That night at Black Star's apartment for a get together:
"Hey, Roooosie...." Someone drawled at me from across the room. I turned my head to see a very drunk Spirit in the corner. I knew he shouldn't have come, he was Maka's dad, but he was probably the least responsible one here. But, I just wanted to be polite, so I replied; although I'd had a little to drink too. They said it was soda but I didn't think so.
"Whaddya want?" The phrase surprised me, I never said anything like that before. I put my drink down next to me.
"Did you ever notice how Maka is so prettyyyyy?" He threw his arm around his daughter who immediately Maka-chopped him, and we heard nothing more from him for the rest of the night.
"Hey, guys, come over here!" Black Star's head appeared from behind the couch and beckoned all of us there, into a space between the couch and the corner of the room. It was a tight squeeze, and I didn't like to touch anyone other than Crona and Simon, so I just hung upside down from the back of the couch with the top of my head resting on the floor. Crona rested his elbows on the back of the couch next to me, and Simon sat on my right with Soul on my left. Kid, Liz and Patti couldn't be here because it was 'too asymmetrical', so it was just me, Simon, Tsubaki, Maka, Soul, and Black Star behind the couch with Spirit passed out in front of the couch and Crona decided to just sit on the back of the couch.
"So, what's the point of this?" Soul asked Black Star, and we all turned towards the grinning boy. He took out an iPod and put on some heavy metal.
"Would you all agree that Rose's nickname for Simon is ADORABLE? Great! Lets think up nicknames for everyone else!"
"Do we have to use them?" Maka asked, unenthusiastically.
"Nah, but it'll be fun and pass the time until Spirit wakes up and we can order food. Rose has already done her part, so we should give her a nickname last. Crona, which name do you want!" Crona fidgeted, and I spoke up for him.
"I call him Iko." Heads turned towards my flipped face.
"It means 'twin' in the witch language." Black Star beamed at Crona and nodded.
"You two are pretty alike in looks. Both skinny as a rail, cotton candy hair and big eyes. If you cut your hair, Rose, you would be exactly alike." We thought for a moment before getting back to business.
"I've got a nickname for Maka." Soul volunteered, "bookworm!"
"MAKA CHOP" we continued while Soul lay bleeding in the corner.
"Now what about Soul..." Black Star sat in thought. Simon smirked.
"How about 'Book Rack'?" We laughed, and agreed.
"Good one, 'Si'." Black Star taunted, and got a slightly harder chop that he recovered from when Soul finally came around.
"What was it that Death Scythe called you, Rose?" He looked down at my head, hanging above the floor.
"ROSIE!" Black Star roared with laughter, and Simon gave a slight chuckle and shoved him towards the wall. I swung down from the couch and landed on my bottom on the floor. I kicked over Simon's head and he ducked so I could land an average strength kick on Black Star's head, which he almost deflected.
Almost.
"Gah, Rosie, that hurt!" He shoved back across Simon playfully. I grinned, I was getting more comfortable with these kids.
"What about you, Black Star?" I asked, getting comfortable as the blood rushed from my head.
"Easy, I am simply, 'the one who transcends God!'" I rolled my eyes.
"What do you think, Iko?" I turned towards Crona, behind me on the couch.
"Um, I d-don't think I should ch-choose." His face turned red.
"Well then what about Tsubaki?" Black Star grinned at his weapon.
"Baki! Ha!" She laughed a little at her meister's name choice.
"Well that's everyone, so now what?" Soul looked bored. I grabbed Black Star's iPod and changed the song to something in a different language I had heard on the radio in Dubai.
"What the hell, Rosie? What is this crap?" It was still metal, just in some other language.
"Where's your sense of adventure?" My voice almost got drowned out by the heavy bass.
"Hey, didn't we hear this in India?" Simon asked and I nodded.
"So is this in Indianese?" Soul chuckled beside me and we all burst out laughing.
"Whatever language it's in, I like it." Maka looked up from her book and smiled at me. Crona twitched and made a strange sound.
"You ok back there- oh, Spirit's awake." Simon was the first one to stand up and look around. I jumped over the couch with Black Star close behind me.
"Nice try but you can't upstage me tonight!" He said loudly. Simon grinned and shook his head at the blue haired kid.
"She's not trying to upstage you, she's just doing things the fast way." He was right, I didn't like to be slow. It wasn't necessary at that moment.
"So Rose, you can do that telekinesis thing, right?" Soul lounged on the couch.
"Well, Bookrack, I'm still not sure how far that goes, but what do you want to see me do?" I sat cross legged on the floor with Simon while Crona seemed to be busy talking with Maka. Funny, I had almost killed two people earlier today with it, but they still wanted me to use it.
"Make something move, come on." He challenged. Oh, I would do much more than that. I focused my mind on the target, getting a feel for it's shape and density. Soon enough, I got it to start levitating. Soul screamed. Well, you would too if you were levitating.
"Holy shit, Rose, let me down!" Everyone was staring at him wide eyed, hovering two feet off the couch. I grinned.
"Okay!" I let go and he plopped down onto the couch.
"I bet you can't make me do something!" Black Star stood on top of a small table.
"I bet I can!" I tried to focus on Black Star and found my hands rising. I realized I already had a complete hold on him. I kept my hands in the air and moved them around for effect. Soon, I had Black Star dancing around, and I found I could manipulate his vocal cords too.
"Baby, if you've ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me, I'm living on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati WKRP..." I had him prancing around and singing for an hour before everyone got bored if it.
"You're gonna pay for that, Rose!" Of course, he was laughing all the same, but I made a mental note to watch my back.
"Alright guys, I think we should hit the sack. It's 2:30." Tsubaki had a point. Soul and Maka rolled out the mats they had brought, Black Star and Tsubaki went to their room, I made sure Crona was okay on the couch and Simon and I slept on the floor in front of the couch. At first everyone was whispering, then a few people, then none. I stared up at the ceiling. Soul and Simon's snoring were the only sounds.
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Wow I haven't updated this in forever. And the first time I was on this account in about 5 months was just yesterday. Oops... I know this chapter sucks but it's better than nothing. Please don't hate me forever.
