*Kiley sat on the floor in front of the fire, a leather photo ablum infront of her. She had pictures all over the floor, from when she was really little up untill very recent pictures. She smiled as she looked at them and slid them into the slots in the album*

*Melanie quietly entered the common room. She saw Kiley there and felt a mixture of relief and discouragement. Relief because she could finally apologize for how she'd been acting lately, and discouragement because she didn't know if Kiley would be willing to accept it, or even be kind back. Melanie walked up to where Kiley was sitting and attempted a smile as she pointed to one of the pictures on the floor of the two of them doing something stupid*
Melanie:"I like that picture."




~Mel

*Kiley reached down and picked it up. It was of she and mel at a 'young ladies' brunch when they were about 7, in which they had both, purposly, acted very un-lady like. In the picture they were both sticking their tongues out and making faces at the camera. Kiley smiled and looked at it* "yeah, it's a nice picture...."

Melanie:"Of course, we're in it." *she joked. She noticed a few of the girls and mothers in the backround making angry and upset faces and laughed*"Look at everyone else, though!"




~Mel

*Kiley laughed* "I know.......they were so mad at us for that.....I still say it was worth it...." *She grinned* "Do you remember the looks on our mother's faces when they told them what we'd done?"

Melanie:"Yeah. My mum grounded me for it, and then said that I couldn't have chocolate for a week because I said," *she paused and started speaking in her impression of a 7-year-old version of herself*"'Well maybe I don't wanna be a lady! Maybe I wanna be a GUY!'" *she stopped using the voice*"Of course my dad laughed, but she didn't find it amusing, since she thought I was serious. She thought she was raising an aspiring crossdresser."



~Mel

*Kiley laughed* "I remember you telling me that in an owl....that you were grounded from chocolate for a week and that it was the end of the world...obviously...."

Melanie:"No, no, I was stuck in my room AND without chocolate for a week. THAT was the end of the world. No chocolate is just the end of my life." *she smirked, feeling relieved that she and Kiley weren't fighting*



~Mel

*Kiley smiled.* "My mum was mad at first......but then later she said she was kind of glad that I didn't want to go back..." *She looked over at mel.* "Sorry I lied about that...I didn't want you to think that you were all alone..." *She smiled sheepishly*

*Melanie shrugged to show that she didn't mind*
Melanie:"I wouldn't have minded if you told the truth. It would've given me more to complain about to my mum."



~Mel

*Kiley smiled* "Yeah, I figured...I just didn't want your mum to not like me anymore....." *She set down the picture and picked up one of herself and mel's mum when they had first met, when kiley was in the hospital right after she had been bitten. She looked happy to have a visitor. She just looked at it, a sad smile on her face*

*Melanie smiled weakly*
Melanie:"I miss her so much." *she said distantly, almost in a daze as she stared at her mum, almost not even noticing that Kiley was in the picture*




~Mel

"I know....I miss her too....she was wonderful....."

Melanie:"I love her so much...even now. It's my fault she's gone, too."


~Mel

"No it isn't mel....you didn't say the spell, and you certainly didn't kill her....it's your dad's fault..."

Melanie:"It is my fault, though. It's all because I opened that present from my dad. I shouldn't have, Ki! That god damned present is what made my whole life collapse in front of me!"



~Mel

"How were you suppoed to know mel?"

Melanie:"It was from my dad. I should've known it would be trouble."



~Mel

"Well, it's too late now, isn't it? There's no point in dwelling on the past if it can't be fixed."

Melanie:"But I want her back. I want Becky back, too. I don't want them to be gone anymore!" *she started to cry softly, not even noticing that she was*



~Mel

*Kiley looked into the fire* "I'm sorry mel....really...."

Melanie:"No, don't worry about it." *she forced herself to stop, and to be happy. This was NOT the time to get depressed*"That is a cute picture." *she forced a smile*


~Mel

"Which one?" *She asked, looking back to see if mel had picked up a new one or if she was still talking about the same one*

Melanie:"The one of you and mum." *she explained*"It's a good picture of both of you."


~Mel

*Kiley looked back down in the picture. Mel's mum looked very nice, but kiley smiled alittle when looking at herself* "I was just bit by a werewolf, and you think I look nice? they didn't even think I was going to make it...." *She said, lookking back at mel with a sort of, bemused smile on her face*

Melanie:"Yes, yes I do. You have to look at your eyes, though. Can't you see how happy you really were to have a visitor?"



~Mel

"I think I look tired....and scared....and glad that your mum was there to help me through it...." *She said, smiling fondly at the photograph*

Melanie:"Yup, and help you meet very awesome, pretty, intelligent, and talented friends." *She grinned*


~Mel

*Kiley smiled* "yeah, I'm so glad you're mum got assigned my case..."

Melanie:"I am too, because she introduced me to very awesome, pretty, intelligent, and talented people as well."




~Mel

*Kiley smiled* "Yeah,,,,whatever..." *She tossed down the picture into it's pile and looked over the rest of the pictures* "I don't even know what to do with all of these..."

Melanie:"We should make a scrapbook with them, together." *she suggested, her eyes glowing at the idea. It would be fun. It sounded like such an old ladyish thing, but it sounded REALLY fun.*



~Mel

"I've never done scrap booking before...it takes a long time...."

ooc: I don't have the patience for scrap booking...lol

Melanie:"Well it's not like we'll never get finished, because we're going to be friends until we die, got that?"



~Mel

*Kiley nodded* "Yeah.............till death......" *She said, looking over the tons of photos*

Melanie:"So is that a yes or a no?" *she asked Kiley, pouting after she asked*




~Mel

"I was just going to put them in this album....but if you want to scrap book them I guess we can..."

Melanie:"I don't want to if you don't want to. But the pages would be pretty and awesome and would have cool things on it. Aside from us."



~Mel

*Kiley shrugged.* "I don't really care, mel. either way." *She said a little wearly*

Melanie:"Then we're going to do it. If you get bored, I'll do it, because I have nothing better to do with the little spare time I have."



~Mel