The sky was a dull gray, a little too bright for the time of night, midnight. The wind whipped around, relentlessly pushing the trees sideways. Lightning flashed, whipping the darkness back. The young blonde laid on the bright green grass on top of a hill. She was about 5' 9" voluptuous in build with below the shoulder hair with reddish streaks. She sighed and opened her bluish green eyes. "Smells like a storm." The girl raised herself up, groaning loudly. "Oh man I'm so freakin old." She sighed and began to walk off.
The sky thundered, growled, then let go, pouring down hard. "Oh fudruckers... DANGIT NOW I'M HUNGRY!" She sighed and carefully tiptoed down the steep hill. Her clothes clung to her, and her hair curled gently around her face, soaked from the downpour. A dark shadow caught her eye. It had huge wings and a long body like a human's. Unfortunately she didn't see where she was going. Her foot slid and her head smacked agenst the wet grass. She rolled down the hill, her temple landing on a round rock. She grunted and everything went black.
Patricia opened her eyes and rolled to her side, groaning loudly. Her head pounded hard. She reached her hand to her temple to rub it slightly and noticed it was covered by a gauze pad. She sat up, wincing, and walked out of her room, down the hall, to the bathroom, and grabbed a bottle of advil. After she had downed 6 pills, she walked out slowly, and stepped downstairs. The storm was still raging and her family was gone for a week. She looked around and noticed the door was no longer locked. The power was knocked out but she could make out a shadow sitting on the couch. The head moved, seemingly to face her.
"Ahh, you're awake. You wern't hurt too much so I bandaged you and took you home. I hope you don't mind. Anyways I'm gonna go. See ya." With that, he dashed out the door, before she could open her mouth to comment. Pat shrugged, locked the door, then climbed upstairs and went back to bed. She slid under the covers and rested her head, which was barely lighting up. She sighed softly and drifted to sleep.
The sun shinned brightly, beating down on the sleeping Pat. She moaned and yelled. "SHUT UP!" She got up slowly, walked to her closet, and put on jeans, socks and shoes, and a hard rock tank top. She looked up at her forehead. "Heh, almost forgot." She dashed to the bathroom and changed the gauze pad. "Aaaaaallrighty now I'm ready." She grinned brightly, then winced from the headache. The car horn beeped loudly and Pat went racing down the stairs. She practically flew out the door and down the sidewalk to the white BMW. A slightly shorter and slightly more heavyset brunette sat in the driver's seat. She smiled as Pat got in. "Hey Kathryn, you got "Hero" playin?" The one known as Kathryn grinned, then pressed seek to start the song over again. She and her friend both belted out the words as they drove off.
The girls finished their shopping break and drove back down the street to their bible study. the time was now 7:30 and they took their favorite seat next to their friend Danielle. "Hey Dani, how was work and where's Aaron?" Pat asked.
"Oh he went back to Ohio. He's not coming back till next Monday. Man work was annoying today. I was putting up the books and some old guy hit on me again. It's so annoying, I can't tell him to back off because we're supposed to be nice." The girl known as Dani, was slightly older, skinnier, taller, and prettier than her friends (though she never admitted the prettier part.) The leader of the bible study cleared his throat and everyone got quiet.
About half way through the lesson, a young man walked into the basement. He was 5' 11.3" with slight muscular build, dark hair that fell over his eyes every once in a while, and light blue eyes. He smiled dashingly, making pat blush and turn to Kathryn "He's cute." Kat grinned.
"Yeah he is." Patricia turned back to the guy and noticed dimples and felt a twinge of familiarity. He took a seat on the floor and the girls' attention was back on the leader for the rest of bible study.
The basement was once again alive with the chattering of 30 individuals. Dani got up to get herself a soda as Pat and Kat shouted their pleads, drink orders, and thanks. Pat kept eyeing the stranger. Kathryn looked at her questionably. Pat looked back with a weird expression on her face. "I swear I know that guy. No clue where from though." The man seemed to look straight at her, she blushed and turned to face Dani, grabbing her soda. Pat looked at her watch.
"Hey Kat, we need to get going so Janet can be home on time." Kathryn nodded and the three girls slid off the couch and started outside.
"Janet! Time to go or we're leaving you!!" Kat called over her shoulder. The familiar squeak of Janet rang through the basement as the three girls walked up the stairs. Pat walked down the hall as Kathryn stopped in the bathroom and Dani talked to one of the Bible Study guys. She pulled on her dark blue shoes and heard a throat clear. She glanced up and pulled her hair behind her ear nervously at the sight. Standing over her was the new guy.
"Hey Patricia." he spoke in a deep voice, making Pat's eyes widen. "Ahhh so you DO remember me." He flashed that devilish grin again. Patricia smiled, blushing slightly.
"Yeah, I vaguely remember you. All I saw was a dark profile and heard your voice. 'Twas kinda dark in there ya know." He grinned.
"Yeah, got a point?" She laughed brightly.
"Ok, smooth talker, what's your name? and why were you in my house?" The guy grinned.
"Is that any way to talk to the guy who fixed you up?" He pointed to her temple. "My name's Darren, and I saw you fall, decided to search for your keys in your purse and carry you in your house. I noticed you needed a little medical attention, so I gave it. Anyways, your ride's ready so I'll see you later." He winked at her and walked off, leaving Pat to stare at him. Kathryn looked down at her with an all knowing smirk on her face.
"Are you ready?" Pat nodded, still a little shocked.