Friends will always be there to catch you

Chapter 5

I was lying awake in my room that night. I told them all about what my dad did to me while I still lived in this house. Their reactions weren't unexpected but I wasn't sure how I felt after I told them. I hope this didn't dampen their excitement for the party tomorrow evening. I wonder what Maka's dress is going to look like. If I knew Mom, then I know Maka will look amazing. Why am I thinking about this anyways? She's just my friend. I turned over and closed my eyes. I need to sleep. Just when I was about to fall asleep, I heard the girls screaming. I got up and ran into their room. "What's wrong?"

"G-G-Ghost!" Liz yelled hugging the crap out of Patty. I turned and saw a girl with pale skin and black hair staring at me. She looked familiar.

"Hm," I looked at her with concentration. I've seen her somewhere before... "Oh, you're Sophie right?" The girl smiled.

"You remembered me."

"I'm shocked," Maka said raising an eyebrow.

"Oh shut up," I said rolling my eyes at her. "Anyways, what are you doing in here? Better yet how did you get in here?"

"I heard you were back and wanted to see you. Ben let me in earlier, but I couldn't find you, so I hid in the closet in here."

"W-Why?" I asked her wide-eyed. "You could've went back down stairs and asked Alice or one of the others." She just shrugged. I sighed. "Geez, do you want me to walk you home?"

"That would be nice." The thing that creeped me out the most about her was the fact that there wasn't any emotion in her eyes at all, but she smiled when she was happy and cried when she was sad, yet her eyes were just blank.

"Is everything alright?" Kid asked as he and Black Star walked into the room.

"Yes, Sophie just scared us." Tsubaki answered smiling.

"Come on, Sophie, let's get you home. I bet your parents are worried."

"Okay," Sophie said as she followed me out of the room.

"How've you been? Did you get over your sickness?" I asked trying to keep it from getting awkward.

"I've been doing well and yes, my sickness was cured. I still have trouble with doing physical things like running, though. So I'm excused from all my gym classes." That must be nice... I thought enviously. "How have you been? I heard your father died."

"I've been doing great too. And I'm happy he's dead."

"I see," She didn't say anything for awhile.

"Will you be coming to my mom's party?"

"Yes, I look forward to you and your brother's performances tomorrow." She said just as we got to her house.

"Thanks, see you tomorrow evening, I guess." She nodded, smiling before going inside. I shook my head before going back to the house. Geez, what a troublesome girl... I thought as I made it back to my room.

"Did she get home safely?" Maka asked me when I got to my door.

"Yeah," She smiled.

"That's good, see you in the morning." Then she went into her room. I sighed and went back into my room and went to bed. Man, I'm exhausted. The next morning, I woke up to Black Star and Kid fighting, again. At this point, I don't even care about what the two are fighting about anymore. All I know was that it was driving me nuts. I finally got around to getting dressed for the day and when I left my room, I saw the girls watching Black Star and Kid arguing with each other. From the way things were going, I could see this was going to turn out into full on fight if I didn't say anything.