Chapter 13

After explaining to Bali-Lali that they would not be emptying a vault Friday night Dinah headed off to Kathryn's, the boys following through the trees like squirrels.

"You're late!" Kathryn growled pulling Dinah through the door.

"Sorry, my aunt was being all protective again." Dinah was finding it increasingly easier to lie since the boys had enrolled in school.

"Okay fine just hurry up and get dressed." Kathryn ordered shoving the shopping bag of party garments into Dinah's arms. Dinah reluctantly got dressed. When she emerged from the closet Kathryn had gotten dressed also; a tight corset like top in a shade of dark blue that reminded Dinah of midnight, and a black mini skirt, paired with black heels. "Sit sit sit, your hair needs fixing and so does your makeup all before the guys come get us in 10 minutes."

"You just have your hair in a ponytail." Dinah shot as Kathryn began piling Dinah's lengthy curls on top of her head with a million bobby pins.

"Get over it," Kathryn said, finishing. Dinah applied her own makeup in about ten seconds. Both girls were ready and waiting.

"Can I ask you a question?" Kathryn ventured.

"Yeah sure." Dinah shrugged.

"Has he told you he loves you yet?" Kathryn looked very serious. Dinah nearly choked on air.

"Who?"

"Edward of course! Come on Di it's not a secret that you guys are dating! Plus you live together! It's totally love! Is he a good kisser?"

"WHAT?" Dinah was blushing furiously, "I-it's not like that!" she denied.

"Oh please! He's so in love He'd take a bullet for you."

"Well he did kill that one guy with the whip," Dinah mumbled under her breath. Kathryn heard.

"He did what?"

"He's a little protective sure but it's not just of me…" Dinah tried to recover.

"Di, you're in denial, he loves you! And it's blatantly obvious you love him!"

"If you think I love Edr- Edward then you're in love with Daniel!" Dinah shot back, getting angry.

"This is not about me here," Kathryn smiled, "but nice try. Dinah, come on, this thing between you and him can go places."

"Even if I did you know… I don't but if I did, it couldn't go anywhere."

"Why not?" Kathryn pleaded.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Dinah! You're hiding something and either you're going to tell me or I'll figure it out on my own." Kathryn would be true to her threat.

"Fine, you won't believe me but I'll tell you…" she took a deep breath, "Okay so the Doctor was at my house and Vincent came and snuck me out then we went for a bike ride through the woods where we found that mausoleum everyone's been looking for well we went inside and I ended up signing a contract that forces me to empty the vaults in the mausoleum of the ghosts it holds Vincent was helping for a while but ended up getting killed of course this was after we met Edward and Daniel who's real names are Edaniel and Edrear then a couple weeks ago we learned an unbearable, a really hostile ghost, got out and wants me dead so they're stalking me to keep me safe now I'm here and they're in the tree just outside your window." Dinah said only taking one breath in the middle.

"Okay so now tell me the real reason." Kathryn said calmly.

"Told you, you wouldn't believe me," Dinah sighed, taking off down the stairs. She ran out the door and to Kathryn's tree. "Watch, HEY GUYS GET YOUR BUTTS DOWN HERE!" Edrear dropped in front of Dinah in one graceful leap, Edaniel swung down by his knees so he was upside down to Kathryn's right.

"Is there a problem Dinah?" Edrear inquired as Kathryn gave a startled scream.

"Tell her I'm not lying about all the mausoleum stuff!" Dinah huffed.

"And why would we admit that Dinah? This is the second time you've spilled the beans in the last week and a half and it really ain't good publicity." Edaniel sighed singing back and forth on his branch.

"Wait... you mean she's telling the truth... so... are you guys like... human?"

"Good going brother," Edrear sighed, "No Miss Kathryn, neither my brother nor I are human. We are spirit guardians of the human agents who empty the mausoleum."

"Wow! Can you guys walk through walls and stuff?" Kathryn asked excitedly.

"Not really, I can teleport around the walls or over them but not through them... You know you're taking this surprisingly well." Edaniel said. He swung down from his branch and landed nimbly on his feet.

"Well, I didn't think Dinah was crazy, so I believed what she talked about, at least a little bit. So its really not a big jump for me..." She gave Edaniel a scrutinizing stare. "So Edaniel is your real name huh? Then what was with that painting of that weird cat thing you did in art class?"

"That's my not-as-sexy-but-usually-occupied form." He said. "Now enough chit chat. Don't we have a party to go to?"

Kathryn laughed and practically dragged Dinah to the party, Edaniel and Edrear in tow.

"Hey Losers" Sarah smirked as our heroes entered the party.

"Hi ho" winked Edaniel as he brushed by. Kathryn couldn't help but let loose a giggle.

The music was too loud, blasting some cliché rap number through everyone's pulsating bodies. Dinah shook her head in distaste and stood against a wall. Edrear stood with her. Kathryn and Edaniel had gotten caught up in the music and were dansing like idiots. Edrear rolled his eyes as he watched his brother attempt a pass at Kathryn, who slapped his wandering hands away.

"Wanna dance?" Nick asked, holding his hand out to Dinah. Dinah shook her head, blushing furiously. "Oh come on, it'll be fun." Nick put his arm above her head in a clear sign of ownership. Edrear pushed him back.

"She said no," he scoffed, standing protectivally in front of Dinah with his arms crossed.

"Look foreign kid," Nick growled, "back off my girl."

"Since when is she your girl?" Edrear growled, although his was much more animalistic than Nick's.

"Yeah!" Sarah intercepted, "since when?" she stood behind Nick, her hip popped and her expression angry.

"Sarah, just go" Nick dismissed her with a non-chalent wave of his hand.

"Ass," she sneered sidling past her now ex-boyfriend.

"Now, where were we?" Nick tried to weave around Edrear, catching only Edrear's arm. Both bos looked ready to fight.

"Um... Edward... It's no problem... just one dance though." Dinah piped in, not wanting Nick to become a bloody corpse.

Edrear glared but let Nick lead Dinah onto the danse floor.