Enchantment ch 24
After they finished cleaning her up they tucked her into the bed. They took turns watching her throughout the night. So they were tired when the girls showed up at the door. Pogue saw Kate heading for the stairs and pulled her to him in a hug. Effectively stopping her from going up the stairs. Caleb tried to stop Sarah but Bunny slipped past him as he tried to stop Sarah. Bunny ran up the stairs towards the room the boys were guarding.
Caleb saw her run up the stairs "Reid!" he yelled in warning. Reid was just coming out the door when bunny reached it. She was reaching for the door handle. So Reid did the only thing he could think of. He grabbed Bunny and gave her a full on kiss.
When she tried to break the kiss to go into the room, Reid steered her towards the wall and kept kissing her.
"Reid" she mumbled through the lip lock. He was sliding his hands up her sides, with his mouth firmly locked on her mouth. He closed his eyes for a second and made Xandria look more like Xandria. Bunny was pushing on his chest so he pulled back to let her breath. "Reid what the hell has gotten into you?" she asked.
"I just realized how much I missed you, sorry I've been such a jerk beautiful," he said. He was trying to distract her from her quarry, which was obviously Xandria. Bunny was shocked by his behavior but knew a distraction when she saw one. She deliberately looked over Reid's shoulder and Reid turned to look at what she had been looking at. Which of course was nothing. When he turned she slipped through the door into Xandria's room. "Oh my god" she said. She was staring at the bed when Reid followed her in.
Tyler was sleeping on the chair next to the bed his head resting on the bedside. He heard Bunny's voice and looked up from where he had been sleeping. "What happened?' said Bunny. "Her ex, kidnapped her," said Reid. He remembered what they had told bunny and stuck to the story. Tyler looked grateful, as well as tired. "He did this to her, why isn't she at the hospital?" said Bunny.
"I'm going to call an ambulance and the cops," said Bunny. Pulling her phone out of her purse. Reid grabbed her hand and put his other over her eyes. Bunny went limp in his arms. "Sorry love but can't let you do that" said Reid.
Reid sat her in the other chair in the room. "Now what?" said Tyler
"We'll make her forget but we'll have to do it later" he said. Reid poked his head out the door. Kate and Pogue were locked in a kiss and Caleb was talking softly to Sarah. Reid waved to Caleb to come talk to him. Caleb excused himself from Sarah and walked halfway up the stairs meeting Reid on the first landing. "What are we going to tell them?" Reid said softly. "Bunny is unconscious upstairs, she wanted to call an ambulance and the cops," said Reid
"Well that's just great, good work then" said Caleb. Reid looked shocked had Caleb just praised him. Reid broke into a grin until Sarah walked past them. "Sarah wait" said Caleb trying to catch her before she went into the room. Kate was trying to extract herself from Pogue's arms. Shit this was turning into a disaster. Sarah went into the room. Caleb looked at Reid. Reid nodded to the unspoken question. Yes she was presentable, or at least human looking.
"Oh my lord" said Sarah's voice from the room. Caleb went into the room and closed the door. They needed an ally and since Sarah already knew about them she was the logical choice. "What happened and why is Bunny unconscious?" said Sarah. "Sarah, I need to tell you something," said Caleb. He had that serious tone to his voice that he had used when he told her about the covenant.
She looked at him and quieted sensing the importance of the information. "Sarah, bunny's unconscious because she wanted to take Xandria to the hospital" said Caleb. "Yeah so?" said Sarah "Sarah Xandria can't go to the hospital, she's not human" said Caleb.
Sarah's mouth literally fell open. "Say what?" she said "she's not human, that's why we couldn't take her to the hospital" said Caleb. "Oh shit" said Sarah. She sank into one of the chairs. "Sarah I need your help with Kate and Bunny, we can't explain this" he said Sarah nodded. "I need to make a phone call first, just have Pogue you know" she said waving towards Bunny's slumped form."Ok who are you calling?" asked Caleb.
Sarah pulled a business card out of her purse. She handed it to Caleb. It read Connor antiques. Caleb looked up at her in question "its her uncle, she told me to call him if anything happened to her" said Sarah. Sarah looked at Xandria's sleeping form and said, "I think it's a safe bet to say something happened don't you?"
Sarah pulled out her cell phone and dialed. A man with a slight Scottish accent answered the other end. Tyler walked over to Caleb, looked at Sarah in question. "She knows," said Caleb.
"Who's she calling?" said Tyler "Xandria's uncle Connor" said Caleb. Tyler looked shocked for a second. "Come on we need to deal with Kate" said Caleb. Tyler looked back at Xandria. Sarah was sitting on the only vacant chair in the room talking on her cell phone.
Tyler followed Caleb down the stairs."Come on you need a break, Sarah's watching over her for a few minutes" said Caleb.
Pogue was still kissing and fondling a bewildered Kate. Caleb and Tyler both looked at each other and both touched the back of Kate's head. She immediately went limp. A shocked Pogue said, "What did you do that for?"
"Because we need a game plan," said Caleb. "Bunny's also out upstairs," said Reid. Pogue frowned he had been that close to getting some. "What about Sarah?" said Pogue. "She knows, well sort of and she's on the phone," said Caleb. "On the phone to who?" said Reid
"To Xandria's 'uncle'" said Caleb. "Her uncle as in same species uncle?" said Reid "yeah I'm guessing he is," said Caleb. "So I get to meet her family," said Tyler. "Yeah too bad the circumstances suck," said Pogue. "Guys what are we going to do about the asshole," said Tyler. Caleb sighed he knew what they wanted to do about him. He was unwilling to just commit to something like that without more information. "We get more information first, then we use it to deal with him," said Caleb.
The others agreed to it, Reid however wanted to just go hunt the ass down. "Reid, wait on it we'll deal with it," said Pogue. Reid looked pissed but still managed to remain calm. "Well see what Xandria's uncle has to say about this asshole," said Tyler. "I want a piece of him too, Reid, just wait it will happen" said Tyler. "I think we all do on that," said Pogue. Pogue nodded towards Caleb and Reid understood his meaning. "Yeah I can wait, we'll get him eventually" said Reid
Sarah hung up the phone. Connor had agreed to come right away and Sarah had given him Caleb's address. She hung up and went to the door. Caleb spotted her at the door. "Well?' he asked "he'll be here in an hour" she said. She noticed Kate was now laying on one of the couches. "Now are you going to tell me exactly what is going on?" said Sarah