It's been four months since I have talked to anyone. I got myself back into college and had to apologize profusely to the board about missing more than half a semester and didn't even sign up for a course during the summer to keep my scholarship. the dean also was upset because I didn't even return during the spring semester and blah, blah, blah. He was trying to guilt me but if he had the fucking live through what I did and saved the world without him even knowing he would be fucking grateful. Mom and Dad or as the dean calls them Nova and Maddy in their all-formal tone. "We need her to stay in school and she will have to build her way back up to have a scholarship again and that's if she can even do that." My mom agreed and was so pleasant but once we left she said, " I'm going to rally take that fucker out." My father had to calm her down. Know my mother she is going to terrify this guy to know the ends. We got me settled into a new dorm and had a normal human in my room. It's strange to go and talk to the paranormal for months and months to absolutely nothing. I have even got a job at the local coffee house down the street. On days that I'm not studying my heart out for regular school, I am in the libraries of both holy and demonology. I keep hoping I will run into one of my friends but they are busy doing other things that I don't see them. Haven't seen them once since we all went to bury Clarissa's and Damian's bodies. No one has called, texted, or even visited. It's getting harder to not want to go find them because I keep having nightmares of killing Damian over and over again but I can't even talk to now one about it or anyone to help me cope. They pretty much left me to deal with these things on my own and I get it. They are not humans and never had to be human till I came around. They had to live a human life because at that moment they chose me. I wish they would choose me again.

"Nubia, you okay?" Frankie says. She is both my roommate and coffee mate. At first, I thought she was superhuman because we have a lot of classes together and we got the same shifts in the coffee house. But she isn't. She is a normal human being. Her soul looks it as well as her snoring at night has my dad beat. "Yeah, I say." Lying through my teeth she just shakes her head no because she knows that I'm lying to her and myself. I do like this girl as a friend. She is taller than me and she has short blue hair. Her ears are pierced up. She is slender and she always complains she has no boos lol. She is fair-skinned and some would say she doesn't get enough sun. Her nose is pierced and she has snack bite piercing in her lips. I still haven't figured out if she is gay, bi, or straight but time will tell.

"Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" Candy's southern voice breaks the silence in the coffee shop. All the people who are quietly working look up and give Candy death stares. She just laughs and starts to walk to the counter. "What are you doing here," I say excitedly because honestly, I don't think I can hide how excited or happy I am to see her. "Well, Mrs. Nubia I'm coming down for your mother and father remarried shit thing." Candy laughs because I think she doesn't know what it is actually called. "Oh yeah, but that's in Santa Fe. What are you doing in California?" I ask her. "Well I thought could fly in and we go together me and you." She says and I am excited because it has been a while since I used a portal and I can't wait to do something not normal for once. I miss the paranormal and the superpowers. I chuckle to myself in deep thought. "Does this still work?" Candy starts talking through our soul connection. "Well look at that it still does. Surprised that it does since no one has talked to me since the funerals." I cock my head to here. "I don't know if you guys are having a staring contest or seeing who's going to talk first but if kind of freaking me out," Frankie says with a very confused face and I think she really is trying to break the tension between us. "It's a staring contest. We do it every time we see each other." Candy says. To southerly nice. Cans asks for a black coffee and then she says she will come and get me when my shift is over. I decided to tell it's 9 pm and not to be late. Although we could have talked through soul connection I don't want Frankie freaking out when Candy just shows up. Candy looks at me then at Frankie and just laughs and shakes her head as she walks out. "Your friend is very... umm. Interesting. And does she always talk that way?" Frankie asks trying to not hurt my feelings. "Yes. She always talks that way. No, she can't change her voice. And yes she will always be cocky and too upfront. No matter how you try to convince her to be nice. It's just who she is." I say putting coffee lids in the cabinet. "So how do you guys know each other?" Frankie ask. "We met the first semester of my second year. When everything went chaotic. I pretty much ruined my scholarship. I fell in love. Lost them." I say but can't find the words to say when she says, "Breakups are hard girlfriend. But you will get through it. If you were able to come back to school and work your ass off trying to get your scholarship back I think you have the strength to get over this break-up." Frankie finishes and walks to go help a customer. I don't have it in me to tell her that I lost him because I killed him. Because his soul was the last soul I needed. But then there is this alarm in my body going off with this customer who is leaning in and trying to convince Frankie for her number. He goes into touch with her and before I can help it. I grab his hand and feel all the demons in him and he was sent to her for a reason. He is a warning sign and I look him straight in the eyes. "I don't think my friend needs a number from someone like you." He chuckles and tries to let go of my hand but as he looks back at me I let him know exactly who he is fucking with and that I don't fuck around. I will take him out without even breaking a sweat. His smile fades and then he looks at me again. He realizes what he just walked into and bows his head he even goes to apologize and runs out the door. okay, maybe I was wrong. this demon was more scared of me than what I thought would be a warning but something doesn't feel right. why after four months of nothing would a demon show up at my coffee shop to make a pass at my friend? I must be overthinking this till the door opens again and the next person that walks in is Feya and Ezikel. okay, one friend's visit is okay and understandable but three showing up and two of them being together is a coincidence it's being done on purpose and they better answer my questions tonight or we ain't talking till they do. I won't budge or I will go to the wedding by myself.