Chapter Five
Do You Believe in Magick?
Darry idly turned the almost stained pages of the leather-bound book she was reading. She wasn't really reading it but was attempting to take her mind off of the conversation that she had with Oz earlier in the day. He had seemed really upset, though Darry didn't know why; she was also worried about Oz, it wasn't like him to get upset like that and then not tell her way. It wasn't like him to get angry at all.
With a sigh, Darry shut her book and laid her head down on the table. Across the kitchen, Kellie looked over at her; she was pouring herself and drink, as well as one for Darry. Kellie carried the drinks over to the table and sat down across from her cousin.
"Ugh, I still can't get over that horrible spider." Kellie shuddered as she slid Darry's drink to her.
Darry caught her drink and took a sip. "I know, how weird was that?" Darry asked.
"You don't have to tell me. And it would have bitten me, I know it would have." Kellie added.
Darry nodded. "It looked like it had a mind of its own; it was almost like it looked at me." Darry said, grimacing when she thought about it.
"And the way she petted it, like it was a freaking dog; 'oh Charlotte'." Kellie said, mimicking Melissa's words and tone.
"You know," Darry said, looking over at Kellie, "I think she put that spider there on purpose. There is no way that spider could have gotten out." Darry added.
Kellie grimaced. "Why would she do that?" Kellie asked.
"I don't know, there's something weird about her; Buffy thought so too and I'm sure everyone else did." Darry said.
"Well, duh, the stupidest person could tell she was weird; she has a spider for a pet, whom she pets, and she has a voodoo doll on her coffee table and she has Halloween masks on her wall, which I really don't think were bought at a trick shop." Kellie snapped.
"And that smell, the smell when Riley opened the door, it was like year old motherwart." Darry grimaced and wrinkled her nose as she remembered the smell.
Kellie raised her eyebrow, surprised by Darry's identify the plants. "What?" Darry asked, shrugging her shoulders. "When I was younger, before I came to Sunnydale, I hung out with my fair share of covens, thank you." Darry said, looking at Kellie.
Kellie shrugged. "Wait, covens, that's like witches and magic, right?" Kellie asked.
"Yep, magic with a 'k' my dear cousin." Darry answered and sipped at her drink.
Kellie thought for a second, twirling an ice-cube around in her drink with her finger-tip. "Hmm." Kellie muttered. "Do you believe in magick, Darry?" Kellie asked with a sly smile on her face.
"Of course, what's your point?" Darry asked.
"Well, I'm just saying that you said motherwart, or whatever, had to do with covens and that means witches. I'm just saying that...well Melissa might be a witch; if she uses motherwart and stuff and has a spider for a freaking pet, isn't that witchy to you?" Kellie asked, looking at her cousin with a raised eyebrow.
Darry felt a sly smile inch onto her lips. "And you are suggesting, cousin of mine?" Darry asked, also raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I don't think Riley or Melissa would mind if we took a look around the apartment, do you?" Kellie asked.
Kellie and Darry entered the main part of the apartment building that Riley lived in with Melissa. "Oh, Kellie, I just found a flaw in your plan: how are we going to get in?" Darry asked.
Kellie frowned and scanned the building; to their left was a room with 'Supervisor' labeled in black letters on the door and to their right was a room labeled 'Rec. Room'.
"There, that must be like the main office, where the big head guy is." Kellie said, glancing over at Darry. "There must be more then one key, right?" Kellie pointed out.
"I see your drift, Kellie, the supervisor must have copies of the keys; we just get one and let ourselves in." Darry said. Kellie nodded.
The two walked toward the supervisor's room and Darry gently rapped on the door. "Come in." Someone said from inside.
Kellie and Darry entered the office and Darry shut the door behind them. The supervisor was sitting at his desk, a name plate which read 'Mr. John K. Harrison' in golden letters.
"Can I help you?" The man asked, his voice slightly thick with a Russian accent.
"Yeah, um, I'll be blunt with you, my sister and I need a key into the apartment of my boyfriend because he told me to get something for him but he didn't give me the key and told me that you would give it to us." Kellie said, standing up straighter and tried to look older then she was.
Darry looked around the office and noticed there was a board with a keys hung up on nails; the apartment numbers were written by the nails. Darry's eyes rested on the key marked B6, Riley's apartment.
