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The next morning, Jenny slept for hours into the day. The bright sunlight hurt her eyes. She only opened them when she felt gentle lips brush her face.

"Julian," She sighed gently. "There you are."

He laughed. "Have I been gone so long?"

"Feels like it to me." She wrapped her arms around him with a contented sigh. Then a ray of sunlight struck her across the face. She scowled.

"What is it?" He gently smoothed her brow with his hand.

"Nothing." The sky promptly clouded over, and the glare reduced itself. Much better. Julian blinked in surprise, sitting up.

"Did you do that?"

"Do what?" Whatever she had done, it had made him move away. Bad idea.

"That. You just…"

She pulled him back. "Shh!" And silenced him properly with her lips.

Breaking for air, Jenny smiled. He still looked preoccupied, but she could fix that.

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When he finally left – with a promise to return soon – Jenny pulled on real clothes and walked through her empty house. The kitchen clock claimed that it was almost noon.

Picking up a glass cup, she fingered it absentmindedly. It seemed to sing with the pressure of the blood in her hand.

She wondered what would happen if it broke. Her chest thrummed.

She could see just where she would apply gentle force. Until it shattered into tiny, dangerous shards.

Suddenly, the phone rang. What? Jenny felt as though she was surfacing from being underwater.

It rang louder, and she crossed the room to pick it up.

"Hello?"

"Jenny!" cried Audrey's voice on the other end. "What's up? Are you free yet? 'Cause Summer and I wanted to go to the mall, d'accord? And you know no one's even allowed to VISIT you besides Julian. So it's about time you came out into the world!"

Audrey kept going, apparently disregarding the lack of response. Jenny found herself incredibly irritated. "No thank you, Audrey."

She tutted. "What's the matter, Jenny? PMS? Non, probably not. I know! Julian withdrawal! Only one thing to do about that!"

"Audrey! I don't want to go to the mall!"

Her friend sighed. "Fine. I'll call later."

She slammed down her phone. Why were they all being so immature and annoying? Besides Julian, of course. She looked out at the mist that had rolled in. Somehow… it wasn't what she wanted to see. A few thunderheads gathered in the west, over the ocean.

A good storm would be nice.

Jenny turned her face towards the power of the wind.

And it was then that the lightning started to flash.