Today was the day. My date with Jesse. What was going to happen? Nothing was for sure. All I told my parents is that I'm camping in the back field for the night, incase we are at the beach for a while. I was freaking out. What would I say when ours eyes locked again? What would he say? How would I react to the sound of his voice? All these questions and more were running through my head on the way to the beach. Jesse had given me directions a little while after our conversation the previous night. I was fully prepared. I left the house soon after.
As I got closer to the beach I heard something like a twig snapping behind me. I got nervous and started to walk faster. Each stride got longer, each step was faster. Every breath was deeper. When I was at the waters edge, I heard a splash in the water, then another, then another after that. I didn't kow what was going on! I was scared! I started to run. I ran as fast as the sandals I was wearing would take me. Then I picked up speed when I heard footsteps behind me. I was at top speed when I heard voices.
"Faith! Wait! Faith!" I didn't know who it was that was calling my name, so I kept running, kept telling myself it might not be a Hidden, but continued to run, never looking back to see who was chasing me.
Then I was on the ground. I didn't know what happened. I was scared. I was confused. I had a shooting pain in my knee. I was losing contiousness. That's when I saw a blurry figure running towards me.
"Lea. . . me. . . lone." I said in a barely understandable tone. I was was about to black out. The darkness was sneaking up on me and I couldn't escape it. I felt someone touch my arm then slowly say something I barely caught.
"Faith. Oh God. Faith! Wake up Faith! It's me Faith! Wake up, please!" I knew then the person chasing me was Jesse.
I managed to regain full contiousess thanks to Jesse's help. The pain in my knee was nothing more than a scratch. I was fine. Actually, I was more than fine. I was amazing! Because Jesse was looking over me, cradling me in his arms, carying me to a safer place. I felt like nothing in the entire world could make me happier in that moment. I felt so, so, free.
"You ok?" Jesse asked as he layed me down in some sort of cave.
"Yeah, I'm fine. But you didn't have to chase me like that! I thought I was done for!" I said in a playful tone, trying my best to flirt. Jesse laughed. I guess I did a pretty good job.
"You look amazing." Jesse comented trying to soften me up. I wasn't playing that game. I wanted to get to know him before he got me making out with him.
"Thanks." I said in sort of a bored tone. I was playing hard to get, I assume.
After our short little conversation, Jesse and I talked for hours it seemed. We laughed and cried and snuggled together. It was perfect. I tried to control my urge to kiss him forever and never leave his side. To distract me I kept asking him questions. I asked him about his life at home, how old he was (17, only a year older than me), and a bunch of other questions. I wanted to get to know him even though I already knew he was my soulmate.
I layed down beside him, he held me in his arms as if to protect me from the dangers that lied beyond our little cave. I instantly fell into a peacefull sleep, free of the voices that haunted me.
