Clara Dawson
A/N: I have a reply to Anonymous, a person that I got a review from. Firstly, thanks for taking the time out to point out a few things to me. If this is similar to another author's story, then I'm really sorry. I didn't intend to copy another's story. And the formatting, well, hopefully you read past the first chapter, because that was even worse than my formatting is now. I've edited all my earlier chapters now, like I've been wanting to, and fixed the formatting and tweaked a few things. So, everything's a go. And I've never said my writing was good, so if this is written badly, then I'm sorry. I'm no professional. Hell, I may not even write well at all. But I'm still learning. I appreciate all you said, I'm always open to criticism. It's stupid to get angry over something like that. And everyone else, thank-you for your reviews too. It's all appreciated. Now, here's the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing Titanic. Short, but sweet, and true.
Chapter Ten
It started out with a fancy restaurant that had the best food I had ever tasted. My mother and I weren't the best cooks. I felt like a movie star, sitting there with the most handsome boy in the room, being paid special attention to by waiters in suits. Though I protested I could pay for my own dinner, Daniel waved me off. I didn't argue anymore. Of all the years of knowing him, I knew how stubborn he could be. After supper, we went dancing. Usually prone to ballet, I wasn't used to the fast tempo of the music. But Daniel took me in his arms and guided me step by step, until, might I say, I was just as good as he.
I felt magic in the air that night, everywhere we went. And Daniel and I were the ones creating it. He made me laugh till my drink almost came out of my nose, and made me want to kiss him when he looked at me with love in his eyes. I didn't know it then, but it was love. The love of two young people that was destined to last forever. Every time I heard his voice, my heart would flutter. It happened so many times during our date, that I was becoming used to it. As we sat on the bench that we had become a couple on, I even began to dream of our future together. Our wedding day, our children. Would they have his hair? His eyes? He laughed at me when he had to call my name to snap me out of la-la land. And I laughed right along with him.
I think I knew that night that I loved him. That I could go on loving him forever. And then I told myself I was being absurd. This was only our first date, and I was only just about to turn fifteen. How could I know what true love was? But that didn't stop the love I felt from shining in my eyes. I didn't need anything for my birthday, I decided. I had already gotten the best gift I could possibly be given. Daniel.
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We decided to go to the beach before we headed home. We strode along the darkened shore hand in hand, talking about anything and everything. I shivered as a chilled breeze swept off the ocean, and Daniel slipped his jacket around my shoulders. Then we both stopped breathing. I stared into his green eyes, with my heart in my own. And he looked at me so tenderly, I thought I would melt. The kiss we shared this time was calmer and stronger. Made so by the new bond we shared.
He tasted like brandy. Sweet and intoxicating. He smelt of salt and city. His arms came around my waist to pull me closer to him. We were so close at one point, that I couldn't tell where he began and I ended. It was exquisite. I had felt nothing like this before. Not even with the other kisses we had shared. I felt like I was where I belonged.
A/N: Well, that's all for Chapter Ten. What did you think? Let me just tell you something, you guys are the absolute best. Thank-you for taking time out to review and even read my story in the first place. It means more than you can know. :big grin:
Rory