Dead Bite

Chapter 5

I open my eyes. I am on a beach with white sand and clear blue water. A little hermit crab scurries across the sand. The cool water hugs my feet while the sun blankets me. I stretch my chin up, not a single cloud in the sky. I start walking on the warm sand and look around at the little creatures that inhabit this area. In the water swims little pools of minnows; in front of me lay a starfish, all bright and red. I hear a voice in the distance. I pan my head in that direction. I doid not see anyone; yet, the voice becomes louder and louder.
"Damien?" I call.
"Kaylee!" The voice yells. It is Damien's voice.
"Damien!" I yell.
"Kaylee!" I feel the whole world start shaking and crumpling down. What is happening to this beautiful world?
"I am right here! Why can't you hear me?" I scream trying to get my voice out to him. My world is becoming black. The water turns to blood and the little pools of minnows turn into vicious piranhas. The sun no longer gives me warmth, but instead, gives me a storm. The little hermit crab I had seen scurry across the ground is now a terrifying wolf. Thunder crackles and my world is being torn apart. I run across the black sand as fast as I can. The wolf chases me. Where am I going to go? That is when I see a light. It is small and faint almost like a lantern. The light becomes bigger and brighter the closer I get to it. I shield my eyes and open them once again. I am now in a white room with a blinding light shinning on me. I look around, blurry-eyed, and see Damien, George, the other male, and Elizabeth. Damien has his hands on my shoulder and is shaking me. I notice a small bowl of water, blood, and glass.
"Kaylee," Damien wraps his arms around me. I feel naked. I look down and notice that all I have on is a blanket and a pair of underwear; consequently, it is my old lace underwear.
"What happened?" I croak. My throat is dry and I feels cold.
"You don't remember?" George asks. I lean my head back and close my eyes. All I remember is the dream I was just having," I reply.
"So you don't remember jumping out the window?" The memory rushes back to me. I close my eyes and put my hands in front of my eyes. Oh, God. I am quickly brought back to that moment. I cover my eyes and shook my head.
"Get away from me!" I cry. Luke was on top "toying" with me.
"Please! Stop!" I snap out of my memory. Damien has his arms around me. I cry into his arms.
"Why did you jump out of the window?" He asks. I shake my head and cry even harder.
"Kaylee," George interrupts,"if you tell us we can deal with them."
"Lu... Luke tried..." I cannot finish it.
"Did he touch you?" Damien asks now angry. I nod my head and he pulls away from me.
"I will be right back," Damien answers. He starts heading for the door.
"Damien," I lean to grab his shirt but missed and fell to the floor. I hit the ground. Damien turns around and rushes to me.
"Why would you do that?" He asks picking me up and placing me back on the bed.
"Don't leave me alone," I cry holding his sleeve. "Not again." Damien sighs and wraps his arms around me.
"I won't, not ever again."
"Can I get some clothes?" I ask after a bit of crying.
"You can't," George answers. "Your back needs to heal before you can. As well as walking, standing, and moving to a certain degree."
"Huh, can you at least have something to warm me up?" Right when I say this Damien climbs into bed with me and wraps his arms around my chest, covering me up. His warmth is making me warm as well as my blushing.
"Well, I have done all I can do. If you need anything just shout," George smiles as he leaves the room. He closes the door behind him, leaving only me, Damien's mom, and Damien. Damien looked at me with sorrow and then at his mom.

"I will leave you two alone," she says as she exits the room.

