"Go away.." I muttered, as I heard footsteps walking into my house (without knocking, mind you.) and pulled my sheets over my face. 10 O'clock. It's 10 O'clock AT NIGHT. A Friday night too! Who does this to me? Shouldn't they be at a bar or something getting drunk?

Okay so maybe we don't have a bar here...

But still!

I felt a hand land on my shoulder, and panic started to rise in my throat.

NOOO! HE/SHE (can't be sexist here, girls can kill too!) IS GOING TO KILL ME! OR IT'S AN ALIEN TRYING TO ABDUCT ME SO IT ABSORB MY ESSENCE. HECK IT COULD BE A VAMPIRE ABOUT TO DRINK MY BLOOD!

I'M DOOMED!

"Wakey wakey Rio." a voice said and started to shake my shoulder. I let out a few curse words and told them to go away again. They didn't listen. "Come on..we're going to the beach remember? And by the way, it's not nice to swear." Rod scolded, his shaking became faster and more violent.

"That's tomorrow..." I mumbled and pushed him away from me. He only chuckled and tore the bed sheets off of me. "No that's today, it's 8 in the morning." He said and laughed as I squirmed in my bed for warmness.

Bastard...

Wait a second..

8? As in...8?

"F***!" I shouted sitting upright in my bed, and started to bolt off it.

"You curse a lot in the morning.." Rod mumbled then grabbed my shoulder, stopping me from bolting out the door to care for my animals. "Since you're the only one that works in on Saturdays...we all kind of pitched in and finished your work for you."

"Really?" I said in a bit of awe. I didn't expect them to do something like this. That's for sure. "Um..who took care of my animals?" I asked, a bit nervously. Most people here don't actually do things for each other. No that's a lie. They just don't normally do things for me.

"Yeah, now come on! Get dressed!" Rod yelled, throwing some random clothes at me. I ducked so the clothes wouldn't hit me then charged over to him, smacking him upside the head.

"Out of my drawers!" I demanded shutting the drawers closed. He fell over and chuckled a bit. Ugh, just what I need in the morning.

"Why the hell did you come to wake me up?" I snapped, emphasizing on the you so he would know that I was curious why it was he in particular.

"It was going to be Neil but he just grumbled at us when we asked, apparently you two are still fighting." Rod shrugged as he left the house. I glared at where he once was. It's not 'fighting' it's just not speaking to each other. And that still doesn't explain that even after all of these people in this town, they still picked Rod. Couldn't they have at least sent a girl? Or a guy that knows what 'boundaries' mean?

I kept glaring in the spot as I threw on a black tank top and some jean shorts. I grabbed a blue bikini (the only bathing suit I've got), a towel, and some suntan lotion before heading out.

"So who's sitting where?" Charles asked as we boarded the plane. By 'we' I mean Felicity, Iroha, Rod, Allen, Tina, Sanjay, Soseki, Amir, Michelle, Yuri, and Neil. So, a lot of us. To be honest I was a bit surprised that Amir and Sanjay were coming, they don't normally participate in things like this.

Well then again, neither do I.

Everyone locked eyes with who they wanted to partner with. Felicity and Iroha. Allen and Rod. Tina and Michelle. Sanjay and Amir. Then it was just Yuri, Neil, Soseki, and I.

I turned my head, thinking that someone was looking at me, but I didn't see anyone looking in my direction. I glanced over at Neil, not on purpose, but he didn't even bother to acknowledge me. I scoffed and turned away.

Not like I wanted to sit with him anyways.

I looked over at Soseki and Yuri, debating between the two, when I noticed Rod walk over to Soseki and whisper something in his ear. Soseki nodded and Rod walked away.

Weird..

Maybe they're both spies and are planning on bombing this place to get rid of Michelle who is a good guy spy! Oh no! We're all gonna die!

"Hey Yuri, wanna b-" I started, walking over to the girl, but Soseki beat me to it. I watched as he asked her the same question as I was about to, and she nodded. Obviously agreeing to it. As they turned around to go take their seats on the plane, Soseki sent me a wink.

I feel betrayed...

The feeling that my best friend went and asked my crush out when he knew that I liked her.

Betrayal..

"I guess we're sitting together." Neil grumbled, taking the closest (and last) seats. He took the window seat while I took the aisle seat, not that I was complaining much, but I do like the window seat.

"Now that we're all blah blah blah." Charles went onto a long speech about the rules and regulations of the plane's safety, blah blah blah stuff like that, I've heard it so many times before. I just haven't been on a plane with this many people before.

After Charles finished his long speech, I looked over at the window, hoping to see something, but Neil's hair was blocking the view. I sighed and leaned back into the chair as the plane took off. The chair...it wasn't comfy. Just like all the other times. But at least the other time's I've been in this plane, I knew how long I would have to endure it. Here, I had no idea where we were going or how long it would take. Whenever I asked someone, they just laughed and kept walking. Of course my ticket didn't say it either, mainly because I didn't have a ticket. This Travel Agency is extremely weird, you pay up desk, and I don't even know where they keep the plane. I practically built the town and I still don't know where he could put it. Even when I'm going to the plane, my memory of where it is kind of just..disappears.

O-M-G HE'S A WIZARD!

"I want my jacket back." Neil suddenly spoke up, looking over at me from the side of his eyes. I noticed that he had some head phones in, connected to his phone, smart...

"Jacket?" I questioned and suddenly recalled that it was still in my custody. I decided to wash it so it wouldn't smell like a wet me, but I guess I completely forgot about it, from the time at the lake. "I'll get that you soon." I said, noticing that he was just wearing his black t-shirt. How I just noticed that? Unknown.. Must be Charle's witchcraft..

"My daddy does not have witchcraft!" Hina yelled at me from the seat on the opposite side. I winced under her loud voice before questioning why she was even here in the first place, but that's when it occurred to me. Today's Saturday, meaning that the Travel Agency isn't open today (despite Saturday most likely being one of its busiest days) so he must be taking his family on the trip too. How I didn't notice Camellia and Hina?

Unknown.

Maybe they were already on the plane..

Nah it was obviously witchcraft.

"I'm sorry I snapped at you before." Neil said, looking over at me with his head phones off. His eyes looked somewhat sincere, but still stern. "It..it was out of place.." He admitted quietly, but his voice turned to the regular 'get away from me' voice he always had "I wasn't wrong though. You do need to take care of yourself."

"You're not my mother.." I mumbled, crossing my arms and leaning back into the seat.

"I know I'm not, I'm your friend. Friends take care of each other right?" He asked, trying to add some kindness in his voice, but ultimately failing. It was hard not to laugh at it.

"HA!" I yelled, pointing a finger at him. He gave me a strange look (not that I'm NOT used to it..) and cocked an eyebrow. "You said that we're friends!"

"It wasn't obvious?" He asked, leaning back into his chair cool-like. Because he's 'cool' like that.

"So..we are friends?" I asked, making sure of it, you never know with Neil.

"Yes, we are, weirdo." he rolled his eyes at me and looked back out the window. I felt a smile grow on my face as I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Friends...we're friends...