It had been many months since Sonya moved out of her brother's house. By now she had a new job, a pretty well-paying one as well. She had her own place now and a new roommate to live with her as well... someone who quickly became her friend...

Sonya stretched and yawned, looking around the well lit up room. She ruffled her hair with her fingers and gazed at the messy floor and knew it would need cleaned soon. Oh well, it could wait till later, after all no one would be coming over any time soon.

She crawled out of bed and walked barefoot across the cool floor out through her door. She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen where her roommate Avery was already busy throwing together breakfast. Velvet, Sonya's rescued pit bull, was sprawled on the other side of the island counter.

"Good morning sunshine!" Avery called out ecstatically, twirling around with her short short hair that ended at her ears spun with her. "Eggs?" She asked and Sonya nodded. She turned back to the stove and twirled the longer lock by her face and finished the eggs, setting two plates down on the counter. She leaned on her side eating her breakfast while Sonya sat on a stool opposite her.

"So... why so chipper this morning?" Sonya asked casually.

Avery grinned. "I may or may not have a date for this weekend." Sonya rolled her eyes. This girl for the life of her never kept any guys for very long for she got too bored with them quickly and wanted something different. No guy ever seemed capable of keeping her entertained long. "Don't roll your eyes at me!" She snapped. "Not everyone can keep long lasting relationships with Mr. Tall Blond and Hunky."

Sonya mock rolled her eyes again. "So who is this guy this time?"

"Oh just this guy I met at work..." her voice trailed off. Avery worked at a restaurant and Sonya figured you couldn't find anyone that terrible there. That was the problem though, if the guy was interesting enough he was gone. "I think it will go alright." She shrugged absently.

Sonya just laughed and they continued to eat their breakfast before Sonya got ready for school. Avery had already graduated the year before and had wanted out on her own. She thought it was very interesting that a high school girl was living on her own, never mind that she had in fact managed to raise enough money for a pretty nice flat. Though Avery knew the real story and it was pretty interesting when she met Nathaniel too. She had wondered how a girl like Sonya was with a guy like him and Sonya assured her that at one point he had been worse. Sonya had been able to get Nathaniel to relax more instead of being so uptight all the time and while most of his usual qualities remained he was in fact a bit more laid back.

Sonya walked off to school and thought about next on her list of things to get was a car. She enjoyed walking though, to say the least. As she walked, she thought about the time she had spent living with Nathaniel before she could afford her own place. It really hadn't been too bad after all with his parents always normally gone the least she had to worry about was Amber. Though once the girl realized she wasn't about to scare Sonya away she eventually just started to pretend she didn't exist which was perfectly fine.

The whole ordeal though, brought Sonya and Nathaniel much closer together; sometimes it had seemed as if they were the only ones on earth.

When she arrived at school, she still had awhile until school started, since she usually left early to get there on time. She walked into the nearly empty school building and while walking down the hall to her locker, she ran into Castiel halfway there. Sonya raised an eyebrow, "You're at school early again." She said and he fell in step beside her.

He shrugged. "Yea so?"

Sonya mimicked his shrug. "Well that's pretty much something you wouldn't do, I'm sure." She scrunched her face. "Except as of lately, and that one time last school year..."

He laughed at her. "Don't think too hard on that." Sonya returned his taunt with a glare. "I just have things I'm doing." He replied absently.

"Ooohhh?" She said, dragging it out. She wriggled her eyebrows. "Doing what exactly?"

He rolled his eyes and shoved her to the side gently. "Don't worry 'bout it, 'k?"

Sonya stared at him blankly. "I'm not worried, I'm curious!" She bounced a little and reached her locker. Opening the combination lock, she eyed him leaning against the lockers to the side.

"Maybe I'll show ya one day." He shrugged, not looking at her.

"Show me huh?" She asked and shut her locker.

"Ya know what you need to do?" He said suddenly. "You've been in that place of yours for a few months now, why not throw a party?"

"Hey!" She mock slapped his arm. "No changing the subject!"

"I'm not. Maybe if you do I'll show ya why I'm here early all the time." Sonya looked at him in confusion, and raised an eyebrow. He laughed. "Think about it." He said before walking away. Sonya did think about it as she started off in the opposite direction. She had no doubt in her mind that Avery would surely agree, she thought as she walked towards the student council room.

She opened the door and walked inside, finding the room empty. "That's strange." She murmured. She stood in the doorway, looking around when strong arms wrapped around her torso from behind.

"You're here even before me." He whispered in her ear and she smiled. Sonya turned in his arms and planted a sweet kiss on his lips. "Good morning to you too." He laughed.

