A/N: I know I all the sudden put all the chapters on....well...I had time! So...I hoped you enjoyed them. Oh yeah, this chapter is going to be funny...just so'z ya know'z.
Chapter 18: The Smell Of Paint, And A Few Signatures
Robin woke up. She sat up in bed and remembered that she had to do quite a few things. She slowly got out of bed and walked to the kitchen. It looked like Amon went to the STN-J.
Robin made some pancakes for herself and sat down, eating them slowly.
First, she decided to call the painters. When they were done, she would call the carpenter to do her floors.
She finished her breakfast and washed the dishes. Then, she moved all the furniture around so the painters could do the living room first. Then, she moved the furniture around so they could do her bedroom.
She dialed the number to the painters.
"Ecstatic Painters, How May I help You?" A man's voice came up.
"I would like to have two rooms painted." Robin politely said.
"Ok, what colors of paint would you like for each room?"
"For the first room, I would like the walls to be light blue, and the frames to be Violet."
"Ok, and for the second?"
"I would like that room to have gray walls, and black frames."
Robin smiled slightly. If the room came out right, it would be nice.
"Ok, so for the first room, the walls will be light blue, with violet frames, and the second room will have gray walls with black frames."
"Yes." Robin said.
Robin stayed on the phone for some time telling the worker her address, and all the information that needed to be written on a form.
About an hour later, the painters arrived. They knocked on the door. There were four of them. One of them carried the paint buckets, another carried a small latter, the third one carried the painting materials, and the fourth one carried a folder and a bag.
"Good morning miss...." The first worker flipped through the papers, "Robin, Miss Robin."
"Good morning, come in." Robin said politely.
The four workers stepped in and looked around. The workers set their stuff down.
"Ok, which rooms shall we be painting today?" The first painter asked.
Robin led them to the living room. Two workers started putting clear sheets on the floor. Robin led the last two workers into her room. She told them which room would be painted with which color.
The painters started. Robin told the first one she would be gone for a little bit but would return shortly.
Robin got onto the elevator. She had to trust that the painters didn't get any paint on anything BUT the walls and ceiling.
She hopped on her Vespa and headed towards the grocery store.
She got all sorts of groceries, and made sure there weren't to many that she couldn't fit them on her Vespa.
When she paid for everything, she went back home.
'I'm sure the painters would be done with at least one room by now.' Robin thought to herself while driving back.
When she got back, he painters were done with the living room. It looked gorgeous. It definitely would look better with the violet carpet.
Robin walked into her room. The painters had one wall done. One of them was working in the frames.
"Ah, hello there Miss Robin!" The first painter said. "How did you like the living room?"
"It's lovely! I am going to get new carpeting for it so it would look MUCH better." Robin said.
"Well, we will be done in about half an Hour with this room." The painter said.
Robin nodded. She walked into the kitchen and put her groceries away.
She looked at the kitchen clock.
One O' Clock in the afternoon.
Robin had no idea on what she wanted to do. The Paint fumes here strong, so she opened a few windows. Then, she thought about what to do.
'I was thinking about looking for a car...I don't want to sell my Vespa though.' Robin thought to herself. She looked in a magazine for any car adds. She found one. A Black Toyota Camry...it was used, but in great shape. And for a great price too, something Robin could afford.
(A/N: YES Toyota is a Japanese company. Just ask me. My dad works at a Toyota dealer and he knows a lot about them...so ha.)
Robin walked into her room. They were a little more than half way done. She didn't want to leave when they were so close to being done.
Robin decided to clean up the place a bit. It would be nice if she could clean the floors before the carpenter came. She grabbed a broom and started sweeping. When she dumped the last little load of dust and who knows what out of the dustpan, the painters came out.
"Well, we're done. So I'll need you to sign some things. Are you paying by cash, check, or credit card?" The first painter asked while pulling out about four forms.
He gave them to Robin and she signed where he told her to. Then, she wrote out a check.
When they cleaned up their paints and everything else, they left. Robin walked into her room. It was beautiful. She knew it would look excellent with a dark wood floor.
Robin decided she needed to call the carpenter even though she really didn't feel like it. After telling the worker who answered the phone everything she told the painters, she closed all her windows and started reading a book. About a half an hour later, the carpenter came. There were two people. One was a tall, strong looking woman, and a tall stronger looking man.
"Hello Ms. Sena." The woman said.
"Hello." Robin said. She opened her door and let the two people in.
"Uh, you can call me Robin." Robin said sheepishly.
"Ok. So, which two rooms will we be doing?" The man said politely.
Robin showed them which rooms she wanted to be done.
The woman started ripping up the old carpet in the living room, while the man started cleaning up what floor was left in Robin's room.
"Oh, I will be out for a little bit. I probably will be back within an hour or so." Robin said. The two workers nodded and Robin left.
