A/N: SO sorry that I haven't been able to update sooner. I have been working on some other stuff. I would really appreciate it if you guys checked out "Half Blood" on Fiction press. Com. It would mean the world to me! *gives puppy dog eyes* I'll post the link. Paalease! It takes me hours and sometimes days to write this stuff, so please give it a look! I'll post the link. Anywayssssss. Thanks for the awesome support. Here will be another cute fluffy chapter with a little sadness mixed in. I'm trying to give you guys some good stuff before all the werewolf/vampire drama! So as always thanks for the amazing support and enjoy! :D Natalia. P.S. I just saw Boy In The Striped Pajamas….One of the best films that I have ever seen in my 16 years of existence!!
Song Inspirations For This Chapter:
So Into You by Tamia
T-Shirt by Shontelle
DISCLAIMER: I OWN ONLY THE CHARACTERS KAI, AYDEN AND ANGEL. THE REST OF THE ORIGINAL CHARAVTERS BELONG TO AUTHOR STEPHANIE MEYER. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.
Kai's POV:
I sat at my desk in my room, letting the amazingly warm sunlight flood onto my face. It was nice and toasty, but of course, nothing compared to my very own space heater, who was currently lounging on my bed, flicking through my elementary school diary he found while snooping through my things. I didn't care. There wasn't much complexity to it, except for maybe the earth shattering crush I had on Timmy Long…
"Timmy Long aye?" he asked menacingly. "Sounds like a stud!" he snorted. I rolled my eyes, navigating through some current event web page I was looking through.
"Ayd, please, I was like 10. It was an innocent crush." I mumbled. He nervously laughed. I turned around to look at him. He was a little uneasy. Lazily, I flung myself from my swivel chair next to him. "I love you more." I said kissing him on the lips lightly. His eyes closed immediately, hand gripping the nape of my neck. The heat from his hand, his body was intoxicating, as he nibbled my bottom lip. I had to pull away before I passed out. I grinned at him as he closed my diary with the fairy on the cover. He set it gently on my dresser. I lifted myself back up off the bed, and back to my current event search.
"What is my t shirt doing in here?" he asked me, curious. "I have been looking for it." I internally winced. Turning to him, he held his black t shirt in one hand, the other on his hip, and on eyebrow cocked. I shrugged innocently.
"I didn't think that you would mind." I mumbled. He laughed quietly.
"Huh? Speak up Kai, my dear, I can't hear you!" he said, with a teasing tone. I sighed loudly.
"I'm sorry, I know it's your favorite shirt, but I couldn't help it." I tried idiotically to explain.
"I don't understand." he said, balling the shirt up into his hand.
"It reminds me of you." I murmured, stupidly.
"I'm right down the hall. You see me everyday."
"When you're not in here at night, I like to sleep in it." I muttered. "It smells like you." I said feeling a deep blush color my cheeks. "You can take it back. I know I shouldn't have taken it." I said feeling rather ashamed. I had stolen something.
He tossed to shirt at me. I caught it easily, as it fluttered like a feather into my hand. "Keep it." he smiled.
"But it's your favorite." I protested, feeling bad.
"You're my favorite, and if a shirt of mine makes you happy then keep it forever." he said, looking through my book bag, that I never cleaned out from last year. I hurried out mf my chair into his arms, squeezing him as hard as I could. Stretching up on my tip toes, I kissed his neck.
"I love you." I murmured against his skin. His head lowered to my level as he kissed the very corner of my lips, then my cheek, to my jaw to my ear.
"I love you more." he whispered in my ear, making my shiver. I playfully smacked his arm.
"How would you know that?" I asked him. He shrugged.
"Oh, maybe because I let you keep my favorite shirt in the whole world because, and I quote!, 'it smells like you.' " he said, air quoting.
"I'm sorry." I groaned, knowing he wasn't saying it to make me feel bad, just to tease me.
"Oh it's okay." I looked up at him. "As long as you let me keep something of yours forever." he said.
SEEMS LIKE A FAIR DRAW.
"Anything." I agreed. His head bent to mine again, he kissed me for a moment, setting my skin on fire, making my head spin.
"Your heart." he whispered. I swear I would have cried at that moment.
"Deal." I said, hugging him close. "Forever." He nodded, apparently happy with that response.
"Okay, now I promise not to bug you anymore. I know you like those current event thingy's." he said, nudging me back to my chair. I stumbled back to my research. I heard him rustling through my backpack and what not. I didn't mind. He was just being…nosy but I didn't care. I had nothing of too much interest.
Ayden's POV:
I shuffled through her old backpack, looking at her A+ math exam.
GENIUS MUCH?
