What you can't see

Can't hurt you

Chapter one. Introductions

Zeo never really was the type to mourn over something. Sure, he'd mourned over his mother's death, but she was special, and that was a long time ago. When his Grandfather died, he didn't cry like he did at his mother's funeral, he was happy his Grandfather wasn't in pain anymore. For once, since his mother died, he came close to crying. His best friend died, but she wasn't really just a best friend, he loved her like his sister, and to top it off, she also died in a car crash, just like his mom. But this crash was different, his friend, Ana, was drag racing. He didn't necessarily dislike drag racing, he just thought it was pretty dangerous. So when this happened, he blamed her for not listening to him, and blamed himself for not trying hard enough, but she would say; 'I'm not afraid of getting hurt, I'm afraid of not getting hurt…afraid of missing the thrill'. He still blamed himself though. So now, here he was, on his way to her apartment, via Bus. He was sitting at the bus stop, reading a book, wrapped in his bubble jacket. He looked up as a bus turned the corner, stood, and then went to stop it. He sat on his own, right at the front, looking out the window. After a few stops, someone sat next to him; he didn't pay them much notice, just the fact they had red hair and pale skin. Standing up, he passed the person, pressing the button to stop the bus. Nodding to the person, he walked off the bus, looked round a bit, and then started walking left.

"Zeo, I'm so glad you're here, I thought you weren't going to show!" His friend said, pulling him in. This was Takao, his second best friend. Takao was the kind of person who you warmed up to quickly. Unlike Zeo, Takao had lots of friends.

"I take it you haven't gotten anyone to cook for you?" You warm up to him after you get used to huge appetite.

"No, I'm STARVED! But seriously, I think there's something you should have." Zeo blinked twice before Takao pulled him into the next room, the bedroom. A purple box with a silver ribbon on was set on the bed cover. Zeo went over to it and opened the lid, reveling some of Ana's specialist things. A picture of all her family together when she was small…a picture of both her and Zeo with a golden retriever…a few pieces of jewelry, like a ring, and a locket…and a golden Chinese back. Zeo picked it out and opened it.

"But this is…" He stared at the golden medal in his had.

"The medal you got made for her first win, yea," Zeo looked at the engraving, it had her name on in silver, with a 'first place' sign on. "I thought you should have them, 'cause you are…or were, her best friend." A few tears fell from his eyes.

"Why did she have to get in that accident…she knew it would happen." Zeo said, wiping the tears, putting the medal back into the box. Takao patted his shoulder.

"Hey, don't worry about it, let go out to get something to eat, huh? Max and Hillary were round earlier, so they helped sort everything out. I have my car…what do you say?" Zeo smiled at Takao.

"Yea, let's."

zzz

Takao dropped Zeo off at Ana's apartment, handing him the keys, then disappeared round the corner. Zeo unlocked the door and walked in to retrieve his box. He looked around, remembering in places where certain things happened, like the iron stain on the floor from when she dropped it 'cause she was watching TV instead on focusing…or like the big tare in under the blanket on the couch from where her baby cousin had got the scissors and cut it up.

Locking up and going back downstairs, Zeo clutched the box to his chest then headed to the bus stop, but he couldn't ignore the nagging feeling in his head, almost as if he forgot something. He sat down, waiting for the same bus to come, and realized.

He'd left his book on the bus.

He hit his forehead, cursing himself for being so stupid, but he was in such a rush, he didn't notice when he got up. Hailing the bus as it came near, he thought that it would still be there, but as he got on, the seat was taken…by the same man who was there last time. The man looked at him as he got on, then moved his bags so there was enough room for another to sit. Zeo took this by surprise, but sat. The next thing he knew, a book was on his lap. He looked at the man next to him.

"It's yours, you left it last time." He said, Zeo smiled.

"Thanks, I only just remembered to be honest." Zeo looked at the book. Ana had given it to him once, she said he had to read it or she'd force him to.

"It's good, I'm surprised you could forget it." The man was looking out the window, but obviously taking to him.

"I was…caught up in something," Zeo looked at the ground. The rest of the trip was in silence, just the chattering of girls at the back and a woman on her mobile phone. The man stood, gathering his bags. Zeo stood so he could get passed and pressed the stop button for him. "Bye." Zeo said to be polite. The man nodded and smiled slightly as he got off the bus. Zeo sat back down, shifting over to the window as the bus started.

Zzz

He looked down at the grave, tears welling up in his eyes as he clenched his fists. He felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked round to see Hillary. She was a nice girl, if slightly bossy, and was smiling comfortingly at him. He managed to smile back, brushing the tears out his eyes. She handed him a tissue.

"I think you might need this," She said, he took it. "Some of the people she raced with are here you know, over there, see," She pointed to the left, some people where talking. Zeo's mouth almost dropped open as he saw a redhead talking to a bluenet. "What's wrong?"

"I saw that guy the other day, I didn't know he knew Ana, that's all…he was sitting next to me on the bus twice, second time he gave me the book I left on the bus." She looked at the redhead, squinting her eyes a little.

"I think I've seen him talk to her at a race once, when I went to cheer her on, his name is Tala or something, they got along quite well." Zeo blushed and looked away as Tala looked his way. The taller walked over to them.

"Hey." Zeo said, smiling a little.

"I didn't know you knew Ana." Tala said, Hillary stepped in, knowing of Zeo's shyness.

"He was her best friend, Zeo, and I'm Hillary, I think we've met before." Tala shook he hand.

"You came to cheer for her once, I remember. I've heard lots about Zeo," Zeo blush a bit, biting the inside of his mouth. "Sorry about…the accident, must be hard, huh?" Zeo nodded, looking at the flowers sitting by the stone.

"Yea," He managed to say before his throughout went dry. "Like my mother," Hillary was rubbing his shoulder as he brought the wet tissue back up to his eyes. "Sorry, I'm not really myself right now." He said, smiling again at Tala who nodded.

"I can imagine. I best get back to my friend, see you around." He said, Zeo nodded and looked at Hillary who was still rubbing his shoulder.

"It'll get better, it's just another one of those things that happen.

"Yea…I guess."

Zzz

Kitty: …that was…I don't know, I thought it was pretty bad, but then again I wrote it, I would think that, so tell me what you think. I know this fic wont get many reviews, so I'm just gonna post every now and then when I have nothing to do…which is often, but I swear this fic'll get better, I just wanted to write another story fic.

Caoi .

Kitty-cat