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full. I slid my hand up over the side of his face, and pushed my fingers through his hair. With his head lowered, I dropped my forehead against his, breathing heavily. His hands snaked up to my waist and he picked me up, lowering me onto the dressing table. With his hands now firmly on my thighs, he pushed my legs slightly apart, making room for himself to stand in-between. Placing a finger under my chin, he tipped my head up towards his face, staring down at me from under hooded eyes and pulled his bottom lip in-between his teeth. I looped my legs around his waist, and pulled him even closer, if that was possible. He braced his hands on the dresser, to stop from crushing me, and broke out into a wicked grin. His eyes narrowed and I swallowed a deep breath.
    “Do it now,” he whispered.
    I looked at him. “Do what?”
    “Whatever you want. You can do anything.” He was smiling, but I had no idea what he was talking about. “The power’s there, it’s just waiting for you. Go on,” he urged gently.
    “And do what with it?” I asked. I thought he didn’t want me to rush anything.
    He shrugged. “Surprise me.”
    There was only one thing I wanted to do, and it had nothing to do with power. I put my hands on Caleb’s shoulder’s and gripped his t-shirt, pulling myself up, locking my legs tighter around his waist. He moved his hand under my legs, and picked me up. I grabbed his face and kissed him. He turned us around and lowered me onto the bed, with his body firmly on top of me. I pushed up his shirt to feel the solid curves of his back, and let my hands roam freely. I was undeniably lost, so far gone, I didn’t care that this was just a dream. In fact, I hoped I never woke up.
     
    The door burst open and I jerked awake. I scrunched up my eyes against the harshness of the bright light and when I re-opened them, Ressler ran over to me from the open doorway and grabbed me by the shoulders. “Is this you?”
    I was about to ask him what was me, when I felt the biting wind blow in through my open bedroom windows. I pushed his hands off me, and freed myself of my quilt. I kneeled on the window seat and stuck my head out of the window and into the roaring winds. The weather was frantic and the cold nipped at my skin, unforgivingly. I could see the wind swirling, and tearing down from the sky, whipping up any loose debris in its path. I looked back over my shoulder at Ressler. My hair whipped around my face, and I clawed at it, pulling strands from my mouth. “What makes you think it’s me?” I shouted.
    “I’ll show you.” He pulled me out of my bedroom by my hand and we thundered down the stairs and out of the already open front door. I wrapped my hands tightly around my freezing body, as the wind lashed wildly at my bare legs and exposed arms. I looked up at the turmoil in the swirling sky, taking one step at a time slowly down to the yard, unable to believe what I was seeing. The wind was howling, ringing in my ears it was so loud. My hair blew ferociously around my head, and my mouth hung open in astonishment.
    I barely heard the screeching of tires when a car swerved around the corner, slamming on the breaks in front of my house. The headlights were left on, and Caleb swung out of the Dodge, leaving the door wide open. He jogged over to me, cupping my face in his hands. He was smiling. “You did it” he said. I let the laughter flow from me. I was freezing, and the sound of my happiness mixed with noise of the chattering of my teeth. I dragged my hair away from my eyes so I could see Caleb better. “I really did it.”
    He let go of me and placed his hand at the small of my back, looking up into the sky, bracing himself against the gale. The wind swirled around my house only. The rest of the empty street was as still and peaceful as a postcard. It was like I was standing in the middle of the twilight zone. It was a good job I had no neighbors. The trees rustled forcefully behind me and I heard the heavy