Page 56 of Black and White, Twice the Might

He nods. “It is. Being with Alfred helps it lighten up quicker.” he picks Al’s hand up and kisses the back.

“Love you too, my Doc,” Al says, leaning into him.

“We need to redo the wards around town today, then have the BBQ,” Ernest reminds everyone, but he doesn’t sound very enthusiastic at the thought.

Molly rushes into the kitchen looking worried. “What happened? All I picked up on was death and sadness. I’m relieved to see you are all alive.”

“Coffee, Molly?” Emily asks her.

She shakes her head. “No thanks, lovely.” She sits down and looks around the table at us, concern on her face.

“We were pulled into a nightmare. We all had the same dream of some of us dying in the Haunted House. Sly and Justice rescued us,” Ernest tells her.

“I know it was just a nightmare, but at the time it was so real and so horrible,” Temp says. “Only dark magic could pull us out of the dream.” Ben puts his arm around Temp and pulls him close, Temp leaning into his side.

Molly looks at Justice and nods.

“I thought our dreams were protected,” Ernest says, looking at Molly.

“Dark magic young’un. New charms will need to be added, so this can’t happen again.”

“What the hell!” Kean suddenly exclaims, looking at his clothes. He’s now wearing a red wedding dress. Not just any red dress, but, if I remember my films correctly, the wedding dress Lydia wore in Beetlejuice. Titus is now dressed as Beetlejuice, minus the face paint.

We all burst out laughing.

“Stand up, bro, so we can get the full effect,” Ben says, laughing harder.

Titus glares at Ernest. “Really?” he asks, before he bursts out laughing.

Thank goodness for Ernest. We all needed this, and as we laugh, the atmosphere starts to lighten.

Kean finally stands up and does a twirl, making us laugh even more. The ruffles make the dress look bigger. He is even wearing the veil.

I see Cam pull his phone out of his pocket and snap some pictures.

“This is a lot of dress,” Kean says, laughing, using his hands to ruffle the sides of the dress up and down.

“You look so pretty, handsome,” Titus tells him.

“Not sure I really want to wear this to our wedding, though.”

“Party pooper,” Temp says to him.

Tie clicks his fingers, and now both he and Kean are wearing their original clothes, but it has done the trick. We’re all laughing again.

“Thanks,” Tie says to Ernest.

“You’re welcome. Now, let’s eat.”

CHAPTER 21

After we finish breakfast, we all go back up to the bedrooms and get ready for the day, meeting by the front door an hour later.

After Sly and I are ready to go, we knock on the boys’ door. A dressed Enoch opens it and lets us in. Xander is sitting on the bed, putting his socks and shoes on.

Enoch stares at me for a moment before turning his gaze on Sly, then back at me. “You look happier.”

I touch his shoulder. “I am. It was just a nightmare.”