It was so hard to breathe. Why...? Zoes eyes snapped open, her vision so blurry and her eyes suddenly stinging. She was so cold...she was..wet? She opened her mouth, only to have it fill with ice cold water. Zoe couldn't breathe at all now. She tried her hardest to move, but couldn't. It was as if her hands and feet were bound together...

...And she soon realized that they were.

Zoe didn't want to die this way...but there was nothing she could do. She looked up, seeing a blurry figure standing above her. And, even if she was underwater, she heard this figure speak so clearly.

"Won't you die tonight for love...?"

"Zoe, wake up already! Zoe!"

Her eyes opened wide as her loud screaming ceased. Rei sat on the edge of the couch she had been asleep on, a worried look on his face. Zoe took in a deep breath, shaking violently.

"Dear God...not another nightmare..." Zoe whispered to yourself.

"Are you okay...? You were screaming loud enough to wake the whole neighborhood." Rei said, smiling weakly.

Zoe felt tears come to her eyes. Why? She didn't know. Perhaps it was because the nightmare had scared her so badly. Whatever the reason was, she started crying silently. Rei frowned and crawled across the couch and sat down next to her, wrapping his arms around her. Zoe sat there and cried into Rei's chest for a while, until she managed to get control over herself.

"I never thought a nightmare could be that bad..." Rei murmured.

Zoe shook her head and explained everything to Rei. She told him about her first nightmare, about the nightmare that came true, and also about the nightmare she had just had. He was silent for a while after she finished explaining, looking as if he were lost in thought for a moment.

"I don't know why you'd dream of those kind of things." Rei said softly.

"Neither do I. They scare me senseless, though...because they're so fucking real." Zoe muttered.

Rei smiled and kissed her softly on the lips.

"Everything's gonna be okay, though," he said.

Zoe smiled back at him, feeling much better. It was good to finally have somewhere there to comfort her...

"You should try to get some sleep."

Zoe nodded and laid back down, even if she didn't want to go back to sleep. Rei got up off the couch, giving her a sympathetic look.

"I would love to stay with you here tonight...but my parenst would fucking freak if they found me with you on the couch in the morning. Well...goodnight, Zoe...I love you," he whispered to her, before he started walking down the hall.

Zoe frowned as she heard his bedroom door open and close. Zoe truly wished that he could've stayed with her, but also understood how badly his parents would freak out if they saw him and her asleep together on the couch. Mr. Kon would probably have a heart attack, assuming that something had happened between the two of them, and Mrs. Kon would more than likely faint. Though, she knew for a fact that her parents would just laugh and comment on how cute it was.

So, there she was, staring blankly up at the ceiling, like she had done many nights before. Even if Rei had comforted you, it didn't take away the lingering fear of her nightmares. She was trying her hardest to stay awake...but her intense fatigue took over. her eyes closed slowly, and she drifted off to sleep again...

2 Weeks Later...

"Holy hell...this house is huge..." Zoe mumbled in awe, looking around her new house.

"I know. That's what insurance can do for you." Chris smiled, standing beside her.

The house was a lot bigger than her old one, though it was a lot farther away from Rei's house than her old one had been. That was pretty much the only flaw with the house, everything else was...perfect. The house had two floors, two bathrooms, an enormous kitchen, an even bigger living room, and four bedrooms.

Zoe walked upstairs, going into the bedroom at the very end of the long hallway. The bedroom was completely empty and looked almost exactly like her old bedroom. Zoe smiled and knew that this was the room she wanted.

The bedroom door suddenly slammed shut, making her jump. Zoe spun around, coming face-to-face with Rei.

"Boo!"

"Ahh...yeah...scary. When did you get here?" Zoe asked, smiling.

"Just now. And, I brought a housewarming gift for you!" Rei announced.

"Really? Gimme!"

Rei smiled mischievously stroked her ears a little like he used to do when he knew something she didn't and wrapped his arms around her waist, drawing her closer to him.

"No, seriously...gimme the gift." Zoe said childishly, smoothing her ears down, Rei always made them a mess when he played with them.

"I am," he said, and then locked his lips with hers.

But, just as quickly as the kiss had started, it ended. They both heard Kai and Max's voices come nearer, so they pulled away from one another, frowning in disappointment.

"Come on, Max! What if they're doing something?! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SCRATCH MY EYES OUT!" Kai wailed.

The door opened, revealing Max, who looked amused, and Kai, who was freaking out, He always did when people kissed in front of him. Zoe and Rei weren't anywhere near each other anymore. Rei was by the huge window on the other side of the room and Zoe was still by the door. Kai calmed down, seeing that nothing bad was going on.

"What do you want?" Zoe asked somewhat tiredly.

"Oh, we just wanted to say hi." Max said casually.

"He was trying to get me to scratch my own eyes out." Kai muttered.

"...Okay then..."

There was an awkward silence suddenly.

"Yeah...we're gonna go now..." Max said, he and Kai slowly backing out of the room, Kai crossing his arms across his chest trying t keep up his usual manner not the kind where kissing freaks him out, shutting the door behind them.

"Now, where were we?" Rei smirked, walking back over to Zoe.

But, as he leaned in to kiss you again, she stepped away, grinning widely.

"Sorry, love, the moment was ruined..." Zoe laughed and started to run out of the room.

"You're mean!" Rei whined, following her.

