This chapter has a bit more romance in it! If you love O'Wanda, you may hate me at the end of this chapter for this cliffy. Have any of you watched the Host Live on YouTube? Yes? No? Well, Stephanie Meyer got asked if she was going to write a sequel to The Host! She's like "Well, I don't want to say too much because I'm in the early process." GUYS, SHE'S IN THE EARLY PROCESS OF WRITING THE SEQUEL! I don't know about you, but I'm so psyched!
Wanda's POV
"Wanda, honey. Wanda, wake up!" Ian said, shaking me.
"Hmm?" I said, sitting up and rubbing my eyes.
"We're here." he said.
"Okay," I said. "Are you all coming in?"
"Just you and I. Mel and Jared are going into the next store." I nodded. Ian got out of the car, offering his hand to me. I noticed the contacts. They always startle me; no one will notice the difference. Jared and Mel had theirs on, too. I took his hand and he pulled me out of the car. We began walking to the store as he wrapped his arms around me. We smiled at the soul as we entered the store. We got a huge load of groceries, and casually walked out, smiling at another soul again. We packed everything up tightly. Most of the trunk was filled with food, and we still had lots of other stores to go to. When we arrived at the store nearby, Mel and Jared got out and said they would be back in 30 minutes. We said bye, and they left.
"How are you, baby?" I asked, unbuckling my seatbelt and moving closer to him.
"Perfect," he says, smiling, and doing the same thing. In minutes, we were kissing. I kept breaking kisses to make sure no one was coming. This annoyed him. "What are they going to do, arrest us?"
"Maybe. This isn't very peaceful."
"Well, it's paradise to me. Besides, souls have kids. We aren't doing any worse! We're just... innocently kissing."
"Innocently kissing?" I ask. "You think I'm that bad of a kisser?"
"No, of course not! I just... well, you're acting kind of goody-goody looking out for people."
"How many minutes until Melanie and Jared are back?" I ask.
Ian counted in his head. "About 5."
"Thank God," I mutter under my breath. There was an awkward silence for some weird reason. I wasn't really mad, the mood was just all of a sudden completely wrong.
Mel and Jared got back in the car, and we drove to yet another store. This one was more of a drug store full of medicine and stuff. "Ready, Wanda?" Mel asked.
I nodded, and we went inside. "Are you mad at Ian?" Wanda and I are looking for different medicines.
"No, of course not. It was just kind of... awkward. Like we didn't have anything to say to each other."
"But it's not supposed to be awkward with your partner, Wanda!"
"I know. But something just happened. It was so... confusing!" I exclaim. "It's like my brain went blank."
Mel dropped it. "Whatever. So, we just need to get a few pills and other... uh, things... and we'll be on our way to yet another store." I saw Melanie grab a box and try to hide it from me.
"What's that?"
"Oh, nothing." She grabs something else, putting it in the cart before I catch a glimpse. I look down into the cart to see what those things were.
"Mel?! Birth control and... condoms?!" I whisper that.
"You'll thank me soon, Wanda." I put my head in my hands, blushing.
"And you know before I do?" She nodded. I shake my head, trying to move out of the awkwardness. We walk out, smiling at the soul. I get in the car, kissing Ian so that he knows I'm not mad at him again. I fall asleep in his lap, dreaming happy things.
I wake up in a familiar bed, wrapped in Ian's arms. Even though there is never any light in the cave, I know that it's night. Ian never sleeps any other time. I turn in his arms, kissing his nose. I stare at him, and wish this moment could last forever. Almost an hour later, Ian opens his beautiful eyes and smiles at me. I kiss him softly, but he deepens the kiss again. My hands go to the sides of his face, losing myself in his touch. "I'll be right back, Ian." He nods. I go to my maze yet again, and walk to the end. It's still midnight. I go to Mel and Jared's room, waking Mel up. "Uh, I need that... stuff."
She tries to contain herself while she hands it to me. "Good luck," she winks at me as I walk out, blushing.
I arrive in Ian's room again, moving the door back into place surprisingly easy. I set the boxes on the dresser near Ian's bed, not wanting him to see them right away, but he does. He smiles, going back to kissing me. That night, I knew I loved Ian forever.
"Wanda! Wanda!" Mel came rushing into our room, waking us both up. Jared walked in behind her. "It's almost lunch time. I'm kicking you bums out of bed!"
