"*Yawn* I don't know why I am still so tired" said Maddie as she yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"Aw how come? Didn't you sleep well?" asked Annie
"The thing is, I did, but I don't think that I actually rested at all" said Maddie as she yawned, she did not know why, but yesterday night, she felt especially uneasy, and she did not even know what she was uneasy about.
She just had this strange feeling that something bad was going to happen soon, she did not know if she was just overthinking or overreacting, so she just shrugged the feeling off and went to sleep, and even then when she went to sleep, she did not feel at rest at all.
She did not have a dream, or maybe she could not remember her dream, but she was sure that she had some sort of nightmare, that caused her not to sleep.
"Then why don't you go back to sleep??" asked Annie
"I don't like going back to sleep because I am already awake, and besides I would feel lazy if I went to sleep right now, in the morning, everyone is awake and up already" said Maddie as she rubbed her eyes one more time.
"Well okay then" said Annie
"Yes, I will just power through the day" said Maddie as she nodded.
"Hahah okay then, goodluck on your powering through the day" said Annie as she laughed.
"Good Morning Annie, Good Morning Maddie" said Curtis as he entered the cafeteria
"Oh Hi Curtis" said Annie as she smiled
"Morning Curtis" said Maddie as she yawned yet again.
"What brings you here Curtis?" asked Annie as she knew that Curtis did not usually come to the cafeteria, since he did not need to eat at all.
"I just came to check on you" said Curtis as he looked at Annie
"Oh okay" said Annie as she was sure that if Curtis really needed to check if she was alright, he would just ask her telepathically.
"And to give this back to Maddie" said Curtis as he gave the pink crystal shard to Maddie
"Oh Thank you Curtis" said Maddie as she took the crystal shard, she even forgot that this thing existed.
"You are welcome" said Curtis as Maddie put the shard into her jean pocket.
"Ughh I miss all of my skirts and dresses" said Maddie as she complained so suddenly out of the blue.
"Why did you just remember all you skirts and dresses??" asked Annie as she laughed.
"Well I just realized that all I have been wearing are jeans, not a single skirt of dress" said Maddie as she looked annoyed.
"And why don't you have any?" asked Annie as this was funny to her, she did not get what Maddie was fussy about, Annie wore jeans all the time, and she rarely wore skirts or dresses.
"Well Annie, you are trying to sneak out of your house at 5 in the morning, you do not have the luxury or time to think of also packing your many skirts and dresses" said Maddie, as she remembered how focused she was when she snuck out of the house.
"It seems that you loved all your skirts and dresses" said Annie as she laughed, while Curtis was just observing the two of them and their conversation about human feminine wear.
"Who doesn't?" said Maddie
"Skirts are so cute and free, while dresses just make you feel nice" said Maddie
"I had many of them" she said as she laughed.
"I know, I was there, you wore like a new skirt everyday" said Annie as she laughed.
"I cannot refute that, because I truly did purposely never wear the same thing twice" said Maddie
"You know, I did that to trample on my enemies" said Maddie way too calmly.
"Haha okay slow down, you do not have any enemies here" said Annie as she laughed.
"Haha of course I don't " said Maddie as she laughed.
"I am just telling you why, I wore something new every day" said Maddie
"So are you trying to say that you miss being rich?" asked Annie
"To tell you the truth… No, No I do not miss being rich" said Maddie
Sure, she used to be rich, and she was used to getting everything she wanted in an instant, and she could change clothes every single day, but she was not happy at all, she had no true friends, and to tell the truth, her life was a living nightmare.
"Sure, I was rich, but I was not happy" said Maddie
"All the money I had could not buy me happiness at all" said Maddie
"And most of all, I lived in fear, fear of doing things wrong, fear of being punished, and most of all fear of my so called parents" said Maddie
"I love the life I have now, I am happy, I have you guys" said Maddie as she smiled and Annie smiled back.
"And I would not trade this new life I have, for the world" she said as she laughed.
"Awww Maddie" said Annie as she smiled.
"*Ahem*" said Curtis
"I hope that I am part of the people you have" said Curtis as his serious poker face could not let anyone take him seriously, while saying this sentence.
"Hahaha Curtis" said Maddie as she laughed.
"Of course you are part of it" she said
"Who else would I play competitively with??" asked Maddie
"Because, Annie and Matt are both too sweet to go their full force on me" said Maddie as she laughed
"Well of course not, we are not as crazy as you two" said Annie as she shook her head and nodded.
These two friends of hers were just unbelievable, they made a big deal out of the most little things, and as much as it was hilarious, it was also concerning, because also competed like they were going to kill each other, which scared Annie a bit.
"Hahah Annie, well whatever you say" said Maddie as she laughed.
"Anyway Curtis knows that he's my guy, and he's my buddy right Curtis??" asked Maddie as she looked at Curtis
"It all matters on you" replied Curtis, but there was a small smile on his face.
"Aww you are so cute when you are like this" said Maddie as she smiled.
"I do not know what you are talking about" said Curtis as he turned away.
"Aww Annie, you never told me Curtis could be this cute and shy" said Maddie as she looked at Annie.
"Well he always used to be, until he decided to start looking and acting serious" said Annie as she laughed.
"Can you both stop talking about me being cute" said Curtis as he looked like he was irritated, but Annie knew that he was just shy with him being talked about like this.
"What are you all talking about??" asked Matt as he entered the scene, and joined the party.
"Oh Hi Matt" said Annie as she smiled.
"Hello Matt" said Maddie
"Well Matty, if you must know" said Maddie
"Curtis is being shy, because he said something very nice, and now me and Annie are calling him cute" said Maddie as she laughed
"Haha that sounds funny" said Matt as he sat down.
"I cannot imagine Curtis being cute, he's just always wayyy too serious" said Matt s he laughed.
"That is the exact same thing that I said" said Maddie
"Can you both stop talking about me like I am not right here" said Curtis
"Well even better, it is good that you are here, because you don't know how annoying you can be when you act so serious and all" said Maddie
"Right Annie??" asked Maddie as she looked at Annie for reassurance.
"Umm Curtis, you know I love you, regardless of if you are annoying or not, besides we are stuck together no matter what" said Annie as she smiled
"Aww Annie is wayy too soft with you Curtis" said Maddie
"But not to worry, you have both me and Matt to tell you the cold hard truth" said Maddie
"Am I right Matt?" asked Maddie as she looked at Matt and Curtis immediately shot Matt a dirty glare that read "Just try it and see"
Matt laughed sheepishly, he was not ready to have be angry with him for no reason.
"Haha Mhmmm" said Matt as he did not actually say anything.
"You see" said Maddie as she looked at Curtis
"You know what, I am going now" said Curtis as he was annoyed, he did not come here to be criticized right now.
"Awww Curtis don't go" said Maddie
"Haha Maddie let him be, he will be back later" said Annie as she knew that Maddie was having wayy too much fun annoying Curtis.
"Awww alright, but just know that 'we' are doing this for your own good" said Maddie as she just so casually grouped all of them together in this her little game.
"Ha, you know what you are actually doing" said Curtis as he left.
"You really made him angry this time Maddie" said Matt
"Yes, I agree" said Annie as she laughed.
"Oh he will get over it" laughed Maddie, she was very happy with annoying Curtis.