"What was your dream about?" He asks as soon as his mom shuts the door.
"A beach," I answer. "It was beautiful and then I heard your voice and it crumpled and rotted."
"Oh and can you describe the beach?"
"Um, it was beautiful. The sky was clear of all clouds, the sand was white, the water was a clear blue with minnows swimming around and a little hermit crab," I explain. "Once I heard your voice the whole world shook and became dark. The sky was dark and a storm was brewing, the sand turned muddy, the water was blood and the minnows turned into piranhas. The little hermit crab turned into a vicious wolf. The wolf chased me until I ran through the light."
"Why did it crumple and turn to rot?"
"Why do you keep asking me questions?" I retort.
"Because I am interested in your dream. Now go on," he smiles.
I sigh," I have no idea why it turned to rot. It was like my world, my precious world was becoming an infected itself. Although I was in my world it was as if that world was me. It quickly turned to an infected. The bloody water represented the blood that flows when infected kills. The cloudy sky represents the confusion in my head. The minnows turning into piranhas represented the feast infected eat in such little time. And the little hermit crab turning into a wolf well, I do not know what that represented."
"Could it be that the wolf represented the fear you hold inside yourself? Could it be that you are trying to be tough when really you are weak?"
"I am not weak!" I said agitatedly. "I hate feeling weak and helpless."
"Like when Luke violated you?" He asks. I feel my eyes become watery again.
"Yes," I answer while holding back tears.
"What did he do to you?"
"He straddled me on the bed and held my hands above my head. He kissed my neck and would not stop," I answer meekly.
"What did you do to get away?"
"He got close enough to my blade that you gave me to cut his face. I ran out of the room and shut the door," I was now in a trance I could not escape. "He banged on the door. I had to get away. The only way out without him catching me was through the window. I had thought it over, I mean, I was only on the second floor. I pushed all thoughts of jumping out the window out of my mind. I ran at it and jumped. The door flung open right when I made an impact...." Damien shook me out of my trance.
"Kaylee, Kaylee it is okay." I look into his eyes.
"I thought I was going to die," I whisper. He wraps his arms around me and kisses my head.
"I will not let that happen again," he answers. Then there is a ruckus outside. Damien lets go of me and walks over to the window.
"What's going on?" I ask tilting my head.
"It looks like a few people are dealing with Luke," he smiles. I swing my legs off the edge of the bed with pain shooting up my spine. I hold the blanket to myself to keep warm and covered. Damien turns around and picks me up. "You are not supposed to be walking or standing." He carries me to the window where I see the gruesomeness. George, Hank, Jacob, and Zachariah are all gridding, Luke. Luke is already bloodied up. I can hear them yelling.
"Why would you hurt her?" Jacob yells.
"I didn't hurt her!" Luke screams.
"She said you violated her!" Jacob screams back. "Why would you do that to Damien's girl?"
"Why does Damien get that girl? I bet I could get her just as well as Damien has her!" Zachariah takes a punch and clips his head. Luke stumbles back.
"You know she loves Damien and Damien loves her! He even gave her a ring!" When I look back at Luke he is staring at me with a mean smirk.
"Damien, take me away from the window please." I cringe. He taks me away from the window and sits down on the bed with me in his lap.
"What is the matter?" he asks.
"Luke was staring at me with a smirk. Why are they doing this for me? They have known me for only two days."
Damien sighs," It is because your my girl. I have never loved someone as much as I love you. I haven't even shown an interest in any girls here until I met you."
"Well, I have never seen any other guy except for my dad. There was that one time where I watched a guy my age get his face ripped off. That was fun," I laugh awkwardly. It was a horrible site to see. 
"That sounds interesting. Would you like to explain?" He laughs.
"Sure," I face him and look into his emerald eyes. I see joy and happiness in his eyes. I have not seen this in a person before. All I have seen in a person is horror, fear, and the urge to kill. I have seen so many people die. So many kill themselves because they could not take the pain anymore. I would never be like that. I would never want to leave Damien's side. As long as I am not bit, but that could not happen.
"I love you, Damien," I smile. He grabs my chin.
