Summary, Rated, Warnings, Genres, Pairing and OC Profiles are in Chapter One if needed
Summary, Rated, Warnings, Genres, Pairing and OC Profiles are in Chapter One if needed.
Disclaimer: StarlightAngel101, DOES NOT own Beyblade, and OCs that belong to any authors I mention along the chapters. StarlightAngel101 owns story plot, Jess (OC), and other OCs that belongs to me and mention along the chapters.
A legend to help out when reading….
"Hello" – Talking
Memories are to cherish forever. - Flashbacks
'Hello,' – Thinking, Announcements (on radio, PA, etc.)
"To be or Not To be," – Quotes (will appear at the beginning of chapters)
Any word that is in Italic – Empathize the word
God send me an angel, From the heavens above – Lyrics or a letter/note, e-mails, text messages, posters (Their BOLD AND ITALIC)
Chapter Twenty:
Gossip"A promise is a promise."
The running water from the shower of the male vampire's bathroom ran down on Brooklyn's bare body, letting the water made contact to his flesh and go down the drain.
He was the only one in the room which was something he needed. He needed to think, and relax at the situation he was in.
He was in love with Jess. Jess is a human; their prey. A rule in vampirism stated that a vampire must never fall in love with a prey, a human.
He broke the rule.
If any one was to know this, not only he'll be punished, but Jess as well will be punished; condemning to death.
Brooklyn with a bar of soap he rubs it against his flesh letting it get rid of the filth on his body.
What have he done? He really put himself but mainly Jess in danger for; one she knew who or what he is, and secondly he was in love with her as she was in love with him.
Unless if they were caught, they allow him to make of choice of her fate, like what Boris offer him to make a choice for Jess the first time when he somehow knew that he told her secret.
He could change her to become one of them.
The water kept running down as Brooklyn was in deep thought about this solution to the problem.
Although it could allow Jess to live and he can be with her for eternity, the only problem was that if he chose it now, then Jess would never get to experience the human teenage life she could ever have. Attending her last year of school and graduating, to her first experience of being in adulthood.
With this choice to make he thought, what if he kept her human till the time is right to then change her into what he is now; a vampire.
This would be his plan, unless anything, in which he did not want it to happen, he would change her until she is ready.
Brooklyn rinses his body in the shower getting rid of the bubbles of the soap. With it done, he turn off the shower, got the towel near by and outside of the shower, wrap it from the waist down, and got out.
He grabs another towel to dry his hair as he headed to the change rooms to get a new set of clothes.
She couldn't sleep.
She couldn't sleep at all after what she has experience in her life, and she was in deep thoughts about her situation.
Jess was in her pajamas, after taking a warm shower from the cold rain she felt outside, resting on the bed in her room, but she couldn't sleep.
Her mind replay the moment of their date when Brooklyn gave her a kiss; her first kiss and confess her was in love with her.
Flashback
The rain drops fell fast and hard to the ground and anywhere the water lands on the surfaces.
But it did not break the moment between the kiss Brooklyn and Jess shared, or it broken their embrace.
The rain kept continuing to fall and it soaked their hair, to their skin and clothing they wore.
Brooklyn open his eyes, as he pull his lips back from Jess's, breaking the kiss. Jess responded by opening her eyes to face him. Her eyes were in wonder of Brooklyn's actions, but were broken when she felt his hands on her both sides of her face. She saw the little drips and drops of water sliding down to the tips of his hair.
"Jessica," he finally spoke, but it was the first time he said her name instead of her nickname, "From the top to the bottom of the heart, I am in love with you. Jess you are the sun in my life, when I sleep it night and dark all around me; I feel I live in the dark times of my past. But you brighten my day; you set me free from my world of darkness."
The words made her had a vivid thought that she brought light to Brooklyn in the darkness. His words had touched her…
"Brooklyn," she said, "You words felt truthful and breathtaking. It made some of my words; which I'll tell you come out of the surface of the ocean in my mind, where my deepest emotions lay hidden. I love you too Brooklyn."
