Part 12:
Julian and Jenny weren't at school the next day. Tom was so angry! If he knew where they were, then he would have told Jenny right then! It didn't matter. He knew how to get rid of Julian now. He couldn't kill him without a runestave, but he could banish him back to the Shadow World permanently.
He thought to the bullet with the rune Nauthiz engraved on it. Once he shot that through Julian's heart, he would go spiraling back into the Shadow World and hopefully stay there forever.
Right now, however, he needed to figure out where Jenny was.
"This is beautiful Julian." Jenny smiled sweetly at him. They were sitting at the top of a mountain, watching the sunset. It had been Julian's idea for them to take the two hour trek to sit here, and Jenny was glad that they had tried it. It was one of the most amazing moments in her life.
She leaned into him with a small smile.
"I love you Julian."
The look in his eyes was worth everything. "I love you too…"
The next day, Jenny woke up. Her mother had said that Tom had dropped by the day before, and had something to tell her. But… no matter how insistent she had been trying to figure out what had Tom so desperate to talk to Jenny… he had simply said that he would be back tomorrow to talk to her, bright and early.
Which was why Jenny was going over to Julian's for breakfast.
Tom came by the next morning, fully intent on telling Jenny bright and early. This was the day! Jenny was going to come back to him, and everything was going to be good again. They would go together and banish Julian. It was all going to work out.
He knocked on the door.
"Good morning Mrs. Thornton!" He said brightly as she opened the door. She smiled at him.
"Good morning Tom."
"Can I see Jenny?" His hand under his jacket was caressing the gun.
"I'm sorry Tom, she went over to Julian's for breakfast."
Tom didn't give her any time to say anything else. He pivoted on his heel and took off running in the direction of Julian's apartment.
Jenny had just finished her plate of food. "That was wonderful! I didn't know you were such a good cook."
Julian gave a modest smile, laughter spilling from his lips. "Well, you'd be surprised at the things you picked up over the years."
"And how many years would that be?" She laughed with him.
Julian shrugged, a playful smile crossing his face. "A couple of thousand." She punched his shoulder playfully.
"Oh really." She smirked.
"Really." He said gravely, getting closer to her. He knew this was right. At exactly twelve he would be here forever. That was the exact moment that he had woken up… at noon. Fifteen minutes, and they would be together forever. He smiled down at her.
Their lips brushed as a shot rang through the air.