Livin' Life To It's Fullest Chapter 4 Trust Is A Must Part 2
Heyy everyone! Sorry for the delay. I'm moving in about two weeks and I needed to start packing my stuff since I haven't started yet. Along with this story, I'm updating m other three stories Knockout, Assassination, and Total Recall. Because Total Recall is my newest story, I would highly recommend you all go check it out and tell me what you think. Though Kim is not in the beginning, well, not specifically anyways, she will be very soon. Besides that, I would like to delay you no further. Here is part two to the cliffy! I hope you all enjoy! REVIEW!
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Jack's POV
After I told Kim to follow me, I took off in the direction that led to a more deserted area of the campgrounds for the sake of privacy.
After a minute or two of leading Kim through the thick debris, I stopped in an open clearing as Kim did the same.
I turned around to face her as she looked closer at the surrounding area.
Taking notice of the fact that we were obviously somewhere deep in the forest, she asked "Where are we?"
In response to hearing that, I walked up to her, closing most of the gap between us.
"In the middle of the forest."
"And why are we here?"
"For secrecy."
After saying that, I could tell she was on edge slightly as I assumed her stomach started to twist and turn in unease as it always did when she was nervous.
There was a few seconds of pure silence as we stared at one another before I asked "Are you sure you want to see this?"
"If it will make you trust me, I guess so." she informed me as she crossed her arms firmly over her chest.
After hearing her words, I nodded as I looked at the ground for a split moment before looking back up at Kim in the eye.
As a precaution as to what would happen in the near future, I thought it was only fair to warn her of the situation.
"If you ever feel like you need to leave, run, whatever you call it, the camp is in that direction, but I need your help if you want to see this." I explained as I pointed behind her, causing her to turn to look.
I could tell from the situation that she did indeed have a slight hesitation, but it soon vanished as I took a single step forwards.
Like every other heated kiss we've shared, I've had to always hold back in order for my secret to be kept.
That is the very exact reason why Kim has always teased me about the face I make during and after the kiss.
Though I didn't mean to, my face was always scrunched up slightly as I raised my eyebrows.
I never knew exactly why, but that's what happened, and even though it was very unattractive in my opinion, Kim didn't mind the little flaw.
As our lips moved together in sync, it soon deepened became more intense as intentioned.
Because we were close to one, I gently pushed Kim back into the tree behind her.
In seconds of doing this, Kim snaked her fingers around my neck and curled her fingers in-between my hair.
As a reaction to this, I grabbed onto her waist, pulling her closer to me, if that was even possible.
I felt my eyes turn to its golden color from under their lids as I felt the kiss begin to fill with something more than usual.
Something we haven't truly had in our kisses before.
Love, lust, and… confusion?
Pretty acceptable if you ask me considering the situation we both were in.
When the kiss then began to deepen even more, I started to have thoughts similar to earlier flash through my mind.
The first one was of Kim calling my name.
Then the next, a vision of Kim coming face to face with the pack of wolves.
Her face showed much fear and I could practically hear her heart beat rising.
She slowly backed away until she bumped her back into the trunk of a tree.
Then another that skipped to the first wolf's assault.
My mind went on overdrive as various thoughts similar to earlier raced through my head at blazing speeds.
I knew could tell I roughening up, but kept her lips to mine as I felt my own heart beat increase.
I felt my teeth morph to their wolf-like form as I felt them grow.
Due to the lack of air, my breathing too increased like her and began to get more severe by the second.
Then the worst vision flashed through my mind, just like before, I saw Kim on the ground, blood dripping down her flawless face as she cried out my name for help.
The imagery of the wolves ruthlessly mauling her made me feel as if I was about to go berserk.
Then the screams stopped.
At that very moment, I felt myself go out of control.
My body begin to shift and I knew I couldn't hold it in any longer.
I quickly separated myself from Kim, as I backed up, doubling over in pain as I lost control.
Kim's POV
As we kissed, I soon felt it deepen and deepen by the second and probably after a minute in, I felt Jack get rougher with his style.
Because it felt right, I didn't separate and instead entangled my hands in his hair tighter.
Just then as our mouths battled for dominance over one another, I felt something sharp graze by my tongue.
Ignoring it for the time being, I continued to kiss him even as the need for air became almost unbearable.
Just then as we were probably at the three minute mark, Jack quickly separated from me and took a few steps back.
He groaned, pain evident in his voice as he doubled over.
He then let out a loud yell in agony as I caught sight of what grazed my tongue earlier.
