The ride with my dad home was silent, but that was fine between us. We didn't need to talk, we could usually understand what the other was thinking without speaking. Based off of his joyful expression I assumed he was in a good mood. No doubt my mom would probably tell me how their vacation was. As we rode down the road to our decently sized house, I noticed someone familiar walking down one of the roads.

There Gilda was walking by herself, I was still wondering how she slipped past me when school was out. She had her hands in her pockets, with her head down. I couldn't get the best look at her, in the car anyways, but I could tell she was heading down a rough dirt path. It was then I saw that her head lifted up, and her eyes met mine. Again for the second time that day, she didn't look angry. In fact, from the few seconds I saw, she looked sad.

Our eyes parted almost as quickly as they met, and we drove past her; but, in the car mirror I could still see Gilda. She was still looking at the car. I didn't feel scared or nervous by this, in fact part of me had been worried about her. It didn't take long for my dad to notice me. He asked me "Who were you looking at?"

"Oh just a....friend" I answered hesitating to get a good answer. In a sudden motion, my dad stopped the car and looked me dead in the eyes. "You have a friend?!" My dad asked loudly clearly overjoyed. My eyes were wide open in shock from his action. I sat there in silence, so I simply nodded.

He then continued driving with a massive grin on his face. The sudden realization that he would tell my mom, slowly began to eat at me.

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When we got home my dad quickly opened the door, but I had a feeling he'd wait to tell my mom. My mom came up to me with a large smile on her face. "Oh I'm so happy to see you baby" she exclaimed happily. I groaned, but I did expect her to be this happy. She then started telling me about how their trip was, it seemed like fun to me. They did they usually things, swimming, restaurants, and hiking.

I nodded not quite knowing what to say. After our greeting and catching up I went to my room. My mom seemed to have cleaned 90% of the house while I was gone. The tables were cleaned off, floor was vacuumed, and clothes were put away. My room was decently cleaned, but my armies and model kits weren't touched so that was relieving.

The imperial guard army was almost finished, but I was just planning on selling it. As for the few model kits that I had, deathscythe was almost finished, just needed a bit more painting. So I just needed to think of which one to continue. After a few minutes I decided deathscythe needed to be finished.

I took a dry brush and a little bit of grey paint to add a few scratches onto him. I was trying to make him look battle damaged, as it was the only thing I knew what to do. As I added the small scratches my mind began to wander. Gilda had been my first thought. I wondered why she had that look on her face when we drove by. She looked really upset about something, but I didn't know what. I started thinking if I could cheer her up tomorrow at school.

It then hit me that I was worried about someone who almost killed me. Part of me wanted to slap myself for thinking that way, but most of my head somewhat understood why. She seemed really rough around the edges, but she did seem somewhat nice. I didn't know quite what to think, but in the ned Gilda had certainly impacted my mind. So much I slowed down on my work considerably.

Looking down at deathscythe, who still needed to be touched up a bit, I began to think about why I was even doing this. Luna bribed me to keep an eye on a person. Not even with money but with plastic. I looked around my room, seeing a small Tau army, Gundam 00, red warrior, and a terminator for the blood angels.

In some way I felt guilt over this, as if I should have done this anyway. Then I remembered what happened with Gilda, and part of me understood why I didn't want to go into it.

When my Mom called me for dinner, I had gotten almost zero work done. I guess I can finish it tomorrow, I thought in my head.

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We all sat down for dinner fairly quickly. My mom had made fried pork with egg noodles, all topped with her own white gravy. To say I was excited would be an understatement. I loved this meal, it in my opinion was a perfect example of comfort food. I quickly began to eat away at my plate, blissfully ignoring the smirk on my dad's face. "So honey, guess what our son has?" My Dad said in a clearly happy tone.

My mom looked up at him curiously, I was simply planning on making a bolt to my room. "What does he have Corvus?" My mom asked with interest. My dad laid his hand on my shoulder and gave me another smirk. "Our son has an actual friend Canis." My dad said with an odd sense of glee.

It took my mom a second or two to react, then I was quickly enveloped into a hug. She was smiling more than my dad, and had been clearly overjoyed by my Dad's announcement. She glee'd as she sat back down in her chair. I tried to cover my face with my shirt, but I knew what my mom would be asking soon enough.

"So...You wanna tell me about your friend?" My mom said, almost giving me a smug look. I hesitated for a moment. I didn't want to lie, but I didn't want to tell them about certain things....It was still Gilda after all. I uncovered some of my face, and answered my mom's question.

"Well, we like the same music, enjoy similar shows, and she's fairly straightforward" I said in a nervous tone. My mom simply nodded, until she heard me say "she". I then saw my mom give me a look of worry. My mom squinted at me with her green eyes, "Orion, you better not be.." My mom said before I cut her off.

