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Chapter 14

Dreams or Nightmares?

Madeline's POV

"…Maddie, are you even listening to me?" Autumn asked, making my head snap up from what I was sketching.

"Oh… Uh… Sorry." I mumbled, and then asked louder, "What?"

Autumn laughed. "Never mind, Maddie-cakes." She said, getting up. "Have fun."

She ran off as I was asking," What-?"

"Can I call you Maddie-cakes?" His voice resonated in my ear, cutting me off as he wrapped his arms around my waist. I shivered slightly and turned to him.

Normally, I would reply with a joke or a sarcastic remark. But at the moment I was all too aware of his heavy breath in my ear, his cool embrace. Because of this, I stammered, "N-no-I'd… I mean I'd rather you-"

"Relax." He said with a smile, as if to calm me down. "That's what your friends call you, right?" He leaned in closer, causing my face to heat up. "We are friends, aren't we?"

"I… I suppose…" I stammered. Why was I so nervous?!

"That's a nice picture of me. Did you draw that for me?" He asked, looking down at my drawing.

"I-I don't know." When had I started drawing him?

He rolled his eyes, but he was still smiling. "You really need to relax." Suddenly, he leaned in. Oh goodness, he was going to kiss me. Our lips were about to touch, and yet, I wasn't moving away-

I sat up, gasping for breath. What the crap just happened? I asked myself, shaking my head. I groaned, thinking through the dream. At least I woke up when I did… Why was I dreaming about him kissing me?! I'm going crazy, yeah. That's it.

Running my hands through my hair, I looked down. Great, I hadn't even fallen asleep at my bed. Nope, I fell asleep at my desk, drawing. I ran my hands through my hair again and looked at the drawing. Realizing what it was, I groaned. It was where he bit me-and then kissed me. Kissed me-without even asking, seeing if it was ok. Who does that?!

In anger, I turned around. Quickly, I opened my window, and then looked down at what I was wearing. Some shorts and a T-shirt. Okay, that was good. I jumped out the window, and suddenly, I was flying. I would never get sick of this feeling. Man, am I glad Hannah found out that we get to keep our clothes when changing into an , it would've been annoying to have been naked everywhere I flew to.

After flying for about fifteen minutes, I landed on a branch and changed back. It felt good to clear my head. This guy-a complete stranger and my enemy-was causing me too much stress. I need to get away from hi-

"What are you doing here?" A deep, annoyingly familiar voice resonated through the air. The voice shocked me, causing me to jump. I made the perfect description of a girl scream as I fell off my branch. "Careful there," He said, grabbing my hand in his. He grinned-an exact replica of his grin in my dream.

This time, it just made me annoyed. "Let me go."

"Really? You really want me to let you go?" Ash asked, slowly loosening his grip on me, until I choked back another scream and held onto his hand tighter.

"Okay." Thank goodness, my voice sounded normal. "I don't want you to let me go. I want to be on the ground though, not dangling through the air-if that's okay with you, Ash."

He sighed, rolling his eyes. His smile was long gone. "Understandable." He quickly pulled me up as if he were throwing me, let go of my hand, wrapped his arm around my waist and held be bridal style, then jumped and landed on the ground; all in one fluid motion. Then he let me go and took a step back. "This better?"

I held myself back from rolling my eyes too. Now he was being a gentleman. "You know what would be better? You staying away from me. Your mood swings are giving me headaches." I started to walk off, turning my back to him.

"My…My mood swings?" He asked, confused. As if all of his years-however many that was-didn't prepare him for my question.

I groaned, turning around to face him. "Yes your mood swings! One day your biting me; then you kiss me. Then you tease me. Then you try to be a gentleman. That's what I mean by mood swings." With each sentence, my voice grew with anger and I walked closer to him.

"..Ah." Ash said, nodding. "I apologize." He looked up at me, and I found myself staring in his eyes. They were green-how'd I never notice that before? He took a step forward, and opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again. Instead, he raised his arm, as if to touch me.

That's what snapped me out of it. I flinched back, back slapping his arm away from me. "Don't touch me!" I glared at his now shocked and confused face. "What? You're confused? Why-Cause I don't want you to touch me? As if there were no reason I could possibly be mad at you."

"Why are you mad at me?" He asked, making me think he must be really stupid.

"Oh I don't know. Maybe because you bit me, without my permission, sucked my blood-again without my permission-then kissed me-without my permission. Maybe that's it!" I yelled. "Seriously, who does that?!"

"I…I'm sorry." He spoke after a few minutes. I guess he was letting me calm down, and it slightly worked. Slightly. "I can explain, if you'd let me."

I sighed, then nodded. "I bit you because if I hadn't, it would've been Kasper. He would've made it a lot worse." He hadn't really paused, so I knew he was going to continue, but I cut him off anyways.

"Kasper? Who is that? And why did I just have to be bitten?" I asked, not caring if I interrupted him. This was my body, my life. It was important.

"…I can't answer that." At my confused look, he continued. "Valkyrie is my friend. I don't want to betray her." At this, my eyes narrowed, so he just went on with his story. "I kissed you because… Because I wanted to. Some crazy part of me thought you did to. That part of me won't let me forget that you kissed me back…"

I started stammering, trying to force out an answer, but he waved me off. "Don't." Ash said. "I'm not asking you to explain your emotions. I know I can't. I just… Madeline." Suddenly, he was more serious; if that were possible. "Things are about to change."

I refrained from snorting. "I'm a Guardian. Things have been changing."

"This change isn't good… Look… Just be careful." Quickly, so fast that in the moonlight I almost didn't catch it, he kissed my forehead then disappeared.

Author's note:You have every right to hate me. It's been forever since I updated, and this chapter is a little short. Well, a reviewer-Jacqueline-wanted an Ash and Madeline chapter. So I wrote one. It was a challenge, so I didn't force myself to get around to typing it. I'm sorry.

Jacqueline, thanks to you this is uploaded. I enjoyed your reviews and I hope you like this.

Ember, Yeah they are rushing into this. But, after all, isn't that what teenagers do? Rush into a relationship? Plus, they have to worry about their lives and everyone elses. Maybe rushing into this relationship helps them. It's fine that you weren't reviewing (: Thanks for the compliments, and yes. They are battle scenes coming up.

IN THE NEXT CHAPTER, I regret to say it will most likely be in third point of view. I'm sorry.

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