Chapter 3: A Walk On The Other Side

RPOV

"The grass isn't always greener on the other side. This statement has been around for centeries. Many have given up everything they have just to reach over the fence, and lose everything and realize, their side of the fence was greener. Others have found treasures in life they never knew exsisted just by jumping over the fence. It's a risk we all have to take at some point in our lives. The only question now is, how is willing to take that risk?" Mr. Ferguson had been on a rampage for days about all the things the Roman empire lost just by taking risks. I was more than glad when the bell rang and the lights flipped on.

I collected my belongings before standing up and walking out of the room to find my locker. We were nearly half way through the school year, and I was getting tired of Mr. Ferguson's long lecture's about things we've learned over and over again for the last three years. I still wasn't for sure what the roman empire had to do with Chemistry, but he always found a way to tie the lesson that made no sense at all into the chemistry part.

By lunch that day, I had never been so tired during school. The past few days we had been tracking a weird scent we found in the woods that had us all out of wack. Lyric, Quil Jr., and I had been up for at least three days patrolling at night. Need less to say, I hadn't been so happy in forever when I saw my bed later that day. I was suppose to patrol again that night, but I didn't even wake up until 1:30 the next day. I freaked out, started getting ready for school, even though by the time I would have gotten there it would have been 7th hour, and it wouldn't have mattered. It wasn't until I made it down stairs with my book bag and ready to head out the door that I realized, thanks to my little sister and brother sitting on the couch, that today was Saturday, and there was no school.

I threw myself down onto the recliner as they started laughing at me. I couldn't wait until they phased and realized it's not all fun and games. Then they wouldn't be laughing so much. My father walked in from the kitchen and asked to talk to me outside, so I followed him out the door and into the woods.

"Melody, I know it's not easy to forget about this visitor, and that you just want to find them and be able to rest at night peacefully knowing your loved ones are safe, but you have to take it easy. That used to be me in there, waking up late on a Saturday worrying that I was late for school. My father eventually made me take a break from the pack, stay home for a few weeks. I'm not going to do that to you, I know how much you love it, even during the tough times, but you gotta take a break." He paused for a second, then continued. "I'll cover for you tonight. Go out with some friends. You never do human things as much anymore. Take a walk on the other side for the night. Go out with Jordan and your friends. Have fun."

"Dad, it's not that easy. Sure, I'm human, and I need to interact in human activities, but I can't just turn my back on all of this. I love being a wolf. It's something I never want to give up. It's how I am. I can't just turn it off and on."

"Believe me, Mel. I understand. When you're mother was born, I had to make sure I phased every single day so that I wouldn't have any chance at all that I'd grow, so that she could catch up to me. When she started to get older than me in looks, it was the hardest thing I had done to go months without phasing so that I could grow more to be the same age as her in appereance. Some day, you'll have to do it as well. The easy part of it for me is your mother is done aging. She's going to live on forever and ever, and as long as I phase, I will as well. The hardest thing you'll have to do Mel, is when you imprint, your imprint will start age, and you'll want to do the same, but it will be hard to let your wolf go. It will always be apart of you, no matter what, but at some point, after your imprint is gone, You'll want to join them in the after life, and you'll have to let go. I'm sorry that's how things are, but we can't change that."

"I know dad. I know. But I haven't even imprinted yet, and it doesn't seem like I will any time soon, so do I really have to worry about it right now? Can't I just focus on Lyric's wedding Next weekend?" I asked.

"Just go out with your friends for the night, Mel. Go have some fun." He said as he hugged me tightly and sent me on my way to start out the night.

Later that night as we walked out of the movie, Allie couldn't stop talking about how the entire movie was beyond predictable. Max was chewing away at the rest of the popcorn, while Jordan and I were walking out, hand in hand. He had said he loves how I always feel like I have a fever, cause when he got cold, holding my hand would keep him warm. I guess that's why he never let go of me in the theater, cause even I could tell it was a bit chilly inside there.

When we got to our car's we said our goodbies for the night before going our separate ways. Jordan opened my door for me before walking around and getting in. He started the car and pulled out of the parking space, and headed for the road. He reached over to hold my hand with the one he didn't have on the wheel.

"I'm glad we went out tonight. It's been awhile since we've done anything. I've missed you." he said as he placed his lips on the back of my hand.

"Jordan, do you ever think what everyone says about us is true?" I asked. It had been something I had started to think about early when I was talking with my father, and I just couldn't get it out of my mind.

"What do people say?" He asked, not knowing what I was talking about, which would make sense because no one would ever say it to our faces, I had only over heard, thanks to my vampire hearing.

"Well, they say that we'll probably break up after graduation next month, cause we've been together so long, and college will be diffucult for us to stay together."

"Mel, never. They're all just jealous that we've found who we wanna be with forever at a young age. I promise, no matter what, even if you get into Darthmouth and I don't, or the other way around, we'll still be together. I swear, nothing will come between us. I love you, and nothing's going to change that. Nothing at all. Even if you told me that you're a super hero at night, regular teenager by day. I'm always going to love you. Never forget that." I hadn't noticed until then that we were sitting in the drive way of my house, but I didn't care just yet. I looked over at Jordan, not sure what to say.

