Chapter 8: I Know You Aren't Human

Emmett POV

I was so happy that I had made it through chemistry. Cecilia was so cute when she smiled and I just had to see her again. I followed her scent and I finally ended up at her house. Her window was opened, so I quietly slipped in and saw her sleeping. Hearing her breathing was so calming. She rolled over onto her stomach and stayed there. She looked so peaceful and undisturbed. I had the urge to reach out and caress her face but I knew I couldn't.

Cecilia POV

I knew someone was in my room. My guard was up so high that it was hard for me to act like I was asleep. I rolled onto my stomach and reached my hand between my bed and the wall. I grabbed my knife/pencil and tapped three times. With my eyes still closed I felt the hilt of the knife in my hand. In one swift movement I jumped out of my bed and swung my knife towards the person. They quickly jumped out the window and I followed.

I ran towards them at the fastest speed I could. I was always the fastest person at Camp Half-Blood so I was able to keep an eye on them. Soon I jumped up and grabbed a branch. I jumped from branch to branch but soon I lost it. I stayed on the branch for a while, after surveying the ground I felt the unmistakable pain in my stomach that told me danger was close. I quickly turned around and pushed them up against the bark of the tree, with my knife at their neck.

"Who are you?" I hissed. In one moment they flipped me so I was against the bark and the knife was at my neck. They bent down and whispered;

"Take a wild guess." I felt the hot breath on my neck and heard the velvet smooth voice.

"Emmett?" I questioned.

He removed the knife from my neck and said "Yup."

"What were you doing in my room?"

"Long story."

"I know what you are, so you can tell me" I said as I sat down on the branch.

He handed me back my knife and said "Well then what am I"

"A vampire" his eyes went wide.

"I know you aren't human." He looked into my eyes and even in the darkness I could still make out his muscles and his topaz eyes.

"Well then what am I?"

"What do you think I've been trying to figure out ever since I met you?"

"I'll give you a hint. I'm ½ human."

"What about the other ½?"

"God. I'm a demigod."

"Stop lying."

"I'm not. My father is Ares, the god of war." He sat down next to me.

"You're not lying are you" I shook my head. "I have something to tell you."

I looked up at him and said "What"

"You're my singer."

"Emmett I couldn't carry a tune for my life."

He laughed and said "That's not what I meant. It means that your blood appeals to me more than anyone else. It also means that you are my soul mate." We were quiet for a few minutes and then I said; "So you're pretty much telling me you love me."

"Cecilia, I have been looking for you for all my existence and know you're here and I'm not going to ruin this."

"I'm gonna be honest, I did feel a connection,"

"So this means were together." I nodded and laid my head on his shoulder. He smiled and said "Let's get you home." He picked me up and ran back to my house. I tapped my knife three times and put the pencil in my footlocker. He sat on the edge of my bed and I lied down. I fell asleep, feeling the coldness radiating off his body and onto my feet.