In his mouth, now lied four large fang-like teeth along with the others that were sharpened to a thin point.
Through the various things happening to him at once, he managed to get out through gritted teeth "Get back!"
Though it was nerve-racking to hear him say that, I did as I was ordered and took a good five steps back.
His shirt then ripped off in a ruthless manner as his bare skin soon covered it's self in fur.
He then did the one thing that made a single chill go down my spine as my body uncontrollably forced me to swallow.
There was a loud growl an in less than a second, I watched as his morphed into the head the head similar of a wolf's.
Just then as I assumed he had morphed into what was guessed, but not yet believed to be a werewolf, he looked me deep in the eyes before ran off.
As he looked into my eyes, my already dilated eyes widened even more as I felt my heart skip a beat.
Because I wanted to make sure he was ok, I took off after him, running full speed through the dense trees as I followed the trail of broken tree branches and animalistic growling ahead of me.
I could indeed see through the darkness of the night that Jack was running faster than me, most likely because of his current form as he dashed through the trees left and right.
Though I eventually lost him because of his speed, I continued sprinting in the same direction as I heard a loud splash not far ahead of me.
I ran for about thirty more seconds before I came face to face with the lake.
As I came to a halt at the edge of the water, I looked around, hoping to find him as I noticed something.
To my right, there was a row of small ripples erupting from the source as I looked closer.
"Jack?"
No answer.
I tried again calling his name, but when he didn't show any sign, I began to get nervous.
I then called his name one last time before a loud gasp was heard in front of me.
Jack was now breathing extremely hard as his upper half raised up above the water.
Everything from his waist and above remained above the water, though unlike earlier, his skin was now bare once again.
I watched as his chest heaved and puffed in exhaust as I did something that actually surprised myself.
Without a word being said between us, I felt a tear slip down my cheek as I ran into the water, not caring if I ruined my outfit or not.
In seconds I ran into him and because I hit him with so much force, he spun in his spot slightly as I wrapped my arms around him.
After separating once again, I pulled his forehead against mine, not minding that the water dripping down his face got on mine.
"You stayed."
I couldn't help but chuckle when he said that.
Just hearing those words made me smile alone as I told him "I'd never leave you."
Jack's POV
After hearing Kim say that to me in response as to what happened, my face which was previously neutral, turned into a mile-wide smile as I laughed nervously.
Through the vision in the corner of her eye, I saw she noticed my hand and saw the bandage that she put on me earlier, now dripping wet with the water that soaked within it.
She looked down at my bandage as I brought it up closer for her to see.
I urged her with my eyes to unravel it, not breaking eye contact as I turned my hand palm-side up.
Her eyes flickered back and forth between me and the bandage as she noticed the intimacy within me.
Listening to my silent plea, I watched as her hands slowly went to my hand and slowly began to unravel the wound.
In seconds, my bare skin was revealed and underneath, though unlike before, there was no cut to be seen.
My smile grew ever so slightly as I watched her astounded expression.
She was speechless, but luckily for me, it was in a good way.
She grabbed ahold of my hand and grazed her finger across it lightly, stroking it as her face still contained a look of amazement plastered across it.
She then brought her attention back to me as her gaze met mine.
"As much as I'm really enjoying this moment right now, I think we should head back. Rudy's probably looking for us."
"I don't think he'd mind." I said smiling, holding out my hand to her as an invitation to join me.
Just then as she intertwined her hands with mine between us, I pulled her down on top of me, knocking me backwards, sending both of us in the water.
As soon as I hit the ground with a rough thud, Kim, who was on top of smirked before connecting her lips to mine.
Because the need for air was in great demand from our lungs, about thirty seconds later we resurfaced.
As Kim brushed most of the hair from her face, I shook my hair recklessly to get rid of the extra water, a chuckle escaping from her lips as she laughed at my actions.
After doing so, I motioned her to follow me only to sit down on the shore line of the lake.
My feet sank deep into the sand as she took a seat beside me, leaning against me as I wrapped my arm around her waist.
Sensing the awkward tension from the growing silence, I turned to face her as I asked "What's up?"
Knowing it would be more comforting, I rubbed her back, making her lean deeper into me as I did so.
"Do you mind if I have a few questions?"
"After all this, I think it would be recommended." I chuckled.
"Fire at will." I dded on as a look of seriousness took over me.
"Did you scare the wolves away?"
I nodded with a simple yes with the head as I shook my head up and down.
"How? And how come you didn't shift or whatever you want to call it?"