Harrison shook his head. "Look, lady, your boyfriend didn't tell me anything about you stopping by. I can't give you that key." He said.
Kellie frowned and looked over at Darry. Darry chewed on her bottom lip and thought for a second. She took a step forward and then took a stage-fall. "Oh!....Ow! My leg!" Darry cried and then glanced up at her cousin, who was staring at her wide-eyed.
Harrison got up from behind his desk and walked over to where Darry had fallen. "Miss, are you okay?" He asked.
Darry moved around on the ground as Harrison dropped to his knees beside her. "My leg...ow...the pain." She said and shot a look up at Kellie. "Get the key." She mouth and motioned to the board. "My leg!" Darry yelped.
Kellie saw what her cousin was doing and then nodded; she slipped slowly behind Harrison and toward the board with the keys.
"Miss, what happened?" Harrison asked, trying to get Darry to stop moving.
"I tripped, you dolt...I mean: ow! Ow! My leg!" Darry cried.
Kellie reached the board and realized that she didn't know what Riley's apartment number was. She glanced behind her and saw that Harrison was insisting on calling a doctor, which would not have gone well. Kellie bit her lip and then grabbed and a handful of keys off the board and stuffed them into her sweater pocket.
Kellie walked toward the back door and motioned for Darry to follow her. Darry looked at her cousin and stopped moving around.
"You know what? My leg feels a lot better now! Gotta go." Darry said and bolted upright, running out the back door after Kellie.
Harrison was dumbfounded as he watched Darry disappeared.
In the hallway, Kellie turned to face her cousin. "That was good, good distraction." Kellie said, smiling at her cousin.
"Yeah well, all in a day's work." Darry said and took a bored star's pose.
"So, where's the key?" Darry asked, dropping her pose and returning her gaze to Kellie.
Kellie flushed. "Well, what had happened was: I got to the board and realized that I didn't remember what apartment number was so I just grabbed a bunch of keys." Kellie said and pulled the keys out of her pocket.
"Great." Darry muttered. "Come on, let's go." She said and started walking up the stairs toward Riley's apartment.
When they arrived at the apartment, Darry began trying keys; on the last key the door opened.
"Okay, let's go." Darry said and opened the door.
Do You Believe in Magick?
Darry idly turned the almost stained pages of the leather-bound book she was reading. She wasn't really reading it but was attempting to take her mind off of the conversation that she had with Oz earlier in the day. He had seemed really upset, though Darry didn't know why; she was also worried about Oz, it wasn't like him to get upset like that and then not tell her way. It wasn't like him to get angry at all.
With a sigh, Darry shut her book and laid her head down on the table. Across the kitchen, Kellie looked over at her; she was pouring herself and drink, as well as one for Darry. Kellie carried the drinks over to the table and sat down across from her cousin.
"Ugh, I still can't get over that horrible spider." Kellie shuddered as she slid Darry's drink to her.
Darry caught her drink and took a sip. "I know, how weird was that?" Darry asked.
"You don't have to tell me. And it would have bitten me, I know it would have." Kellie added.
Darry nodded. "It looked like it had a mind of its own; it was almost like it looked at me." Darry said, grimacing when she thought about it.
"And the way she petted it, like it was a freaking dog; 'oh Charlotte'." Kellie said, mimicking Melissa's words and tone.
"You know," Darry said, looking over at Kellie, "I think she put that spider there on purpose. There is no way that spider could have gotten out." Darry added.
Kellie grimaced. "Why would she do that?" Kellie asked.
"I don't know, there's something weird about her; Buffy thought so too and I'm sure everyone else did." Darry said.
"Well, duh, the stupidest person could tell she was weird; she has a spider for a pet, whom she pets, and she has a voodoo doll on her coffee table and she has Halloween masks on her wall, which I really don't think were bought at a trick shop." Kellie snapped.
"And that smell, the smell when Riley opened the door, it was like year old motherwart." Darry grimaced and wrinkled her nose as she remembered the smell.
Kellie raised her eyebrow, surprised by Darry's identify the plants. "What?" Darry asked, shrugging her shoulders. "When I was younger, before I came to Sunnydale, I hung out with my fair share of covens, thank you." Darry said, looking at Kellie.
Kellie shrugged. "Wait, covens, that's like witches and magic, right?" Kellie asked.
"Yep, magic with a 'k' my dear cousin." Darry answered and sipped at her drink.
