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Janis nodded. "I'll be fine. I thought when I got my own place I'd be free from that woman." she sighed. "I'll take the pill." She held out her hand for it.
"I suppose you should know she'd not really my Aunt. Not biologically anyway."
She sighed and sat down beside him. After a moment she leaned her head on his shoulder. "I feel bad for the man you ate, but I can forgive. I wish others could." she commented.

Janis flinched. "Sorry I didn't mean too."
She couldn't help but chuckle at his theory. "You make my life sound like a romantic story. That a prince will come and sweep me off my feet." she grinned, blushing as she glanced at him. "No. All of us girl's call her Aunt because that's what she expects of us. She kind of runs an "unoffical" ophanage for homeless girls." she explained. "I don't turn her away because I owe her my live. She took me in when I had no one. I actually avoided her until I caught pnuemonia. At that time I had little choice." she said, shaking her head with a wry smile. "I always was stubborn then."

Janis smiled and wrapped her pinky around his. "I promise. And thank you." she said looking away. Then she sighed. "This transformation thing is so troublesome. Oh!" she said remembering what he had said earlier. "I... I don't think I'd mind being your girlfriend in "the next few weeks". she teased quoting him, her cheeks were still colored pink with her blush.

Time seem to fly by much to Janis's surprise. Her appetite increased as much as Cornelius said it would and to her dismay she gained ALOT of weight. Cornelius kept her mind preoccupied enough that she didnt dwell on that often. Still she had her moments.
Janis had had to work a spell on her property so noone would be able to find it. It saved them unnecessary questions and uncomfortable visits from Aunt Diana. For which they were both very grateful.
The man in the basement had only woken up for brief periods over the month. His wounds were healing but he seemed to be in a delirous state. Janis had asked for Cornelius's help in taking care of him, for the older man was deceptively strong.
And all this time Cornelius and Janis had gotten closer in their relationship. However Janis still made a point of avoiding conversations about becoming more than a girlfriend,
Now the day she was to leap off a cliff had finally arrived....

Janis was coming down the stair after hearing him call her. She been reading in her room to pass the time. She'd had a feeling about what he was up to and had gotten nervous. So nervous that she'd lost her appetite for the first time that month.
So she'd gotten a book to distract herself with. She looked at him now, uncertainty plain on her face. "I'm right here. Cornelius, I don't know if I can do this." she said, voice an octave higher that usual. Her hands were clasped tightly in front of her. "What if I die?"

Janis tried to smile, but it looked more like a grimace. She took his hand and allowed herself to be lead where ever the cliff was located. Because of the extra amount of weigh around her middle her gate was more of a waddle. She hoped that she could keep up. She seemed to tire easily now.

Janis eyes widened. "Hey wait, can't I--?" the words stuck in her throat as she found herself falling through open air.
She couldn't help screaming as she fell tumbling down over the cliffside. She tried to stablized herself and just managed to, but she also found herself staring at the ground as it rushed to meet her. She squeezed them shut.
I DON'T WANT TO DIE she thought, even though Cornelius had assured her she wouldn't.
There was a brief feeling of pain through her back, and then she suddenly slowed. She peeked through one eyes and looked down. Her feet lightly touched the ground. Her legs gave out and she sat hard on the ground, hand on her pounding chest.
"How...?" she wondered feeling a little odd. Looking behind her, she expected to see that Cornelius had caught her. Instead saw half of a wing spread out behind her. It took a second for that to register. Slowly she pulled them in, folding them behind her. It was odd, like an extra pair of limbs. She was too stunned to speak.

Janis tried to stand but only the one wing out it threw her off balance. She fell over. Cursing she tried to stand up again, flapping that one wing. Where the heck was the other? She could even stand let alone fly like this.
She was annoyed now and willed the other to appear. To her surprise the other finally came out. She flinch at the pain, but it was too brief to even make a fuss over. Now she had a lovely pair of silvery blue wings. She sat there setting them behind her.
"Uuummm. What do I do now?!" she called up. She hoped she didn't have to do much. She was exhausted. The adrenaline from the fall must have taken it's toll. She took a deep breath to steady herself and ended up yawning.