"Think of turning invisible again," he ordered me. So I did, and yet again, I was not visible.
"And I thought I had a special power. You can completely disappear to the human and non human eye. But I can still smell you, and a tracker could probably still track you, so you're probably only bending the light around you."
"You sound like a geek."
He ignored my comment, and I made myself return to visibility.
"That has to be the most unique gift I've ever seen, even more than Benjamin's."
"Who's Benjamin?"
"He's from the Egyptian coven. He can control the elements: fire, earth, water, and air."
"Wow, and I thought Edward and Alice's powers were cool."
He ran his fingers lightly over my cheek, as if checking to see if I was really there. His touch sent warm tingles down my face. I bit down on my lip to avoid giggling, and looked down at my feet. He put his hands on both sides of my face, forcing me to look up at him.
His beautiful almond-shaped red eyes gazed into my now amber eyes softly. Then, he did something I didn't expect for him to do. He got down on one knee, and pulled a little corsage out of his pocket.
Oh gosh, this must have been what Alice saw. That must be why she made me go hunting alone!
"Natalie, will you go to the winter formal with me?" he asked.
My eyes widened and I stopped breathing. "I-I have a b-boyfriend, I can't."
But on the inside, I really wanted to go with him. To be honest, I liked him.
"But you don't want to go with him. Please, come with me." And then, he got up and kissed me. It was so different from any of the times Trevor had kissed me. Anthony kissed me with passion, and set my lips on fire. I loved it.
"Fine, I'll go with you." I said quietly, in between his kisses. He smiled and pulled away.
"I'll pick you up at seven, then. Now why don't you show me why you like animal's blood so much more then human's blood."
So I did. He even tried a few himself, but he didn't like it. And yet I still got him to promise that he'd only kill animals from now on, and not humans. After hunting for a while, he escorted me back to my house.
"I'll see you later," he said, and quickly pecked me on the lips.
"See ya," I replied, smiling. I floated in my happiness back into the house. Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Esme were waiting giddily on the couch. Aw crud, they must have heard our whole conversation.
"So?" they pried eagerly.
I filled them in, my guts bubbling happily. Then I remembered Trevor. My boyfriend. My happiness turned into fear, and anxiety.
"What do I do?" I asked.
"Break up with the nub!" Emmett said, like it was obvious.
"It's not that easy, Emmett." I sighed and rubbed my temples nervously. But maybe it was that easy. I got up and told them I was going for a walk, which I was.
I all the way down to Trevor's house. I stood in front of the door for a few minutes, trying to calm myself. I knocked on the door, and waited for him to open it. When he opened the door and saw me, his face lit up into a huge grin.
"Natalie! What are you doing here?"
"Hey T-Trevor. We n-need to talk."
He stepped aside and let me into his house. I sat down on the smooth leather sofa, and he sat next to me.
"What's up?"
"You love me, and I love you. You know that, right?" He nodded his head. "Well… do you love me enough to let me go?"
He stared at me blankly. I could almost feel the hurt radiating off of him. "What?"
"I think we should break up. I love you, but more like a brother. "
He sighed. "I actually was going to break up with you too, for the same reason. We sort of… lost it. But we can still be friends, right?"
"Of course we can. We can still be best friends." I hugged him, and then started heading for the door.
"Bye, Natalie," he said, barely above a whisper.
I sat next to Anthony in the movie theater. He had called me a few minutes ago and asked me if I wanted to see some vampire and werewolf movie that sounded cheesy, so I said sure.
We of course nixed the popcorn and soda, and brought cups full of animal blood instead. His eyes had already turned more to a red-orange shade that matched mine. I rested my head on his shoulder, and he purred happily.
We sat through two hours of torture. The story was about a vampire that fell in love with a human, and then a werewolf fell in love with the same human. The vampire and the werewolf fought, and the vampire won in the end.
"That has to be the most un-realistic movie I've ever seen," I said as we left the theater hand in hand.
"Sorry, I should have suggested Iron Man or Scream Four or something."
"No, I had fun, you couldn't have done any better."
He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me into his smooth, muscular chest.
"You're a tight hugger," I said, my voice muffled. He laughed and kissed me on the top of my head.
"And you're weird. But do I complain? No."
"If I wasn't weird, would I be Natalie?"
"I suppose not."
"So do I ever get to find out how old you are?"
"Physically I'm eighteen, but I've been a vampire for two-hundred eleven years."
"Wow, you're a golden oldie!"
He chuckled. "You will be one day too."
I watched the sun set over the thick line of trees in the distance, turning the fog a beautiful shade of pink. Anthony drove me home in his convertible black Ferrari, and then we said goodnight.
Ah, a beautiful romance. Right? Well… not for Trevor. Something will happen, just not yet. Enjoy!
