Night world- Wingless angel

"Aww man!" Jade groaned infuriated as she looked down into the smoky metal parts of her old Saturn. She always knew her baby would die sometime but she couldn't help it. She had to mourn; this car had gotten her through so much… all the wet and miserable rainy days, the cold freezing winter days, and even the scorching hot summer days, poor old thing.

She heard the house door open and slam shut then heavy footsteps on pavement. She didn't need to look up to know it was Jasper. She wouldn't have looked anyway; she was way too hurt over her car's passing. And when she thought about the fact that they had to walk she was quite irate.

"Hey Jadey-ooh that looks pretty bad….does this mean we have to walk?"Jasper said as he approached jade looking at her distressed face.

Jade shut the hood with unnecessary force and grumbled something unintelligible on her way to get her book bag. "Yeah Jazz we have to walk" Jasper shrugged and walked with Jade to North Shore high. Jasper hated that nick name but he only allowed Jade to call him that. No one else even dared.

Jade and her family lived in the little town of Evanston. It was a cozy town where everybody knew everybody. It had a mall but that's about it. Main street still looks like it did 30 years ago and the only new addition besides the mall is the housing complex. Waverly. Jade hated everything about it. The housing area where houses were way too big, some of them reaching three stories high and the fact that only certain people were allowed to live there. The houses all looked alike. There was nothing unique about any one of them. There is a fancy new sports car or a limousine in the driveways and the lawns are always cut to the perfect length. It made Jade sick and ashamed to be living there, although most people would consider themselves lucky to even be on the waiting list.

Grimacing jade looked at her younger brother and as usual she was no longer angry.

"Why don't you let mom and dad buy you a car?" Jasper said sounding genuinely curious.

Ugh. This was the exact reason that Jade did not like walking to school. It gave Jasper the time to think since he couldn't do his unfinished homework in her car.

"Lauren and dad always go overboard and also because I don't want a freaking Lexus!" Jade shouted, instantly regretting it.

"Geeze I was only asking! You don't have to bite my head off" Jasper murmured back.

"Sorry" Jade muttered

"S'okay" Jasper replied cheerily as ever. Jade giggled to herself.

Jasper was Jade's younger brother by one year. It always annoyed jade that Jasper was a foot taller than her. She was a quiet intelligent person and nothing like her little brother. He was very outgoing and athletic. He was the captain of the basketball, soccer la cross and football team, and not to mention class president. Jasper's face is very lovely like every other aspect of him. It had a hint of childhood roundness still but handsome none the less. His eyes were a hypnotic icy blue, but they were kind and gentle too. His smile is very contagious which gets him a lot of friends. God jasper has a wonderful social life. He is always out and surrounded by friends. Why couldn't I be just a little like him? Jade thought.

Standing next to Jasper always made her take a hit on her self esteem. Her hair was long, pin strait and black. It reaches down to her waist line and was silky smooth. It tinted purple when the sunlight caught it just the right way. Jade's hair was the only feature about herself that she actually liked. Her eyes were sea foam green and seemed to glow sometimes. She was clumsy and short, standing at about 5'5. She loved the night and everything about it. She wanted so badly to be part of the night, the moon and the stars. The night is so peaceful and safe. It gave Jade a reassurance it was something familiar to her.

"Jadey?"

"Hmm?" Jade said startled by Jasper's sudden outburst; his voice is so loud.

"You are scared of everything" Jasper chided. "But any way will you let mom and dad know I'll be gone for dinner?"

Jade thought about this for a sec. then snorted. "Yeah like they would really care!" she giggled.

"Jadey I'm serious! Please?" He begged on the verge of one of his fits. Better to avoid this one.

"Yeah, fine. Oh and FYI Lauren is NOT your mother!" Jade snapped.

Jasper hugged her quick and took off towards North Shore high ignoring her comment about Lauren entirely. Lauren was their new step mother; their mother had died when Jasper was 7. Jade was as immovable as stone when it came to liking Lauren, she could not stand her platinum blonde hair, her super model body and her fake smile and perky attitude. No one is sunshine and smiles all the time.