I glanced back at her pecking away on her laptop. She loved looking the events of the world. It held no interest to me but she loved it. Pulling her backpack back to me, I continued to look through it. I don't know why I was being so nosy, I just wanted to know all about her. She didn't seem to mind. After looking through her pack, I set it back down, ready to lounge on her bed. My feet hung off the end. When I phased for the first time, my growth brought me to an astounding 6'1. Kai was about 5'5. She was perfect for me.
I laid back against her pillows, burying my face into the fabric, smelling her amazing scent. Something caught my attention from the corner of my eye. It was a small box on Kai's nightstand. The teal paint was chipping and it looked rather old. I had seen it in the same place for weeks.
"Kai?" I said.
"Hmm?" she returned.
"What's this?" I asked her, she turned to see me pointing at the box on the dresser. She hesitated for a moment.
"It's my memory box." she mumbled. I figured it was something she didn't want to talk about so I threw myself back into her pillows and relaxed. A moment later, she shut the laptop and walked over to me. Picking up the box, she motioned for me to scoot over so she could sit down with me. I obliged.
"I know you're dying to know what's in it." she said, taking the lid off . Her hands were still, as if she wasn't sure of what to do next. Slowly she reached in and pulled out a photograph. It was familiar to me. It was the same photo she showed me the night she had broke down. Her and her parents. She laid it down on the bed and reached for something else. It looked like another photo. She examined it for a moment before laughing and handing it to me.
I took it from her and looked at it. It was a baby Kai, singing her heart out, and her father, standing over her and her baby version of a keyboard.
"Is that you?" I chuckled. Kai let out a giggle.
"Yeah. My dad used to say that I sang like an angel, even though when I was little it sounded more like wolf howling at the moon." she laughed. I shifted nervously. Kai's hands reached for another "memory". Out she pulled a concert ticket. She handed it to me.
"Hanson?" I asked her. She laughed hard this time. I loved her smile.
"Hey! When I was smaller, I was in love with the drummer! AND they were my inspirations!" she cracked up. This time I laughed.
"What was that one song they used to sing?" I asked her, knowing she knew the one I was referring to.
"Mmmbop ba du ba dop, ba du whop, du a dop wha do bop ba do ba dop ba dooooohooo, yeah!" she sang in her angelic voice. I burst into laughter as she chided along with me.
We sat on her bed for a few hours as she shared her memories with me. Photo's of her life with her parents and other little things that she held dear. I was surprised at how she didn't seem sad at all. She laughed at the goofy photos and recalled funny moments with her parents. The last thing she pulled from her memory box was a newspaper clipping. I watched her face slightly fall as she read over it. Her hands trembled as her light tears brimmed. She brushed them away furiously, handing the clipping to me.
'Young Couple Slain By Drunk Driver' it read. 'Authorities that have spoken with the victim's family, report that the young couple now identified as Seth and Angel Clearwater, were on their way to their daughter, Kai Clearwater's musical recital. Witnesses say that the Lexus that the Clearwater's were driving, approached the intersection on a green light, proceeding to advance, they were hit head on by a drunk driver, now identified as James Cooper, and didn't have a chance to react. Witnesses called authorities and ambulances immediately, but Angel and Seth Clearwater died before help aarrived. James cooper suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital for further treatment. Authorities say that he will most likely be charged with Vehicular Man Slaughter, but a lifetime in jail will never console Kai Clearwater,17, the daughter of the slain couple, who will now live a lifetime without her parents, It is a sad reminder that drunk driving is dangerous and can take lives.' There was a small picture of two mangled cars in the middle of an intersection.
I set the article down and pulled Kai into my arms. "Shh." I stroked her back as she cried. Her tears slowed after a moment.
"And you know what the crap part is?" she asked me. "I lost both of my parents because he was too selfish to choose a designated driver or call a God for saken cab!" she cried.
"Sh, I know." I said, holding her closer.
"I hate him!" she muttered.
"I don't blame you." I agreed with her. I rocked her gently, my arms wrapped around her. The sun sank lower and lower into the sky before I could react, it was dark. My eyes drooped lazily. After a while, I couldn't hold them open anymore, Kai already asleep, clutching my shirt for dear life. Before I sailed to sleep, I glanced down at her. Her death grip on my shirt was making her little knuckles turn white. I leaned down and kissed her forehead lightly. She stirred but stayed asleep. My eyes closed and I began to drift…
"Ayden?" she said quietly. My head lifted a little.
"Yeah?" I asked her.
"I love you." she said slowly for emphasis. My heart skipped a few beats and I knew this is how I wanted to stay, with her near me, until pigs flew, until hell froze over…forever.
"I love you too, more than anyone." I murmured, kissing her lightly on the lips before she buried her face in my shoulder and fell asleep. We stayed like all night.
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