"Yo man, check this out." Jay said as he tossed a chip into the air and caught it in his mouth.
"Quite impressive." Metatron said.
Metatron had reluctantly agreed to baby-sit for Bethany while she was on her date with Mark, the UPS deliveryman. All was going well, Bethany had even left him money to order a pizza, but he thought of something better.
In less than a second he had teleported to Italy and returned with a few delightful pasta dishes. Truly authentic, with much less grease. Plus Bethany could hold onto her $20.
Not two seconds after Bethany and Mark disappeared from sight, Jay was pounding on the front door, demanding answers from Metatron.
Apparently Jay had not given up on his quest to sleep with Bethany and was none too thrilled to find out she was on a date with someone else. To keep the young man from shouting out a string of curses a mile long in front of Eve, Metatron decided to feed him instead.
And as had been proven for years, Jay's "hetero life mate" wasn't far behind. So it became something of a guys' night in...with the exception of little Eve, of course.
Jay had been tossing and catching food in his mouth all night, entertaining the baby since she thought it was an amazing feat.
Eve clapped and laughed out loud. "Told ya man, bitches love me." He told Bob, who swatted him on the arm for cursing. "Alright, alright, sorry. God, I hate talkin' all nice like this!" he grumbled.
"Have you got the time there Bob?" Metatron asked.
Bob held up eight fingers.
"Ah, time for little Eve to get some sleep." Metatron announced.
He stood to reach for Eve, but Bob stepped in and motioned for him to sit. Bob swept Eve into his arms and went off to her bedroom. "Nice to see Bethany has some other babysitters standing by." Metatron said.
"What are you talkin' about?" Jay asked.
"Well, Eve is getting older, by the time she's a two year old I can no longer allow her to see me."
"What? What the f-I mean, um...heck are you saying man?"
"Exactly what it sounds like. I cannot allow the last scion to see me anymore. The scion's strength comes from their faith, and faith is to believe without seeing. If I were to let her see me...you see where I'm going with this?"
"Well yeah, but what about Bethany?"
"She and any other human can look at me all they like, but I must remain invisible and inaudible to the last scion...until the time comes."
Jay shrugged. "And when will that be?"
Metatron shrugged back, "In about 14 years or so, I have a little time. But mortal lives go by so fast."
Jay didn't think to ask what he meant, or why Metatron seemed so sad just then. He grabbed another handful of chips.