Hey! I'm back! Heres chapter seven just like I promised! Thank you for all of the reveiws!

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters except for my ocs Herald and Skye blah blah blah.

Skye ran, she never ran faster in her life. She ran as though a group of cheetahs were right behind her, chasing her. She got to the door of her room, struggling to open it. She was so mad, frustrated, yet sad at the same time. She had just put her life in risk for them, and he freaks out on her like that. Even after what they promised. To protect eachother, and thats excactly what she did. She couldn't help but feel that this WAS her fault, but she wouldn't admit that. She was too embarassed.

She slammed the door with a loud thud, she walked over to a far corner of the room, sat down and pulled her knees up to her chest, resting her forehead on her knees. She wasn't crying, however, she was thinking. She knew it was all her fault, and that he was just caring for her. She didn't even know why she said what she said. She heard a knock on the door. She had a good idea who it was.

"Go away." Her voice was muffled due to her face being on her knees.

"No, I'm not leaving until you let me in." She sighed, yup. It was him, a part of her didn't want to see or hear him, but a part of her did.

"Well then I geuss your going to be there quite a while." She said, her anger coming back a little bit.

"Very well." Espio simply said. She heard a tapping on the wall, ugh why won't he just give up already.

"Please leave."

"And if I don't?" She sighed, he was just like her, so stubborn.

"It's late, I want to sleep. Leave."

"No." Now she was getting frustrated.

"What do you even want anyways?"

"To apologize."

"Apoligy not accepted, and never will be. Now leave."

"I didn't apologize and no." She gave a small growl.

"I know, but when you do. It's not going to be accepted." She heard a groan. She sighed, this whole thing was her fault, he didn't even do anything. He was just caring about her and she exploded like that. Oh, how she hated herself right now. The tapping started again, she knew he was tapping the wall out of boredom.

"Leave. Now. We will talk about this in the morning." She said, hoping he would just leave.

"No, we talk about it now or never."

"Never." She heard yet another groan before he began speaking again.

"Listen, either you open this door or I'll break it down."

"I'll take my chances."

"Please." She sighed, was this ever going to end? She geussed not. Not until she let him in that is, she groaned.

"Fine." She walked up to the door opening it. Espio walked in, with one hand behind his back.

"Now, lets get this over with. Please." Espio sighed, walking up to her.

"I'm sorry, my anger got the best of me. I was just so frustrated why you did that, risk your life for people barely know." He explained. Looking her dead in the eye. She sighed, looking away.

"I just, didn't want anyone to get hurt because of me, I wouldn't be able to live my life to the fullest knowing that I got someone hurt, or even killed.. again." She whispered the last word. She closed her eyes, a tear sliding down her cheek. She felt something on her wrist, she looked back and seen that Espio had grabbed it.

"What do you mean, again?" He wanted answers. She looked him in the eyes, she knew she could trust him. She took a deep breath and began.

"My family, my friend. It's my fault they are not here right now." She felt a couple more tears slipping down her face. She rubbed them away as Espio spoke.

"That was an accident, you can't blame yourself." She took another deep breath, he didn't know. She started to speak again.

"No, it wasn't. It was, my step father. He was the one who set the fire, killed all of them, because of me." She bit her tongue to prevent tears from emerging.

"I'm so sorry." She nodded.

"It's okay, tomorrow I'll let Vector and Charmy in on it. It's not fair to tell you and not them." Espio nodded. He then continued with his apology.

"Here." He said holding something out. It was a silver shuriken. It was very sharp looking. It was outline with lime green, on the top was her name in lime green, it was in cursive writing and it was beautiful. Skye was shocked.

"You got this, for me?"

"Made it, for you." He corrected. He continued.

"Now, whenever your alone. You can protect yourself. Also, it should remind you that I will always be there for you." She smiled and pulled him into a tight embrace. She had her eyes shut tight, finally, someone who actually cared about her. No one ever showed her much respect since her family. She was happy that he was here right now. They remained that way for quite sometime until then broke the hug.

"There is more." Espio looked at her confused.

"What do you mean by that?" He questioned. Skye sighed.

"I'll tell you in the morning. When we talk to Vector and Charmy."

"Why not just tell me now?" Skye bit her tongue.

"Because, I'd rather not explain it twice, but it will help us stop Herald." Espio nodded. He knew that she was fighting, physically and mentally. He knew her very little, but could already see that she had spent years building a wall around her heart, and it was starting to crack.

"I understand." He said. She nodded. She then seen something out of the corner of her eye, it was a shooting star. She looked out the window, walking up to it and putting her hands on the pane. Espio followed her and stood to her right.

"The world is so.. beautiful." Skye said as she was taking in the scene.

"You mean, you never noticed this?" Espio asked, a little curious. She shook her head.

"No, I was always looking on the down side, I never socialized much either. I never knew that the sky was this pretty, or that the moon was this bright, or that people were so.. nice." She said the last part as she looked at Espio.

"He really is nice, I can't help it. Wait, yes I can. I have to pull myself together, he's just another guy."

Skye yawned. Espio looked at her and smiled. He looked at the clock, 1:09 am.

"Looks like it's time for someone to go to bed." Skye just nodded and walked over sitting on her bed.

"You too, get a good rest." He nodded. Walking to the door, he stopped when he got to it and turned around.

"Good night."

"Good night to you too." They both smiled as Espio shut the door and walked to his room. Leaving Skye. She placed the shuriken in the top drawer of her dresser and then she layed down. Her ribs still hurted, she didn't like the feeling of the bandages, all well. They were coming off soon anyways. She closed her eyes, with a smile on her face. A real smile, something she didn't have in a long time. All she was thinking about was Espio. She gently dozed off.

Whoa, I don't know what happened.. this chapter WAS suppose to be up TOMORROW for Easter, but I somehow wrote it now. So there you go, I will STILL update another chapter tomorrow, for Easter. Heh, well read and reveiw please:)