If you missed Part 1, here is the link, Behind the Gate
Angela Rose was sitting at home on her bed, leaning up against her oversized cherry red pillow. Her favorite music was playing on the radio, but she wasn’t listening. She couldn’t stop wondering what had happened to John Robert the 3rd. No one seemed to know. There were plenty of rumors going around, but Angela didn’t listen to them. They were mostly crazy. There was one though that did pique her interest.
Some say that he went through the gate to see what was behind it and never came out again. The raven was still perched on the gate every morning when Angela passed by. One time she stopped and stared at the raven. It stared back at her, and she wished that it would reveal the mystery. Did it know? Had John really entered through the gate?
He had bragged to her often about going, told her how he thought everyone else was chicken. She didn’t pay him much attention, for he was always babbling away at her. He just wouldn’t be quiet! The guy was persistent too, always asking for a date. He annoyed her so much, but yet surprisingly she found herself missing him now.
Jumping off the bed, she turned off the radio. She knew what she had to do. It was time for her to have a little adventure. Angela Rose wasn’t usually spontaneous, but she would lose her courage if she spent too much time thinking about what she had decided to do.
She hurried downstairs and out the door before anyone could stop her. Running down the street, she made it to the iron gate. She was panting a little when she got there. For a moment she stood at the gate to catch her breath and to gather up her nerve.
She took her hand and opened the gate, the bird was quietly watching her. With her heart racing she walked through the gate, and kept walking towards the mansion. It was very quiet and there was no sound of the raven behind her. She dared to look back and she was surprised to see him still perched on the gate. Maybe John was right, perhaps there was no reason to be afraid of a black raven. She never should have read all those spooky stories at bedtime.
At last she came to the front door of the mansion, dare she open it? Should she knock first? Timidly she knocked and waited, but no one came to the door. She rang the bell and waited, still no one came. Everything was overgrown around the mansion. Angela Rose was thinking that the place really had been abandoned. So if no one was here, then where was John Robert?
Twisting the doorknob she realized it was unlocked and her heart started to pound a little as she turned the knob and walked in. She heard the flapping of wings and shrieked as 3 ravens came flying down the grand staircase towards her.
2 landed on her shoulders with their talons digging into her shoulders. She winced from the pain. The other one perched on her head, pulling at her hair.
Angela Rose froze as she saw someone coming down the steps with another black raven perched on his shoulder.
“Well look who is here, what a surprise, Angela Rose!”
“Wh-what are you doing here John Robert? Everyone is wondering what happened to you!”
John continued slowly coming down the stairs as he spoke. He had a slight menacing look on his face and Angela Rose felt some fear.
“So what brought you here?” John Robert asked.
Angela Rose was still wincing with pain as the ravens hadn’t released their grip, but John Robert didn’t seem to notice.
“I…I… was looking for you.”
“Looking for me? What you didn’t have to paint your nails or go visit your sick grandmother?” John Robert said snidely. as his eyes gave her a dark, piercing look and he slowly walked towards her.
Angela Rose was really afraid now, as she turned to leave and the raven pulled on her hair, making her yell out!
“Leaving so soon?” said John Robert as he placed himself in front of the door, blocking her exit.
What happened next, no one is quite sure. All people had to go by was the story that Angela Rose had told. She had been found in the pasture in an unconscious state.
When she came too, she told about her experience at the mansion and meeting John Robert there. Then her memory started getting foggy, but she told about a huge creature that had broken through the front door. It trampled over John Robert. Angela Rose screamed and the ravens flew away. She hopped on the back of this mysterious creature and held on for dear life as it ran. The next thing she knew she was in the hospital, being treated for some deep cuts on her shoulders and a large gash in her head.
The mansion’s front door was repaired and it still stands today. Decades pass, but no matter how much time goes by, the story continues. The story according to Angela Rose.