"I gave the pack leader a warning and after realizing I was a werewolf, he knew he was outmatched. As for the morphing into a werewolf, I was about to but was fighting myself not to because I thought I would scare you. Right when I thought I was going to go over the edge, when you grabbed my hand, I immediately felt at control again."
"Any reason why?"
"Well, every werewolf has its anchor to keep him or her tamed. I guess when I remembered you were by my side, I felt at ease."
"Well, I'm glad I could be of assistance." she grinned as she laughed ever so slightly.
"So, what about turning into…. you know. What triggers "it"?" she said, emphasizing the "t" with more punctuation.
"It's usually when I get angry, but not all the time. I've shifted once when my grandpa died and believe it or not, I shifted just before our first date." I chuckled nervously as I rubbed my neck.
"Really? So is that why your dress up shirt was ripped and your pants were frayed when you answered the door?"
"Yeah, I kinda assumed you just thought it was how my clothes looked."
"I did, until a few weeks later I saw you wear a brand new version of that outfit to your family reunion."
"Yeah, some things are just sometimes out of my control…"
"Does it hurt?"
"What?"
"Shifting, does it hurt?"
"Sometimes. Not all the time. The last one hurt like hell, but the one before that, nothing. It's starting to hurt less of the time but I guess it's the reasoning behind it that decides it for me."
Just then as the silence between us grew, I glanced over at her to see her stroking her finger furthest from me into the sand, drawing random shapes as I gently reached over, taking her hand in mine as she then turned to face me.
My eyes pleaded to her, asking her to speak for her mind as the silence began to eat away at me.
Usually I was able to tell what she was thinking by the look in her eye, but this time, she was sending me mixed signals.
My stomach ached in unease as she spoke once again.
"You've always amazed me, and I think it's amazing how none of it had to do with your "wild" side."
"You don't have any supernatural abilities and yet you amazed me on day one."
Just after saying that, a warm smile crept upon her face as she leaned her head on my shoulder.
"Kim?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you promise me something?"
"Anything."
"No matter what happens, will you promise to be there for me like I did? I don't know if I can handle doing this alone anymore. It's been so unbearable..."
"Why wouldn't I? I'm your anchor aren't I?"
One Month Later
Jack's POV
It was the end of our vacation and it's been almost three weeks since I told Kim my secret.
We were currently walking down the hall to our class that we shared and walked in, hand in hand as I led her to two empty desks in one of the rows.
Because the seats were in the back, that would allow me to be able to talk and be close to her.
Just a few seconds after taking a seat, Kim tapped my shoulder from her seat behind me.
I quickly turned around as she informed me "Jack, you forgot to do your homework for this class didn't you?"
"Well, I was kinda busy with you last night when you asked me to sneak in your window to watch a movie marathon."
"Well, I got some bad news for you. I heard a rumor at lunch Mr. Perky is now Mr. Irritable because his girlfriend broke up with him last night."
"Just my luck…" I mumbled just before the bell rang.
After putting my backpack under my desk, out of the way, I slouched in my chair and awaited my punishment as the teacher walked in.
"Ok class, today we're gonna read from Chapter 7 of your text book. But first, I'm gonna collect your homework from last night. Who knows? Maybe you'll be the next person to run crying out of my room to the principal's office."
Ouch.
This is not going to be good…
He quickly went down the rows, collecting the single sheets of thin, white paper before he finally came to Kim and I who rested at the end of the last row.
As he came to me, he looked for the paper on my desk, but after failing to find one, he looked up to face me.
"Jack? Where's your homework?"
While he awaited my answer, he collected Kim's as I took a few seconds to think over my words in hope's he wouldn't get too mad.
"Sorry sir, I kinda forgot."
I kinda forgot?!
Nice thinking Jack…
"You forgot? You just kind of… forgot?! My son could've done this and he's in kindergarten? So tell me Jackson, how did you forget to do your homework?"
"I was helping out at the mall for the Bobby Wasabi Dojo. I was giving free lessons and performing demos when I kind of lost track of time."
That wasn't a complete lie.
After school ended, I was helping Rudy when school ended, but only stayed at the mall for about five hours before we left.
After that, we ended up watching the movie marathon and the next thing I knew, I was sound asleep as she fell asleep on me.
"Oh, so you're using that excuse are you? If you're going to lie Brewer, at least do a good job at it."
Just then, I heard Kim cut in from behind me and back me up.
"Actually sir, I was there too. We both were."
"Well how come you seemed to have done your homework while Mr. Brewer here didn't?"
