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chilly tonight,” he shrugged.
I grinned at him gratefully and locked up the house before we left. We didn't say much on the way, he was humming along to music and I was looking out the window fighting back tears of anger as I thought of Annie going through the trouble and against the will of the elders just to tell me Nikolai wanted me to stop playing games. GAMES! Why on earth would Nikolai think I want to marry him right now and everyone else for that matter since I’m apparently being calling his fiancé already? I shouldn’t be in this situation until I am at least 20. Is this being rushed just because we are ‘supposed’ to be together because of our nearness in age and similarities in our family background? Whatever happened to choice? He seemed to adore me but in the ‘I’m going to be an elder someday and you’re going to be my prized wife’ kind of way. He was always going on about the laws of the elders and hunting, and humans being a lesser species.
We had never been humans, unlike made vampires, but I still felt compassion for them. Made vampires can’t have children since their organs are human organs frozen in time, whereas born vampires have adapted over the years and can have children. It’s a blessing really because it’s probably the only thing stopping male vampires from choosing a trophy wife out of the human population since they would be pretty much worthless since they couldn’t carry on the gene line. Made vampires could also never be elders and weren’t held to as high of standards as born vampires.
I did have the right to turn Nikolai down but it was pretty much unheard of, and I was the natural choice of a wife for him, we were childhood friends after all. I always knew this time would come I just always thought it wouldn’t be so soon. Turning Nikolai down would destroy him I know, as civilized as he may seem to me, vampires in his position, radiating with the power that he does, have gone on a rampage for lesser things.
I was beginning to feel really sorry for myself something that was happening all too frequently for my liking, and was trying harder to fight back the tears swelling up in my eyes when I felt Noah’s hand on mine. He lightly squeezed and looked at me with concern. We were parked now. I could hear music playing from the car next to us and see Lindsey laughing, talking to Sean as she helped him take a pink surfboard off the top of her car. I sighed and shaking off my glum mood, squeezed his hand back, “Race you to the water!” I had my belt off and the door open in one motion and ran to the water laughing as I dived in. when I came up I wiped my face, grinning, and looked around the waves for Noah without luck. I turned in a circle frowning until my eyes landing on the beach. He was grinning at me from a towel, soaking wet.
“ What the -? How did you beat me and I not see you?” I ran out of the water and tackled him hard, laughing. My shove didn't do much though with my weakened human body and he quickly had me on my back with him leaning over me. Realization of our position hit us both at the same time and our faces turned serious and we flushed.
“ Why I don’t think I’ve ever seen this shade of red on a lady’s cheeks before” He drawled jokingly.
“ I could say the same about a certain gentleman’s cheeks” I replied softly.
That didn't make him move though. Surely he could feel my heart beating out of my chest. I was pretty sure I could hear his responding. He slowly wiped sand gently off my forehead, kissed it and flopped down next to me, shielding the sun from his eyes with his arm across his face.
What just happened? That was the most intense moment of my life. He just kissed me. As if to remind me of that, my lips tingled with jealousy and I touched them absentmindedly. Lindsey walked up, laying a towel down next to us, giggling as Sean came up behind her and smacked her butt lightly before bounding
I grinned at him gratefully and locked up the house before we left. We didn't say much on the way, he was humming along to music and I was looking out the window fighting back tears of anger as I thought of Annie going through the trouble and against the will of the elders just to tell me Nikolai wanted me to stop playing games. GAMES! Why on earth would Nikolai think I want to marry him right now and everyone else for that matter since I’m apparently being calling his fiancé already? I shouldn’t be in this situation until I am at least 20. Is this being rushed just because we are ‘supposed’ to be together because of our nearness in age and similarities in our family background? Whatever happened to choice? He seemed to adore me but in the ‘I’m going to be an elder someday and you’re going to be my prized wife’ kind of way. He was always going on about the laws of the elders and hunting, and humans being a lesser species.
We had never been humans, unlike made vampires, but I still felt compassion for them. Made vampires can’t have children since their organs are human organs frozen in time, whereas born vampires have adapted over the years and can have children. It’s a blessing really because it’s probably the only thing stopping male vampires from choosing a trophy wife out of the human population since they would be pretty much worthless since they couldn’t carry on the gene line. Made vampires could also never be elders and weren’t held to as high of standards as born vampires.
I did have the right to turn Nikolai down but it was pretty much unheard of, and I was the natural choice of a wife for him, we were childhood friends after all. I always knew this time would come I just always thought it wouldn’t be so soon. Turning Nikolai down would destroy him I know, as civilized as he may seem to me, vampires in his position, radiating with the power that he does, have gone on a rampage for lesser things.
I was beginning to feel really sorry for myself something that was happening all too frequently for my liking, and was trying harder to fight back the tears swelling up in my eyes when I felt Noah’s hand on mine. He lightly squeezed and looked at me with concern. We were parked now. I could hear music playing from the car next to us and see Lindsey laughing, talking to Sean as she helped him take a pink surfboard off the top of her car. I sighed and shaking off my glum mood, squeezed his hand back, “Race you to the water!” I had my belt off and the door open in one motion and ran to the water laughing as I dived in. when I came up I wiped my face, grinning, and looked around the waves for Noah without luck. I turned in a circle frowning until my eyes landing on the beach. He was grinning at me from a towel, soaking wet.
“ What the -? How did you beat me and I not see you?” I ran out of the water and tackled him hard, laughing. My shove didn't do much though with my weakened human body and he quickly had me on my back with him leaning over me. Realization of our position hit us both at the same time and our faces turned serious and we flushed.
“ Why I don’t think I’ve ever seen this shade of red on a lady’s cheeks before” He drawled jokingly.
“ I could say the same about a certain gentleman’s cheeks” I replied softly.
That didn't make him move though. Surely he could feel my heart beating out of my chest. I was pretty sure I could hear his responding. He slowly wiped sand gently off my forehead, kissed it and flopped down next to me, shielding the sun from his eyes with his arm across his face.
What just happened? That was the most intense moment of my life. He just kissed me. As if to remind me of that, my lips tingled with jealousy and I touched them absentmindedly. Lindsey walked up, laying a towel down next to us, giggling as Sean came up behind her and smacked her butt lightly before bounding
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