My first thought is ewwww he's got like horns and blue skin and shit. My second thought is we can't do normal couple things anymore.

Fuck, I really wanted him to see me perform at the battle of the bands.

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Once Jim wakes up we all basically just tell him how disappointed we all are in him.

After everyone's said what they need to say, I take Jim up to his room so we can talk, just the two of us.

We sit in silence for a moment before I lean in to kiss him. But he's not expecting it, and honestly, neither am I. Our mouths end up clinking together awkwardly ending in me cutting my lip on Jim's sharp teeth."

"Shit sorry." Jim says quickly. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

He extends his hand out and I twine my fingers through his, but it feels all wrong with him only having three fingers.

"I just wanted to go to football games with you, and watch movies together, and make you watch me in all the school plays, and go to prom with you. God I wanna go to prom so badly."

"I didn't do it for you." Jim says, looking away.

"I know that dumbass." I slip my hand out of his. "Who did you do it for?" I ask, already knowing the answer, but still needing to hear it from his lips.

"I did it for Arcadia." Long pause, "I did it for Draal."

"Can you just be selfish for once?"
Jim just looks at me confused. "Like, you're always sacrificing yourself for others, so just stop, let someone else be the hero!"

"Claire I..." The ground shakes making me loose my balance and fall into Jim.

When the shaking stops I quickly pull myself away from him and run to his bedroom window. It's dark outside, the sun completely blocked.

"What's happening!?"

"The Eternal Night."