Chapter 6, enjoy! Anyways, you can thank the cousin who was married to the man who died two weeks back for this chapter. she told me not to stop my life suddenly, just for her. Besides, I got her hooked on my work, and she wants more of it. so I have to get back to writing now! I'm feeling much better now, and I got to see my dorm room last weekend. I'm in a dungeon...bleh XP anyways enjoy, warnings and disclaimer are in the first chapter.

Worst Night Ever?!

A New Home

"You were acting very irresponsible, Heidi, I taught you well, but I guess not well enough," Heidi's Mother said looking down at her Daughter, "I told you, never to have sexual relations with a man without protection!"

Heidi nodded her bent head, sniffling softly, "I'm sorry, Momma…."

Stephanie tilted her head to the side looking at Heidi's Mother. She had never met the woman in person, only hearing her through the phone. She was a tall woman, who looked to be in her mid 40's. Her long hair was black, in a high ponytail, showing off her nearly bone white skin. She had dark blue eyes that seemed to pierce into the very soul of the person she was looking at. She wore a long black dress with long sleeves, showing off her figure. She looked nothing like Heidi, but then again, from what Heidi told them, her Mother really wasn't her Mother, she was just a woman who stole her to teach her witchcraft.

The woman sighed and sat down beside Heidi, hugging her close, "Oh, my darling, Daughter, on lighter note, I am excited that you are with child! It's such a blessing to be a part of this period in your life. A Life Witch, I always knew you were special, now, where's the father?"

The woman turned to Carlos and asked, "Is it you?"

"Oh no," Carlos said quickly, waving his hands, "It's not me, but I do know the sorry sap-I mean I do know the baby's father," Carlos quickly hanged his wording at the cold glare he got, "I'll call him over now."

"Good, you do that," Heidi's Mother said, patting her Daughter's knee, "I do hope he's of high pedigree, I want a powerful grandchild."

"Oh, he's something else," Stephanie said earning a groan from Heidi, "I knew these men would be trouble, now you're pregnant, and this one is stalking me!"

"I'm not stalking you…" Carlos said with a smile, wrapping an arm around Stephanie's shoulder "You're just around when I'm around, I think you're stalking me…."

"Like I would stalk a pig like you!" Stephanie snapped, pushing a laughing Carlos away, "Fucking pig!"

Carlos called Diesel, said a few words to the man and turned to Heidi' Mother, "He'll be here very soon…"

"I can't believe the father to my child's baby isn't around, surely he would be for such a joyous occasion!" Heidi's mother snapped angrily, "I'll have choice words for this man when I-"

"He doesn't know," Heidi said softly, looking up at her mother, "I Just found out myself tonight, I was out on a date, and we were headed to a hotel, but we passed a street vendor making Gyros, and the smell of that fucking lamb, I threw up everything I ate this century, right on my date. He was pissed of course, and made the comment that I was pregnant, and then it hit me; maybe I was, I made a potion to see if I was, and it came back positive."

Heidi let out a wail, exclaiming, "MY BODY IS GOING TO GET RUINED BY THIS BABY!"

Stephanie winced watching Heidi break down again, "Oh come on, Heidi, I'm sure with a stable diet, and exercise, you'll only change a little bit."

"You bitch!" Heidi pouted, looking at her friend, "Me, Diet?! As if, I love my candy and fatty foods too much!"

"The price you pay for letting a man cum in you," Heidi's mother huffed, making Heidi glare at the woman, "But this means I get to be a grandmother!"

"I get to be an aunt!" Stephanie squealed along with the woman.

"And I get to be an uncle…" Carlos started, but a look from all three women shut him up, "I'll just be quiet."

Carlos turned to the front door, hearing frantic knocking and a loud, "Hey! Somebody let me in! I'll break this fucking door down, if I have to!"

"What'd you tell Diesel?" Stephanie asked Carlos earning a smile.

"Well, I just told him that you and Heidi were being held hostage by Exterminators, I've never heard Diesel scream in that voice pitch before…"

"He could come in here guns blaring!" Stephanie squawked, waving her arms at Carlos, "And with Heidi in her condition too!"

Heidi's mother sighed softly, saying, "I will answer the door and calm down the fool," getting up and walking over to the poor front door and opening it. she hardly batted an eye as Diesel tried to mow her down to get into the apartment. she merely held up one hand and said in a serious voice, "Stop," making Diesel freeze where he was, "Hmm…well this is most…displeasing."

