Chapter Three: Confessions

Caden wanted to silence that annoying beeping. It reminded him of a timer, counting down the seconds until he lost his sister.

"How's she doing?" A breathy voice surprised him. He turned and saw a stunning girl in front of him.

Platinum blonde hair with a single pink streak, eye make up that made her skin seem even paler. She was small and slender, but seemed to have a protective vibe. Her face was a fierce type with eyes that should belong to a lion.

"She's okay," Caden whispered back to not wake Adia up.

"I was wondering if I could speak with you a moment," the girl headed off to another room, not giving him an option.

"I'll be right back," he said to Adia's calm face

Reluctantly following the girl, he watched her warily as she closed the door. Caden crossed his arms over his chest, sighing.

"Yes?"

Only a few seconds ticked by until the next thing he knew, she was kissing him roughly.

Taken by surprise, he first kissed her back out of manners, and touched his tongue to hers. He felt the girl trying to get his shirt off and start to moan into the kiss.

"Adia…" Caden groaned.

Oops.

The girl stared at him, her eyes angry.

"What? Did you just say your sister's name?"

"Uhh…"

"Well?"

Caden didn't know what to do. He first thought of kissing the girl, and his stomach churned. Then he thought about kissing Adia, and he felt his chest tighten, his heart warmed and he felt dizzy.

Huffing, the girl opened the door and left.

Caden had to sit down and think.

How could he say his sister's name while making out with another girl? What was wrong with him?

Then again… he didn't feel that much attraction to the girl in the first place.

Leaving the room, Caden snuck a kiss to Adia's cheek, than headed out to find a doctor.

It took him twenty minutes to find someone that wasn't busy. He gave the doctor his name and started talking.

"Does this have anything to do with your sister?" The doctor asked.

Caden nodded. "Yes."

"Is everything okay?" He asked worried.

"Huh? Oh, everything is fine with her, just… not me…"

"What do you mean?"

Caden looked away. "I'm… in love with her."

"You're sister?" The doctor didn't have a look of judgment on his face, but curiosity.

"Yeah…"

"How did you come to decide this?" The doctor leaned closer so no one could hear them.

"Some nurse came in and we somehow ended up making out," Caden felt himself blush. "And I said Adia's name… I thought about kissing the other girl, and I felt sick, then I… thought about Adia… and I felt like… like I was flying." Only then did Caden meet eyes with the doctor.

"Well, Caden, it sounds like you are in love… hmm…" He opened a file and stared. Then his eyes flickered to Caden and back again.

Standing from his chair, the doctor motioned for Caden to follow him through the other door.

"Does Adia look like your mother or father?"

"She looks like my mother," Caden whispered.

"And what about you, you're father?" He reached into a drawer and pulled out a syringe.

"I think I look like both of them,"

"May I see your arm?" He held the syringe up to show Caden what he was doing.

Nodding, Caden held his arm out and looked away as the doctor spread the numbing ointment and inserted the needle.

Then it was over.

Looking up, Caden watched as he hid the tube of his blood away in another drawer.

"I think you should maybe talk to Adia about this and see how she feels,"
"See how she feels?" Caden repeated his words. "She'll feel creped out,"

"For brother and sister, you two sure don't look alike,"

"What are you implying?"

"I'm not implying anything; but I do think you should speak with her." He was called away at the next moment and Caden trudged back to Adia's room and held her face in his hands.

"Adia," he whispered.

She woke.

Caden didn't give her the chance to ask why he was staring at her; his lips crashed into hers and he tried to stay clear of her nose.

Adia felt his tongue begging for entrance, and her gasp gave him access. Their tongues touched and they both felt electricity rush through their veins and she longed to pull him closer.

What's he doing?

As if reading her thoughts, he pulled away, gasping, and leaned his forehead against hers, staring into her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me, and I shouldn't have done that."

Deciding to ignore the pain in her nose and hand, she tangled her fingers in his hair and brought him in for another kiss.

But he pushed himself away and stood in frustration.

"We can't," he argued.

"Caden…"

"Adia, I want to… you don't understand,"
"Don't understand what?" As he walked back over to the bed, she traced his lips without knowing the effect she had on him.

Caden shook his head and kissed her finger tip, "I think…I'm…"

Adia nodded for him to go on.
"I'm… in love with you, Adia…" He braced himself for the worst.

Instead, she pulled him down and on to the bed, leaning her head against his chest.
"Adia, I don't understand what's happening to me," Threading her fingers through his, she nuzzled his neck and gently kissed from his chin to his shoulder.

Chuckling, he told her to go to sleep so she could heal faster.

She nodded and almost fell unconscious the next minute.

Caden gently kissed her lips and whispered "I love you."
"I love you, too, Caden." She sighed.

Caden felt as if he could explode from happiness as he watched her sleep.

The dream he had was so… wrong!

Caden tossed and turned all night, trying to clear his mind of all the naughty things that had intruded his thoughts, but they only got worse.

The first image was just a simple kiss; not that anyone could blame him since he had actually kissed her. You couldn't forget a kiss like that.

The next wasn't so bad; just a simple touch; curiosity.

Then things went from not so bad to steaming hot.

The image was so intense he had to leave the bed and splash his face with ice cold water to stop his skin from sweating.

Caden actually had to sit down on the floor and catch his breath, but couldn't stop the image from continuing.

He couldn't ever tell her what he thought, she'd think he was a sick psycho.

But those lips… those soft, hot lips of hers… why did she kiss him back? She wasn't helping matters.

What am I supposed to do?

Caden walked back to Adia's sleeping form hesitantly, climbed in beneath the covers and drew her close, welcoming her scent.

Her arms unconsciously wrapped around him-

Those chains…
Adia's fingers gripped his hand and slowly drew them down her chest, her stomach then to her legs.

That damn blindfold…
Her fingers gripped his one last time, until she sighed and removed her hand, leaving his shaking fingers on the exposed skin of her leg.

That soft skin…

How he longed to touch her, just once. He would beg is that's what it took. Caden gently dragged his fingers up and down her leg and he felt her shiver against him

Is this really happening?

Caden's eyes shot open and he saw Adia deeply asleep next to him, his hand no where near her legs.

Frowning, he stood up and walked to the lighted bathroom, washed his face for the second time, looked into the mirror and staggered back.

Getting a closer view of his neck, his breath caught and his eyes widened.

Bite marks.

Small, tiny, bite marks on his neck.

Caden grinned.