Chapter 2

It began to get a little late so we said our good byes to the Sackville-Bagg family and piled into the car and headed home. It was a little squishy in the back seat considering there were three of us teenage girls in the back seat with Tony sitting on my lap as we drove home. When we finally got home, Mom decided just to order pizza for tonight while my friends and I headed up to hang out in my room. Sandy immediately headed over to my laptop and found my music folder and began playing my music and she began to dance around. Andrea and I laughed as we joined her in her wild dancing and we all sang and danced to as many songs as we could. Dad came in some time later with two boxes of pizzas in one hand and the cordless phone in the other. Andrea turned down the music as I walked over and took the pizzas from my dad.

"One's pepperoni and the other one is deluxe. Plus the phone's for you, honey" dad said and I also took the phone from him as I set the pizzas down.

"Hello?"

"Hi Tanya, its Gregory"

Andrea and Sandy came over to me, "who is it?" Andrea asked.

"It's just Gregory" I replied to her.

"Hi Gregory!" Andrea and Sandy said together. I heard Gregory laugh on the other end of the phone as I attempted to talk to him.

"I was wondering if you and the girls wanted to do something tomorrow" Gregory said.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Well, the outdoor market is open all day tomorrow. The forecast said that it should be sunny all day"

"Sounds great, when would you like to go?"

"How about I pick you guys up around eleven thirty? Mom will be able to drive us down and pick us up later around dinner time"

"Perfect, I'll fill the girls in and we'll see you tomorrow"

"Alright, goodnight love"

"Night, Greg"

I hung up the phone and turned to find both of my friends watching me as they sat on my bed pizza in hand with smiles across their faces. "So what'd he say?" Sandy asked.

"Gregory offered for all of us to go to the outdoor market for the day tomorrow morning" I replied.

"I gotta hand it to ya, Tanny; you got a good one there if he's going to put up with us" Andrea commented and I laughed.

"I am so lucky to have you guys. Now give me a slice of pizza before you hog it all!"

They laughed as Andrea handed me a slice of deluxe pizza. We sat there eating pizza and chatting as the music played. As soon as we finished the pizza and digested most of it, we danced around my room once again into the night until ten and mom warned us not to stay up too late. Tony came in to say goodnight as he got ready for bed and we ended up doing the same. Even though we were in our pajamas, we obviously didn't go to bed as we shut off the music and sat on my bed talking and joking long into the night. Somehow, around twelve thirty, we all ended up sleeping on the floor in a mass of blankets and pillows both from my bed and the spare blankets and pillows. I didn't even bother climbing into my own bed, besides, my blankets and pillows were all on the floor with the rest of them and I decided not to bother with it as I was already comfortable in my spot on the floor with two big pillows and a very cozy blanket.

The girls and I were thankfully able to sleep in for awhile as morning came but we were forced to get up at nine thirty to get ready for the day. We were a little slow getting up considering we foolishly decided to party almost all night. Still, we managed to drag ourselves out of the masses of blankets we were tangled in and headed downstairs for some breakfast. Tony was already up and was eating pancakes and bacon at the kitchen table by the time me and the girls made it downstairs.

"Hey kiddo, what do you have planned today?" I asked Tony.

"I'm gonna go to the park with Rudolph and Anna and then we're coming back here to watch a few movies" Tony replied.

"Perfect. We might join you on your movie plans when we get back from the market"

Sandy came up behind Tony and ruffled his hair, "why are you so cute like that?" Sandy jokingly asked as Tony fixed his messed up hair. We ate our full of pancakes and bacon and headed back up to my room to do our hair and make-up as we waited for our ride. Sandy helped me pick out an outfit and then Andrea attacked my hair as she pulled out a brush and a few hair pins and ponytails. I did my make-up by myself seeing as how that didn't take long as I didn't wear a lot of make-up. I only wore just a little bit of eye shadow and eye liner. Andrea and I then helped Sandy pick out an outfit as she held up two shirts and we would voice our opinions on it. The same went for the pants or skirts and so on. It didn't take long for Sandy and me to help Andrea with her outfit considering she looked good in anything she wore no matter what it was. Mom called us from downstairs saying that Gregory had arrived and we quickly double checked our hair, make-up, and clothing and assured each other that we looked good and headed downstairs.

