Eli: Hey, here's the next chapter! Beloved, thank you for the tribute. It
caused me to write today. Enjoy!
"Dominic!" Bethany called down from the roof of the school. She lept to the ground and lamded right next to him.
"Does your dad approve of you roof top leaping?" He asked quietly. It was hard being the keeper of her safety when she did things like that.
"What he doesn't know will never hurt him." She said with a wink. "Anyway, my birthday party is in two weeks. Can you come and sleep over?"
Dominic bit his lip. "Beth, there's something going on at the mansion that day. I can't go."
"Well," Bethany started. "Just ask my grandfather if you can go." Dominic stared at her like she was mad. "What?" She asked.
"You don't know your grandfather, Bethany. You don't understand what he can do." He said quietly.
"What's the worst that could happen?" She asked innocently. Dominic just stared at her. Did she really not know? She must not, or else she wouldn't be asking this. She didn't like the silent reply he gave her. "Well, what if I ask him?"
"No!" Dominic replied immediately. Bethany looked at him and smiled.
"You know what? I'm going home with you today, and I will ask him myself."
"Bethany, no! Please, I....."
"Too late. I'm doing it." She said as she looked at him with her look that just screamed, "And that is that."
'I can't let her do this.' Dominic thought. "Wait, what are you going to tell your parents about this afternoon?"
"Oh yeah. Thanks for reminding me." Bethany then dug in her pocket and brought out a cell phone.
"Where did you get that?!" Dominc asked.
"My daddy. It's for emergency." She dialed something and immediately her whole body went into "sweet" mode.
"Hi Daddy. No, nothing is wrong. I just want to know if I can stay at the library after school for a few hours. No, Dominic will be with me. I'll call you when I'm done. It will only be for a short while. Please? Thank you, Daddy. I love you. Buh-bye!"
Bethany triumphantly put her cell away and smiled. "Told ya."
-Later-
"Dominic." Irons said amusingly as he signed some papers.
"Sir." Dominic said quietly as he bowed his head out of fear and respect.
"How is my granddaughter?" Irons asked, still not looking up.
"I'm fine, thank you." Irons looked up at the person who spoke. Bethany smirked at him as stood next to Dominic.
"Bethany, what an honor you bring here today." Bethany felt like rolling her eyes, but didn't.
"I'm only here for one reason, and it is not to chat." Bethany said, careful not to growl at him. This man seemed to slimey for his own good. And he deffinitely didn't look like he was a grandfather.
"Anything, my dear. What is it you want?"
"May Dominic attend my birthday party and sleep over two weeks from Saturday?" She sucked in her pride and added "Please?"
Irons eyed her curiously, and then smiled his awful smile. "Yes, yes, of course he may attend. But on one condition."
"And that is?" Bethany asked suspicouly.
"Just come back for a conversation with me. Your father and mother are quite set on being against me. I have no other family. You do that, and Dominic may attend your party."
"Done. I will be leaving now. Bye." She said as she turned and left the room, Dominic by her side.
"Fare well."
Bethany sighed as soon as she was outside. "No wonder everyone hates him. He reminds me of what the devil must be like."
"Yeah. I'll take you back to the car and he'll drive us to the library." She nodded and he led her through the museum like house.
They were going down a very quiet, very deserted hall when Bethany stopped walking and stared at a door. Dominic turned to look at her and found her staring at the door.
"What?"
"What's in this room?" Bethany asked curiously as she touched the door.
"I'm not sure. No one is allowed to go in there.... Hey, Beth!" He whined as she opened the door and went in.
It was overly dusty. Bethany sneezed once or twice before moving in more and finding a light. Dominic tried to drag her out, but he couldn't.
The room was really crowded. There was a mass supply of weapons, all old and rusting, along with alot of things Bethany couldn't recognize.
"I wonder what this room was for." She said out loud as she spotted some pictures on a shelf. She picked them up and stared.
They were really old, not like the pictures she got form school. They were all of a little boy, unsmiling, but curious.
Dominic smirked as he saw the pictures. Now he knew what this room was for, and who it belonged to.
"Why does this boy look so familliar?"
"Try looking in the mirror, Beth." She turned and glared at him.
"I do not look like a boy! I look like how my Daddy did, except I am....... Oh." She looked at the pictures again, handling them more gently then she was before. "So, this was my Daddy's room." She smiled and opened up her back pack. She withdrew a folder and put all the pictures inside. She turned to Dominic.
"Now we can go."
