Chapter 3

Maddy had climbed off of Rhydian and sat down next to him. Rhydian just sat there with a confused look on his face.

After taking a deep breath Maddy began to speak. "Rhydian two things. Why were we speaking in a different language and did you just call me your mate?"

Rhydian now had a blush rushing across his face. He had been so caught up in the moment he didn't even realize that they hadn't been speaking english. The reason for his blush was that he had admitted his love for Maddy.

"Uh maybe it's an effect of the blood moon. Ya know." Rhydian said nervously. He didn't want Maddy to know that he was in love with her because he thought it was embarrassing. "Besides I didn't mean mate the way you probably thought I meant it. It was more like pal, chum,a good uh friend. Ye-yeah." Rhydian said trying to play it cool.

Maddy looked dejected. She couldn't believe he had just said that after what had just happened. Maddy could feel tears threatening to fall from her eyes, but there was no way she was gonna let that happen in front of Rhydian. Not trusting her own voice at this moment she got up and walked over to the window. The blood moon was still high in the night sky, but this time Maddy wasn't captivated by is crimson glow as she was before.

"So umm.." Maddy started trying to find the words "We uh we were talking in a different language. Yeah. What do you think that was all about?" Maddy said thanking the part of her brain that was functioning enough to remember that.

" Oh yea?" Rhydian said coming out more as a question than he had wanted. Honestly he hadn't remembered much of what he had said. He didn't know if it was because it had only been a few words or because he had been enjoying himself too much.

Maddy had just stood there by the window staring at Rhydian as he was deep in thought. Maddy loved looking at him. She loved his spiked blonde hair, emerald eyes, and defined jawline. Maddy had got so caught up in staring at him she didn't even hear what Rhydian had asked her.

"Maddy why do you think we didn't transform?" Rhydian asked again slightly louder since she seemed to not hear him the first time.

"Oh I don't know?" Was all Maddy could say after being pulled out of her trance like state. Maddy didn't want him to figure out that she had been staring so said the first thing she thought of. " That's a good question. Umm are you hungry? Because I am. Yeah I'm starving. I think mum left a roast or something. I'll go look." Maddy said as she rushed off to the fridge. Rhydian just gave her a weird look and leaned back on the sofa. Maddy was mentally slapping herself for being and sounding so stupid a moment ago. After quickly recomposing herself she came back to where Rhydian was.

"So did you find something to eat?" Rhydian asked staring up at the ceiling.

"Huh oh yea. I'm actually not that hungry, but I really tired so I'm gonna go to my room see ya in the morning." And with that Maddy sprinted up to her room. Rhydian so now more confused than ever, not to mention he was now alone in her livingroom.

Rhydian Pov

I can't believe I told Maddy I thought of her as a pal. How stupid is that?I thought to himself. I looked around the room everything was dim except for the crimson light spilling into the room. I could still smell Maddy and mine's scent mixed together. Her scent was so different from mine. Her scent always made me feel safe.

I looked down at my hands and noticed the black veins were gone. I get up and start to head towards the stairs leading to Maddy's room, but then I stopped. She probably doesn't even want to talk to me right now. I thought. I'm such a loser. I need to tell Maddy my feelings for her without this stupid blood moon making us do things we don't want to.

Come on now you know that's not true. A little voice said in the back of my head. Wow now I have thoughts interrupting my thoughts great. I thought to myself as I turned around and headed towards the door.

No One's Pov

Maddy woke up early the next morning with puffy bloodshot eyes. She had cried herself to sleep the night before. Immediately she noticed that Rhydian's scent had faded from the house. At this realization she got up from her bed and ran downstairs to find an empty living room and den.

Rhydian must've left after I went upstairs. Maddy thought to herself sitting on the couch.

Maddy decided to turn on the tv, surprisingly she wasn't hungry after not eating anything the night before and she didn't question it. Maddy was flipping through channels trying to distract herself, but it wasn't working. She had so many questions. Why hadn't Rhydian and herself
transformed last night? Did Rhydian really not have feeling for her? What was the strange language they had been speaking and why? Why hadn't she listened to her parents warning about the Blood moon. That's when Maddy got a thought. She could call her parents. Maddy reached for the phone and was about to start dialing when it occurred to her that she would have to admit that she had been wrong.

No I can't call mum and dad. They'd so say I told you so. Plus how would I describe to them what had happened last night. Maddy thought to herself now frustrated putting the phone back down. Maddy went back up to her room to think. She couldn't concentrate being in the room her and Rhydian had been in.

Maddy sighed thinking about Rhydian. Soon tears started to form in her eyes once again. As she made it up to her room Maddy saw her phone flashing and walked over to it. It had been Rhydian. He had left a few text messages and she had just missed his call. Maddy had been tempted to call him back, but she hesitated. Maddy had no idea what she would've said to him. Maddy just sat her phone down and flopped on the bed.

Hopefully this whole thing will have blown over by school on monday. And even if it doesn't I'll just ignore Rhydian until my parents get back. Maddy sighed thinking to herself. She knew ignoring Rhydian would be difficult but not half as difficult as explaining this to her parents. Maddy rolled over in bed and stared up at the ceiling before closing her eyes to get some more sleep.