John Robert III got into a long term relationship with Robert John III. As they decided to share a last name, they had to decide whether it would be John, which would make them John John and Robert John …. or adopt the name Robert, which would make them John Robert and Robert Robert (aka Bob Bob). This worked for a short while but John wanted to be John John, and Robert wanted to adopt his friend’s name …. John. John John and John John wanted to adopt a dog from the local shelter, and guess what name the dog had who they wanted to adopt? Correct. It was Nikita! Who would have known eh!
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Ummm….Oooh…😶🖐!
John Robert died, he was trampled!
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No … that was his twin sister Joanne Joanne. John John spread that rumour you heard simply to digress from his truth. Don’t you ever read the full story?
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But….oh gosh! …mmm…! Yes, I read the story a couple times, the full story….at least what I thought was the full story. I see I was wrong! What do I know?
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Exactly. You need say no more (but of course you will)!
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😝
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Oh boy…
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I got that.
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What are you smoking?
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Don’t smoke!
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Good boy!
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I think it was a unicorn that crashed through that door and saved Angina’s life. Looks like even a Supreme Court Justice can be overruled. And trampled over. But poor Angina was left with scars on her shoulders from the crow’s talons. Yep, even at such a young age she had crow’s feet.
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Oh my gosh! Sequels bring me so much trouble! Its not Angina, its Angela. You Nut!
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Oh. I was wondering why she didn’t take a nitro pill.
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The beach can sooooo not get here fast enough!!
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Perhaps you should pray for a tsunami.
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Perhaps NOT!
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It would get the beach to you much sooner.
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BUT…..😶🤚
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I’ll concede that it would be best if you were a strong swimmer.
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Yeah just a tad, which I am NOT!
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Neither am I. I’ll go about knee deep into the surf, but that’s as far as I dare, anymore.
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Yes, I don’t go in very deep either.
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The beach is moving? What are you on?
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I am on a couch!
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Then how do you figure a beach can move towards you? Duchfilly logic?
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The beach isn’t moving towards me! But the day til I leave for the beach is moving closer! Comprehend noodle brain!
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I can’t comprehend a noodle brain. It’s so tangled. I can only read what you write, and if you don’t write what you mean, then the rest of us might as well give up!
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..mmm…! 5 days left until I am at the beach!! Where I shall find my sanity! 🙂
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Can you find mine, too?
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I csn try!
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No. Just the tsunami she’s praying for.
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Run!
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Well, this has gone high and to the left.
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Are you sure it’s not Anna? REMEMBER ANNA who you were writing a story about and then forgot about her after the first paragraph?
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Noooooooooo….its ANGELA!
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Yeh right. She’ll probably end up being Angelique within the next paragraph or two.
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A fourth personality…
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Angela, Amelia, Angina…multiple personality disorder.
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Hell, I thought she was Amelia…
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I thought it was a good sequel but, I must confess…with this crew, I immediately thought Angela was saved by a cow named Betsy.
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Thanks and at least someone was thinking straight as far as what animal.it was!
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😀
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OMG! LOL! Angina?
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I have a poor memory for names. Remember that time I forgot your name?
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Haha! I don’t think “Angina” had anything to do with a poor memory!
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I might have been stricken with the smartass bug, also.
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LOL! I don’t think the “might” word applies smartass! 🙂
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It appears you won’t let me get away with anything this morning.
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Perhaps my head is still “aching” from the onslaught by the stooges last night! LOL!
I realized this morning that I had missed some comments, like your tsunami one!
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Well I’m glad you finally read those comments. I’d hate to waste my words.
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LOL! That would be a shame, wouldn’t it! I hate to waste words too which would be why I do this….😶🤚
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Well, some of the words you use kind of beg to be wasted, don’t you think?
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…mmm…!!
Aren’t you going away soon? LOL!
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Tomorrow morning. I’ve reserved today to field any comments and observations you may have.
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Oh, I feel specIal. 🙂
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I made an observation, sent you a short email about it. 🙂
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Got it, and fielded it.
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IDK. I forget.
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Haha!
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I think it was a hippo with an unusually long neck.
