Hello! It's me again, the extremely attractive, witty, and adventurous reaper, Athena! We rode in Tsubaki's red mustang with the roof up so we could finish drying our hair with the wind. We talked and laughed, and Thank god, (should I start saying Thank dad?) none of the emotional stuff from earlier came back up. The way to deal with these things is to ignore them, not to bring them up. Just like how my mother was a- RIGHTY! Back to ignoring. However, I will assure you. You will find out quite soon who my mother was, what happened to her, and, by putting the pieces together, why I'm overall not welcome at Shibusen any more.
I had to enter from the front of the school with Tsubaki, figuring Fyre and Professor Stein would expect me to go 'round back. I also hadn't spoken with Tsubaki about me running off at that point, so we marched forward to meet Kid, Liz and Patty. Both were wearing a pink sleeveless gown that went down past their knees. Kid was wearing, (unfortunately, I thought, thinking he would look hilarious with HIS hair up, pink eyeshadow, ruby red lips, and high heels, in the same pink dress) a black tux with (symmetrical of course) a white skull as a tie. We talked politely until my bestie, Amika, told me I was needed on stage. The announcement was to happen momentarily. I nodded, bid farewell, and climbed up on stage. There was a mirror. I breathed on it so it would fog up. "52-52-564. Every time you want to knock on Death's Door." I say writing the number on the mirror. He appeared.
"Ready Kiddo?" He asked me.
"Don't call me that. Sounds too much like Kid." I turned around and there he was behind me. A smile specially reserved for me awaited me. I typically get ignored by him, but not tonight. The one day a year where Kid and I smile and laugh, pose for photos hugging each other. For Dad. I have secretly come to anticipate tonight, even though the past couple years I haven't been able to make a appearance.
"Show time," Kid whispered to me.
"Yup." I nodded. Then I walked forward to grab the mike. "Hello everyone!" I say getting everyone's attention. "How is everyone?" Cheering echoes, but I want to make this the best ever. I've always enjoyed public speaking. "I'm sorry? I can't hear you all. What do I need to do to get a decent cheer?"
Ox's partner, some annoying kid who is apparently a total pain in the butt said "Hire Medusa as a stripper!"
Laughter echoed. I laugh too, and I see Kid restrain a smile. "There's a couple things wrong with that. A) where am I to find Medusa, B) how am I supposed to get her to do it, I don't have THAT much money, and C) Why do you even want that?" I pull a face. "And what happen's if it's not symmetrical? I really DON'T feel like carrying him home tonight. So, let's try again. How's everyone doing?"
I plug my ears the cheering is so loud. "Ok, ouch. Not gonna do that again."
Laughter erupted and I heard Soul yell "you deserved it!"
"Yes, yes I did. Thanks for pointing that out Soul. Well, we've got a band, we've got some amazing food on the tables, and believe me, I've tried it, and I MAY have convinced the band to play cool music. I don't know, we'll see. Everyone dance like there's no tomorrow, because you never know, there may not be. Good Night, and I may just see you later depending on how long the nagging staff and students allow me to stay here!" I say and wave my hand at the band. I head to the back of the stage and talk to Lord Death. "So, how was I?"
He tilted his head which I learnt meant he was smiling. "You were amazing Athena. Just like your mother. She could get everyone so excited and made everything such fun. I'm glad you inherited that from her." My throat swells with pride. "You could do it again next year if you wish."
"Thanks dad. I may just do that. Well, I better run. This is the perfect place for Fyre to come get me, and since I'm technically not supposed to be here, I'm about to get my butt kicked." I walk away from him and jump through the crowd towards Maka and Soul.
"Nice observation Soul, By the way." I laugh when he looks up.
He laughs back. "It was pretty cool, wasn't it." He smiles. He wore a black tux, just like Kid's, but no ruffles on his white shirt and he had a regular black tie.
"Very." I turn to Maka. "Maka! You look AMAZING!" I say.
"This is what I wore last year, Athena," She smiles. "But thanks. I suppose you didn't see me in it though, because I changed out for the kishin battle."
"Did you notice how little people are here right now? I think there's a bunch of paranoid people running around. So not cool." Soul said.
And we're all laughing until someone comes up behind me and says "Nagging? Ouch. That hurts." I turn around to see Fyre giving me a Really Athena? You're Serious? stare. I curse. Maka and Soul laugh at my dismay.
"I suppose you're going to send me back to the infirmary now." I glare.
"Actually, no. I told Professor Stein that if it seemed like it meant the world to you, to let you go. He told me you snuck out though. Tsk Tsk Athena." He smiled and shuck his head.
The current song ended and Maka dragged Soul off to dance. He smiled and classically stuck his hand out as if I was a princess and he was my prince. "Shall we do the same?" He bowed.
I smiled. "Definitely."
We walked over to the dance floor. Tsubaki was the only one who wasn't dancing right now. Like last year, Black*Star was stuffing his face. Kid was dancing with Liz, and Patty was dancing with some boy I had never seen before.
