(I know it's been a while since I updated but I'm bored and wanted to continue this. I'm no longer bothering with italics since my kindle doesn't like switching back and forth. I'll probably add in more of Mallory's friends in the next chapter. Or at the end of this one. I'm not sure at the moment.)

"Said"

'Thought'

*text message*

Mallory led Gil into her house. It was much bigger than the houses she used to live in. As soon as they stepped in, they were tackled by a very large dog. The dog started licking Mallory's face. A smaller dog was off to the side barking at Gil while the larger dog turned and started trying to lick his face but was pulled off by Mallory before he could get close enough.

"Shadow, no licking people's faces! It's rude. And Layla, shut up!"

Gil slowly stood up only to almost be tackled by Shadow again. "Sorry about that," Mallory said as she pulled him back again. "He loves people."

"Its fine. I like dogs. What kind is he anyway?"

"Irish wolfhound. A couple years ago I was taking Layla out for a walk and about halfway home I noticed she kept looking behind us and started picking up the pace a little so I looked back and there was a little puppy following us. Even when we got home he kept following me around so I named him Shadow." Gil was about to say something when he felt something rub against his leg. He looked down and instantly paled when he saw what it was.

"Are you ok?" Mallory asked, concerned.

"I-i-i'm f-fine." He said never taking his eyes off the fluffy calico rubbing against his leg. (His fear isn't going to be as bad as it is in the anime/manga.)

"Are you sure?" She said smiling at realizing he was afraid of cats.

"Y-yeah."

She laughed softly before walking over to him, causing him to look up at her. "Mercedes, come here kitty." She said kneeling down next to him. Said cat turned to look at Mallory and walked over to her outstretched hand and slowly started to rub her face against it. Mallory then picked her up and turned back to Gil who was cautiously eyeing the cat. "She won't bite...for the most part."

"S-sorry I've never been good with cats."

"Well if we're going to be friends then you're going to have to get over that cuz I have two of them."

"T-two!?"

"Yep. If you feel something attack your foot, it's probably Raven." At this Gil started looking around nervously until he noticed Mallory walking into the living room. She gently sat Mercedes down on a bench under one of the windows in the room and sat on the brown leather couch. Gil walked over to the couch and sat down awkwardly on the opposite side of it.

"So... liking your classes so far?"

"Uh yeah.. I mean they're ok. All the teachers are pretty cool. And second hour was pretty funny since my best friend showed up at the beginning and started not so subtly hitting on Break."

Gil laughed softly. "So why did she show up at our school?"

"She gets pretty scatter brained some times. She's ended up at the wrong school a couple times before but I think the funniest times are when she gets there and no one says anything to her so she ends up staying there the whole day. Either because she's just so out of it that she doesn't realize where she is or she does notice and just decides to see if anything ever says anything."

"She seems interesting."

"True. You never know what to expect."

The door suddenly opened and Mallory's mom walked in the house and was attacked by Shadow and Layla. She was slightly shorter than Mallory and had short black hair and blue eyes. When she noticed the two of them sitting on the couch, she smiled at them. "First day of school and you already brought a boy home, huh?"

Mallory's face turned bright red along with Gil's. "M-mom! H-he's just a friend!"

"Uh huh. Sure he is." At that Mallory turned an even darker shade of red. "I'm just kidding." She said as she walked by the couch but bent down next to her daughter, "He is cute though. You should date him." She whispered in Mallory's ear. Then she walked into the kitchen to make dinner.

"I-i'm sorry about that." Mallory said trying to get her blush under control.

"I-it's fine. You and your mom seem close."

"Yeah. We weren't always. When my dad lived with us all he would want to do was watch tv and the only times my mom and I would be home at the same time, my dad would be there too so we wouldn't really get to talk much. But since he moved out a couple years ago, we started talking more...so uh you're adopted? What's that like?"

"Nothing to special. I don't remember my biological parents and my adopted family probably couldn't care less about my younger brother and I. The only one who ever really talks to us is our younger brother, Elliot. The rest of them just seem to pretend we don't exist."

"I'm sorry. Why did they adopt you if they're just going to ignore you?"

"The Nightray's have always had sort of a negative image. I always thought that maybe they just adopted us to make themselves look better."

"I guess it's a possibility."

~random time skip to after dinner cuz I have no idea what else to write~

"Thank you for having me over for dinner, Amanda."

"You're welcome, Gilbert. Be sure to come over whenever you wish."

"Of course."

Over dinner Gilbert noticed that Mallory and her mom were extremely close. Amanda seemed to enjoy trying to embarrass her daughter and seemed to do a fairly good job at it. Overall she was a good person who was easy to talk to.

As Mallory was walking with him to the door she turned to him. "Do you want to hang out with me and a few friends from my old school next weekend? One of their dads owns a skate rink and we were all going to hang out. My friend Candy has been bothering me to invite Break too."

"S-sure I'll be there."

"Great, I'll text you the directions to get there closer to the time."

"Ok. I'll see you on Monday."

"Yeah. See you then."

After Gil left, Mallory felt her phone buzzing in her pocket again.

Candy: *Hey have you asked that cute guy to come with us next weekend?*

Mallory: *No. I'm not just gonna text him and be like "hey come to a skate rink with me and that weird girl who busted into our biology class to hang out!" I don't think he'd agree to that.*

Candy: *Well did you at least invite the guy that drove you home?*

Mallory: *Yea, he's coming. If it really means that much to you I'll text Break and ask him now.*

Candy: *Well don't just sit there and talk about it! Do it!*

Mallory rolled her eyes and went to her contacts and selected Break's number from the list.

Mallory: *Hey Break.*

Break: *Hey what's up? Have a nice ride home with giiilll~?*

Mallory: *Yes but never mind that. I have a favor I need to ask of you.*

Break: *What is it~?*

Mallory: *You know that weird friend of mine that showed up in our biology class earlier?*

Break: *Yes~*

Mallory: *She wanted me to ask you to come hang out with us next weekend at my friend's skate rink. Gil said he'd be there too.*

Break: *I would be happy to come. I am curious what other kinds of people you surrounded yourself with at your old school~*

Mallory: *Ok cool. I'll text you the directions later.*

Break: *Kay~ have a nice night~*

Mallory: *You too...*

Mallory switched back to texting Candy.

Mallory: *He's coming.*

Candy: *Yay! Hey I gtg. I'll text you later ok?*

Mallory: *Ok.*

Mallory put her phone down and fell back onto her bed. She pulled out her kindle and started reading a book before going to bed.