Charly found the perfect dress for her night out with Jonathan. It was a long white satin dress that flowed around her waist, slightly showing off the curves of her body. She then found a small clip to decorate her hair after she put it into a bun. She was nearly done with her hair when she heard a knock on the door. She wasn't ready to be seen by Jonathan, so she called out "Who is it?" as she neared the door.
"It's Evy" came her voice from the opposite side.
Charly reluctantly opened the door. Evy's eyes went wide when she saw Charly. "Why are you so dressed up?" She asked quizzically.
"Jonathan is taking me out for dinner tonight."
"Is he really? That is rather nice of him!"
"It is. He is very sweet."
Evy smiled. "I came to tell you Rick and I are going to go pick up some supplies, so we will be gone for a few hours. I wondered if you wanted to go with us, but you seem to have your own plans." Charly nodded. Evy continued, "Well, we must go before it gets to be too late. Have a nice time tonight." Evy turned and left Charly. When she got out side and shut her door she sighed and grinned happily to herself. Jonathan had found someone who wasn't a bimbo at last.
Charly continued getting ready until another knock sounded at her door. Charly looked at the clock on the wall it was 10 minutes to 7. 'Good enough' she thought. Then she smiled and opened the door. Jonathan held out his arm to her and she intertwined hers with his.
They had a wonderful night at the restaurant. They spoke of their childhoods. They spoke of their homes. They spoke of their siblings. They talked all night, through every course of dinner. Getting to know the person they were delighted to be in the presence off. Before they knew it, it was 10 pm, and they realized it was best to make their way home.
They rode home quietly, holding hands, enjoying the night air. When they arrived they found the house dark. Jonathan escorted her up to her room, holding her by the waist as she leaned her head against his shoulder. When they arrived at her room they turned to each other and shared a long kiss.
"I had a wonderful evening, Jonathan."
"It was my pleasure Charlotte. Are you ready to go to Egypt?" He said slightly stepping towards her.
"I am. Are you ready?" she said as she found herself pressed against her door by Jonathan.
"I am. It will be nice to go there with you" he smiled as he pressed his body against hers. He watched her blush at his comment, and leaned down to kiss her passionately. He then moved down her neck a way, when she moaned a bit he moved back up to her mouth. He pulled from her and looked into her eyes and smiled.
She grinned back. A grin he found strikingly familiar. "Good night Jonathan." She said quickly and then she opened her door and quickly disappeared behind it. He stepped back in surprise. The grin, he then realized was true O'Connell. He felt a slight pang of sadness when she left him. There was something about that girl that intrigued him. He found that he was always dying to be around her. He looked longingly at the door then turned and went to his own room, to turn in.
Charly did not sleep well the night before she traveled. She found herself lost in a dream. She was in her father's home again. This time she was sitting at her father's desk staring at the boy across from her. It was Jonathan. He stared at her intently for a few moments. Then he smiled. "My sister likes you."
"Evy?" she asked, he nodded back at her. "Well, I like her too. She is very nice." Jonathan nodded again. He then got up and walked out of the room leaving her alone.
"He's sweet isn't he?" she heard from behind her. She jumped out of her chair and looked behind her. There stood the man in the red hat. Bobby? Buddy? What was his name? "Do you enjoy book's Ms. O'Connell?"
"I guess so." She said out of confusion.
"Me too. I just finished that book there." He pointed back to her father's desk where a large Black book was sitting. It was very large. She looked at book and at the hieroglyphics upon it. As she was looking at it Bobby or Buddy or whoever pressed himself up against her and held her in place while he looked over her shoulder at the book. She shuddered as her began to whisper in her ear. "This book is amazing. It talks of how to reincarnate lost souls, how to incorporate them back into the world to an earthly body. Did you know, you can resurrect a spirit with this book. It says the spirit can possess earthly body pushing aside the other spirit. Then it holds the knowledge of both spirits. You do this by distracting the body then a second person forces the spirit in when their guard is down. Isn't that exciting?"
Charly kept her ground with him through his entire speech, but she had had enough. She slowly reached forward as if to touch the book, then she quickly fired her elbow into his stomach. He fell backward shouting in agony. She turned around and pulled a revolver from under her father's desk and pointed it at his head. "It you touch me again, I will kill you."
He grinned up at her, and then smiled. "But I am already dead" He disappeared before her eyes. She looked around the room ready to fire, looking for him again. She didn't see him. She sat back down at her father's desk and looked at the book before her. Beside the book was a box with a note upon it with her name. She picked up the paper. 'The book has been shut and locked away; here is the key to begin the day. Open it fast and take a look, if you can read the book.-Beni' "Beni, that was his name!" She picked up the box and it opened before her very eyes. She hooked the key inside the appropriate groove on the book and twisted. The book the opened up before her. She then silently mumbled at passage to herself. A wind swept through her dream and she awoke with a start in her bed.
She sat up and looked at the clock by her bed, it was 7 am, on the dot. She drug herself out of bed and began to get ready for the journey ahead of her.