Chapter 2: Panic
"Good morning, Li. This is May. How are you?" Li's best friend asked.
"Well, Morgan transported 3 pirates from the 1700's to my house, and I have no idea how to get them back," Li replied. "But other then that, I think I'm doing pretty well. I have a tour this morning at 10."
"Morgan has gone over the edge this time," May laughed. "This is even better, I mean, WORSE than the bunny rabbit thing. As long as they are good-looking, though, that's okay."
"This is so much worse then the bunny rabbit thing! And we both know that you had a part in that. If you had just stayed away from the powdered chick's teeth, there only would have been 15 of them. Instead there were, like, 300," Li accused.
"I'm not denying anything. But are they good-looking or not?" May asked.
"One of them's not really a pirate, she's the Governor's daughter. And she's engaged to the hot one. But the Captain isn't too unshaggable either," Li grinned mischievously.
"What is she saying?" Will whispered to Jack. Jack just shrugged.
"Girl, you are starting to look *way* to much like me!" Morgan informed Li.
"Put them on speaker phone," May requested, oblivious to the noise.
"You don't want to do that," Li objected.
"Why not?" May asked indignantly.
"Because they don't understand how the phone works, they don't understand modern lingo, and they shouldn't be talking to Morgan's partner in crime and pranks," Li said.
"I don't care. Put them on," May insisted.
"Whatever. Just don't say I didn't warn you." Li switched it on to speaker phone.
"Hello, Morgan!" May's cheerful voice filled the room. "I can't believe you got that spell to work. This is so much better then the Bunny Rabbit Episode!" May's voice became thoughtful. "Do you think if we sprinkled them with dried dragon wart, they would start to grow a second head?"
"NO!" Li exclaimed. "You are *not* going near my stuff. Remember what happened to Serafina when you opened the essence of Sulie right underneath her? She was no more then a cloud of spirit for the rest of the week!"
"Good morning, May. My, aren't we perky today," Morgan replied. "Liz, I'll be in my room if you need me."
"You had better be," Li threatened. "And the name isn't Liz, it's *Li*!"
Morgan only smiled and left the mirror.
"So, why is the room so quiet now that Morgan is gone?" May asked.
"Are you inside that box?" Elizabeth asked, her curiosity getting the best of her.
"Not at all!" May exclaimed. "I live on the other side of town."
"There are strands of metal that connect two boxes. The metal carries the sounds to the other house when someone talks into one side," Li explained, hoping that she didn't sound too stupid.
"Way to go, History major!" May crowed. "Ok, now that that's out of the way, will the hottie please speak up?"
"That's you," Li explained to Will when no one spoke. "May, they don't understand modern lingo."
"Sorry," May said sheepishly.
"Hello?" Will said loudly and unsurely.
"Talk normal." Li laughed. "Will, meet May Frost. May, meet Will Turner."
"H, Will! So, I hear that you are taken?" May asked.
"Taken?" Will echoed, clearly confused.
"Engaged," Li filled in. "May, watch the lingo."
"Sorry, "May muttered. "Well, Will, are you or are you not engaged?"
"I'm engaged," Will confirmed.
There was a series of mixed yelping and cursing that would make even a pirate blush. And blush Jack did. Li on the other hand, dismissed the cursing with such ease it made the newcomers wonder how often she heard it.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" May exclaimed. "I fell down the two bottom stairs and spilt my close to boiling coffee everywhere." There was some more yowling in the background. "And my dog just stepped in it," May groaned. "NO! Heero! Don't come down the--"Yet another string of curses and thumps, the curses a bit richer then before. "--steps." May finished. "Oops."
"That didn't sound very safe," Elizabeth noted.
"Or very polite," Jack added.
"That's Heero and May for ya," Li said as lovingly as she could with out laughing.
"Are you always this happy?" Will asked.
"No, she is normally very vicious," May interjected. "Why else would she keep such a big dog?"
"I was wondering about that. . ." Will trailed off.
As Li rolled her eyes, she caught sight of the clock.
