Welcome back. Let's get going.

In a wave of panic I throw on my boots and shove my laces inside of the boots, I clumsily thrust on my jacket and grab my shirt. I'll duck into an alley and throw my stuff on properly. I duck out the door and hear him begin to welcome the party goers even Henry. Though it's likely because he wasn't sharing a couch with his daughter. Whether or not I'd be welcomed in there is a bit of knowledge I'll pass on.

I end up in an alley two blocks away, and bend down to tie my shoes and after I walk behind a dumpster and throw on my old tee shirt and start to throw on my jacket. I start to walk down to my apartment as my fear rises. My mom is going to kill me. Maybe it's not too late to go to Maribelle's house and take my chances with her dad. I keep walking. Goodbye my friends, it was a fun last night. I tudge up the steps and fumble my keys into the lock and enter. My mom is sitting on the stairs.

"Shh. Everyone else is asleep." She warns as I enter. "So? Where were you?" She finally asks.

"Well after the game Gaius, Tharja, Gregor, and Henry and I went to Maribelle's house to the party I told you about." I respond as she fills in the holes like who Maribelle is and why we left the game.

"All right, you're grounded for 3 weeks. No being out past 5:00 unless I or your siblings are with you, and no allowance." She says before she begins to answer my next question. "I say 3 weeks because Robin, you are very good kid. I know you would have left if things were getting bad and that you weren't doing anything bad. Plus, in this town the worst thing you can do at a party in this town is double dip. Now please go take the trash out." She calmly asked as I went out and mouthed a thank you to the heavens. I soon after went back to his room and crashed there until Mark got up.

"Hey! Where were you man? You didn't show up last night." Mark asked.

"I fell asleep at a friends place." I bluntly answered.

"Really? You?"

"Yep. The party was winding down and I just crashed." I got up and went to the kitchen for some cereal as Mark turned on Doctor Who as I felt my old tracfone buzz. I checked it and realized that it was Maribelle who was texting me. Her text read

"Hey! I had a great time at the party last night. I typically get cold in the night so thanks for being my toaster last night. ;)" I began to blush and sat down with my cereal and watched with him. Reflet came out soon after and immediately began to taunt me for being out so late. I ignored it. Then Morgan ran out and hopped on the couch. She gave me a big hug and then mom followed soon after and began pancakes for everyone else.

Everything was going good. And then someone knocked on the door.

"Hi. Is Robin here?" A familiar voice asked

"Yeah. Robby would you come here your friends here." My mom yelled as I ran down to the door. It was Tharja, Panne and Nowi.

"What happened? Are you guys are alright?" I asked. As Tharja couldn't look me in the eyes due to their tears, I knew this was serious. Panne then spoke up.

"We were going out to Denny's for breakfast and when we left we got jumped by some guys from school who were taunting us last night. We tried to run but Gaius and Gregor tried to fight them as Henry got us away from them and by the time he got there, they were knocked out. They were beat pretty bad and we had to send them to the hospital." Panne told me as I dropped the book I had in my hand and began to run to the hospital.