Shadow walks into his house where it is dark and only candles and a few lamps lite the place. Shadow and River walks down a long hall towards that leads from the door to the living room where his friends are sitting on the couch. He looks over at her and smiles lightly.

"Sorry about my brother, his an asshole to me and everyone else." He says as they walk towards the living room.

"No need to apologize. Just answer me one question."

"What is it?"

"Well, its actually a few question."

"Mkay."

"For one what are you and your brother? And why the hell does he want to kill me?"

Shadow was silent for a few seconds and sighs, not wanting to tell her anything.

"Well.."

Shadow looks at River. "Ill tell you later. Its be a a long story. Don't fell like explaining it right now."

River sighs and looks away from Shadow. They get to the living room and walk over to were Shadow's friends are.

"River, this Justin, Drake, and Leon. Justin, Drake, and Leon this is river." Shadow introduce them to each other. "Justin and Leon are twins."

River looks at at them and waves lightly and they give a half wave back to her.

Justin and Leon both have black hair that goes down to their shoulders and their bangs have red stricks in them. Their bangs goes down at an angle across their perfect god like faces, cover their right ice blue eyes. They both are wearing a Bullet for my Valentine shirt and black skinning pants. Both have piercings on their lower lips and are hot. And when they smile, its enough to make someone melt.

Drake is a little different though. He wears a pear of black pants and black shirt that has a ninja bunny on it outlined in white. The bunny has ninja stars in it hand er...paw and beside it, it says Im a NINJA. His hair is plain black and goes down to his shoulders, his bangs are as long as the rest of his hair and pushed back with it. His face was god like as well but not as much as Justin's and Leon's.

"So this is the girl we are to help you protect from X?" Justin and Leon says as they both get up and slowly start to circle around her.

Shadow nods. "Yes."

"Hmmm...what if we change our mind about protecting her?" They ask as they lick their lips, eyeing her neck.

Shadow stares at them. "Don't even try it. For one you promise to help and second you know we couldnt kill her. We would have to leave then if we did."

"Awww.. fine." They say a little disappointed and walk back over to the couch.

"So would the pretty lady like something to drink?" Drakes lightly and looks at her.

"Umm...sure. What you have?" She answers back.

"We have blood..." He laughs lightly.

"Ummm...no thanks."

He laughs more. "I was only kidding. We have all sorts of drinks that we when and bought because you was coming over."

She sighs lightly. "So you dont have blood?"

"Oh but we do."

She looks at him a bit shooked for a few second and just shakes her head lightly. "...er..."

He laughs and grins at her. "So what would you like to drink, love?"

"Umm...do you have coke?"

Drake nods and gets up, walking to the kitchen.

"Drake is such a big flirt." Shadows sighs and looks at River. "Pay him no mind. He's just trying to take you from me."

"I heard that." Drake yells from the kitchen.

River giggles lightly to herself and nods at Shadow, smiling up at him.

Drake comes back out of the kitchen caring five glass on a tray. He hands a glass of red liquid to Shadow. "This is for bring this love lady back with you." He says as he looks at River and smiles down at her. "This is for you beautiful." He hands River the glass of coke and hands a glass of blood to Justin and Leon."You two really don't deserve this for wanting to her this lovely lady." He then holds up the last glass and the sets the tray down. "And this is for me for my service."

Everyone laughs lightly at Drake even himself. Drake, Justin, and Leon goes and seis down on the couch as Shadow sits in a chair pulling River onto his lap, gently so not to spell her drink. At this point it they all had forgotten that X was out to kill River and anyone that was to get in his way. They had almost forgotten that River was not one of them, just her smell was the only thing to cause them not to completely forget this. They all sit there talking and taking sips of their drinks.

"We should trough a party here one day." Leon blust out.

Justin nods in agreement. "A big one. Seeing how this is a big place."

The place was indeed big. It was a two story house with only four people staying there, sad part was they all was male. They need females in their life. But they have tryed in the past to get female it just back fired on them. They still wasn't going to give up on the fact that they need females, not yet. There was still plenty out there they could get, right.

"Hmmm..." Shadow think for a second. "That seems like a great Idea."

Drake grins. "Yeah maybe we can find out some girls and maybe some meals to go." He laughs.

Shadow shakes his head. Drake was always saying stuff like this.

"We should play the game in heaven." Justin and Leon says at the same time and laugh.

River looks back at Shadow and smiles, whispering in his ear." If that does happen i hope i get you."

Shadow smiles and kisses her lightly on the forehead.

"I could invite a few people from my school." River says.

"That's great." They all say.

Shadow "But we could invite them as well. We do go to that school."

They nod.

"River would you like to stay to night and go to school with us tomorrow?" Shadow asks looking at River.

"I don't know if my mom would let me stay here. Maybe if I tell her I'm stay at a friends house." River reaches to her pocket. "Damn it. I left my cell at my house."

Shadow hands River his phone. "Here you go." He smiles.

"Thanks" River says as she takes his phone and calls her mom.

"Hello."

"Hey mom."

"Oh my god. where are you River. I've been worried about you. Its 5 in the afternoon and you been gone all day..."

The room falls silent.

"Mom.."

"What happened to you this morning. Why wasn't you at this house this morning when I get up?"

"Mom calm down. I'm fine. I when over to a friends house."

She could hear her mom sighs in relief over the phone. "You could have left a note or something."

"I know mom. I'm sorry I didn't."

"Atless your okay. Where are you?"

"Im at a friends house."

"When you coming home?"

"I was actually going to ask you if I could stay with my friend tonight and go to school with them."

Her mom doesn't ask for a second. "Ummm...I guess that's fine with me."

"Thanks mom. Love you.

"Love you to dear."

"Cya."

"Bye."

River hangs the phone up and hands it back you Shadow.

"She said I could."

"I know." He smiles. "I heard."