"Fine. We'll be there in," I pause, remembering that we're both still naked. "Uh, a little bit."
"I'm not leaving here till you both get out of bed!" Mel demands.
"I really don't think you want to do that, Mel..." I cough, trying to get her to catch on. Then I notice the boxes on the dresser. I quickly grab them, but not before Jared sees them.
"Oh, nice, dude!" Jared says, holding his hand out for Ian to high-five. Our faces turn bright red, and they leave.
"We'd better get dressed," I say, climbing out of bed as they move the door back in place. There's a searing pain near my waist. "Er, Ian?"
"Yeah?"
"I... hurt..." I clear my throat for empathise.
His eyes widen when he realizes what I mean. "I'm sorry!"
"It's fine.. I just... need some help." I put on my bra and underwear, but that's all the pain I can take. Ian gets dressed, then comes and helps me put on my jeans, and buttons them. He stands up, running his hands up my legs to my shoulders. He grabs my shirt from behind me and helps me button it, too. Our hands meet on one of the buttons, and he looks up slightly and meets my eyes. We smile, kissing passionately. How lucky am I? Very.
"I love you, Ian."
"I love you, too, Wanderer."
A tear of joy runs down my cheek, and Ian kisses it away. He grabs my hand, helping me get into my shoes, and then we walk to get lunch.
Jamie is sitting at a table with Mel, Jared, Kyle, and Sunny. "Let's go sit by your brother," I say to him, smiling.
"Fine."
We sit, saying hello to everyone. "How are you two?" Jared asks.
"Tired, I'm guessing?" Says Mel. I stick my tongue out at her.
"What do you mean?" Kyle asks.
"Your brother here lost his V-Card last night," Jared says winking at Ian.
Kyle raises his eyebrows at Ian. "With who?" Everyone but Ian and I laugh.
"Who do you think, Kyle?"
"Mel?" Kyle says. Everyone laughs again.
Ian goes to get us some food. We share a plate of spaghetti with meatballs. "Well, this is a "Lady and the Tramp" moment." Mel says.
"Not yet, it isn't." Ian bends down and nudges a meatball at me, and I laugh.
"Aw, how sanitary!" I say, catching it in my hands as it rolls off the plate. We begin eating again, and eventually DO get different ends of the same noodle. We smile at each other as everyone laughs, saying something about fait.
We get to the middle of the noodle, and our lips meet, I bite the noodle in half, and we swallow, then peck each other's lips.
"Oh, come on, Ian! You can do better!" Kyle says, cheering us on.
"Keep it PG-13!" Mel says, nodding at Jamie.
"I guess Jamie won't be going to their wedding, then!" Jared says. I saw Mel kick Jared hard under the table, telling him to shut up.
"I'm almost 16! You can kiss in front of me...!" Jamie says.
"Because you're manly?" I say, recalling a couple days ago.
"Yeah!" he agrees. I laugh, turning back to Ian. "Do it!"
Pretty soon, everyone began chanting the word "Kiss!" really loudly.
"I feel like I'm in middle school!" I whisper to Ian. He laughs, leaning in.
"And this is the part where I finally come to my senses and realize that you're the prettiest girl I've ever seen, and I love you. Except this time, our love lasts." Ian says. I lean in, kissing him.
Every time I kiss him, it feels like the first time. Our tongues intertwined yet again, sparks visible to us all. Everyone around us cheers, but I hardly notice. I put my hands on either side of his face, and he intertwined his fingers in my hair, pulling me closer. There was barely any room in between us. His hands began moving around, feeling my body. I heard Jared say "Gee, Ian is Wandering more than Wanderer!" I smiled through the kiss. He ignored Jared. His teeth bit down gently on my lip, pulling it a little. A low moan escaped my lips, making him smile.
"Good or bad?" He whispered, pulling away.
"Good," I say. He kisses my lips once more, and we return to holding hands under the table. Ian took my left hand and put it on his lap, playing with my fingers. I think he was just using it as an excuse to look down, so that he didn't have to face Jared, and especially Kyle.
I felt something slide onto one of my fingers on my left hand; the one Ian was playing with. I looked down to see a diamond engagement ring occupying my second-to-last finger... My ring finger...
Ian looked up at me. "Good or bad?"