Her words have made Brooklyn smile, as Jess saw the small pointy edges of his fangs.
It was then Brooklyn wraps his arms around Jess and brought him close to his body. Jess felt her head rest on his chest, as she felt him breath in and out of his lungs.
"Jess I want you to listen to my heart, and tell me about it," he told Jess, calmly and gentle.
Jess lean in to his chest, trying to hear of his heartbeat. She could only hear his breathing, but she listen hard for the sound of his heartbeat pumping.
She couldn't hear it at all.
"Brooklyn, I can't hear your heartbeat."
"Because I don't have my heart to do it functions anymore. Don't forget I'm a vampire, and we are the undead. When we die our hearts stops, and once change although we walk on the earth, we are different to humans in so many ways, and us having no heartbeats is an example. But if my heart were to be beating, it would be beating fast for my deep confession of my love to you and the moment we embrace and feel close."
"I didn't know about that part of being a vampire."
"But you do now."
They stood in their position for some time till Jess spoke again.
"I don't care if you are a vampire or not. It's the inside that counts, and if you feel your heart is telling you to love me, and then be it. And no matter who or what you are, I will always love you."
"Jess?"
She look up to him once more, seeing his eyes.
A second later he smiles once more, saying "Thanks."
The next thing Jess knew was that his lips came in contact with hers, as they share another kiss of their love to one another.
End of Flashback
Her words that she told to him made her wonder of their relationship.
He was a vampire; the monster everyone saw at old horror movies till today, to believe they sleep during the day and drink blood. They are bloodsuckers that never have existed, and are just myths.
Although that they believe they don't exist, in her crystal-blue eyes and in her heart they do exist.
It's hard to believe that you know a vampire for sometime, with them to drink your blood, but even rarer to fall in love. She founded a surprise that her first love and relationship would be someone who is a vampire for over two centuries.
The thoughts in her mind made her feel that their love was unique. Common in many movies, and books of human females or males in love with someone who are vampires, but never been experienced to see the relationship.
'Brooklyn,' her mind wondered before she realized she had fallen asleep. Her mind drifted to dreams unreal, but her relationship with Brooklyn was real.
The sun's rays bathed on Jess, who was asleep on her bed.
Her crystal-blue eyes flutter open before she was wide awake and was sitting on her bed with the covers.
She stretched as she yawns, ready for another day, but this day was different.
Getting out of bed, she walks towards her calendar, passing her duffle bag packed with her clothes, new set of pajamas, and hygiene products as she looks at the date today. It was Saturday, and today she, Aya and Anna were going to a slumber party at Rose's mansion and Nicole and Serenity was going to be there.
Her thoughts weren't on the slumber party, but were on about her date with Brooklyn and their first kiss a few days back.
'It feels like yesterday when we kissed for the first time that very night,' she thought.
Jess hugs herself as she imagine the vivid moment of Brooklyn and herself being embrace in a hug when they share their first kiss.
It was then that a knock at the door appeared, and a few knocks the door was open to reveal Anna sticking her out of the opening of the door.
"Morning Jess," Anna said, "Just to let you know, we are going soon, but Rose told us that we are going to the beach for the afternoon."
"Cool, okay," replied Jess.
"Well hurry up then, and also we can head get some breakfast on the go, before we arrive at her place." Then Anna closes the door, leaving Jess some privacy.
'Looks like I got to pack my swimsuit then.'
The weather was hot, but not too hot to stay in a air-condition home, but good to chill at the beach. The wind of the sea's scent blew against Jess, Aya, Anna, Rose, Nicole, and Serenity, when they made their foot step on the warm sands of the beach.
There were people enjoying the time under the hot sun. Swimming, making sand castles, playing beach volleyball, and getting a tan.
"Let's get set up before we figure out what are we doing for fun!" exclaimed Aya.
