Chapter 21

+ NICK +

"Nick…"

"Yeah Lucy?"

"Are you sure we're going the right way? I've never been through this part of the woods and it's getting darker by the minute." she said as she glanced nervously around her. I smirked at her.

"What? Is somebody afraid of being alone in the dark where there might be vampires running around?" I teased her. She laughed flatly. "Well, not really. I hear that they're just idiots dipped in glitter now a days."

I gasped melodramatically at her. "Shame on you. We had an unspoken rule in the house. You may never, ever mention or make references to that god awful movie."

She grinned. "What? Can't handle it's manliness you little wussy? Not man enough to compete with Edward. Well, I don't blame you, he's every girl's sparkly dream." she said as she sighed.

I glared at her. "Are you trying to be funny? They've taken my entire species and turned us into pasty, glittery idiots with photo shopped abs, well, guess what honey, this is the real deal." I said as I lifted my shirt to reveal my stomach. Lucy tried to look unimpressed, but I could feel her eyes tracing every plain of my body and I couldn't help but bask in her attention.

When she noticed my smirk, she started booing me. "What? No eight pack? Rip-off" she said.

"I may not have an eight pack, but I'm all muscle baby." I said, trying to seem cool yet failing miserable. I heard her light laugh as she turned around and jogged up in front of me. I placed a hand on my forehead. How could she turn me into such a love struck puppy with a few witty words?

I hurried my pace and caught up with her. We spent a few minutes in silence before we heard the unmistakable crack of thunder. Both of our head turned upwards to the heavens. Lucy groaned.

"Fan-fucking-tactic." she complained.

"Come on, I need to get you out of the cold. Soon it will be raining cats and dogs and the last thing we both need is for you to get a cold. You'd get gross and turn into this snot monster. Not attractive at all. Plus it would be hard for me to kiss you while you're always blowing your nose." I told her as I playfully grabbed her from behind and stopped her from continuing walking further.

"Who said I'd want to kiss you in the first place. In fact, get your hands off me, you sparkly idiot." she said with a smile on her lips as I teased her and placed small kisses at the tip of her nose.

"I'll show you sparkly idiot," I said as I grabbed her from behind and put an arm beneath her knees so that I could lift her up bridal style. I'll admit, I may be stronger than the average human, but her weight still took its toll on me after running at my full speed. I had my home in mind, but once it started raining, quite heavily, might I add, I decided that we needed to seek refuge as soon as possible.

And I knew just the place.

I stopped running once a familiar shed stood before us. As I forced my way inside by kicking the door and breaking the lock off, Lucy got off me. She shook her body like a little Chihuahua shaking the water off its body. Well, in this case, a very sexy Chihuahua.

"I am dripping wet," she groaned as she twisted her hair and let the water drip of the tips. "And I'm cold." she concluded glumly as her teeth chattered.

"Want me to warm you up?" I said huskily as I shook of my own shaggy black hair, which kept dripping water droplets into my eyes.

"G-g-get away f-f-from m-m-me." she said as she sat down on the dusty floor and hugged her knees to her chest. "I'm tired and you're distracting me from my sleep." she shuddered as her teeth barely allowed her to talk.

"Well, sorry, I just didn't want you to get sick," I said softly as I sat opposite to her.

"And what the hell crawled up your ass and died? You were joking and smiling just a few minutes ago." I said a little bit more harshly.

"Nick, it's almost night time and the air has suddenly turned cold as a witch's tit. I'm soaking wet and after an entire day of unpleasant surprises and being bitten and almost killed, all I wanted tonight was to make a hot chocolate and crawl into my bed in Sol's room and just die." she muttered sounding pained.

"Hey, are you alright? Is your neck hurting you?" I asked her. She barely looked up. "My neck's a little sore, but I can live with it. Nick, have you ever had a really bad feeling? That something really bad is coming our way?" she asked me. I snorted.

"Ever since we bonded all I've been getting are bad feelings. Just imagine, whenever you feel the slightest bit distressed, the only thing my mind does is try to figure out what I can do to help you. It took everything in me to let you get off my car and go to school with all those hormone infested boys." I said with a little smile on my lips as I grabbed her off the cold floor and placed her gently on my lap. She smiled back weakly.

"Wait, let me try to find something for you to put on instead of that dress. It's soaked." I muttered as I swiftly laid her back on the floor and set on a search for something to warm her up. I pushed my hair back once more, making a mental note to get it cut as soon as I could, as it was becoming a pain in the ass.

The shed was full of old tools that no body used anymore. It had been abandoned for ages. My parents had always wanted to restore it and turn it into a man cave for my brothers and me. My mother would get frustrated with hearing plasma grenades and snipers rack havoc on the virtual battlefield of our televisions while we played video games and hearing guys shooting and dodging bullets while the rest of us watched action packed films. But they never got around to do it. After searching every single corner of the shed, all I came up with was a musty cover for dad's old fishing set.

"Here," I said as I wrapped the cover around her. She shook her head at me, "I'm still wet and sticky, Nick." she complained. I grinned as I remembered a very familiar situation.

"Do you remember?" I said to her out of the blues as I sat in front of her. She looked at me with furred eyebrows. "Four years ago we found ourselves in the same situation." Her eyes widened as she reminisced about that day.

She grinned. "I knew you'd find a way to get me out of my dress. But let's follow the pattern. You need to take your shirt off first."

