Chapter 2

• “You brought Michael?” Chris’s expression was a snarl.
• His aunt walked into the living room. “Of course. We never thought you’d ever marry, although why it can’t be in a church like normal people, I’ll never know.”
• “Guess we’re not normal,” Owen said quietly and extended his gloved hand. “I’d be one of the grooms. Dracula is the third.”
• She looked down at his hand then back up to his face and offered a very brief smile, then went into the sitting room.
• A polished blonde man walked into the house and looked slowly at Owen and Dade before sighing and turning to Chris. “Cousin Christopher.”
• “Cousin Michael.” Chris said in a low voice.
• “You may want to send your little friends home. Playtime is over.” With that he walked into the sitting room to join his parents.
• Dade turned to give Chris an open-mouthed stare.
• Steven came in the door and shut it loudly. He looked around at them then to Chris. “What…who?” He hissed.
• Chris lifted his hands. “They’re early,” he mumbled quietly.
• Owen walked over closer. “They’re staying?”
• Chris shrugged.
• “Christopher?” His aunt called from the living room.
• “I’ll be right there,” he said quickly.
• Dade hissed. “I am not staying here with them.”
• Owen nodded in agreement.
• “Chilin’ with you three when I would rather be with Cora is one thing but… that…” He pointed to the living room. “Is an experience I can do without.”
• All their heads turned when his aunt walked back into the foyer. “Where is your bride, my dear? I wanted to meet her, before the ceremony.”
• “He’s probably hiding her, she’s most likely some bimbo fortune hunter, mother.”
• Chris’s head snapped around so quickly, Owen stepped in front of him. “It’s too bad you didn’t let Chris know you were arriving early, we were just about to leave when you got here.”
• Steven looked at him then back to them slowly. “Yes, we have ah…”
• “To go pick up the rest of the chairs for tomorrow,” Dade added quickly.
• Chris exhaled slowly. “You will be fine here without me, won’t you?” He offered his most pleasant lawyer smile. “We can’t have our guests standing throughout the ceremony tomorrow, can we?”
• Uncle Chester sighed. “I am going to go up and go to bed. Your aunt had me drive straight through.”
• Chris inclined his head politely. “Of course, you know where the bedrooms are.” He looked quickly at Steven. “Could you give me a hand in the storage room for a moment, Doctor O’Reilly?”
• Steven frowned, but nodded as Chris walked towards the temple room. “Absolutely.” He followed quickly hoping he only planned to secure the room and not get something to use on the very unwanted relatives.
• Owen prodded Dade toward the door.
• Rachel quickly put in her teeth and opened the door. She stepped back to see the men, costumes and all, standing there and grinning at her. Steven dropped to his knees and hugged her waist.
• “Please, angel don’t send us back there, Chris’s Aunt Godzilla and Cousin Snotbag are there. They sent all the kids away.”
• She ran her hand over his slicked back hair and looked at Chris. “Aunt Godzilla?”
• Chris sighed. “They thought Dade was a servant.”
• “Oh.” She grimaced. “And they’re still alive?”
• Dade snarled, “Unfortunately.” His snarl disappeared as he looked at her costume.
• “So, we just need to…” Kasey stopped when she saw the men. “Oh.” She launched herself into Chris’s arms and wrapped her legs around his waist. “You naughty wizard, you’re not supposed to be here.”
• Chris grinned and watched the little antennae bounce above her head. “I’ve caught a fairy.” He smirked and then kissed her.
• “Kase did you…” Leena stopped on the other side of the room and looked with huge eyes at the men. “A little old for trick or treating, aren’t they?”
• Owen flipped his eye patch down and walked over to her. “Hey sexy witch, wanna come see my ship?”
• Leena grinned and wrapped her arms around his chest. “Why are you here, Pirate Grey?”
• He kissed her quickly. “Chris’s ah, relatives, very unpleasant relatives, invaded our guy space.”
• “Remind me to never wear black while cooking again.” Cora walked in brushing the flour off the front of her skeleton tights. She stopped and looked around, grinning at Dade as he pushed his cowboy hat back and whistled at her costume. “Do you have Saddie with you too?”
• Dade shook his head and walked toward her. “She wouldn’t fit in the van.” He stopped in front of her and looked her up and down a few times. “Need any help peeling those bones off, honey?” He placed his hands on her hips and pulled her closer to him.