Part 3:

Coming to Terms

Chapter 6:

Going Home

"It was the last day of Sarah's stay and although she loved her family she had become comfortable living by herself. Sure, a roommate was alright in Freshman year but now she enjoyed having a part of her day that was just hers. She knew she didn't want to go.. not really. But she must. She didn't expect the things that would happen that day to happen.

Unpacking is easy. Clothes, secrets, stories, emotions... telling them, using them is the easy part. It's packing them up again that always seems harder. You always feel as if there is one more thing that you're missing, even if you did check over and over and over, marking off every little thing. Unpacking the idea that the crystal had all been some wild dream - that her 'overactive imagination' was the culprit had been the easiest thing for her to do that week.

Finding the crystal, the crystal that her imagination had obviously made up, underneath her old bed next to a dusty journal had been the hard part.

Surely, it had to be some sort of a joke, right? But who would know about the crystals... Of all the stories she told, she never mentioned the crystal, the crystal that would let her see her dreams whenever she wished. It was unsettling. She decided to ignore it and stuff it in her bag, packing away the idea of all things being true until later.

"Here's a little going away present sweetie.' Sarah's dad said handing her a long covered tube when they reached the airport. She assumed it would be a poster and thanked him, giving him another hug. Toby hadn't been able to come with them because he was trying out for football.

"Thanks for giving me a ride." Sarah said shifting a bit. She knew that he had to get to work.

"Do me a favor and don't open that until you get home." Her dad smiled, and she nodded. He handed her some extra batteries.

"I can remember (I remember)

Standing, by the wall (by the wall)

And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)

And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)"

The sky was full of clouds and rays of sunlight. This time Sarah had been lucky and gotten a window seat. Something about flying cleared her head.

A tawny owl followed closely, on the other side of the plane, but she couldn't see.

And a darkness followed the owl, but it could not see either.

(((Damnnnn Mel leave everyone hanging for 5 months.)))