. . .I. . . am. . . so . . .sorry! Things have so hectic around my house lately, my Dad was in the hospital and had to get another stint in his heart and now my mom won't let me eat that many sweets because the heart problems are hereditary and she thinks me and my brothers might have something wrong with us too! But I feel fine Mom! Just one snickers? ONE? A HALF OF A SNICKERS THEN! T~T... I'm sorry didn't mean to rant. I've also had exams and EOC's to go through, I've passed all of them by the way (it's just the grades I'm worried about even though I've been told I've done pretty well the whole year :D). Anyways, I tried my hardest with this chapter and I think you all might want to kill me at the end because of a certain thing happening.

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So without anymore delay...it's chapter...*insert about-as-long-as-it-took-me-to-update drum roll here* 30!

~Molly's POV~

"No way!" Dylan exclaimed again and my eyes immediately searched frantically around the room. I needed a scapegoat! My eyes landed on the table that held the refreshments and small snacks.

"Oh, nice seeing you again but I'm really thirsty. Got here late last night so I didn't get a chance to eat, ya know? Hahahaha." I said and headed for the refreshments table. The song, "I Don't Want To Be In Love" by Good Charlotte came on.

"Now if that doesn't describe how I feel with a certain chef..." I thought before a hand grabbed my right one.

"Whoa, slow down there Molly! Where's the rush?" Dylan's darkly friendly voice came from behind me. He was acting like we were all pally just a momentago.

I felt my heart begin to pound in fear.

"Just...really thirsty." I said and tried to pull away but Dylan spun me around.

"You should come say hi to everyone first." He said with a smile.

A twinge of the confidence that I had gained from Castanet edged into my conscious.

"Dylan, who is everyone? If you don't remember, I was treated as an outcast by just about every guy here. Girls were afraid to hang out with me because there was some sort of speculation that being my friend would get them harassed as well. Oh, and did I mention that I was nearly raped by that horrible, shameless, inhumane-"

"Nice to see you too." I heard a man with an eerily nice voice from behind me. I turned and I could feel my eyes bug out.

"Preston Drune! It's been too long!" Dylan said to the dark-haired, green-eyed monster that was the main cause to my fear of men.

"Dylan Sarrant? Way too long! I see you've met up with Molly already." He said and my mouth dropped open slightly. Were they just acting like they hadn't really screwed my life over more than it already had been?

"Yeah, but she's being a little rude. Just walking off before even greeting anyone." Dylan said.

Preston raised an eyebrow and smirked.

"Really now?" He looked to me with a confused look.

"It's almost the same as when you left too. Didn't even say a word." He said.

I was getting a really bad feeling about this.

"I-uh..."

"You're dressed nicely tonight." Preston pointed out and I swept a lock of hair behind my left ear.

"Thanks...um...hi." I said weakly.

They both laughed, warm-heartedly too.

"Molly, it's okay. I don't bite." Preston said and I stared at him. He was smiling with what looked like sincerity...so why did I have this uncertainty. I looked away and found myself biting my lip. A habit that I hadn't developed until Preston's molestation.

I turned to Dylan...he actually seemed more trustworthy than Preston. I looked down at my open toed shoes and clenched my hands. I was shocked when I felt someone else's hand in my right one and realized that Dylan hadn't let go of my hand yet. I slipped my lip from between my teeth and looked up quickly at Dylan who had, of course, noticed my actions. He looked surprised at me, like pure, innocent surprise. Before I could do anything, he tightened his hand around mine and gave me a smile before turning back to Preston.

"You can go ahead and take a seat with everyone else at our reserved table. I'll take Molly to get a drink." He said and Preston put a hand to his chin.

"I don't know...I kinda want to take her to get a drink instead..." He said and the two stared at each other for a moment before laughing heartily.

Preston finally took a breath.

"Yeah, but sure. I'll see you in a bit." He said and Dylan gave him a nod in good bye. I was then lead to a table with an avast spread of drinks. Not caring what I grabbed, I picked up the nearest drink energetically.

