I stared at the clock all night, waiting for it to turn 6 a.m.. When it was time, I got up from my spot and went to the kitchen. I grabbed an apple to eat on my way to Deathbucks. I grabbed my bag and headed out the door. I took my time to Deathbucks, I'm not looking forward to the school day. When I got there I was attacked by Patty and her hugs that squish me until I turn blue.

"Hi Crona!" She squealed as she slowly choked me to death.

"Patty." Kid said walking up to us.

"What?"

"He has to breathe."

"Oh, right." she let me go and gave me a bright smile, "sorry!"

"I-its okay." I responded.

"So what brought you here?" asked Kid.

"I w-was getting c-coffee."

"Oh, that's nice. We were just getting coffee too."

"Y-yeah, I have to t-talk to my b-boss also."

"Okay, well I'll let you do that, we were just leaving."

"O-okay. B-bye." I waved at them as they walked out. It was nice to see them. I walked up to the counter and ordered my coffee. While I was waiting, I asked the guy if he knew where the boss (Mike) was. He moved his head in a direction, showing me where Mike was. I thanked him, payed for my coffee and headed that way. I knocked on his office door and when I heard him say, "come in." I walked in.

"H-hello."

"Oh, hey Crona. Whats up?"

"Um, sorry f-for not b-being at work lately."

"It's fine, that pretty girl explained to me what was going on. Maka? I think is her name."

"Y-yeah, I was j-just making sure I w-wasn't getting in t-trouble."

"Your fine. I don't understand what your going through but, I can try to help."

"T-thank you."

"Your welcome. Are you going to work this week?"

"Y-yeah, I don't want t-to miss any m-more days."

"Okay good, well see you tonight."

"O-okay, bye." I walked out of his office and walked towards the DWMA. I sipped on my coffee and tried to enjoy it as much as I could. When I finally got there my nerves instantly started to jolt. I calmed myself a bit and walked to a trash can to throw away my coffee cup. I looked over at the stairs, there was Cumo. She looked really shy and nervous. Everybody was staring at her when they walked by. Kid seemed to be enjoying talking to her. Huh, that's strange. Kid never gets along with witches, he hardly ever talks to Kim. I walked over to them slowly, trying my hardest to avoid eye contact. When I got there, Cumo seemed to notice what I was avoiding so she looked down instead.

"Hey Crona. I was just telling Cumo what her schedule for today was."

"O-okay. S-sounds g-good."

"You and her will be together all day, you both are in the same classes."

"Oh, I g-guess that m-makes it easier." Easier for me to have a meltdown.

"Yep. I can help take her around the school too, if you'd like."

"T-that would b-be fine. I-if it's okay w-with her." I gestured to Cumo.

"I wouldn't m-mind." Cumo said. Hm, seems like she stutters too.

"Great! I'll take you to Stein's class. We all have the same class."

"O-okay, i-i'm glad that you d-do." She said as she blushed. She blushed? That's a little weird.

"Okay, well class starts in about 15 minutes. Want to go and meet Stein?"

"I a-already did. H-he and Spirit w-walked me around Death City."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Let's go tour the library."

"S-sure." We all walked down to the library. Kid pulled out a chair for her and let her sit down. She gave him a weak smile and sat. I looked at Kid and gave him a questioning face, he shrugged.

"I know a great book, it'll show you the kids that attend the DWMA. I'll introduce you to them."

"O-okay. Sounds g-good." She responded.

"I'll help him find that book." I said walking towards Kid.

"O-okay." she said as she sat awkwardly at the table. Me and Kid walked over to the shelf where the book he talked about was. I stopped him in his tracks.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"What to do mean?"

"Your being u-unaturaly nice."

"I still don't get what you mean. I am to nice, why would you say i'm not?"

"No, not really. Y-you can be generous, not t-this nice. Especially t-to someone you just met."

"Okay... I am being too nice? I don't get it." Then realization struck me.

"You l-like her don't you." His face turned pink into a blush.

"I-i don't know w-what your talking about." He said nervously.

"Knew it!" I said, walking away a little bit.

"Knew what? I'm just b-being kind to our n-new student."

"Your a bad liar." I stated.

"I'm not lieing!" He yelled a little too loud. We got shushed by some people.

"Yes you are. You can't stop stuttering and your blushing." I said. I'm surprised my stuttering isn't bad.

"N-no i'm not!" He said quietly.

"Yes you are."

