A Wild Ride

Chapter 7: Part 2

“So not that I’m not having fun just being with you but….where are we going? Come on tell me”, I pleaded. We’ve been going down a seemingly endless road for the past half hour. I was started to get worried that I might be in danger but shrugged off the thought. This is Michael, my mate. He wouldn’t hurt me….right? The car pulled off to the side of the road in a hard stop. My heart jumped and I quickly looked for an escape. Michael unbuckled his seatbelt and took my shaking frantically moving hands.

“Listen to me Zephyr. I will never EVER hurt you. I love you. I need you. You’re my other half. I promised you. Derek promised you. Please trust me”. So much sincerity it could’ve been a real hallmark commercial….minus the whole overpriced card thing.

“I – I was scared sorry”, I said ashamed.

“You don’t have to apologize dude. I just wanted to surprise you for our date”, he said smiling. He leaned in and leaned his forehead to mine, calming me in the process. He placed a quick peck to my lips which I reciprocated. He broke it apart before things could go any further much to my disappointment.

“I was going to take you to this cool book store across the town before the movie. You love books and they have a really rare collection of them that I thought you’d like”, he said sheepishly. “Now that I think about it, it probably isn’t the best place for a date sorr-”, I cut him off with a kiss.

“That is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me”. He practically beamed of pride. My heart swelled seeing him so happy looking.

            The trip there didn’t take long and all my pre date jitters were almost nonexistent by then. The place was called Moe’s Books. And Michael was right. They had books I’d never even seen before. From rare comic books to really old cool novels. Michael paid for any book I wanted. Not wanting to be greedy I only got three and those three were relatively inexpensive compared to a lot of the others I saw. We left and sat outside the store on the benches overlooking the park across the street. The street lamp provided plenty of light and I sat with Michael, my chest to his back, and we read our books. He picked up a few for himself on the mythology of supernatural creatures. It was like an encyclopedia on the things that go bump in the night. He said that his great great grandfather wrote it as a warning to humans about some of the other not so friendly creatures out there. It was still and interesting read nonetheless.

            It was a nice first date. The movie was alright.  A cool action movie with drama, conflict, and enough CGI to keep us entertained for the next hour and a half. The date may or may not have ended with lots of making out in the car before leaving and after we got back. I wanted to do more, but I felt that I really wasn’t ready yet. He dropped me off at my dorm and walked me all the way to my dorm room. He kissed my neck from behind as I put in the combo, and I felt my knees get weak. I turned to face his lips crashing into mine. His tongue demanding entrance into my compliant mouth as his hands explored my back and landed on my rump which he grabbed territorially. We broke apart after a bit to catch our breath. A small crowd at the end of the hall looked at us and snickered making kissing noises.

“Jesus isn’t this college?”, I thought to myself.

“Call you tomorrow?”, he said breaking me from my thoughts.

“Sure. Definitely.”, I said as he kissed me once more before leaving. The group down the hall dissipated as Michael made his exit. Since there were a couple of guys and girls in the dorm who were gay themselves, it was a little more tolerating. My roommates were gone again and I was beat so I headed up to my bunk and checked my phone real quick for messages. I had a couple from Derek which I returned especially his “I love you” one and sent a flirtatious one back myself. Afterwards, I couldn’t keep the metaphorical weight off my eyelids anymore and I fell asleep with a smile on my face. For the first time in a while I had a dream. A black wolf with azure eyes staring at me almost guarding. The thought kept me at ease as I slept.

(Sorry for big gaps between parts, i just got back from my wifi-less spring break and im suffering from a bit of writers block. i knwo where i wanna take this story but i wanna do it slow with some build. thanks for all the support and please like, chare a comment)