Gregory stood at the bottom of the stairs as he waited for us and I noticed that his eyes immediately landed on me. "Whoa, girls, we're only going to the market" Gregory said when he stared at us, mainly me.

"Yeah but we might as well look good just because we can" Sandy said and we laughed.

"Ready to go?"

"You bet" I replied. We all headed outside, saying our goodbyes to my parents and Tony, and piled into Freda's car. Gregory thankfully sat in the front while the three of us sat in the back as Freda drove us to the outdoor market. It didn't take very long for us to reach the market and Freda pulled over to the sidewalk as we all got out and waved goodbye as Freda drove off and we began walking through the market.

The market was full of different kinds of stalls filled with food, jewelry, trinkets, treats, clothing, and anything else you would find in an outdoor market. A clown stood to the side and juggled for the customers' entertainment as a colorful top hat sat on the ground as people placed their small bits of change into the hat. We watched the clown for awhile as Gregory placed two dollars in the hat and the clown juggled three bowling pins. He then stopped juggling and pulled out a long balloon from his colorful jacket as well as a hand held air pump. He blew up the balloon and quickly proceeded to make a balloon animal for me and the girls each. Mine was a red giraffe, Sandy's was a blue poodle, and Andrea's was a green parrot. We thanked the clown and he bowed to us comically but respectably and honked his big red nose and we laughed and continued on our way as a few more people showed up and the clown continued with his small performance.

The girls and I couldn't help but stop at almost every stall to check everything out no matter what it was. We admired the jewelry we passed and Sandy bought a small pair of purple earrings while Andrea bought a blue and green sash from a clothing stall that sold hand made sashes. We stopped to rest by the small fountain that sat in the center of the market and Gregory excused himself saying he would be back in a few moments. The girls and I talked as we admired each others findings and Gregory returned a few minutes later with his hands behind his back.

"I saw this and I had to get it" Gregory explained as he pulled out a small box from behind his back and opened it in front of me and I gasped. It was a silver crescent moon pendant that hung around a thin silver chain and a small round diamond that was my birth stone sat in the center of the crescent moon.

"Oh my god! Gregory, it's beautiful!" I exclaimed as Gregory removed the necklace from the box and did the honors of putting it around my neck.

"I knew you would like it"

"How much did this cost?"

"It doesn't matter right now, so long as you like it is enough for me"

"Like it? I love it!"

"Good" Gregory then placed his hand under my chin as he always did and kissed me for a short moment and smiled.

"Aww" Sandy and Andrea said at the same time and I suddenly turned a bright shade of pink and Gregory laughed. Gregory sat down beside me as Sandy and Andrea gushed about my necklace and I did my best to direct their attention to their findings. Being in the spotlight when your boyfriend had just given you a beautiful necklace was nice but I didn't want it to be all about me today. Today wasn't just mine it was ours.

"Enjoying your time, vampire scum?" someone said and we turned to see… ROOKERY??? What the hell was he doing here?! He was standing a few feet away from us and Gregory immediately stood.

"Excuse me?" Gregory said, acting as if he didn't know the guy.

"You heard me. Vampire. Still ruthless I see"

"Girls, go get us some hot dogs or something. I'll take care of this" Gregory said to us. Andrea and Sandy had no idea what was going on but I managed to get them away from the fountain and over to a hot dog stand nearby but far enough so that Rookery couldn't harm us. As Sandy and Andrea ordered the hot dogs, I looked back worriedly at Gregory talking with Rookery. I couldn't hear what they were saying but it was obvious that Rookery was making Gregory extremely mad. I watched as Gregory pointed a finger at Rookery and I guessed that he was threatening Rookery somehow judging by his body language and his facial expression. Rookery finally turned and left as Gregory watched him go and then made his way over to us as soon as Rookery was out of sight.

"What was that about?" I asked him.

"Don't worry about that right now. We shouldn't let him ruin our fun time today"

I was surprised that Gregory had calmed down quickly but I knew that he was still angry at Rookery. I decided not to bother Gregory with it as Sandy and Andrea returned with hot dogs in hand. When they asked about Rookery, Gregory just told them he was the town psycho and was always creeping people out and not to worry about him. We ate our hot dogs, although I felt like I couldn't eat mine considering the fact that Rookery was back in town and the thought wasn't comforting in the least bit.

Ooohhh! What's going to happen? What business does Rookery have with Gregory? All in the next few chapters! See you then! R & R if you like it! I know you do! LOL!