"Oh my God!" Li panicked. "It's 9:30! I still hare to do my hair, makeup, *and* do the dishes from last night!"
"Don't forget to pick up all of the herb bunches you were making in the kitchen," Morgan cackled, reappearing in the mirror. "In case any one gets suspicious."
"Ok, breathe, Li. Inhale, exhale." May coached.
"Breathing, breathing, breathing." Li murmured. "May, what about my new house guests?"
"Have the most represent able one act as butler incase you need a few more minutes," May said. "Have the Gov's daughter help with your hair and do a little hocus pocus with the dishes."
"I've got to go, ok?" Li said.
"Ok. Keep breathing!" May said before disconnecting.
"Breathe," Li whispered, disconnecting her line as well.
She turned to the group. "Here's the deal," she started. "Elizabeth, I need help with my hair so I can do my make up. Jack, you need to take Neva to the third room on the right, second floor. We are on the third floor. That is her room, she knows what to do." Li paused for a breath before turning to Will. "Will, you are acting butler. If my guests come before I'm ready, lead them into the first room on the left."
Will nodded, then looked at Li helplessly. "Where's the front door?" he asked.
"Come with me." Li instructed. "Elizabeth, wait in the hall. Jack, hop to it."
Li ran as fast as she could in her heavy dress down the hall. While racing down the 3 flights of stairs, she realized that she must look frightful. Li shook the thought away as she hurried into the kitchen.
She noted that there were only 2 pans and her plate. Rubbing her hands together, she turned to Will.
"You might want to stand back, this spell has quite a bit of kick back to it," Li warned. She turned back to the sink and closed her eyes. Picturing the sink empty and a pile of clean dishes on the side board; she clapped once and let her magic flow out of her palms. "Haslavases contata," she said in Old Dragon. Her eyelids were filled with turquoise flames as Li felt her self being shoved back. She was thrown against a warm wall as her fire faded. She looked up and found that will was half holding her.
"Sorry," she grinned. "I forgot just how much kick it really had. I normally wash the dishes by hand." Li gazed into his eyes and instantly started to drown in their warm brown depths. She stood, never breaking eye contact. Moving closer to Will, she tilted her head up, while he leaned down.
Will had never seen such grey eyes. They were like rain clouds, with bits of blue sky shining through. He leaned down a little more, fully prepared to kiss her when-
"Will, your wife-to-be would like to know what all the racket is," Jack announced from the doorway.
Li blushed fiercely and moved away from Will. "I'm going to go do my make up," she said. "oh, and Will, the front door is through the door behind you. Jack, feel free to help yourself to any food that you might find. Just don't go into the pantry on the left. That is where Morgan keeps her things and it can be quite dangerous to go in there with out a protection spell."
"Li?" Will said quietly, just as she was about to leave the room.
"Yes?" Li replied, one hand on the doorjamb.
"What was that?" Will asked, gesturing towards the sink and the now clean dishes.
"Do you mean, am I a wytch?" Li asked with a slight smile.
Caught off guard, Will nodded.
"Then the answer is yes, I am a wytch," Li said. She left the room and hiked up the stairs. When She got to the top, she beckoned Elizabeth into her room.
She was filled with pride as Elizabeth gasped when they entered the room. Li and May had spent a whole week painting and decorating it to look like something out of Van Goah's 'The Starry Night'. It was all in deep blues, purples, and gold.
"Like it?" Li asked as she walked over to her vanity table and sat down.
"It's beautiful," Elizabeth replied, walking to stand behind Li.
"Well, how should I do my hair?" Li asked as she picked out her pearl studs and dangles.
"I think you should braid it and do a wrap bun in the back," Elizabeth said after a few moments.
Li put the dangles in her first hole and the studs in her second as Elizabeth picked up Li's brush and began to comb out all of Li's snarls. By the time she was done, Li had finished her eyes and her blush.
"I just need to go brush my teeth really quick, okay?" Li asked. She went into her bathroom and took out her contacts as well. She knew that it wasn't very nice to scare her new guests, but she needed to wear them any way. After brushing her teeth, Li walked back out.
