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Inspirational Song: Anberlin – Inevitable
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"Brady!" I breathed, scaring myself from my nightmare as I sat up. My hands instinctively ran over my face, making sure I was awake.
"Hum—hu—what happened?" Brady shot up, rubbing his eyes as he yawned. Finally, his eyes focused on me, his face still sleepy.
"Just...just a d-dream." I pulled my hair to the side as I fell back down, "A-a really...really scary dream."
"It's alright...it's just a dream." Brady sighed, his eyes starting to flutter close. I could tell he was exhausted and wanted to just go back to sleep so I curled back up in the sleeping bag, trying to force myself to sleep.
I sighed, knowing I wouldn't be able to. Not wanting to wake an already sleeping Brady, I turned onto my back carefully so I could look up to the ceiling.
"Bella?" Brady's hoarse voice asked.
I sighed, my eyes fluttering closed, "Sorry."
"It's alright, do you want t...t-t-to talk about it?" Brady sat back up, rubbing his eyes as he yawned part way through his sentence.
He smiled his familiar smile down at me. I propped myself up; thankful he was willing to stay up for me.
"It was about the fight tomorrow." I whispered, looking up to Brady, "But not everyone was fighting, it was just you and Edward and Jacob and...and the newborns."
Brady pulled his legs up into a crisscross as he waited for me to continue. I pulled my legs up with a slight huff, trying to figure out what to say next.
"And the newborns attacked." I sighed, "All I could think about during the dream was 'not Brady, just don't let Brady get hurt.'" I chewed on my lower lip as I waited for him to say something, anything.
"So..." I prompted, nodding for him to give his opinion.
"Well, to me that's great, but I'm guessing you don't feel so good about that since Edward and Jacob were the other two." Brady replied playfully, trying to ease the tension.
I couldn't help but give a slight smile back, he was a typical teenager indeed.
"Yeah...I don't—" I had to stop and take a steadying breath, "I don't want anything to hurt them but...I couldn't stand it if anything happened to you...Brady?" My eyes fluttered a bit as I tried to look up to him. The dream was still very real in the back of my thoughts.
My imprinter rubbed his eye as he looked up to me, "Yeah?"
Closing my eyes, I leaned in before I could really think about it. Brady froze as my lips brushed against his, but he relaxed and very gently leaned into me.
I pulled back after a few seconds, my smile bright. With Edward, I always pushed for more, with Brady, well, I savored that soft, innocent kiss.
I gently chastised myself for comparing the wolf and the vampire once again, Brady's gentle voice brought me back to reality.
"That was my first kiss." Brady blushed, staring down at the tent's floor, and touching his lips, "My last first kiss." He looked up to me and smiled brightly.
I blushed and gave a nod, unsure how to respond.
"We...we should get some sleep." I whispered, curling back up into the sleeping bag. Brady just nodded and followed suit. He didn't wrap his arms around me like he had done earlier, and I smiled; he was giving me space to think. He was the perfect imprinter. Maybe fate, just this once, knew what she had been doing.
But who cared about fate anymore? I sure didn't.
I sighed, opening my eyes slight.
Brady didn't know that I had already made up my mind, that I didn't need time to think things over anymore.
I turned around and snuggled into his side with a sigh, keeping my eyes closed tight. He nuzzled his head atop mine and soon I felt his breathing even out as he fell asleep.
I smiled, gently pressing my lips against his shoulder, "You're my last first kiss too." And then I too fell asleep.
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