That night, I slept restlessly. I dreamt endlessly about him. I never really saw him. There were only flashes of him within my peripheral vision but, when I looked he vanished suddenly.

"James!" I screamed his name continuously but still, he never came. The flashes eventually became less and less often and then, James was gone.

I woke up sweating and breathing heavily. After I got up and drank a few cups of water, I went back to sleep and slept throughout the rest of the night

The sun was up when I got out of bed. It was 7:12 am and Jake didn't come to pick me up for school until 8:30.

I got dressed and ate. After it was still only 8:00. I turned on my Christian cd and brought out my poem journal. I know, poems are corny but they always settled me. I closed my eyes and waited for the words to flow into my mind.

Sheathed in black and red,

She awakens from the dead.

With energy of blue

And her prince who flew,

She saves the ones who bleed

And helps them to be freed

Then joined with the three

Who then become four

Walks out of the open door

To fight back death

And only then, they shall rest

I opened my eyes and read the puzzling poem. Something pushed at the edge of my mind, but before I could investigate further there was a knock at the door. I got up and let Jake into my house. "How are you today?" That was always the first thing out of his mouth in the mornings.

"Alright. I had a really weird dream though."

"Let me guess. The world ending?"

"Close but no cigar." I smiled at him. "James." That was all I said but Jake understood and immediately changed the subject.

"Oh, so off to school?"

"Ya, just let me grab my shoes." I walked over to the closet and grabbed my strappy, blue wedges.

"Those shoes, really?" His voice came from behind me. I turned to look at him.

"Yes. I'm 5"2' I need the extra height."

"You don't need that height. The freaky eyes are enough to scare anyone." I swatted at him, but he shifted before I could catch him. He flew through the door laughing/ squawking the whole way.

He shifted back when he reached his shiny, black car." Are we riding or flying today?" he asked while still chuckling.

"How about flying. I could use the exercise."

"What about the shoes?" he looked down at my feet.

"ill be right back." I walked inside to grab my shifting shoes, put them on, and walked back outside.

When I got there Jake was already a bird, so I quickly turned into a common house cat and started walking to the high school.

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