Chapter 11

okay I was kind of inspired to write this one chapter and there is a picture that will appear and go along with this story that kinda of inspired me to write it in later... I will type up the book separately, only parts will be in this story... the whole book will be published later... after this one... Enjoy!

Rachel's House

Richard had pulled up to the front of the town house on the end of a row of town houses. It was on the week end and the street wasn't really busy, as usual. Richard got off of his bike and placed his helmet on the seat, making sure the keys were out and in his pocket. Richard walked up the stone steps and knocked on the wooden door. Ms Roth came over and opened the door, she had a pair of light blue jeans on and a very light purple, cotton, sweat shirt.

"Oh, hello. Come on in." She told him as she moved aside from the entrance. Richard nodded at her and walked right in. Ms Roth closed and locked the door. "Come into the kitchen, and sit down." she said as she walked into the kitchen, and got back her cooking. Richard pulled out one of the four wooden chairs sitting around the table and sat in it. Ms Roth kept cooking, they had a good 5 minute silence between the two of them. Richard was staring off in to the hallway by the stairs. Finally Ms Roth broke the silence. "You know..." She started. Richard was snapped away from his train of thought and looked over at her. "I think Rachel's really lucky to have some one to trust and talk to." Ms Roth took out some plates and set them aside. "Would you like some?"

"Huh? Oh. No thank you." Richard denied politely. Ms Roth just smiled and put the extra plate back.

"I think she's really lucky to have you."

"Really?" Richard said in disbelief.

"Oh, yes!" Ms Roth stirred the food in the pan around a bit. "You know that she hasn't got any real friends. And you're the only one she's got." her voice got soft as she pored the food on to the 2 plates. "Rachel! Food!" She called up.

"Coming!" Rachel's voice came from the top of the stairs. You could here her rush down the stairs. Rachel, once she reached the bottom, softly padded across the floor, she soon stopped when her eyes came upon Richard. "Richard? What- What are you doing here?" She asked as she walked in and sat down beside him. "If your going to ask me out I can't... I have to work."

"No I was going to-" Richard just processed the last bit of information in his brain. "Wait! Work?" Richard turned to her in shock.

"Yeah." Rachel put her arms on the table then her head in them. "Babysitting."

"Here, eat up." Ms Roth put Rachel's plate in front of Rachel and her plate on her side.

"Thanks mom." Rachel muttered as she started to eat. Ms Roth started to eat.

"So.. Who are you babysitting tonight?" Richard asked. "I didn't know you babysat."

"Some of the neighborhood kids." Rachel said as she finished half of the plate. "I think I'm babysitting... Melvin, Teether, and Timmy." she took another bite.

"All boys?" Richard stated.

"No! Melvin's not a boy!" Rachel stated, she giggled a little. Then the door bell rang

"Oh, that's them." Ms Roth stated. "Then that means I have to go." Ms Roth finished off her plate and placed it in the dish washer, she grabbed her coat. "Bye Rae!" Ms Roth opened the door, three little ones came running in. Once they were all in Ms Roth closed and locked the door behind her.

"Not now!" Rachel groaned.

"Rae!" Timmy and Melvin yelled and jumped on her, hugging her to death.

"Hi guys." she hugged them back. Richard felt some tugging on his pants, he looked down. A little boy, a baby, was tugging on his leg.

"Hey there little one." Richard said as he lifted him up and set him on his lap. The little boy took the pacifier out of his mouth and offered it to Richard. Richard took it and put it back into the little boy's mouth.

"I think he likes you." Rachel said, she was watching them the whole time. The two had disappeared from Rachel's lap.

"Rae!" Melvin called from the living room.

"They want to watch tv." Rachel sighed.

"The tv won't turn on!" She called again.

"How'd you know?" Richard asked. Rachel just shrugged and got up and walked into the living room. She put up a baby gate in the door way, so they wouldn't be out of her site, especially Teether. Richard got up and followed her, baby in his arms. Richard stepped over the gate and place Teether down on the floor. Rachel had sat down on the couch watching the three. Melvin was brain dead watching the tv, Timmy was playing with Teether, they had soft, foam, building blocks they could play with.

"Wow." Richard said as he sat down next to her, "they are really quiet."

"That's just for now." Rachel stated. The two sat watching the three little tots play or watch tv for the next hour. Soon Melvin had a big box in her hands, she came up to Rae and placed it on the coffee table in front of her.

"Will you show us some magic Rae?" Melvin asked. Rachel snapped out of, the almost asleep, trance she was in.

