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Hello everyone.

Wow! I've been so bad at updating this whole spring. I updated How they ended up in care February the fourth. Then I've posted a oneshot for Harry Potter. And the other week I wrote a piece in memory of my grandmother who passed away. And then I updated when I returned and that's it.

Now, on the last of April here's a chapter.

Anyway, writing this I haven't started the actual chapter yet. But I guess I will now and hopefully, reading this I hope you like it.

After all, I and Kenny when we didn't know each other to get caught up in and get to know each other. And as soon as we had a break we were chattering like Chatty Kathy herself. Or worse.

We just didn't seem to run out of things to talk about…

"Well…" Kenny got up first. "This is my stop."

"Yeah." I agreed. "I'll… hear with my parents later on what they would think of that dinner… see you tomorrow."

"Tomorrow!"

When the bus started moving again I could hear my earlier "friends" talking about me in the back of the bus not far away from me. But for some reason I just couldn't give anything about it, we all got off at the next stop and I didn't mind even looking in their direction when I walked up to my house where I could see both of their cars, as well as Sam's.

Sometimes, seeing cars like this I would be wondering what kind of car I would have if I could ever have one. But not even that wondering took over today, remembering how Sam had reacted only earlier today…

Still, if Sam was protective, it would be nothing compared to how my parents could be. And when I entered the house and saw her, she sent me a meaning look.

They all knew who Kenny was, and knowing myself there would be no way I could lie only to keep the peace for just one day.

"Anthonio." Dad greeted just as I came inside and he came from the kitchen. "Welcome home…"

"So that's…" Mum came too into the room and I could at the same time see Sam who was behind him. "…a first day at high school. Oh… it was only yesterday you were born, so tiny. And here you are… will any of your friends be joining us for dinner?" I hesitated before I answered, but Sam sent me a meaning look.

"Anthony made a new friend today already… didn't you Anthony? I saw you together several times."

"Already?" Dad questioned with a smile. "Who?"

I didn't even know what about this made me so nervous. But it was just that about everything that had happened…

But Sam sent me another meaning look, and I knew she'd say it if I tried to find some way to drag on it.

"Kenny."

Both mum and dad froze in their moves, while I tried to think of anything to say to what they would be thinking about this- I was old enough to decide about my own friends after all.

"I…" Chozen had too joined us in the room and I could see he remembered who Kenny was too. "…not sure that's a good idea." Both mum and dad nodded agreeing with him.

"To say the least…" Dad lowered his voice. "Do you remember…."

Oh! I remembered!

"So, what do you want us to do? Stay like you and Mr. Lawrence and still be fighting forty, fifty years from now." I looked towards Chozen quickly and suddenly remembered something. "Or not meet each other again, at all for just years and years. Not even knowing I the other person might ki…."

"WE GET IT."

Dad more or less yelled out three words to interrupt me, but it was replaced by a silence so thick a knife could have cut through it.

"Well…" Mum I could tell was trying to find something else to talk about. "Will any of your friends be joining us for dinner? Marcus or Zack or Slade?"

I would know this was far from the last time I was hearing about my old friends. But somehow now, tired after everything new today and with everything going on I couldn't find any words to tell them too.

"I…" I hesitated. "I don't think they… well, we won't be…" I could spot on both mum and dad they understood what I was trying to tell them and mum suddenly looked very sad. "Anyway, I guess things are… changing… One thing that will never change though. Will be how much mum worries… kidding, kidding, only kidding."

Not anywhere near… I knew mum cared and that was why she worried so much for me rather than for Sam nor anyone else.

"We don't want you to get hurt."

The thoughts of Kenny attacking me in the locker room flashed by as I was going to say that if there would be no way Kenny hurt me.

"I…" I hesitated. "I really think that the way where anyone… everyone will get hurt will be if things just go on like they did." I could suddenly feel the smell of tonight's dinner and was reminded of anything else I could mention. "I invited him to come with us for that dinner in two weeks… and it seemed like he wanted to come." I was still only met by four pairs of eyes looking towards me. "I… Come on, am I sure about this? No. But the least we could do is give this a chance… now come on, what's for dinner?"

Give it a chance, give Kenny a chance and a friendship. I knew very well no one had ever been so worried with Sam and people she was friends or enemies with.

But there were those details I had just told Kenny about…

And I knew for a fact if there was anyone who wouldn't forget about them it would be my mum.

She only cared I knew. But with how everything already felt confusing I just wished there wasn't that little part too.

Random fact

I was noticing that it honestly seemed as if I was making Kenny and Anthony into a couple. Now- I'm really not. Please do not believe that.