I'm back. Sorry for not updating sooner but I had PSATs this week. Aren't those always fun. Anyway, I'm basing this story off of the anime, which I haven't watched in a while, so if the characters seem a little OOC that's probably why. If you have any suggestions for the story or anything you want to see happen, let me know and I'll see what I can do with it.

The next few days were quiet. Phoebe and I managed to pack up all of Mom's clothes, and I had the newspapers publish an obituary for her stating the date and time for the funeral I had set up for her a week from now.

Things hadn't gone back to normal, and I was still hurting from the loss of my mother. But I began to function again, eating, taking showers, keeping myself alive.

All the while, I didn't think I'd ever be able to think of Mom without hurting, but I began to learn to live with it.

Then, I went to the grocery store to get food. It was a completely normal trip, until I began to walk to my car. the driving age was sixteen, but in this town, people knew that I was responsible so they let my illegal driving slide.

As I was putting my groceries in the trunk, I heard a man call out. I turned on instinct despite not recognizing the voice, and came face-to-face with the blonde man who had been in my kitchen not so long ago. Kaname, I remembered.

Needless to say, I wasn't happy to see him, and he seemed to sense that. He approached me cautiously and asked me if we could talk because he had "some things to ask me about". I didn't want to, but I also didn't want to make a scene; I was already getting enough pity, so I agreed on the condition that I would drive us.

But I thought that no matter what happened, my decisions wouldn't change. And that just proves that I can't see the future.