"Heidi darling, when were you going to tell your mommy that you were fraternizing with a high class demon?" Heidi's mother said, walking around Diesel, whose eyes were slowly growing big with horror, "Hmm, yes, that is right, I can look right through that façade of yours, demon, and see your true self, I must say…how you pulled the wool over my daughter's face, I do not know, I taught her how to look out for demons…"

"Oh no!" Heidi wailed covering her eyes, "A demon?! How didn't I know?! Double shame upon all witches! Oh…To be a Life witch and sleep with a demon?! Now I carry his child!"

Heidi's Mother released Diesel of the spell she put him on, watching with giggles as he fell to the floor, exclaiming, "Pregnant! You're Pregnant, Heidi?!"

Heidi nearly popped a vein when the man asked, "Is it mine? I mean, you could have possibly-"

"OF COURSE IT'S YOURS, YOU DEMONIC LOUSE!" Heidi exclaimed, walking up to Diesel, "After that night, I made sure that all my lovers wore condoms, and made sure that none of their semen touched my persons!"

"Oh, I see, so, uh…pregnant with my kid, eh?" Diesel said, rubbing his head thoughtfully, "Well, Guess I have to marry ya now, won't I?"

"No," Heidi said, turning away from Diesel, "I don't want to marry anyone, why should we? It's the 21st century, not the 1500's….shit."

"Damn it, woman," Diesel said going over to Heidi to talk face to face with her, only to get a "Hmph!" and her back, "You're pregnant, I think it would be very irresponsible of me not to want to take care of you-hey…you're pregnant…"

"We've established that," Stephanie said, rolling her eyes, "Where have you been these last few minutes."

"Yeah, I know that, but, you're a witch, witches can't get pregnant, unless they're the Life Witch..fuck, you're the Life Witch, the Collectors after you!"

"Ah…." Heidi's Mother said, her eyes serious, "A Collector, well, this is serious, Heidi, you may not want to marry this demonic worm (Hey! I resent that!) but, I request you at least keep in close proximity with him. You may not know it, but you two are connected, and that connection may be a godsend."

"So….that means….that….Heidi and Diesel should move in together," Stephanie said, earning a head nod from Heidi's Mother, "WHAT?! ABSOLUTLY NOT! I won't let that man near my poor preggers friend!"

Stephanie stomped over to Heidi and said, grabbing Heidi's arm, "If she moves in with that man, then I do too!"

"Hey now," Carlos said, going over to Diesel's side, "If you move in with Heidi, I move in with Diesel."

"Why should a pig like you move in with us," Stephanie huffed, her hands on her hips, "No one likes pigs."

"The more the merrier," Heidi's Mother said with a smile, looking at the four, "This is a wonderful idea, more eyes and ears on the lookout for the Collector!"

Heidi shook her head and said with a sigh, "This is going to be a long period in my lifetime, I can see it now."

"So that means, we should move into the penthouse we're in now," Diesel said, wrapping a hand around Heidi's waist, "Pack your bags ladies, you're moving in with-"

"No," Stephanie said, looking at the men, "You should move into our apartment, it has three rooms, big enough for me, Heidi and the baby."

"Okay, so, what about Diesel and I?" Carlos asked, looking at Stephanie who smirked and pointed to the balcony.

"You can sleep out there, like the pigs you two are."

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"I still don't see why we can't let them sleep on the balcony…." Stephanie sing song, as the two women walked down the residential area of Manhattan, "We could still live in the apartment, and those two can howl at the moon."

"I thought they were pigs?" Heidi asked, looking over to Stephanie, who smiled and nodded her head, "Pigs can't howl…."

"Well, with your voodoo magic, you can make them howl," Stephanie said, making Heidi whisper, "Oh bother."

"I can't be abusing my power like that, I keep telling you," Heidi said to Stephanie, looking at all the huge town houses, "Geez, I thought I'd never be looking for a family home, but I have to find a better place for my baby…"

"Oh yeah, babies do grow up, and they poop, and the baby might fall off the balcony-" Stephanie started,but Heidi waved her off.

"I was thinking about my Hercules!" Heidi said with smile, "He needs a bigger area, besides, like I would let those men into my sanctuary. It's best if we find a new house to live in, all together!"

"Plus, your mother wouldn't agree to them sleeping out in the elements." Stephanie said, earning a nod.