"Well, he um-"
"That's what I thought. Now, because you're the only one to "forget" to do their homework, you're going to read to the class your summary of yesterday's reading from Chapter 6."
Crud.
"Well, uh-"
"So you didn't do last night's homework either? Well, how about Wednesday's homework?" he said cutting me off.
Because I indeed failed to read the chapters from the book, I shifted uncomfortably in my spot as my teacher continued his rant.
"Well, surely you did Tuesday's right?"
After he said that, I averted my eyes to my desk as I bit my tongue, eyes lingering over the random carvings in it I noticed the whole class had taken notice of the situation and was watching curiously.
"Should I even ask about Monday? Homework is homework Mr. Brewer and just like everyone else, you have to do it!"
As he began to start yelling, I felt my heart rate unintentionally increase just slightly as he continued on.
I averted my eyes elsewhere and noticed Jerry who was on the other side of the room was eyeing me with a look that said "What's wrong with you bro? Even I did the homework."
"You know what? I have a question for you Mr. Brewer. Did you read anything in that book?"
Just as I was about to inform him that I did in fact read the first few chapters as homework, he spoke again, not allowing me to answer his question.
I wouldn't be lying though, I read them at Kim's house as I came over to "study".
I guess I just didn't think reading a chapter of something I knew decently well was very important compared to all the other projects and assignments Kim and I have been bombarded with.
Apparently I was wrong…
"You know, I hear a lot about you Jackson. I hear from students you're the heartthrob of the school, I hear from teachers that you're one of the best all-round students in the school, and I hear from others that you're one of the nicest people they've ever met and so far from what I've learned right now, I don't believe a single word. You're acting like a selfish, egocentric kid who doesn't give a crud about anyone!"
Because he continued to yell at me in a harsh manner, I felt my heart rate start to climb and a steady pace.
My breathing began to hitch slightly as I clenched my fist that was placed firmly at my side.
Kim's POV
What was his deal?
It's like he was using Jack as an excuse to take all his anger out.
As he continued to yell his lungs out at Jack, I caught a glimpse of Jack's hand under the desk.
He was clenching his fist so tight, I thought he would break his own hand.
This is not going good.
"I wonder Mr. Brewer, is this because of your little girlfriend Ms. Crawford behind you? Is this why you're failing to keep up? Well, maybe if you spent less time hanging out with your friends and your precious little girlfriend, you would actually have a good grade in my class!"
"I actually have a B+…"
Just adding more fuel to the fire Jack…
"Oh, so you're a smarty pants now aren't you? Well, I'll tell you something Brewer…"
Just after saying this, the teacher turned around on his heel and slammed his fists down on Jack's desk as he bent down to face him directly, making me flinch as Jack turned to face him dead into the eyes.
"Please don't break Jack." I mentally said to myself as I watched his facial features for any sign of him changing.
Because he was looking him dead in the eye, I could only pray that his eyes didn't glow as I could only see his jawline clench tightly as he glared at the teacher.
"You might think you're all good and everything, but I don't. I think of you just like I do every other student. While you're girlfriend behind you currently has straight A's, your progress report has been a collage of letters. How about we get the class's opinion shall we?"
Immediately after saying that, he walked back over and around his desk and dug through a folder lying out before pulling a single piece of paper out.
"Ok, let's see. B, C+, B, A, C- , B+, and an A-. Does that sound good to you class?!"
As I glanced away from the teacher who just screamed out Jack's grades to the whole class, I noticed Jack's shoulders begin to heave slightly as his breathing picked up.
Seeing this, my heart began to race it's self as I silently prayed my teacher would just shut up already.
"You have enough for your friends and fighting, so if you can do those things, why can't you read ten pages?!"
"It's actually karate…" I said cutting in as he glared at me.
"Shut it Ms. Crawford! This is a discussion between Jack and I, not between Jack, me and you."
Now Jack was starting to breathe more heavily and I could see the muscles in his back and shoulders begin to flex as I knew he was trying to restrain himself.
Kim, you should have kept your mouth shut…
Bringing me into the picture seemed to anger him even more than before.
Knowing it would help, I leaned forwards, resting my head in the palm of my left hand, leaning forwards in a common bored student's position as I sneakily reached under the top of my desk, grabbing ahold of Jack's hand with the other one.
After giving him a reassuring squeeze, I watched as he took deeper breaths and leaned back into his chair, as if hoping to reposition himself in a more comfortable and relaxed manner.
After squeezing my hand back, the demonic teacher before us continued onwards just seconds later as he remained standing behind his desk.