"You like orange juice?" Dylan asked me and I looked at the cup in my hand to realize I did pick up the vitamin C rich drink.

"I would say that I liked it more by...affiliation." I responded a little dreamily (darn reminders of Chase)!

"Huh? I don't get it." He said.

"That's fine."

Since you don't need to.

"Right...well since you have your drink, would you care to accompany me to the table?" He asked, holding out a hand for me to take.

Not being able to come up with any other excuse, I reluctantly took his hand and let myself be lead to a table that had many people talking.

"Hello there, would you care for the Reunion Agenda?" I heard from beside me and turned to see the Vice President of the SGA, Nathan Chalante. He had Dark blue hair and glasses, but it went well with his appearance and equally dark blue eyes. I took it hesitantly before he went on.

"It's the information for each day of the reunion, so I'm sure it'll be hand-" He stopped short, looked at me, then at Dylan with questioning eyes.

"Is this-"

"Yup, she actually came." Dylan responded. What was I, some sort of exhibit? I looked to the side at the same time that Preston looked up from his spot to acknowledge Dylan who gave a nod of his head back to his friend. (When did they become friends again)?

Preston looked over to the DJ that was on the stage and made a motion that told the man to stop the music. As soon as he did, the auditorium was in a hush. One person at the table made a tap on their glass to get everyone's attention and sure enough everyone got quiet. Dylan cleared his throat a little and was handed a microphone, a spotlight was place on him. I went to sit down but he stopped me from doing so by gently tugging at my arm.

"Hello all, it's nice to see everyone again!" Dylan said and people automatically started to cheer. He held a hand up and you could still hear a view "whoo Dylan"'s in the back of the crowd. Dylan chuckled and tugged on me some more. I wanted to ask him what the deal was but...I mean...would you do that if faced with someone who scared you half to death?

"We're here to welcome back someone who suddenly disappeared a while ago. While the rest who moved away stayed in contact with at least one person from our graduating class, this person broke off all contact, moved to a far away island, and left no trace or sign as to where they were going." He started and my heart began to beat as my former classmates began to murmur, probably confused.

"Who is it?"

"Probably no one that important." A few people said.

"No, no. This person is a very important part of our reunion. It took forever to find them, and, trust me if you saw them right now you probably won't recognize them. A few of you probably saw them and thought "who was that"? I know I did." He said and everyone, excluding me, shared a laugh.

"C'mon Dylan! Who is it?"

"Yeah, who?" Girls and guys alike called out to him. A grin crossed his face as he tugged me into the light.

"Molly Withard, our class' Valedictorian everyone!" He exclaimed and handed me the microphone. I froze instantly as I saw many faces seem to gawk in surprise.

"Um...hello." I muttered into the mike and a few people waved at me, probably drunk from whatever alcohol they were served. I looked around and realized that Dylan must have been putting me on display. "The girl who no one liked" was obviously the title.

"It's...a pleasure to be here tonight." I started and loud mutters broke out.

"Is that really her?"

"Where did she go?"

"Who invited her back?"

I cringed at the last remark.

"I didn't really want to come ya know..." I grumbled and looked to my left at the table Dylan had lead me to. I spotted Abigail Hornsky, the Salutatorian and looked back at the crowd nervously.

"A-and now a word from our Salutatorian, Abigail Hornsky!" I proclaimed and shoved the mike in her hand before hurrying to the door of the auditorium.

Shouts and hollers for her buzzed in my ears, no one cared that I was back so it didn't matter. Running through the nostalgic hallways of the high school, I somewhat lost my sense of direction and I stumbled into a doorway.

I stood there to catch my breath for a moment. Looking around, I noticed that I was in the Home Ec room, strangely enough, the smell of food was coming from the Foods classroom at the end of the hallway. I stepped a little closer and could nearly make out a voice...I could tell it was a man.

"That voice sounds very familiar..." I murmured when someone suddenly spun me around to face them.

My burnt sienna hues met with Dylan's hazel ones, he seemed (for lack of a better word) pissed. I tried gently tugging away from him, but his grip hardened around my arm.