"Whatever! Okay, I like her. So what? Discussion over." He said as he walked away from me. He sat down at the table and started to flip through pages. I started to giggle and walked over to the table. My giggle ended when I sat down and I could feel my nerves start to jolt again. Why is it so hard to be around her! I hate my nerves.

"W-what was s-so funny?" Cumo asked me.

"N-nothing." I replied. I can't even talk without stuttering around her. Guh, stupid nerves.

"Oh, Okay." She looked back down at the book that Kid was showing her. He was introducing her to every student at this school through pictures. A little strange, but I guess it's better than to walk around saying hi to everyone. I started to doze off then the 5 minute bell rang and scared me awake.

"Perfect timing!" Kid said as he shut the book.

"T-thank you, Kid." Cumo said.

"Your welcome." He said as he was walking away to put the book back. Me and Cumo sat in total silence until Kid got back. We got up from our chairs and walked to class. Like I expected, Kid offered Cumo to sit by him in the front row. She agreed and sat down. I sat in my normal seat, the seat closest to the corner of the room, first row on the right side. Stein started roll call and introduced the class to Cumo. She blushed in embarresment. I totally understand her, I was the same way when I first came here. I realized something about Cumo. Her hair wasn't up in a pony tail like it was before, It was straight. She also was wearing one of the many choices of a school uniform. I guess she just wants to fit in, good for her. I'm glad that she's doin' better than I was. I still have troubles with this school. I sighed and then turned my attention to Stein's lecture. When class was over Kid turned Cumo over to me so we could walk to Miss Marie's class. We walked in silence. Once we got there Cumo was tackled by one of Miss Marie's hugs.

"Oh! Welcome to my class Cumo!" She let Cumo go of her hug and stepped back a bit.

"T-thank you." Cumo replied. She was recovering her breath from Miss Marie's hug.

"Oops sorry, I just get excited when I get a new student!"

"I-it's fine. You just s-surprised me."

"Okay, well you can sit next to Crona. I'm sure he won't mind."

"O-okay." She started to walk towards the seats and I followed her. I showed her where I usually sit. She sat down and I was getting ready to sit when Marie called my name. I walked over to her and listened.

"You don't mind that she sits by you, right?"

"No, n-not at all. It'll be kinda h-hard to get used to, but I'll g-get over it."

"Okay, just making sure. By the way, how are you?"

"I-i'm fine."

"You look tired. Are you sleeping okay?"

"Y-yes. I just lose the time and end up staying up too late." I lied.

"I don't think so. You can't fool me, Crona." Crap.

"O-okay, sorry."

"Your fine, but I told Stein. He said he can help you with your problem."

"W-when did you tell him? And h-how did you know I was having t-trouble sleeping?"

"This morning. It's obvious Crona. I saw you in the library with Kid and Cumo. You could hardly even keep your eyes open. That's not normal behavior from you."

"Oh. Y-yeah, I was dozing a l-lot."

"How many nights?"

"Huh?"

"How many nights have you been awake?"

"O-only two."

"Good. That means we got you before it was too late." I'm confused.

"What?" The bell rang for class to start.

"It's nothing, just make sure Stein gives you your treatment. Go sit down."

"O-okay."

"Thank you for being honest Crona." I gave her a small smile and sat down in my seat. I listened to her lecture and I could tell that she was looking back at me a lot. Probably to make sure I wasn't dozing. When class ended I waved goodbye and we headed to fitness. Cumo looked at the uniforms the girls were wearing and I saw her blush.

"Crona?"

"Y-yeah?" Its hard for me to talk to her.

"Do I have to wear one of those?" She pointed to the uniforms all the girls were wearing.

"Yeah, y-you do." I watched her face go to a deeper pink.

"I-i can't wear that." I giggled a little.

"Why not?"

"It's way too r-revealing. Hey, whats so f-funny?"

"Nothing, I know h-how you f-feel. I don't like any of the u-uniforms."

"Y-yeah. Will you h-help me today?"

"T-thats what i've b-been d-doing." I responded.

"No, you've b-been walking me to class. Will y-you help me with w-work?"

"S-sure, i'll do the b-best I c-can."

"Okay, t-thanks." I could see in the corner of my eye that she gave me a weak smile. She looked back to the ground after a second though. I pointed her to the girls locker room and told her where to go after she got dressed. She nodded and nervously walked into the locker room. I walked to the guys locker room and got dressed. I finished and walked out to the field where Sid was coaching. I watched as Cumo very nervously walked over to Naigus the girl's coach.