"What if I'm not the hero, though?" I asked.

"Hun, there's not a mean bone in your body. Never could you be the bad guy. You may not be to nice to the younger girls at school that insist upon drooling over me, but of course, that's just natural, the way I hate the freshmen boys, but you'll always be a hero in my eyes. No matter what." He said as he leaned over to kiss me.

Jordan and I were like fire and ice when it came to our kisses. My warm lips on his cold ones felt like magic, and neither of us could ever get enough. As we both unbuckled our seat belts, now I understood what my mom meant by how her and Dad had a hard time controlling their attraction for each other when they kissed. Jordan's hands moved to my lower back to pull me as close as the car would allow us to get. I moved my hands up to his hair, pulling his face closer to mine. In just seconds, we were both nearly out of breath, and had to pull away for a second, but I couldn't handle it.

I pulled Jordan back, not willing to let the kiss end just yet. His hands tightened their grip around my waist, and all I could do was kiss him with so much passion, I'm sure you could feel the heat from outside of the car. Of three years of dating, you would think we had gone further than just a ten minute make out in his car outside of my house, but kissing was as far as we had gone.

As Jordan pulled back he looked at me and smiled. One thing I loved about him was how sometimes we didn't even have to say a word, and we were completely comfortable with the silence. I smiled back at him and kissed him once more, putting my hand on his cheek as I did.

I didn't mean to do it, not at all. But as the thought of our first kiss came into my mind, it just happened. I pulled back my hand and watched as shock flew over both of our faces.

"Wow! Mel, how did you do that?" He asked, proving to me that it had happened.

I had showed the image to him, not sure how. It had never happened to me before. I knew I had a power like my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings, but I never knew I had that one. As Jordan's aura flew with misunderstanding, amazement, and worry all at the same time, I started to worry as well. I had always been able to see peoples aura's. Ever since I was born, but never had I showed the past the way my mother can.

"I don't know what happened." I whispered as I looked down at my hand. "That's never happened before."

"You showed me our first kiss. I just don't know how. Maybe I just imagined it, and you did too at the same time, and it shocked us. I have no clue what happened." He said. I was relieved that he came up with a rational explaination.

"I gotta go." I said as my sister came outside and yelled for me to come in, and I had never been so happy to see her. Without touching him to much, I leaned over to kiss Jordan before getting out of his car and running straight to the house, not waiting for him to say anything. I ran straight for my parents room, tears streaming from my eyes without my permission.

I found my way into my mothers arms as she held me and began to ask what was wrong. I told her it was an accident, and that I didn't even know how I did it. I had almost blown everything. If he hadn't of come up with the idea he did, I didn't know how I would explain it to him. I had no clue what happened, nor why it decided to work at that moment.

"I didn't mean to do it, Momma. I don't know how it happened. I'm so scared he might figure it out and hate me. What do I do?" I sobbed.

"First, just breathe, baby. You gotta breathe. Calm down, and let me explain it to you. How it works, when you consintrate on an event from the past, it runs to the one place it know's how to exsit your memory, your hands. When you come in contact with someone at that moment, it runs to their brain, and they see it in their head. It's something that took me years to learn to control. You've obviously had this power since birth, but never allowed it to come through until tonight when your self-control wasn't paying attention, and let it go." My mother explained.

"But what if Jordan thinks I'm a freak and leaves and starts to tell everyone? I don't wanna move, Mom. I don't wanna lose Jordan. He's the only thing good in my life, and I just messed it up. He's going to hate me!"

"Melody, of course he won't hate you. Baby, just calm down. He's not going to leave. You said he found a reasonable explaination for it, and he believes it. He doesn't hate you, nor do I see him ever hating you. Jordan loves you, Melody, and you know that just as well as I do. Come here." She said as she pulled me to my room by the hand. She went to my desk, pulled out a photo album and then flipped it to a page before handing it to me.

I looked down to find a picture of us that my little sister had taken. It was of Jordan and I sitting by the pool, our feet dangling into the water, while we were trying to let our bathing suits dry out to where we could get into his car without getting his seats wet. He had his hand on my neck as he was leaning over to kiss me, and I braced myself with both hands on either side of the concret on both sides of my body.

Jordan had helped me with making this photo album, and that picture was the first one in the section we had dedicated to me and him. He wrote under that picture with a black sharpie, and as I read it, I knew my mother was right.

Melody, I love you more than the air I breathe. I don't know what my life would be like without you in it. You've changed me. For the better. I know now what it truly feels like to be alive, to be loved. You mean more to me than the stars do to the moon. I love you, Mel. Nothing in this entire universe will ever change that. I love you forever, never forget that.

-Jordan Christoper Martin

I knew then, I could tell Jordan what really happened, what I really am, and that he'd still stay by my side, forever. Jordan truly did love me, no matter what. But when would be the best time for me to tell him? I decided that night when I fell asleep with a smile on my face, I'd let fate decide when I tell him. And boy did fate have perfect timing.

A/N: When is fate's perfect timing? Stay tuned to find out(: Please review(: