Nine awoke with silence. He peered over at his clock, which read 10:31 AM, Sunday. No school, and it seemed like everyone else had work to attend to. He yawned, and walked out of his room and down to the kitchen, where the twins and Seven were, watching some movie on TV. "Uh, hey," He said weakly to the trio. They turned around and Seven rasped, "Yo." Nine was surprised. Seven looked awful, she had dark bags under her eyes, messy hair, and dried snot on her face. "Uh, Seven...you alright?" Seven nodded quickly. "Oh, sure. Just stayed up really late last night," Nine was suspicious that she was hiding something, and his suspicions came true as he was pouring milk into a bowl and Three scrambled over with a note that said, "She was drinking heavily last night. Poor girl could barely walk. I had to help her." Nine rubbed his face, finished making his cereal, and confronted Seven; the twins hurrying back to their room to give the duo some space. "I heard you were drinking again." even choked on her water and flicked the TV off. "Three told you, huh?" Nine nodded. "Why, Seven? Are you still upset over..?" Nine didn't have to finish his sentence to get the point across.
"Yes, Nine, I am still upset that my sister died. I hope that's okay with you." Seven spat. "Seven, don't be a bitch. I know you're going through a hard time, but as your friend I won't allow you to abuse yourself and be a jerk to everyone." Seven's expression softened, and tears glinted in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Nine. Jinx was so close to me...and you're right, being upset does not authorize me to be an asshole to my friends and drink until my liver shuts down." She sighed, and pulled Nine into a tight hug with her strong arms. He blushed, and hugged her back. "Y'know what? We should go do something. Like...I dunno, see a movie? I want to see Logan. You up for that?" Seven asked. Nine nodded. "Sure!" The duo chatted cheerily as they climbed into Seven's car and raced off to the movie theater. Two and a half hours later the pair were sobbing and shoveling uneaten popcorn into their mouths to help cope with the death of Logan. "I can't believe he's dead!" Choked Seven. "Now all we have left is Laura and her friends!" Added an equally depressed Nine. However, when the two got home looking like absolute messes to their friends, the others immediately assumed something had happened.
"Seven, is it about Jinx?" Five asked. "No! It's about Logan! He's dead!" She shouted, curling into a weeping ball by the staircase. They all looked alarmed, but Nine calmed them. "We went to go see that new movie, Logan. Turns out he dies at the end." Relieved, they all went back to doing whatever they had been doing, with One mumbling, "Thanks for spoiling the movie." Eight chuckled with Six, Five, and Two at Nine trying to comfort Seven. They knew that the two might end up a couple, and it seemed to be happening. "Shh, it's all right, Seven," Nine cooed, which relaxed Seven enough that she tightly hugged him- much to the delight of the others- and got herself a bowl of ice cream. With that, she squeezed onto the couch beside Nine and the twins to watch whatever was on. The reporter on the television was talking about the grand opening of a new store at the mall- a stuffed animal shop- before switching to the weather. Seven paused the TV. "A new Build-A-Bear at the mall..?" She whispered to herself. "Hey, anyone wanna go shopping?"
A/N: Seven really likes stuffed animals for whatever reason. More about that in the next chapter! By the way, I'm super sorry for the delay on this! I haven't really gotten into a writing mood in a while.