Disclaimer: seriously? . . . do i still have to tell you i own nothing (well, except Kaine, Joe, Kate, Dave and Jay) i mean after 9 chapters i think you know this already
A/N: yea sorry for not updating sooner but i can only write my story in my free period at school since i still don't have word at home and i don't like to write my stories on note pad *Dodges objects thrown at head* but here is the next chapter anyway *runs away from evil glaring readers*
Chapter 9:
The rest of the ride was taken in silence, Patch looking straight ahead at the road, me looking out the window. I saw Patch's reflection in the window, occasionally sending me sorrowful glances out the corner of his eye.
I hadn't really been paying attention to my surroundings, but once I did, I realized that we had reached our destination. The Delphic Seaport Showground.
Once Patch had pulled up and stopped the car, I slowly undid my seatbelt and got out, not once turning to see Patch do the same. We walked in silence to the entry where Vee, Dave and Jay were waiting. Though the rest of the showground was filled with everyone from my friends, to acquaintances and everything in-between.
"Hey, happy birthday girl!" Vee exclaimed as she hugged me and gave me a smallish wrapped present.
"Yea happy birthday Nora." Said Dave and Jay as they too gave me small wrapped gifts.
"Thanks guys, but what happened to a small party with my friends? And where's Jay? Wasn't he going to come?" I looked towards Vee with a fake irritated face.
"Oh, come on! You know you love it!" Vee replied off-handedly. I didn't deny it. "Jay's probably just a little late. Oh! And before I forget, some guy in a hoodie gave me this to give to you." Vee said as she gave me a small, black, velvet box. "He said he couldn't give it to you himself but that he would see you soon." She finished with a smile.
"Thanks." I opened the box slowly, Patch peering over my shoulder to get a good look what it held inside. Obliviously a man in a hoodie giving Vee my gift and not giving it to me in the first place, wasn't exactly making Patch feel better about my safety. I opened it up to find a plain, silver pocket watch inside. It had two, beautiful wings engraved around some kind of flower on the front. "Wow, it's so pretty, it must have cost a lot." I said off handedly. I had only now noticed that Patch had tensed up after seeing the locket, his face void of all emotions apart from surprise, horror, and anger.
I decided it best not to question him in front of the others and would ask him about it later. I opened the pocket watch to make sure the time was set correctly, but when I opened it, all of the hands were stuck on the 12 and engraved on the inside of the lid read, Too Late.
I closed it quickly but softly, as to not raise suspicion, and put it in my front pocket. "Well, it's very nice. Now to see what you got me." I said to Vee as I started to unwrap the present she gave me.
Patch was more on edge than ever and he whispered into my ear so that the others couldn't hear, "I know what's coming after you now, I'm going to go investigate some. Just hang around with these three and please . . . don't go off with anyone else." He said as he then announced he was going to go to the toilet.
When I had finished unwrapping the gift, I saw that she had given me the complete box set of Vampire Academy, hard cover, special edition. "Thanks Vee! You're the best!" I said giving her a hug.
"No problem darl." She responded.
Next I moved onto the present Dave gave me. I opened it to find a Pokeball with a little plushy Pokémon in it. I didn't know which one it was, all I know was that it was cute, brown and had nine tails. "Awe! It's so cute! Thanks Davie!" I said using his old nickname and giving him a hug.
"It's no problem, and it's called a Vulpix." He said while blushing slightly.
I then proceeded to open my last gift, the one that Jay had given me. When I opened it, I found a bracelet with a small charm on it. I didn't recognize it, but it looked cool all the same. "This is really cool! What's it from?" I asked.
"Vampire Knight. It's the Cross Academy symbol." He answered.
"Cool! I love it!" At this time Kaine walked towards us nodding hello to Dave and Jay, both of whom nodded back in reply. He smiled at Vee who got the OMG he's hot look in her eyes as I rolled my own.
"Hey Shortie, happy birthday again." He said.
"Thanks." I would have given him a hug . . . but I kinda had a series off books under one arm, my hand holding the bracelet, and a Pokeball in my opposite hand.
"Hey, do you want help taking those things to your car, you know, so you don't have to carry them around all night." Kaine offered as he grabbed the books from under my arm. (A/N: it is now 8-ish at night because I say so!)
"Umm . . . yea sure, the car's this way, we'll meet up with you guys in the arcade once we're done. We shouldn't be too long." I said to the other three as Kaine and I started to walk off.
"Ok you two have fun now." Vee called to our retreating figures.
Yes, I was very much aware that Patch said not to go off with Kaine alone – or preferably not at all – but what the jealous boyfriend don't know won't hurt him.
We had reached the car and – using my spare key – opened the back door and put two of the gifts on the back seat. I was trying to put my bracelet on, but the clip was really tricky.
"Allow me." Kaine said as he held his hand out for mine. I placed my hand in his and he clipped the bracelet into place almost immediately. I grumbled about 'stupid strong men' and 'I could've done it myself if I didn't have such long nails'. This cause Kaine to laugh, but he paused after a while looking deep in thought.
"Kaine, what's wrong?" I asked as I tried to pull my hand away, only to have him tighten his grip, look deep into my eyes, and pull me in close to him, meeting my lips to his.
I gasped and he took advantage of that, plunging his tounge into my mouth. I pushed against his chest with my free arm, but he just put his arm around my waist, bringing me closer to him and deepening the kiss. I couldn't think of anything else to do so I bit down on his tounge . . . hard! But that only seemed to urge him on, he wasn't even fazed by the pain that should be coursing through him at this moment. I could do nothing more than wait for him to end the kiss when the need for air became too great.
As soon as he ended the kiss, pulling his head away from me slightly, panting hard, I slapped him across the face . . . HARD!
A/N: so i hope you liked it and i will hopefully be updating slightly quicker now but don't get your hopes up. thanks to all my reviewers that have been giving me awesome tips and special thanks to Nicola for giving me the idea of Kaine kissing Nora, but you'll just have to read to find out what happens next and how Nora feels after the kiss *pauses and looks with wide eyes at readers with multiple sharp objects* which will be soon-ish *readers raise objects* if you update bye! *me running away with readers throwing objects and running after me* SAVE ME PATCH!