That's when she saw them, the five most beautiful people she had ever seen.

The biggest one looked like he could crush her with one finger. He had short brown hair that fell over his forehead and muscles that put supermanto shame and yet….he was inhumanly graceful. He walked like a predator, like a stalking jungle cat.

Her eyes moved on to the one beside him. She was so teeny compared to the other it was almost hilarious. Her auburn hair stood in spikes pointing in every direction. Her figure reminded Jade of a pixie, but her curves were perfect like a supermodel's, slightly better than Lauren's and Jade was sure that all of this girl's curves were natural. She had a stride that would break any ballerina's heart and….sograceful! And her stride was also that of a Jungle cat.

Then her eyes darted to the male behind the two, who looked like they were bickering because the girl had her hand on her hip. He had long straight sandy brown hair. His face was remote but his eyes were alert. He was not as muscular as the first one but he was pretty well built. He wore a shirt that hugged his arms but was perfectly fit on his chest and abs. He too was very utterly graceful and moved like a jungle cat, only somehow more dangerous it seemed.

The girl beside the one with the sandy hair caught her attention next. Jade cringed at her beauty. She was the same as all the rest of them but slightly more. Her beauty was…celestial this was a random thought that entered her head. She knew that this girl made even Lauren's fake body look absolutely unsightly. As her interested eyes fell on her she became more aware of her own lack of beauty, how plain she looked.

Jade felt an intense want; it was so strong it wasn't want anymore it was a need to belong with them to be walking beside them with her beauty turning heads. The girl's hair was a honey color that fell just about to her shoulder blades and a body like that of a goddess. The way she walked made her look so fierce and prideful like she knew what she was and knew she was superior…so beautiful!

Finally Jade's eyes fell upon the last of the group, the youngest of the five is what it seemed like. His hair was longish and charcoal black with an elegant shine to it. It stood in shocking contrast with the pale color to his face. It was shaggy and long as if he had just got out of bed, curling outwards off the ears. He wore an old black leather jacket with s black T-shirt and faded jeans. Very graceful and just like a jungle cat. They looked dangerous yet at the same time gentle and all beautiful in their own unique way.

She loved them already. All four of them were so different but at the same time they were all exactly the same. The way they all carried themselves like there is danger somewhere near. No, that's not it. It took a second to figure out what it is about them that made them all look alike, and then she looked at the youngest boy's skin. It was snow-white, but that only seemed to make him more beautiful. That's it! Their skin is so very pale and beautiful.

It took her all of five seconds to take all of them in when she noticed she was standing in the middle of the crosswalk and people were honking at her. She must have unconsciously been taking steps forward. Jade flushed and dashed towards the school building.

Ugh! Kalie shut up!" Ayden was shouting. They were almost to the school building now and Kalie was reciting Night World laws to them for the third time that day. Jag was scouting for other Night World people not really having too much luck as celest was looking at her reflection in every car, puddle of water and pair of eyes would allow her to. Maybe we'll get lucky and not have to deal with any other night people anymore this town could be one we could call home. That would be nice, unlikely but nice. Levi thought vaguely aware of Kalie's nonstop talking. Kalie and Ayden were fighting….again and Levi was a few paces behind the group. It was his usual spot-not the focus but not an outsider either.

Every time he looked around Levi saw curious eyes staring back at him. Everywhere they went he could feel the burn of eyes boring into him from all sides. No matter where they went the reaction they received from the mindless students was all the same, it was something he could never really get used to. The strange thing was that every time he looked into one pair of those eyes he felt a yearning to be one of them, to belong. Of course that would never happen. He belonged to the Night World now and nothing can change that. He has been a vampire for at least 300 years now. He had to accept the fact that he would never be human again. Despite his impatience for their small minds he actually seemed to like humans.

