Cupcakes
Luke stood there dumbfounded as I began pulling out flour, sugar, butter, and all the things we would need to make cupcakes. I was smiling at how completely shocked he was so I asked, "What? You never bake anything before?" Luke shook his head in disbelief then he looked straight into my eyes and said, "Actually no, I have never baked anything in my entire existence!" This new information made my smile even bigger, as I said, "Well then consider this your first lesson in the culinary art of cupcake making." Luke smirked and said, "Oh wise one tell me your cupcake ways!" His words were dripping with sarcasm but his eyes showed a twinkle of curiosity. I went to preheat the oven, and then I put him to work.
For a vampire that's never baked anything before he was pretty good, he cracked the eggs without leaving any of the shell in the batter, he measured everything precisely. He was doing all of this with great concentration that we weren't talking to one another. As much as I liked watching Luke work so diligently, I really couldn't handle the silence so I went over to our radio and the song "You're the One that I Want" from the musical Grease came on, and as the first guitar chords came on I saw Luke twitching to the beat shifting his weight from side to side also on the beat. Then with the stirring bowl still in his hand he turns to me and sang in the best John Travolta impression I've ever seen. Having the bowl in one hand and hip thrusting at the same time, when the girls part came on I tried my best to act as good as him, throwing the towel I had in my hand to the ground and moving my hips from side to side making sure to add some extra infuses that they were on beat. Once we got to the chorus Luke had set down the bowl and we were dancing together in the middle of my kitchen hand jiving away to the music. Luke took my hands in his and we began to jitterbug inside my kitchen. Luke never missed a beat, singing in key and dancing to perfection. Unfortunately the song ended and as it did the magical spell was over. Luke held me close to him as he whispered in my ear, "See that wasn't so bad. Now I know why you do that ...it was actually...fun." I pulled away from him just so he could see my huge smile, I was so happy that I couldn't even describe it, I then said, "Now you can always remember the first time you've ever baked cupcakes and ever danced in my kitchen!" Luke's eyes twinkled with joy as I stared into the caramel orbs that were his eyes. As soon as I caught my breath I quickly said, "And speaking of cupcakes we should put these in the oven." I then moved around him and placed a tray in the oven and set it for 12 minutes. When I turned around Luke was right behind me when he saw my surprised expression he scooped me into his arms holding me in the middle of the kitchen drawing me closer to his cool hard chest I felt his body shake in trembles I looked up to see what was wrong but when I saw his face all I saw was joy and happiness it was then that I realized that he was shaking in jubilation. He moved his head down his lips lightly brushing my jaw; he then proceeded to move his lips to mine kissing me with so much joy that I could feel it in his kiss. He deepened it pulling me closer to him when he reluctantly released me lips I was a little bit dazed while I asked, "What was that for?" Luke chuckled lightly and answered, "Just for making this day the best that I've ever had!"
" Better than last night?"
"Better than last night...better than any day of my existence... Because your here!" I blushed deeply burying my head in his chest,"Don't be embarrassed! Lily..." Luke then grabbed my chin forcing me to look into his mesmerizing eyes and continued, "...Lily because of you I can feel almost human again, I have never loved anyone or anything the way I love you! Never forget that!" I nodded slowly, but then I smiled widely saying, "So are you gonna put me down or do you want to hold me like this for the rest of the day?" Luke looked a little torn and asked, "Are we planning to do anything else?" I thought about it and then said, "Yes, I think you're going to like it ."
"Of course I will!" Luke then set me down and continued,"What are we going to do?" I smiled slyly and said, "We're going to watch a movie, a very casual, normal, none supernatural themed movie."
"What are we going to watch?" I gave another smile because I knew he was going to laugh at this, "We are going to be watching the amazing movie Thumbelina, and yes it is the movie about a girl no bigger than your thumb!" I was right Luke burst out into laughter as he tried to stifle a chuckle he asked, "Isn't that a kid's movie?" I glared at him playfully and said, "It just so happens to be one of my favorites."
Luke smiled as he followed me into our living room where I popped the movie into the DVD player and pressed play. Luke was lying on my couch casually as I came to sit next to him I then decided to curl up next to him, during the course of the movie I could steal a couple glances at his face and he looked like he was enjoying himself. We got to the part where the fairy prince Cornelius catches Thumbelina singing to herself , blushing in remembrance of my very own encounter of being caught singing to myself I leaned back in order to hind the embarrassment . Luke saw it and grinned saying, "Maybe this movie is a little more realistic then we thought!" I smiled at his understanding. When the fairy prince started to sing "Let Me Be Your Wings" I could feel Luke's arms encircle me and pull me closer. It wasn't until the part were Thumbelina and Cornelius had so say goodbye that the beeper for the cupcakes went off I got up to get it when I felt Luke's strong cold hand around my wrist pulling me back, I looked at him bewildered and said, "I have to get the cupcakes out of the oven or they'll burn Luke!" Luke's eye glazed over, his jaw clenched, he then pulled me all the way back to the couch. Pinning me to the couch cushions, I was about to ask him what the hell was going on when he put his hand over my mouth. I could feel the tension in his hand, it scared me a little had I done something wrong? Was it the cupcakes? There was a quick knock on my door and then nothing, I tried to get up to answer it but Luke held me down hard I couldn't move a thing. He slowly released me allowing me to get up I told him, "Go take the cupcakes from the oven before they burn if you do it, it would go faster." Luke nodded and left the room, I went to the door opened it and on the door step was a single red rose attached to it was a card it read, "Soon" in an elegant script. As I turned back to the movie the frog had just kidnapped Thumbelina, for some odd reason this sent a shiver down my spine, as the words Luke had said rang in my ears, "Maybe this movie is a little more realistic then we thought." Luke came back eyeing me and the rose his eyes went wide and he grabbed for it I gave it to him willingly still trying to get over the eerie note "Soon" ...Soon for what? Luke smelled the rose as if his life depended on it his eyes grew in horror as he found what he was looking for. Luke pulled silver and blue cell phone out of his pocket, I only heard one ring but then the ringing was replaced with the calm voice of Carlisle, Carlisle was in the middle of asking what's wrong when Luke broke in and said, "A Vampire has been to Lilies house! It left her a message on her door step!" I heard Carlisle murmur something else then he instructed Luke to do something and with that Luke hung up. His eyes finally met my worried gaze as I asked, "At the door... That was a vampire?" Luke nodded solemnly. Thus confirming that a vampire was at my house, on my door step, leaving me cryptic notes, and I had a feeling that it wasn't a vegetarian.