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'Adfigi Animis'- to be imprinted
Chapter Five- 'First Beach'
Posted: April 7, 2008
Orange. So that was the colour. The tidbit that began the banks of my knowledge of Amber. The colour orange, no matter how insignificant it seemed to her was really one of the only things I knew about her. There were several things I had assumed so far about her. I had assumed that she lived with her parents and that she had a rocky relationship with her cousin, who I assumed, was named Jennifer, which brought into my mind the question of who that guy on the phone had been… I had assumed it was her father, but I had also noted that he sounded like he was my age. There were too many thoughts of her in my head that were unsupported, I had to know more! I watched her as she pulled the sweater over her shoulders and zipped it up. She nodded her head towards the beach and I walked beside her until she sat down abruptly.
"You can sit you know, free beach and whatnot." Her eyes were watching the water. The sun had already set, but there was still a glimmer on the water from the moon which was rising from behind us. All I could do was smirk in satisfaction and sit down about a foot from her. We sat there for a long time, and as much as I wanted to observe her more, I knew it had to be bugging her by now, and the thing that mattered most to me was her, and her happiness and comfort. But what mattered to me second most was knowing what brought her that happiness and comfort. And I didn't.
"I think I was right about you when I said you didn't know how to have fun."
"You have got to be kidding me!" Now all I could do was stare, with my eyes bulging out of my head. Would she consider this 'people watching' too? I wasn't sure, and still, I could not tear my eyes away from her.
"I know how to have fun Amber. You just haven't given me a chance to show you yet…" I was trying to allude to my more adventurous nature but all I wanted to do now was find out more about her.
"You think you know how to have fun?" She asked, and at the incredulous look on my face, she took my answer to be a yes. "Well, I've yet to see you do anything entertaining…"
There was a scowl on my face now, I wanted to show her that I could have fun, but a lot of the things I did to have fun were kind of dangerous and I wanted no harm to come to her. I had a distinct need to protect her, there was nothing more I wanted for her than her happiness. And to be happy, you generally needed to be alive.
"And just what is your definition of fun?"
"Something stimulating that gets your blood pumping and your heart racing."
"And an example of that would be?" I wasn't sure I wanted to hear her answer, I was already dreading what she would say and I was sure that the concern was plastered all over my face.
She looked to me, and then glanced back to the water. God I was hoping she wasn't thinking what I thought she was thinking. There was no way, it was only the beginning of April. The water would be freezing! There was no way I could allow it, she would get hypothermia!
"I'm going for a swim, you can come if you want…" She wiggled her eyebrows at me and stood. If I hadn't been a werewolf I was sure I wouldn't have caught her running toward the water, shedding her clothes.
"Amber, its freezing… I don't think this is such a good idea. You'll freeze to death!" I was shouting to her now. I hoped that sitting in place would make her stay, but when I realized she had no intention of turning back I stood and began taking off my shoes. Hers were already lying in the sand. Her sweater pants and long-sleeved shirt also mangled in heaps on the earth before the water.
"C'mon worry wart. If you're so concerned about me being cold why don't you come warm me up?" She was ankle high in the chilly water, and already I could tell I was going to have a hard time keeping my hands to myself. She was standing there in nothing but her bra and underwear. Something I had pictured her in nearly a hundred times since we met just one day ago… It was a cute black ensemble, it wasn't too impressive I supposed, because it paled in comparison to her luscious body and her godly curves. She had a flat stomach, and a small chest, and still I couldn't help but quicken my pace until I was dashing into the water wearing nothing more than my boxers.
I was standing a few feet away from her, and she was looking into my worried eyes with her own. She was worried about me? I had a toasty temperature of one oh eight. I barely noticed the temperature difference, but Amber… I could tell already she was freezing cold. Her teeth were chattering slightly, her lips were turning blue… Her nipples were pushing through the fabric of her bra… Man was this ever unfair!
"This isn't a good idea, you're freezing already!"
"Then come warm me up." There was nothing coy about it, she was asking me to come and grab hold of her body. I wanted too, and it was severely difficult to deny her, especially when I could see how cold she was, so as I walked toward her I asked, "Amber, are you sure? We could always just get out of the water…" Though really I was barely asking anymore, it just seemed like something I should ask as I embraced my half-naked love.
As soon as my arms encircled her waist I could feel her shivering. I tightened my grip slightly, being careful not to hurt her. She clung to my frame, I was much taller than her, and it was evident now more than ever. Her arms wrapped as far around my neck as they would go and she pressed her head into my shoulder. I waded deeper into the water, knowing she would be warmer out of the slight breeze, and my body temperature was more than likely enough to keep her whole family warm. It was difficult to keep my thoughts off of how naked she was, but my main purpose for being in this water was keeping her from becoming deathly ill. I'd never see her again if her parents knew she was with me when this happened.