"Your hair is a lot longer then it looks at first," Elizabeth noted.
"I'm a wytch, so I can make it grow at will," Li explained.
"A wytch?" Elizabeth said. "Do Will and Jack know?"
"Yes, I told them after Will asked about a spell I did," Li smiled calmly.
"Oh," Elizabeth shrugged. "If Will is ok with it, I suppose that it is ok."
"Good. So, do you mind starting to braid while I put the rest of my make up on and my contacts in?" Li asked.
"Sure, I just need something to hold your hair in a ponytail with and some bobby pins," Elizabeth requested.
"I guess that hair styling hasn't changed much if you know about ponytails and bobby pins," Li grinned as she handed Elizabeth an elastic and a few bobby pins from the drawer in front of her.
"Guess not," Elizabeth agreed. She started to pull Li's hair up into a ponytail, all 2 feet of it.
Li put on a bit of dark rose lipstick, then slathered it with chap stick, making it very shiny. When she was done with the little blush she used, she opened her contacts. They were a dark green, very unlike her natural eye color. "Elizabeth, I need to lean closer to the mirror, is that ok?" Li asked.
Yes, I am closer to the bottom now," she replied.
Li stood and leaned closer to the mirror, looking up at the ceiling. She put in one of her contacts and blinked before putting in the other. She continued to blink, until her eyes adjusted to seeing better.
"Why are your eyes green?" Elizabeth asked when Li sat back down.
"They're called contacts. I wear them instead of glasses and you can get them in different colors. Don't tell the guys. I want to see if they notice," Li explained.
"Okay," Elizabeth agreed, starting to wind Li's hair around.
"I like it," Li decided when Elizabeth was done. Li stood and felt her corset start to slide. 'I suppose that's what I get for running all over the house, she thought ruefully as her doorbell rang.
"Darn it all!" Li said as she started to unlace the back of her dress. She took off her front lacing corset and took out her back lacing one. "Elizabeth, can you help me with this?" Li asked.
"Already on the job," Elizabeth laughed. "This is why I like having maids, so that I get help with my corset. Suck it in." Li held her breath in while Elizabeth pulled the lacings tighter. After a few minutes, Elizabeth patted Li on the back and said, "There, all set for your guests."
"Thank you so much!" Li exclaimed. "Let's go, I'm sure that the men are missing us."
'Yes, I sure they are," Elizabeth laughed.
***[going back 10 minutes. . .]
"I can see how you would feel attracted to Li when you are engaged," Jack said a few minutes after Li left the kitchen. "I don't think that it is that Li is so much prettier then Elizabeth, I think that it is that she has a certain something about her that makes her all the more attractive."
"Jack, I don't want to talk about it. I was wrong to even think about kissing Li. I'm in love with Elizabeth. Not Li. And I'm not changing my mind," Will said in a manner that indicated that the conversation was over.
About 5 minutes later Jack spoke again.
"Does that mean that I can have a go at her?" he asked hopefully.
"Whatever you want," Will replied as the doorbell rang. "That's my cue." Will walked out the door that Li had directed him to and found himself in a huge hall. He hurried to open the massive door and let a group of about 10 people in. They were all dressed in touristy clothes and had cameras. Will decided not to ask what they were right now.
"We are here for the tour," a woman in odd dress said.
"Welcome to the Edwards Estate. Miss Edwards will be with you in a few moments. If you will follow me to the parlor?" Will greeted. He led them into the room that Li had said to put them in. "I shall go tell Miss Edwards that you are here." Will walked out of the room and into the kitchen, only to find that Li and Elizabeth had returned.
"Your guests are waiting, Li," Will smiled at her. "I think that they were pleased with my performance."
"I should hope so," Li laughed. "I don't have time for them to complain to me."
Will watched her green eyes twinkle as she left the room. He turned to his companions and said, "I thought her eyes were blue-grey."
"She's wearing contacts," Elizabeth explained. "They are supposed to replace glasses."
"Oh," was all that Will said.
