Éternel – Chapter 6

The next evening seemed to take years to arrive for Ézrie. So much so, that she found herself waking up at 5:00pm, earlier than usual. She walked downstairs yawning and rubbing her eyes. Walking towards the living room and stretched and flopped down onto one of the plush sofa's.
Adrien glanced at her and blinked at bit before speaking to her.

"Hey...Ézrie..." He finally managed to say. Ézrie turned to look at him, a bit startled at the fact he was there, but she decided to reply for the sake of politeness.

"Hi Adrien..." She replied blankly. She didn't really want to be speaking to him.

"You're going out with Cade today right ?" Adrien asked her trying to make their conversation less awkward. Ézrie nodded in reply simply and Adrien leant forward on the couch resting his elbows on his legs. "Cade is a nice guy, I'm happy for you..." Adrien smiled slightly.

"You didn't seem like it when I came here..." She replied bluntly looking at him directly.

"I know, and I'm sorry..." He sighed looking back at her.

"Are you ? If you were, you'd tell me what I have done to make you hate me..." She replied looking away from him.

"It's a long story..." Adrien replied.

"We're Immortal, we have time" She snapped back at him beginning to get annoyed.

"I'm jealous of him alright ?!" Adrien shouted standing up. "As soon as you came, Cade was really happy, and it's just horrible to think that...she isn't here...anymore..." Adrien said looking at the floor. His eyes welled up and he began to cry there and then. Ézrie looked at him sadly and nodded. She understood what he meant by what he just said. Standing up and walking over to him and hugged him. She was a little shorter than him, so when Adrien looked down at her and couldn't help but chuckle.

"I'm...sorry..." Adrien breathed wiping the tears off his face. "I didn't mean to shout like that, I just miss her..." He sighed.

"What was her name ?" Ézrie asked looking up at him.

"Jenna..." Adrien sighed walking back to the couch and sitting down. "It's my fault she's dead...it's my fault" He continued.

"You can't blame yourself" She told him sitting beside him "I'm sure that she's up in the heavens watching over you." Ézrie smiled reassuringly. Adrien smiled at her and nodded.

"You're right..and I hate that..." He chuckled and she giggled in return.

"I'm sorry for shouting at you, I had no right to, I'll try to be a better person to you in the future" Adrien told her smiling. Ézrie smiled at him happily and threw her arms around him hugging him tightly.

"I've always wanted a big brother..." She thought out loud and Adrien smiled and down at returning her hug.

"Well run along kiddo, you don't want to be late for your date, where is Cade taking you anyway ?" Adrien asked returning to his original sitting position.

"I don't know, he won't tell me" She replied sitting back.

"Well, I'm sure you'll have fun anyway..." Adrien answered looking at the fireplace that was in the middle of the room.

"I'm sure we will" She giggled "Thank you Adrien" She smiled getting up and scuttling up to her room. Adrien sat back once more and smiled, closing his eyes, he felt reassured that Jenna was still with him.

...

Ézrie walked downstairs at 10:30pm still brushing out her golden blonde bob. She left the hair brush on a side table once she finished and walked into the foyer where she waited to meet Cade. A small tap on her shoulder turned her around and Cade smiled down at her.

"Hey Ez" He grinned at her.

"Hai" She grinned back trying to contain her excitement.

"You excited ?" He chuckled taking her hand and opening the door. Ézrie looked down at their hands and blushed a pearly pink. "Ézrie..." Cade repeated still waiting for her reply.

"Huh Wha- ?!" Ézrie stuttered snapping out of it and looking up at him "Yes, I am..." She smiled.

"Good I hope you like where we're going" He smiled opening the front gates.

"Where are you taking me exactly ?" She asked as he let go of her hand.

"It's a surprise" He smiled "But, last one into the forest is a...uhm..." Cade couldn't think of anything so Ézrie decided to shoot off and run into the forest as fast as she could.

Cade chuckled and ran after her. Once her had caught up with her and chuckled "Cheater" Ézrie stuck her tounge and he smiled mischievously before tripping her up and catching her.

"Hey that's cheating!" She giggled catching her breath.

"You cheated too..." He smiled pulling her up. "Well, we're here..." He told her smiling.

She looked around confused "We are ?" She asked

"Look up" he told her and Ézrie raised her head to see a clearing of trees. The sky was perfectly clear this night and the starts could be seen for miles.

"Wow, this place is beautiful!" She gasped in surprise.

Cade chuckled and laid down looking at the starts, he patted the grass beside him and Ézrie nodded smiling. She sat down and laid beside him looking at the stars. "You can see everything!" She exclaimed in awe. Cade nodded in agreement and scooted closer to her. He put one arm around her and rested the other behind his neck. Ézrie blushed and rested her head on his chest looking up at the stars.

"This is nice..." She smiled looking at him.

"Yeah...it is..." He agreed "It's nice to not be alone anymore..." He told her. Ézrie sat up and looked at him.

"I don't believe that fact that you were alone all this time..."

"I was" He told her sitting up next to her.

"All this time ?" She asked and he nodded sighing. "Oh that's...so sad, I'm sorry..." She replied.

"It's alright" He smiled "I mean, I have you now, right ?" He asked hopefully.

"Of course you do" She grinned hugging him. "I don't think someone, like you deserves to be alone for all that time..." She continued

Cade smiled and studied her for a moment. He leaned in and closed the gap between their lips. He kissed her softly wrapping his arms around her and running his hands through her hair. Ézrie was a little startled at first but soon her lips moulded to his and arms entwined around his neck. She closed her eyes and kissed him back.
She pulled away for breath and looked at him. Cade smiled "Not bad.." He chuckled.

She smirked and replied "Practice makes perfect."