"No mom not like that" I said with a blush growing on my face. She still gave me an incredibly stern look. I spent that night practically entertaining the two of them. I pretty much fell down on my bed that night. At least I would sleep well.

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I woke up around the right time to get ready. Clouds were in the sky, so the sun rarely broke through. The small pieces of yellow light escaped only briefly. I wore a simple t shirt, red with some small designs on it. Then I just wore light blue shorts. It always took me a bit to get awake. I pretty much stumbled into the bathroom to brush my teeth and clean up from sleep.

I straightened out my hair with a comp and wiped my eyes. Walking back into my room, I decided to listen to music before I had to go. I looked over at my shelf seeing a frame arms girl Gourai....don't judge me. So I sat there listening to venom from dance with the dead until my dad got me.

We both got in his car with me wearing my stereotypical massive back bag. He handed me a chicken biscuit for breakfast and I gobbled it down quickly. The actual biscuit was quite dry, but the chicken gave enough moist to help it go down. As for the ride, it was smooth. The sun had finally seemed to break through the clouds and began to shine down to the buildings and people below. There were one or two kids walking toward school, admittedly I always felt sorry for them; especially, in the winter.

I got out of the car and waved to my dad. Hoping he'd have a good day. For a minute I forgot about my whole mission at school. It also dawned on me that me and her didn't exchange phone numbers so I had no idea when she'd be here. As I was walking to the side entrance, preferred it since not many people were there, I felt someone poke my back. "Took you long enough dweeb" Gilda said behind me in her feminine yet somewhat deep voice.

I nearly jumped out of my skin, making an embarrassing girly scream. Gilda covered her mouth to hide her chuckle. I furrowed my brow at her and simply said under my breath "It's not funny.."

Gilda uncovered her smirk and nodded "Yes it is." I turned my head slightly because of a small amount of embarrassment. I turned my head back to continue to defend myself but I noticed Gilda was staring at something. It wasn't her normal angry stare, it looked different.

In fact it was more saddened, which was an emotion I didn't even think she could make. I stood there looking at her worryingly, so I wanted to see what was bothering her. I moved forward, as my view was blocked by a brick wall, and looked over.

Looking over I saw a group of girls. The first one that caught my attention was Sunset Shimmer. She scared the crap out of me for years; although, now she seemed okay. Even then, Gilda didn't seem to be looking at the fired hair women. Gilda's eyes seemed to be looking at another person in the group. The girl had literal rainbow colored hair, she wore athletic clothes, and was kicking around a soccer ball.

I didn't know her name, but I knew she was a part of the soccer team and a friend of Sunset. Suddenly Gilda walked away to the entrance. "Gilda, whats wrong?" I asked worried about her. She turned to me with an obviously pissed off face. She squinted towards me and said "Nothing, lets just go!" Gilda then walked into the school, while I slowly reached out for her. I was so worried about her, I didn't even notice people staring behind us.

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The day went by without much else, unless you count the awkwardness. My mind had been swirling about Gilda. It still baffeld me that I was worried about her. Gilda could've killed me, yet my heart was almost feeling her pain. Granted she probably wouldn't admit it, but again it rubbed off onto me. I handed her some of the food from my bag.

"Here, you need to eat." I said, with my voice low. She simply nodded. I looked over at her worryingly again. "Gilda. Whatever is bothering you, I'm sorry...You can tell me when you're comfortable." I said as fast as I could. She just looked over at me.

Her eyes had a mixture of confusion, yet a slight pinch of gratitude. She rubbed her hand on my shoulder and mustered a small laugh. "You know...it kinda makes me mad you're so caring." She said in a low voice. I simply looked her in the eyes as she said so. It was here that I really realized something; her eyes were so...beautiful. They were like the finest gold, a piece a miner may hide from his boss.

I looked down, trying to cover a blush. Then I heard Gilda giggle, "Awww are you blushing? Come on, you dweeb" Gilda said in a mocking tone. I turned away from her and tried to sound tough but it just made her laugh more "I'm not blushing....it's just really..hot in here." She laughed like she had seen the best stand up ever....

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(Sonata POV)
Me and my sisters were watching Gilda and the guy she was with. They all sat alone at a table, then Adagio began to speak. "Hmm, so she's with a no body? I wonder." I looked over at her, wondering what she meant. I gave her a confused look, then Aria slapped the back of my head.

"So, the most dangerous person in school has a boyfriend...I think I have an idea." Adagio continued. Aria rolled her eyes and responded "Oh great, another great idea. Remember the last time you had one?"

"This one will be different, trust me." Adagio said, her own wicked smile growing. I tried not to pay too much attention. I just kept looking over at the two, wondering why his face was red.

Author's Note

Alright, that took a lot longer than I thought. Sorry but I'm going through some personal stuff, but I'll try to keep going. Anyways as always, tell me what you think and have a nice day.