Faye stood outside Melissa's house. She rang the doorbell for the third time and was getting impatient.
"Come on Melissa. I know you're in there." She called. "Melissa open this door."
She hated not being able to use magic whenever she wanted. She would have had this door unlocked in seconds.
"Melissa!" Faye yelled. She heard footsteps from inside the house. Slowly, Melissa seemed to be unlocking the door. As she opened it, Faye could see that she had been crying, she wondered if she had stopped since hearing the news of Nick's death last night.
"What?" asked Melissa.
"I came to see how you were doing. Can I come in?" Melissa nodded, turned and headed back upstairs. Faye closed the door behind her, and followed.
"So, how are you doing?" she asked as they headed upstairs. Melissa didn't answer, Faye had a feeling she was crying again. As they entered Melissa's bedroom, Melissa threw herself down on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Faye walked straight over to the window and opened the curtains.
"For goodness sake let some light in here." She opened the window. "And some fresh air."
Melissa looked up at her, but didn't reply.
"Look, I know how upset you are, but you can't stay up here forever."
"Yes I can." Melissa sounded exhausted. "And it's been less than a day. Look, I don't really want to talk to people right now, so could you just leave me alone?"
"You let me in. Usually that means you want to see people."
"You wouldn't stop yelling and ringing the doorbell. You were giving me a headache. I appreciate you coming to see how I am, but I just want to be alone now."
"Oh. Fine." Faye was annoyed. "You know, you're not the only one who is upset."
Faye walked out of the room, and headed downstairs out of the house. She was just as upset about Nick's death as Melissa was, she had known him for years. Granted they had never been that close, certainly not as close as Melissa had been to him, but still, she was going to miss him.