Chapter 17 (Part 1)
Dear Elena,
…now I'm standing here
It should have been me and you
It could have been you and me
Now all I've got are these photographs
-Rihanna feat Will.
Is it possible that everything you've ever felt for someone could change…over a long course of time? I wasn't sure what exactly happened, or when this happened but something about me and about I feel has changed completely. I always used to think it's Jeremy, it will always be Jeremy…
I don't think it is anymore…
As usual, I need to start from the beginning. I hope you're prepared because this is a long story…So I decided to spend the last four days after Christmas obsessing over Michael Craine. I was treating him like some high profile person who needed to be found. I found his parents, Jane and Simone Craine. Simone Craine was my grandfather nephew. Now you may ask yourself why then is my surname Bennett? That's what Enzo asked a day after Christmas.
"Bennetts…in general are what you would call the first feminist this world has ever seen," I shrug, "You rarely find men in our bloodline and when you do, and funnily enough they want no part in magic…so they don't activate their powers." We were sitting by the table drinking coffee while I skimmed through his file that Enzo graciously gave me.
"It's possible to not activate your power," He said looking at me, "I thought it was natural."
"Well it is," I sigh looking at him, "Ever heard of the myth mother nature?"
"Yeah?" he said with a confused expression. I should really capture that face for you, it is honestly so priceless.
"Well that story sort of goes with witches," I shrugged, "I don't of you've noticed, you won't normally a male witch. They exist but that's generally in covens. But not like me or any of my other ancestors who went out on their own."
"Because that's not sexist at all?" Enzo chuckles.
"Actually it's not," I said to him, "Because nature's way of working was that because woman were told to be more maternal…you know linked with that whole ideology of nature vs. nurture crap, we were meant to be the witches. Men being bold and strong were told to be something more beastly."
"A wolf!" He says with a shine in his eye.
"Exactly," I smile at him, "It was just nature's way of working…nature's way of finding between the two."
"And vampires?"
"Well that was a witch that did that." She shrugged, "It always starts with a witch…but a witch needs to get her idea from somewhere, so I'm convinced that was because of the wolves. But that's just my theory."
"But back on the witch topic," He says, "You say that the whole mother nature, only female thing has to with the fact that your grandmother kept her surname."
"Well that's the reason my mom did too." I say to him, "My parents did have a deal, though if I was a boy…I was to become Hopkins and if I was a girl…Bennett."
"Naturally." He grins, "On the contrary, I'm glad you're a girl."
"Oh yeah? Why?" I grin at him questionably.
"The male version of you would have probably landed up in a lot fist fights with me." He says to me with a smug expression.
"I probably would have won all of those."
"How do you reckon that?" He says frowning with humour, "I am a vampire after all."
"Yeah but fist fights entail that you have fists," I shrug and then point at his hand, "I've cut one of your off before."
I can't help but laugh at his expression on his face. It's mixed with humour and the fact that he doesn't have a comeback for that. I grab my camera and snap it, catching him off guard.
"What are you doing?"
"Taking a picture of you!" I say continuing to snap uncontrollably.
"And what do you plan on doing with these pictures exactly?"
"Why are you so shy all of a sudden?" I ask him while he tries to hide a very sweet and shy smile but look away. He holds his hand out to cover the lens of the camera, "Come on give me your best pose!"
"I'm not doing this!" He grins and stands up and I follow him into the kitchen as he places his mug in the sink, "You know you'd be the perfect candidate for paparazzi."
"Yeah because following Kim all day would make me completely happy." I say sarcastically as I continue to snap and look at the picture. He then uses vampire speed to grab the camera, "Hey!" I protest.
"My turn!" He says taking pictures of me. The flash goes off profusely. I hold my hand out so he can stop taking pictures of me, even though I can't stop smiling, "So tell me Bonnie Bennett…what's it like to be you?" He continues to snap.
"Well Lorenzo! If you must know-"
"Oooh, full name…we are feeling very formal today!" He smiles as he takes photos.
"I am actually," I say moving around to the lounge as he takes pictures, "since you are doing a full profile one me."
"I have to say, you seem to love the camera," He says, "But not as much as it loves you."
"How many times have you used that on a woman?" I say raising an eyebrow at him.
"I've used it on many girls actually," He says, "Never a woman…you'd happen to be the first."
I look at him with wide eyes and I don't know what happened Elena, he stopped snapping and looked back me. He lowered the camera and just looked at me with deep hazel eyes…and for a moment I felt, warm?
"You have the most beautiful eyes I have seen…" He said completely mesmerized. He lift his hand slowly but before it could even tough my face he dropped it and shook his head, as if he had been possessed by something. He smiled at me and handed the camera back to me, "You should have those printed…I'm sure it would be good gas when we look at them."
"Yeah I will." I say walking back to the table to do more research, "I should probably get back to this."
"Yeah," He smiled, "I should get back to work. I'll see you later."
Then he was gone leaving me to continue working.
I convinced myself that-that moment that we shared was nothing. That it was just both dazed by the flash from the camera. Even that night when I looked at the pictures that we took of each other, I pretended that me looking at his perfectly angled smile was just how acted every time I took a picture something or someone. I convinced myself that when he walked through the door again I would be the same hostile Bonnie when he teased me about something. I convinced myself that my eyes were just glowing from the flash and that glow was something that he mistook for beauty.
I convinced myself for five days.
Until New Year's Eve when I was just left confused.
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Authors Note…
I love suspense, don't you? Well I'm guessing I'm going to be hearing from a lot of angry people today begging for the next chapter. All I can say is all in due time. I'm just kidding, it will be up soon. I literally have it already. I'm just making a few changed, so just relax and breathe and I promise you will have part 2 now.
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