Disclaimer- See chapter 1

AN-Also buy and listen to the soundtrack of the original cast of Wicked. It's awesome too! Defy gravity!

Erin was exhausted. She'd been using her magic to find her eldest child once again, and all it accomplished was showing her the house she was currently in. She collapsed on the floor, and cried.

Joseph found her about ten minutes later. She'd cried herself to sleep, and was curled up on the floor. He walked over to her and brushed her hair from her face, before picking her up and taking her back to their room. He placed her on the bed, pulled the covers back, and slid her under them. He kissed her forehead, shut the blinds and crawled in next to her.

She spent the night in nightmares, of watching her daughter be slowly killed in any way that an immortal could be killed. She woke up from a particularly gruesome dream sobbing, and Joseph had to hold her and stroke her hair until she fell asleep again.

Aly also woke early that night from a nightmare that involved a drunk Melissa and a butcher knife. She wandered to the kitchen to get herself a glass of water, and sat down at the table to clear her head.

Only to see the really hot dude Aurum had warned her about wander into the kitchen too. With sleep filled jade eyes, he searched through the refrigerator for a snack. Clad in drawstring pants and slippers, he set ice cream down on the island and began making a sundae for himself.

Aly would've been fine had she not choked on the water she'd just sipped, and had begun coughing. He whipped his head in her direction, and squinted.

"Hello, are you new here?" He asked.

Aly's throat seized up. All she could do was stare at him. Finally she swallowed the lump that had appeared, and replied, "Just got hired today sir."

"Don't call me sir, I'm Richard to you. What's your name?"

"Alison."

"Well then Alison, would you like a sundae too?"

"That'd be really nice sir, I mean Richard."

He made a second sundae for her, and brought both over to where she sat. He took the whipping cream and doused her sundae in it before dousing his, and then turned his electric green eyes to meet her wary ocean blue gaze.

"You must be really new, because I don't remember seeing you around here and I would've definitely remembered a beautiful girl like you," Richard commented while taking his spoon and wiping some whipped cream on her nose.

"Hey!" Aly said, taking some fudge and wiping it on Richards's face in revenge.

Then she realized what she'd done, apologized, and ran back to her room.

Richard watched her run, and couldn't help but ponder on why when she had touched his face he'd felt everything he could possibly feel.