Open Fire

Rowan

I flutter my eyes open and a little note is left on my tummy:

R,
The pie was amazing. Not that I had much ;). You fell asleep probably dreaming of me. And pie.
See you tommrow,
E

I lick cherries and cream off my fingers smiling and thinking of him.

"Is that why?" A little voice whispers from the bottom of the hammock.

"Is that why what?" I answer sierra not releasing my eyes from the night sky's hold.

"Is that why you asked me about mates? Cause you think that he's your mate."

"Possibly."

"You guys cant be together Ro." She say climbing into the hammock beside me looking at the sky as to try and see what was so interesting.

"Why not?" I ask pretending not to know what he is.

"He's a bad guy. I can feel it in my gut."

I finally look her in her little hazel eyes. Seeing my reflection star in back at me im worried what I might say will change everything.
"Tommrow lil pup. If you spend the day with us both if at the end of the day you still think he's bad I wont ever speak to him."

She closes her eyes and breathes in "okay."

I think of Ezra. How perfect he is. The way my name sounds when he says it, its like hearing a book you've read a thousand times but the author is actually reciting it to you. The way his hands are bigger than mine and mine fit perfectly with his. He only has one dimple on his left cheek. His hair isn't shaggy but still soft to the touch. Hes not ripped but he is muscular in the sense where tight shirts make his figure look perfect in all it's entirety. He smells of the forest and aftershave. Jeremiah must not have told him about cross mates or he might have confronted me about it. Or maybe he doesn't know about me at all. Maybe he thinks we are just really good friends. Even if we are cross mates im not sure if Ezra would accept me. He looked adorable today with pie crust everywhere. We both looked like normal teenagers. We looked like we werent in a war and we didnt look like some pathetic unrealistic Romeo and juliet story. I felt as if the war wasnt happening. In that moment we shared we werent enemies. Tommrow Ezra will come back. Tommrow Sierra will love him. Everything will be right.

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I woke up and I could already smell him. I throw my hair up into a quick bun and grab a light blue sweater and bleached jean shorts. I throw the window up and sit on the roof. I see him waiting in the same tree he fell out of two mornings ago. He smiles and waves unknowingly showing off his one dimple. He runs to me and climbs up the tree next to me to make it seem like he can't jump to me. He sits down next to me and laces his fingers with mine.
"Not that im complaining but why are you here so early?" I asked

"Listen, I wont be able to visit for a little while."

"Why not?"

"Its just its Jeremiah. Hes um how do you say. Wants to put me on another um assignment thingy." He says shakily. Oh my god does he know? he so knows! Oh my god please dont kill me. Dear god please dont leave me. That will hurt worse. God no. I tear drips before I can stop it. He wipes it away. This hurts way more then it should.

"Tell me about it."

"What?" I say very confused.

"You say this hurts more than it should."

"No I didnt. I thought it."

"No you didnt."

"Yes I did."

We both look at each other. This isnt normal.

'I swear she said that.'

"I said I freaking didnt!"

"I didnt say anything!"

" yea huh."

He shook his head. And I remember why he came so early. Another tear slips. But its not mine.

I stand up on my roof and turn to go back to my window.
"You should go E."

"Rowan. Com'on we still have today."

"I said you should go Ezra." I growl.

He looks at me sadly but my eyes have turned from a soft violet to a vibrant purple. My fangs come in I get inside before I completely lose it. Its not like we were together or anything but ya know it was nice, and now its gone. What we had was well I wouldnt call it love. But it was what I call being in possible. You can be in love and you can be in like. But being In possible hurts like nothing else. Because being in possible means you're in like but you know its possible it could be love or it could definitely become love. I hate it so much. I want to be with him. But he doesnt want to because he knows what I am. Hes judging me by what I am not who I am. But Ezra's not like this. I decide to follow him. I race through the woods. I follow his scent.
"Ezra you know it was the right thing."

"It didnt feel like the right thing mase. It felt like my heart was being ripped out right infront of my eyes. And Rowan. She was so hurt."

"Ezra do you really care about that pack of fleas?"

Ezra grabbed him by the collar "If you ever call her that again I swear i'll shove a steak through your heart."

"Down boy, I'm just saying it will never work out. You are on opposite sides of a raging war. You will both just end up getting hurt."

Then some buff vampire wearing exessevie amounts of axe body spray walks up.

"So I hear our little Ezra is sleeping with a dog."

At that moment the buff vampire goes down to the ground in one swift kick in the jewels. Ezra bends down slowly and whispers to the boy in agony. "If I were you I would leave and never come back."

The boy wimpers and runs off. I gasp and Ezra whips around. I sprint in the opposite direction. But he's to fast. I trip on a twig and roll around shaking. Hes right above me staring at me with a mix of stony eyes and soft eyes.
"Rowan. Please don't be scared."
I suck in a breath. He stands up and kicks a tree and grunts. "You werent supposed to find out this way, I was supposed to tell you."

"Why did you lie to me E?"

"About being a vamp-"

"About Jeremiah. "

"I didnt want to hurt you."

'And I might be in love with you.'

"What?"

"I said I didnt want to hurt you."

I stood up. Then I thought 'I think we have a mind link.'

"Does that mean you heard what I said? Because you heard wrong. I mean I've only known you 4 days. I mean uts insane."

'and I think I might be in love with you.'

"Really?" He says out loud.

"Yea"

"Are you saying yea to the mind link or the love thing."

I step closer to him "yes."

I see fear in his eyes. "By the way E I knew what you were the first day I met you."

Then I do something so unlike me. I press myself on my tiptoes and kiss him on the cheek. A delicate kiss as if he is glass and I dont want to break him. I walk away.

'I better see you tommrow.'

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Hey its jay! Thanks for reading. Rowan is so firey.

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