"What are you doing here not at 5 am?" She asked, teasingly.

"I do not get here at 5 am." He retorted. "If I was getting up that early I would use that time to spend with a very pretty girl." Sonya could feel her face growing red.

She suddenly changed the subject. "Do you know why Castiel is here so early in the mornings?" She asked.

He shrugged and started walking off, shuffling through some papers. "I know of no such things." He finally said. Sonya tried not to feel annoyed. It was nothing new for her boyfriend and best friend to hate one another's guts, and for Nathaniel to react that way when Castiel was brought up. So she quickly shoved it off and walked over to his side again.

"Are you going to come over soon? Maybe like...this weekend." He gave her a sideways glance. "Avery will probably be out all weekend, knowing her. New date and all." He nodded. "I was figuring that maybe you could... you know stay over?" Now he looked at her and she smirked.

"You would love that very much, wouldn't you?" He asked her, a teasing tone in his voice.

"So you would my dear." She answered and sidled closer to him.

He put one hand on her waist. "Of course I would. I wouldn't skip out on that opportunity." He replied and gave her a quick kiss. "You might want to get going though, before a teacher or someone comes in."

Sonya laughed. "You act like I don't have my clothes on or something!" He rolled his eyes but was smiling too and she gave in, heading off to her class.

"Oh my god, yes!" Avery squealed. "A party would be just awesome! Oh but god, why didn't you tell me this sooner, I have this date this weekend... it will have to be next weekend." She pondered this for a moment.

Sonya laughed at the girls' enthusiasm. "I would have told you sooner but Castiel just suggested the idea today." She said with a shrug. She had let her roommate in on the idea as soon as she got home.

"What days do you work over the weekend? None? Okay well that's easier. Uhm... Saturday night would work out great then, huh? We totally need to start planning now. I have a friend that can get us some things. We need a playlist of music set up, oh and we have to move furniture to make room to dance. We'll need food as well; oh we have to put up valuables as well. My room is off limits to everyone, I assume at some point you will occupy your own..." Avery kept rambling on aimlessly while Sonya slipped out of view and walked to her room.

Velvet was lying on her bed, and lifted her head when she walked in. "Hey big beautiful baby." She said, stroking the dog on the head. She dropped her bag on the ground and sat on the edge of the bed, petting the dog. "I have so much homework to do... I think Avery is overly excited about a party." She chuckled to herself and Velvet stared at her with big, amber eyes. Sonya sighed and pulled out her laptop. The first thing she did was check her email and as usual, there was a message from her brother. She always ignored them though. She didn't feel she could ever talk to him again, but she honestly didn't know. She hadn't ever talked to either of her parents since she had first been taken away from them, and didn't plan to start that either. She moved the mouse over the delete button before continuing on to her homework.

"Yo Sonya! Prince charming is here!" Avery called towards her room. It was Friday evening. Sonya walked out of her room and into the kitchen. Nathaniel was standing in the living room and Avery was walking away. "I still have to get ready. If all goes well, you'll have no need to worry about me for I won't be home till sometime Sunday evening." She grinned and rushed into her room.

Sonya walked over to Nathaniel and gave him and long, tight hug. "All weekend, just you and me." She smiled softly up at him and he nodded, kissing her nose. "I was just about to eat dinner, if you would join me?" She asked, gesturing to the kitchen. He nodded in agreement.

They were just finishing when Avery stepped out of her room. Nathaniel raised an eyebrow. "Is that appropriate for a first date?" He asked uncertainty.

"Hey, your girlfriend isn't the only one who can be Hot Mama around here. I need some love too." She pouted, grabbing her bag. Nathaniel just stared at her, with a look that said she was completely unbelievable. Sonya tried hard not to choke on her soda when she covered a laugh. "Later darlings. Behave yourselves. I don't wanna come home an auntie!" She waved coyly and walked out the door.

Sonya turned her head back to Nathaniel across from her. "She is very lovable, isn't she?"

He turned his head to look at her, but he didn't comment, and Sonya was fine with that. He approved of Avery and all, and heck probably liked her as well, but as much as anyone else, he wondered about her.

"So, what do you have in mind for tonight?" He asked her, standing up and stretching while Sonya put away their dishes from dinner.

She smiled back at him over her shoulder. "It involves you taking off your shirt." She hinted playfully.

"Does it involve you taking off your shirt?" He questioned and when she nodded he asked, "Does it involve any clothes at all?" She shook her head. "Sounds like quite a nice idea then."