I found a white elegant dress and used a jean jacket to make it look more natural. I glanced at the mirror. Was I really going to do this? Lukas has been a great friend and I didn't want to ruin anything with him. Like always, my hair flowed to my shoulders. I smiled. Then, as quickly as it had came to my face, it was gone. Do I like him? He was nice to me, but I've never thought it was going to lead to something like this. I was going outside, where my name lurked around every corner, where Rueben died, and where Lukas will pick me up.
I took a deep breath. If it doesn't work out, it'll be ok.
My door leads to a small hallway, where two other rooms were. Olivia's room was in the center and Axel's was on the right.
I had never been in Axel's but I knew Olivia's room was cherry red with white furniture. In front of the hallway a staircase spiraled down. From there it lead to the kitchen and living room.
I stood at the top of the stairs. Olivia was talking to Axel, who had a cut under his left eye.
"What happened to you?" I said softly, my voice barely above a whisper. Even though I asked, I already had a good guess.
"Aiden did. I saw him in the streets and he walked over and punched me, saying that I took everything," Axel replied.
Olivia mumbled something to Axel, then turned to me.
"Jesse, did something happen between you and Lukas?" Olivia inquired.
"Oh, nothing,"I replied,"Why?"
"Because that explains why he was on the verge of dancing when he walked out. And why you look like a million bucks."
A smile crept on my face. "He asked me out."
"Jesse that's great!"Axel said with a cheery look back on his face.
Olivia gasped and attacked my hand, dragging me to her room.
"We need to put on make-up and jewelry and do your hair!" Olivia explained.
The smell of Olivia's perfume filled the air until finally, the doorbell rang.
Lukas stood outside the door, his usual outfit on. He was holding a beautiful flower with multiple white petals and a yellow inside. My hair was in a braid and Olivia put on some earrings. A little blush covered my cheeks.
"Jesse, you look absolutely stunning," Lukas said, his eyes wide.
"Thank you," I replied. "But you look even better!"
His hair was combed to the side and his leather jacket was buttoned up. He laughed, which made me took my hand. He left a tingling sensation in my hand crawling up my arm.
"Close your eyes."
I shut them gently. His hand brushed my shoulder and down my arm, leaving it tingling. He lead me a little ways away from the house.
"Open them up," Lukas whispered into my ear, his face only inches away from mine.
"Lukas, this is wonderful," I said in amazement. In front of me a brown horse sat with his head bent. This was the same horse Lukas had used when we went to the Far Lands.
He climbed up on the horse and reached his hand out to me. I took it and sat with both my legs on the side of the horse.
"Hold on tight." Lukas warned.
I put my arms around his chest, feeling the his skin through his shirt. His body relaxed against mine and I leaned against his back. We stayed like that until he grabbed the reins and sped off towards the town. In those moments, I forgot everything else.
"Jesse?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you, you know that?"
"Yeah."
"Do you love me, too?"
"Yes. I love you, Lukas," I replied.
I love him. A lot. I tightened my grip on him and he stopped the horse. He turned around and looked me in the eye. He leaned closer. I closed my eyes as his lips brushed mine, soft and gentle, then hard. He held me stayed like that for a couple minutes until he pulled back, "Don't let go."
We went to the restuarant and Lukas had a friend take the horse. I took his hand and leaned into him. He hesitated then let me hold onto him. Whispers could be heard from around us. People in small groups were talking excitedily as we passed, but I didn't care. We sat at a table in the corner. I flipped through the menu, but couldn't find anything particullary interesting. Moments later the waitress came. She pulled out a black book and a pen. "What would you like to...Jesse! As in the New Order!"
I sat there and looked at Lukas. He could see the surprize in my eyes. He laughed and looked at the waitress.
"Yes, that's her."
I, still shocked, looked back at the waitress. She sqealed and ran towards the kitchen, where she grabbed a telephone and started dialing someone's number.
"Lukas," I said warningly. "I think we should get out of here."
"Good idea." And with that he grabbed my hand and started running down the streets.
We had stopped infront of a large house that was made out of bricks. Lukas turned towards me.
"I want to tell you," Lukas said. "The people in this house will try and get into your head, they will tell you things, and they might even hurt you. Be careful."
"I will," He hugged me and placed a kiss on my forehead.
We headed towards the doorway of the house and went inside.
"Your late," a cruel girly voice came from the couch. A girl about my age stood up. Her light brown hair laid straight against her back. She was wearing a leather jacket like Lukas but with a shirt with an E underneath.
"I didn't know I had a time limit," Lukas replied coldly, his eyes narrowed. He turned toward the kitchen.
"Jesse, I have some food leftover from yesterday. It's still good. Want some?"
"Sure," I replied calmly.
"Jesse," Aiden stood on top of the stairs. His eyes were narrowed towards me. Before I knew it, he was running towards me with his fists tightly together. Lukas stepped infront of me. Aiden drew back his fists but, noticing Lukas, dropped them.
"How dare you bring a filthy stupid girl like that into the house?" Aiden yelled.
"Take. That. Back," Lukas said, his teeth bared.
"Lukas-"I started.
"Jesse, go to the room farthest left," Lukas interupted. "I'll be up in a minute."
"Lukas-" I said again.
"Jesse, please," his voice was sincere and gentle.
I obeyed. I went to the room on the left and pushed it open. Books were scattered around and the light blue walls were covered with posters of Ender-Con. The bathroom was near the back. His bed was in the corner of the room. I layed across it, waiting for Lukas. I tried to block out the yelling and screaming. The door creaked open. The girl from earlier came in.
"You know, it's such a shame," I didn't reply. She was only trying to get into my head.
"It seems Lukas only asked you out after you were famous," She made a fake sad face and laughed.
"Doesn't that bother you?" She teased me with a smirk.
"Actually no, not at all," I replied with a sharp edge to my voice. "When we were saving the world from total destruction, we really didn't think about love."
"Hmph!" That was the last thing she said before walking off.
Lukas came a few minutes later, with his blood seeping through his white shirt.