Sebastian led me down the stairs with his arm around my shoulder. I was a little uncomfortable, given the fact that I was wobbly seeing out of one eye and having to lean on Sebastian. Sheran came over to us with a bright smile and pinched Sebastian's cheek, which I thought was hilarious. "You guys have fun now. Keep them safe you cute little boy!"

"I will, Ms. Helms." He replied with a closed-eye smile. Was that his thing?

I continued to walk outside and tried to smile, but, I found that I couldn't smile. No longer did I own the ability to smile. That kind of upset me because I always smiled at Alois. Tears welded up in the backs of my eyes, but I forced them down. I haven't cried since I was six and I wasn't going to start now.

"Ciel! Are you alright? What happened to your eye?" Alois ran over to me and hugged me. I gasped as the wind was knocked out of me.

"I'm fine." I smiled a little, happy to know I could. "I just...um...lost my vision. For good. But, I'm okay."

Alois hugged me tighter and began to cry. I held her tight and told her to stop crying. "You're just going to embarrass yourself, sh-h." I whispered quietly in her ear. To my amazement, Claude walked over and took Alois in his arms. I didn't think Claude had much emotion, but I could tell he cared about her.

My mouth opened slightly, forming words that wouldn't come out. Sebastian led me over to one of two cars and helped me in. "We're going to get to know each other today. You and I will go in this car...Claude and Alois will go in the other. Does that sound okay?" I nodded silently and stared out the window.

After a few minutes of driving, my hand reached up to feel the eyepatch. I didn't like seeing out of one eye, but it would just have to work. How could my sight just...disappear? It made no logical sense whatsoever. I needed some kind of root to grasp about this, but, by the looks of it, I wouldn't get one any time soon.

"Is something on your mind, Ciel?" Sebastian cut off my thoughts, breaking the silence.

"No." I said. I was ashamed that my voice sounded so much like a high-pitched guy's voice.

"We both know that's a lie, Ciel. Don't try to lie to me, you won't get anywhere."

I sighed a little and looked at him. "Fine...there is something bothering me. How could I just lose vision like that? I mean, is it a trait in my family? The earlier Ciel Phantomhive had an eyepatch, and so did his son, and his son, and my father. But, why am I getting it?"

"Maybe it's because you're the only child? The first-born?"

"I don't know." I put my head in my hands. "I guess this won't be so bad once I get used to it."

Sebastian pulled onto a sandy parking lot and I realized that we were at a river. The rivers around here had sand around the banks, like beaches. Sebastian got out of the car and opened the trunk. He pulled out a cooler, chairs, and a bag. A few moments later, a car pulled in next to ours and Claude stepped out, doing the same thing. I motioned to Alois through the window to get out and run, which I was going to do, too.

Alois and I met up at the banks of the river and continued to run. "Why do you want to run away?" Alois asked, huffing.

"Because, God knows what they want from two teenage girls."

"But, they just pulled out a couple of items that you would use at a beach. What's so bad?"

I stop running and looked at her. "Alois, you know I have trust issues. I can't just meet a new cab driver and think he's okay and he won't try anything. He has to gain my trust."

"Well, you have to give him that chance. Claude is really nice, and somewhat funny, too. I didn't think I would get any emotion from him, but I did. I calmly gained his trust."

I sat down in front of a tree trunk and hugged my knees to myself. I didn't want to cry, but I had no other choice. Tears silently streamed down my cheeks, wetting my jeans. I couldn't stand this feeling. Why was Alois so trusting of them? How come I couldn't give into them so easily? Why couldn't I just loosen up? Brighten up?

"H-h-h-h." I breathed out.

Alois had left, probably wanting to go get Sebastian. A couple of minutes later, I heard soft footsteps approaching me, but I refused to look up. I heard a purr and then felt a cat rubbing up against my legs. I picked up the cat and held it on my lap. It was black with brown tips on the ears. She was a beauty.

"Beautiful, yes?" Sebastian sat down next to me and put an arm around my shoulders. "Why can you not give me a chance, Ciel?"

"Because when I give someone a chance, they always abandon me." I replied, more tears forming.

"Alois didn't abandon you."

"But that's different. She's been there for me ever since I met her."

Sebastian hugged me tighter. Why was he hugging me? "I'll be there for you. Not just because it's my job, but because I want to."

I looked up at him. "Really?"

"Of course. After all...I've been helping out your family for quite sometime." Sebastian chuckled.

We sat there like that for a while and I realized that maybe I should trust him. I mean, he did help me out by giving me an eyepatch...and he didn't make me go to school like my old driver, Tanaka, did. My feelings were all jumbled up and were coming out in the tears. I guess that crying was okay sometimes and that I would always have a couple of people there for me who cared.