It was a slow song now, and Fyre pulled me close. "Do you know how to slow dance?" He asked me.
"Of course. It's just step together, right foot, step together, left foot, step together, right?"
He smiles. "Yup."
"Is Professor Stein worried?" I ask as we turn towards the group our friends were dancing in. He stuck his arm out and I twirled. Then we were face to face again.
"I don't know. But we're not ruining this dance to find out. He's probably not, because you left a note and everything. I told him you could go, and the note said you knew what you were doing. "
"Ok." I said. It didn't bug me he didn't want this dance to end. To be honest, I didn't want it to end either. We had finally danced our way to our group of friends and we said a polite hello to everyone. Liz winked at me when Fyre wasn't looking, and I winked back. Patty and the other guy were in some deep conversation about giraffes, and I not dare interrupt Patty when she talks about giraffes. I just didn't feel like dying today.
Kid and Liz were dancing perfectly symmetrically, and I could tell Kid was having a great time. I turned my eyes back to Fyre. I twirled one last time, then all the partners in dance curtsied and bowed. The dance neither of use wanted to end, just did.
The next couple of hours went like this. I walked off, over to where the balcony was. I felt sick, and my headache began to become a migraine. Kid joined me shortly. He handed me a glass of water he had grabbed because he had noticed I wasn't looking so good. He hadn't even had time to reorganize them so they were symmetrical. So, he told me, he got Liz to do it. He didn't trust Patty. We continued to talk constantly. My brother's soul seemed to calm me down, and it seemed to make my migraine fade to nothing. I glanced at the clock. We had been talking for 2 hours. I pointed out that at this time we were fighting the kishin last year. My brother smiled, and asked me if he could dance with me after this song was over. I smiled back, and readily excepted his offer.
We danced perfectly, and I tried to keep us as symmetrical as possible. Kid must have noticed my efforts, because he said nothing when I would screw up the dance I didnt want to end either, and it seemed it lasted longer than the last. When we finished, I was about to offer another dance, (and I think he was going to do the same) but Amika, (who had a major crush on Kid) asked Kid to dance.
She was symmetrical, how could he say no? At that point, I met up with Maka and we went to have dinner. It was past 10 now, I was starving. While we were eating, I noticed Professor Stein on the other side of the room. I smiled and waved, he nodded in my direction. After we were done, Fyre asked Maka to dance and Soul asked me to dance. Black*Star was staring and laughing, so it was probably a dare. A quick glare from Fyre and Soul stopped that. It wasn't a slow dance anymore, even though we were doing those types of moves. The tempo picked up, and we were moving quickly. It was fun, sure, but tiring. I wanted to give up, but you never give up in a dance. Like how you never give up in a fight with a kishin. We finnaly finished. I curtsied low, smiled, and bid him farewell. I went over to talk to Tsubaki.
I thanked her again for letting me get ready at her place. She said it was no problem and we started to laugh at Black*Star dancing with Liz, just because there was such a height difference. Fyre and Soul thought it was funny too. It was all fun and games until Professor Stein said it was late, and I should head back to my room. I started to debate with him, and Fyre came over to see what was wrong. It was past 11 by that time, and he agreed. Time for me to leave. I weaved through the crowd, saying goodbye to all my friends. I even went up on stage to say goodbye to dad. I walked back to my room, Fyre by my side. I went to the girls shower room, a big no roof, swimming pool like place.I had by shower and when I came back to the change room, clothes awaited me on the bench. I quickly got dressed, checked myself in the mirror, then headed to my room.
It wasn't 11. It was barely 10. They had set the clocks there back so that we would all go to bed earlier. I knew some parties went past 2am. fyre had lied to me. I was filled to the top with anger.
I ran the remaining distance to my room. "What the hell Fyre?! It's only 10:15!"
"Yes, but you had to sit outside because of your condition, yes? I got Professor Stein to set the clocks back without touching any of them. Not to cause suspicion. It's crazy. We shouldn't be up this late."
"We're 19! We're supposed to be crazy, out of control teens who are saying goodbye to the reckless days! I was having so much fun! I was talking with Tsubaki, and dancing with everyone, and I looked amazing" I said, but was interrupted.
"That's a bit cocky, don't you think?" He frowned.
"You don't understand. There probably won't be a next year for me." I look away from his eyes, and I feel tears welling up in them.
"Athena. . ." He got up out of his chair and walked over to me.
"How many times this year I've almost released. . . . and shown everyone . . . . and if the meisters don't kill me . . . . . . I'm sure the kishins will" I sob into my hands.
He wraps his arms around me. "Ok, none of that made sence, but it's gonna be alright."
"You don't know me Fyre. You know all on the outside, but none on the inside. If you knew half my story, you would have killed me yourself, and eaten my soul. It all has to do with my blood line,"
"You're a reaper. See, I do know you." He was struggling, I could sence it.
"Half reaper. My mother was one of a kind, and was killed because of who her parents were. And I'll get killed because of who my mom is. So many times Fyre. So many times I've lied to you. And, I swear to god, I wish I could just stop."