She hopped on her Vespa and drove to where the car she was looking at was. Apparently, the dealership was only a few blocks away.
When she got to the dealership, she looked around. There were cars of all sorts.
"Can I help you?" A short man with a suit on asked Robin.
"Oh, yes," Robin said quickly, "I saw the add for the black Camry and I wanted to look at it."
The man led Robin over to the car. Robin thought the car didn't look new, but guessed that they had to fix it up real nice in order to sell it. The man opened the door and Robin sat in the drivers seat. The seats were nice, but they looked like they needed a little patching up.
"The seats can have covers if you like." The man said, as if he read Robin's mind. "They come free if you get this car....it was decided because of the seats."
Robin nodded. She looked at the back seats. They were fine.
"What happened to the two front seats?" Robin asked.
"Oh, I guess the car's old owner had a kid who loved to destroy things, and, as you can see, the kid made it to the car. That is the only thing that is wrong with this car. It IS almost brand new. It's this years model. So, what do you think? Want to take up for a test drive?"
The man seemed like he was a humorous one so Robin ignored him. She did nod when he asked that question about the test drove though.
The man gave Robin a key. She started the car and told the man she would be back in about ten minutes.
Robin drove it around the block and back. She parked it were at was last parked. The man wasn't there, but helping other customers. Robin waited patently for him to come back. When he did, Robin told him she would buy the car.
The man smiled and led her inside the nice looking building that had model cars inside it.
"Ok, please sign these, and what way will you pay?" The man gave Robin some papers.
"I will pay by credit card." Robin said. She quickly signed the papers and gave the man her credit card. When he got back, he gave her a key.
"All right, enjoy it." The man said.
"Oh, I will drive my Vespa back to my place and then walk back to get the car. Is that ok?" Robin asked quietly.
"Oh, yes, how far away are you?" The man asked.
"Only a few blocks." Robin answered.
She walked outside and got on her Vespa. While driving back, she thought about where she was going to park the car. She could park it in the underground parking lot. She just had to ask if there was any space left.
When she reached her apartment, the manager was outside, having a smoke.
"Hi Robin." He said casually.
"Hi." Robin said. "I was wondering, do you have anymore space in the underground parking lot for another car?"
"Oh, yes, I do, I just had three people leave, so there is space. You get a new car?"
Robin nodded. She decided to see how the carpenters were doing. When she opened the door, she heard hammering.
Robin walked into the living room. The carpet was down. It looked wonderful.
Robin walked into her room. The wood floor looked really nice, even though it wasn't finished. It looked like the carpenters were putting in the last boards.
"Hi. How is it going?" Robin asked politely.
"Oh, hello, we're almost done. How do you like it all?" The man carpenter asked.
"I love it." Robin said.
The two carpenters nodded.
Robin stayed until the carpenters were done. They made her sign papers, and she wrote a check for them.
"Well, thank you, and good bye." Robin said. She waved to the carpenters.
She closed the door and sighed. She quickly put all the furniture back in place and left to go get her car. The manager was still outside.
"Robin, I can drive you to the dealership. I am headed that way anyways." The manager said.
"Uhh, ok, thank you." Robin said sheepishly.
They got into the managers car. While driving to the dealership, Robin told him what she did with her apartment. He was pleased to know that someone in his building had good taste. When they got to the dealership, Robin said good bye and thank you. She walked to her car, got in it, and waved to the man on her way out.
She drove it to the underground garage, and typed a code in. The doors opened and she drove in. She choose a parking spot with the number "17" on it. She walked up and into the main entrance.
When she got to her apartment, the phone was ringing.
"Hello?" Robin asked.
"Robin, I'll meet you at the STN-J. Michael said he can help us find something out about the Orbitannica." Amon said quickly.
"How did you get Michael to do it?" Robin asked slyly.
"Oh, that doesn't matter right now." Amon said. Robin could tell he said something to make Michael do it.
Robin decided to take her car just to get use to it. She turned the radio on and searched around for music she liked. When she found it, she drove out the garage and to the STN-J.
She walked into the elevator. When the doors opened, Doujima was standing there, her coat around her arm.
"Robin? What are you doing here?" Doujima asked. She was really confused.
"Michael is going to help me find information on my crystal." Robin said simply.
"Oh, ok, well, see you later." Doujima walked into the elevator.
Robin made her way to the office. When she got there, Amon was leaning over Michaels shoulder, reading something.
The two of them looked up.
"About time." Amon said coldly.
"Got over it." Robin said testily.
Michael pointed to the screen.
"Robin, you should read this." He said quickly.
Robin bent over and began to read what was on the screen.
The Orbitannica is a powerful crystal that allows witches to have greater power.
The Orbitannica has a mind of it's own, and when it feels the time is right, it will let its owner discover a segment of its power. Many witches have lost their lives to this crystal, for trying to break it and release its power. The Orbitannica in other words can be smarter than the witch it belongs to. Any witch who gets the powerful crystal is gifted. The crystal will slowly show the witch its powers and when the time is right, the Orbitannica will let the witch control its powers.
