The course of true love never did run smooth
A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1, scene 1, 132–140
Adriane sighed, the corners of her mouth twitching upward in a small smile. Zach had been keeping himself busy, planting tiny kisses across the soft skin of her neck. Adriane turned her head, dark eyes falling on the digital clock she had given him. A sharp gasp escaped her lips.
"It's already that late?" she questioned aloud, pushing his hands out from under her navy blue tank top. She jumped up, walking towards a chair that she had left her coat on. Zach rolled onto his side, the sheet-less mattress, which was mostly made up of soft leaves, felt cold on his bare ribs.
"Do you have to leave?" he asked, giving her the saddest look he could fake, the type of look you just couldn't say 'no' to.
Adriane had seen this look time and time again; she knew exactly how to deal with it. "I have school tomorrow" she said, though she had informed him earlier as well.
"Can't you just sleep here? Please?" he asked, that same look still plastered across his face. She shook her head in response. "Come on. We'll just... hang out."
"We already tried that. Remember how well it worked out last time?" she asked, thinking back to the one and only time she had ever spent the night on a school night.
"Just this once?" he pushed, propping himself up on his elbows. Adriane just smiled at him. He already knew her answer. It was a little strange though, he wasn't usually this persistent. Zach watched as she slowly laced up her black leather boots. She pulled on her jacket before making her way towards him. Adriane crawled onto of him, dark hair tickling his skin. She gave him a quick kiss that left him aching for another. Before he could so much as kiss her back she had rolled off of him, she was already headed towards the door. Adriane stopped in the door-way to give him a quick smile.
"See you tomorrow?" she asked.
Zach just nodded speechlessly.
"Bye!" she was out the door in an instant, running down the stair-like branches of Okawa.
Zach stood, walking out the door and onto the front platform. He watched as she awoke Dreamer, who was curled up next to Drake. He could only make out bits of their dialog from his perch in the tree.
Adriane bent low, giving the sleeping dragon a kiss in-between his eye-ridges. With a wave of her hand, Adriane opened the portal that lead to Ravenswood. Girl and wolf stepped through the portal. She was gone. Well, she wasn't really gone. No matter where she was, no matter what realm she was in, he would always feel her. The bond between the Wolfstone and the Dragonstone was unbreakable.
Zach sat on the platform, examining the cold, lifeless gem on his wrist. He sighed, shaking out his arm. Adriane had so much to do on earth. She had a whole other life, a life that he could barely be a part of. How far was this thing they had going on going to last? She was seventeen after all. It was only a matter of time before she found a nice Earth boy who could give her all the nice Earth things she needed, things that Zach could never give her. He had known this from the very beginning. Zach shook the re-occurring thought out of his mind. The thought of her leaving him was terrifying, to say the very least. It wasn't just a matter of wanting her anymore, he needed her.
Zach and Adriane shared a bonded animal. They worked together well as a team. It would be an understatement to say that they were fond of each other. Everything seemed to work so well with them. Still, he couldn't help thinking she'd be better off without him.
WOAH Zach's thoughts are intense and serious. Who'd of thought? I know this is kind of short, I'm hoping future chapters will be longer. Tell me what you think!