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Was his name Gerald?
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No because it wasn’t a hippo! Think a little and I bet you can guess what animal it was.
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Well you lost that bet.
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Why am I not surprised! At least I didn’t make a wager!
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Ger-ALD Gi-RAFFE does have a ring to it.
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Oh gosh! No, it doesn’t! 😛
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IDK. It’s kinda catchy to me… *wink*
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You are funnnny! 🙂
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I try. *yuck yuck*
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Ooooh you didn’t say that!
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Yes. He did. Of course he did.
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Haha!
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I gave you an opening for you know who to appear like she likes to do and……. you go with a long necked hippo! 😶🤚
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Was I suppose to think of some other large creature?
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Smart aleck! YES! 🙂
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Well, heavens to Betsy, I can’t think of what I am missing.
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You are soooo lucky I can’t throw something through the computer!!
And yes I laughed out loud you NUT!
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Why am I lucky? You’d ruin your computer, not mine.
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Haha!!
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Mooooooooooo ring a bell?
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Jason – Given that she does not write what she means, I think she was expecting either a rhinoceros or a gnu or perhaps a chipmunk.
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You thinketh wrong!! I said LARGE animal, since when is a chipmunk large??
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Size is a relative thing. An elephant is small compared to a Jumbo Jet! You are tall compared to a grasshopper1
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…mmmm….! I do think I met my quota of … head smacks tonight!
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Good one. I immediately thought Betsy!
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She wanted you to infer that, but Carolyn can be very sly.
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Haha! I think that is the pot calling the kettle black! 🙂
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LOL!
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What was Johnny Bob doing there anyway? Is he a vampire now or something? Maybe a wereraven? Anyway, I expect we’ll see him never more.
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..mmm…! No he is not a vampire or wereraven! But yes you won’t hear from him again! Mr..”never more!”
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Good. I was worried for Angelica Rose there the way John Robert was ravin on and on. She should have brought a weapon like a tire iron or a crowbar.
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Angela!
😶🤚
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Oh sorry, my mix up. Angela rose the boat a shore.
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Oh my gosh!! You are on a roll tonight!
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and Halle used yer!
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Oh lord…
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My thoughts exactly!
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OY. A fifth personality.
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I see John Robert went to the dark side. Now we are left wondering what the large creature was. It certainly wasn’t a bird since it ran. Maybe the Tipster is right. It was a unicorn! Named Ulysses!
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Yes, the ravens messed up John Robert, but he is dead now, so no worries! And No, you all don’t have to wonder what the large creature is, you know it! But the Tipster was WRONG! There is no Ulysses or Gerald! 🙂
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Betsy to the rescue! I love it. Super Cow!
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Yes, contrary to popular belief it is Betsy! Though it appears Betsy doesn’t like to show up when the scene is set up for her, she likes to be contrary and make her appearance at unexpected times!
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A cow with a mind of her own. I like it.
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I think Angela took some hallucinogenic drugs, went a little crazy, and then made up the whole story…
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Poor Angela Rose! First you accused her of conspiring with the ravens and now she is making everything up! You don’t think a certain large animal can come crashing through the door to save her?
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Yes! I can hear the sound of heavy footsteps getting closer … and closer … and closer … and then I see the long neck, and a big smiling face.
“Hello Gerald. What brings you here?”
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Betsy doesn’t have a long neck! It was Betsy, not Gerald! I was thinking it would be obvious that ir was Betsy, but I obviously was delusional thinking that!
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drugs will do that to a person…
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LOL!
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My reply back to you went to the wrong place, but I am pretty sure you could guess what it was. I think you have seen the emojis fairly often! 🙂
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I have a pretty good idea what the emojis were…
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I thought so! If not, I am sure you will see them again before too long probably. 😉
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🤓
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😶🤚!
I need new emojis! These 2 are getting worn out!
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You need a beach break after fielding these comments, JR!
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Haha!! Yup! 4 days to go! 😊🌊⛱🌊
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