Twenty-Four: RoseI desperately wanted it to be summer again. I gazed longingly at the sundresses in my closet, now shoved aside as unusable bits of cloth. There was a certain excitement about the upcoming Samhain holiday, but nothing quite compared to swimming in the lake and star gazing under the heavy summer air. I pulled on dark jeans with a sweater and boots, waiting impatiently for Jared to pick me up. My phone buzzed on my bed, and I pounced on it, already giddy before the night had even begun.
“Hiya.”
“Hey, pretty girl, what are you doing?” Jared asked, though he should have known exactly what I was doing.
“Waiting for you to get here, silly. Where are you?”
“Well… there's kind of a problem.” His voice carried the imminent threat of disappointment.
“Oh? What's up?”
“My brother