Coming Attraction:
When Dealing With Miracles
"Dominic!" Bethany called down from the roof of the school. She lept to the ground and lamded right next to him.
"Does your dad approve of you roof top leaping?" He asked quietly. It was hard being the keeper of her safety when she did things like that.
"What he doesn't know will never hurt him." She said with a wink. "Anyway, my birthday party is in two weeks. Can you come and sleep over?"
Dominic bit his lip. "Beth, there's something going on at the mansion that day. I can't go."
"Well," Bethany started. "Just ask my grandfather if you can go." Dominic stared at her like she was mad. "What?" She asked.
"You don't know your grandfather, Bethany. You don't understand what he can do." He said quietly.
"What's the worst that could happen?" She asked innocently. Dominic just stared at her. Did she really not know? She must not, or else she wouldn't be asking this. She didn't like the silent reply he gave her. "Well, what if I ask him?"
"No!" Dominic replied immediately. Bethany looked at him and smiled.
"You know what? I'm going home with you today, and I will ask him myself."
"Bethany, no! Please, I....."
"Too late. I'm doing it." She said as she looked at him with her look that just screamed, "And that is that."
'I can't let her do this.' Dominic thought. "Wait, what are you going to tell your parents about this afternoon?"
"Oh yeah. Thanks for reminding me." Bethany then dug in her pocket and brought out a cell phone.
"Where did you get that?!" Dominc asked.
"My daddy. It's for emergency." She dialed something and immediately her whole body went into "sweet" mode.
"Hi Daddy. No, nothing is wrong. I just want to know if I can stay at the library after school for a few hours. No, Dominic will be with me. I'll call you when I'm done. It will only be for a short while. Please? Thank you, Daddy. I love you. Buh-bye!"
Bethany triumphantly put her cell away and smiled. "Told ya."
-Later-
"Dominic." Irons said amusingly as he signed some papers.
"Sir." Dominic said quietly as he bowed his head out of fear and respect.
"How is my granddaughter?" Irons asked, still not looking up.
"I'm fine, thank you." Irons looked up at the person who spoke. Bethany smirked at him as stood next to Dominic.
"Bethany, what an honor you bring here today." Bethany felt like rolling her eyes, but didn't.
"I'm only here for one reason, and it is not to chat." Bethany said, careful not to growl at him. This man seemed to slimey for his own good. And he deffinitely didn't look like he was a grandfather.
"Anything, my dear. What is it you want?"
"May Dominic attend my birthday party and sleep over two weeks from Saturday?" She sucked in her pride and added "Please?"
Irons eyed her curiously, and then smiled his awful smile. "Yes, yes, of course he may attend. But on one condition."
"And that is?" Bethany asked suspicouly.
"Just come back for a conversation with me. Your father and mother are quite set on being against me. I have no other family. You do that, and Dominic may attend your party."
"Done. I will be leaving now. Bye." She said as she turned and left the room, Dominic by her side.
"Fare well."
Bethany sighed as soon as she was outside. "No wonder everyone hates him. He reminds me of what the devil must be like."
"Yeah. I'll take you back to the car and he'll drive us to the library." She nodded and he led her through the museum like house.
They were going down a very quiet, very deserted hall when Bethany stopped walking and stared at a door. Dominic turned to look at her and found her staring at the door.
"What?"
"What's in this room?" Bethany asked curiously as she touched the door.
"I'm not sure. No one is allowed to go in there.... Hey, Beth!" He whined as she opened the door and went in.
It was overly dusty. Bethany sneezed once or twice before moving in more and finding a light. Dominic tried to drag her out, but he couldn't.
The room was really crowded. There was a mass supply of weapons, all old and rusting, along with alot of things Bethany couldn't recognize.
"I wonder what this room was for." She said out loud as she spotted some pictures on a shelf. She picked them up and stared.
They were really old, not like the pictures she got form school. They were all of a little boy, unsmiling, but curious.
Dominic smirked as he saw the pictures. Now he knew what this room was for, and who it belonged to.
"Why does this boy look so familliar?"
"Try looking in the mirror, Beth." She turned and glared at him.
"I do not look like a boy! I look like how my Daddy did, except I am....... Oh." She looked at the pictures again, handling them more gently then she was before. "So, this was my Daddy's room." She smiled and opened up her back pack. She withdrew a folder and put all the pictures inside. She turned to Dominic.
"Now we can go."
Coming Attraction:
When Dealing With Miracles