The song here is "Kick It Out" by Heart

Kick It Out

She had been asleep for a while, but when she woke up again, she was full of energy. She crawled out of bed and looked through her closet for a cute little dress to wear. She pushed outfits and dresses back, wanting something she hadn't worn yet. Then, she pulled out an off-white dress with lace collar and small elegant bubble sleeves. At the waist was a silky belt of the same color with a beautiful flower of the same color as well. The skirt of the dress came up above the knees and was frilly, moving slowly as she swung it around. The outfit was complete with a pretty off-white flower to be put into her hair above a bun, a little off to the side, and the best were the pretty brown cowboy boots.

Her mother fell in love with the outfit and when Keara had tried it on for the first time, her mother beamed and wasted no time in taking pictures.

Keara held it up to her as she glanced at herself in the mirror. She smiled and quickly changed into the dress, throwing her pajamas behind her. She snapped her fingers, to use her magic like her mother did, and her hair was put into a pretty bun. She placed the hair accessory into her bun and when she slipped into her cowboy boots, she modeled in front of the mirror like she had when her mother was taking pictures.

Keara clapped her hands and jumped around, dancing in her dress.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door and she knew who it was. She smiled as she turned around and then stood in the center of her room, just looking pretty.

"Come in." she said and the door opened, Nikolai stepping in and then smiling at her. He stopped and just looked at her, and then he let out a small laugh as he looked down at his feet. When he did look back up at her, her little heart did a flip; his eyes sparkled even if he tried not to show it.

"Dressed for a special occasion?" he asked as he closed the door behind him. He didn't usually do that, but she soon knew why; Gabriel was in the hallway, as if he wanted to see her too. Did Nikolai want to have her all to himself? She giggled and he glanced at her, as if he didn't know what was so funny.

"Just wanted to look pretty." She replied as she walked up to him, slipping her hand into his and smiling up at him. He gently pinched her cheek as he returned the smile.

"You're always pretty." He said and she quickly buried her face into his side as she wrapped both arms around him in a hug. Then, as quickly as she hugged him, she released him and grabbed the doorknob, opening it and leaning her head out, smiling at Gabriel who was leaning against the wall, unwrapping a piece of candy.

When he saw her, he grinned and that grin broadened when she held out her hand with a grin of her own.

He straightened out and approached, placing a strawberry flavored candy in her hand. She smiled up at him and popped back into her room, leaving the door opened for Gabriel. When he stepped in, Nikolai glanced at him with a serious expression, as if he wasn't thrilled that he was allowed in. However, Gabriel maintained that grin of his as if to laugh at Nikolai.

"So, what game should we play?" she asked and Nikolai let out a harsh laugh as he pointed at Gabriel. Keara arched an eyebrow and titled her head at him.

"He gets to play too?" he asked and she maintained her expression of confusion.

"Yes." She said and then frowned at him. "Don't be rude." She added and then turned to look at her toys. Should they have a tea party? Play with dolls? Play board games? They would probably prefer board games.

Keara walked over to the side of her bed and got down onto her knees to pull out some board games from under her bed. She carried them over and placed them out on the small table, lifting them one at a time to the Knight and the Archangel.

"Trouble?" she asked and Gabriel grinned while Nikolai seemed bored, probably thinking of mean things to say to Gabriel. "Sorry?" she asked and the reactions didn't change. "Monopoly?" she asked and then Gabriel arched an eyebrow at her.

"Aren't you too young for that game?" he asked and Nikolai laughed.

"You forgot who her father is." He said and then Gabriel smirked at him and then glanced back at Keara. "She's very good at Monopoly. Too good." Nikolai added and she beamed, as if taking this as their agreement to playing Monopoly.

She began setting up the game and they sat down at the table, helping her to sort out all the pieces. They quickly began with Nikolai dealing the money. They let Keara begin and Nikolai glanced at Gabriel with a dark glimmer in his eyes.

"So, the angels are up to no good, once again?" he asked and Gabriel, meeting his eyes, nodded with a weak smirk. "What are they up to, exactly?" he asked and Gabriel glanced at Keara, as if telling Nikolai that he'd rather not discuss it in front of her. She passed the dices off to Nikolai and he rolled, moving his little character.

"They just recruited Metatron." Gabriel replied and Keara titled her head as she looked at Gabriel. Nikolai gave him the dices and he rolled them, moving his piece.

"Who's Metatron?" she asked innocently.

"A jerk." Both Gabriel and Nikolai replied simultaneously. She smiled and returned to the game, content with their answer.

"Even with him, they won't get far." Nikolai said and Gabriel glanced at him with an odd expression in his eyes.

"But he will cause trouble." Gabriel replied.

Despite the fact that they were conversing, they were playing the game. Keara didn't complain that their focus wasn't on the game and she didn't seem curious to know exactly what they were talking about. She would simply tug on Nikolai's sleeve if she wanted to buy a property or when one of them landed on her property.

"Not for us, thankfully; we'll already have our hands full." Nikolai said and Gabriel nodded in agreement, then remained still as a grin slowly broke out on his face. Nikolai glanced at him and arched an eyebrow. When Gabriel noticed him, he smirked. "Judging by the stupid look on your face, I'd say someone was calling you." He said and Gabriel's smirk broadened.

"You're leaving?" Keara asked with a sad expression and Gabriel gave her a soft smile.

"An old friend wants to see me, but I'll be right back in time to get my money back." he said and waited until she gave a smile, then vanished; the sound of his wings echoing in her room. She looked at the empty chair and then glanced at Nikolai, looking a little sad.

He glanced down at the game and after a couple of seconds, glanced at her with a raised eyebrow.

"You cheat, don't you?" he asked her, having noticed that him and Gabriel nearly lost all their money, that she owned all the good properties, had hotels on every single one of them, had all the railroads as well as the "Get out of jail" card which would have been useful to him, since he was in jail at the moment. Not to forget that she also had a lot of money, too much for a two year old to count, but if he was to ask her, she'd tell him the exact amount. How did she manage to get so much in so little time?

They only had been playing for a short while and she was already winning. Sure, him and Gabriel weren't paying that much attention to the game, but how was she winning? The sad part is that every time he played Monopoly with her, she won.

"Notice how all losers say that?" Keara asked and he narrowed his eyes at her, but couldn't help laughing as he was unable to hold it in. "Have you forgotten who my father is?" she asked and he laughed again, pulling her chair closer to him so he could kiss her forehead.

"No, Cookie; you remind me every time." he replied with a grin. Keara pushed him away, her cheeks blushing to the shade of a soft pink. He had never done that to her, not that she would complain, but it was strange.

"I'm hungry." She said and pushed her chair back, ready to leave her room in the search for food. Nikolai got up and followed her out with a half smile on his face. She was everything to him.