~Katia~
Kyle and I returned to the rest of the group in one of the apartments, and we all set off to wherever this guy lives. As we walked out I noticed Summer talking with Markus. When did she get out here...? I inched closer to listen to what they were saying.
"You'd better fuckin' take care of my sister!" I heard my sister say seriously.
"B-but we're not even dating! What makes you think that? We just met!" Markus said slightly frightened of Summer.
"Yeah sure, that's what you say. But even so, if you hurt my sister in any way God Almighty I'll hunt you down and--"
"Summer?" I said looking at her confused. Why was she suddenly defending me?
I saw her freeze and turn around to look at me. "Oh...Hi Katia."
"Where you just defending me?" I asked.
"I...Uh...Umm..." She stuttered.
That's when I realized something. That picture, soon afterwards was when Summer and I started to fight. It was more specifically after I got my powers. She started calling me a freak and I didn't know why. She would even hit me.
"Were...Were you jealous?" I said looking at her.
"J-jealous? Jealous of what?"
"Me. Right after I got my powers was when we started to fight. Was it because of my powers all along?" I stepped forward, and Markus went behind me in case Summer and I started to fight.
"Well..." She sighed and looked me straight in the eye. "Yeah. It was. No se... (I don't know) I just felt so jealous that you had these cool powers and you had more friends than me and...I guess I didn't know what to do with myself!" I could see tears in her eyes.
I unconsciously wiped my own eyes, not really realizing I was crying as well. "So you decided to hurt me? That's fuckin' stupid."
"Please Kati! Can't you forgive me? I'm really really sorry! Seriously!" She stepped forward again and I stepped back.
"I don't think I can forgive you Summer. But we can try acting civil again, I guess." I still wasn't sure what I wanted to think of this, but I can try.
Summer smiled. "Yeah...That sounds nice." She turned to Markus again. "Remember what I said, punk."
She gave me a quick hug and said sorry again before walking off. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked over to see Kyle.
"Are you okay?" He said concernedly, I must still be crying.
I nodded slowly. "Y-yeah, I'm fine."
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~Vlad~
I watched as the two sisters tried to repair their relationship. If only Nikolai and I could do that, then perhaps I wouldn't have to fear him so badly. I shook my head as the group continued forward through the city until we reached a residential area. Patti and Octavius both seemed to know where they were going so we all followed them.
We stopped in front of a rather homely looking house. It didn't have much decoration, but it was well kept. Octavius walked up and knocked on the door and waited. After a moment a man opened the door. He seemed tired and had similar platinum blonde as Finni, but instead of Finni's gold eyes they were a greenish blue.
He smiled at us sadly and ushered us into the house. "My name is Jacob Bloodgood for those of ye who don't know me. Please, you can look around the house if ye like." He walked over to the small sitting room and sat down with Octavius, who seemed to have become in charge of all the funeral plans.
I walked around and studied some of the pictures that were in the house. There were many pictures of a young boy and girl doing various things. I couldn't help but smile from seeing a picture of a young Finni hanging upside down on monkey bars. His face was beet red.
I walked towards the rooms and looked at a door with many butterfly stickers and flowers. In the middle of the door it said "Mary Ann's Room!" Next to the room was one that simply said "Finnigan's Room"
I heard someone speak. "Look at the walls!" It was Sebastian. He pointed to the walls in the hallway.
They were covered in random sketches and paintings. Some of them seemed to be done by a child, who went wild with crayons, and some done by someone obviously older.
There were hand prints too, and foot prints done with paint. I couldn't help but imagine a small Mary Ann and Finni happily painting the wall, and I couldn't help but feel sad. They were such a happy family and everything was torn apart. Finni was taken and Mary Ann had passed on.
And I remembered back to the huge incomplete wall painting that was in Mary Ann's room back in America. She would always go on and on about how she and Finni were going to finish it and how it would be amazing. But now they never would...
"Are you okay?" It was Jenny this time.
Although I was never particularly fond of her, and in fact I'm still not. I thought it was slightly touching that she would even bother asking. Maybe...Just maybe, even if we couldn't be friends we could at least tolerate each other.
"Yes...I'm fine."
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DURR HURR REALLY LONG. Hurray for patching up relationships! :D And slight insights into Mary Ann and Finni's past. Not much though.
USED:
a lot of people...
