Chapter 2: She's on Fire
FYI: THIS IS FROM ZANDER'S POINT OF VIEW!
Well this is just between us but between us let's get high In pictures I have seen her and to see her is truly fine She's on fire She's on fire
Flowers in her evening set I get the feeling she won't forget And there are times you'd long to be here But to be here is surely blinding She's on fire She's on fire She's on to me And I'm over me She's on fire
And if I could be inside her light I would steal enough to make my way into the night And if I could be inside her light I might just find I'd be all right
Well it's not just a daydream if you decide to make it your life And this is not between us But between us let's keep getting back to where it's from She's on fire She's on fire She's on to me And I'm over me She's on fire She's on to me And I'm over me She's over me And I'm on to her She's on fire She's on fire She's on fire
-Train, "She's on Fire"
I woke to the familiar surroundings of my "second home," SingleEarth. This is where I practically lived! In this room I woke-up almost 5 out of 7 days of the week. My family and I had started moving me into this all-too- familiar room. That's when soft breathing took my attention. In the other bed, there was a girl. "Wow" was the first thing to come to mind. Golden-brown curls fell around her on the pillow. Her skin looked soft as velvet, as smooth as glass, sun kissed, you get the point. She had one hand beneath her cheek, her lithe body turned toward my bed. Wait. She didn't look hurt. So.I walked over to check. As I stood there, watching her sleep, all I could think was "Nope, nothing's wrong with her. Nothing, is defiantly wrong. She looks perfect." Ect. I kept thinking along those lines. That is, until those pretty eyes opened, an enchanting dark blue. I heard myself speak. "Oh, you aren't dead!" I couldn't stop smiling. I felt like an idiot. "Um.yeah. Not dead yet." What a smile! And that voice! It was musical. I almost kissed those full, dusty-rose lips that looked too completely kissable. "Yeah? I'm.Zander." I was still smiling. "what's your name?" still smiling, by the way. "Oh.umm.Amanda." She seemed to be contemplating whether to tell me more than she already had. "Amanda? Amanda what?" nice name. "Just Amanda. It's Latin, it means 'worthy of love.' Weird really. Considering that my family's Greek." She seemed to be babbling. "Really? Well, 'Just Amanda,'" I don't know why I asked this, I really don't, so don't ask. It just.came out. "do you think you are? Worthy of love, I mean." Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why would she answer that? I should just shut-up now.
"Not at the moment." She paused as I looked at her in surprise. "How old are you?" Blessed female! She changed the subject! "18 and a half. You?" wow. Riveting conversation we're having! "17. how'd you get all those cuts and bruises?" cuts and bruises? Oh! My fight last night. DUH! I smiled. Again. I couldn't stop. What is with me? I don't usually have trouble flirting!
"Maybe I'll show you sometime, but.uh.I'm a vampire hunter. Got into a fight with one, Risika. She's brutal. How 'bout you? Why are you at SingleEarth?" That was a brilliant question if you ask me. I've been sitting on her bed for a while now, though I don't think she's noticed. Or if she has, she doesn't seem to care. I watched her. She really was incredible. "Well, I'm kind of an apprentice." She started and paused to catch her breath, "To Caryn, she's teaching me how to do some healing." That's when she looked up at me, I quirked and eyebrow, asking her why she was in here tending to a veteran (of sorts anyway). "I was assigned to tend to you," she added hastily, "uh.Caryn told me to sleep in here incase you might need anything." "Really? Interesting." I fell silent. I wanted this conversation to keep going. This silence was kind of awkward. There was something that I had been wondering though. I mean, except for the aura, you can't really tell which "species" some one is from. Her aura was something I hadn't ever felt before. It was.stronger? Older? Wiser? Well, it was different from other auras. There was just something about it. "So, what are you? Human? Witch? Triste?"
"None of the above actually." Then.then she laughed! It was musical, or like bells, or something like that. HEY! I may know how to flirt, but I'm no romantic. I was snapped out of my reverie by her next question, "How about you? And don't tell me vampire because I know for a fact that you aren't." She was smiling again, very nice smile. Did I say that already?
I smiled, yeah, again. What was it with this girl? She kept making me smile for no apparent reason, whatsoever! "Arun. That means I'm part vampire."
She was suddenly trying to be serious. She looked very solemn. That didn't fit her. "All right. You're part vampire and I need to get out of this bed and change those bandages of yours." I was still smiling. I know, I know! I shouldn't be smiling this much over a girl I've just met. Where's that stupid rulebook that no one's decided to write down? Well, when you find it, I'm throwing it out the window.
Fin.
A/N: here's the thing: my computer doesn't always catch my grammar errors so if you find one please, please tell me so I can fix it. A/N2: this is kinda important: Drasculs and Amanda aren't married. He's working on it though and he's in the process of getting Amanda to fall for him. It'll, however, be a little harder now, since Zander's in the picture now. A/N3: I'm sorry I haven't updated for almost two weeks, you know how it is: studying for finals, finishing up grad standards and such.
Challenge: If you guys think of anything that would be really good in the story, please e-mail me or put it in a review. I'll (of course) give you credit when I use. Though it may be chapters from now.
Please review! Thanx a bunch. Fe'nos tol!
