Storm Warning

by Nellie Wilson

“I already know how to summon demons, Krampus. You’re here right now.”

“I felt bad seeing a pretty girl standing by herself,” he says and immediately looks embarrassed to have said it. My brain snags on that phrase pretty girl. He thinks I’m pretty. He thinks I’m pretty.

“You’ve noticed all this about me?” Julian asks. “I thought you hated me.” “Even when I hated you, I still noticed you.”

“If anyone asks, I was super tough and stood outside and had this caveman-like connection with nature.”