The Orbitannica has about ten powers. For each crystal, it has different powers. Nobody knows why or how the Orbitannica came to be, but most think a very powerful witch created it with his soul. This witch was both good and bad. So, some Orbitannica's will be bad, and some will be good. Most bad ones are a light green color, or light blue. The good ones vary in color. The most known color for the good Orbitannica's is violet.
Robin didn't know what to say. She knew she had two Orbitannica's that were good. What if she came along a witch with a bad one? What would happen?
"Robin, what do you think about that?" Michael asked, breaking Robin's thoughts.
"I...I....I..." Robin stammered. She stopped, took a breath, and continued. "I don't know. I DO have two good Orbitannica's....and I know that I can have more."
Amon and Michael nodded. They spent about three hours searching for information. When they were done, Robin's head was in water. There was just too much to know about her crystal. Yes, it was good, yes, it was powerful, and yes, she now had to learn not ten, but twenty powers because of the two Orbitannica's.
"I think that's all for tonight." Amon said when he saw the confused expression on Robin's face.
Michael nodded and Robin did too. Robin and Amon left. When they got down to the garage, Amon looked around.
"How did you get here?" Amon asked seriously.
Robin walked over to her car and ran her hand over the roof. Then, she leaned on it.
"This is my new car. Like it?"
Amon didn't know Robin was thinking about getting a car, or let alone thinking about getting such a nice one.
"It's nice." Amon said stupidly.
Robin raised an eyebrow.
"Oh come on, admit it....you like it don't you?"
Amon frowned.
"Let's continue this stupid conversation at home."
Robin was startled.
"H-Home?" She studdered, "You're going to live with me?"
Amon rolled his eyes and nodded. Robin raced up and hugged him. He managed to wrench her free before Michael came down.
"Let's go." Amon said quietly.
Robin nodded and got in her car. She sped away. Amon was on her tail.
The road was dead....no one was on it. Robin didn't even see any cops.
She started to go faster, Amon slipped away a bit, but was on her tail again. He pulled into a different lane and tried to pass her. Robin blocked him. This went on and on the entire way back to the apartment. Amon parked out on the street while Robin parked her car in the garage.
'How do I get into these things?' Amon asked himself as him and Robin were getting in the elevator.
Robin seemed pleased that Amon was going to stay with her from now on, and, maybe help with the baby when she comes.
When Robin and Amon stepped into the apartment, the smell of paint still loomed in the air.
"Amon," Robin said while they took off their coats, "What are you going to do now with your other apartment?"
Amon didn't think about that. He thought a moment, then said,
"I guess I'll sell it."
"What about your furniture?" Robin asked. Her head was tilted to the side.
"Sell it."
"You're just going to sell everything?"
"Not some things, obviously."
Robin didn't push the subject. She went into the kitchen while Amon looked at the rooms. He liked the fact that Robin chose his idea for her room....well...now her and HIS room. Amon felt weird because he had never really shared an apartment. Yes, he may have with Nagira, but not with anyone else.
Robin walked in the room. She looked around.
"Nice, isn't it?"
"Much better than it was." Amon said coldly.
Robin nodded and walked back into the kitchen. Amon thought about where he was going to put HIS stuff. The room looked big enough to put another dresser in, and a bedside table....or something.
Amon walked into the kitchen. The smell of chicken floated above the smell of paint. Robin was just putting the chicken in the oven. She turned around.
"Yeesh.....that paint smell is horrible." Robin wrinkled her nose and walked off to open a few windows.
Amon sat down at the table. A magazine was there, and an add was circled on the magazine. It was about the car.
"Why don't you sell your Vespa?" Amon asked.
Robin stopped, thought a moment, and said,
"Because."
"Because what?"
"Because.....I like my Vespa." Robin snapped.
Amon sighed. He had forgotten that pregnant woman got moody. He better watch what he says.
Amon looked over at Robin. Her stomach was more swollen. He just couldn't believe that she WAS pregnant.
"Well, here you go." Robin said, placing a plate in front of Amon.
Robin looked at Amon. He definitely was different. He had gotten less dark hearted, and was a little easier to be around without getting nervous. Robin shook her head and took a bite.
'I think I have just gotten use to spending time with him. That's all.' Robin's thoughts drifted away.
They ate in silence. Afterward, Amon and Robin sat on the couch and watched a movie.
At about Ten O' Clock, Amon's cell phone rang. He picked it up.
"Yes?" He asked, a little annoyed.
"Amon," It was Michael, "You brother Nagira, he got in a car accident, you better come to head quarters.....a witch caused the accident."
Heeheeehee......a cliffy.....yeah. Ok. R&R.....
Raven