Family Part 12

It had been a few months since Deirdre and Crowley's surprise visit to Adam.  They'd found out that he did, in fact, have a girlfriend and had promised to bring her home for the winter holiday.  Deirdre was a lot happier when they got back home and everything seemed to be going pretty well.  

Adam had agreed to watch the twins so that Aziraphale, Crowley, and his parents could go out for the evening.  His girlfriend wasn't arriving in Tadfield until the next afternoon so he didn't really have anything to do anyway.  

Crowley was enjoying the dinner with the Youngs.  It was nice to get out and have some adult time.  And it was very nice to have some friends that they could do that with.  They even managed to not bring up the twins during their conversation, trying to keep it to other subjects.   They were about halfway through dinner when Crowley's phone rang.  

"Hello, Adam.  How are things going?"  She said as she answered the phone.  

"There's a slight situation."  Adam cleared his throat.  

"A situation?"  Crowley said quietly.  "What do you mean?"  

"The twins have....well....I can't find them?"  Adam bit his lip.  

"What do you mean by that exactly?"  Crowley's voice was tense.  She was trying to keep her side of the conversation vague so that she wouldn't alarm the others.  

"I can hear them giggling.  And I know they're in the house, but I can't actually see them.  They've gone invisible."  Adam continued to look around the house as he was talking to Crowley.  

"Have they now?"  Crowley asked as she reached under the table and squeezed Aziraphale's thigh.  "Alright.  You just hang tight and we'll be back shortly."  She hung up the phone and sighed.  

"Is everything alright, dear?"  Deirdre asked.  Crowley had her phone under the table and was quickly texting Deirdre what was actually going on, since Arthur was still in the dark.  

"Everything's fine.  I think leaving just Adam with the twins was a little much."  Crowley smiled as she got to her feet.  Deirdre checked her phone and her eyes went wide.  

"Right.  You go take care of that.  Perhaps after Adam's girlfriend gets to town we can try this again."  Deirdre nodded.  "Two against two and all that."  

"Yes, perhaps."  Crowley nodded.  "Zira, darling, will you pay the check before we leave?"  She gave him a tense smile and he nodded.  

"Oh, you don't need to do that, love..."  Deirdre started.  

"It's the least we can do for abandoning you."  Aziraphale smiled.  

"Yes, Deirdre, don't turn down kindness."  Arthur looked at her.  Anything to save money, after all.  

It didn't take Crowley and Aziraphale very long to get back to the cottage.  She was almost out of the car before it was even turned off.  She headed straight inside and started looking around.  

"Adam?"  She called as she went into the living room.  The twins were in their swings and Adam was sitting on the couch watching them.  

"It's fine, now.  They came out of hiding."  Adam looked up at Crowley.  "You didn't warn me about that."  

"We didn't know."  Crowley said with a sigh.  Aziraphale came up behind her and just looked at the twins. 

"So now we not only have to worry about them crawling away, we also have to worry about them literally disappearing."  Aziraphale said with a sigh.  

"We knew that they were going to manifest some kind of powers."  Crowley sighed again.  "We'll just have to figure it out as we go, I guess."  

"I suppose this means that only my mum can babysit if I'm not around."  Adam said as he got to his feet.  "Or I guess Newt and Anathema could, too."  

"Our babysitter pool is definitely severely limited."  Crowley nodded.  She pulled a bit of cash out of her purse and held it out to Adam.  "For the trouble."  Adam took it reluctantly after getting a look from Aziraphale.  

"I'll walk you home."  Aziraphale offered.  Adam was old enough to get himself home, but it would make Aziraphale feel better.  Crowley sat down on the couch and looked at the twins.  

"You two are going to be so much trouble, aren't you?"  She asked, reaching out to tickle them under their chins.  They both giggled and Crowley was sure there was a tiny bit of evil in it.