"I love you too," he kisses me. I decide this time, I would kiss him back. I pull away and look into his eyes.
"Do you feel the electricity jolt through your body when we kiss?" I ask.
"Yeah," he answers moving toward my lips.
"Why is that?"
He laughs," it is because we have a chemical connection. Even in this world, there can still be love. And with Cinna, babies can live in this world." To be honest, I wanted Damien. I felt the urge to kiss him.
"Damien,"
"Ye..." before he could answer I push my lips against his. I pull away.
"Why did you save me?" I ask sadly.
"What do you mean?"
"Today, when you found me. I was partially dead. I felt myself slipping away."
"I would not care if you were bit and dying. I would never let you go." Damien starts blushing for some odd reason.
"Damien why are you blushing?" I ask.
"The blanket," he answers. I look down and notice the blanket was not covering me anymore. My face becomes a furnace, burning hot and red. I pull the covers up and put my head against Damien. I am so embarrassed. I cover my face as much as I can. My back begins to hurt.
"What's the matter?" He ask. "It is nothing to be embarrassed about," I look up at him. He chuckles,"awe, you are so red."
"It is very embarrassing," I murmur. "Nothing embarrassing had happened to you."
"Embarrassing things happen to me all the time, you just never notice," he smile.
"Like what?" I ask. He chuckles a fake laugh.
"If you want to know then you will have to pay more attention," he smiles. Then he looks outside. "It's getting late," he sighs," time for bed." He picks me up and moves me around so I am laying on the bed. He lays me down and then goes to the couch.
"Damien," I call. "Can... can you lay with me?" He comes back over and lays beside me. I carefully pick myself up and lay on Damien so I am facing him. I push my head against Damien's chest. This is when I feel something push up against me. My heartbeat quickens and I can tell Damien knew it too. I scoot up so I can hear his heartbeat, but instead of being his heartbeat I hear him moan. I can not help but laugh. I look up at Damien and notice his face was bright red.
"Kaylee, don't do that."
"But I was trying to see how fast your heart was beating." I scoot up a smidge more and he moans. He wraps his arms around me and runs his hands up my back.
"Ow, Damien that hurts," I whine. He pulls his hands away.
"I'm sorry. I forgot," he apologizes. I turn so that my back is against him but he holds his moan in. He wraps his arms around the front and he pushes on my chest. I gasp at the sudden jolt of pleasure.
"Pay backs a bitch Isn't it?" He laughs. I feel him tense up. I tilt my head back and see his glowing green eyes. Those are his lust and love eyes; however, there is something different. They are brighter than usual. Damien moves so I am laying on the bed and he is on top.
"I might not be able... to control myself this time," he looks down at me with his love eyes.
"Damien?" He pushes his lips against my neck and pulls on the blanket, which uncovers my almost naked self. I cover myself with my arms and hands. I can tell Damien is making sure not to put all his weight on me. He grabs my wrist and puts them above my head. He kisss and begins sucking on my neck.
"Damien," I whine. He runs his other hand up my thigh and up my torso. I shiver at the touch of his skin. He feels so good.
"Can I make you mine?" He asks looking deep into my eyes. "I won't hurt you." His eyes tempt with my imagination.
"Yes," I answer.

We lay in bed panting and sweaty. I feel so tired and completely drained.Damien was easy on me and did not hurt my back. Damien kisses my forehead.
"Did I hurt you?" He asks running his hand through my hair.
"It hurts a bit," I answer. "The scars on my back hurt quiet a bit, but you didn't hurt me much."
"It will the first time or two and I'm sorry." He rubs my back softly while I fumble around with the ring Damien gave me. He really does love me and I really love him. I have never felt this way about anyone except for my mom and dad.
"So Damien, about our conversation earlier. Could a baby survive in a world like this?" I ask.
"It just depends on how well the parents are with kids and how well the parents can survive."
"But what about Cinna?"
Damien sighs,"Cinna's husband died a while back. Cinna was at home with Sam and he was very sick. She went to check on her husband and found he had turned. He bit at her and so she had to put him down. That is why I wanted you to meet her and that is why you guys will get along so well. Now, enough talking. You need to sleep." He brushes my hair.
"Hmm, good night Damien. I love you," I cuddle up against him.
"I love you too Kaylee. Sleep well."
"Please don't leave me while I sleep," I ask already half asleep.
"I promise I won't leave you, not ever again."