He was scanning the lot one last time grazing over the curious eyes when something caught his attention. He tilted his head as he examined her. She had exceedingly long black hair that just seemed to give off purple in the sunlight and wisped behind her as she ran. She looked like she was in a hurry to get inside the school. But none of that was why she caught his attention. She was the only one who wasn't openly gawking at him and his family. His eyes followed the girl until she disappeared into the building.

"So strange", Levi muttered.

"What? Did you say something Leve?" Celest

"Hmm, Oh no nothing" Levi replied in a distant voice.

That girl. She was so unlike any other person, Night world or otherwise he had ever seen! [But you could not know that Levi you only saw the girl once and from a distance] his mental voice was telling him. Yeah but next time it will be in person. [She is human you can't] oh yes I can, I will take her and make her mine. Little did Levi know he would be warring with himself on this subject for quite some time.

About ten minutes later they all had their schedules. Levi looked over and noticed Celest Jag and Xander were posing as juniors this year, so that meant that he and Kalie were sophomores. His first period was Sociology with a Mr. Lupe. Great. Night person oh well he's a werewolf, probably rogue and werewolves always turned out to be rather stupid. Maybe this would turn in his favor. I certainly hope he is the only night person in this dreary town. Levi thought dully as he sighed and prepared for the many tiresome years that lay ahead of them. Maybe this time would be different. Maybe they could stay here without having to pack up and run twenty minutes after settling in like all the other times.

Levi walked into the classroom and thanked heaven that he was the first student there. He asked Mr. Lupe for a book and walked to the back of the classroom taking a seat farthest to the left just as the bell rang.

Oh crap! I'm going to be late! Jade was thinking as she hurried to the sociology room for her first period class. Oh please let me make it on time! She stepped into the little room just a moment before the tardy bell rang. Oh great, Mr. Lupe has already started the lesson.

"Take a seat miss Leaf." Mr. Lupe said in a disapproving voice.

Jade blinked twice surveying the room for an empty desk, finding one just beside the gorgeous new boy. With her eyes on her feet she took that seat and got out a notebook. To her immense relief she did not trip once. As she took notes Jade pulled her hair over to the left side of her shoulder making a good cover. She peeked for an instant or two to the mysterious boy sitting next to her. She noticed now that his eyes were the purest most beautiful eyes in the entire world. They were a deep gray with a hint of black around the iris. Inside those eyes she could see kindness, longing, and immeasurable bliss. That had Jade mystified because he never looked directly into hers.

After a while she decided it was okay to look at him just one more time. The second time she looked through her veil of hair she saw that his beautiful eyes had hardened and now held the coldest black ice imaginable mixed with hate and anguish. Jade quickly turned her attention back to Mr. Lupe pretending to be interested in sociology.

She was vaguely aware that his eyes were burning two holes in the side of her hair. She felt warm liquid fill her eyes but swiftly wiped the traitor tears away with the sleeve of her shirt. She would not let this boy see her shed tears for him this way. It confused her as to why she felt such strong feelings for him in the first place. Why does this stranger have such an influence over her? But why would he have such strong feeling of hate for her when they haven't even met. She really should be used to her repelling nature but it still hurt to be shafted by the most beautiful human on the face of the earth. As she thought of this a violent shiver rolled down her back.

The bell rang then making Jade jump as usual. When she got up to her great horror all the papers from her binder scattered to the floor as she accidently knocked it over. Jade giggled nervously and bent to pick them up. The gorgeous stranger boy was already there and had a hand full of Jade's papers. She picked up the rest and stood to face him.

"Um thanks. But you really didn't have to help me" Jade said in a small voice.

"Why wouldn't I?" the boy replied in a surprised tone.

"Because- you don't-n-never mind" Jade said frustrated and started walking down the row of desks to the door "Thanks again" she muttered as she left the room.

She was bewildered, the way he was staring at her. There was a yearning but the black ice didn't lessen. Jade trembled as she left the room. She began walking down the hall when a voice made her jump.

"Are you cold?" the curious voice asked.

