Adrienne walked with Ally. She seemed calm and cool, while Adrienne was freaking out. She continued to ask the same questions in her head. What if she failed to kill these huge beasts? What if they killed her?
You'd be dead, stupid. She told herself again.
"So how long have you been a mew?" asked Ally, relieving Adrienne of her stress.
"Um…a day…I think." She was unsure of herself at the moment. Ally nodded. She seemed to know what to say and when to say it.
They arrived at the home, and Ally started heavy breathing. "You go first." She pushed Adrienne inside.
They arrived at the lilac door, Adrienne first, Ally last. "Look who finally showed up. I've been worried sick." Sara paused. "It's Friday!" She said with sudden excitement.
Ally jumped with everyone else. "Friday is gift giving day. It's Marianna's turn to give us all a gift."
Adrienne looked like a confused girl who lost her mother in the supermarket. She pushed a strand of blonde hair behind her ear.
Marianna handed each of the girls a gift. They tore the paper of the box like there was no tomorrow, all but Adrienne, that is.
"Well, are you going to open it, or what?" She questioned.
Adrienne opened the gift timidly, as if everyone would critique the way she opened it. She opened the box to find a chocker at the bottom. It was yellow, and had a little monkey on the end.
"Thanks." She choked on words. Marianna shrugged it off.
"Girls! Time for dinner!" shouted Kayla. Adrienne remembered that her mother always cooked the best meals. Now that she was gone…
She wasn't gone. At least it seemed like it. Was it all a dream? Adrienne rolled up her sleeve. There was a small scar from one of her battles.
She wasn't gone.
Meanwhile
Morimoto sat in his headquarters, an abandoned tree house. He had placed pictures of the girl he had just faced. She was beautiful, and a little bit stubborn, but hey, who's complaining?
He sighed. "Morimoto! Get to work." Came a voice from what looked like a walkie talkie.
"Yeah, yeah whatever." He said pretending to look busy. When he was sure his walkie talkie was off, he stared at the photographs again.
"Adrienne." He whispered, mesmerized. "What a lovely name."
After that meanwhile
Sara was the first to finish eating. She eats like a pig, thought Adrienne, watching the horror of Sara's mouth, chew and swallow, chew and swallow.
"May I be excused?" asked Sara, politely, compared to her eating rudely. Not everyone wanted to see what the food would look like in her mouth.
"Yes you may." Said Kayla, who looked concerned. Adrienne guessed that since she was a foster mother, she could be concerned of the things that didn't reach the surface.
Soon after everyone had eaten, they all sat in the room with the tantrum walls. "So, like how was everyone's like day?" asked Sara. Everyone nodded. Sara continued.
"So did everyone know I met a mondo guy?" Everyone shook their heads. "He helped me pick up a few books. He's so kind. He's sweet, and observing."
Everyone, by this point, didn't care. They told her goodnight, except Mariana. She talked with Sara. They were pretty good friends.
Adrienne found herself humming to an old tune. 'I've got rhythm, I've got music, I've got my friends, who could ask for anything more?'
A/n. I know it's a pretty short chapter, but I have been focused more on my life at the moment.