Naigus pointed a couple places and looked back at Cumo. She nodded a little and walked to the track. She started to run with the rest of the girls, and for a new girl she was running pretty fast. I continued with my class. We were to lift weights until the alarm went off. When the alarm went off I was really tired and couldn't hardly move my arms anymore. I could see that Kid (who was in this class) was looking really tired too and distracted. I looked over to see how Cumo's class was going. It looked like she finished the mile they were doing before anyone else did. She got a couple dirty looks from all the other girls who were finishing. Naigus walked over to Cumo and gave her a couple pats on her back. I followed Kid's gaze which brought me straight to Cumo. I gave Kid a "quit it" look and walked off. When we finished class up, Kid and I walked Cumo to the lunch room. I explained to her that we have to stand in line and order lunch. I showed her to the table we usually sat at after she got her food.

"Hey Cumo," The people at our table said.

"H-hi." She responded. Then Black Star jumped on the table and started yelling things.

"Yahoo! Does the new girl want her god's signature?" Black Star yelled handing Cumo a piece of paper.

"W-who are you?"

"I'm Black Star! Your almighty god!" Cumo cringed at his words, I guess he's a little too loud.

"Black Star, your hurting her ears." Kid said taking the paper from him and throwing it away.

"Oh whatever! She doesn't mind it! Do you?"

"You scare me." she said. I saw Black Star's face go blank. He didn't know what to say.

"Black Star, get off the table. And leave Cumo alone." Tsubaki said.

"All right, all right. Whatever." He sat down like a normal person. He pouted a little.

"Well, now that's over with. How has your day been?" Tsubaki asked Cumo.

"I-it's good so far. I don't really like the fitness uniforms." Cumo said blushing a little. I heard Kid whisper "I do" to himself. I gave him a dirty look, he shrugged like he wasn't doing anything wrong. Liz looked over at him questioningly. Patty laughed.

"Yeah, they are kinda revealing. But you'll get used to it. It keeps you really cool."

"Y-yeah okay." She gave Tsubaki a weak smile and Tsubaki gave Cumo one of her really sweet smiles. We continued lunch with small conversations until the bell rang. We all said goodbye to eachother and walked to the next class. The longest class of the day, Stein's biology class.

"How many m-more classes do w-we have?" Cumo asked me.

"Only this one."

"But we s-still have until 3, and i-it's only 1 right n-now."

"The class is 2 hours l-long."

"Wow, w-what does t-this class teach?"

"Biology."

"Oh, o-okay." We walked into the room and sat down.

"W-wait, didn't we already h-have this t-teacher?" She asked watching Stein place his scalpels on his desk.

"He t-teaches DWMA history and biology." I responded.

"Oh. Why?"

"You'll see." I said. She just nodded a little and we sat down. She sat over by Kid (not surprising) and I sat in my usual seat. Same exact place as the first class. Stein went on about his biology lectures and said that we were going to be dissecting some things this week. But, we weren't going to dissect today because Spirit hid his specimen from him. I wonder why, I thought sarcastically. When class ended Kid was talking to Cumo and I was getting ready to leave class when Stein called for me. Oh, great. I walked over to him.

"So uh, Marie told me about your problem." I nodded, "Well, I have a solution." He dug around under his desk and pulled out a small bag.

"Whats that?" I asked.

"Their pills." He replied.

"Oh, what d-do they do?" I'm a little terrified of anything he tries to give me.

"Relax, they just get rid of the negative stuff that goes on inside your head."

"Okay." How did he know it was nightmares that were keeping me awake?

"Just take one of these every night before you sleep. If they don't work come back to me."

"Okay, what will you do if they don't work?"

"I'll find something that'll keep you asleep." That comment scared me, I felt shivers go down my spine.

"O-okay." I took the pills from him, "T-thank y-you." He nodded at me as I started to walk away. I hope these pills work, I don't want to find out what Stein will do to "keep me asleep". I started to walk out the door when Kid called my name. He walked over to me with Cumo following him.

"Let's walk Cumo back to her room," Kid said. I nodded and we walked slowly. I was watching the clocks to make sure I had time to walk to Deathbucks and not be late for work. We finally got to the steps that led down to the basement, where Cumo's room was.

"T-thank you for walking me here." Cumo said.

"Your welcome, any time." He smiled and waved at her as she walked down the steps.

"B-bye," I said.

"Your not going to tell anyone that I like Cumo, are you?" Kid said.

