Charlene, Willa, Maybeck, and Philby all sat in the backroom of Crazy Glaze. The shop was closed for the night, so they had the place to themselves. They didn't have to worry about anyone walking in on them, or bothering them then. They were all silent, staring at Charlene's phone, which was in the center of their small circle. A voice spoke up from the phone, breaking the silence.

"Are you sure he was under a spell?" The voice asked. It was Amanda. She spoke silently, as if hiding from someone. It was past their curfew at the Nash house, but they didn't want to pass up on the emergency meeting.

"I'm positive, his eyes were the same color as the OTKs. Finn…" He trailed off, looking away from the phone. "...there was just no mistaking it."

"Well, there's gotta be some way to break that spell!" Charlene said, hitting her hand with her fist, "We just need to figure out how!"

"There could be many possible ways to do that," Willa said, speaking up.

"Maybe one of you needs to become a DHI and walk through him multiple times," Jess said from the other side of the phone, "That worked for me."

"She's right," Amanda said, her voice softening. The memory of her sister getting released from the spell was dear to her, and it made her soften every time someone brought it up. "There is that possibility."

"And there's also the kiss approach," Charlene claimed, "It worked last time for me."

"Wasn't it Philby that kissed you?" Maybeck asked, leaning back. "Maybe he's got some magic lips; we've gotta try that." He looked over at Philby, a smirking slightly. "What d'ya say, magic lips?"

The others laughed at Maybeck's nickname for the redhead, and all agreed that they would try that one first. They were silent after that, looking a bit sad again. Finally, Willa spoke up to break the silence. "I hate to be the downer of the group, but… what if those don't work?"

Everyone looked around at each other, then to the phone, hoping one of the sisters would speak up. They didn't.

"...Then we go to Wayne," Philby said, quietly. "He might know something that we don't." The others nodded, and he continued. "I can send two of you over tonight to talk to him, so we can get a head start. I'll also make sure that…" He paused, sighing, "...that Finn can't cross over. I - we - don't want him to cross over while he's under a spell. I have no idea what will happen to him if that happens, and I'm sure we all don't want to take any chances." Again, the others nodded. Though it was unspoken, they all were thinking the same thing: Philby was their new leader. Since Finn wasn't there to lead them, Philby was stepping up to take his place. Years ago, Philby would have loved this. He would have loved being in charge, getting the rush of being the leader. But now the circumstances were different. He loved Finn, not only as his boyfriend, but as a normal friend, a teammate. He didn't like taking his position from him like this; he absolutely hated it.

He must have been making a face then, because Willa leaned over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey," she whispered, softly rubbing his shoulder. "It'll be okay, we'll fix this."

"Yeah," was all he replied.

Philby sat at his desk, watching the activity on his laptop. Charlene and Jess has crossed over and were most likely talking to Wayne by now. He had Maybeck on hold, ready to cross over, just in case there was trouble. He had locked Finn out of the system, not allowing any chance of him crossing over. Philby sighed for what felt like the hundredth time that day, and leaned back in his seat. He rested his hands behind his head as he stared up at the ceiling, thinking about all that had happened today. He replayed the scene in Finn's bedroom over and over again, thinking of how things could have been different if he didn't run out so quickly. He closed his eyes, and bit his lip.

'I should have kissed him…' He thought to himself, opening his eyes. If he had only done that, then maybe things would have been different. Maybe Finn would have been out of the spell and they wouldn't even been in this mess. Philby was growing angry with himself, cursing at his own dumb actions.

"I should have kissed him," he thought aloud to himself. "Goddammit!" He hit sat up quickly and banged his fist on his desk, hard. The contact hurt, and let out a loud noise. Philby was rubbing his hand when he heard a knock at his door.

"Dell?" It was his mother. She knocked again, before letting herself in. She never waited to be invited in. "Dell?" She repeated, stepping into his room. "What are you doing? It's almost midnight."

"Nothing. Sorry," he replied, turning around in his chair to face his mother. "I was just working on something and got a bit upset. I'll be more quiet."

Gladis stood in the doorway, studying her son. "You're lying. It's midnight on a Friday, there's no way you would be do homework." She walked over to him, frowning. "Now, tell me what's wrong." She sat on the edge of his bed, staring at her son, "and don't you lie."

Their talk felt like it lasted for hours, but in reality it only lasted about ten minutes. Philby told her everything that was going on between him and Finn, and what was going in with the keepers. He knew she hated him talking about the keepers, and wasn't a fan of his relationship (but she tried to be encouraging whenever she could. If her son was happy, then she was happy.), but she did say to tell her the truth. When he was finally done, Gladis was silent for a while. She finally stood up, and told her son to go to bed. Philby said he would go as soon as Charlene and Jess were ready to be returned. She then leaned down and gave her son a kiss on his forehead. She whispered to him, "Good luck," before turning around and leaving. Philby stayed up for a few more minutes, blankly staring at the ceiling. His buzzing phone caught his attention, and he grabbed it quickly. It was a text from Charlene.

'bck. Wayne used the rturn bttn. get 2 bed.' It said.

'roger. txt every1 and tell them to meet my house tmrw' He replied.

'on it.'

Philby put his phone down, closed his laptop, and laid down in bed. He closed his eyes, and waited for sleep to come to him.

A/N:

And there's chapter two! I don't know when chapter three will be up, but it should be up sometime by the end of this week!