"Ow...stop." I muttered.

"Don't tell me to stop. What the hell was that? You can't just run out on your speech like that!" Dylan said pretty loudly.

"Speech?"

"Yes, speech! You were supposed to make a welcome back speech!"

I didn't know what to do as Dylan continued to scold me. I was getting nervous, and scared. Shakily, I swiped at a piece of hair and felt Chase's clips in my hair. I suddenly looked back, remembering all the support and comfort I received from him...

...I didn't feel so alone here anymore.

My blood boiled and I looked at him defiantly.

"Well excuuuse me (Princess XDD) but no one alerted me that I would have to be addressing every single person who pretty much hated me!" I shouted, wrenching my hand from his grip.

Dylan looked at me as if I was some foreign object. He opened his mouth to speak but I cut him off.

"No! Just...just don't even speak to me! I will maybe see you tomorrow! Goodnight!" I shouted before quickly walking past him and through the halls until I exited the building.

It was dark out, and I would rather risk my chances with a random taxi-cab driver than someone on the streets. I walked to the curb, taking in the city lights before whistling for a cab. Quite a few stopped actually, but I picked the one closest to me, if I didn't then they would all just speed off before I chose one.

I told the man where to take me and I silently looked out the window for the rest of the trip. The city lights shone, and I found myself wanting to explore the wealthier part of the city, the par t I never got to go because of where I lived and how I lived. I sighed, getting back to my hotel room would be safer. I knew this place too well to think something wouldn't happen to me if I went out by myself.

Upon arriving back at the hotel, I saw Kevin getting ready to go out, he spotted me almost immediately and gave me a worried look.

"Hey, you're back all ready? It's only been about and hour and a half." He said. I gave him a smile.

"Yeah, well, I guess I just got a little bored." I lied.

He quirked an eyebrow at me, a question all ready forming in his eyes. I held my hand up and gave him a kind glance.

"Please, don't ask… you may find out sooner than you think." I said.

My plea only made him even more curious than before, no doubt. Despite that, he stayed quiet and offered a kind smile, allowing me to make my way up to my room in peace.

I took the elevator up and found myself staggering to my hotel room door from either exhaustion or relief them my first day of the reunion was over…I'll pick the latter.

I realized I was crushing something in my hand, so I looked down and saw the piece of paper the Vice President gave me right before I left out. I looked it over and found the times and locations that were scheduled for the rest of our reunion, huffing with exasperation at our next escapade for tomorrow.

"The park? No one in our yearhas been to the park since…4th grade." I murmured, though I couldn't help but laugh a bit.

Back then, things that I went through seemed like things you would only see on T.V, or in a book.

"Maybe it won't be so bad…" I thought aloud while preparing myself for bed.

~Chase's POV~

"Look at how much high quality ingredients they've got here, Chase!" Maya exclaimed excitedly.

The school had let us use their Foods Classroom for preparation after we had found out that the stuff Yolanda needed for cooking was not available in the cafeteria.

Yolanda gave a hearty laugh.

"Maya, I'm sure it looks very similar to his own fridge." She responded.

I chuckled a little; nothing's funnier than the truth, right?

"Even so! I didn't think they'd go all out for a reunion! I can't wait to see their faces when they eat it!" Maya gave a giddy face.

"Which reminds me, is Maya the only server we have?" I asked a little concerned.

"Are you implying I might screw this up?" Maya asked shocked. I held a hand up in dismissal.

"Despite your cooking abilities, you're a great waitress and have astounding people skills when it comes to serving consumers. But even you can't handle this much of a crowd on your own." I admitted.

Maya beamed at me. Well my praise of her wasn't going to help me break up with her gently.

"This is true…so how about you help her?" Yolanda suggested.

My face blanked, I wasn't much of a people person.

"That's actually a great idea!" Maya concurred.

I wasn't in the mood to oppose their suggestion.

"Anyway," I cleared my throat. "What do you say we get started on the food?"

"Certainly. We can't leave those young people munching on tortilla chips and second rate dip, now can we?" Yolanda said with a spring in her step.