"We want a home with at least five big bedrooms, an updated kitchen, a back yard, basement, and garage parking for Carlos's baby….this isn't going to happen in New York City, I suggest we start looking out in the country, or something." Heidi said softly, tapping her chin, "Hum...we'll have to go out into the country."

"And leave the city!" Stephanie wailed, looking at her friend, eyes wide with horror, "No way! We're city slickers, we don't know anything but the city!"

"I'm sure we could handle it," Heidi said, walking across the street to the other residential area, "It's not like-"

"Meow." Heidi paused, looking over to the side and seeing a rather large white cat, staring at her. it wasn't large, fat, but more, large, like a bobcat. Heidi had never seen animals like that unless, "Hmm….what is a familiar doing out and about without their witch?"

Stephanie walked up to the large cat and pet it behind the ears, earning a loud purr, "He's cute, aww, where's your owner, pretty boy?"

"It's a girl," Heidi said, watching the cat huff up as if insulted, "And she doesn't have an owner, witches don't own their familiars, they're our friends."

"Oh, I thought they were just pets, what do familiars do, I'm very curious." Stephanie asked, walking beside Heidi, who was following the cat.

"They boost a witch's powers, they are friends, like I told you before, and they keep our sanctuary hidden from people who want to harm us." Heidi said watching the cat sit down in front o large iron gates, "Interesting….you must've had a strong witch for a friend, she must have had this place hidden for decades."

Stephanie could only gape, looking up at huge Victorian mansion, right here, in the middle of Manhattan. It was white, with a tower looming behind it. stained glassed windows decorated the front and fountains with statues decorated the massive yard. There was a huge front porch that had several rocking chairs. It seemed old fashioned, but it definitely had electricity, due to the fact there were light fixtures and a ceiling fan on the front porch. It was a beautiful, yet odd site.

Stephanie turned to Heidi, watching the woman tap her chin for a few seconds, before she opened the gate and walked in the front yard, ignoring Stephanie's, "Heidi! We can't be doing this?! Someone lives here!"

"Past tense, someone did live here," Heidi said walking up the stone path, "She's dead now….."

Stephanie walked into the yard, "She's dead?! Holy shit! Heidi, how can you tell?"

"Her Familiar, she came out looking for a witch, which happened to be me, she led us to her witch's house. A familiar never actively goes searching for a new witch, unless their witch is dead."

"Oh," Stephanie hummed, running to catch up with Heidi, who was opening the door to the mansion, "Do you think this right? Going into a dead woman's house?"

"It would be an insult not too!" Heidi said as they stepped into an ornate foyer, "Hmm, she must have been extremely rich, the rugs we're stepping on are real Persian rugs that are a few hundred years old."

Stephanie moved off the rugs, and over to where Heidi stood. The foyer was massive, nearly four stories tall, but that was impossible, the mansion only had two levels on the outside. The hallways that branched out from the main staircase of the foyer, they seemed to go on for forever. Stephanie turned looking around at the nick knacks on the walls. They differed from clocks, to one of a kind paintings and tapestries.

Stephanie yelped, running over to Heidi, who walked quickly through foyer and into the first of the many halls that branched off the foyer, "Where are we going?!"

"To the witch's magic room," Heidi said as they walked down the hallway, "Come along Stephanie,"

Stephanie felt the large cat rub against her legs and then follow Heidi down the ornate hallway.

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"You're going to be a father," Carlos said, looking over to Diesel, who nodded his head dumbly, "Wow, I can't believe it…you're going to be taking part in raising a child."

"I KNOW!" Diesel moaned, his hair in his hands, "I KNOW, I KNOW! HOW DID I GET INTO THIS PREDICIMENT?!"

"Well, when a man and woman have sex, the man releases sperm, that travels-" Carlos started, but was stopped by Diesel's withering glare, "I'm just saying, maybe there was a reason why she told you to wrap It up tight."

"Yeah, because male sperm is an aphrodisiac, that woman of yours, she's the one who created this problem, honestly, who doesn't knock before entering a room?!"

"She's not my woman," Carlos said, rubbing his cheek, as if he had gotten slapped, "She's just a woman I wouldn't mind double dipping…"

"You should hear yourself talk," Diesel said, getting up to finish packing his room, "You're a fucking pig, double dipping? Shit, it's a wonder why you get dates at all. one day, a woman is going to come in, and steal that stone heart of yours man, and you won't know what to do with yourself…and let me tell you, I won't be around to help you pick up the pieces to your sorry excuse for a lifestyle, I'm a soon to be father, I have to worry about my own life now."

