Puppy Love
Chapter Six
I fainted dead away. A few minutes later, I felt a tongue brush my check, and I came to. Looking at the wolf, my senses returned to me. "You," I said.
Me, I felt the now-familiar voice saying in my head.
"But you're a…."
Werewolf, yeah.
"I don't get it," I said. "It's not a full moon tonight."
That full moon business is a myth. Real werewolves can transform at any time they wish.
"I see." I petted her on the forehead. "You must admit, this is freaky."
Which part of it is freaky?
"Well, I think…" I started to say. But the words wouldn't come out. Leah would surely hate me forever if I told her I thought I had a crush on her. And I couldn't bear that.
You think you're in love with me?
"What?" I asked, looking in the wolf's eyes.
She began changing back. As soon as she returned to her human form, she said, "I'm in love with you, Bella Swan. I know this may seem strange. Jacob has told me that you have dated boys, so I told myself to forget about you. But it didn't work. We're meant for each other. Your ability to pull the pine needle out of my paw proved that."
I did not know what to say. On the one hand, I wanted to grab her and kiss her and rub my hands through her hair…or fur when she was in wolf form. But on the other hand, I wanted to scream that there was no way she was my lover, that I didn't want to be a lesbian, that even apart from being in love with a girl, how could I be in love with a werewolf girl? I wanted to tell her she was crazy and banish her from my room.
I think the chocolate chew she had given me prevented me from doing the latter. Instead, I let her walk up to me and trace her fingers across my neck. Then she sat in my lap and put her lips to mine. She kissed like mad, and I kissed her back, hard, and this was probably also influenced by the chew. In my head ran the chant: I love this girl, I love this girl, I LOVE THIS GIRL!
Taking her precious lips from mine, she said, "So, do you think we could be an item?"
I nodded, still speechless.
"Perhaps we should go on a date," she suggested. "So we could get to know each other better. And if you're worried about people seeing us, no one will think anything of two girls having dinner. People have the tendency to assume that girls having meals together just means that they're great friends."
I liked the way Leah thought regarding this issue.
"Well, I have to go do something for my clan," Leah said, getting off my lap. The loss of her body heat made me feel like I had been plunked down into a well. "I'll be sure to contact you with a time and venue for our date."
"Don't go," I finally managed to croak out, as she went towards the door.
She turned back to me. "Oh, Bella, I know it's hard for you to part from me when we just got acquainted, as it is hard for me to leave you. But we've got to go about our normal lives, so that people don't get suspicious. You understand that, right?"
"I guess," I said, though there was pain in my voice.
Leah rushed at me and gave me a huge hug. It felt so good, and I hoped it would never end. But alas, it did.
"It will be okay, Bella, dear," she whispered. "Don't worry."
Then she left me.