Maya and I watched her basically skip to the stove top.

"Wow…I've never seen Grandma so happy." Maya awed. I agreed before getting started with the ingredients, chopping up vegetables and the like.

"Maya, make sure to watch Chase very carefully!" Yolanda called over from where she was working with the fish. Maya nodded and continued to watch me with my work.

It had been a while since I had worked with anything like beef or lamb, but sure enough I was standing there, chopping the excess fat off the sides of the meat.

"It makes you feel kinda guilty, huh?" Maya had mumbled from next beside me.

"What?" I asked, distractedly.

"She owns what we're about to cook."

The knife nearly slipped out of my hand and cut my fingers off.

"Wh-"

"Mmmm, that smells delicious Grandma!" Maya called out before skipping off toward Yolanda.

Did she just imply something about Molly?

As I put the food on the stove in front of me to simmer, I couldn't help but go back to Maya's words.

She sounded genuinely guilty about it, like she was sorry. I thought that the two girls didn't even like each other, well I know Molly didn't like Maya for taking her 'once in a blue-moon' meal (which was actually more Molly's fault for not eating regularly).

I just don't understand girls sometimes…

"Could I get some more bell peppers over here?" I called out.

Maya rushed to get me what I requested when the sound of someone running in the halls filled my thoughts. I was going to disregard it, but then I heard someone shouting, which soon escalated to a response from another person. A guy and girl from what I could make out.

The three of us looked between one another in concern before I opened the door and stepped out into the hallway, Yolanda and Maya peering out the door from behind me.

Some guy with brown hair was running his fingers through his hair and giving out an irritated sigh.

The two females pushed me into the hallway and I looked back at them with a bit of a scowl. They quietly gestured for me to go talk to the guy.

Tentatively, I stepped toward him and he immediately noticed me.

"Oh, you must be one of the caterers that we hired. Yolanda's apprentice, Chase Scheffield, right?" He asked.

"Right. You wouldn't happen to be the SGA President, Dylan Sarrant?"

"That's my name! Nice to meet you." Dylan said with a laugh before extending his hand to me. I reluctantly took it.

"Yeah, I came out to see what was going on; my colleagues were worried about the situation." I said while gesturing to the classroom Yolanda and Maya were still peering out of.

Dylan's friendly face quickly turned to an irritated one again as he stared off at the opposite end of the hall. Come to think of it, the girl I had heard was nowhere to be seen.

"Had a falling out with your girlfriend?" I asked frankly.

Something hit me in the back of the head and I saw a spoon on the floor behind me. I rubbed my head, knowing that one of the two females must've thrown it because they thought I was being rude.

"Whoa, calling her my girlfriend is a bit of a stretch." He said.

"Is she out of your league?" I asked before stepping to the side, another spoon whizzed by my head without Dylan noticing. He had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Nah, more like she's out of mine."

Great, he's one of those stuck-up kind of people.

"That's-"

"Well, actually…" He began, cutting me off. He's pretty lucky that he's the one who hired us for this job or I wouldn't be taking his kind of treatment right now.

"She used to e below me…but if you could meet her now. She's still timid as hell, but she's changed. That place she came from-"

He stopped short and glanced at me, a smile spread across his face, causing me to quirk my eyebrow up. Was this guy some sort of a creep?

"Riiiight…well, I've gotta get back to work. I hope things work out between you and your girl…person." I said.

"What do you suggest I do?" He suddenly asked.

"Huh?"

"What would you do in my situation?"

I scratched the back of my head in confusion, thinking about any information he gave me pertaining to this girl. Again…he's paying us.

I recalled that he said she was timid and an image of Molly flashed through my head; I then gave the guy a once over.

A guy like that would send a timid girl like Molly into an anxiety attack.

"And…I have to give you my honest answer?" I asked, a little uncertain.

"I'd be offended if you didn't." He said.

"All right, well, and I'm just speaking with all honesty here, don't be a jackass and go apologize to her. Based on your…"bold" personality, the chances are it's entirely your fault." I said, quick to raise my hands up in defense.

