When we arrived at the cave the rotom gang and I had stashed my friends and their brothers at, I found my friends sitting by a fire and talking to the three brothers. Ok so maybe this won't be as hard as I thought!
When Lizeth first saw Connor and Noctowl, she ran to them and screamed " I thought you were dead! I'm so happy you're alive! What happened to you guys?"
Looking back I saw Lance and Carl's faces both ecstatic and filled with joy. However, Samuels face was more than unpleased. Looking me straight in the eyes, face hard, he said "You lied to us. Why?"
I struggled for an answer. What was I supposed to say to him? I had said his best friend for years and this father figure were both killed by a gang of thieves. Yet here they were chatting it along just as happy as can be. I filtered through my mind and finally sealed in on the sarcastic approach. "Why can't you just be happy their alive? I'm it's not like I said the world was going to explode."
He squinted his eyes even more and snarled at me then stormed off towards the others. Out of all the people I had expected to be mad, he was one of my least concerns. Go figure. When I walked up and joined the conversation I had expected it to be pleasant seeing as how Connor and Noctowl had been sitting peacefully by a fire with the three brothers, or at least I thought they had. They were all arguing saying horrid things to each other, but what struck me most was no one even stopped for a second to ask why or what they were doing here and not in the ground with a tomb stone over there head.
'Should I continue to let them argue, or stop them? Even if I did manage to stop them, how would I start?' I was brought back to the painful reality by Noctowl. Finally someone decided to find out the truth, only how was I supposed to tell them without them getting pissed at me?
I was lost, in a no win situation. How could I tell them, but how could I not. Why? Why did the rotom gang have to meddle with my life? Finally Noctowl spoke again, asking the same question. He wanted to know what to do from here. But he didn't even know what happened prior to this moment. He's so strange.
Looking down I told home the truth. "I don't know." I didn't. How could I have been so naive. I didn't even think this out thoroughly.
"Why? This was obviously your doing seeing as how your completely ignoring the huge fray to our right. So what is it Effiel, where will you chose to go from here." Noctowl seemed so calm. He acted as if this had happened to him before. But then again, I know nothing about the man, something like this very well could have happened to him before.
"I don't know, what would you do?" I asked, seeing as how I needed help. Help from my very unusual group of friends. They weren't much but they got me through the days, they helped me when I needed them, and they take care of me like Nancy did. They were there for me. They were always there, and they always will be. I shouldn't be afraid to tell them the truth, whether they like it or not they will trust me and they will be there to support me.
It's sad really, how it took me a little more than a month to understand this. They were my family now, they were the people that trust, love, and care for me as I do the same for them. There are holes in our relationships, holes which I thought couldn't exist with people you really care about, but I have holes with Nancy to. Does that mean there are holes in every relationship? No, it doesn't, but that doesn't mean there can't be any holes in one either.
I had completely zoned out and when Noctowl spoke I was startled by the voice of another. He spoke with such certainty, certainty I could only hope to gain. "It doesn't matter what I would do next, what matters is what you will do next." Then he lifted his head and nodded towards the bickering group, whether they were the rotom gang or not, they were apart of this family too, and they deserved to be treated like one.
I shot towards the middle of the raging battle and pushed both sides apart. They all seemed startled by my sudden movement towards the middle and that gave me the chance I needed.
"These are our new friends, the three youngest brothers of the rotom gang. Say hi, cause their gonna be traveling with us for a while." I told the sternly and watched there faces for any sign of displeasure. Scanning the area they all seemed taken aback from my comment, all except Noctowl. He was...smiling? Noctowl never smiled. I had made him proud, something that doesn't come easy
I looked back and saw that the others had finished processing what I had just said. Most of their faces were still a bit shocked but had some concern to them, then a little bit of hope. Lizeth had adventure written all over her face, she seemed pleased and ready fort eh new challenge that awaits.
Samuels was harsh and stern. He didn't like the idea, come to think of it he had been harsh from the beginning. He didn't like the rotom gang. Why?
