Friends are for Life
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade, or it's characters.
"I was afraid you weren't going to make it" Kenny said cheerfully.
Hillary shook her head and smiled.
"It's been a long time Kenny, but not that long" She'd grown a lot in the past five years. She was taller, and more adult looking for one thing. Her hair was still short and layered, but her face occupied a new forlorn look on it that Kenny couldn't recall seeing before.
"Well, come in please" he said as he ushered her inside.
"Did you do all these decorations yourself?"
"Mhmm"
"Wow" she breathed. He took her jacket and led her into the living room. The silence stretched out for awhile before Hillary spoke. "So... I guess I'm the first one here then... You, you look different then I remember."
"Oh, really. You too."
" Errrmm... thanks. So who else did you invite?" She asked politely.
"Everyone, you haven't talked to them at all have you?" Hillary laughed hollowly.
" Ofcourse not. You're the first person I've seen since then Kenny."
"Oh."
They sat together in silence for awhile, simply listening and waiting. After about five minutes the doorbell rang. Kenny excused himself and went to answer it.
"Ray! Marium! You guys made it! Did you come together?" Kenny exclaimed at the two. Ray shook his head,
"No, we just happened to arrive at the same time, and I think I saw Max and Salima behind us" Marium said. Things were turning out better than Kenny expected. Ray entered the living room before Marium and waved at Hillary as if they'd never met before. He'd grown much taller, and his face had a new sharpness to it. Hillary could easily imagine him hiding under a rock for the past five years, concentrating on beyblading only. Marium didn't wave to Hillary, but sat quietly. She looked splendid, with her long hair down and shining. The three of them sat in the living room in silence, waiting for Kenny and the others. Kenny greeted Max and Salima happily. Max nodded kindly, but the cheerful look had been lost from his eyes. He was older and more solemn. Salima on the other hand seemed positively excited to see Kenny. She smiled her wonderful smile, brushing her long hair from her forehead. When the six of them were all seated in the living room things got really strange. Ray and Max wouldn't make eye contact, Hillary occasionally glared at Salima, who, just kept on smiling. Kenny was feeling the most awkward out of all of them, he sat staring at everyone, occasionally laughing nervously. So things were off to a bad start.
Max glanced around the room again, skipping Ray, when his eyes fell on Marium. There sat the girl that had been haunting his dreams for the past five years. She locked eyes with him suddenly, and smiled. He returned the favor and blushed.
Kenny desperately wished someone would say something... anything.
"So, how's everyone been?" He asked at last.
"Fine" the majority replied in unison. Kenny cringed on the inside at the horror of it all when the doorbell rang again.
"I'll go see who that is!" He said a little more enthusiastically then intended. At the door he was surprised to find Tyson, Mariah, Kane and, trailing behind, Kai. "Guys! You're here!"
"Hey Kenny" Tyson said. Kenny took all their jackets and led them to the living room. He was ecstatic! Things were beginning to look up, now all he needed was them to talk to each other.
Ray sighed as more people entered the room silently. He honestly didn't see the point in all of this. Then she came in and his heart skipped a beat. She'd grown taller, and thinner. Her hair was down, and her bangs had grown out. She seemed to glow like some kind of angel, but she wouldn't look at him, no matter how much he tried to make eye contact.
Kai trailed in last. It was weird being around all these people that he hadn't seen in years. They all looked older, and more accomplished, for the most part atleast. He wondered what the use was, trying to fix everything, dragging up the past. He sat down, adding to the silence.
Kenny laughed again, and looked at them all. There were so many people missing.
"So... I guess this is everyone who decided to show up?" He asked. For the most part they nodded. "Well... I uurrr... have to go check on the pizza." He said and quickly left.
The rest of them stared off into space for awhile. When Kenny finally returned, he couldn't stand it for another second. "Alrite! That's it! If one of you doesn't say something, you're ALL getting kicked out!" They all stared at him with shocked faces, but not a single one made a sound. " Fine then! Be that way! But tell me one thing! What were you fighting about in the first place!" The room became deadly silent as Kenny stared them all down. Then suddenly, a noise. It was... laughter? They all turned their heads to see Tyson reeling with laughter. "What's so funny!" Kenny yelled. Tyson caught his breath and said,
"Kenny I don't even remember what we were fighting about, and I doubt anyone else does" Tyson looked around the room with the same question in his eyes, and before long, they were all laughing at their own ignorance. After a few long moments, Kenny turned up the music,
"I'll go get the pizza" he said.