"That's just my honest opinion." I repeated.

Dylan nodded.

"Yes, and I can respect that. You know what, Chase…I like you. You've got this "I don't give a damn" attitude about you. It says a lot about you." Dylan said, a little too pompous for my taste. I can honestly say this guy's attitude was ticking me off.

"Stick around and I may have something else to say-"

"Mr. Sarrant! It's a pleasure to meet you!" Maya suddenly stepped in between Dylan and me, holding her hand out to Dylan.

He took her hand with as much zeal as I've seen since Jin got a new shipment of highly advanced medicine.

"It's so nice to meet you too! You must be Maya, Yolanda's Granddaughter." He said.

"Yessir that just so happens to be me."

Did I mention that Maya has some great people skills?

Dylan gave her a once over.

"Just for future reference…are all the girls where you're from this cute?" He asked.

A protective sense in me was aroused until I saw Maya's face. A red tint formed across her cheeks and she glanced at me with a little surprised smile on her face. I think she enjoyed the compliment…so I wouldn't say anything. But I did cross my arms with distaste.

"Well, thank-you, but if you could see some of the girls on Castanet. We've got em' ranging from exotic dancer, to waitress, mechanists, to tailors, and you can't forget about the farmer girls. They work in the fields and barns but they're really something else. Compared to them I'm nothing special really." Maya said, though she seemed to smile at her words.

"That can't be true. You're obviously up there on the list."

This was making me sick.

Maya and him talked for a while more until Dylan stopped and gave a skeptical look at Maya.

"Say, just for reference, say a girl from your island came over here, having to be away from home for a long time without anyone with her, what would be the best gift for her?" He asked.

Maya put a finger to her chin.

"I'm thinking…something that reminds her of home, since she's bound to miss it. Not to fancy or extravagant though, things like that don't mean much where we're from…unless it's from the tailor shop because those girls make such great outfits!" Maya finished.

Dylan nodded a little in understanding.

"Yeah…I get what you're saying…thanks! Maybe that'll help me out a little." He said.

"Oh…is your girlfriend from Castanet?" Maya asked and I perked up at this information.

Who on our island had this guy as a boyfriend?

"Again with the girlfriend thing? But no. She's from here…kinda…it's hard to explain. She just recently came from an island that is much like Castanet." He said, his smile differing from his usually friendly one.

The smile he gave this time was…suspicious if anything.

"Oh, well, I'm glad I could help. Anyway, we should really get back to work! We're so busy! Right, Chase?" Maya said and swung her arm through mine, probably trying to hitch me along but I don't think Dylan took it that way. Come to think of it, I don't think Maya took it that way either. We were technically a "couple".

"Right." I muttered.

"Well, I'll let you get back then, send my regards to Miss Yolanda." Dylan said before walking down the hall and back to wherever he came from.

Thank Goddess.

"Well…that was a little-"

I was interrupted by someone smacking me in the head with a ladle.

"Chase! You know better than to treat our customers like that!" Yolanda scolded me.

"But I-"

"Chase, it's not smart to argue with Grandma…you know that better than I do, don't you?" Maya said, sticking her tongue out at me much like a little siste-

The anger I had acquired and the confusion with my own feelings seemed to slip away. I finally realized that the type of affection I was feeling towards Molly and the type of affection I felt towards Maya were completely different because to me, Maya was like a sister. Having lived with her for so long since an early age, it was a family bond between us.

But for Molly I…

I think I just found my way to explain myself to Maya…but I needed to find a different time.

~Angela's POV~

"Dinner was, fantastic." I said with satisfaction.

"Yeah, Winry you sure know how to pick a restaurant." Kasey agreed.

Winry (Witch as I hope my readers know by now ;D) examined her nails nonchalantly, but the size of her ego couldn't let her hide the glee on her face.

"Yeah, I know." She said.

"…The coffee was disgusting…" Wizard muttered.

Winry's smile froze on her face for five seconds before turning into a scowl that scared Kasey and me into the other corner of the cab we were in.

