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every time you’re around,” she shouted, pushing him away. Everyone was gawking at them, including his Mother, but she didn’t care.
    “ Scarlett…”
    “ No, don’t Scarlett me. Stay away from me. Ever since you found out what I am, you haven’t left me alone,” she yelled. She then turned and stormed out of the room, leaving him standing there speechless.

    Kat literally dragged Emer through the library.
    “Kat, what are you doing?”
    “ I want you to kiss him again.”
    “ No! I can’t.”
    “ Yes, you can. You have to see if he really did give you that vision. ‘Cause I don’t believe Joshua is evil.”
    “ No, please Kat. I’m avoiding him.”
    “ No, you’re not,” she told her. They found Joshua on the second floor of the library reading a graphic novel. He glanced up when he heard them.
    “ Emer, Kat…”
    “ Emer needs to talk to you,” Kat told him, pushing Emer forward.
    “ Kat…” Emer complained.
    “ I’ll leave you to it.” She grinned and left them alone. Emer stood there awkwardly.
    Joshua swallowed.
    “You ran away last night. Didn’t you like kissing me?” he asked her, putting his graphic novel down and standing up. Emer didn’t speak. She just stared at her shoes.
    “ I take that as a no, then.” He turned to leave. “I’m sorry.”
    “ No wait, Josh…” she called. He turned back to face her.
    “ I did like kissing you. It’s just…”
    “ Just what? That I’m a bad kisser? I had bad breath? What?”
    “ None of the above. Look, Josh, you were an amazing kisser. It’s just that something happened when I kissed you.”
    “ Oh, like what?”
    “ I had a vision, like a nightmare, but I was awake,” she told him.
    Joshua exhaled. “A vision? Of what?”
    “ Scarlett running. And then something grabbed her, something like a shadow…”
    “ And you think that I gave it to you?” Joshua said and was a bit defensive.
    “ Well…”
    “ I didn’t, okay? Why would I give you a vision of one of my own friends being kidnapped?”
    “ Okay, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to accuse you. I just wasn’t sure what to make of it.”
    “ Anyway, I don’t even have that ability yet. Only some Fourth Year students and Professors can do that kind of thing,” he told her.
    “ Then who would send it to me?”
    “ What if no one sent it to you? What if you had it all on your own?” he suggested.
    Emer gasped. “You think that’s my Trait?”
    “ Maybe. It’s possible,” he told her.
    And she smiled at him, stepping closer. “Hey, I’m sorry I ran out on you. I really was enjoying our date. You know, until…”
    “ Would you like to start over?” he asked.
    “ No,” she told him. And he was confused until she stepped even closer to him. Holding his hands in hers, she said, “I’d like to continue where we left off.” And then she kissed him. And this time there was no vision, so she wrapped him in her arms tighter, and they didn’t come up for air.

    Scarlett stormed bac k into her room angry and upset. She realised she had to do what she did, but the whole situation frustrated her. She wanted to be with Dyston, but she couldn’t if he kept touching her like that, risking exposure. She needed to be alone. She threw her exercise gear on, grabbed her headphones, and ran out the door.
    Her feet made a steady beat on the cobblestones as she jogged. She ran down all the small alleyways that surrounded the Academ y, admiring the art and expelling her frustrations about Dyston and everything. She jumped down the stairs that led to the path that ran alongside the Yarra River. She headed left, jogging beside the chocolate-coloured river water. She ran until she could run no more until her leg muscles screamed in pain, and her lungs protested that they needed more air. She stopped in another alleyway, this one dark, the surrounding buildings cutting off the sun’s rays. She inhaled and exhaled trying to catch her breath until she felt a presence near her.