Frozen Rain

Part One : All Is Fair In Love And War

It was way too cold to be standing out in the snow , but as always i wait for my brother to text saying i could come inside and that he wasn't coming. My phone bings 'hey um i have a last minute appointment and i can't come i am sorry' i sigh and force my frozen fingers type ' its okay do what u must' a few seconds go by and he types ' are u sure i know u have been in the cold waiting. . . u must be frozen' i laugh to myself and type ' go do your thing we wolves don't get cold' a few more seconds go by and then he says ' ok see u later' i nod to myself and i hurry up the library steps. The library was so warm, it didn't help that the person i saw was jane. When i saw jane the library's temperature went up another few degrees more until it felt like i was drowning in warmth . . . and i had no control over it. I walk past her and she calls my name " hey john wait!" she says trying to catch up with me, i stop by a table and sit down " you walk fast ummm i was wondering if you are doing anything tonight" i shift in my seat and say " i am actually" i pause when i see her face fall " but tomorrow i'm might not be " i add and i watch her face light up again. She reaches over and grabs my hand i almost jump but before i could i saw her eyes, they were a light brown. They reminded me of coffee but only after you add milk, she looks at me " what is wrong?" i pull away and say " nothing i just like your eyes" she blushes and i can see the red on her cheeks and i want to reach out but i know i can't. She stands there for a few more seconds before someone calls her name "jane! Get back over here! There are customers!" she sighs and says " i'll see you later?" i nod but i know i wont talk to her for the rest of the night , or maybe the next day even . I sigh as she leaves and i know i must be gone before six, or else i would shift here. It was close to six when she comes back over . . . and she had a book in her hand. She sits the book down in front of me " here i thought u would like this book, i know how you read fantasy and such" i pick up the book and look at it. I drop it as of it burned me " what happened ? are you okay?" she asks worried i nod and hold my hand to my chest. The book was of wolves and shapeshifters. I look up at the clock on the wall and it says it is ten minutes after six. I jump up from my seat and start packing up my stuff when she says " where are you going? I didn't mean to scare you off" i stop for a second to say " it's not your fault . . . I-I-I have to go" i sling my backpack over my back and i move around her or thought i did until my arm hit her arm and i yelped. She backs away from me and i rush to the door and i was just threw the doorway when she yells " you forgot this!" i can't go back now for i am already shifting as the snow melts into my fur. I wish i could be human for her. I run all the way to the house only stopping to play in the snow once.

. . .William . . . .

I saw my my brother playing in the snow as he was coming toward the house " hey brother!" i call out and i see him fall thru the snow " william!" i hear him scald " sorry" i saw him shift back and he runs the rest of the way " so little brother how is your shifting?" i shrug " you'll have to get it under control" he says as he walks by me. I look down knowing he was right, "are you okay william?" i hear him ask i nod and i say " yeah i am fine i just have a lot to think about" he nods and says " can i ask where u were?" i shrug and say " i was at the bridge?" i hear his fist on the table before i see it " william you can't keep going out there when its snowing like this" i gulp and i say " but you go out to see her" he groans and says " i can also control my shifting, i know when i am going to . . . and u don't" i hear his sigh and im say " please do not keep putting yourself at risk for that boy!" i flinch when he says that and i shift and run to my room. He tries to follow me up the stairs but i growl at him to leave me alone and he stops on the third step " im sorry. . . i just care little brother" . I hear him say but it's not like i am a careless, clueless pup. That night i run off to him . . . this has been waiting to happen ever since dad died . . . and john thinks he can talk over . . .