When Marie came in half an hour later Logan was sat at the dining room table looking through the phone book. “I found one Chinese place close enough that does take-out” Logan said pointing to the ad
“Just make sure there isn’t any chicken in the food” Marie said remembering how bad of an allergic reaction Kelly had when she first tried it.
Logan nodded picking up the phone to dial the number. She rested her hands on the back of the chair her husband was currently sitting in and looked around the room. The whole house was gorgeous, and the dining room wasn’t an exception. It had a nice low hanging chandelier in the middle of the table. A sliding glass door that led to the backyard was placed behind her with the curtains fastened together for the time being. There were two paintings on the wall to her right. At first she had wanted to get rid of them but they had grown on her. One of them was a painting of a man most likely from the 19th century and the other was of a woman from the same century. She wasn’t sure if there was any connection between them.
“How much is that?” Marie came out of her thoughts in time to hear Logan finishing up the conversation with the person on the other line.
“Did you get the-”
“Yeah I got the fortune cookies” she smirked and kissed him quickly
“You know me too well,” Marie let out a sigh when the chandelier began to shake thumping going in sync with the rattling fixture “She hasn’t stopped playing with that ball since she found it” Marie said looking up at the ceiling. It stopped for a moment but started up again not even seconds later.
“I’ll get her to stop” Logan said already out of the chair
“It’s alright, I’ll handle it” Marie said gently putting her hand on his shoulder
After dinner was over Marie passed out the fortune cookies. “Alright Logan, why don’t you go first”
He cracked open the cookie and pulled out the small piece of paper “You understand how to have fun and to enjoy your solitude” he read
“Wow that’s pretty accurate” Marie noted
“Yeah” Logan said seeming to study the saying over and over again
“Bryan why don’t you go next” Bryan looked at the cookie on the table before bringing his balled up fist down on it emitting a giggle from his sister
“What’s it say mommy?” he asked holding up the piece of paper to her
“Your mother will be your best advice giver” she looked at Bryan with a smile but he seemed to be confused
“Ok” he said smiling and reaching out for the fortune
Marie handed it back to him “Kelly do you want to go?”
Kelly opened the cookie as gently as possible “Here you go” she handed the fortune to her mom
“You are a magnet for lost souls” Marie said out loud before reading it to herself
“What does that mean?” Kelly asked
“Uh, I don’t know,” Marie answered not so honestly “Why don’t you two go play upstairs” she suggested
“Ok” Kelly said excitedly pushing her chair backwards and ran up the stairs leaving her brother struggling to get out of his own chair
“Wait for me” Bryan called after his sister. Logan picked Bryan up and set him down on the floor. Marie pocketed the odd fortune and helped bring the dishes over to the sink.
“It’s flickering again” Logan said referring to the light fixture in the hallway
“Here I’ll take care of these” Marie said taking the used dishes out of his hands.
Kelly got bored of playing with Bryan so she went back to her own room. She walked over to her purple toy box that sat in the corner of her room and took out two of her dolls. She hugged them to her and placed them down on the little chairs specially made for them. She reached into the toy box and got out the tea set. After everything was set up she sat cross legged on the floor across form the two dolls.
“Don’t worry Mary, Bryan has Mr. Piggy now” Kelly said
“Kelly” she heard someone whisper, she stopped drinking her empty cup of “tea” and looked over at her closet where she heard the mysterious voice come from
“Stay there you two” she warned pointing a finger at the two inanimate objects
“Kelly” the hushed voice sounded more urgent this time, she faced the closet again biting her lip not sure if she should see who was calling her or ignore it. Her closet door opened slightly and Kelly had made up her mind. At first she stood there but when it closed again she became more startled and let out a blood curdling scream
“MOMMY!” Logan, who had been working on the flickering light downstairs, dropped the new bulb making it shatter before he ran up stairs with Marie right behind him
“Kelly what is it?” Marie asked checking over her daughter to see if she was hurt. When she didn’t see any wounds she pulled her into a hug
“There’s s-something in their mommy” Kelly sobbed against Marie’s chest
“In where hunny?” she asked rubbing her daughter’s back for comfort
“In the closet” she said and Logan was instantly on alert.
His claws itched to come out but he promised himself that he wouldn’t bring them out in front of his children. He looked over at the closet to see the door closed but decided to check it out none the less. Whatever Kelly had seen had really spooked her. He turned on the light in the closet and looked around for any trace of an intruder but found nothing. He closed the door behind him and looked back at Kelly who was currently gripping onto Marie’s shirt crying softly
“There’s nothing in there” he said
“But someone was calling me” Kelly insisted wiping the tears off her cheeks
“It’s been a long day sweetie and it is getting pretty late” Marie said passing it off as exhaustion
“I swear mommy, I’m not lying” Kelly said in a frustrated tone
“Come on, its time for your bath” Marie said ignoring what Kelly was saying
“Ok” Kelly said looking down at her feet with a pout. Logan let Marie and Kelly go in front of him. He gave her room a once over before going back downstairs to pick up the shattered pieces of glass.
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Author's Chapter Notes:
I'm a horror film type of gal so it wasn't too long before I came up with this idea. Reviews are welcomed and appreciated. Oh and I do not own the X-Men (darn). So far only Kelly and Bryan.