"You know what? You're the most horrible, off-center, ungrateful little-"

"Do you really want to start with me, Witch?" Wizard said in the most ominous voice I've heard come out of him…ever.

Winry's face went blank, she didn't move or say a word.

"Smart girl." Wizard said and before anyone else could utter a word the taxi had stopped and Wizard was up and out, already on his way into the hotel.

I climbed out quickly and watched as Kasey basically dragged Winry out of the car.

"What's wrong with her?" I asked. Kasey shrugged but had a distressed look on his face.

"Winry? Princess? Speak to me babe! WHY WON'T YOU SPEAK TO ME!" Kasey shouted.

I could no longer tell if he was acting or being completely real. Either way, he was being over-dramatic.

"Umm okay, you just keep doing…that…while I go check on Wizard." I said before running into the hotel.

My flats clapped loudly against the ceramic tile and I nearly slid into one of the three elevator doors. I pressed the button, but the buttons above the door weren't glowing. The other two were the same.

A man with a suit-vest and a name tag on walked by.

"Excuse me! Excuse me sir!" I called out to him until the guy noticed and came over to me.

"Is there something I can I help you today?" He asked.

"Yes, there's something wrong with the elevator!" I said and pointed at the elevator.

He raised an eyebrow and pressed the buttons on all the doors.

Yeah, that's great, do something I all ready tried why dontcha!

"That's strange, the guy before you was ale to use it just fin –"

"That's fine sir, I'll take the stairs instead. And since you're down here, my friends, they're a couple, are outside having some difficulties. Could you please help them?" I said cutting him off.

"I'll be sure to do so but-"

"I'm very sorry but I don't have any time to talk right now, I'm in a bit of a situation. Please excuse me!" I said before starting for the stairs. As soon as I neared the stairs I felt like passing out.

However, I sucked it up and started running up the stairs, my lungs started dying when I reached about the fifth floor.

When I finally climbed about a kazillion stairs, I reached the floor in which our suite was on…and saw someone getting off the elevator.

I wanted to wring a certain someone's neck because I knew for a fact that elevators were not repaired that quickly. Wizard obviously stopped the elevators from working, as if he knew that I was going to come running after him with all my might…which I did.

Stomping to the room, I grumbled curses underneath my breath, hoping that Wizard could hear them loud and clear.

I made sure to stomp really loudly as I neared the door, I dished the card key out of my purse and slid it through the slot before forcefully opening the door.

I stepped through the door with intent to kill, but my motive was cut down when the door closed behind me with a loud slam. The lights were on, but the feeling that something was seriously wrong was lingering in the air.

"Wizard!" I shouted, he was obviously the source for the door slamming the way it did so I knew he was here.

Common sense told me to check the room that Winry had put Kasey and Wizard in, so I walked toward the room's door and tapped on it.

"Wizard?" I muttered before I opened the door. The room was unusually dark, and the hairs on the back of my neck stuck up.

The streak of light that the opening of the door brought in seemed to leer at the floor. My eyes scanned the room, trying to push through the rest of the darkness with my gaze. That's when I spotted him, gazing out the window in a recliner chair I'm sure he moved. He had a coffee mug in his hand, yet he wasn't handling it with his usual care and respect for the drink he loved so much. I opened my mouth to say something, but I realized that Wizard's eyes were on me.

And they were chilling me to the bone. In the darkness, it looked like he was glaring at me with something stronger than hatred.

"This place is sickening. There are no stars and the beverages are so horrible it makes my stomach churn." He said, his dark voice dripping with venom and ice.

I didn't want to say a word, I felt too scared to do so. I took a step forward, his eyes never leaving me. A few more steps and I could've sworn I saw fire burn in his eyes.

"You're…talking differently." I finally muttered. He let his eyes meet mine before he spoke.

"This is how I used to talk. Fluid, certain with my words. When the whole human race turns their backs on you, there isn't really much room for talking anymore." He said with a coldness to his voice.

I didn't speak, so I guess he continued to go on with his words.

