Forest City 3 Part 7 -Fancy House-

    I feel more homesick than ever, I walked alongside Cobalt, he decided to take me home after school with his mom so that I could meet her. I felt bad about Monty, I felt bad about Mr. Lupin, I felt bad about Bonnie, I felt bad about Cobalt, I felt bad about myself.

    "Hey! Is something wrong?" Cobalt asked me as we walked out the school parking lot.

    "I-I don't know, I just feel like I've done everything wrong," I answered, "I can't seem to find the words."

    "Oh," Cobalt trailed off then tried to cheer me up by changing the conversation, "you'll like my mom." He seems to be avoiding the conversation.

    We got into the car, Cobalt in the front, driver's side, his mom next to him, I sat behind Cobalt's mom and set our backpacks behind Cobalt's side.

    "I believe, I've already met Mac, sweetie," Mrs. Lupin reminded Cobalt.

    "Yeah, well, I don't think that it was a very good first impression," Cobalt replied.

    "Keys, sweetie," Mrs. Lupin said, then pointed at the glove box.

    "Right, right, I knew that," Cobalt chuckled nervously, "I knew that," his hands fidgeted on the steering wheel.

    "Mac do you have your driver's license yet?" Mrs. Lupin asked.

    "Well, I didn't get enough hours and um, my dad doesn't want any of his daughters to drive," I answered.

    "But you're not a girl," Mrs. Lupin bursted out in laughter, "Cobalt can never shut up about how he's pan-"

    "OKAY! That's enough mom!" Cobalt freaked out, "I think they get it," he nervously laughed.

    "Aw, I wish my dad was like that," I replied.

    "Oh sweetie, there are people like that all over the place, honestly, change is where we need to go next, everyone wants things to stay the same, but it isn't good for all the poor people getting harmed over a problematic society," Mrs. Lupin explained, "everyone wants things to be the same way they've always been, except the fact, that... it is so easy to change our old ways," she sighed, "I think that's enough political talk today."

    I smiled, her view was so honest and so true to how Forest City ran itself. We passed a house in some of the suburbs that had Mrs. Chordata for mayor written on it.

    "Oh, of course she's running for mayor," Mrs. Lupin scoffed, "just stay a principal!"

    "What's wrong with Chordata?" I asked.

    "Well, you see, she is very accepting, but the problem is that she has no idea how to run a city, just a school, I find that most people voting for her and against her are voting because of her gender," Mrs. Lupin answered, "but there are some ideals that I agree with that she wants to normalize."

    "What are those?" I asked.

    "Public bathrooms, bi-species couples," Mrs. Lupin answered, "You, know, the only things that apply to my little baby."

    "Moooom! I'm eighteen!" Cobalt groaned.

    "Right turn signal sweetie, over signaling is good, especially for an inexperienced driver like you," Mrs. Lupin replied. Cobalt pulled into a driveway, this must be the place. A smaller house than the apartment, but still a cool place to live in as well. The house was a "modern" '70s style house with a slanted roof and one of those doors that has three rectangular windows that cascade down at the top, you know the ones!

    I stepped in the funky '70s style door and almost nearly tripped over a small rug on the floor.

    "Watch out for the rug," Cobalt called in from behind, you can set your stuff in the front hallway, then we can, um... go to the living room," Cobalt stepped inside and dropped his coat on the floor, along with his backpack, kicking off his burgundy colored boots.

    Mrs. Lupin cleared her throat and said, "Cobalt, you aren't living with Conall anymore, please put your things in your room."

    Cobalt stopped midway in the hallway, his ears twitched rebelliously, I could sense that Mrs. Lupin was raising an eyebrow. Cobalt turned around and grabbed his coat and backpack, leaving his boots in the hallway, he turned around a corner and disappeared.

    "Here, I'll take your backpack dear," Mrs. Lupin offered.

    "Oh, it's fine," I said in return.

    "There's a coat rack on the wall if you need it, you can leave your shoes in the hallway," Mrs. Lupin said while walking past me, "if you need me, I'll be in my office, working."

    I nodded, then headed to the living room. Mrs. Lupin was a practical perfectionist, but she also scattered most things on any surface she could think of. The living room was tidy and clean, there was a wine glass sitting on a large glass coffee table in the middle of the living room. I decided to sit down on the large, grey, sectional sofa in the living room, there were huge windows that gave sight to the city. I gazed at the city skyline, Mrs. Lupin's house was up, on a short(ish) hill, in a neighborhood that overlooked the city, a lot of the richer citizens owned houses up here, most notably, Mrs. Aguila had a house up here, I believe. I felt a soft fuzzy rug beneath me, it was quite large and covered most of the living room.

    Cobalt came in from one of the bedrooms and stepped down into the living room. He began, "So what do you want to do?"

    "Well, I'm not entirely sure," I replied.

    "I kind of just want to talk, you know," he stuttered, "I have a feeling something is on your mind."