"So, because you failed to do any work for the past week that I know of, you're gonna make up for your work. You owe me a 10,000 word essay on what the chapter's contained in your own words, a five thousand word essay on why you chose not to do your homework, and another 5,000 word essay on why you're so stupid not to do your homework and they're all due on my desk tomorrow morning when you walk in or you get detention for a week. Got it?"
As the teacher finished his last sentence, I watched as Jack took one last deep breath before responding back to him "Got it sir."
"Good, now for the rest of class you're going to read all of Chapter 8. If you don't finish, then it will be homework so if I were you Jackson, I would get to reading."
Just then as the teacher looked down under his desk to pick up a pencil that he broke in half as he attempted to write with all the stored anger within him, Jack turned behind me and gave me a smile of gratitude as I returned the favor.
His hand gave mine another squeeze as I couldn't help but grin at his actions.
For the rest of the period, we remained holding hands until the bell rang to dismiss us.
At that point, we separated to get our stuff, but the moment we were out of the room, we both headed off to lunch hand in hand as the rest of the day luckily went by smoothly.
In just a few hours, school was finally released and Friday was officially over, well, school-wise anyways.
After grabbing my supplies I needed for the weekend, I shut my locker only to be greeted by the one and only Jack Brewer.
As I turned to leave my locker, there he was, leaning against the locker to my left as I went to leave.
"Hey." he greeted as we both began walking towards the main exit.
"Hi." I said, pushing through the door on my left while Jack did the same to the right side door for the exit.
Though the silence at first was comfortable, I couldn't help but feel a lingering pain in my chest as I suddenly blurted out "I'm sorry you got yelled at so badly. It was my fault inviting you over and-"
"Kim! I don't care what he said because I didn't regret a thing."
When those words escaped his mouth, I couldn't help but smile as he then added on "Thank you." referring to when I helped him calm down earlier.
"You needed it. It's not every day you happen to not do your homework for a whole week and end up having your teacher check the day they get broken up with over a silly text message."
"Yeah… Hey, do you want a ride home?"
"Actually, I was hoping I could go home with you."
"Why?"
"Oh please, don't tell me you actually think I'm gonna leave you to do that on your own?"
"Kim really, I'm fine. I can do this."
"I know you can too, but for one, you won't be done till like two in the morning and secondly, it was partially my fault for getting you in this mess in the first place. So yeah, I would love a ride." I said, a smirk plastered across my face as he reluctantly motioned me to get in his car.
One Year Later
Jack's POV
"Come on Jack, it'll be fun" I said, mimicking Kim's words to myself as I gently pressed my finger to one of the several cuts on my face as we walked out the exit of the building, feeling the wounds quickly disappear as the healed within my fingertips.
Just then, I felt a hand press up against my chest as I was restrained from moving forwards.
In front of me was Kim who glared at me after hearing my sarcasm.
You might be wondering why all of this happened in the first place.
Let me explain…
Kim thought since we needed to get credit for volunteer work because it was finally our senior year at Seaford High, that we should go to an animal shelter and volunteer there for credit.
Why you might ask?
Because she somehow managed to persuade me to go as a way to "connect with other animals".
Let's just say that didn't go so well.
Our first assignment was to play with the cats in the cat's play room.
Bad idea.
After pointing to the door that we were to go through to complete the task, the employee turned back around, and then walked back to the front of the store to take care of a customer.
Kim and I walked inside the tiny, cramped room as the door abruptly shut.
As if cued, the entire cluster of cat's hissed and growled at me, making me jump slightly as my forehead began to build up in perspiration.
Even Kim knew I was scared to death at the sight.
.About twenty cats alone in a room, with me, was probably a wrong idea.
As my stomach began to twist in unease, I crouched down slightly as I began to slowly reach out to one of the cats, telling them as I did so "Hey kitty, kitty. I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to play with you and- ah!"
While my true intentions were to hope that he or she would calm down and realize I wasn't going to hurt them, sadly, the cat didn't pick up on my hint.
In seconds, l pounced at by several cats one by one until I collapsed to the ground.
I struggled to throw the cats around and push them away from me as I screamed in a higher pitched tone "Watch the face!"
I probably went through this for a whole five minutes before all the cats were eventually removed from the equation.
You do NOT want to know how Kim and the lady managed to get them off of me.
Because of that situation, they decided it would be best that maybe I go and visit the dogs in the dog kennels.
After the woman showed me the room, she left once again to continue her duties as we walked in.
Lined up in rows on each side of me were dogs of all breeds and sizes.