"You tend to get sucked into something after a while. For me, it was the whole universe. Especially the stars. And I would enjoy the brews of the bitter drink that we call coffee." He took a sip of his drink and looked down at the mug as if it had committed a heinous crime.

"Trash!" He accused the drink through gritted teeth and with that, he threw the mug near the doorway, quite an amount of the hot liquid spilled onto me before the mug shattered onto the floor into bits. It burned right through my pants leg and I jumped back. Trepidation made my body shake along with the searing pain from the heat on my leg. I looked up and Wizard showed no regret. The look in his eye resembled that of…I didn't even want to say it. Horrible thoughts ran through my mind before I quickly took the burning hot pants off to keep them from irritating my now burnt skin. The phone rang and I ran to answer it, taking it to the bathroom with me before locking myself in. Wizard could easily get in if he wanted to, but I just had to have some sort of security. The thought that I could be hurt by Wizard was…terrifying.

I answered the phone reluctantly with a quiet "hello" and heard Kasey on the other end.

"Hey, Angela. Winry's in the hospital, they can't find what's wrong." He said and I gasped.

Kasey was silent for a moment.

"It was Wizard…wasn't it?" He asked.

I wanted to say something, but only a little squeak escaped my lips.

"Angela? What's wrong? Where are you?" Kasey's concern was vivid even through the receiver.

I heard someone rummaging around in the kitchen and I was sure it was Wizard. I stayed silent.

"Did Wizard do something to you?" He asked softly.

"Th-there's something horribly wrong with him. He just burnt me-"

"With magic!" Kasey cut me off with an angry tone.

"N-no, with coffee, thank Goddess. But I think…I think Wizard isn't Wizard right now." I explained.

"What?"

"I know, it doesn't make much sense…but it's all I've got. I think it has got something to do with the stars and the way the coffee tastes ."

"If that's the case, go get him some coffee. We can't help how many stars we can see, but coffee is able to be located right now."

"I-I don't want to go right now….I'm so scared…and I don't have any pants on." I relayed to him, a it embarrassed.

"Just wait until you get a chance to get out. Then put some jeans on and go get him some coffee."

"What if-"

"No what ifs. You need to cooperate with me right now because I think Winry's down for the count because of some magic Wizard used on her. If you can get him back to normal then he may be willing to get her back to normal. Until then, I'm begging you to stay strong and not to get intimidated by him."

…"I'll try…" I whispered.

"Thata girl. Just remember, Wizard would never -and I mean never –hurt you. You know that, right?"

I nodded a little though I'm sure Kasey wasn't able to see me.

"I-I know…"

"Good, just stay calm, and don't do anything else to set him off. Make sure you call this number before you go out, I don't want you going out without me knowing where you are. Okay?"

"…Okay."

A faint voice from the background came through the receiver and I heard Kasey give an exasperated sigh.

"They're not going to find anything…" He murmured.

"Anyway, get some sleep. I have to go with the nurse's to talk about Winry. Goodnight, sis."

"Night bro…" I muttered.

I've never felt so close to Kasey before, and his voice made me feel safe. Maybe he was the older brother to me and Molly.

I frowned at the last thought.

"Molly…I could really use your encouragement right now." I whispered before falling asleep in the porcelain tub.

Okay, so I know I haven't updated it quite sometime and I'm very sorry! This relates to my last update, you guys remember all the questions right? Well, Wizard and Angela's problems will kind of begin here. I know it's horrible after you all were like "I love the fluff between Angela and Wizard". But I just had to do it. I didn't want their relationship to seem so perfect. Oh, and don't worry, Winry (Witch) isn't going to die or anything. (Geez, Wizard gets really grumpy without his coffee doesn't he)? Sorry, for the OOC Wizard, I'm pretty sure you all immediately spotted his shockingly fluid dialogue. So something definitely seems wrong with him, right? Leave me your thoughts on this and tell me what you think about it and if you like this or not! I was a little iffy about putting it in here so be honest!

I love you all and I thank you for the support and patience you've had toward me! Thank you thank you thank you!