The girls found a good spot on the sand, as they begin to set themselves up to have fun for a few hours. Setting up some beach towels on top of the warm sand and placing the coolers of snacks and drinks beside the towels. They set up two beach umbrellas; one was big to shade three people from the sun, and they were finished making their spot for the beach.
"Wow, I can't believe there are so much cute guys here!" Nicole exclaimed.
"I bet their just wanting to check the girls in bikinis," replied Jess.
"Too bad I'm already taken," Serenity answered.
"Not me I just want to have fun, and flirt with the boys," Aya replied, "And there's a cute blonde boy I have my eyes on right now. Excuse me while I am going to get his attention."
Aya then left the group to head to the blonde cute guy she was mentioning about to then start a conversation with him.
"I'll be relaxing here for a bit, I need to wait at least twenty minutes to head into the waters," Rose explained.
"No problem," Serenity replied, "I'm going to take a good swim, who wants to join me?"
"I'm in," Jess replied.
"Me too," Anna added.
"Then let's have some fun at the beach!"
Serenity, Anna, and Jess strip down to their bathing suits; they have worn it under their clothing.
Serenity was in a one-piece swim-suit that was lavender with white floral patterns on it. Anna wore a red bikini. And Jess wore a dark-blue two-piece swim-suit; the top was a halter, as the bottoms were mini-swim-shorts.
They hurried to the waters of the beach; the ocean as far from the horizon. Their feet made contact with the cool water and at first Serenity feeling it cold step aside from the water. Anna went knee-length before she started to slowly walk her whole body into the water, but for Jess by the time she was in hip-length of water, she dived into the bluish-green water. A few seconds have past till Jess popped her head out of the water, her hair, skin and bathing-suit was soaked by it.
She had a chance to see Anna dived into the water and coming out after a second, now adjusted to the water temperature. Serenity was still near the shores, but her ankles were cover in the water, maybe wanted to adjust to the water slowly.
'It would be funny by the time she is adjusted we would be packing and heading home,' Jess thought, as she made a mental laugh till she dive in the water once more and swam freely like a fish.
It was an hour or so that she was in the waters, that's what Jess thought how long she has been in the ocean for.
Serenity and Anna left the waters about like forty-five minutes ago, and yet she is still in the water. However, Jess felt relax in the water as if it soothes the stress and dark emotions that rage in her and came calmness and relaxation. And the thought that when she saw the ocean's color as they first have arrived, it reminded of his eyes.
Jess floated on the water with her back on the watery surface, her eyes looking at the light-blue sky, but not seeing the sun since she was looking at the opposite direction of it.
Her thoughts wondered what Brooklyn was doing right now, with her enjoying the daylight as he must be in darkness when the sun rises till the sun sets. Probably sleeping, or maybe doing something that didn't involved going outside.
She then imagines what if Brooklyn were to be allow being in the sunlight, maybe he would be at the beach with her. Felling and smelling the sea-scent air blowing touching their faces, and running into the cool ocean as they dive in. Swimming, splashing and laughter of joy, and maybe a sunset they gaze on as they share their kiss of being a couple and happy.
The trailing thoughts then vanished, as Jess decides to head back to the shores, maybe getting an ice-cream cone, and relaxing on her beach towel. She stretches her arms out and moves it in circles as she swam up to the point where she was able to walk herself out of the ocean.
Her feet made contact with the warm sand as she walks to where her friends made their spot. Some of the sands were sticking to her feet since her feet were mostly in the water for the day.
She went to be bag, and got out her small wallet, and before leaving she wrap herself in a black sarong around her waist and getting her flip-flops. With that done, she headed to the food stand a meters away from them and off the sands of the beach.
"I can't believe you and Brooklyn are a couple!" exclaimed Aya and she was surprise and happy of the news, "Tell us how long have you been a couple? And your first kiss of him. Don't leave out the details!"
