They were holding something back, Morgan knew it. She saw it in their expressions, their eyes and their stances. Her instincts told her it was for a good reason and that they would probably tell her if, or when, they thought she really needed to know. She glanced out of the window and realised faintly that it would be getting dark soon. "You know what?" she murmured quietly to her new friends, "I was born at the exact moment of twilight. My grandma, before she died, used to say that it made me special, that because I was born neither in the night, nor the day, I would live in a world of my own where anything could happen. I could do anything, be anyone." Morgan glanced up quickly at Poppy and James, then turned her attention back to the world outside the window. "I often have dreams about what she said. I dream of having a power, tangible almost, blue fire that sets the darkness alight and the light to fade. It freezes everything at the same time. Twilight lasts only moments you know, my power, my fire, prolongs that moment, into something, a world, in which I live in. My world" She pulled out of her daydreaming with a wiry thought about why she was explaining her dreams to people she barley knew. Her friends at school didn't know as much about her as the two people sat opposite her now did. "You must think me so daft" she said smiling expansively to them, "me, telling you about my dreams of all things."
James looked up from the table into her eyes. Straight into her eyes. "No," he said simply "I think your grandma was a very wise woman."
Poppy joined in his smile. Morgan started to feel a little un-nerved.
"Err____," Morgan started, mystified at their reactions.
"Hmm, yes, " piped in Poppy "did you want that last slice of pizza?" Morgan smiled gratefully at the change of subject and promptly took the last slice. "Right, well" went on Poppy in a brisk voice "I suppose I should get your bed ready for the night, you, err, did ring your parents earlier on didn't you Morgan? Only, I don't think we need another problem hanging on our doorstep."
"Yes, I did" she replied, through a bit-full of pizza.
"Great! OK, well I best get that spare room set up, I told you it would be useful to have one Jamie!" This comment was directed at James with a stuck out tongue added on. Morgan watched him smile as he watched Poppy go out of the room.
"Have you been going out long?" Morgan asked curious.
James flickered a glance across at Morgan, his express changing quickly. "A few months, we have known each other-"
"-Since kindergarten!" yelled a voice from the stairs. Morgan glanced at the doorway but saw no sign of life. James gave a slight smile then carried on.
"Ok, so we have known about each other since kindergarten, a few months ago though Poppy had Cancer and err, nearly died, that was when I finally revealed my feelings for her and we got together officially."
"We're SOULMATES!" yelled Poppy from, presumably upstairs this time, by the sounds of the reply.
"Soulmates," asked Morgan, "what are soulmates?" Although, she did have a fairly good idea, she thought it best to ask. They couldn't be soulmates could they?
"Everyone has a soulmate, a person that is perfect for you, destiny. Only one person mind, and most people never meet their soulmates because of the huge distances between them. The world is quite big you know."
"And you believe you and Poppy are soulmates?"
"We don't believe Morgan, we know."
"I have heard a slight bit about soulmates," Morgan confessed quietly, "my Grandmother again, although I must have been really little because I couldn't remember how she described them."
"Well, now you know" replied James
"Hmm," muttered Morgan "I wonder where my soulmate is."
"Somewhere, you never know, one day you might meet him."
"Just as long as my soulmate wasn't one of those people who chased me today I will love him for eternity."
"If he was, do you really think you have a chance otherwise?" It was a question that got Morgan really thinking. She worked on the thought for quite a while then spoke her final thought aloud.
"No, I suppose not"
