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I leaned my head against the cool glass, my eyes glazing over before I even realized I was about to cry for no real reason…

Other than the fact that it was raining and that raindrops looked like teardrops.

A knock on the door brought me back to awareness and made my attention wander to the doorway in which a familiar figure stood.

"Yes?" I asked, sounding oddly… distant…

"I… I was just wondering if you were all right…?" even she sounded differently. She normally weren't this hesitant.

"I'm fine." I swept to my feet, rising from the position on the windowsill, and looking at her coldly. "If there was nothing more you wanted, I'll take my leave now." I turned to walk away, then remembered that there was only one door in the room… and she was standing in it.

Just perfect.

"Something's bothering you." she commented, more like her usual self. "What is it?"

"Just the weather." I replied airily, not even lying. "It sometimes does weird stuff to people."

"I imagine that you would know…" she took a few steps so she stood right in front of me… a little too close, actually.

I backed up a few steps, with her swiftly following, until I hit the wall, having put no more distance between us.

As a matter of fact, I think it diminished. I never noticed how beautiful her eyes were before… maybe it's just the angle of directly below my own. Maybe holding my breath and pressing my back against the wall wasn't altogether so smart…

Her eyes scanned my face for a while before a tiny smile slipped onto her lips; she had found what she was looking for.

"The weather, eh?" she inquired in a whisper that made the moment seem far more intimate than it was. "What exactly was it about the weather?"

Goddess forbid she had actually just neared me somehow! Goddess forbid it! "I-it…" my mouth was dry and I had completely forgotten what we had been talking about! "Uhm… that is…" oh goodness! She could impossibly have gotten any closer to me! My mind would collapse if she actually had!

"Yes?" she asked sweetly, somehow coming just that fraction of an inch closer. "Is something wrong? You seem slightly…" she did the impossible and neared that fraction of an inch again, plus she had just risen to stand on the tips of her toes so her mouth was next to my ear. "Distracted…" she whispered, her warm breath tickling my ear.

"I-I'm not!" I gasped, trying to not notice how much of her was actually touching me. And especially not what parts of her.

… Too late.

Then, way faster than she'd come, she pulled away and grinned at me. "That's good to hear." with that, she turned to leave. "Oh, and dinner's ready any moment now."

Is it just me, or does one weather do different things to different people?

Doesn't it, though? I know for a fact that rain makes me glum, irritable, depressed, and makes my shoulders and joints ache horribly… especially if I'm not in the best of moods to begin with…

And then there's people who can barely feel the changes! Lucky them...

Anyway, you're not here to hear me complain! Review, please. That would be absolutely chummy. Cheerio.

… I'm never going to get that one…