Julian stood outside the school gates, a smug smile plastered on his lips. Well, to be truthful, they weren't actually Julian's lips. They belonged to a fourteen year old French boy, whose name was Luc LaMotte. It just so happened that Julian needed to borrow someone's identity for the day, so the real Luc was spending a bit of time with the Creeper and Lurker. Just thinking of the frightened look on the boy's face when he got dragged away made Julian want to laugh out loud-but he didn't. No, today he had to remain in character. This inevitably meant that Julian would have to spend the day speaking mainly French. It didn't bother him though. After all, French was just one of the many languages that he was fluent in.

What did bother him though was that he would be unable to properly converse with Jenny, unless he used some broken English. Yes, he would just have to do that. Julian was always trying to find ways to get closer to Jenny, with or without her knowing it. This latest idea of pretending to be one of the French students that Jenny's class members had to show around seemed like a good one at first. But, it upset him somewhat, because Jenny would not know that she was talking to Julian. Why would she, anyway? Even if Jenny remembered what Julian looked like, it wouldn't matter, for today Julian was sporting tan skin and floppy brown hair, with blue jeans and a chequered shirt. So far from his usual style was this outfit, that it made Julian want to retch. He missed his leathers. The voice of Jenny's form tutor, Miss Robinson, interrupted his thoughts.

"Bonjour children, please follow me to the main hall, where you will meet your guides." Julian grinned eagerly: not long now. They made their way across the playground, which looked so bare without its students littering the tarmac. It looked so bare without Jenny, standing in the corner near the grassy area, conversing with her "friends". But then, everything looked bare without Jenny. She had the ability to like up a whole room. And Julian's heart.

Once the small group had crossed the playground, the entered through the double front doors and into the main hall. Julian spotted Jenny immediately, standing close to her boyfriend Tom. Julian noticed that Tom was busy talking to some boys next to him, and was completely ignoring Jenny. This angered Julian somewhat. After all, who could ignore a creature as beautiful as Jenny? There she stood, wearing only a simple T-shirt and jeans combination: yet, despite what anyone else might say, Julian thought she was radiant. Whilst the teacher ran through the list of names, Julian tuned out, taking a moment to openly stare at Jenny.

She was standing next to a small red head, who was pointing at some of the French boys, obviously sizing them up. Julian saw that Jenny laughed and smiled along with her friend, who Julian knew was called Audrey. But there was a little bit of sadness in her eyes. Maybe she had had a fight with that wretched boy of hers? Julian swore that when Jenny became truly his, he would have Tom killed. A boy like him was so easily disposable.

"…and Jenny Thornton will be paired with Luc LaMotte." Miss Robinson finished up, starting to usher people out of the hall. Julian grinned yet another smug grin. It had been no surprise that Jenny was going to be showing Julian around. Being a Shadow Man almost always had its advantages. Seeing that Jenny was trying to find him, he tried to calm his nervously beating heart, and walked forward to meet her. Once he was nearly right in front of her, he called out.

"Um, excusez –moi? Is your name Jenny?" He asked, trying to maintain just the right amount of French and English. She looked up at him as he came to a halt, and smiled.

"Yes, hello, it's nice to meet you, Luc." She said warmly. Julian felt his insides melt: she was being nice to him! Well, okay, she was being nice to Luc, but that was just a technicality. "You'll have to forgive me, because I'm going to talk in English. I'm not very good at French, really." Jenny blushed a very pretty pink. Gorgeously perfect.

"Ah, that is okay. It will be a bonne chance for me to practice my English, non? "Julian assured, returning her smile. "And maybe I can teach you some Francais." He added.

"That would be a great idea. My friend Audrey is always trying to teach me some French phrases." Jenny agreed eagerly. "Now, we really should get going. I suppose I should show you the French classrooms first, huh?"

"Lead the way." Julian replied, gesturing for her to go through the door before him. Jenny reddened even more at this courteous gesture, which made Julian grin triumphantly. He knew that Jenny wasn't used to these random acts of kindness. He quickly followed her through the door, hurrying to catch up with her. He had come to learn that these moments alone with Jenny were to be treasured, and he did not want to spend his entire time with her looking at her back. After walking down a long corridor for a minute or two, Jenny turned a sharp left, into an empty French classroom.

"So, this is one of our French classrooms." Jenny introduced. Her voice sounded open and very friendly. Julian wanted to laugh and cry at the same time: how could he not have thought of an idea like this before? It was the perfect way to get close to Jenny.

"Hmm, what are these?" Julian asked, pointing to a wall display that was covered with brightly coloured pieces of paper.

"Oh, them: they are little leaflets we had to do about ourselves for part of a test." Jenny said, walking over to the display and pointing to a pale green one. "This one's mine. You can read it if you want, but it's not very good." Julian recognised Jenny's tone of voice. It was the once she used when she was putting herself down. Well, Julian would have to put a stop to that.

"I have a…better idea. You say you want help with your Francais? Well, I'm going to teach you some phrases by telling you what I think of you." He said. Jenny frowned slightly.

"How can you say what you think about me? You don't even know me." Jenny laughed, her frown clearing up. Julian laughed along with her: not because what he thought what he had just said was funny, but because Jenny's laugh was contagious. It was one of pure joy. Oh Jenny, he thought as she calmed down, how wrong you are.

"No I don't, that's correcte. But yet it feels like I do. You are très belle. And although you put yourself down, I know you have a cœur solide and a bonne âme. Never forget that, will you?" He probed, reaching forward to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"I-I won't forget." Jenny breathed. The room was so quiet that you could hear a feather glide to the ground. Julian stroked Jenny's cheek lovingly and reached in to kiss her. He was so close now, that he could smell the strawberry lip-gloss that Jenny had recently started wearing.

"Close your eyes." He commanded, enjoying the sound of her heavily beating heart.

"Stop, I have a boyfriend." Jenny said, clearly fighting between staying loyal to her boyfriend, and giving in to something that her heart desired: love. Pure, wild and untamed love.

"That's not a reason for me to stop, Jenny." He insisted, leaning in further so that his lips were moments away from her own.

"You have to…I have to-I'm leaving, sorry, but I just won't." Jenny spluttered, pushing away from Julian and sprinting out of the room. Julian sank to the ground, dejected. His precious Jenny had run from him, when he was moments away from kissing her. And she had wanted to, Julian could tell. She had wanted to kiss him so, so badly. Almost as badly as he wanted to kiss her. It will happen one day, Julian told himself, over and over again. It was just a game of patience, really. And Julian could be a very patient man.

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