"No-well yes actually just a bit. I have to go get my…"Jade stopped when she saw the boy was shrugging out of his black leather jacket. "Whoa what are you doing? I have my own jacket-"

"Your locker is on the other side of the building you shouldn't walk that far you'll be late." His velvety voice sent yet another shiver down her spine.

Jade looked up through her eye lashes and saw that the black ice was no longer there replaced by some sort of determination. He was looking at her with a gentle kindness. He smiled the most contagious smile she had ever seen. She couldn't help the answering smile that spread across her face like wildfire.

"So are you going to take my jacket? It's no burden on me and you look so cold" he said with that smile again.

Jade didn't dare tell this boy that he was the reason for her shivers.

"Oh that's alright the biology room is really warm" He looked startled and slightly pleased.

"You have biology next hour also?" he said with a half smile.

Didn't expect that "Yeah. Do you?" Jade was a little startled herself. He is gorgeous! But there is more to him than that. She studied his features and saw in his eyes an infinite wisdom. Jade felt like she was looking into the eyes of an ancient god of absolute knowledge. He's very polite and sweet and not to mention he just offered his sweater to a total stranger. A huge smile erupted on her face that she could not repress.

The boy smiled back and said "Yes actually will you save me a seat? I have to talk with my sister."

Jade looked at her feet still kind of smirking, as her heart beat accelerated to an impossible rate. He wanted to sit with her in biology. This thought warmed Jade and made her feel kind of giddy. "Of course" Jade said. And with that she turned, trying to be as graceful as this boy with the thousand year old eyes. And again with about the same amount of grace as a dodo bird tripped but this time the ground came at her at an incredible speed. She threw her arms out in front of her and closed her eyes waiting for embarrassment to find her.

When Jade opened her eyes her face was about five inches from the ground. Then she was hauled upward and on her feet in one fluid motion that was so sudden it turned the space around her into a blur of color. When Jade's head stopped spinning and she could make things stay in one place she looked up and saw the back of the boy's head shaking and silent laughter moving his shoulders. She looked around, her entire face flushing a deep scarlet and eternally thankful that the hall was clear and –oh crap! The hall is clear! She took off stumbling to the biology room giving her no time to think about what had just happened.

"What?!" Kalie said in a strained whisper. "How could you do this Levi, you could die! And so can she! You are being utterly careless! You know the Night World rules against-"

"Against falling in love with humans, I know! And I haven't fallen in love with her! "[Yet] his mental voice added. No! I cannot allow myself to fall in love with this wonderful mysterious human girl. It will only sentence us both to death. And for some odd indescribable reason to even think of the world without this girl in it somewhere, even hurt to imagine. "So stop it Kalie you're overreacting again. I'm not in love with her and there are no rules that I've heard of against human interaction. You can yell at me when I'm actually doing wrong but now if you'll excuse me I have Biology."

"Watch yourself Levi" Kalie muttered in what was supposed to be a threatening tone? Levi looked at her skeptically and chuckled.

"I'd stay and chat but" He turned and started walking toward the biology lab."But….I don't want to stay and chat" And with that he chuckled as he left Kalie standing there dumbfounded, jaw hanging open.

As he made his way to the Biology lab Levi saw her eyes every time he closed his to blink. They were a kind and placid sea foam green with depths of such repressed emotion. There was joy and passion, happiness and love, but along with all the happiness he knew Jade deserved there was so much sadness and an intense yearning. It felt as if those eyes saw right through every shield he put up to keep the human world out and keep the night world inside of him. He believed he was a vile and repulsive creature, dead but damned to walk among the living in a world to which he could never belong to again. Since the night Ash turned him into a night world citizen 300 years ago his cold heart hadn't managed a single beat. For the first time since that dire and unpleasant night his un-beating heart felt warm and Levi was at peace with himself.

