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Chapter 13: The Plan

I frantically search the room for her. I looked in the closet, and even under the bed, but she was gone.

I turned to leave the room to look else where when I ran into someone.

I looked down to see Hailey drying her hair with a towel.

"Gosh, watch where you are going Paul," she mumbled and walked past me.

She was wearing new clothes to. She was wearing a pair of light denim jeans and a copper looking t-shirt.

She turned and looked at me, "Are you ok?" she asked, "you look like you've seen a ghost or something. Although that would be normal considering--"

Before she finished, I pulled her to me and pushed my lips on hers.

She squealed in shock and dropped the towel she had been holding. She stopped resisting and returned the kiss.

Her lips were soft and warm. She was really here, she was ok…

She put her arms around my neck and ran her hands through my hair. I placed my hand on the small of her back and pulled her closer, deepening the kiss.

I kicked the door closed and pulled her over to the bed. She seemed hesitant at first, but let me push her down onto the pillows.

"Don't scare me like that," I said in between kisses.

She smiled against my lips.

She rolled me over so that she was on top and continued to kiss me. I touched my tongue to her bottom lip, asking for permission. She opened her mouth in acceptance and I let my tongue explore her mouth, memorizing every inch.

Her hands went to the edge of my shirt and slowly began to creep under in. I shivered as her hands felt along my stomach.

"Ouch," I gasped as she pressed lightly on my bruise.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Just a bruise, courtesy of Kevin," I mumbled and kissed her lightly.

She got off of me and sat beside me on the bed.

"Thank you for coming after em Paul," she smiled at me softly, "it was like I was dreaming. I saw you come in and attack those men. I also saw your barrier, very well done, although I was nervous that you would kill him."

I looked at my hands, "I wanted to," I admitted, "I wanted to kill him for what he did to you but…I just couldn't."

She kissed my cheek, "I'm glad you didn't."

I looked over at her. Her hair was still damp from the shower and it curled softly around her beautiful face.

"I care about you lot Hailey," I blushed slightly, "I want you to know that."

She smiled and leaned over, pressing her lips to mine.

"I care about you a lot to Paul," she smiled.

I smiled again and kissed her passionately, pulling her to me again.

We kissed for a while longer until Hailey put her fingers against my lips and pulled away.

"We should go let the others know that I'm ok," she whispered.

I groaned, "Or we could stay here and leave them to worry."

She laughed and pushed me playfully.

Before I could grab her she got off the bed and walked out the door.

I followed her down the hallway. When we entered the kitchen and living room area everyone looked up.

"Hailey!" Jack yelled and rushed to hug her.

Suze got up next and hugged her tightly, "How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Much better."

Even Jesse gave her a soft hug, "I am glad you are feeling well. Paul was rather worried."

Hailey looked at me and smiled.

"So," Jack said, sitting back down, "Not that everyone is back together and such, what are we supposed to do about this Dimitri character?"

Everyone gathered around in the living room and thought.

"We could move," Jack said after a few minutes.

Hailey shook her head, "That wouldn't work. They have organizations in every major city in the US."

"So we move to Canada," he shrugged, "they are way nicer up there anyway."

(I mean no offense)

Suze glared at him, "Do you know any French buddy? Because I heard that they speak a lot of it up there."

"Actually Susannah, they speak both French and English. I read in a book once that--"

"Ok shut it!" I exclaimed, "Who cares what languages they speak, we are not moving to Canada! Even if we did somehow get away from them, that wouldn't stop them from killing others."

"Good point," Suze said.

"So then what do we do?" Jesse asked, running a hand through his brown hair that seemed to mesmerize Suze so much…

"I say we kill Dimitri," Jack said.

Everyone just stopped and looked at him.

Wow…the idea of murder…coming from a child…

No more TV for him.

Ever.

"We don't want to kill anyone," Hailey said, "that would just be sinking to his level. Besides, if he dies, then there would be a chance of him coming back as a ghost to haunt us. Trust me, I do not need another murder bent ghost on my ass."

"Speaking of which, what are we supposed to do about Kevin? Was he really even a mediator when he was alive? Or was that a lie as well?" I asked.

Hailey shook her head, "No, he really was a mediator before he died, but Dimitri never knew about it. Because he was a mediator, we can't simply shift him to the Shadow Land."

