Preview
As I sat on the roof of the tree house, I began to feel even as lonely as ever. Cake had gone with L.M. to raise her kittens for the next who-knows-how-long so the only company I had now was G-MO. I sighed as the cold night wind swept my hair across my face. I had never realized how lonely I would be without Cake around. Suddenly, I heard a faint swoosh and felt like someone was next to me.
"Hey Fiona," he said, as he strummed softly on his guitar, "Why so down?"
" Cake's gone to raise her kittens," I sighed, " I've been real lonely since she left." I looked up at the sky, which was slowly becoming a fierce dark blue. I shifted my gaze over to Marshall, who gazed at me back. A small drop of rain hit my cheek and many others followed it.
"Let's go inside and play video games. It's starting to rain." He flew me back inside and soon we were snug on the couch playing G-MO.
" Darn it. You beat me again for the fourth time," I said, as a slight grin crept across my face," Pause the game. I'm gonna get a hot chocolate real quick." Even though I didn't win too often, I felt so much better with Marshall around.
"Can you get me a strawberry while you're at it? I'm starving," he said as I walked into the kitchen. I whipped myself up some cocoa, missing the way Cake used to make it, and grabbed a few strawberries from the fridge. I plopped back down on the couch as I handed Marshall the berries.
" Thanks Fi," he said as he drained the red from the strawberries. I sipped on my hot cocoa and looked out the window at the quietly falling rain. I suddenly felt sad again. I remembered how Cake and I used to play video games and sip hot cocoa. Even with Marshall around, I still felt sad about Cake leaving with L.M. My eyes welled up with tears but I didn't let them fall. Instead, I turned away from Marshall so that he couldn't see my teary eyes.
" Fi, don't be so down. You have me and G-MO at least." He grinned at me sympathetically. I just shrugged and kept my gaze locked on the falling rain. "Why don't you come to my house tomorrow? We can hang and stuff. It'll be fun." I shifted my gaze to him and smiled. Maybe hanging out with Marshall would help me take my mind off of Cake.
"I'd love to," I replied, suddenly giddy.