Zoe grumbled curses to herself as she hurried down the long, empty hallways of her school. Once again, she had slept in. Both Chris and her mum had already left for work, and her alarm, for some reason, didn't go off. So, she ended up missing the bus and had to walk through the frigid coldness outside to school, which wasn't too far away anymore.

Zoe knew that, once again, Mr. Vander was going to be pissed off. She rarely got to his class on time, and, plus...he hated her. He truly did. He had even said so right to her face once before. It didn't matter to Zoe, because she hated him even more.
Zoe wasn't exactly paying attention to where she was going, and ended up running right into something. She fell to the cold tile, landing hard on her back.

"Son of a fucking bitch!" she shouted, not meaning to be so loud, but her day was terrible so far and it was only morning.

"Ah, shit! I'm sorry!" a kind voice apologized.

Zoe looked up, seeing a boy about her age standing above her. He was rather handsome, in her opinion. The boy dark hair that was lenghthy but nit as long as Reis he had golden eyes also Zoe was pretty sure he was part Neko-Jin(why was she the only full blood? she was gonna think about that later) he had HUGE eyebrows. He was sort of tanned. He was tall and fit, looking as if he played sports.

"It's, uh...alright. It was my fault anyways." Zoe sighed, climbing to her feet and retrieving her backpack off of the ground.

"Well, I shouldn't have been just standing here like an idiot. I'm sort of lost...I'm new to this school," the boy said, rubbing the back of his head as if he were embarrassed.

"Oh, really? You look sort of familiar..." Zoe said, thinking that she had seen this boy's face somewhere before. "What's your name?"

"Lee," he replied.

As soon as he said his name, something clicked in her mind.

"Lee Chou...?" Zoe asked.

Lee looked somewhat shocked at first, but nodded his head.

"Uh, yeah...how'd you know my last na-"

Zoe almost knocked the poor boy over when she literally tackle-hugged him.

"I haven't seen you in seven fuckin' years, man!" Zoe cried.

"...Huh...?"

"I'm hurt that you don't remember me. Do you recall the name Zoe Jin?"

Lee was silent, before he nearly knocked Zoe over with a powerful hug.

"Dear God, long time no see!" he laughed, letting her go after a while. "I didn't recognize you. You've really changed a lot since you were 10."

"Yeah, that usually happens when someone grows up. You haven't changed a bit, though. Rei and the others are going to flip when they see you!" Zoe smiled.

"I can't wait to see them! Is Kai still the closed in type he always has been?" Lee asked.

"Yeah." Zoe said, nodding her head.

Lee had been her only friend, besides Rei and the other four, when she was in Elementary school. Zoe had actually had a crush on him, until his parents died...
When they died, he was shipped off to California to live with his grandmother and grandfather. Zoe had been heartbroken for the longest time, but then started to grow her love for Rei, and she forgot about Lee.

"Mind helping me find my classes?" he asked, holding his schedule out for her to examine.

Zoe took a look at it, smiling a bit once she had finished.

"This is great. You've got your first period with me and Rei, your second period with Tyson, and pretty much the rest of your classes with all of us." Zoe said cheerfully. "So, come on. I was just heading for Chemistry class anyway."

As the two of them walked down the seemingly endless hallways, they talked about everything that had happened while the two of them were seperated. Lee seemed shocked when Zoe told him about her and Rei, but quickly recovered with a smile and said that he always knew she'd be with him someday.

"It's a new record." Mr. Vander's droning voice was heard as Zoe and Lee entered the classroom. "You were twenty-seven minutes late. That's a new record for you Miss Jin--...er...--Who is this?"

"Lee Chou, he's a new student. I was just...showing him around the school." Zoe explained.

"...I see. Fresh meat. Well then, go take a seat and pay attention." Mr. Vander muttered, turning back to the chalkboard he had been writing on.

Zoe led Lee over to the table Rei and her sat at, Rei looking absolutely shocked.

"Holy fuck..." he murmured, staring at Lee for a long time, before he smiled. "It's been so long! God, it's good to see you!"

Lee grinned and nodded, saying, "It's good to see you too. You look even more like a cat than you use too, especially since your hair is a lot longer now."

"The only thing that's changed about you, my friend, is your age. You're exactly the same." Rei said, still smiling.

"You three be quiet and pay attention!" Mr. Vander snapped at them.

"Okay, don't have a bitch fit, asshole..." Zoe muttered under her breath as Mr. Vander continued the lesson.

When Tyson, Kenny, Kai, and Max all saw Lee later in the day, they really did flip out. Zoe had to pull Tyson away from Lee before he squeezed him to death.

"Calm down. Don't kill him, he just got here." Rei joked.

"How can I calm down? LEE IS BACK!! Tezch me guitar again!" Tyson asked.

"The only good thing Lee taught you on the guitar, Tyson, was to crack someone's head open with it." Kenny said.

"I told you that was just an accident." Tyson sighed. "It just slipped from my hands somehow."

"Sure it did...just keep telling yourself that."

"Okay, let's get off of the subject of Kenny getting hit in the head with a guitar." Zoe cut in.

"Yeah. Lee, why'd you come back here?" Kai asked.

"Well, I hated California, and missed everyone I knew here. I turned 18 last month, which makes me an offical adult, so I was able to move back here on my own," he explained.

"Well we're glad you did. Welcome home." Max said.

"Thank you. I'm glad to be back." Lee said, looking at Zoe with a strange grin on his face.

It looked almost like an...evil grin. But, whatever grin it may be...

Zoe didn't like the awkward feeling she got from it.