The sky is screaming for help as I trudge through the muddy walkway near my house. I’m half-tempted to scream out for help myself as I search for my fallen house keys. I could break a window but then I’d have to pay a large sum of money that I’d have to scramble around to find the funds for. It wasn’t worth it, so I continued the search for my keys. My fingers are muddy, dirt is trapped under my n...

— Thunder shook the ground as Zane saw a bright lightning bolt hit near the metal-bared window. He was still at the same wall that he was at hours ago, unable to take his eyes off the doll. —

… Meanwhile…

— Aaron sips his coffee and watches his brother. —

”Is he dead?” Travis wonders.

”Nah just making sure the doll won't move,” Aaron says slicking back his hair.

”But the doll isn't possessed....

I return to consciousness falling. The sky around me is dark, the roiling clouds lit up by periodic lightning bolts, strong wind blowing this way and that in no predictable pattern.

Then the clouds part, and I see what I’m falling toward.

Below me is a tortured landscape—sharp, broken-looking mountains like shards of obsidian, deep canyons full of rushing, raging water surging between mountain p...

“…I bet you taste expensive, pourin’ up, up, up by the liter. If you keepin’ up you’s a keeper…”

The car door is open, the music fills the air around the couple as they spin around in the rain, laughing and pulling each other close.

“Girl you might be a problem…”

Rylee pulls Ravi close and he spins her out across the wet pavement. Thunder roars overhead, lightning flashing, the wind whipping he...

“Oh come on! That would never happen like that!”

Pippa covers her mouth with the star blanket to muffle her giggles. Salen notices her poor attempt and throws two pieces of popcorn at her.

She loudly laughs as she shields herself. Then she grabs the pieces and pops them in her mouth. “Pip, you have to admit that Lara Jean would choose John Ambrose if they were real people,” Salen points aggress...

The sky screamed its grief and sobbed its fury. Rain obscured Anna’s vision in translucent sheets as she crossed the street of the empty city. Everywhere, she could see families sitting out the storm in warm rooms and lonely people watching it from the safety of their homes.

Anna was alone.

Her boots slowly filled with water, which she barely felt amidst the rain. Wet strands of hair clung to he...

Ollie. There he is. Standing right in front of me.

“C’mon!” He takes my hand and pulls me outside of the house.

His hand feels warm, and it makes me feel warm too.

The rain doesn’t stop, and neither does my heartbeat. I must say, I’m surprised.

He shakes his golden curls out, making any extra water fall to the floor. Even when it’s messy, it looks cute.

“Our clothes are gonna get wet!” I sho...

“Trouble in paradise?” A familiar British accent and confident swagger chase away all my thoughts of Rome. Rain splashes on the hem of my dress as he takes a seat on the curb next to me.

I wipe my nose on my sleeve noisily, which is definitely not attractive, but having snot running out of your nose is even less attractive. “Whatever floats your boat, Leo.”

I expect him to come back at me wit...

One by one the drops fell. Covering the dry ground in tiny little grey dots. I stood on the porch, it was keeping me from leaving. Like it was a sign that I should stay.

I didn’t want to, Matt would think of this as an excuse to stay. And it wasn’t. If only the rain didn’t scare the crap out of me.

I knocked on the door as it became louder, loudly hitting the roof top above me.

Matt opened the do...

“…I bet you taste expensive, pourin’ up, up, up by the liter. If you keepin’ up you’s a keeper…”

The car door is open, letting the music fill the air around the couple as they spin around in the rain, laughing and pulling each other close.

“Girl you might be a problem…”

Rylee pulls Ravi close and he spins her out across the wet pavement. Thunder roars overhead, lightning flashing, the wind whip...