Kellie thought for a second, twirling an ice-cube around in her drink with her finger-tip. "Hmm." Kellie muttered. "Do you believe in magick, Darry?" Kellie asked with a sly smile on her face.
"Of course, what's your point?" Darry asked.
"Well, I'm just saying that you said motherwart, or whatever, had to do with covens and that means witches. I'm just saying that...well Melissa might be a witch; if she uses motherwart and stuff and has a spider for a freaking pet, isn't that witchy to you?" Kellie asked, looking at her cousin with a raised eyebrow.
Darry felt a sly smile inch onto her lips. "And you are suggesting, cousin of mine?" Darry asked, also raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I don't think Riley or Melissa would mind if we took a look around the apartment, do you?" Kellie asked.
Kellie and Darry entered the main part of the apartment building that Riley lived in with Melissa. "Oh, Kellie, I just found a flaw in your plan: how are we going to get in?" Darry asked.
Kellie frowned and scanned the building; to their left was a room with 'Supervisor' labeled in black letters on the door and to their right was a room labeled 'Rec. Room'.
"There, that must be like the main office, where the big head guy is." Kellie said, glancing over at Darry. "There must be more then one key, right?" Kellie pointed out.
"I see your drift, Kellie, the supervisor must have copies of the keys; we just get one and let ourselves in." Darry said. Kellie nodded.
The two walked toward the supervisor's room and Darry gently rapped on the door. "Come in." Someone said from inside.
Kellie and Darry entered the office and Darry shut the door behind them. The supervisor was sitting at his desk, a name plate which read 'Mr. John K. Harrison' in golden letters.
"Can I help you?" The man asked, his voice slightly thick with a Russian accent.
"Yeah, um, I'll be blunt with you, my sister and I need a key into the apartment of my boyfriend because he told me to get something for him but he didn't give me the key and told me that you would give it to us." Kellie said, standing up straighter and tried to look older then she was.
Darry looked around the office and noticed there was a board with a keys hung up on nails; the apartment numbers were written by the nails. Darry's eyes rested on the key marked B6, Riley's apartment.
Harrison shook his head. "Look, lady, your boyfriend didn't tell me anything about you stopping by. I can't give you that key." He said.
Kellie frowned and looked over at Darry. Darry chewed on her bottom lip and thought for a second. She took a step forward and then took a stage-fall. "Oh!....Ow! My leg!" Darry cried and then glanced up at her cousin, who was staring at her wide-eyed.
Harrison got up from behind his desk and walked over to where Darry had fallen. "Miss, are you okay?" He asked.
Darry moved around on the ground as Harrison dropped to his knees beside her. "My leg...ow...the pain." She said and shot a look up at Kellie. "Get the key." She mouth and motioned to the board. "My leg!" Darry yelped.
Kellie saw what her cousin was doing and then nodded; she slipped slowly behind Harrison and toward the board with the keys.
"Miss, what happened?" Harrison asked, trying to get Darry to stop moving.
"I tripped, you dolt...I mean: ow! Ow! My leg!" Darry cried.
Kellie reached the board and realized that she didn't know what Riley's apartment number was. She glanced behind her and saw that Harrison was insisting on calling a doctor, which would not have gone well. Kellie bit her lip and then grabbed and a handful of keys off the board and stuffed them into her sweater pocket.
Kellie walked toward the back door and motioned for Darry to follow her. Darry looked at her cousin and stopped moving around.
"You know what? My leg feels a lot better now! Gotta go." Darry said and bolted upright, running out the back door after Kellie.
Harrison was dumbfounded as he watched Darry disappeared.
In the hallway, Kellie turned to face her cousin. "That was good, good distraction." Kellie said, smiling at her cousin.
"Yeah well, all in a day's work." Darry said and took a bored star's pose.
"So, where's the key?" Darry asked, dropping her pose and returning her gaze to Kellie.
Kellie flushed. "Well, what had happened was: I got to the board and realized that I didn't remember what apartment number was so I just grabbed a bunch of keys." Kellie said and pulled the keys out of her pocket.
"Great." Darry muttered. "Come on, let's go." She said and started walking up the stairs toward Riley's apartment.
When they arrived at the apartment, Darry began trying keys; on the last key the door opened.
"Okay, let's go." Darry said and opened the door.