"No, but seems like Liz has been getting hints." I said.

"Oh, well I can deal with her. By the way, Crona."

"Hm?"

"Good job today."

"Huh?"

"You confronted me. Your becoming more open with people, that's a good thing. So, good job."

"Oh t-thanks." I said, I slightly blushed.

"Don't be nervous about it, you should be more open."

"O-okay, I'll t-try." I guess I never thought about that. Then again, now that I recall what happened in the library, I never would've guessed that was me. Also, when had Kid become so dirty minded? It shocks me, he usually kept things to himself and was respectful. Now he's been hitting on Cumo and has been saying some pretty weird stuff. I can't imagine what he's thinking, and I probably don't want to know. I paused my thinking to look up at the clock.

"Oh crap, sorry Kid, I gotta go. I have to work." I said starting to walk away.

"Okay, it's alright. I'll just go find Liz and Patty." He waved at me and walked towards the stairs that go to the second floor. I waved back and left. I was almost late for work. I have to work everyday (except the weekends) from 4 to 8. I have literally an hour after school ends to get there. I got dressed into uniform and I started work. It was pretty busy at first but it got really slow as the day ended. I said goodbye to Mike as we locked up and I walked home. When I got home, I was dead beat tired. I jumped onto the couch and relaxed a while. I started to doze, until the phone rang. I got up off the couch and inched my way towards the phone. I answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi Crona! I wasn't late calling today!" It was Maka. I looked over at the time, 9:00 p.m.. She is right.

"Yay! I always look forward to your call, even if it's late."

"Aww, thanks. I set an alarm so that I didn't lose track of time."

"Thats good. How are you?"

"I'm good, and you?"

"Fine, I just got home from work." I said giving out a little sigh.

"Oh, cool. By the way, how was school."

"Nerve racking, but it was... okay." I almost told her about Kid's crush on Cumo. But, I did give her a hint, "I found out something about Kid today."

"Oh?"

"He has a crush on someone."

"Really! Who?"

"I'm not aloud to say, I might get my hair cut to be symmetrical if I do." She giggled a little.

"Aww, that sucks. But when I get back i'm totally gonna find out."

"You'll be shocked at first, thats all I can say."

"Now I definitley can't wait! What else happened today?" she asked. I went into a long story about where I took Cumo around the school and what her reaction was. She laughed at the part about the fitness uniforms. She also laughed at the part when we had lunch and Cumo told Black Star that he scared her. We were laughing with eachother for a long time, it made me miss her even more. I didn't mention Kid's whispering and his hitting on Cumo. I also didn't mention that I haven't been sleeping well because of my nightmares and that Stein gave me mysterious pills. It was about 11 o' clock when Maka said that she better go to bed. I agreed with her. We both said goodnight and hung up the phone. I miss her voice already. I better get to bed too, although i'm afraid to find out what happens. Even if I take the pills, I have a feeling that i'm not gonna sleep very well tonight. I got into my pajamas and took one of the pills. I layed down on my bed and stared at the ceiling for a while. I'm not tired anymore. Which is so weird, I had been dozing off all day and now that its time to sleep, i'm not tired. I tossed and turned for a while until I got comfy. I slowly started to drift to sleep. I saw that the numbers on my alarm clock said 1. The next thing I know, I'm sitting up in my bed yelling and crying. I looked around my room, nothing is wrong. I looked down at my clock which said 2. I was only asleep for an hour? I don't even remember what my nightmare was about. Stein was right, but he was wrong. I still woke up from a nightmare, but I don't remember what the scary thing was. I wiped my face and sat down in with my pillow. I could see the shadows surrounding me, I started to cry again. Why can't these things just leave me alone? Why can't I have a peaceful life? Haven't I already suffered enough? These questions roamed in my head all night. I never slept again after that. My eyes burned when the Sun came up the next morning. I didn't want to get up from my spot, I wanted to stay here and cry. But, eventually I got up. Awaiting the new day that is sure to haunt me. I don't really care about walking Cumo around the school anymore. I just don't want to find out what Stein's gonna do since the pills didn't work.

Sorry guys! I have had major writer's block and it took me a while to type this one. But, I have already started the next chapter so hopefully that one wont take long to upload. How you guys liking the story? I'm lovin' it! School is out finally, so I can start working on chapters more often and hopefully not get too much writer's block. Comment and tell me what you'd like to see happen in the story! I'd be happy to hear any suggestions! Talk to you all next time! Bye Bye!