"There's no way a woman will steal my heart, Diesel," Carlos said going over to help him pack his stuff, "like I told you before, I take my needs from them, and then I drop them like a twice backed potato."

"You are so nasty," Diesel sneered, before he and Carlos went back to packing, "Call the women and see if they've found a house to buy, should we put our names on the lease, or not, I feel obligated to do so, because, this is my child….I don't know…"

"Diesel's getting all domesticated," Carlos said with chuckle, "Don't worry, you should let your woman make that choice for you…"

Carlos took out the phone, and dialed the number Stephanie gave him. He didn't have to wait too long, Stephanie answered with an irritated, "What?!"

"Have you found a place yet?" Carlos asked, looking over to Diesel, who looked back at him.

"Yep, Heidi and I will be over at your place in a few, I hope you like cats…" Stephanie said before she hung up.

"Cats," Carlos said looking over to Diesel, "Cats?"

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Stephanie made a sound in the back of her throat, as the two women walked on a wooden bridge, that hung above a huge pond. She knew this house was big, but she didn't know that it was this big. Heidi had led her down many halls and corridors, each one much weirder than the last one. They were now in a park like room, with real green grass, a never ending blue sky, and even trees that went several feet in the air. Stephanie had never seen anything like this before, did all witches live like this? Do they all have fun houses, did they all have strange rooms and hallways? Heidi didn't though….or did she?

"Is your apartment like this?" Stephanie asked, as they exited the park room, "It's like a maze, with weird rooms?"

"Oh…"Heidi said, turning to look at Stephanie, "Well, not really, I only have a couple dozen rooms, this woman had a room for everything, it seemed she didn't like to go out into the outside world, so she created a world in her home, I only have rooms for certain things, like my magic room, and a place to store my potion ingredients, but that's it."

Heidi paused in her talking and said, "Aw, here it is….her magic room."

Stephanie looked around the cluttered, dark room and then exclaimed, "This is her magic room?! Looks more like a dump to me."

"Exactly!" Heidi said walking through the clutter, "This is where the magic happens, all this clutter, this is all the spells she had cast, the charms she created, and the rooms she made and destroyed. She kept it all in a closet. Now that she's dead, this magic needs a new witch, me. Thank goodness too, I was getting sick and tired of house hunting. Stand still Stephanie, I'm going to fix this mansion up, so that we all the extra rooms are sealed away, I highly doubt we need a park…."

Stephanie leaned back against the wall and watched as Heidi held her hands up and closed her eyes. Stephanie yelped as a wind blew up around them both, whipping at their hair and making the clutter began to sway. Stephanie had to grip a column, as the wind picked up speed, It nearly had Stephanie flying in the clutter that went airborne, which was creating some sort of cocoon around Heidi, who seemed anchored to the ground, her hands out and her eyes still closed oblivious to the hurricane around her. it was only seconds later, when Heidi snapped her eyes open and a nearly blinding white light filled the room, making Stephanie close her eyes and turn away from it. When the wind died, Stephanie opened her eyes and saw that instead of a cluttered room, they were now standing in a bare walk in closet.

"What happened to the mess?" Stephanie asked, watching Heidi flex her hands, as if they ached.

"Hidden away, as are the several hundred halls, several thousand rooms and all the personal items the deceased witch had collected over the years, this is now my new home, and I would like to keep it simple and clean."

Heidi led Stephanie out the closet and into a nice size hallway with only a few doors on either side. They walked down a set of stairs and into a now smaller and more modern foyer, which led to a modern living room, dining room and kitchen. Stephanie turned to Heidi and asked, "Where are the other rooms hidden now?"

"Behind this door," Heidi said walking over to a red door, "I doubt you'll be able to even open it, so not to worry about your little head about it, now, I'm starving, let's go pick up some take away curry, and get those dogs and my precious Hercules!"

"Meow," Heidi and Stephanie looked down, seeing the large white cat rub against Heidi's leg. Heidi smiled and said, "Well, I guess I can have two familiars, doesn't happen often, but I guess we can make exceptions, right?"

Stephanie's phone went off, and she spoke quickly to Carlos before she hung up with a cackle, "Come on Heidi, let's go and get those men…."

TBC..

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