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End of Chapter 2
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Next Chapter- Earning Your Keep
"Good morning, Li. This is May. How are you?" Li's best friend asked.
"Well, Morgan transported 3 pirates from the 1700's to my house, and I have no idea how to get them back," Li replied. "But other then that, I think I'm doing pretty well. I have a tour this morning at 10."
"Morgan has gone over the edge this time," May laughed. "This is even better, I mean, WORSE than the bunny rabbit thing. As long as they are good-looking, though, that's okay."
"This is so much worse then the bunny rabbit thing! And we both know that you had a part in that. If you had just stayed away from the powdered chick's teeth, there only would have been 15 of them. Instead there were, like, 300," Li accused.
"I'm not denying anything. But are they good-looking or not?" May asked.
"One of them's not really a pirate, she's the Governor's daughter. And she's engaged to the hot one. But the Captain isn't too unshaggable either," Li grinned mischievously.
"What is she saying?" Will whispered to Jack. Jack just shrugged.
"Girl, you are starting to look *way* to much like me!" Morgan informed Li.
"Put them on speaker phone," May requested, oblivious to the noise.
"You don't want to do that," Li objected.
"Why not?" May asked indignantly.
"Because they don't understand how the phone works, they don't understand modern lingo, and they shouldn't be talking to Morgan's partner in crime and pranks," Li said.
"I don't care. Put them on," May insisted.
"Whatever. Just don't say I didn't warn you." Li switched it on to speaker phone.
"Hello, Morgan!" May's cheerful voice filled the room. "I can't believe you got that spell to work. This is so much better then the Bunny Rabbit Episode!" May's voice became thoughtful. "Do you think if we sprinkled them with dried dragon wart, they would start to grow a second head?"
"NO!" Li exclaimed. "You are *not* going near my stuff. Remember what happened to Serafina when you opened the essence of Sulie right underneath her? She was no more then a cloud of spirit for the rest of the week!"
"Good morning, May. My, aren't we perky today," Morgan replied. "Liz, I'll be in my room if you need me."
"You had better be," Li threatened. "And the name isn't Liz, it's *Li*!"
Morgan only smiled and left the mirror.
"So, why is the room so quiet now that Morgan is gone?" May asked.
"Are you inside that box?" Elizabeth asked, her curiosity getting the best of her.
"Not at all!" May exclaimed. "I live on the other side of town."
"There are strands of metal that connect two boxes. The metal carries the sounds to the other house when someone talks into one side," Li explained, hoping that she didn't sound too stupid.
"Way to go, History major!" May crowed. "Ok, now that that's out of the way, will the hottie please speak up?"
"That's you," Li explained to Will when no one spoke. "May, they don't understand modern lingo."
"Sorry," May said sheepishly.
"Hello?" Will said loudly and unsurely.
"Talk normal." Li laughed. "Will, meet May Frost. May, meet Will Turner."
"H, Will! So, I hear that you are taken?" May asked.
"Taken?" Will echoed, clearly confused.
"Engaged," Li filled in. "May, watch the lingo."
"Sorry, "May muttered. "Well, Will, are you or are you not engaged?"
"I'm engaged," Will confirmed.
There was a series of mixed yelping and cursing that would make even a pirate blush. And blush Jack did. Li on the other hand, dismissed the cursing with such ease it made the newcomers wonder how often she heard it.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" May exclaimed. "I fell down the two bottom stairs and spilt my close to boiling coffee everywhere." There was some more yowling in the background. "And my dog just stepped in it," May groaned. "NO! Heero! Don't come down the--"Yet another string of curses and thumps, the curses a bit richer then before. "--steps." May finished. "Oops."
"That didn't sound very safe," Elizabeth noted.
"Or very polite," Jack added.
"That's Heero and May for ya," Li said as lovingly as she could with out laughing.
"Are you always this happy?" Will asked.
"No, she is normally very vicious," May interjected. "Why else would she keep such a big dog?"
"I was wondering about that. . ." Will trailed off.
As Li rolled her eyes, she caught sight of the clock.
