Zpov
Jesse parked quickly when the pavement tapered into a thin trail. I eyed the forest eagerly. Somewhere in there was the meadow; and when I found the meadow I hoped to find a certain silver-haired werewolf.
"Okay, so what are we doing?" Jesse grumbled; his voice annoyed. I stuck my tongue out at him.
"You're waiting in the car. I'm going in there." I said, pointing towards the trees that bordered the forest. He looked over at me, confused.
"You want me to wait in the car while you get lost in the woods?" I rolled my eyes.
"I might not be full vampire, Jesse, but I can find my way through some trees." He sighed.
"Whatever. Hurry up." I blew him a kiss then ran from the car to find my Wolf-boy.
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"I guess you missed me, huh, Zaney." Startled, I flipped around, only to come face to face with my silver haired wolf. I grinned at him.
"It's about time you showed up. I've been standing in this meadow for like fifteen minutes." Smirking, he sat on a patch of clovers below him. I followed his example.
"So, what's up? I guess I'm sexier than I thought if you escaped from your dad just to come see little ole me." I laughed as he wiggled is eyebrows.
"Oh yeah, your just too fine for me to resist gracing my eyes with your sexiness." He chuckled.
"Well you're not so bad yourself…. You know … for a half vampire." I grimaced at him.
"Could we not talk about what we are for the moment? How about we talk about who we are instead." He nodded, looking serious.
"I'm a sexy beast, so how about you?" His face was so solemn that I had to laugh. He cracked a grin.
"Okay, since you seem incapable of maturity we'll do it this way. I'll ask you a question and you answer seriously, Kay?" he shrugged.
"Fine, but I want to ask you a question first. Why'd you come back? Why are you here?" I looked into his midnight eyes. Why had I come back? I lowered my eyes to the patch of grass below me before looking back up at him.
"I don't know. It was like the first time I came here. Something inside me told me to come see you. Like you were important or something…" he seemed to think about it for a moment and then he nodded.
"Okay, you can start asking the questions."
"How old are you?" he smiled, and yet somehow there was an edge to his carefree grin.
"Sixteen. How old are you?" I looked at him. He looked much older than sixteen. More like twenty-five.
"Whatever age I want to be." He gazed at me curiously. i felt myself heat up under his scrutiny.
"Show me." I frowned at him.
"Show you what?" I asked. He waved a hand at me and then shrugged.
"You know, change your age." Oh. I decided to become older, around forty. I imagined myself on my fortieth birthday, forty candles on the cake…. I felt my face a shift and my body change. Ahanu watched intently as I aged twenty-four years. When I finished ,he smirked.
"I always had a thing for older women." I just rolled my eyes.
"You wish, wolf boy." I muttered as I changed back into my regular sixteen year old form. He grinned. Then, in a blinding movement, he was kneeling in front of me; his face mere inches from mine. I gasped.
"Wishes can come true…." I shook my head to clear it as it was clouded by his smell. Musty, delicious…FOCUS!!! I leaned back a little.
"Only in fairy tales." I whispered. He leaned in closer; both of his hands reaching to cup my face.
"Maybe I'll make my own fairy tale." He whispered back, his lips centimeters from mine. I felt my eyes flutter close as he moved ever closer. He is going to kiss me...
"Ahanu." I felt Ahanu stiffen, and then pull back as a new voice filled the meadow. I opened my eyes and felt my breath leave me. Around me stood around 5 or so men, all with the same russet skin color as my personal werewolf. I watched as Ahanu stood, shifting his body to almost bock me from view of the biggest of the males.
"Dad." I felt my eyes widen. That was Ahanu's father?!!!! I studied him carefully from my seat on the floor. He had an angular face, cut sharp by pain. I could see that he had had his heart broken at least once. The hurt which had aged his countenance still hid in his eyes, barely shadowed by the anger that flowed from them now. His hair, unlike all the other men who had their hair cut in almost buzz cuts, was long with random curls spread throughout it. As his eyes fell on me I was suddenly aware of my position and I stood quickly. A sneer spread across his face.