"Jennifer and Chad are going to be so pissed." She spoke quietly, I wasn't sure if I was meant to hear it.
"Who?" This was my chance to finally clear up with her who they were.
"My cousins. I live with them; they're going to be mad that I snuck out to be with you." She had let her arms go, and was turned around in my arms. Her back was pressed up against me, and I could feel her every curve in a magnificent way. I was beginning to wonder if she would notice my arousal.
"Why aren't you staying with your parents?" I was curious after all. It struck me as weird that a High School student would move to a new place without her parents.
"My parents stayed back in Ohio." I could sense discomfort in her tone but I pressed on further, there was something about the way her body had become rigid against mine. Something about how she spoke the words to me, something about everything in this situation, something that seemed wrong.
"Why would they be there? Are they finishing packing up your stuff?"
I heard a hollow laugh erupt from her lips, though I could not see her face, I had a feeling I shouldn't have asked.
"Not exactly. They won't be joining us in Washington."
Now I knew there was something going on. There was something severely wrong with the way she was acting right now.
"Why wouldn't they-" And she cut me off then with her words.
"Jake, please can we not talk about this right now?" She spun to face me as she said the words and the way her face was angled toward mine made her face just… so close. I could feel her warm breath on my cheeks, I could see the blue tinge to her lips, the flush of her face, and all I wanted was to warm her up. Her breath was caught in her throat her eyes shifting from my own to my lips. I was almost sure she wanted this, there was no other explanation was there?
I moved my hand from her back and brought it up to behind her neck, I could hear the water moving, and I was now hyper aware of how close she was to me. I couldn't stop myself, I should have asked first, I should have done something, but I couldn't help it. I crushed my lips onto hers, I began moving them slightly until I felt her sink into the kiss, it was then that our lips began to meet in time with the others. Our eyes had since closed, and I could feel her hands sliding up my arms to where they began to claw at my shoulders. I brought her face as close to mine with my hand as I felt was possible without hurting her. I broke my lips from her, and trailed my kissed across her jaw and down her neck. She shivered, this time in pleasure instead of from the cold and I was sure I heard her moan very quietly. She was taking in deep breaths, and I knew that soon her lungs would be sated and I could continue my assault on her lips, her perfect pink lips. I didn't have time to hear her breathing slow because she grabbed my head and dragged me lips up to meet hers. I had a feeling she had experience kissing because she didn't wait for me to trace my tongue across her lips, she pried my lips open with her own and the second her tongue touched mine I pulled away from her.
She looked quite upset, as if she had wished to go further, and there was no question that I did wish to further this kiss with her, and possibly let it fade into some of my fantasies, but this wasn't right. We were practically naked, we were outside, she would be freezing to death if I wasn't clutching to her and it just, wasn't right. As dumb as it sounded, the love I had for her, made me want to wait, I didn't want to rush it right away. The teenage boy inside me was screaming at me, telling me I was a gigantic idiot, telling me I should have let her keep going, that I should have taken her right there, but I knew this was for the best, this was the right thing to do.
Amber was slowly knocking her forehead against my shoulder, and I could tell similar things were running through her head. It was times like this I wished I was a mind reader. She finally finished her assault on my shoulder and looked into my eyes. Her gaze was apologetic, though I could tell from the deepness of her look that she regretted nothing, only where we had been headed.
"I'm… I shouldn't… I'm glad you did, Jake." Her eyes were once again on my lips, and it was then that mine flicked to hers. Aside from the fact that they looked swollen, they were now almost purple. My hand reached out and as I brushed my thumb across her bottom lip her eyes closed and she gulped.
"I have to get you out of the water and into some clothes. C'mon, we'll go sit in your car." I had never really been the voice of reason, but I knew if she got sick she'd be in even more trouble for sneaking out of the house. I picked Amber up 'damsel in distress' style and carried her trembling form out of the water. She was shaking pretty badly by the time we made it to the shore, so instead of putting her down, I opted for bending over and grabbing her clothes for her. I found her car keys in her jeans pocket and after safely tucking her into the car and cranking the heater, I closed the door and walked back to retrieve my own clothes. I shook the sand out of them and by the time I got back to Amber's car, she opened the door to the backseat for me and I climbed in beside her.
She wrapped her sweater covered arms around my shoulders and pulled herself into my lap. She sighed contentedly and I couldn't help but think that even if it took me forever to find out more about her, as long as I got to spend time with her along the way, I didn't care. Though, I had an inkling suspicion that sleeping would be difficult tonight. She nuzzled her nose into my neck and I sighed, not being able to help the happiness I felt right now. Sitting here with her was so comfortable. I could have sat here forever, I could have laid her down and gone to sleep, but the battery in the car, or the gas tank would fail us at some time during the night so I thought better of it.
"When you stop shaking you should go sneak back home… You're cousins' will be worried about you. I would be."
"I knew you were going to say that…" She sighed again, but this time it seemed to be out of frustration. "Do I have to? I'd rather stay here with you."
