Outside in the Windian night sky, the stars were twinkling. Inside the large house in Upper Windia, in a little candle-lit bedroom, wearing her green cotton nightgown, Janet was laying on her back, staring at the ceiling. There was something she just hadn't been able to get out of her head all day. That song Frank sung. Janet sighed to herself. She had found it to be such a beautiful song. Too beautiful. It made her sad, and it made her jealous. The way I saw Frank looking at Kate while he sung it...

It seemed like a silly thought. It wasn't Frank or Kate that Janet was jealous of. It really didn't have anything to do with either of them. However, it did have to do with what Frank and Kate possessed. Love. Janet sighed to herself. They have love... And that made her jealous.

Janet was jealous of anyone who had that. She envied Kate, who had Frank there at all times, to care about her, to make her feel better, to sing to her and to adore her. She was always envious of Lucy, her friend whom was destined to meet up with Ray sooner or later. Lucy, with her dragon in shining armor to stand by her side and fight for her. Ellen and Alex, who berserked when he thought he lost her. All of them and more, she envied anyone who seemed to share true love with another. Because that was the one thing she wanted in life more then any other. Just love...

But why couldn't she find love like that? She once thought, she once hoped that Justin would be that love, that true love in her life. Obviously he wasn't, and Janet didn't want to waste her time trying to find out who was. It's not worth it, going through so many of those fake relationships just to finally find the real one. I just wish I knew who he was... Or if he was even real? Perhaps there wasn't a 'one' for her. Perhaps she was supposed to be alone? Or perhaps I won't even notice him? She didn't want to play games, she just wanted to find out who was the one for her, and she wanted to find out as soon as possible, because I just can't stand being alone...

Or maybe my standards are just too high? Janet admitted to herself, she was very picky in what she was looking for, and after Justin, her standards weren't lighting up in the slightest. She knew what she wanted, and she wouldn't accept anything less. She wanted a knight in shining armor to defend her honor. She wanted a hopeless romantic to sweet her off of her feet. She wanted someone who would rush to her rescue in any situation, even though she knew she was perfectly capable of taking care of herself in most situations. She wanted someone strong, unbending, but careful and thoughtful around her. I think I just want too much. Janet sighed. But in a way, that was just fine with her. Because if I can't have it all, then I won't be happy, so why lower my standards and make myself unhappy when I can just keep my standards high and be lonely, with the slight hopes that maybe someone who actually fits those standards will appear... Janet sighed to herself again as she closed her eyes. The song Frank sung was still running through her head as she thought about each and every word. Everything in that song just seemed to make her heart ache.

I wish... Janet thought to herself as she drifted into sleep. Someone would sing to me a song like that sometime, and I wish they'd really mean it when they do...

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