Oh god... She's back again. I know what you're thinking. *scowls* I am a lazy bum and am probably going to take a little nap after this chapter.

Enjoy!

BARTIMAEUS

Chapter Four

How dare she?

I was dreading this. My head began to pound, and I was just waiting for whatever the charge was. 'Jump into that vat of toxic waste!' 'Swallow up my brussel sprouts...' 'Hey, Bartimaeus, how 'bout you go try and bring Fraqual back to life?'

I'm not sure which of those is worse. Probably Fraqual. You'd just sit there, forever, hopelessly trying to bring back your worst enemy... And on the off chance that you succeeded... well.

Hopefully he would stay dead. Though... right now, I am questioning the mortal balance of life and death. Somehow Nat seemed to have made it... Obviously not. And I am still terribly curious as to who, or what, this mysterious Edward Whatshisface is...

I stared silently at Kitty for a moment. "Well... what is it? What's he going to ask me to do?" Kitty shook her head, biting down on her lip.

"I..." She stayed silent. I sighed, still looking up at her. Whatever was about to happen, I'd find out when the time came to it. I gave her a small hug, squeezing her gently. This was terrible. I had no clue as to what was about to happen. I felt my stomach almost flip with nerves, which was unusual, for me.

I didn't like the sound of it one bit. I didn't like the look of Edward either... Mind you, he did look rather suspiciously identical to Nat. But what can you do?

Suddenly, the dark haired girl caught me mid-thought. She pursed her lips and placed them softly against mine, kissing lightly. How's that for unexpected? I shoved her off, holing her arms back against the wall.

"What the bloody hell was that?" I shrieked, rather much like a banshee.

"Bartimaeus... but I..."

"You what?" I sneered, letting her arms drop. I was very annoyed with her at the moment. Big mistake. She caught me again, almost reaching my mouth before I snapped her back. "Never do that again." I growled sternly at the girl. The bloody cheek!

I lifted my middle finger at the her, now in a worse mood than ever. How dare she? I wanted to throw down some sort of object, a towel or something... But since I wasn't holding anything, I ended up making a rather strange and spastic motion with my arms.

I turned away, walking down the corridor. I wasn't going to respond to that... thing. That human. Besides, it was almost time for me to get back to Mr. Whatshisface up there...

If you think this chapter's harsh on Kitty, and have no clue as to what it means, good. You're supposed to. This is all explained within the next chapter...Hopefully.

Okai, so this chapter reminds me deeply of those sappy RPs and stories where the characters instantly fall in love... blahh blah. I hate those. So un-realistic. Ugh... No offense to anyone who writes like that, but ugh.

Guys, I am having serious problems with ideas as to what he's actually getting him to do. Any ideas? O.e I know exactly who Edward is, and what his backstory with Kitty is, but I can't actually think of anything for what he's going to charge Bartimaeus to do. GAH! *grumble grumble*

Help? Message or comment to give ideas please.

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