So he entered the biology room intent on making friends with Jade. The battle inside him was still waging he knew not if he was going to make her his, make her a vampire. But could he bring himself to sentence her, the most beautiful girl on the face of the earth, the one who was making Levi question himself and all he once stood for before he knew of her existence, the one who stole his heart and knew she would keep it until either the end of time or the end of her. Could he damn her to a life of misery and such violence for his own selfish needs and wants? This question Levi could not answer because he himself did not know it.

"Rough ER is also known as…" Jade didn't pay much more attention to Miss Steele's mind-numbing lecture about the makeup of a cell. She had just begun her lesson when the room fell silent. Hearing the whispered "wow he's so hots" and "drop dead gorgeouses" her head came up from her doodles to see the beautiful stranger boy talking to Miss Steele. As he retrieved his book from her the boy sauntered down the aisle to where Jade was sitting "Is this spot taken?" he asked motioning to the empty space next to her. "Is now" she replied with the threat of a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. That was weird, Jade was known widely for her lack of grace and shyness around people but with this boy it was different she felt oddly at ease around him.

A slight shiver slid down Jade's back do to the bitterness of the air. It was actually quite cold in the biology lab despite what she told the boy who offered her his jacket. She shivered again and felt something cold draped over her shoulders.

"He-"she looked over and noticed the boy next to her had given her his jacket and she didn't object. That was rather odd he had been wearing this jacket all morning and yet it felt as like it had been left in a freezing car in the middle of winter. She smiled and turned back to her biology book slipping her arms into the sleeves of this beautiful boy's coat. Jade turned her head sneakily to the right shoulder taking in the smell of him. In some odd way she felt as if this would make her close to him. The jacket had a sweet fragrance on it unlike any she had ever come across before. It reminded her of lying in a field of wildflowers as a child with a hint of honey and happy winter air.

The bell rang then making Jade jump slightly as it brought her out of her thoughts. She looked around as the other students gathered their books and left the room, some stopping to stare at her and Levi. He chuckled.

"You scare easily" he noted

Jade giggled nervously as she collected her things and started walking. "Not one of my favorite aspects but you know you have to make the best with what you've got"

"That is correct I was merely taking note of this so I may remember it…in the future" Levi looked forward as they walked to Jade's locker together. She liked the sound of it. Together…this thought brought a new subject to her mind.

"What is your name? I never really got a chance to ask" Jade flushed a deep cherry red for her ignorance and couldn't help but notice his fists clenched and his posture stiff. She shivered again and clutched her books tightly to her chest. She'd made him angry again.

"My name's Levi. Levi Hale." He answered once his posture relaxed.

The rest of the day passed rather eventful for Jade. After Biology came history which bored her to sleep like usual, then lunch. She sat with her normal friends, all of who were just gushing over the new "hot" students and asking her a billion questions about Levi. This annoyed her to no avail. For some reason she felt possessive over him, like he was hers. This thought was futile however he didn't seem interested in her as much more than just friends. Before long evading their maddening questions forced Jade out to the parking lot where she shivered her way through the rest of lunch hour.

When the bell rang Jade tied her hair back in a low ponytail and went inside where the rest of that day occurred in a blur of beautiful faces, boring classes and a mind that wouldn't quit wandering back to Levi Hale time and time again. It didn't help much that she had every single class with Levi and he chose to sit next to her in every one of them.

Throughout that day Jade could see somewhat of an emotional war going on in Levi's eyes. One moment they would be the clearest grey shining unusual silver at moments when he seemed…hungry then the next moment he'd be happy with some sort of resolution mixed with contentment and peace. And at other times he'd get so pissed it actually scared Jade slightly sending an involuntary shiver down her spine.

Despite the mood swings and odd secrets Jade could feel he was keeping from her this turned out to be an extremely brilliant day. She continued to struggle with her feelings for him. She believed him to be the most beautiful person-inside and out-she had ever laid eyes on. She constantly had to keep reminding herself that he probably only was hanging out with her because the convenience of the seating arrangement in each class or merely out of pity.

