Disclaimer: I don't own DS, Dan Curtis does. I own the O.C.'S.
Chapter 4
Maggie and Mrs. Johnson came into the living room after Quentin and Brian had hugged each other. "It's good to see the two of you make up and to be a family again." Maggie said to them with a smile on her face.
"I'm glad too to see this happen. The two Mr. Collins reuniting again." Mrs. Johnson said as well.
Brian and Quentin both hugged Maggie that they were reunited again after 3 years of Brian leaving them. Brian told them that he was going to the Old House to see Barnabas and Julia, and that he would be back in an hour. He asked Quentin to meet him out front with his car and with both Jamison and Vicki, and that he would drive the rental car back to the airport, and then the four of them would ride back into Collinsport and spend the day there.
Quentin told him no problem with that. Quentin asked Brian what he was going to see Barnabas and Julia about. He told him that he wanted to let them know that he was not going to be staying at the Old House now, but staying in Collinwood. He then left to go to the Old House to see Barnabas and Julia.
Brian arrived at the Old House a short time later. He was about to knock on the door, but Julia opened it before he could.
"Come in Brian. Barnabas and I have been expecting you." Julia said to him.
"Thank you Julia, for both of you seeing me this morning." He told her.
She walked him from the foyer into the parlor room where Barnabas had made himself a cup of coffee. He smiled when he saw Brian come into the parlor with Julia. Barnabas asked him if he would like a cup of coffee. Brian told him thanks, but no thanks, that he had one before coming over here.
"Dad and I finally made up this morning. He said that he was sorry about last night. I accepted his apology with the condition that we start off as friends at first. And then take it from there. I also told him that he would have to respect my wishes of being a writer and not follow in the family business. He agreed to that. And I'm just happy that we are together again." Brian informed the two of them.
"Well, I'm certainly glad that the two of you have gotten back together again." Barnabas told Brian.
"I'm glad for both of you as well. I just hope this is the sign of a new beginning for your family, Brian." Julia said to him.
"Thanks of being there for me last night. It looks like I won't be staying here then. Julia, did you manage to get in touch with Windcliff about my problem." Brian wanted to know.
"I don't think that would be necessary to do that. I can help you here with the problem that you're having without putting you in there. Just trust me on this Brian. I'm sure this will work out better." Julia said to him.
"Julia is right about this. It would be easier for her. And this way, you won't be in a room with a locked door with no way of getting out. This way too, Maggie and Quentin won't know that you are getting help with your problem if you're here instead of Windcliff." Barnabas told him.
Julia then asked Brian about what time of day these blackouts would happen. He told her around sunset and then wake up at sunrise with a dead body next to him. She asked him if there was anything that he could remember before blacking out. He told her no. He did mention that he always felt that there was some sort of animal nearby before he would blackout.
She then asked him if there was any type of odor that would do this to him. He told her that it always smelled like some sort of dog or an animal with a lot of fur. Julia looked at Barnabas to confirmed what they had feared. Quentin's curse was passed on to him just like it was passed on to Chris Jennings when he had turned 21 himself.
Brian saw the look the Julia gave Barnabas, but didn't think anything about it. He asked her if it was possible to do the treatment here. She assured him that it would be done here. He then looked at his watch, and told them that he had to leave and meet his father and Vicki and Jamison to take them out for the day.
When he left, Julia and Barnabas sat down and start to talk about Brian's problem.
"Barnabas, I don't know if I can help him. We had tried with Chris before and after going to 1897 to stop Quentin from taking over Collinwood. But instead, he became a werewolf himself." Julia said.
"I know Julia. If there was some way of preventing this from happening to him, we would have found it by now." Barnabas said.
"I wonder if we can get in touch with Sabrina to see if she may have found a way to cure Chris of the curse. We haven't heard from her in a while. I think she was in Europe somewhere with him. And I think Amy married somebody over there as well." Julia told him.
"Yes, that's right. If we can get in touch with her, maybe she can help us with the werewolf curse." Barnabas said.
Julia told him that she'll go over to Collinwood and use the computer in the study to see if she could somehow reach Sabrina through her email address. Barnabas told her that he would walk with her there, but not bother her since he still has not learn how to use a computer yet himself. He still marveled at how the world had changed from 1797, to the present with all new things coming out every few months.