Ok so I know it's been over a year but I can explain. (Last updated April 7, 2015? omg) I'm back and with more chapters! And, like, an actual buffer lmao.

I'm going to try and start updating again, but monthly this time rather than weekly. Hopefully that's more manageable for me. :)

Anyway I'm back with another chapter, so enjoy me being off hiatus! :D

"So, what was that all about?" I said, standing in front of the group. I folded my arms, hoping that I looked stubborn enough to get answers.

Evan stared at me for a moment before laughing, just a chuckle. Then it turned into a full-blown belly laugh, so loud that down the street, heads were turned.

I winced, realizing this was what I had done last night. However, I didn't back down. I needed answers.

"S-sorry," he said, still laughing a bit, "It's just… were you really not listening? Oh wait, you might have been… ha ha…" He wiped a tear from his eye.

"Sorry," Andy said, stepping forward. She seemed like she was trying not to laugh, as well, and she was doing a better job of it than Evan. "We kind of maybe forgot you were new to our group."

I raised an eyebrow in confusion, wondering what she was talking about. I said so, not putting down my arms.

She grinned, although obviously not to put me at ease. "He's a little too relieved, huh? Anyway, what we were talking about was something we dealt with just a little while ago." she replied to me.

"What were you dealing with?" I said, slowly.

"Monster Blood!" Kermit said, jumping to the front of the group. It startled all of us, and was pretty embarrassing for me. I yelped like a dog, and if I had a tail then, it would have gotten tucked between my legs.

"What the heck is… Monster Blood?" I growled, opting not to yell at Kermit for that. Just a warning to everyone out there: you don't scare werewolves unless you know what you're in for!

Kermit ignored the danger he was so blissfully unaware of. "Monster Blood is a substance that I have yet to identify, which has properties that involve it being able to grow, and, if inside another substance or object, make that grow as well. It was cursed by—"

Evan and Andy smacking him on the back of the head at the same time interrupted him.

"Tell him our whole life story, huh?!" Andy snapped at him, hands on her hips.

"Stop with the big words, you're confusing him," Evan drawled, obviously trying to suppress an angry glare.

"Uh, actually…" I said, trying to diffuse the situation. Three pairs of eyes twitched towards me, boring down. I gulped, suppressing the instinct to start a staring contest. If one of them broke eye contact, even inadvertently, that would leave me subconsciously bossing them around. I continued, carefully. "I could understand him, and all that was actually quite… interesting." I smiled that I came up with a good excuse. I hoped that my bad writing skills didn't apply to my lying skills.

All of them stared at me for a moment longer, just blinking, as if they forgot how to do anything else.

Then Evan laughed. Andy and Kermit's head's snapped towards him, giving him confused looks.

"Heh, sorry, I'm laughing a lot, aren't I?" He said to the both of them. Andy just nodded, giving him a deadpan look. "Well, it's just… this guy reminds me of someone else."

My eyes widened, just a little. Please tell me this guy wasn't going to tell anyone about me now?

Thankfully, he dropped it there, and we continued our walk, me exhausted from panic. It had been just a moment of uncertainty, but it had felt like forever. We chatted, walking down the street, Kermit spouting scientific terms like a pro. The trio told me what Monster Blood was when I asked again, but refused to tell me their history with it other than an "it was bad" from Andy.

We finally ran into my hotel, and I saw that my parents were packing up. I looked at my phone, and gasped. It was nearly 3:00! I had missed lunch, and my parents were getting ready to leave!

I ran up to them, worried about their reactions. Are they going to be mad? Oh, please don't be mad… I thought, quickly coming up to my parents. I stood up straight as I could, trying not to look scared of my parents.

Thankfully, they were barely paying attention. "Hi Grady, go pack," was the most either of them said. Emily's head was stuck in her phone, opting to ignore me while our parents tried to stuff their things into the car around hers.

"So this is your family?" I spun around at the voice, eyes wide. I relaxed when I realized it was just Evan. Then the thought that he suspected had me scrambling for control over my reflexes- I held back a flinch, knowing it could be a huge tell if I tensed.

"Yeah, this is them," I said, opting for a simple smile. The two behind him stepped up, both smiling.

"It was nice to meet you!" Kermit piped up, grinning. "I certainly had fun."

"Same here," Andy said, elbowing the youngest of the three. Kermit glared at her.

Evan gave me a strange look, like he wanted to get out of there but he didn't. "Maybe we'll see each other again?" he said, looking hopefully at me.

I shrugged. "Maybe," I said, sure that we would. I mean, come on, we're pen pals now, right? We'll eventually see each other again.

"Cool. Oh! Can I give you my email?" he said, seeming to realize the option. I wondered how he hadn't thought of that earlier.

I was about to say, "I already have it," but I realized that that would sound really weird. Instead, I said, "Let me give you mine instead. I'm bad about returning emails."

Evan grinned. "Great!" A minute later, my real email was scribbled on a piece of paper and pen from Kermit's pocket.

We parted ways, me with a 'new' friend, and him with another of my emails.