Thoughts ran through my head, like a car speeding down the interstate. My hands squeezed on the wheel, I really wanted to say yes, but this meant I was getting in too deep in the one place I thought was temporary. My heart started speeding. I couldn't believe what was happening. I mean I was getting soft. The only person I was ever close to before was my dad, and now I had my other mom, dad and Becky, plus counting all my friends in SD. And now my roots were planting here, in Washington. I shivered.
"I'm sorry," he whispered. "I knew that I shouldn't have asked you." He started to get out of the car, but I grabbed his hand. He looked back hurt all over his face.
"Come here." I commanded. He obeyed quickly, seeming slightly afraid of my voice. I moved my hand up his arm and gripped his shoulder. I moved slightly in my seat, feeling as if I was doing the right thing. I turned toward him, letting a foxy grin passing my lips. "I would be delighted to be your girlfriend."
I moved my face close to him and I kissed him slowly at first, because I could feel his shocked body not responding to what I was doing. That's when his lips suddenly moved with mine and I could almost feel him smiling. There was a sudden knock on the window. I blushed slightly recognizing Quil grandfather.
"See you tonight," he whispered in my ear. I quickly drove to my house surprised in what I had done. I shivered slightly knowing that I had done something that was wrong, but felt so right.
My dad would have killed me if he had sawn that. I mean I barely knew the kid. He could be working for the Voultri, hired to kill me. I laughed to myself thinking that about Quil. He was sweet, caring, gentle-despite his size- and thought I was pretty. Not hot, pretty. He wanted me for me, not for my looks. I jumped out the car and sped inside my house. Who knew that it was so easy to forge ID's and buy a house? Well, I did know. My house was tiny, super tiny. The living room was scarcely 5 feet long and wide, the kitchen was smaller yet and the one bedroom was the biggest thing in the whole house. There was a tiny 2 ft bathroom attached to the room. I turned the show on high, after standing there for awhile, I decided to get out and get ready. After curling and primping, I felt slightly ridicules, I mean; I never got dressed up at all, zero percent. But here I was dressed in a new dress I had never wore, and face filled with makeup, I was even wearing some expensive perfume Mom had bought me a few years back. I waited restlessly on my 15 dollar coach. The horn of Jacob motorcycle nearly made me jump through my ceiling, back I contained all that I was feeling and marched out the door. Jake was there on the cycle waiting for me. He didn't have a helmet on, but one was hanging from his handlebars, he thought I was going to wear that?
"Hey," he smirked at me and held out the helmet for me.
"No, I did my hair." I frowned at him.
"Who you trying to impress, Em?" his smile turned into a cocky grin that made my blood boil Quil had already told him.
"Jacob, can we just go to the party?" I asked, trying not to sound too whiny.
"Only if you tell me what it like to kiss my best friend." His grin spread across him face almost ear to ear. I hoisted myself on to his cycle ignoring his question. I hit his back with my hand, signaling that I was ready to go. He laughed the whole way there.
The wind was really blowing by the time me and Jake got to the party. I could smell the rain that was just an hour or two away. I sighed. Was there any escape from the never-ending rain? I stood near the glowing fire, smiling at the few who were somewhat familiar. Leah saw me and almost tackled me over.
"EMMMA! I am so glad that you could make it," she hugged me tightly; I was surprised that I hugged back. I mean we had only grown close over the last week. But, it felt very nice. She was going to be one good friend. I let her go and she turned towards a very tall male.
"Em, this is Sam, my boyfriend." I shock the tall kids hand, he was on fire. I wondered how Leah stayed un-smelly around him. I told her I was going to go look for Quil. She smiled and winked at me. I was going to kill Jacob.
I swear I traveled around the whole party, and he still wasn't anywhere, I started to worry. I mean I couldn't even feel his mind or feel his step through the earth. My twitching started up, again. I sat near the fire, trying not to look to upset. Jacob must have noticed me and thought he should comfort me. I didn't hear a word he said to me, but it was along the lines of its okay. I wanted to cry. I gave this guy my first kiss, I let my guard down. I shoved him something no one had ever seen before and he was doing this to me. That's when I felt a warm hand grip my shoulder. My heart pounded, he was there. I whipped my head around, a little too quick for any human that is.
"Hey, Emma, sorry, do you want to go on a walk?" he asked quietly. I rose and gripped his hand, I wanted this and so did he.
The walk was pleasant, and the kisses that followed were even better. He was the apple of my eye. We spent every single day of summer together, making some time for Jacob and Embry. I was still one of the guys except that I and Quil were dating. Quil would take me out in the woods to have picnics of Oreos and milk. Sometimes I could swear I saw three giant wolfs running around in the dark places past the trail. I didn't alarm Quil, I barely saw it anyone, must be my imagination.
There was one problem, being with Quil made me use my powers less. My father would so disapprove, he made me practice every single day, but with Quil I did nothing of the sort. I didn't feed that much either which was getting bad for him. It was a Tuesday when it all went wrong. The morning started off normal and the afternoon wasn't much different. Hanging with Jake, eating with Quil and a couple of movies at Embry's. After that Quil walked me home, like he always did.
"Did you know that we have been dating for 4 months?" he asked, using his mysterious voice.
"Well, yes I did know this. Why did you ask?" I smiled playfully at him.
