a beautiful dress. Pretty… I thought as I walked up to examine it. It was a royal purple color that ended just above the knee, it looked as though it was made of a wavy silk material and shimmered in the light. I really like that dress.

" If it was blue, it'd look amazing on you." Miranda said, startling me. I turned and smiled, looking behind her to see a kid in a white hoody standing in the crowd, staring at us. I blinked as the figure walked away. No way…

" Uh, we weren't followed, right?" I asked. Miranda turned to me, giving me a confused look before looking around.

" Not that I know of, why? Did you see someone?" She asked. I shrugged and sipped my smoothing.

" I'm not too sure." I admitted. " I thought I saw Jeff." Miranda rolled her eyes.

" Prepare for our amazing day to be ruined." She sighed and threw her hands up in the air dramatically. I giggled and continued walking past the store with the pretty dress. I gasped in delight as I grabbed Miranda's arm.

" Let's go to rue21!" I squealed.

" Uh, why?" Miranda laughed at my excited, girly attitude.

" 'Cause they have awesome underwear!" I replied, making Miranda laugh harder.

Miranda and I spent the next few moments in rue21 looking through the underwear, laughing at some really weird ones and picking out which ones we liked the most.

" These are cool." I said picking up one that had zebra print on it, not knowing it was a thong. I squealed and threw it at Miranda. Miranda gave me the 'what the frick' look before laughing.

" Omg, Miranda, look." I snickered as I held up on that looked like stripper underwear. Miranda scoffed and rolled her eyes.

" Get it, it's perfect for you." She joked.

" No, it's perfect for your mom." I joked back, which caused her to nearly die of laugher.

" What are you two doing?" We both turned and saw Jeff, looking quite interested in the underwear.

" Uh, shopping?" I said like it was obvious, throwing a pair of underwear at him. He immediately threw it back in the bin, a light blush creeping on his pale face. Miranda poked said face.

" Aw…" She cooed. " Is someone embarrassed?" Jeff glared at her and leaned closer.

" I am not embarrassed." He stated firmly.

" Oh right, you wear this stuff all the time. I forgot." I couldn't hold back a laugh as Jeff's face contorted with anger.

" What?" He seethed. Miranda waved her hand.

" Relax, killa," She sighed. " You're such a drama queen. I was just kidding."

" So this is where you guys disappeared to." I turned and saw Ben standing right behind me.

" What, did you guys stalk us here?" I huffed.

" Actually, we've been following you since you entered the building." Ben confessed, scratching his neck. I looked up at him in shock.

" Are you serious?" I almost yelled. Ben shrugged.

" What?" He muttered, getting defensive. " We were bored and… well…"

" Bailey, your boyfriend wants to hang out with you." Miranda finished as she grabbed and extremely girly shirt and held it up to Jeff. " I think it's your size."

" What is wrong with you?" He hissed, pushing the shirt away.

" What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" Miranda retorted.

" Miranda," I said as she looked at me. " Your boyfriend wants to hang out with you."

" Shut up." She hissed, unable to hide her smile as a blush dusted her face. I laughed and threw another pair of underwear at her. She grabbed it and chucked it hard at me. We began to laugh uncontrollably as Jeff and Ben just looked at each other and then us. We were even making a few of the cashiers laugh.

" Okay, let's go." I said, grabbing the clothes that I wanted. " I wanna see what else they have at other stores."

" Your psychopathic cousin is trying to kill everyone and marry you and you want to continue shopping." Jeff grumbled.

" Hey, we've been through a lot the past few months." Miranda pointed out. " Bailey hasn't really had any type of break. I mean, right after she defeated the Father, her creepy cousin shows up." Ben stiffened at the mention of the Father. I grabbed his hand and intertwined our fingers as a soothing gesture. He relaxed and squeezed my hand.

" It's true," I agreed. " I think we could all use a day off. After all, it's just a day, right?"


Chris was beyond furious.

Yes, he had been watching his little angel play in the mall with her annoying friend. It was cute to watch her get excited over clothes and jewelry. Maybe he could get her some after he takes over the worlds…

Then he saw her grasp the ghosts' hand, intertwining their fingers together. Chris gripped the staff tightly, to the point of breaking. How dare she? She was his and his alone. He would teach her that. They would come looking for him.

He growled and sat back in his make-shift throne, glaring at Ben. How the hell did he even get so close to Bailey in the first place? What did she see in that idiot? What did that idiot have that Chris didn't? All these questions infuriated the black haired boy.

I'm going to kill him, Chris vowed. And make sure he stays dead.


I snuggled up to Ben in the backseat of Miranda's awesome little jeep. We had an awesome day at the mall, laughing and just hanging out. The cutest part was when Jeff asked Miranda out. He stuttered horribly and barely got the sentence out, and after a few minutes of laughing at him, Miranda said yes.

So I could now officially make fun of them as a couple.

I closed my eyes as Ben wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer. I slightly opened my eyes. The sun was just setting, staining the sky with purple and red and it looked absolutely beautiful. A perfect ending for a perfect day.

I glanced down to see Miranda driving with one hand as she held Jeff's with her other one. I snickered.

" Cute~!" I cooed and they both glared back at me. I just laughed and closed my eyes, shifting a little to get comfortable. Content, I fell into a deep sleep.


Ben gazed down at Bailey as she slept peacefully, stroking her hair. Today had defiantly been a fun day, but he couldn't help but think about all the trouble they were going to get into when they came home. He knew that Slender would not be pleased. They all were in danger. Chris was still on the loose and ready to kill them at first sight.

The thought of Bailey's cousin made his blood boil. The guy wasn't just insane, he was obsessive and deranged. Just thinking about what he wanted to do to Bailey made Ben unconsciously pull the smaller blonde in his arms closer, as if the black haired boy would appear and snatch her away from him again. Bailey mumbled something unintelligible and relaxed against him. Ben's eyes slowly began to shut as sleep beckoned him, lost deep in his own thoughts. One thought crossed his mind as he succumbed to sleep.

Would they manage to stop Chris and save not only the OtherWorld, but the OverWorld as well?


There! Chapter 30!

This was pretty quick, probably because I created this account when I was nearly finished with this chapter. ^^' Anyways, hoped you enjoyed it. I'll be working on Chapter 31 for you guys!

Wow, chapter 31 already, eh? Time flies... time flies. Until the next time.