Ding-dong!
Ding-dong!
Ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong!
"I'm coming! Just wait!" Amy shouted as she ran down the stairs. She opened the door, only to hear the loudest shriek she had ever heard.
"Amy! Oh, my gosh. I haven't seen you in ages," said the girl outside as she pulled Amy into a hug.
"K-k-kaye?" Amy stuttered.
"Yes, it is moi, Kaye Hill." She stepped into the house and turned to face Amy. "And this is for you." She handed Amy an envelope.
"What's this?" Amy asked.
"You're kidding me, right?" Kaye said, irritated. She turned on the television in the living room. She switched from channel to channel.
There was practically only one thing that was being aired for the past few days. And it was about Jonah Wizard's big birthday party. Amy didn't even turn on the television anymore. It was the same thing over and over again.
Kaye looked around the room.
"Where's Dan?"
"He's in there." Amy pointed to another room without a door. "He's watching a movie."
Kaye walked into the room.
"Ah! Kaye? Kaye! Get off of me!" Dan shouted.
"My gosh! It's been so long since the last time I saw you!" Kaye was hugging Dan from behind the couch, ignoring his shouting. She finally let go of him.
"Here's your letter," she said sitting on the couch beside him.
"What's this for?" Dan asked.
Suddenly, Kaye couldn't take it anymore. She had been asked the exact same question a zillion times already.
"Can't you people just open it?" she screamed. "I mean, just because it's been delivered to you by hand, it doesn't mean that you're not allowed to open it! Oh, gosh! It's always 'What's this?' or 'What's this for?'! Aagh!" Kaye grabbed a pillow off of the couch and put her face in it.
Dan looked at her, wild-eyed. "I'm sorry, ok?" He looked at her as if she was crazy. Kaye didn't move.
"Kaye?" Amy asked worriedly.
"I'm fine. I'm fine," she said, straightening her back. "I'm sorry. It's just that I've been doing this all day. I can't believe Jonah asked me to do this, but I had to. I owe him so much."
Jonah had taken her in when her parents died. Not his dad, not his mom, but him. He was the one who had decided on it. He was only thirteen then, but she felt like a sister to him and he felt sorry for her, sitting there in the middle of the vast room while everyone decided on what to do with her.
He'd also helped her when the Janus thought that she had betrayed them and become a Madrigal. So, Kaye had always felt that she owed him. She always believed that she owed him everything. He didn't brainwash her or anything. She just thought that way.
"Well, I'd better go. I have to deliver more of these letters," Kaye said, smiling weakly. She started to walk away, then stopped. She turned and looked at Dan.
"Hey, my next delivery's to your girlfriend's house. Wanna come?"