Beautiful

Chapter Four: The First Frontier

Arabella's Point of View

        "Running from my past, I'm praying feet don't fail me now," - _The Drug in me is You_, Falling in Reverse.

                                      ***Chapter Four***

         Stephen and I were walking to the Coach(TM) Store because, he insisted on buying me an "I'm sorry for killing your dad, then flirting with you purse. I spat at the ground, It was nearing Midnight and I was cranky, Stephen is really getting me mad. All of a sudden, I heard the shrill scream of a boy, unusually it came from the sky. I couldn't put my finger on where i'd heard that vocal pattern before. I shot Stephen a look that was supposed to be "Game plan?" But he mistook it for a look of accusation, and he slowly raised his hands in the air, indicating it wasn't him. He purred, "Arabella, it wasn't me," _Really? Now is the time to use, yet another, charm spell on me!_ I ignored the disgusted part of me that wanted to put a wooden stake through his heart, and mouthed: "Not what I meant." I motioned upward with my head, at first he didn't understand why I was mouthing. He raised one eyebrow as I clarified, "Look up, very slowly." He complied as he averted his gaze in a slow upward action, similar to that of someone slowly rolling their eyes. He scowled at the scene above our heads.

        On the roof of the Coach(TM) Store, was a scene that chilled me. My little sister, Adeline, was battling a Male Angel. Twice her size. He had to be at least 21. I took in the frightening scene as fast as my mind could race through my options. Stephen seemed to e doing the same.

         The first thing I noticed was his height, easily the same height as Stephen who was tall, maybe even an inch taller. _Dang. He's a giant_ The next thing I noticed was the fact he wore no shirt, his pants were black and he wore combat boots. After this observation the rest was easy to take in. He had a six-pack of Abs, he was toned. It didn't phase me though, after all, Seth almost never wears a shirt. Why should he, scaling the cliffs all day... anyway that was off topic. I forced myself to focus. His wings were black. A dark angel. He had 3 inch Talons**. They looked as if they had recently been trimmed, based on the lack of blood. He had curly Blonde hair. _ Ew, I hate guys with Blonde hair,_ I quickly thought and refocused. His eyes were sea-green. with golden flecks of light, beaming off of them. His lips were full. The last thing I noticed, probably because I was a hypocrite(Only wearing a tank top myself.) He was wearing no Jacket and it was about to rain. _Stubborn Idiot!_ I know i'm not going to like this guy.

     Stephen took a silent half-step towards me. When I didn't turn around, he lightly tapped my shoulder. I swung around as swiftly as my feet would take me, without losing my balance or letting my wings guide me, that is. 'What's your plan,' Stephen mouthed. I face palmed, literally. 'Duh! We help my sister,' I mouthed angrily. For a second hurt flashed in his eyes, or was it regret, I don't have to time to ponder it now. He nodded his head, as his eyes flashed crimson red. He was going to evolve into a full Vampire, _Fine by me, if he can keep himself under control_, I thought with a grim smile. I then allowed my wings to silently emerge from my backbones. As I slowly unfolded them, Stephen licked his lower lip. _Probably smelled the human blood in me,_ I thought. Then fear crept up me, what if he couldn't keep himself under control. I took a deep breath. There wasn't any time for self worrying, my sister was in danger. "On the count of three." I whispered under my breath, only a Vampire could hear what I just said. 

  "One," I started the countdown.

  "Two," He muttered.

  "Three," I said loudly this time, with a dangerous smile, and a flicker of joy in my eyes.

       We moved so fast, the Male Angel couldn't have blocked us if he tried, Which he didn't. I took left. Stephen took right, and I saw Adeline, or Addie, smile. She was looking through a bag I must've missed in my surveillance of the scene. _WTF? She should be helping._ Then I saw it, the bag move and moan, "Ana?" The voice was so familiar, that I was temporarily shocked. Although I was only out of the game for a second, The Male angel (Francisco, I'd heard Addie call him,) Lunged at my side with his left Talon, leaving a cut from the middle of my stomach, on the left side, down to my mid-thigh.  I screamed as a wrack of pain seared through my body. I couldn't stop the sound from coming out. It hurt so badly. Angel Poisoning. I had little time to think about the mind-numbing pain before Adeline screamed something unintelligible to Stephen, or maybe I just couldn't understand it because of the poison's effects. I briefly realized that rain soaked my tank top, to a point wear my bra showed through the sheer fabric. I couldn't care less, considering I didn't even notice when it had started raining. My thoughts were screaming at me. I groaned as I felt someone pick me up bridal style, Stephen I think.

      I was still in shock but, I still tried to choke out the one thing that my mind was taunted by the most, "Was..." Cough. "That-" I got cut off, Stephen appeared to be kissing me. Your kidding me, right? My first instinct was to push him away but...

 1) Okay, so maybe I wouldn't technically mind kissing him. It was taking my mind off the pain. And...

2) I wasn't in much of a position to pull away. Or in the condition to push him off.

     Before I could dwell on the idea of kissing Stephen any longer, I felt it. Vampire magic. For the first time I was glad Stephen was using it on me. I almost wept with joy as the fire running up the left side of my body slowly eased away. I almost moaned from the sudden loss of pain. Then it hit me, I cringed as the memories and the dismal thoughts of what just happened raced through my mind, at lightning speed.  He pulled away. "Stephen... I-" I struggled to voice the words, no the plea coming out of my mouth. Yet Stephen had cut me off again. And where the He*l was Addie? "Shhh... Don't speak," Stephen breathed out gently, with a sadness creeping into his voice. I couldn't have finished the plea with him not to stop, if I had tried. I was blacking out. Yet I thought I was leaving this world in a sense of Serenity. "If I die, Seth might be safe," I filled my final thoughts, with false hope. Knowing that if I died, nothing could save Seth. Yet I smiled before I fell into the black abyss of my mind. The last thing I heard was: "No, not now Arabella. I love you," I was pretty sure it was Stephen. Or Seth. Nope definitely Stephen. Seth's probably dead by now anyway.

**Talon- Only Male angels have Talons. females have Magick, which will be explained in detail later in the book.

Author's Note: You probably have a lot of questions right now. There is one answer all of them, Read. The. Next. Chapter. Feedback? Comments? Votes? Reviews? Please. Anyway next Chapter out by Valentine's day. February Seventh's my birthday. Fanart? :) It will be a special flashback chapter. 

KBye,

Danielle <3