"Sure." Rachel said as she reached for the box, she opened it. Richard stirred from his light sleep. Rachel had the three kids in front of her, she had a red foam ball in her hand. "You see this ball?" the kids nodded. "Maybe it's not a ball maybe it's.." she closed her hand around it, and when she opened it, two red foam balls were in her fingers, "Two balls or," she closed her hand again, then three balls appeared in her fingers, "three, or" she closed her hand one more time, then she had four balls in her fingers. "Or maybe its four." she then closed her hand, she then opened her and it had one red foam ball in it. "Or maybe it's just one. Or maybe it's..." she placed her hands together and slowly opened them, nothing was in them. "Gone." the little ones clapped wildly. "Oh but wait!" She reached behind Timmy's ear and pulled out a red chip, a flat hard, plastic red, chip. "Now why was this behind your ear?" She questioned. "Wait a minute." she placed the chip in the palm of her hand and put her other hand over it, but not covering it, a good inch above her bottom hand. She then blew on it and the red foam ball popped up.

"Wow!" The three said.

"Yea.. Wow." Richard stated in surprise. "Where did you learn how to do that?" Rachel put a red clothe over her empty hand.

"I used to be a magician's assistant." Rachel stated as she pulled the clothe off and there sat a white dove. The dove cooed, for s couple minutes, she let the children touch it gently. Then she walked over to the widow, opened it and let the dove go.

"So what else can you do?" Richard asked as he glanced into the box of magician stuff.

"Lots of stuff." Rachel stated as she turned around and walked over to the box. She dug through the box, she pulled out a black, silk, top hat. She reached in side and pulled out a white bunny. "Rabbit in the hat." she let the rabbit go on the ground. She took a glass of water on the night stand beside the couch and pored it in to the hat. She then placed it on her head, "Wet water, dry hat." she pulled out the red foam ball that she had before. "One ball or more." she placed one hand over the other, with the ball in it. She opened it and hundreds of red foam balls came poring out of her hands. She pulled out a card and showed it to Richard. She ripped it up in to tiny shreds, she opened her mouth and took out a folded up card. She opened it, "Card in the mouth, not on the floor." she showed it was the same card. She then looked at her left sleeve, something purple came out, she pulled on it, a long line of handkerchiefs came out of her sleeve, it seemed endless. "Hanker Kerchief up the sleeve." the line finally ended. "Confide." she opened her hands and paper fell out. She then took one of the handkerchiefs and made a fist with her free hand and stuffed the handkerchief in to it. She then waved her free hand over it then opened it... nothing was there, "Disappearing rag." she then pulled a deck out of her back pocket. She tossed the deck from hand to hand, she then shuffled the deck and placed it in front of Richard. "Pick one." she told him, he did and it was the Ace of hearts. "Then put it back in any where." she instructed. He did. She then put a cloth over the pile and tapped it once. "Over!" she told the deck, pulling her hand away, and one card pulled itself from the deck and flipped over. She then took the clothe off and shuffled through the cards and found the Ace of hearts was flipped over. "Turning card." she held out the card so he could see it. She then threw the cards on the floor.

"Your making a mess." Richard stated. He was still in shock, but he was having fun watching her preform this.

"I know." She gave him a flirtatious wink. She pulled out her wand. She placed it in the palm of her hand, at either end. She pressed them together, "Disappearing Wand." she then pulled it out of her pocket. Rachel then stood the wand on the palm of her hand again, she then slowly took her left hand away from the bottom, the right hand was just there just in case it fell. "Floating wand." she then snatched it out of the air and tapped the palm of her left hand three times, then the wand turned into a bouquet of flowers. "Wand not flowers." Richard was amazed. She then turned the flowers back into her wand. "And my favorite... Up and away." she took her top hat off of her head and faced the bottom towards the ground, or the mess, which ever you prefer. She took her wand and waved it a little, a gust of wind picked up the debris on the floor and sucked it into the hat. She then placed the hat back on top of her head, once the mess was done.

"Woah." Richard gawked.

"Yea I know." Rachel said as she put the hat and wand away. The three were watching in silence. They clapped, loudly and widely. Rachel sat down beside Richard. She leaned over and whispered in to his ear. "There's more where that came from, but I don't think the children would appreciate what I was doing." Richard smiled.

"Well, I'm glad I know what you can do, maybe you could put another show on for me, when it's just us?" Richard whispered back into her ear. Rachel giggled.

"Of course." Rachel said before she kissed his ear. That sent a shiver down his spine. Rachel stood up quickly and stepped over the gate, she walked into the hall. Then the door bell rung.

'Wow, perfect timing.' Richard thought.

Once the three tots left, it was just the two of them now. Richard looked at the clock, it was 5:37 pm. "You okay?" Rachel asked.

Richard had a sour look on his face, "My dad's going to kill me." He walked over to Rachel and wrapped his arms around her waist, she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Oh, well. He can wait a little longer." Richard leaned in and kissed Rachel on the lips, she responded back. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes, until the lock came undone. Ms Roth was home. They came apart. "I have to go now." he kissed her one more time. "Bye."

"Bye." Rachel said as he left.