"Oh my God!" Li panicked. "It's 9:30! I still hare to do my hair, makeup, *and* do the dishes from last night!"
"Don't forget to pick up all of the herb bunches you were making in the kitchen," Morgan cackled, reappearing in the mirror. "In case any one gets suspicious."
"Ok, breathe, Li. Inhale, exhale." May coached.
"Breathing, breathing, breathing." Li murmured. "May, what about my new house guests?"
"Have the most represent able one act as butler incase you need a few more minutes," May said. "Have the Gov's daughter help with your hair and do a little hocus pocus with the dishes."
"I've got to go, ok?" Li said.
"Ok. Keep breathing!" May said before disconnecting.
"Breathe," Li whispered, disconnecting her line as well.
She turned to the group. "Here's the deal," she started. "Elizabeth, I need help with my hair so I can do my make up. Jack, you need to take Neva to the third room on the right, second floor. We are on the third floor. That is her room, she knows what to do." Li paused for a breath before turning to Will. "Will, you are acting butler. If my guests come before I'm ready, lead them into the first room on the left."
Will nodded, then looked at Li helplessly. "Where's the front door?" he asked.
"Come with me." Li instructed. "Elizabeth, wait in the hall. Jack, hop to it."
Li ran as fast as she could in her heavy dress down the hall. While racing down the 3 flights of stairs, she realized that she must look frightful. Li shook the thought away as she hurried into the kitchen.
She noted that there were only 2 pans and her plate. Rubbing her hands together, she turned to Will.
"You might want to stand back, this spell has quite a bit of kick back to it," Li warned. She turned back to the sink and closed her eyes. Picturing the sink empty and a pile of clean dishes on the side board; she clapped once and let her magic flow out of her palms. "Haslavases contata," she said in Old Dragon. Her eyelids were filled with turquoise flames as Li felt her self being shoved back. She was thrown against a warm wall as her fire faded. She looked up and found that will was half holding her.
"Sorry," she grinned. "I forgot just how much kick it really had. I normally wash the dishes by hand." Li gazed into his eyes and instantly started to drown in their warm brown depths. She stood, never breaking eye contact. Moving closer to Will, she tilted her head up, while he leaned down.
Will had never seen such grey eyes. They were like rain clouds, with bits of blue sky shining through. He leaned down a little more, fully prepared to kiss her when-
"Will, your wife-to-be would like to know what all the racket is," Jack announced from the doorway.
Li blushed fiercely and moved away from Will. "I'm going to go do my make up," she said. "oh, and Will, the front door is through the door behind you. Jack, feel free to help yourself to any food that you might find. Just don't go into the pantry on the left. That is where Morgan keeps her things and it can be quite dangerous to go in there with out a protection spell."
"Li?" Will said quietly, just as she was about to leave the room.
"Yes?" Li replied, one hand on the doorjamb.
"What was that?" Will asked, gesturing towards the sink and the now clean dishes.
"Do you mean, am I a wytch?" Li asked with a slight smile.
Caught off guard, Will nodded.
"Then the answer is yes, I am a wytch," Li said. She left the room and hiked up the stairs. When She got to the top, she beckoned Elizabeth into her room.
She was filled with pride as Elizabeth gasped when they entered the room. Li and May had spent a whole week painting and decorating it to look like something out of Van Goah's 'The Starry Night'. It was all in deep blues, purples, and gold.
"Like it?" Li asked as she walked over to her vanity table and sat down.
"It's beautiful," Elizabeth replied, walking to stand behind Li.
"Well, how should I do my hair?" Li asked as she picked out her pearl studs and dangles.
"I think you should braid it and do a wrap bun in the back," Elizabeth said after a few moments.
Li put the dangles in her first hole and the studs in her second as Elizabeth picked up Li's brush and began to comb out all of Li's snarls. By the time she was done, Li had finished her eyes and her blush.
"I just need to go brush my teeth really quick, okay?" Li asked. She went into her bathroom and took out her contacts as well. She knew that it wasn't very nice to scare her new guests, but she needed to wear them any way. After brushing her teeth, Li walked back out.
