JP - Did Colt Hear Us?

“You help outweigh Tzeitel’s…” Ami tried to think of a nicer word than ‘crazy’, her sister was not really crazy.

“Stressed out attitude?” Cody offered.

“Yeah. Colt is even better at counteracting that.” She glanced towards her sister and Colt, noticing how tense Tzeitel looked.

“That’s because Colt is in love with her and will do whatever it takes to make Tzeitel happy…even if it costs his own happiness.” Cody admitted with a sigh.

“It’s so obvious- how does Tzeitel not see it?” Ami asked Cody.

Cody stared. “I think she’s in denial.”

Ami watched her sister go back inside with Colt and heaved a sigh. “They could both be so happy.”

“Yeah,” Cody fell back onto the bed with a frustrated sound. “I dunno what to do.”

“I don’t either.” Ami admitted. She stuck her hands in her pockets.

Colt poked his head in and looked at them. “You two look like you just got your favorite toys stolen. What’s up?”

Ami looked at Cody. Telling Colt that they could tell he was in love with her sister did not seem right somehow. She shrugged. “Worried about Tzeitel.”

“I think we all are.” Colt chuckled softly. “I’m gonna get a shower if either of you need me, okay?” He stepped out and made his way to the bathroom, a bundle of clean clothes with him.

Cody suddenly felt nervous. “You think he heard us?”

“I don’t know.” Ami said, also nervous. “He has really good hearing, better than ours, though I think Klaire has even better hearing.”

“He does have cat ears…” Cody groaned and covered his face. “Maybe we should just go talk to someone from the Ouija board? See what they can tell us?”

“Tzeitel will be pissed if she finds out.” Ami said, though she wanted to use the Ouija board. So many people they knew had died, and could tell them so many useful things.

“I don’t care.” Cody said softly. “We gotta do something to help and if they can help us by giving us information, so be it.”

“Okay.” Ami said. “We gotta make sure she won’t walk in on it.”

“That’s what locks are for.” Cody said with a chuckle.

“She’ll want to know why the door is locked though.” Ami pointed out. “And might enlist Klaire or Colt to find out what we’re doing.”

“I doubt Klaire is gonna help at the moment…” Cody said with a grimace. “Ever since she and James started their personal relationship, it seems like there’s a bit of a rift between them.”

"I noticed." Ami said unhappily. She would rather still have the added complication of Klaire working closely with Tzeitel to keep her from using her powers on a Ouija board, than an easier time playing with her powers and them having that rift. It was making Tzeitel even more unstable. "I wish Tzeitel would just stop pushing people away."

“The sad thing is that it’s up to Tzeitel to stop doing that, Ami.” Cody explained. “She’s got to work through her fears and issues and be willing to go to her friends for help instead of pushing them away. Klaire chose to give James a chance and he’s been proving to be a good person to her and her kids obviously love him like a dad. If she can’t accept that people move on and change, what is there we can do?”

“I don’t know.” Ami shrugged. “Do you think anyone I talk to on the Ouija board can- I should talk to Dr Chi!” Ami was getting excited. She had seen Dr Chi a few times herself. He was a nice guy, very helpful. Tzeitel used to see him too before he died, he was her therapist. She could not wait to get the Ouija board out now.

“Oh, yeah…the chicken therapist…” Cody blinked.

“Tzeitel said he was a big cock.” Ami said innocently. “Let’s get the Ouija board the first chance we get.”

Cody chuckled and nodded. "Let's just be careful."

"Of course. I'm always careful. It's not like my power is dangerous or does anything bad to me." Ami said. "We just have to make sure Tzeitel doesn't know."

“I think we can do that…” Cody sat up and stretched before going to his closet where he hid his backpack. Pulling it out, he dug around and produced the Ouija Board he always kept hidden with him.

Ami made sure that the door was locked. "It works best at night and with moonlight or candles." Not really, it just felt more exciting that way.

“You want to wait that long?” Cody asked with a smirk as he set it up for them.

Ami shook her head. “Do you have any candles?” She asked, flicking off the light. There was more than enough light coming from outside to see by but she closed the curtains.