Chapter 4: Looking

Throwing on his night cloak, Dracula walked quietly through the hallways towards the library. He dared not to rush, fearing that he would awaken the guests that have arrived early. He also feared waking up Johnathan. Dracula couldn't bear to be around him with all of these confusing emotions that have been plaguing him these last couple of days. To be safe he must keep his distance.

The library must have a answer for this. The count thought. With all of the books I have collected, one would think a book of some kind would help with my dilemma.

Finally reaching the library, the count quickly entered and went around the gigantic room making sure all of the doors were locked and the candles were lit.

Once he was sure he was safe, he began searching for any answers that the library might offer him.

Johnny and Mavis were sitting on the top of the roof of the hotel, waiting for the sunrise to come. They had been up all night and sat quietly, only talking when either of them needed something from inside.

Johnny looked out at the dark silhouette of the forest and asked. "Hey Mavis, can I ask you something?"

Mavis turned towards Johnny and replied. "You can ask me anything Johnny. You know that."

Jonathan chuckled. "I know."

Rubbing his hands together to warm them up, Jonathan asked. "Do you know why your dad has been ignoring me?"

"He's been ignoring you? Haven't you guys been spending a lot of time together planning my party?"

"We've been together, sure. But he doesn't talk much. If he does talk to me it's brief and not about anything fun like it used to be."

Mavis put her hand on Johnny's shoulder. "That is strange. Before we left he could barely stop talking about all the fun you two had."

Johnathan sighed. "What should I do?"

"You could always ask him."

"Wow I never thought of that!" Johnny replied, with obvious sarcasm.

Mavis punched Johnny's arm, just hard enough to make him groan slightly with pain. "I'm serious Johnny. I know that it isn't easy talking to him. But you gotta just do it. He won't bite."

"Bite? Really?"

Mavis laughed and said. "You know what I mean. Just don't be scared to talk to him. He's your best friend. He needs to know these things."

Jonathan looked out towards the forest again and blew out a puff of air, his breath a pale fog.

"Thank you Mavis for always looking out for me."

Mavis got up and kissed Johnathan on the tip of his nose. "Anytime. Now come on, I don't think I can wait any longer for the Sun to come up."

Mavis turned into her bat form and picked Johnny up by the scruff of his shirt, carrying them into her bedroom.

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for not updating for a while. Haven't really had much motivation to write. I've had a busy couple of months. Hopefully I'll have another chapter up after this within the next week or two. Thanks for reading! And don't forget to share and review!