"I'd like that too, but I have school tomorrow and really… What if they've already filed a police report or something?" I brought my hand to her hair and started twisting it within my fingers. It was smooth, silky and smelled of pomegranate. I had never been attracted to a blonde girl before. They always seemed to be such airheads. I know how stereotypical that sounds, but you don't know some of the blondes that I do… Amber was different though, I could tell. She seemed really smart.
"Will you drive at least?"
"Of course, but it can wait a few more minutes…" I told her, I leaned my back against the door and stretched my legs out on the backseat. Even though I had given her the room to stretch out, she continued to curl up against me. I had a feeling she liked the warmth that radiated from me.
"Jacob… I hope you won't be embarrassed, but I really want to ask you a question. Is that okay?"
"Sure Amber, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I was just wondering… Don't take this the wrong way, because it's something I love about you…"
"It's okay Amber, whatever it is, just-"
"Why are you so hot?"
There were several things that had circulated through my mind when she had prompted me to ask me a question, this was not one of them, so I was kind of taken aback, and not sure how to answer her.
"Erm… What?"
"I don't... I mean, why are you so… warm? You're like a warm bath, or freshly dried clothes."
Well, now I knew what she was talking about, but still, I had no real excuse to tell her. I could imagine what would happen if I told her I was a werewolf, I could picture losing her, watching helplessly as she ran screaming. There really was no real answer in this scenario but the truth, and as much as I wanted to tell her, I couldn't bring myself to lose her just yet.
"I'll tell you sometime when I'm sure you'll understand."
She seemed slightly put off by that, she was probably expecting some dumb answer, and albeit my answer was a bit ill-conceived, but would she really want to know the truth? Could I give her up after just one kiss? Of course not, I reasoned. There was no way. I loved her, and I wasn't sure how I'd tell her that either.
"I think I'd understand now, but… there are things I'm not willing to share yet either. Promise me you'll tell me before school starts in the fall?"
"I'll tell you as soon as I'm able."
She gave me a funny look at that, but went back to nuzzling my neck with her nose. Her breath was tickling me and I bent my neck slightly away from her face to get away from the weird pin-picking feeling that was on my skin. She took this as a suggestion of something different and inclined her head so her lips were at my neck. Her caresses began slowly, but soon enough her lips were replaced by her teeth and I couldn't restrain myself, my hands were at her hips, pulling her closer to me, as far as I could. She tangled one of her hands in my hair and the other slowly trailed its way down my chest, when she reached my abs, she would retrace her path and bring her finger tips all the way back up.
I pried her teeth from my neck, and shifted our positions. She was now sitting the way I had been, and her back was pressed up against the car door. I had her hoodie unzipped and I was showing her just how much she'd been torturing me minutes before. "Jake." She had breathed, and it was all the encouragement I needed to free her from her shirt and the hoodie all at once. She had looked at me curiously and bit her lip, God; it was all I could take! She was going to drive me crazy! I leaned forward and trapped her mouth under mine. Her tiny body was again pressed up against me. My hands roamed over her back and sides and before I knew it my tongue was in her mouth dancing with hers. The heat in the car wasn't coming from only me anymore, I realized and I explored every part of her mouth I could. I loved the way she tasted, like peppermint. I broke the kiss and began my trail down her neck. My lips made their way past her collar bone and I had just found my lips on the very top of her breast when her phone rang from the cup holder in the front seat.
I heard her grunt, and then heard a thud, which I imagined was her head slamming against the window of the car. I raised my head and lessened my weight on her so she could grab her phone. It was probably at its third or fourth ring by the time she had it answered. I couldn't hear the conversation; the volume on the phone was quieter than I was used to. Amber had said a few words during the whole conversation and when it was over, she threw the phone onto the dashboard, kissed me square on the lips and told me she had to get home.
After she got fully dressed, she fixed her hair in the mirror by throwing it into a pony tail and she smirked at me. I couldn't tell what she was thinking, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to. When we reached my house I kissed her and thanked her for the trip to the beach. She had told me she'd call me after school the next day, and all I could do was smile at her. I really didn't want her to leave. I'd swear she knew because she said she'd see me as soon as she was off 'house arrest'. When she drove away I watched her leave, desperately wanting to chase her car. I wondered if that was my hormones or the dog in me, but didn't have long to focus on it before Billy was yelling at me to get into the house.
Author's Note: Hey all, I know I told a few of you that there would be more information about Amber in this chapter, but I just couldn't think of a scenario other than 20 Questions where you could learn a bulk of info all at once. I'm still working on it, I promise, and besides, you've learned a bit about Amber in this chapter. Three guesses about her parents. Winner gets to pick the title for the next chapter! Thanks for reading, and don't forget to hit that little button at the bottom left of the screen, thanks a bunch readers.
x.Tiffany aka Bedwardella