All Night

Part 13

We made our way through the colorful streets of the world of the afterlife. The streets were busy with those that had passed. We hurried through them. "Granny is just ahead in that castle" Auntie said. We stopped at the gates. "I'm sure you can find your way to her" she turned to us. I nodded. We walked through the gates. "So this makes you royalty right?" Aiden asked as we entered the castle. "I guess so, but only in this world" I answered. I held Tyler's hand as we navigated the halls. "She's in here" I stated as I pushed the doors open. There was Granny Juju. "Hi Granny" I greeted the old woman. We came up to her. "These are my friends and this is my boyfriend" I introduced them. "What brings you here Rose?" she asked. That's when I explained it to her. Everything that we knew about the phantom world. "Well that is new, I'm not sure if there's anything we can do about it" the older woman stated. "Well that helps us out a lot" Aiden said. I smacked him upside the head. "The only option that you can try is a protection spell" the older woman turned to me. I became nervous. "Don't worry hun, I know that you can do it" she patted my head. I nodded. "Thanks granny Juju" I hugged her before we left. Tyler once again held my hand. "You seem nervous" Taylor pointed out. "Well I've never done anything like this before" I said. "Well we trust you" Ashlyn looked at me.  That really hit me. I couldn't help but smile. We quickly walked back into my house and the others gave me the stones back. "I'll be back shortly" I smiled and returned the stones back to my family. I walked back to the group. I took a deep breath. "Okay, to my room!" I lead them up the stairs and to my room. "Okay just find a spot while I get everything" I began to grab my spell books that my family had written many many years ago. I flipped through the pages until I found what I was looking for. I began to set everything up and instructed the others on what to do as I went. We all sat down in a circle, candles and salt and some plants surrounded us. We held each other's hands and I began chanting. The others started following along. Then I burned some sage around us as we continued the chant. Soon the casting was over. "I hope it works" I said as I began to put things away. "I'm sure it will" Taylor smiled. "And if it doesn't, we at least know that you tried" she continued. "Thanks" I smiled. I looked at the time. "It's getting late, you guys should probably head home before everyone gets worried" I turned to them. "You're right" Ashlyn got up. "Thanks for helping us" Logan looked at me. "Of course, just let me know if anything happens or if you need anything else" I said. I finished putting everything away. "You guys be careful on your way home" I walked them down the stairs. They started to leave. "I'm gonna stay here for a bit, just tell mom that I'll be home later" Tyler told his twin. Taylor nodded and left with the others. "You're not going with them?" I tilted my head to the side. "I figured I'd take the chance to spend some time with you" he smirked. "That's fine but I'm gonna start documenting everything we know about the phantom world so far" I turned and walked up the stairs again. Tyler following close behind me. I walked into my room and sat at my desk before pulling out an empty book and some ink along with a feather pen. "That's so old" Tyler stood behind me with his arms crossed. "Hey it's the only thing we use when it comes to documentation" I dipped the pen into the ink. I began writing. "There's nothing on the page" Tyler narrowed his eyes. "There is stuff on the page, you just can't see it" I continued writing. "So it's invisible ink?" He questioned. "Sort of, my family and I can see it but you can't since you're not a Marcos" I answered. "So what would let me see it?" He asked. "Well we'd have to get married, then you would officially have become apart of our family and then you'd get to see everything, from documents and spirits to the world of the afterlife without the stones" I replied. I could tell that he was smirking. "I could do without all of the extra stuff because having you as my wife, would be so much better than having all of those things" he stated. I felt my face heat up. "Tyler! You're making me lose focus!" I whined. He only laughed. "I'm gonna go get us some snacks" I got up after finishing writing everything down. "I'll be here waiting for you" the boy grinned. I shook my head and left the room with a smile. I walked downstairs and grabbed some fruit from the kitchen before making my return. When I walked back in, Tyler was sitting in my chair looking at the large amount of books that I had. I walked over to him and offered him some fruit. "Thanks but I think I'll take this one" he smirked as he placed the container on my desk before pulling me into his lap, causing me to straddle him. My face was beyond red as he moved his hands to hold my waist. He stared into my eyes. "You're so adorable when you're flustered like that" he grinned. This only made it worse. He laughed as he placed his hand under my chin. My eyes went from his eyes to his lips and back to his eyes. He did the same to me. Soon he pulled me close and his lips met mine. I closed my eyes as I kissed him back. Then I heard steps coming up the stairs. This caused us to break away in panic. "Crap, it's probably Jaeyoon" I quickly got off of him. The footsteps stopped in front of my door. We quickly began to act like nothing happened as the door opened. "Oh! I didn't Tyler was gonna be here" Jaeyoon said. Tyler looked over and waved. "Yeah, we decided to hang out once we left the arcade with the others" I stated. Jaeyoon nodded. "Well your parents will be home in a few hours" Jaeyoon then closed the door and left. I let out a sigh of relief. "So continue where we left off?" Tyler asked as he looked at me. I turned and smirked. "I guess so" I leaned in close to him. Now it was his turn to blush. I giggled and kissed him again.