Friend

VII

Teresa gave Nico an odd look "I'm sorry Nico I must have miss heard you, did you just say mom?" Teresa asked jokily thinking Nico was kidding. Nico gave a small nod as her answer as she closed her eyes to try and concentrate, Teresa fell back in her chair letting out a little laugh "you mean the mom that's been dead for a decade? and do tell sister how are we going to do that?" she asked Nico skeptical. Nico let out a loud sigh as she opened one eye to glare at Teresa "if you would stop talking and be quiet I will summing her here" Nico replied as she closed her eye again "or should I say I'll try I don't know if she will or not" Nico said added the last part fast, Teresa caught it though and sat up straight in her chair glaring back at Nico "and what do you mean by that?" Teresa asked crossing her arms over her chest "I thought you could talk and summing the dead with no problem? you didn't seem to have an issue sending something to my house so why now?" Teresa snapped getting angry with how much time she is wasting on all of this. Nico's eyes shot opened as she slammed her hands on the table standing up fast glaring back at Teresa "don't you dare get that tone with me Teresa! this isn't my fault if you want to blame anyone blame our mother!" Nico shouted back at her "and I can talk to anyone and anything but if they don't want to come I can't do any thing to stop that!" Teresa has never seen the look that was in Nico's eyes at that moment she slowly sat back trying to make herself seem smaller, Nico noticed this and slumped her shoulders and slowly sat back done releasing a frustrated sigh. "Teresa look I understand you're angry and scared but you can't take it out on me" Teresa gave a small nod as she tried to clam herself down. "i'm not to thrilled about having to summing mom trust me, she's the last person I want to talk to dead or alive but I don't know what she did to you and if I try to hard or do something wrong in regaining your memories it can break your psyche, and that's the last thing I want to do to you" Nico says hanging her head low Teresa could hear the worry in Nico's voice as spoke. Teresa thought about what all Nico just said, she wondered what would happen if they didn't get their mom there, "what will happen if we break my psyche?" Nico's head shoot up the worry ever present in her eyes "you'll go mad Teresa!" she replies "It's not worth it if we can't get mom here we won't push you, I can deal with Friend without your memories" Teresa could see the fear in Nico's eyes even after everything Nico still cares so much for her and that hurt Teresa more then the lost memories, Teresa looked down at her hands folded in her lap trying to figure everything out, but something was bugging her why was Nico so angry at their mother and so worried that she wouldn't come, last time she seen both of them they got along just fine so what would change to make Nico so angry and against talking to someone that she looked up to for so long? Teresa brought her attention back to Nico too see she had her eyes closed and was concentrated again. Teresa swallowed hard it was now or never to ask before something worse happend, she cleared her throat "Nico?" "Hmmm?" was all she got as an answer "what happend with you and mom? when I left you both got along just find what changed?" Teresa asked hesitantly. Teresa watched as Nico stiffed up again before opening her eyes again to give her a look that read 'are you serious right now?' Teresa nodded fast ready to find out everything, Nico ran a hand though her hair and let out another sign something she's been doing a lot Teresa noted. "look sis I don't want to destroy the image you have of mom, but when she got sick she changed she wasn't the women we grew up with, she did things, things I had to deal with and fix after her death, things that have probably shorten my life" Nico tells her sadly. Teresa's eyes went wide with shock "w-what do you mean Nico?" Teresa asked worried. "I mean she started cursing people summing things that shouldn't have been brought back to our world making deals she couldn't keep. it took me months after her death to clean it all up and I'm not sure I even got everything, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if she's not the reason Friend popped back up" Teresa couldn't believe what she was hearing was their mother really capable of doing something like that? "why would she do that Nico?" Nico shrugged her shoulders "I honestly don't know, but after everything I made sure she couldn't come back here by herself after her death, I did the same for your house too" Nico says as she sits up right in her chair, Nico laid her hands on the table looking at Teresa "are you ready Teresa?" she asked. Teresa knew what she had to do, she pulled her own hands up and put them in Nico's hands slowly nodding ready for answered and hoping that their mother would come. Nico gave her a small smile before her hands closed on Teresa's, they both closed their eyes and Nico let out a slow breath before speaking clearly "I call upon the spirit of Isabelle Ray". Teresa and Nico waited a few minutes before trying again "I command the spirit of Isabelle Ray to show herself now!" Nico said and little irritated, after a few more minutes Teresa heard Nico let out a growl "COME ON MOM STOP BEING A BABY AND GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!" Nico shouted. Teresa started too let go of Nico's hands when they both felt a cold chill enter the room and heard a familiar voice "How dare you get that tone with me Nico!" it said irritated, Teresa and Nico opened their eyes and turned to the chair between them seeing their mother sitting there looking very angry. Nico had a sarcastic smile on her face as she spoke "nice to see you again mother".