Rose, Aya, Nicole, Serenity, Anna and Jess were at Rose's mansion all of them dressed in their pajamas, and getting ready for their sleepover event to begin. It was that back at the beach they just found out that Jess and Brooklyn are hooking up for good.
It happened when Jess was at the stand getting an ice-cream cone, and this one cute guy in all but Jess's view thought he was went beside her. He try to make a move on Jess, but being assertive she told him that she's already taken and to added it up that if he wouldn't leave her alone, then he would have asked for it. This then got him to leave Jess alone.
"Well, you see," Jess replied, "we were in this very historical area surrounded by a forest that looks like an ancient grove. We gaze at the fire-works going on that night and once it was done he kissed me and that when it rained and we still her embrace by the kiss."
"Oh so romantic," commented Nicole.
"Indeed," Rose added, "but I can't believe someone like him who is drop-dead gorgeous, mysterious and in my view so romantic would be going out with someone like you who is tomboyish, assertive, independent and artistic."
Aya, Anna, Serenity, and Nicole snacked chips, chocolates, pastries and sodas, waiting for Jess to respond.
"Brooklyn and I have the same interests in the arts, but beside of that I guess it was as if we were lost soul mates, like if fate brought us together to be together."
"Wow, that's interesting," Anna replied as she finishes drinking a sip of her soda, "All that info you gave us right now seemed like to be in those romantic movies with them feeling they were soul mates since they have in common."
"But they don't have some guy wanting the girl since he was dumped by his ex-ex-girlfriend," Nicole explained.
All of the girls stare at Nicole thinking, what did she mean by what she said?
"What are you talking about Nicole?" asked Jess, as she places a piece of chocolate with the caramel filling in her mouth.
"Well apparently, I have heard a rumor from the school before school has ended for the summer about Ian."
Jess frown about what Nicole said, 'Ian.'
"You mean Ian Matthews, the blonde sports player who was a boyfriend to Ciara?" Serenity asked, "The one who was dumped during May and then hooked up again mid-May?"
Nicole nodded a simple yes.
"Oh, I think I may know what you're talking about," replied Aya, "Is it about her dumping him again?"
"Uh huh," Nicole replied, "Apparently Ian in Ciara's view was being too possessive to her, and her proof was that she was to go somewhere and Ian snaps saying she was going out with a guy behind his back. But turns out she was getting her older cousin together with some girl that have some common traits with him. With that she had ended their relationship saying he has gone too far, and prefer someone who isn't an over-obsessive bastard.
"Here's what I didn't get. A few days later, he was looking for a certain someone, and what I heard, he was looking for you Jess. Do you have any idea why he was looking for you?"
All of the girls went back at staring at Jess, which her face was emotionless and a sense that she was ticked off.
"Okay," Jess answered, "The night I met Brooklyn Ian call me to hang out with him at the beach party as some of you guys remember. He was simply using me to get to Ciara. So, in my view, he wants me to either…Option A; to get her jealous again and that they can be together again, or Option B; he's stupid enough to believe that we even had chemistry and is looking for me to be his new girlfriend. Too bad for him, Option B wouldn't be much helpful for him since now I have a boyfriend."
"Oh," they all respond in unison.
"But enough about that, a rumor is just a rumor. Are we here to have fun or not?"
"Yeah that's right!" exclaimed Anna, "But as to begin our fun how about….PILLOW FIGHT!" She raised a pillow and attack Nicole since she was right besides her, knocking her to the floor but immediately sat up and grab the nearest pillow near by.
"Oh, no you didn't!" she yelled as she gives it a swing at Anna, but she misses and instead hit Rose.
"Now it's on!"
All of the girls got their pillows and then everyone was under a pillow-war against each other. They got hit, they dodge and mostly throwing the pillows.
There were feathers flying everywhere from one of the pillows they hit and throw, it stitches unwoven and the feathers move freely in the air. Along with that, there were screaming, laughter, and fun.
But it was going to be unfortunate that this was the last time, and smile of Jessica Pacheco being with her friends.
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