I grinned and pulled my soaking wet shirt up. I wrapped the blanket around my shoulders and looked straight into her eyes, which were sparkling with mischief.

"Ah, toasty." I said as rubbed my hands together for warmth. She smiled at me and muttered, "God, I can't believe I'm going to this," as she leaned forwards and crashed her lips to mine with a force that made me shudder at her touch. I kissed her back, trailing my tongue softly across her bottom lip. I could feel the need behind her lips, which gave me courage to do the next step. I pulled her dress' sleeve down and helped her shrug out of her dress till it pooled at her waist as we were sitting down. We never broke the kiss, but I just had to open my eyes to get a small peek at the most beautiful girl I'd ever laid eyes on, whom I was lucky enough to hold in my arms.

The sight made me toes curl. Lucy's ivory skin matched the violet lace of her bra perfectly, making her look almost unearthly. I was shy and for one moment I felt extremely awkward. Could I touch her? Should I? Would she be expecting me to touch her or would she get offended punch me in the face and possibly in the nuts and storm of almost naked into the rain.

It took so long for me to form a coherent thought that she took the first step. As she placed soft kisses on my neck, leading down to my collarbone, I slipped my hand over her lace-covered chest. I felt her breath deeply at my ear as I squeezed a little. I lowered my mouth to her neck and scrapped my teeth across her delicate skin.

Things got heated quickly. My lips were ravishing hers impulsively. I had lost control as I lay there inhaling her sweet scent and tasting her flavour off her flushed skin. "I want you." I breathed deeply after she broke our kiss for a second to allow her to breath. My hands were roaming the upper part of our body. I needed to feel every inch of her skin under my demanding touch. I wanted her and had she not stopped me, I wouldn't have hesitated it to take her along with both our virginities in this old abandoned shed.

"Stop… Nick please… we need to stop before it's too late." she muttered as she tried to push my demanding lips away. I didn't mind- I just went a bit lower.

That's when I felt Lucy's hand connect with my cheek. I looked up at her as I rubbed my stinging cheek. "What was that for, I thought we were having a moment!" I said in annoyance.

"Well, it seemed like more than just a moment for you… and I guess I might have gotten carried away too. But I'm telling you, Nick we need to be careful. We need to control our urges, despite the fact that it won't be easy as this bond makes it harder. But we need to keep in mind the consequences. What if we'd really gone all the way? What if I would have gotten pregnant? It's the primary reason for the bond in the first place, so that I can pop little vampires outa me? Would you be ready to be a daddy at seventeen? Plus, imagine me pregnant and all the mood swings I'd have." she asked me with wide eyes.

I could feel my eyes almost trying to pop out of their sockets. I was left speechless, so all I did was put Lucy's dress back on as quickly as I could. I did the same with my shirt and looked away. My body was still shaking in anticipation and I couldn't think straight. Half of me, the rational part was telling me that she was completely right, but the rest of me, particularly my friend downstairs couldn't disagree more. So I just looked out of the window and tried to forget that she was with me in the first place, at least till my hormones settled down.

Minutes passed and nobody dared to say anything. But Lucy seemed to have enough of it. She sat down next to me and took my hand in hers. "Hey, don't you think that this is as hard on me as it is on you? There's nothing to be ashamed of. But we can't rush into things we can't control. We need to learn how to master the bond first," she said as she caressed my cheek with her soft hands. I held her hand to my face and nodded as I looked back at her.

"Plus, I didn't really want to lose my virginity on the filthy floor at sixteen. Let's wait and do this properly. I promise you, we won't regret it," she said reasonably as she placed a soft kiss on my cheek.

"You are really more smart than I've ever gave you credit for, Lucky." I teased her with her old nickname to lighten the mood. She scowled at me, but I knew that she wasn't really angry.

"Look! It's not raining anymore! Let's get the hell out of here!" she said cheerfully as she grabbed my hand and led me outside.

He went behind me and latched onto my back before straddling me from behind. "Onwards, my trusty steed." she said in a powerful tone. I shook my head but still placed my hands behind her knees to support her as mush as possible. "I'm not your pack mule, you know!" I grumbled lightly at her. She grabbed two fistfulls of my hair and used it to guide me where I should go. So much for complaining. My manhood stung beyond repair, but for once, I was happier than I'd ever been. There was just something about Lucy's company that made me act out of my usually dull and frustrated character. With her, every sense of anxiety or helplessness disappeared during moments like these.

A few more minutes and kicks on my butt to make me move faster, we finally arrived at my house. Lucy insisted to be carried inside and after several arguments, I agreed to carry her inside on the condition that I could ask her one question anytime I want and she would have to answer me, even if she doesn't want to. By now I figured that I knew almost everything about Lucy so I didn't think I would need it, but something in her eyes told me that what I thought about her was not true and that there was much more to Lucy that I didn't even know.

I entered the house with Lucy still on my back, laughing at something she had just said. I was laughing with her too till I heard a familiar astounded voice.

"Nick? Lucy? Are you two… what's going on here?"

I was stumped. I could barely open my mouth, let alone speak. Thankfully Lucy wasn't as tongue tied as I was.

"Hey Helena."

Well, this was going to be an interesting thing to explain to my mother.

xxx

Hey guys sorry this isn't proof-read. I tried so many times to write this chapter but I had a terrible author's block, even though I have every single chapter planned :S. As I've probably already mentioned, this is going to be a decisive school year for me so I will try to finish this story by December… wish me luck : )

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