I was walking to the boy's locker room when Michelle walked in front of me.
"Hey Ben, what's up?"
"Not much" I said trying to get through the door.
"So you and Cullen huh, I. . .I don't like it," she said.
"Well that's really none of your business now is it?" I said a little too harshly as I pushed my way through her.
"Ben I'm sorry, it's just that she looks at you like you're something to eat." I smiled,
"Oh Michelle, I appreciate the concern but everything is okay". I said as I entered the locker room.
As I had suspected school did go by slow, very slow. I was lucky though, no homework, so I could spend the rest of the day with Eliza. We spent the afternoon lying on the couch and watching T.V. Thursday and Friday were a blur. Eliza came over, but had to leave early to go hunting.
"Do you think I could ever come with you?" I asked before she jumped out of my window.
"No!" she hissed. "When I hunt, when any of my kind hunt we become completely overruled by our instincts. I lose all control, I wouldn't be able to help myself," she sighed. "I'll pick you up tomorrow at eight, okay?"
"Yah, I'll see yah then." She leapt from the bed out of the window and into the night. Sleep overtook me soon after she left. When I woke the next morning I felt the sun beating on my face. I looked at the window and saw that a single ray was shining through the thick fog and dense gray clouds. I got up, brushed my teeth and got dressed. Eliza was right on time. I opened the door and smiled.
"Hey," Eliza put her hand over her mouth and giggled. Oh dear what?
"Ben, look we match," she said. I looked at what she was wearing, a white button down shirt and jeans, I was wearing the same. I smiled and sighed,
"Great only a few days of dating and we're already at the matching clothes stage."
"Ready to go?"
"Absolutely," I turned my head over my shoulder and shouted to my mom, "I'm leaving Mom, see yah later." She called back,
"Have a good time." I closed the door behind and followed Eliza to her car. We had to drive thirty minutes out of town to get to the spot she wanted to go to.
The hike took about two and a half hours. Eliza never needed to stop to catch her breath, though she understood the hike up the mountain was steep.
"You go on ahead," she said, pointing west, through a group of small pine trees. I push through and was astounded. There was a clearing on top of the mountain. A meadow, one you see in children's fairytale illustrations. It was so beautifully green, a brilliant green. It was littered with a rainbow of wildflowers.
"Eliza, come here look at this place. . ." But she was nowhere to be found. "Eliza?" I asked. I heard a snap from across the meadow. I could make out Eliza in the shadows.
"Ben, this is why we can't come out in the sun," I saw throw her white shirt across the felid. She stepped out, the black lace bra she was wearing was already distracting enough, but then the rays of sun hit her skin. She lit up like a Christmas tree. Her skin began to, sparkle in the sunlight. It was like thousands of diamonds were embedded into her skin. The sparkling made her white skin glow.
"Eliza, you're, you're so beautiful," I muttered. "I mean, not that you're not beautiful at all times, it's just that," But I couldn't finish, I was too dazed. Eliza cleared the thirty yards between us in less than a second. She was standing right in front of me, letting me get a better look at the shimmering effect the sun had on her. "Can I touch?" I asked. She smiled, grabbed my hand and pressed it to her face. Her skin was cold of course, but there was a slight, slight tingle while it was sparkling, but still so smooth and soft as well. I put an arm around her, pressing her against my body. Her bare skin sent shivers down my entire body, but I didn't care, I kind liked it. I looked down into her honey eyes, I pushed her dark reddish-brown hair out of her face, leaned down and began to kiss her. She started to kiss back, I stopped for a moment to get air and whispered in her ear, "Concentrate," she smiled and pressed her lips to mine. The kiss was heavenly, I was so full of bliss, no one in the world would ever be able to know exactly how I was feeling.
Eliza pushed me away, and though she didn't need it she began to breathe heavily.
"Ben, I'm sorry I need to stop." I knew why, this was only the second time we'd made-out, and I knew that it was hard for her. The desire for my blood and the desire to be with me were equally conflicting.
"Hey, practice makes perfect," I said. She laughed,
"We're just gonna have to be patient," she said.
"I don't mind," I pulled her closer, kissed her on the forehead. She held me, looked up and asked,
"Wanna start heading back?" I looked at the sun, it was about noon.
"Yah, it's a long way back." Eliza gave me a sneaky smile. "What," I asked. Eliza said nothing, but grabbed my arm and pulled me onto her back. "Whoa, what are you doing?" I asked a little startled. Eliza smiled,
"Hold on," but before I could ask what she meant we were soaring through the forest.