'I wonder what Kylie was gonna tell me about.' I thought as I walked into my house. She'd called me to say that she was at Patti's tea party. I chuckled. Patti was probably older than Kylie, and Kylie'd never had/wanted to have a tea party in her life. Suddenly, my cell-phone rang.

'Are these dreams a crush of stifled memories?/Was there something in my mind?/ There are things they say men was not meant to know/ Is this shadow out of time?'

Most people had no idea who The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets were, or their song Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know.

"Yello?" I answered.

"Hey Rye, can you bring me some clothes? It's a sleepover now." Kylie said.

"It's a school night, isn't it?" I asked.

"No, you goof, it's Friday." Kylie giggled.

"Huh. Well, woo! The kid's gone! Time to go clubbing!" I said. "I'll be there in a bit. What do you need?"

"Clothes, my bear, makeup...just follow the stereotype for what a girl needs at a sleepover." Kylie said.

"Right." I said. "Bye. Love ya'."

"Love you too, Rye." Kylie said.

"So, he didn't know it was Friday?" Tsubaki asked.

"Yeah, he isn't good with days." I shrugged.

"So, you really like Soul?" Liz asked.

"Yeah. He's cool, not to mention easy to look at." I said with a small smile. I didn't get along with the skanks at the old school I went to.

"I think Kid's pretty good looking, but he's got a thing for your brother." Liz said.

"Huh?" I exclaimed in surprise. "He's, err, you know..."

"Apparently. He talks about Riley like a schoolgirl." Liz said.

"It's really funny." Patti said.

"Can your brother drive?" Crona asked, out-of-the-blue.

"He can, but he usually walks-or runs-to places." I answered.

"That's weird. How fast is he?" Liz asked just as the door bell rang.

"I'll get it." Tsubaki said. She answered the door, and-big surprise-it was my brother with my stuff. "This, uh, may sound odd, but, err, did you run here?"

"Yeah." Riley said, which surprised everyone. We lived a few miles away, and he didn't look sweaty or anything.

"Alright then." Tsubaki said, a bit surprised. "Bye."

"G'bye." Riley said.

"Jeez, he is a good runner!" Tsubaki said. "And his eyes are the prettiest emerald..."

"Tsubaki, I'm right here." I said. "Don't get gross about my brother."

"Sorry." Tsubaki smiled.

While the other girls were distracted, I put a pen up to Kylie's water and sat back down.

'I hope this doesn't affect everything like last time.' I thought, messing with one of the long pink hair strands hanging in front of my eyes.

A/N: Dun-dun-duuun!

-MN1