<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4080FF">"Lucy and I were togethah since forevah, really,"</span> Alannah began automatically. She stared at the tiny waves lapping at the shore of the lake with dead eyes. <span style="color: #4080FF">"She was like a sistah. Maybe why my parents nevah got anothah kid. She was just always around, y'know? She had amazingly long hair. Used to braid it a lot. And she was always on my side. We really had each othah's backs. And that just stopped one dee."</span> <br/><br/>The words flowed freely even though she was not sure she wanted them to. Lucy had served as a reminder of something she hated to think about when she was younger - that she was different. Vastly different, even though it was not always apparent. There was a bitter taste in her mouth as she thought of the stunned and offended look on Lucy's face. Had there been disgust, too? It had been such a beautiful night, but Alannah could not remember much else from it.<br/><br/>She burrowed her face into Dimitri's neck, her breath forcefully slow and steady. She wondered how Dan would react if he ever found out. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Scarlett sounds nice,"</span> she mumbled instead after a little while. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Sorry 'bout her. Also we shouldn't worry ya folks. Ya could go tell ya ma that we're down here. Ya could just go do that now,"</span> she said, carefully keeping her voice level and neutral.</div>