I sighed, "So the only way to get rid of him, is to actually get him to open the door."

"Why do we not try to figure out why it is he is still here?" Jesse asked.

"We already tried that. Besides, I doubt that he will be willing to talk with us anyway," I said.

"But we should give him the chance of moving on properly," Jesse insisted.

I blinked at him, "You have been hanging around with Father Dom way to much."

"And is there a problem with that Slater?" Jesse glared, "He is a brilliant man, though I doubt you would know seeing as you were to busy chasing after Susannah to actually ever listen to him."

"Oh get off it Jesse," I hissed.

Jesse stood up in a rage and took a step towards me.

I meant get off the subject…not the couch…

Suze grabbed him arm and forced him back down, "Calm down Jesse, that's all in the past now."

Jesse sighed and nodded.

Weirdo………

"So we get rid of Kevin first?" Hailey asked.

Everyone nodded.

"How are we supposed to get him to open a door?" I asked, "We can't open it for him without being sucked into it."

"We have to convince him to open it," Jack said.

"And how exactly do we do that? The guy is bent on getting us all killed, how do we convince him to give that all up and move on?" Hailey asked.

Everyone sat in silence.

"There is no convincing him," I sighed.

Suze was getting frustrated, "well then what do we do!"

"We shift him to the Shadow Land," Hailey said softly.

"Hailey you know that that won't work. He can just get out remember?" I said.

She shook her head, "I'm not so sure about that anymore."

"What do you mean?" Jesse asked.

"Remember what Dimitri said?" Hailey said, "He said that the ring gave him all of the powers of a shifter. If he had been watching us this whole time, then he would have seen Paul shift him. Then all he had to do was shift to the Shadow Land and get him. Paul, when you shifted Kevin, you said he was screaming as you left right?"

I nodded…my head was still ringing…

"If he was able to get out himself, then why would he have screamed in terror like that? I think he was truly scared that he wouldn't get out this time," she pointed out.

"I think you may have something there Hailey," I smiled at her.

She smiled back and nodded.

"So we are back at square one then," Suze said, "We can't get rid of Kevin without getting rid of Dimitri first."

"I still say that we kill him," Jack sighed.

"Shut up Jack," I said.

Hailey laughed a little bit, "So that's it then, we have to get that ring."

"Hello! It's on his finger! How are we suppose to get it off?" Suze huffed.

That was true…

I sniggered as the scene from Lord of the Rings came into my head…we could always bite his finger off…

Nah…too much blood for my liking…

"So it's decided then. We will lure Dimitri to us, kick his ass, and take the ring," Hailey said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Just then my mom and ad walked in carrying two large McDonalds bags.

"We weren't sure what you all wanted so we jut got a bunch of things," my dad said, placing the food on the table.

Everyone dug in, grabbing whatever they could.

I grabbed Big Mac, and large fries and a coke. Then I went and sat beside Hailey on the couch. She was busy eating some chicken McNuggets and fries.

"So how exactly are we going to lure Dimitri to us?" I asked between bites.

"I suspect that there are Gemini all over the place looking for us. So if we just wander around at night, maybe pretend like we are trying to get back into my house, then they will find us," she said.

"How do you know that they won't just kill us on the spot?" I arched an eyebrow.

She turned and smiled sweetly at me, "I don't! That's the fun part!"

Fun part?

She has some major thrill issues…

"Ok then, what ever you say," I shrugged, "so we head back to our houses tonight after dark?"

"Yeah, I would like to stop by my house and get some more clothes anyway," she said.

I nodded.

I should probably get more stuff for my family as well.

………………THAT NIGHT……………….

That night I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. It was already midnight.

Nudging Hailey who was asleep in my arms I leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips. She smiled against my lips and opened her eyes.

"Is it time to go?" she asked.

I nodded, "I can hear Jesse and Suze. They are already up."

We both got up and walked into the living room, where Jesse was hugging Suze and stroking her hair softly. I couldn't quite hear what he was whispering in her ear, but I suspected it wasn't for my ears to hear anyway…

Hailey cleared her throat and the pair slowly parted, looking at us.

"You guys ready to go?" Hailey whispered.

They nodded, "The rest of the family are still sleeping," Jesse said.

Good…I didn't need Jack following us tonight…

"Let's go then," I said.