As we sat down I noticed Bella looking a the hostess with an odd expression on her face. It was so subtle I doubted anyone else could notice it but in a way, it was pained. Like someone had just insulted her. The hostess left and Bella spoke up.
"So?" She was waiting. I opened my mouth only to be interrupted by another highly energetic girl.
"Hello! My name is Anne and I'll be your server tonight, can I get you anything to drink?" I looked at Bella.
"Um…just water please." She said quietly.
"And for you?" The girl had turned to me. I didn't look at her. I stared straight at Bella.
"The same for me." I could hear her thoughts as she analyzed the look on my face and then how Bella appeared to her. "Oh well, love is blind I suppose." She thought at last and skipped off to retrieve our drinks.
"So are you going to explain, like you promised?" Bella was still, her face serious. I pressed my lips together and thought for a moment.
"Its a lot more difficult to explain that you might think." I said at last.
"And maybe I know a lot more than you think. It might not be so difficult if you'd just say something." She stressed the last word.
"Well, what exactly do you know?" She glanced around as if she was sure some one would be listening to our conversation. No one was. All their minds were concentrated on their dinners.
"I don't want to say." She blushed.
"And why is that?" I leaned forward. I hadn't broken our eye contact since the server came.
"Because one of two things will happen…" I raised my eyebrows, indicating my interest. "One," She took a deep breath, "I will be wrong and only embarrass myself." I smiled and narrowed her eyes. "And two, I'll be right. And you'll…" She didn't finish.
"I'll what?" She took another deep breathe attempting to steady her shaking hands.
"You'll…kill me." She said it so quietly; she probably thought I didn't hear her. But I did. My body tensed.
"Well." I didn't know what to say. She knew something. Whether it was right or not it wasn't a good thing. "What is it that you think I am…exactly." I tried to keep my voice calm, and smooth. She stared at me for a moment. Analyzing.
"A vampire." Once again she barely breathed her words. My face went blank. She knew. I could hardly speak.
"Here are your drinks!" An overly peppy voice called. "Are you ready to order?" She smiled a wide smile and held her pen and paper ready. So fake. I thought as I took in her attitude…her thoughts. She was putting down Bella, and every other girl in the restaurant as she spoke to me. "No one in this room deserves a guy like that, I mean look at him. Amazing. He must be ill; he hasn't even given me a second glance. Every other guy in here has. Hah, oh well. He'd be lucky if I even gave him a chance."
"Actually, we've changed our minds. We are leaving now." I got up and held out a hand to Bella. She just looked at it, confused. Finally she reached out and took it. Flinching slightly at the cold temperature. But she didn't let go. I was glad for this.
Her soft warm skin felt sensational in my hand.