14Silver: I'm baaaaaaaaaack!
Todd: As am I.
Silver: Sorry it took so long.
Chapter 5
Anxiety
"Do you like him, Rain?" Trenton asked as they walked up the walkway to get to their house. Rain hurriedly denied liking Suichi after noting privately that she had not stopped thinking about the green-eyed boy since she had watched him get on the bus.
His big brown eyes showed skepticism but he didn't push for anything else as they walked through the door and inside the house.
After answering her mother's routine question, Rain told her mother of Suichi's invitation for the following day. Maria looked at her quizzically and pointed out that Rain had never done things with her "friends" on the weekend.
"Well, what better time to start than immediately?" Rain countered cheerfully knowing her mother wouldn't object to the plans. Maria smiled back and told her to ask her father whether it would be alright or not.
"Hey Dad, can I hang out with Suichi and his friends tomorrow?" she asked walking into Henry's study.
"I don't see why not..." Henry replied, not even glancing away from the computer. Rain blinked in confusion- Henry hadn't even asked whom Suichi's friends were much less why she would consider going anywhere with someone she'd just met.
Strangely she felt slightly disgruntled that Henry hadn't shown more concern or even interest in his only daughter's plans for the weekend... but then again it would be nice not to have him hounding her about making sure no boys got closer than three feet away from her and all that junk. She shrugged and left him to his work.
After dinner, Rain sat on her bed thinking about the folloeing morning with a welcome anticipation. She truly had never had a weekend of friend time and she was slightly nervous. Maria was always telling her how important first impressions could be to the people you met and talked with on a daily basis.
"Argh!" Rain growled at her over-active mind, collapsing onto her back to glare at her ceiling. Why was she so self-conscious all of a sudden? She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands and yawned letting go of her stress... her pointless, unwarranted stress...
Suichi's friends had to be nice... surely they had to be... wouldn't they be? Her breathing suddenly quickened and screeched again! She was over thinking it way too much...
"Rain? Are you okay?" came Trenton's voice through the door.
She growled slightly and forced her lips to form the words, "I'm fine!" but no sound came out.
"Rain?" Trenton opened the door and came in. Rain closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself as she felt her little brother add his weight to the bed. She felt him put his arms around her neck and lay beside her as she attempted to calm herself down.
"Nervous?" Rain just nodded. "Don't worry... I know they'll love you!"
Rain finally opened her eyes and hugged Trenton after which she sent him to bed or at least from her room so she could sleep.
Tomorrow was going to be a big day.
Silver: Sorry there is soo much fluff in this chapter but I'm trying to get back into the flow, you know? Hasta!
Todd: Bye!