CH.2
Forty-five minutes later, i was nestled into the edge of the forest at the beach, the frosty ocean wind stinging my nose. The sand was a battleground, the slate grey waves fighting for purchase on the sand. the circle of driftwood trees was sheltered from the wind by the sheer cliff faces, far enough from the water to avoid being splattered. I was crouched behind the smallest of the skeletal trees, somewhat protected from the frigid air, though the temperature was the least of my worries. The beach was empty today, save for the lone figure that materialized out of the woods at the trailhead roughly 15 yards from where i sat. How was it that i didn't hear her? she was clad in the same pants she had been wearing earlier, but with bare feet, despite the freezing weather. She focused her gaze down the shoreline, towards the trees where I hid.
A smile lit her features, and she pranced down the beach towards the alabaster circle of trees. Her scent drifted towards me, fueled by the icy air. As she sat down next to the fire pit, her hair came loose from the twist it had been pulled into. she quickly and efficiently constructed a small fire in the bare pit,the blaze turning her skin a deep gold. She sat back in the sand, hugging her knees and closed her eyes.
Jacob? are you there? Her soft mind voice called my name, and i swiftly phased. I pulled on my denim cutoffs and strode out of the trees. "Who are you?? What do you want??" i demanded. She gaze up at me, not at all surprised that i had been so close. Laughter danced over her features, and i felt myself wanting to laugh with her. " I'm Ava. It was you outside my house, right? I felt you there", she answered, ignoring the second part of my question completely. "how were you able to get inside my head? not many people can do that, and your not a were..." i stopped, scared that I had given too much information. Ava looked at me, he gaze speculative.
"Jacob", she began," Im a bit of a clairvoyant. i can tell things that have happened, and I can speak in my mind to others. Most times they don't acknowledge me though. The don't feel me strongly enough. To them, I'm more like a conscience. Once you answered me, i was stunned Then i could see your thoughts. I know everything Jacob. I know about Bella." I hissed through my teeth at the mention of Bella, but Ava paid me no notice. " I know of her decision. I know what she wants, and i feel how desperately you want to hide her away from everything. I can only read your mind when you have phased, it seems. Maybe we are on the same station then." She smiles, inviting me into the joke. I offered her a half grin and shrugged my shoulders, trying to seem nonchalant, as if i have my mind read by humans all the time. In reality though, i was stunned.
Who was this girl? What was it about her that has me drawn to her like a moth to a flame. Every time i looked at her, i was overwhelmed with a deep, almost painful wanting. Her scent washed over me, and i felt a sudden pang of sadness at the thought that she had to return home that night. "Jake?" i glanced up and was startled at the fact that she was standing. "Can I sit with you?" I could only nod. As she became closer, my heart thudded in my chest, louder and more meaningful than it had been at all in the past 3 weeks. she folded herself into a ball next to me, and carefully leaned into my chest.
We were barely touching, but it was enough to almost make me groan out loud. She was so perfect, fitting seamlessly into my arms, like the missing piece to an age old puzzle, like the blanket of a small child. It took my breath away and scrambled my senses. She shifted so she could ensnare my waist in her arms, and I would have been happy to have died right there, for nothing could ever feel this good again.
"Ava?" She turned her face from my chst and stared wordlessly up at me. "I think I have imprinted... on you"