FYI: THIS IS FROM ZANDER'S POINT OF VIEW!
Well this is just between us but between us let's get high In pictures I have seen her and to see her is truly fine She's on fire She's on fire
Flowers in her evening set I get the feeling she won't forget And there are times you'd long to be here But to be here is surely blinding She's on fire She's on fire She's on to me And I'm over me She's on fire
And if I could be inside her light I would steal enough to make my way into the night And if I could be inside her light I might just find I'd be all right
Well it's not just a daydream if you decide to make it your life And this is not between us But between us let's keep getting back to where it's from She's on fire She's on fire She's on to me And I'm over me She's on fire She's on to me And I'm over me She's over me And I'm on to her She's on fire She's on fire She's on fire
-Train, "She's on Fire"
I woke to the familiar surroundings of my "second home," SingleEarth. This is where I practically lived! In this room I woke-up almost 5 out of 7 days of the week. My family and I had started moving me into this all-too- familiar room. That's when soft breathing took my attention. In the other bed, there was a girl. "Wow" was the first thing to come to mind. Golden-brown curls fell around her on the pillow. Her skin looked soft as velvet, as smooth as glass, sun kissed, you get the point. She had one hand beneath her cheek, her lithe body turned toward my bed. Wait. She didn't look hurt. So.I walked over to check. As I stood there, watching her sleep, all I could think was "Nope, nothing's wrong with her. Nothing, is defiantly wrong. She looks perfect." Ect. I kept thinking along those lines. That is, until those pretty eyes opened, an enchanting dark blue. I heard myself speak. "Oh, you aren't dead!" I couldn't stop smiling. I felt like an idiot. "Um.yeah. Not dead yet." What a smile! And that voice! It was musical. I almost kissed those full, dusty-rose lips that looked too completely kissable. "Yeah? I'm.Zander." I was still smiling. "what's your name?" still smiling, by the way. "Oh.umm.Amanda." She seemed to be contemplating whether to tell me more than she already had. "Amanda? Amanda what?" nice name. "Just Amanda. It's Latin, it means 'worthy of love.' Weird really. Considering that my family's Greek." She seemed to be babbling. "Really? Well, 'Just Amanda,'" I don't know why I asked this, I really don't, so don't ask. It just.came out. "do you think you are? Worthy of love, I mean." Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why would she answer that? I should just shut-up now.
"Not at the moment." She paused as I looked at her in surprise. "How old are you?" Blessed female! She changed the subject! "18 and a half. You?" wow. Riveting conversation we're having! "17. how'd you get all those cuts and bruises?" cuts and bruises? Oh! My fight last night. DUH! I smiled. Again. I couldn't stop. What is with me? I don't usually have trouble flirting!
"Maybe I'll show you sometime, but.uh.I'm a vampire hunter. Got into a fight with one, Risika. She's brutal. How 'bout you? Why are you at SingleEarth?" That was a brilliant question if you ask me. I've been sitting on her bed for a while now, though I don't think she's noticed. Or if she has, she doesn't seem to care. I watched her. She really was incredible. "Well, I'm kind of an apprentice." She started and paused to catch her breath, "To Caryn, she's teaching me how to do some healing." That's when she looked up at me, I quirked and eyebrow, asking her why she was in here tending to a veteran (of sorts anyway). "I was assigned to tend to you," she added hastily, "uh.Caryn told me to sleep in here incase you might need anything." "Really? Interesting." I fell silent. I wanted this conversation to keep going. This silence was kind of awkward. There was something that I had been wondering though. I mean, except for the aura, you can't really tell which "species" some one is from. Her aura was something I hadn't ever felt before. It was.stronger? Older? Wiser? Well, it was different from other auras. There was just something about it. "So, what are you? Human? Witch? Triste?"
"None of the above actually." Then.then she laughed! It was musical, or like bells, or something like that. HEY! I may know how to flirt, but I'm no romantic. I was snapped out of my reverie by her next question, "How about you? And don't tell me vampire because I know for a fact that you aren't." She was smiling again, very nice smile. Did I say that already?
I smiled, yeah, again. What was it with this girl? She kept making me smile for no apparent reason, whatsoever! "Arun. That means I'm part vampire."
She was suddenly trying to be serious. She looked very solemn. That didn't fit her. "All right. You're part vampire and I need to get out of this bed and change those bandages of yours." I was still smiling. I know, I know! I shouldn't be smiling this much over a girl I've just met. Where's that stupid rulebook that no one's decided to write down? Well, when you find it, I'm throwing it out the window.
Fin.
A/N: here's the thing: my computer doesn't always catch my grammar errors so if you find one please, please tell me so I can fix it. A/N2: this is kinda important: Drasculs and Amanda aren't married. He's working on it though and he's in the process of getting Amanda to fall for him. It'll, however, be a little harder now, since Zander's in the picture now. A/N3: I'm sorry I haven't updated for almost two weeks, you know how it is: studying for finals, finishing up grad standards and such.
Challenge: If you guys think of anything that would be really good in the story, please e-mail me or put it in a review. I'll (of course) give you credit when I use. Though it may be chapters from now.
Please review! Thanx a bunch. Fe'nos tol!