Once the door shut, Kim awed before crouching to the closest kennel to our right.
Inside was a long-haired Chihuahua with possibly the biggest eyes in the world.
It practically dragged Kim to him or her as she began to pet its fur.
I watched in amusement as I watched Kim's reaction the second she laid eyes on the dog.
I followed a few moments later and crouched down on my knees as she spoke to me.
"Here you go Jack, maybe this won't be so bad now." she said, encouraging me as I my smile widened.
Realizing she was probably right, I stuck my hand in one of the openings of the kennel as my softer side came out.
"Hey little doggy! How are you little guy? You're such a sweet you little angel aren't you? Yes you are, yes you- ah!"
As I got within inches of petting him, he jumped forwards and bit my finger, biting it firmly in his mouth as I screeched in pain.
His teeth easily drew blood as I struggled to get him off of me.
When I was finally able to get him off my finger, I snatched my finger back to my chest as I shook my hand, hoping to get rid of some of the stinging pain.
Seconds later, I looked at my hand as it began to heal before standing up in a bold stance.
I pointed my previously injured finger at him as I yelled "Hey! You little-" I began as I felt Kim's hand grip my shoulder, holding me back as I glared at the dog.
After accidentally letting a bark escape my lips as I felt my eyes change, she tugged me back as she then whispered to me "Let's get out of here.", pointing to the door on the other end of the hall as she did so.
After flashing my eyes to the dog, he whimpered in defeat before lying on his back in surrender.
Kim watched in confusion as her head tilted slight, eying the previously vicious dog as he changed into his current state.
"What just hap-" she began before I cut her off, preferring to not answer that question.
"Don't ask."
Because the hall Kim pointed down practically led us to the front of the store, we decided to take that route instead.
Again, bad idea.
As we walked side by side down the aisle, the dogs quickly took notice of me and soon began to violently bark and growl at me.
Seeing their reaction to me, I soon motioned for Kim to speed up along with me as we soon came to the point where we began to run.
We then quickly pushed through the door as we turned ran around to the opposite side and rested our backs against the wooden object.
Once the door clicked, signaling that it shut completely, I let out a breath of relief.
After giving Kim a forced smile, I began to walk forwards only to hear Kim holler from behind me "Jack, look out!"
Before even I could react, a bird landed on my face and pecked me in the eye, flying off before I could do a thing.
As I cringed in pain for the slightest second, I removed my hand from my throbbing eye as I asked her "Can we leave yet?"
Five Years Later
Kim's POV
Today was the day.
At this very moment, I was currently standing next to Jack as an audience of people sat behind us.
The sun rained down over us as the vast amount of vegetation behind us reflected the light, illuminating the area as the man before us spoke one last thing.
He looked up from his tiny book in between his fingertips as he looked up to us, a warm smile plastered on his face as he told us "I now pronounce you man and wife… You may now kiss the bride."
I stood there, unsure if my smile could widen any more as I felt the corners of my mouth surprisingly spread further apart.
I watched as Jack's did the same, making my stomach do flips in anxiety of the future to come.
I looked deep into Jack's eyes as he did the same to me.
Before we kissed, I secretly motioned the priest to move to the side before Jack pulled me towards him, connecting our lips together as they danced in harmony.
A loud group of cheers and applause erupted to my right as I heard a familiar "Whoo!" roar through the crowd.
After what felt like an eternity, Jack and I finally separated and just as I opened my eyes, I saw an ecstatic Jack standing before me.
As I looked more carefully into his eyes, I could see his eyes were glowing with an abnormal golden color as his excitement got to the best of him.
Seeing this, I felt my eyebrows arise as I let a chuckle escape my lips.
Because of our close proximity, I quietly laughed to him "Jack, honey, you eyes are glowing."
"I can't help it." he grinned back as he raised a flirtatious eyebrow at me.
After I let another chuckle escape my lips, I pulled him into me, giving him a quick peck on the lips as I whispered moments later "Jack, I know you're just as excited as me, but you have to calm down just for now. We can't have anybody seeing your eyes."
He quickly closed his eyes and took a deep breath as I slipped my hands into his.
Seconds later, he reopened them and I immediately saw his human form's chocolate brown orbs glowing at me and from that very moment on, I felt a surge of happiness rush through me that was unexplainable to describe.
The reason all this happened was because the man I was now married to told me his life's biggest secret and trusted me.
Who knew what else lied ahead in our futures?
That was exactly what we were meant to uncover, for our lives had only just begun.