"Your hair is a lot longer then it looks at first," Elizabeth noted.
"I'm a wytch, so I can make it grow at will," Li explained.
"A wytch?" Elizabeth said. "Do Will and Jack know?"
"Yes, I told them after Will asked about a spell I did," Li smiled calmly.
"Oh," Elizabeth shrugged. "If Will is ok with it, I suppose that it is ok."
"Good. So, do you mind starting to braid while I put the rest of my make up on and my contacts in?" Li asked.
"Sure, I just need something to hold your hair in a ponytail with and some bobby pins," Elizabeth requested.
"I guess that hair styling hasn't changed much if you know about ponytails and bobby pins," Li grinned as she handed Elizabeth an elastic and a few bobby pins from the drawer in front of her.
"Guess not," Elizabeth agreed. She started to pull Li's hair up into a ponytail, all 2 feet of it.
Li put on a bit of dark rose lipstick, then slathered it with chap stick, making it very shiny. When she was done with the little blush she used, she opened her contacts. They were a dark green, very unlike her natural eye color. "Elizabeth, I need to lean closer to the mirror, is that ok?" Li asked.
Yes, I am closer to the bottom now," she replied.
Li stood and leaned closer to the mirror, looking up at the ceiling. She put in one of her contacts and blinked before putting in the other. She continued to blink, until her eyes adjusted to seeing better.
"Why are your eyes green?" Elizabeth asked when Li sat back down.
"They're called contacts. I wear them instead of glasses and you can get them in different colors. Don't tell the guys. I want to see if they notice," Li explained.
"Okay," Elizabeth agreed, starting to wind Li's hair around.
"I like it," Li decided when Elizabeth was done. Li stood and felt her corset start to slide. 'I suppose that's what I get for running all over the house, she thought ruefully as her doorbell rang.
"Darn it all!" Li said as she started to unlace the back of her dress. She took off her front lacing corset and took out her back lacing one. "Elizabeth, can you help me with this?" Li asked.
"Already on the job," Elizabeth laughed. "This is why I like having maids, so that I get help with my corset. Suck it in." Li held her breath in while Elizabeth pulled the lacings tighter. After a few minutes, Elizabeth patted Li on the back and said, "There, all set for your guests."
"Thank you so much!" Li exclaimed. "Let's go, I'm sure that the men are missing us."
'Yes, I sure they are," Elizabeth laughed.
***[going back 10 minutes. . .]
"I can see how you would feel attracted to Li when you are engaged," Jack said a few minutes after Li left the kitchen. "I don't think that it is that Li is so much prettier then Elizabeth, I think that it is that she has a certain something about her that makes her all the more attractive."
"Jack, I don't want to talk about it. I was wrong to even think about kissing Li. I'm in love with Elizabeth. Not Li. And I'm not changing my mind," Will said in a manner that indicated that the conversation was over.
About 5 minutes later Jack spoke again.
"Does that mean that I can have a go at her?" he asked hopefully.
"Whatever you want," Will replied as the doorbell rang. "That's my cue." Will walked out the door that Li had directed him to and found himself in a huge hall. He hurried to open the massive door and let a group of about 10 people in. They were all dressed in touristy clothes and had cameras. Will decided not to ask what they were right now.
"We are here for the tour," a woman in odd dress said.
"Welcome to the Edwards Estate. Miss Edwards will be with you in a few moments. If you will follow me to the parlor?" Will greeted. He led them into the room that Li had said to put them in. "I shall go tell Miss Edwards that you are here." Will walked out of the room and into the kitchen, only to find that Li and Elizabeth had returned.
"Your guests are waiting, Li," Will smiled at her. "I think that they were pleased with my performance."
"I should hope so," Li laughed. "I don't have time for them to complain to me."
Will watched her green eyes twinkle as she left the room. He turned to his companions and said, "I thought her eyes were blue-grey."
"She's wearing contacts," Elizabeth explained. "They are supposed to replace glasses."
"Oh," was all that Will said.
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End of Chapter 2
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Next Chapter- Earning Your Keep