CHAPTER 14

THIRD PERSON POV

Sunlight rose in-between the buildings and Ethan rubbed his eyes. He was still shirt less and his jeans had earned several holes in them. The cold cement almost had grown harder in the night, and water soaked his hair from a hose running nearby.

His back ached from the awkward position he had to sleep in last night but he straightened himself up. He started to trudge toward his house. Now he would have to face his parents. He had searched for Jane all night to no avail, and yet he wasn't even close to finding her.

His legs felt numb as he struggled to get home. His arms hung numbly at his sides and swung on their own accord. Soon his house was in view and his parent's car sat in front of the sidewalk.

Ethan sighed and then slowly went to the door. He opened it and suddenly Jane crashed into his arms.

"Jane!" He shouted and she smiled at him. "Where in the world were you?"

"Let's just say that a vampire kidnapped me and my friend Max saved me." She talked excitedly, and bounced in his arms.

"I will ask who Max is in a moment. Where are mom and dad?" He asked, kissing the top of his little sister's head.

"When they got home they went straight to bed. They didn't notice you were gone, they were too drunk." Jane reassured.

"Ok now, who is Max?" Jane looked around somewhat nervously, expecting something to jump out at her.

"Max is a girl who is really special, she has abilities that I have never seen on anything before. She is super pretty too, prettier then Sarah in my opinion. She has long blonde hair with blue eyes. She told me not to tell you this but her real name is…"

Jane was cut off by a sweet voice from another room. "Jane, I had a reason to tell you and not your brother." A girl walked into hallway where Ethan and Jane stood. "Now I know not to tell you secrets." She laughed and Jane pouted.

Jane had a dead on description of the girl. She had long, flowing blonde hair that she had up in a French braid. Her eyes were a bright blue and shone in the morning light. She wore a red tank top and black Soffe shorts with a pair of black high top converses. Ethan could help but noticed that she had a curvy figure but she was skinny.

"Well it doesn't mean really anything Max." Jane protested and Max's laughed quieted to a smirk.

"It does to him." Max nodded at Ethan and he blushed. She smile filled every part of him with hope.

"Come on let's go to the living room." Max gestured for Jane and Ethan to enter the room and they willingly did so.

"Ethan where were you all night?" Jane asked sitting down on the couch, swinging her legs back and forth beneath her.

"I was looking for you all night, and I guess I fell asleep though I can't remember it all too well." He sat down next to his sister, patting her leg. "Didn't you have homework you needed to do?" Jane immediately started to shake her head trying to tell him not to bring up the subject.

"Jane?" Max asked her eyebrow sliding up her face. "You told me that you didn't."

MAX POV

Ethan sent Jane upstairs to do her homework all the while she was complaining that it would take her hours and that she wouldn't get to play at all.

"Go Jane, do your homework." He started to chase her up the stairs, making her giggle. Every word he said made my heart thunder loudly in my chest. Everything about him was perfect, the way that he talked, the way that he laughed, the way he walked, heck even the way he breathed was perfect.

"Thank you for saving Jane." He turned back toward me, ruffling his hair with his hand. He slowly walked toward me, looking up at me with those sexy brown eyes.

Stop it Max! He doesn't even know that you're Ella. I thought scolding myself for thinking such thoughts.

My words stuck in the back of my throat. "Are you alright?" He asked taking another step toward me.

"Fine." I whispered, my breath becoming shallow. I couldn't look him in the eyes, the thoughts would return if I did.

"So what Jane said earlier about your real name… Do you think I can guess it?" He asked and he walked the last few steps between the two of us.

"Guess." I told him still staring at the ground.

He leaned close to my ear. His breath tickled the side of my face, and his hand timidly held my left thigh. "Ella." He whispered and I gasped but I couldn't move away from him.

"Yes." I answered, and I could feel him smile. He backed away from my ear and looked into my eyes. He put a hand on my cheek, brushing it with his thumb. Wherever his touched my skin burned and the longer he looked at me with those eyes my breath became quicker. Slowly I started to gather my wits and I started to back up. In one swift movement he grabbed my face with both of his hands and crashed his lips against mine. For a moment I was completely still. Anger flooded me and my right hand clenched into a fist. I was ready to smack him across the face but then something happened. A vision flitted across my mind. I saw a woman walking down the aisle in a magnificent wedding gown. She looked up at the groom and he looked like an older version of Ethan.

He pulled away from me, worried. "I'm sorry." He looked down, blushing.

He backpedalled a few steps but I panicked. He was leaving because I couldn't say anything.

I reached for his face and I forced him to look up at me. I forced my lips onto his, and he stepped back, startled. I grabbed fistfuls of his hair in both of my hands. He came toward me pressing his bare chest against my tank top and his hands around my waist.

I couldn't breathe, as his lips started to move against mine, his tongue sitting just outside of my lips. I allowed him to deepen the kiss even though I didn't know why I did.

He forced me over to a wall and started to kiss me even harder.

Suddenly I started to feel sick. What's wrong now? Why does this have to happen when I am kissing this amazing guy? I thought but I felt as if I was getting worse. Desperate, I shoved Ethan away and doubled over. The contents of my stomach flew from my mouth.

"Max! Max what's wrong?" Ethan grabbed my shoulders keeping me steady.

Between retching spells I was able to utter the words "I don't know." He glanced at the phone, but then shook his head.

"It would take too long. I need to get to Benny's grandmas house." He said a loud, thinking.

"Come on Max…" He grabbed my shoulders and kissed me on the forehead, leading me to the door.