He woke up, yawning and smacking his lips. He looked around at the group of friends he had, who all were awake.

He yawned again before getting up.

"Good morning my fellow friends! Anyone slept good?" Matthew clasped his hands together.

Shadow was talking with his sister, Zack was sitting by the stream, and Max was far off into the distance again.

Matthew looked again at Shadow, remembering the conversation they both had last night. He went over to see him.

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After the siblings' conversation, Rose left and Shadow looked up at Matthew.

"Hey." Shadow said cheerfully.

"Hey, how goes it?"

Shadow shrugged. "Alright I guess, you?" He said as he smiled.

"Mm, yeah I'm good!"

Shadow nodded his head. "Look, Matthew, what I was saying last night, I didn't mean to make it all.....harsh, but you know I don't like the past brought up, so .........please...let's drop the subject, okay?"

Matthew nodded. "Ah, I understand..."

Shadow nodded again and gazed at the stream.

Matthew smiled as he looked for Max. "Do you know where Max is?"

Shadow looked back up at him and shook his head. "I don't, but I'm sure he doesn't want to be bothered."

Matthew sighed in defeat.

Fine.

He decided to go see Zack instead. When he approached him, Zack looked at him and grinned.

"Still worried about Max?" Zack asked.

"Yes, always." Matthew grumbled.