From Fantasy to Reality (on hold)

chapter 6: 1 point for Bloodpaw

It has been two weeks sense my mom went missing. Though I dreaded the thought of not finding her, I calmed down. I went to school, did my homework, and went out with Kayla and Ashley. I haven't seen William sense then. Though in the two weeks Ethan and I had bonded pretty well. It no longer felt awkward having a guy at my house everyday. Tomorrow was Wednesday so I had school. I was finishing up my homework while Ethan played with Guardian. Ethan was still his stalker-ish self. He hung out with me in the classes we shared. Though I had asked him to stop kicking Kayla and Ashley out of the seats on the bus so he did. Though William had commanded him to not let me out of his sights he did every day. But it wasn't for long. It was about 10 minutes. It was when I got off the bus. He wouldn't get off the bus with me for the sake of my reputation so he went home, then came to my house. Ethan turned on the radio that I had on my nightstand. It was a random station that played classical music, the kind you hear in medieval balls. "Ashton?" Ethan was behind me now.
Still staring at my homework. "yes?"
"You wanna take a break and dance for a little while?"
I froze. I turned around and looked at him. "Dance are you serious?"
He smiled. "Yes I'm serious, is there something wrong with it?"
"Yeah, I don't dance"
"Oh come on it will be fun." He didn't even wait for my response. He grabbed my hand and pulled me out of my chair. He placed my hand on his shoulder placed his hand on my waist and wound his fingers on his free hand into mine. He held me close and we danced. The music played. He stepped left, I followed. He stepped back, I followed. And we continued on. We danced and danced. Every once in a while he would twirl me. When he did he would tilt me back handling where I wouldn't fall. We danced for at least half an hour or maybe more. I couldn't tell. I was too busy getting lost in his eyes. They shimmered like diamonds but pierced through me like knives. Once I entered my trance I tripped over my feet and fell. Of course he caught me and gently laid me on the floor. On his knees he said "Are you alright? You scared me."
Still lost in his eyes I said "I'm fine." I sat up and he was right there, Inches away. I could feel his breath. He now was staring at me. His gaze lingered on my lips. He eventually raised his gaze back to my eyes. I leaned forward a tad and he did too. He braced my chin as he leaned in the rest of the way and kissed me. He was gentle, and slow. His taste melted me. My blood boiled. This- he was heaven. When we separated Ethan looked angry. Not at me but himself. "Ashton I'm sorry I never meant to, I know you, why did I do that?" I chuckled. He looked up at me "Why are you laughing?"
I looked at him and smiled. "There is only one way to show you how I feel." I leaned back towards him. This time it was me to mesh our lips together. I felt Ethan smile but soon he kissed me back. This time was a little harder and faster but still melted me into a puddle of goo. I leaned back onto the floor as we broke apart. I didn't know what to do. What do you do after kissing someone? Luckily Ethan figured that out for me. "I'm going to go make us some dinner while you finish your homework. Afterwards we can go for a walk. He walked out of the room leaving me to melt even more. Eventually I got up and finished my homework. I put everything back into my book bag and headed downstairs. Ethan was nearly done with dinner. He was cooking mashed potatoes, peas, and pork chops. "Need any help?" I asked. He looked up at and smiled.
"Yeah, you can stir the mashed potatoes." I smiled back at him and walked towards the counter. When I neared him at the stove turned around spun me around quickly. I ended up facing him. "Sorry couldn't help myself." He bent down and kissed my forehead. He released me so I could stir the mash potatoes. After everything was cooked and the table was set we sat down and ate. "How was school today Ashton?" I chuckled. His bluntness was amusing. "You mean you don't actually know?" he tilted his head to the left and furrowed his eyebrows. His action reminding me of a dog. Guardian came pounding down the stairs. She must have smelled food. "I'm not sure I get your joke."
"You watch me like a wolf stalking its prey." His eyes widen, his face paled, and nostril flared. "Point proven." His face regained normalness he half laughed. Come on let's go for that walk now."
"What about the dishes?"
"Those can wait."