"Who is she?" he addressed Ahanu, his contempt for me tangible in his voice. I cringed away from him. Ahanu's face suddenly mirrored his father's.
"Why don't you ask her?" Ahanu spat out. His father snarled at him and then turned towards me.
"Well? Who are you?" suddenly all my fear evaporated. Who was he to treat me like filth?
"I see no reason why I should tell you. I would ask you the same question, but to tell you the truth, I really don't care who the fuck you are." Ahanu laughed as his father raised an eyebrow at me. He stepped towards me but I held my ground.
"A brave human aren't you. But ...you aren't human are you?" I rolled my eyes at him.
"Oh, I don't know. Why don't you tell me?" this time he laughed.
"I must admit, I would like you if you weren't some form of vampire." id probably like you too if you weren't giving me the third degree... on second thought; I still wouldn't like you. Then his eyes widened. "You look like… like him."
"Yeah, I get that all the time. Thanks for that clarification." I rolled my eyes again. He stepped closed. Then his eyes narrowed. Three, two, one…
"What are you?" Bull's eye. The same question every time! You think people would get a little more creative…
"Do you know how many times a month I get that question?" his expression didn't waver. Then suddenly my cell phone rang. Really having nothing better to do, I picked it up.
"Zane." My dad's voice sounded dangerously calm. Everyone in the meadow except Ahanu and I stiffened.
"Uhhhh, hi?" I heard Ahanu's dad gasp.
"Are you at the meadow?" Okay. The super calm voice was scaring the shit out of me.
"If I say yes do I get in trouble?" I heard my father growl almost inaudibly and then a screeching of tires.
"I'm coming to get you. Again." No. I looked around the meadow and knew that each of those men standing there was a werewolf. I was certain of it.
"Dad, you can't come get me." there was no sound from the other end. And then he took in a deep breath.
"How many of them are there?" he asked, still in the freaky cool voice. I counted.
"Seven." He snarled.
"Can you get out?" I looked at Ahanu, catching his eye. He nodded almost indiscernibly. He lifted three fingers slightly. Two fingers. One…. I launched myself at him and he slung me onto his back. We began to race through the forest back towards where Jesse's car was. In about three minutes we broke through the fringe of trees.
"What the hell? Zane?!!!!!!" Jesse caught sight of Ahanu and I just as we stopped beside his car. Ahanu looked quickly behind him then and, before I knew what was going on, pressed his lips to mine. Even in my scared state I had enough control of my body to respond; kissing him eagerly while my hands went up to intertwine in his hair. Too soon, it was over. He pulled back and his eyes locked with mine. He raised a hand and held my face.
"Be safe." And then he was gone. Lifting a hand to my lips, I sprinted to the passenger side of the car and jerked the door open; slamming it shut as soon as I was seated.
"Zane, what the hell…"
"JUST DRIVE!!!!!!!!" I screamed as I saw Ahanu's father sprinting through the trees. Without another word Jesse flung the car around and sped away from the woods, leaving a fuming werewolf pack to eat our dust.
Please Read!
okay, i know i wrote this last time but some people, if they are like me, dont always read the author notes on the bottom of the page. I Just wanted to remind everyone about the deal. First one to review gets a question answered ( Is Zane going to get together with Ahanu?!!!!!!!!!) or they get to see somthing happen in the story that they want to, but it cant be plot changing ( Ahanu point of view, reviewer gets to be Zane's best friend in the story, school has a talent show, zane gets a bird,...) kay! thats it, just a reminder.
so review! tell me what you think about the Z&A action...
okay, now: CRYSTAL TEARS TRIVIA-free sneak peak into next chappie for whoever gets this right...
who is Ahanu's mother?...( i haven't told anyone yet so dont think you'll find it in the story...you just have to guess...;) ) lav ya, Entice
