Home for Good (Mia)

[Rayne DiSalvo]

Rayne had been gone for a while, longer than she'd intended but New York had been calling to her. Her biological parents decided to get in touch with her a few months before she left and for a while she hadn't even bothered thinking about it. But when she did put some thought to it, she knew if she didn't mend things between them, she'd regret it. Honestly, things turned out better than she had ever expected them to. Now she had two sets of parents that actually cared for her and things were starting to look up. Unfortunately, it had cost her a relationship, but she still had her friends.

One of them was Mia.

After she got back from New York, she instantly called her 'sister' and decided to set up a time when they could talk about everything that had happened while Rayne was gone. Sure she'd had her phone and all, but rarely did she text and she was so busy that phone calls lasted only a few minutes. It wasn't enough for her to really know what was going on with Mia. And because Rayne knew the younger girl rather well, she was a bit worried about her. Rayne hadn't been there to help keep Mia from doing any form of self-harm and it scared her to think that if something had gone bad enough, Mia would have resorted to that and she wasn't there to stop it.

Pulling up to Kali's, Rayne walked in, looking around for some bright neon pink hair.

[Mia Bell]

Mia walked from Hammel to one of the cafés in town. She was suppose to meet an old friend there. Someone she had missed dearly and someone she needed comfort from. A lot had happened since this certain person had left, and a part of Mia felt like the girl was leaving her behind and she had felt more lonely than she usually was. So, Mia had been and still is to hear that this certain person was back in town and she hoped beyond hope that this friend will be staying and not going back to New York.

Walking into the café, she smiled at the people behind the counter. Taking a seat at one of the tables near the window that was only meant to seat two. Which two seats were all that was needed. Why she sat at the table near the window? It was so Mia had something else to look at, without being rude and staring at the other people in the café.

Grinning as she saw Rayne enter the café, she waved at her; though she was pretty sure the girl would be able to spot her anyways what with her pink hair and all. “Rayne!” Mia stood up so she could hug the older girl when she made her way over. Rayne had easily became a sister figure to her. She had even grown so close to the girl to tell her about her self-harm, and she was relieved and happy that she hadn’t walked away from her like everyone else seemed to have.

[Rayne DiSalvo]

Upon her entrance, it had taken only a second to find the younger girl. One benefit that came from the bright color of her hair. It also helped when she heard her name being called out. Rayne took bigger steps and eventually met the girl where she was. With a bright smile she threw her arms around her best friend and gave her a tight squeeze, "Mia! Oh my gosh!" It had been a little less than a year since she'd seen the girl and though she hadn't grown a whole lot, she still looked different.

Pulling the younger girl over to the table and sitting across from her, Rayne folded her hands on the table. It was so weird being back in Vermont, but the scenery wasn't much different and if anything it was more comforting being back home. She loved New York and all, especially now that her biological parents were living in the slums of New York. But Vermont would always be her real home, where her friends and true parents were.

"So how have you been? You're working on senior year at Hammel aren't you?" Gosh she had so many questions to ask the younger girl! But she didn't want to overwhelm her. After all, they had a while before either of them really had to leave. The only thing Rayne had been doing lately was looking for a place of her own and figuring out where she was going to work. That could wait though, Mia was her priority right now. "You know, I'm looking for my own place, if you end up going to college up here we could be roomies!" Talk about partying it up, those two would be breaking hearts constantly.

[Mia Bell]

Mia hugged her back, just as tight. She couldn’t believe the girl was back in town “Hey!, I’ve missed you so much!” Texting and letters were nothing compared to them being face to face to talk. She hadn’t thought Rayne would have came back “I hadn’t expected you to come back.” Everyone who left seemed to never come back, except Cameron, and now her ex Tal. She still had a lot to tell the girl, it was all a little overwhelming.

Mia sat down and sat across from Rayne. She kept her hands on her lap, rubbing her thighs nervously. “How is New York?” That was a good conversion starter, right? And it wasn’t about her. Mia didn’t want to talk about herself, not yet. So, she was going to do all she could to postpone that, if Rayne would let her.

“I’ve.. Been better, I guess. So much drama has happened lately. Though, it seems to have died down some now.” She smiled thoughtfully “I actually don’t know where I stand at Hammel.. I’m only sixteen but if I hadn’t had gotten my powers I would have graduated this year… But I don’t have very much control over my powers or my emotions yet.” She looked at Rayne “How have you been?” Mia grinned as she brought up the apartment thing, she clapped her hands in excitement “That would be awesome! You sure you wouldn’t mind though?” Mia had been thinking about just staying in Vermont, there was so much for her to live for here, Alaska just brought so many memories; she wasn’t sure how she would be able to handle that.