Shadowy Reunion
Chapter 4: Shadows
By: Magelet
"What is going on here?!" Michael yelled at the two, just as Audrey screamed "What's he doing here?" They were both
as furious as dumbstruck.
"Figures."
Jenny wasn't exactly ecstatic at her friends for deciding to spontaneously burst into her room when they hadn't been
by for months.
"Might as well tell them to shut their mouths. They might swallow a fly." Julian sighed, de-tangling himself from his
love, and turning to face the intruders.
'Why did they have to come now?' he thought
"Hello Audrey. Michael." He acknowledged politely. "Please come in and shut the door." He added, voice low, and with
a hint of danger, but it was a protective tone.
The invading couple complied wordlessly, closing their mouths.
"Well sit down. I'm sure you're going to be a while here." Jenny snapped, exasperated, as her friends sat on the two
chairs near her bed.
'Jenny's being awful mean.' Michael thought, surprised.
Something odd caught Audrey's eye. Reaching down discreetly, she picked up the piece of paper that was laying on the
floor beside Jenny's bed. Glancing at it her eyes widened. The note was practically the work of someone clinically depressed!!
'I know that you can't read this Julian, but I miss you more than anything. I told you that I cared about you. I never
told you that I love you and need you. You said you needed me, loved me, but I never returned the favor. I never knew it
myself until Tom died. The feelings I had for him dammed up the flood of emotion for you. I can't think about much else.'
"I'll just tell you in short, you two. Julian's back. If you have a problem with that keep it to yourself, we don't
want to hear it. Would you, if you loved someone as much as I love him?"
Audrey bowed her head as if she were acting bashful, but it was really to finish the note.
'I know you're gone, but I can't bare the fact much longer. I almost died once and you saved me. Dying wasn't so bad,
at least I had no feeling. I can feel almost nothing now as it is. there wouldn't be much change, except for that I might be
at peace, and I might be with Tom or you. If only you were here with me, everything would be right.'
'My God!' she thought 'This thing's suicidal! She might have really killed herself! I guess she really does love him,
though any reason she'd have to is beyond me!' Looking up sharply she met Jenny's eyes. They were a sharp pine-green, as if
making a point. Audrey's were filled with sorrow, and understanding, but were also sharp.
"Now that we're covered that Jennifer," Audrey barked, regaining her voice from her anger that Jenny, their Jenny,
could actually write something like this. "Maybe you can explain this!" she waved the piece of paper in her friend's face.
Julian snatched it out of the air and read it quickly. The last line caught his eye. 'If only you were here with me,
everything would be right.'
"Oh God, Jenny!" he whispered, pulling her into his arms and holding her tightly to him. "Oh God Jenny, I didn't know
you felt that way! Oh Jenny!" the Shadowman murmured into her soft, mussed honey-colored hair. There would have been tears in
his eyes, but Shadowpeople can't cry. His eyes did gleam, though, like one's eyes when brimming with tears. He kissed the top
of her head gently over and over again. Jenny had begun to cry into his shirt again. Rocking her gently, he kept a tight hold
on his love.
At a second thought, a few minutes later, he turned his head slightly towards Audrey and her boyfriend. "I think you
should leave. Come back some other time." He mouthed. They nodded and exited the dormitory room.
"I love you, Jenny." He told her. "I'm never going to leave you ever again. Ever. Calm down, baby. Shhhhh." He
whispered gently. She pulled back slightly, wiping her eyes. "Come on, get dressed and we'll go someplace for lunch."
Jenny smiled weakly and went over to her dresser to pick out something to wear.
Chapter 4: Shadows
By: Magelet
"What is going on here?!" Michael yelled at the two, just as Audrey screamed "What's he doing here?" They were both
as furious as dumbstruck.
"Figures."
Jenny wasn't exactly ecstatic at her friends for deciding to spontaneously burst into her room when they hadn't been
by for months.
"Might as well tell them to shut their mouths. They might swallow a fly." Julian sighed, de-tangling himself from his
love, and turning to face the intruders.
'Why did they have to come now?' he thought
"Hello Audrey. Michael." He acknowledged politely. "Please come in and shut the door." He added, voice low, and with
a hint of danger, but it was a protective tone.
The invading couple complied wordlessly, closing their mouths.
"Well sit down. I'm sure you're going to be a while here." Jenny snapped, exasperated, as her friends sat on the two
chairs near her bed.
'Jenny's being awful mean.' Michael thought, surprised.
Something odd caught Audrey's eye. Reaching down discreetly, she picked up the piece of paper that was laying on the
floor beside Jenny's bed. Glancing at it her eyes widened. The note was practically the work of someone clinically depressed!!
'I know that you can't read this Julian, but I miss you more than anything. I told you that I cared about you. I never
told you that I love you and need you. You said you needed me, loved me, but I never returned the favor. I never knew it
myself until Tom died. The feelings I had for him dammed up the flood of emotion for you. I can't think about much else.'
"I'll just tell you in short, you two. Julian's back. If you have a problem with that keep it to yourself, we don't
want to hear it. Would you, if you loved someone as much as I love him?"
Audrey bowed her head as if she were acting bashful, but it was really to finish the note.
'I know you're gone, but I can't bare the fact much longer. I almost died once and you saved me. Dying wasn't so bad,
at least I had no feeling. I can feel almost nothing now as it is. there wouldn't be much change, except for that I might be
at peace, and I might be with Tom or you. If only you were here with me, everything would be right.'
'My God!' she thought 'This thing's suicidal! She might have really killed herself! I guess she really does love him,
though any reason she'd have to is beyond me!' Looking up sharply she met Jenny's eyes. They were a sharp pine-green, as if
making a point. Audrey's were filled with sorrow, and understanding, but were also sharp.
"Now that we're covered that Jennifer," Audrey barked, regaining her voice from her anger that Jenny, their Jenny,
could actually write something like this. "Maybe you can explain this!" she waved the piece of paper in her friend's face.
Julian snatched it out of the air and read it quickly. The last line caught his eye. 'If only you were here with me,
everything would be right.'
"Oh God, Jenny!" he whispered, pulling her into his arms and holding her tightly to him. "Oh God Jenny, I didn't know
you felt that way! Oh Jenny!" the Shadowman murmured into her soft, mussed honey-colored hair. There would have been tears in
his eyes, but Shadowpeople can't cry. His eyes did gleam, though, like one's eyes when brimming with tears. He kissed the top
of her head gently over and over again. Jenny had begun to cry into his shirt again. Rocking her gently, he kept a tight hold
on his love.
At a second thought, a few minutes later, he turned his head slightly towards Audrey and her boyfriend. "I think you
should leave. Come back some other time." He mouthed. They nodded and exited the dormitory room.
"I love you, Jenny." He told her. "I'm never going to leave you ever again. Ever. Calm down, baby. Shhhhh." He
whispered gently. She pulled back slightly, wiping her eyes. "Come on, get dressed and we'll go someplace for lunch."
Jenny smiled weakly and went over to her dresser to pick out something to wear.