Disclaimer: I own none, only Casey. I may not even own the plot which may be owned by Ivorycat (read her stories, they're good!). She also may be writing for this, so look out for her input. Joss, the insane god he is, owns the whole cast of characters you see, save again, for Casey, she is mine.
Attention: Look, there will be talk of, if not seen, cases of child abuse from Holtz. This happens because in my time line, Holtz took much of his anger out on Casey, and some out on Connor. But Connor was the favorite child of the two. More about that later. There also may be instance of corporal punishment. I would like to inform people that child abuse and corporal punishment are two different things. Corporal punishment will only happen when there is need for it to happen, and it will always be done in a loving environment.
Author's Note: I am going to try and put my teenage characters though what normal teenagers go through. That may be bad grades, idiot teachers, sexual harassment, drugs, alcohol, and that such. Some may be embellished a little, but guess what? If they are, that's because I have yet to experience them in my high school. Now don't say that I make this some kind of soap opera, because quite frankly, life is one.
Summery: Getting ready for a night of boo's with some inner monologues.
Chapter Twenty: Life, Before and After
Connor looked at his sister as she put on her make up. "What's the point of this again?" he asked as he looked at her.
"It's Halloween. We are doing a fundraiser. Why aren't you dressed?" Casey turned to him and glared.
He shrunk back a bit, but he didn't loose his nerve. "I didn't feel like it. So?" he shrugged as she stalked up to him.
"Get dressed now! This thing is a fundraiser, I don't care how much you hate it, but you're going to have fun, got it?" she fumed as Connor just smirked at her.
"Who said I wasn't having fun? It's rather entertaining to watch you blow up," he gave her another smirk as his sister glared at him even more.
"Why you little!" she fumed as she pushed him out of her room.
"I'm getting dressed though," he called into her room once she closed the door on in his face.
"Argh!" was her only response.
Connor laughed at his sister's response. He loved getting a rise out of her; it was one of his life's simple pleasures. Not that life was simple anymore. It used to be if you saw a demon, you killed it. Demon's were evil and not of that world. Humans were the supreme race.
Of course, that was not the way Holtz had it. He had taught Connor; well it was really Stephen that some races of humans were below others. For instance Jews and Blacks. They were below White people and women were below men. Stephen never understood it, but accepted it. Connor on the other hand tossed the whole idea out the window.
Yeah Holtz was bigoted. No doubt about that. Who else would tell him that Casey was on no use? Look at her, she was wonderful, granted stuck up sometimes, but it wasn't like she was a waste of space. He loved her, even though she would grate his nerves and enjoy watching him get in trouble, but that's how siblings act. They pretend to hate one another, yet in times of need, you better not mess with them. All in all, Connor was happy they were in LA; one could be free here…really free.
Casey banged on the door, "Are you ready?" she asked.
Connor just sighed and told her to hold her horses, he would leave when he was ready, not before. As his twin stomped away, Connor looked for the clothes he was instructed to wear, black pants and a black silk shirt. Sighing, he pulled them on and looked in the mirror, and desperately wanted his old clothes. He looked like his father!
"You look marvelous!" Casey said from behind.
Whirling around, Connor glared at his sister, "Ever heard of knocking?" he snapped.
She shrugged, "It's not like you were naked. No come one, we need to get to the school so we can get everything set into place. We only have two hours."
"Didn't we just come from school?" Connor whined. It was true, someone had gotten the bright idea to do a fundraiser by doing a haunted house for Halloween. So amidst the planning of it, Connor had been stuck at school much more than he wanted to. Not to mention the fact that he had just left a little over 45 minutes ago. Now they would be going back, the horror.
"So, come on, we're going," Casey snapped and pulled her brother out of his room and out of the hotel.
"Sometimes I regret ever leaving Quor-Toth," Connor muttered under his breath as he was dragged along the street and to the school.
"But you love me!" Casey shot back, giving him a bright smile, which Connor returned. "Or at least you better!" Casey finished up, smirking.
"You're too much like Cordy for your own good," Connor muttered darkly.
Author's Note 2: Whee! Chapter 20! And it's not even the best part yet! Well yeah, would it be cool if I had like, 75 reviews before I posted the next chapter? Please? Next chapter though, it's Charlie and Spike so watch out. Oh, and do you have ideas? Send them in, I like them! And if any of you are interested, the authors, gidgetgirl, Lian, and Ivorycat, as well as myself, are going to be co writing a fic. Please watch out for it. It will be good, Connor centered. That's all I'm going to say, but make sure you check out their stories! Oh, and Congrats to gidgetgirl, you finished all your finals!