'not only does he deserve better than me but in comparison to his marvelous beauty I am utterly plain and can never trust myself to be…enough for him' Jade thought on her way home. 'even if the impossible happened and he ended up liking me back another girl, more worthy of him will show up and even though I know it's for the best I'll end up being hurt'

Jade let out an exasperated sigh as she turned into her driveway and sat on the front porch. After an immeasurable amount of time it started to snow and violent shivers rocked her frame.

"Hey there ice princess" came a familiar voice from behind her as she turned to go inside. This voice was one she knew as if she'd heard it all her life. A voice she knew that she'd walk a thousand miles to hear. Levi.

"um..what?" Jade answered in a rather small voice as she whorled around to face Levi. What she got she was not at all prepared for. As she halted she found that his face was inches from hers. Whoa. Wasn't expecting that! How did he move so quickly?! What she got as a result only intensified her embarrassment. Jade took in a lung full of his scent causing her heart to accelerate and a vivid scarlet gracing her cheeks. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked up not moving a muscle and noticed that Levi was smirking down at her. Jade Jerked her body back grimacing as her traitor cheeks displayed more crimson.

"uh-s-sorry" Jade stammered turning her back to Levi as her eyes filled with tears. How could this boy, this stranger have such an impact on her emotions? Why did she have such strong feelings for him? She let out an unsteady breath when she felt a sturdy hand on her shoulder. Levi gently pulled her to face him as he whipped a tear away that slid down her burning cheek.

"Hey there ice princess" Levi teased as he rounded Jade's driveway. It was the only thing he could think of. As he looked at Jade and took in all her glorious radiance he was at a severe loss for words. Was she some kind of masochist? Every time he saw her Jade seemed to be forcing herself into the cold. At lunch this afternoon she sat outside on the brick wall in front of the school and now she was sitting on the porch in sub-zero weather gazing into nothingness. He could not know whether or not the wind or the air was cold; he had no perception of what was hot or cold, he was a vampire after all. What he would give to be able to be inside her magnificent mind. To know if she thought of him at all Levi was sure that whatever was going on inside Jade's head it was as beautiful as her.

While she still had her back to him he closed the distance between them stopping maybe a foot from her. How badly Levi wanted to reach out and take her into his arms, to hold her to his chest and to know no harm will come of her. But of course he could not, well not at the moment. He had finally decided he wasgoing to be good enough for her. And eventually, if she wishes he will make her a Night person. With every part of his being he could manage he would change for her. He knew that he would do anything face anything, be anything for Jade. Even if what she needed him to be was not what he wanted. 'she deserves more than an evil horrible murderer' he thought grimly. Because Levi had murdered people. Even though it was in his past he could not bring himself to forgive all of the hideous things he had done. For the lives he had taken.

"um…what?" Jade whorled to face Levi and as her eyes bugged out she leaned into him so close he could feel the warmth coming from her body…Jade's body…[No Levi stop it! You can't think about her like this. It will eventually kill her.] he ignored the voice inside his head; the pure bliss that Levi felt at the moment was too much to handle he smiled slightly looking down at her tiny form and for once ignored the battle raging inside his head. The way that purple sweater hugged her bodice in all the right places. Her long black hair framing her beautiful heart shaped face. Her rhythmic heartbeat that Levi could just dance to... When she finally opened her eyes and looked up the reaction he got from her surprised him. She threw herself back and stuttered out a quiet "uh-s-sorry" and turned her back to him. Levi could not comprehend why Jade reacted this way. He walked forward and with a gentle hand pulled her to face him. A tear fell from her eyes, she was crying.

Levi had not looked into Jades eyes directly this entire day but as soon as he did his entire world stopped. It seemed like his reason for existing now was…Jade. Her eyes were so sad it made Levi's dead heart ache in ways he never thought it would ache again. He knew that she was his life now and so he'd do anything to make her smile again…so he did the only thing he could think of. Levi bent down slowly and as his lips met hers something strange happened. Levi did not know the meaning of happiness until that moment. For the first time since the moment Levi was born he felt true happiness. They were both plunged into a world where the only thing that mattered was his beautiful Jade.