Dedicated to my friend Ethan, it's his birthday and this is what he asked for! :-)

(Ella's POV)

"Alright, come on out!" I said, we were all waiting for Robert. He was the last to put on his costume. As I looked around, I felt a bit happy inside. I saw my friends talking and laughing, I saw their smiling faces, and I remembered.

(Flashback)

"Come on Maka! Come on Soul!" I yelled, banging on the door of their apartment. "We're going to be late!"

"Coming!" Maka yelled back. She appeared at the door, wearing a simple green spaghetti-strap dress with her hair down and curled at the ends. Soul appeared next, in his red and black pinstriped suit with his hair in its usual disarray.

"We really need to get you a new suit," I teased him.

"I could say the same for you," he replied, gesturing toward my matching black and red pinstriped dress.

"Stop bickering, they're waiting for us!" Maka intervened, smiling at our childish actions.

We walked down the almost empty streets of Death City until we reached or reaper friend's mansion.

"Oi! You're here!" Patty yelled when she opened the door, glomping on Maka in greeting before disappearing down the hallway. We heard the distinct sound of Kid yelling soon after.

Soul, Maka, and I sweat-dropped when we saw a pissed off Kid with asymmetrical underwear glued to his head chasing after Black*Star, who was laughing so hard he had trouble running faster than Kid.

"I don't think I want to know," I said.

"Where did he even GET the underwear?" Maka whispered, dismayed.

"Your guess is as good as mine," Soul whispered back.

"Come on in!" Liz said, suddenly appearing with Tsubaki at her side.

"I'm so sorry, please forgive Black*Star's actions!" Tsubaki said, bowing to the four of us.

"It's okay!" Liz said, waving her hands to let the tall girl know that it really was fine.

"Argh! Black*Star! I swear I'm gonna kill you!" Maka, Soul, and I busted out laughing. After another run through the house from the troublesome two Liz and Tsubaki joined in.

"The dumbasses!" Patty yelled, returning from wherever she had disappeared to. "I glued the underwear to Kid's head!" She loudly whispered the last part, swaying a bit, letting us know that she was already about half drunk.

We just laughed harder, and it took us a while to finally stop. I looked around and smiled. 'This is where I truly being,'I thought to myself.

(end flashback)

"Ella? You okay?" I heard.

"This is the second time today!"

"Is she feeling okay?"

"I think so, she hasn't said differently..."

I looked up to see my friends' worried faces. 'Crap! Not again!' I thought, sitting up.

"Sorry," I said, trying to reassure them that I was okay. "I'm fine, I was just a little out of it for a second there."

"You sure? We can do this a different day..."

"No! I'm fine, really! Let's just get to work on our skit."

"Okay..." they didn't look convinced, but we started working on our skit anyways.

'Phew...' I thought. 'That was close, but I'm gonna have to be more careful not to space out again...'

'Ella?' I stiffened. T-that voice! It couldn't be, could it?

'Ella!' But how? How is he in my head?

'Ella, it's me, Kid! We're all worried about you...' Worried? About me?

'We miss you Ella! Especially Soul...' W-why? Why would Soul miss me? I thought that he hates me...

'We are coming to see you, we want you back!' T-they want me back? They miss me? They aren't mad?

'We love you Ella, you're our friend- no, you are a part of our family. We will see you soon, be ready.' Oh no, they are coming?! I can't deal with this now, I'm not ready! Oh Death, what am I gonna do?! Ugh, just don't think about it! I've got to focus on my friends!

(Soul's POV)

"Well?" I asked, curious, hoping for the best.

"She knows that we are coming, but I picked up a lot of turmoil inside of her..."

"Turmoil?"

"She... thinks that you hate her."

"Shit..." I felt discouraged, she thinks I hate her?!

"So what?" Liz suddenly piped up. "We just have to go and prove her wrong!"

She didn't know it, but her words gave me courage. We will go there, and I will make things right!

'Damn,' I thought. 'Being cheesy it's so uncool...'