I shrugged. I walked towards the door and slid my shoes on. Ethan held the door open for me as I walked out. I gave him the keys to lock the door. He slid his hand into mine as we walked down the steps. We walked and talked for a long time. So bad had I wanted to kiss him but I didn't want to seem like a needy girlfriend. Or was I his girlfriend. Maybe he was just testing me- no Ashton don't think like that. He kissed you first remember. And he also smiled after you kissed him. "Ethan?" he looked down at me. "Yes?"
I hesitated before asking. What if he says no. what if it weirds him out, what if- Ashton your stalling get on with it! "Do you consider me your girlfriend now." He laughed. Wasn't sure if that's a yes or a no. "Only if you consider me your boyfriend." What's up with guys talking in riddles? "Do you want me to?" I asked him. We were on a hill now the moon shining right above our heads. "Well-" a howl busted out. It didn't seem far away either. Ethan cursed under his breath. "Get behind me." A twig snapped in the neighboring trees. I heard a deep growl. My heart began to race. My head snapped to the direction of the growl. I saw red eyes as a large dog- no wolf step out of the trees. It was a beautiful creature. Brown, white, and greyish-black fur covered its body. Its paws were incredibly large. I had fallen into a trance until a snap of its teeth sounded. Ethan Grabbed my hand "Follow me." He said as drug me into someone yard stealing a crossbow and a crowbar. "Here take this." throwing me the crow bar
"what do I do with this?"
"Aim for the eyes with the rounded part, head with the sharp" I looked up and there were more, all with red eyes "what are those things?"
"Your worst nightmare put it that way." He said avoiding my question
"That's a big help."
"Come on" he grabbed my arm and took off running again till we got to an empty field. He pulled me behind him to where we were back to back, Just like my vision, 'My worst nightmares' were surrounding us at least seven of them now instead of three. One lurched forward towards Ethan as he shot it with the cross bow, one lunged towards me when Ethan caught it in time whacking it in the head. They both fell limp "Ashton I can't protect us both at the same time you have to fight too otherwise were goners." Another lunged towards me and again Ethan shot it "Ethan what do I do!" I said franticly "Just like I said, aim for the eyes with the rounded part and the middle of the head with the sharp part!" he shouted as he launched one of the sliver arrows striking a Creature right between the eyes making it too, fall limp. Just as I turned to look at the creatures in front of me when one of them launched his body at me, so I did just as he said. I hit it in the eye with the rounder part then in the middle of the head with the sharp part. "Like that?"
"Perfect now keep doing it" he said when something pushed me down and put pressure on my back. The pressure felt like several knives tearing into my skin all at once. Then its teeth dug into my shoulder I screamed. Seconds ticked by, my arms started to sting then my feet went numb. When the pressure was removed I felt something small and thin poke into my neck but it did not bother me because the pain I just felt was a million times worse. After about ten minutes the things were gone but I was out cold.
When I woke up I was in a room full of people I saw Ethan, William, the rest of their group, and my gym teacher Mr. Keys. I was really confused about why Mr. Keys was there but I was just really happy to see William. "William" I said soft and delicate. He looked over at me and crouched down and held my hand "Ashton you ok?"
"No, not really I can't feel anything."
He looked over at Ethan "You sure you got to her in time?"
"I told you it took me about a minute to dispose of the wol- I mean umm her nightmares and inject the antidote." William looked back over at me as Mr. Keys put his hand on his shoulder "I think it's time son." Mr. Keys said
"No, not yet"
"I know it's hard for you but it has to be done just in case she has it"
"Ethan says he got to her in time"
"She might have had it by birth not attack." Ethan interjected
"I would have noticed the signs"
"William," Mr. Keys said, "you have to."
"I will not!" William raised his voice
"Do you like torturing your sister?" A guy with short brown hair said.
"What? No I would never torture her." William said bluntly.
"Well that exactly what you're doing to her, she feels unimportant, unneeded, not knowing is destroying her. If she knew she would learn to defend herself if she had another surprise visit." The same guy said again
After arguing for a good bit William was finally forced to tell me everything. It took him a while to gain the strength to start his sentence and then another five minutes to finish it. Once he got the words out "We are werewolves." It took me about ten minutes to calm down. After I had settled he explain to me everything else.