Chapter 03

Shower water came as perfect rain, warm and steady, awakening Juliet's skin in all the right ways, the water cascading down, her body absorbing the warmth like a sponge, for some reason, this is such a satisfying sensation for her. She had a victorious first day at university; met a new friend and he gets along with her in pretty good ways, the work load appears to be giant but still she'll be able to get through it, she's in her new little apartment by herself and she's happy.

After Juliet's average 20 minute shower, she stepped out and walked to her room nakedly, dried herself and got into an extra large T-shirt with a Little Mix song lyric across it and her cargo pants.

What's the best thing to do after a good warm shower? With a smile on her face, Juliet laid on her bed with clean white sheets and stretched herself like an old bumble gum.

Her phone vibrated. Annoyingly, she walked to the table, took the phone and jumped back to bed. It was a 'Hey' from an unknown number. A tiny smile escaped from her tiny lips as she immediately realized it should be Harry, she's got no one else to text her.

As she prepared to reply, another text came from Harry, 'It's Harry'.

Smiling, Juliet clicked 'Hey Harry' and sent it.

She laid in the bed quietly just breathing in the air around her, senses open, listening carefully while waiting for a reply from Harry. She heard something, a steady plip, plip, plip. She listened more carefully. There were now rustles and crinks. She stood up and tip toed to the balcony, the noises became more clear as she neared the balcony.

With a quick, light sigh Juliet slid the curtain and looked beneath, at the road, lighted up with street lamps. There was nothing but she still heard the sounds, the noises of cascading water and a ruthless fire.

Her phone buzzed.

She walked back to her bed and grabbed the phone.

It was Harry. "Meet me at Hemlock Hunters."

Another text came from him. "It's across the Victoria's park."

"Okay." Juliet replied.