"Because today is 4 months exactly, and I was wondering," he asked quietly as we arrived at my door. "If I could spend the night." I raised my eyebrows and sucked in a breath ready to tell him off. That I wasn't this type of girl and if thought I was, then he was a dead man. I would kill him there on my porch. "I didn't mean that way; I just want you to sleep in my arms. Just for one night. Please?"
My smile returned and I opened my door, he had been there before and had never asked where my parents were. He was so perfect, never asking too much of me. We removed are light jackets and I got ready for bed. I dressed in my tiny bathroom; I didn't have any cute, sexy Pj's so I settled for my SpongeBob pants and BHSU t-shirt. I walked slowly from the bathroom, noticing he was there on my bed, wearing nothing but boxers. He was really buff, for a tiny freshman, but I like it. Of course he would never be stronger than me, but I would never tell him that. I sat on the bed controlling all the lust that was in me. I mean, he was just so perfect, so humanly perfect. I wanted to eat him, almost literally, but I would never, I hoped. I lounged next to him feeling that I fit very nice into the crock of his arm. His smile was wide and welcoming, he kiss my forehead. I smiled with him.
"Your very pretty." He whispered into my hair.
"Your also very pretty." I whispered into his neck.
He chuckled deeply into my hair, I could smell the blood running through his veins, and it smelled good. Too good. I tried to move away from his slightly so I wouldn't do anything drastic. But, he pulled me close into a mind-blowing kiss. I left all reason behind and started kissing him deeply. I knew something bad was going to happen I could feel it, but I didn't want to do anything about it. I moved down his chin and onto his neck and there perfectly beating for me was his main artery.
My fangs came out faster than a speeding bullet. I slowly let my fangs sink into him; he let out a gasp than groaned with pleasure. I sucked greedily consuming his being. I now saw into his mind, being this close to Quil let be into anything I wanted. I realized that I should take that much, but my hunger still burned. I wanted more. I slowly retreated, healing the wound with the water at my side. He smiled at me as if he was in a trace, than his eyes rolled into the back of his head, than the worst thing happen. Quil started to seizure.
I didn't react at first; I stared at him, waiting for him to stop shaking like a mad man. But, he didn't stop. I moved fast than. Picking up his quivering form, I was surprised that he was lighter than I imagined, I mean I was really strong but I thought I would have felt his weight but I didn't. He was so weak and human. What the hell was I thinking?
I threw him into the pack of my tiny, purple Dodge stratus, praying that the car wouldn't run out of gas before we got to the hospital. I backed quickly out of the driveway and sped toward Forks, the nearest town with an Emergency Room. Quil did stop shaking half-way there and I heard him through up in my back seat, I cringed at the sound it made, holding down my supper as well. After he spilled his guts all over the back of my car, he started to fit again. I sped faster.
Thank the heavens above we arrived at the hospital as soon as we did, I didn't think that I would have kept my composure of another mile. I shouted at the nurses who were smoking outside the building. I realized that I was crying. Had I been crying the whole time?
"Pleeeassee!" I sobbed "Hurry, I don't think he is going to make it."
They came quickly, humanly quickly, which was slow to me. they pulled him from the vehicle he was still twitching. I wanted to scream. They then moved as fast as there scrawny human self's could into the ER. I followed behind, still crying.
"Miss." A pretty blonde nurse called me over. "I need to know his name, number, address and social."
"His name is Quil Ateara, he lives in LaPush, his number is 239-556-9845, I don't know his social. I'm just his girlfriend." I said quietly, still feeling the tears running down my face.
"That's just fine, honey. Did you notify his parents yet?" I mumbled a quiet no. "Well I will call them, in the mean time you can go sit in the lobby, just round the corner." She pointed near the exit, but I saw what she was talking about. That's when I heard something that made my skin crawl. Quill's voice was coming from behind the curtain. I could make put what he was saying, but he sounded in deep pain. I hurried through the curtain so that no one could see me.
There he was on the bed, looking awful. He always tanned color was pale and gray. I wanted to kill myself I had done this to him. I swore right then and there that I was going to break-up with him as soon as he got better. I knew I was bad for him. I moved closer to him. His twitching and mumbling had stopped; he was now peaceful on top of the gurney. I could almost hear his heart slowing down. He was dying; this rocked me to the core. I did something that was going to kill him.
Maybe he would turn into a vampire and then we could be together. But, that's when I realized something; I had venom in my bites. I could turn someone or something into a vampire. I froze; Quil was going to turn into a vamp. No I would not let this happen. There was a glass of water near Quills bedside; I commanded it into his mouth moving my hands in the proper ways. Water had always been my favorite element to control. The only reason I had this power was from watching a TV show on Nick and deciding those benders were way cool and the next morning I wake up, bending powers. Story of my life. I had once seen an episode where that heroine had healed with her water bending powers, so I was going to try and copy that.
The water sank below his skin, like a grain of sand falls through a grater, and I felt into his bloodstream. Not to sound wired or anything, but I saw into his body, his bloodstream, which made it easier to find the venom. I wrapped the all healing water around it and forced it out of his mouth. The whole process took around thirty seconds. The venom looked a sickish green color as it exited his mouth. I moved it toward the nearest trashcan and let my control go. I smiled to myself, I had saved him. I could be with him, again, maybe.
"How did you do that?" I jumped in fear of what I just heard. I looked up to wear the noise had came from and standing near the curtain with golden eyes, was a vampire, a doctor vampire.