My Vampire Mate

What Are We?

Kiera's POV

Monday

"KIERA, ARE YOU UP!?" my mom calls from the kitchen. I groan and roll over onto my back with my arms over my head. "YEAH I'M UP. I'LL BE DOWN IN 20 MINUTES! I yell back. I get up and go to the bathroom. When I look in the mirror, I can't help but smile. I get to see Daren today. Our date Saturday night was amazing. But, I really don't have anything else to compare it to. I mean, I've been asked out plenty of times, mainly by Drake, but I've always said no because I was never attracted to them enough. I straighten my hair and go look through my closet and try to find something nice to wear for when I see Daren today. I decide on my pair of whisker wash dark skinny jeans, a redish-orange long sleeve shirt that says 'LOVE STORY' and has pictures on it with a poem and my new black boots. I put my make up on then walk down stairs.

"So, why weren't you at home when I got back from running with the girls Saturday?" my mom asks me. "Oh, I was out." "Who with." "Um, D-daren." I say with a blush on my face. "Who's that?" 'He's my partner for the English project we're working on." "So you were working on the project at his house?" "Not exactly." "So, what were you doing then?" "He um, he took me to a carnival." "He did!" my mom gasps happily. "Yeah." "Well that's great honey." "You mean, you're not mad?" "Of course not. I'm happy for you. When are you gonna bring him over so I can meet him?" "He's not my boyfriend mom. I cant just ask him to come over for dinner." "Well if he's not your boyfriend, then why did he take you out Saturday?" "I don't know. I don't know what we are. But I do know that I like him...a lot." I say smiling. "Well as soon as you find out, ask him to dinner." "And what if he says he doesn't want to be in a relationship?" "Honey, he took you out 3 days after he met you. Trust me, he wants you." I laugh and shake my head. "Ok mom, what ever you say." We pull at my school and I get out of the car and walk over to my friends.

"Hey Kiera." Kenny says, coming over to give me a hug. "Hey Ken." "How was your weekend?" "It was good." I say, not being able to hold back my smile. "I know that look. What happened this weekend?" "I went out with Daren Saturday night." "Oooooh." he says with his eyebrow raised. "Where did ya'll go?" "He took me to a carnival about 30 minutes away from here." "That's nice." I nod my head. Next thing I know, 2 arms come around me. I turn around and see its Jeremy. "Hey Jeremy." I say, kind of annoyed. "Did you have a good weekend?" he asks with his arms still around me. Before I can answer Kenny butts in, "Oh Kiera had a very good weekend." I give him a look telling him to shut up. "Oh really? What did you do?" Jeremy asks with curiosity and jealousness in his voice and eyes. Before I get to answer -again- Daren comes up in front of us. "Hey Kiera." "Hey Daren." He looks at me, then at Jeremy's arm, then at me again. I step away from Jeremy and Daren smirks. He grabs my hand and looks at Kenny and Jeremy. "If you guys don't mind, I'm gonna walk Kiera to class." Kenny nods and Jeremy just glares at our intertwined fingers. We walk away and I can feel Jeremy's eyes burning a hole in my back. "I don't like that guy always having his arm around you. And I don't like you hugging other guys." he says in a harsh tone. "Excuse me?" "I don't like you touching other males and vice versa." "They're my friends and I can hug them and hang around them if I want." I say back in a harsh tone. He leads me down a deserted hallway and we stop by some of the lockers. "Look I'm sorry. I just don't like other guys hands on you." "Well your not my boyfriend so you don't really have a say." I tell him in an annoyed tone, looking away from him. He puts both his hands on my face and turns it to face him. "What if I want to be?" I look at him in shock. He wants to be my boyfriend? Why would he want me? I'm a nobody. A nerd if anything. I mean, I don't wear the glasses or the conservative clothes or make straight A's like most girls that are nerds, but I'm still kind of a nerd. "Kiera.......Kiera?" "Sorry. I kind of spaced out." "Yeah I can see that." "Um, why would you want me to be your girlfriend?" He smiles at me and looks me straight in the eye. "Because you're beautiful, the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, your smart, smarter than me at least," he says joking. "You don't let what other people say get you, you choose your friends wisely and I can tell by the way they adore you that your always there for them. Your the sweetest person I've ever met, I mean, you hung out and became friends with me despite all the things people said. But, I want to be more than friends with you Kiera. I know we've only known each other for 5 days, but I really like you, maybe even more that like. So, Kiera Summers, will you be my girlfriend?" I stand there paralyzed, looking into his deep emerald green eyes. Its like we're the only two people on earth. I can't believe he said all those things. He really thinks all those things about me? I shake my head, coming back to reality. I see his head lower and realize that he probably thinks I was gonna say no. I grab his face and make him look at me. I see pain and sadness in his eyes and a stab of pain hits my heart. I smile at him and no my head. "Yes." He looks at he with happiness in his eyes. "Yes?" I nod my head. The next thing I know, I'm pinned against the wall with Daren pressed up against me. He smashes his lips to mine and I instantly kiss back. He bites my lip and I open my mouth, letting him slide his tounge inside. I move my hands up into his hair and tug on it. He lets out a little moan into my mought and I smirk. He moves his hands down to my waist and pulls me closer to him. I bit his bottom lip and he groans. I move one of my hands down his chest. He moves his mouth to my ear. "Don't tempt me Kiera." I giggle at this and continue to move my hand up and down his chest. He moves his hands from my waist down to my ass and squeezes it. I gasp, causing Daren to smirk. The bell rings and I pull away from him for air. "I had better get to class." "Yeah you probably should." "Ill see you at lunch." "Ok." He pulls me back to him for one more kiss. I pull away and out of his grip and smile flirtatiously. I wave bye to him and turn around. As I'm walking away, I can feel his eyes on my ass. I turn back around to face him. "Stop checking out my ass." I say. "No thank you, the view is quite great." he says with a smirk. I roll my eyes and continue to walk to first block with only one thought going through my head. 'Daren is my boyfriend.'

Daren's POV

I go to my first two classes and all I can think about is Kiera. I can't believe she said yes. But, I still have to tell her my secret. I cant do it right away though. I want to spend at least a little time with her before I tell her because I might lose her. That's the last thing I want, but I have to tell her the truth. When lunch comes around, I wait for Kiera. When she see's me, she has the biggest smile on her face. She walks over to me and wraps  her arms around my neck, brings my face down to hers, and kisses me. I grab her hips and pull her closer to me, kissing her back. Well pull away from each other when we hear a throat being cleared. "So I take it you two are together now?" a boy with black hair in spikes and blue eyes says. "Yeah we are." Kiera says. "Um guys. This is Daren. Daren, this is Max, Kenny, Jessica and Jeremy." She goes around telling me every ones names. They all nod their heads and say hi, except to Jeremy who doesn't look too happy that Kiera and I are together. "Nice to meet you guys." "You too bro. You should sit with us today." Max says. "Yeah, ok." I say nodding my head.

We go into the cafeteria and get our food then go back outside and sit at one of the pick nick tables. We all talk for a little while until Kiera turns to me. "My mom wanted to know if you wanted to come over for dinner one night this week." "Yeah that sounds ok." "So how about tonight?" "I think I can do that." I say with a cocky smile on my face. She shoves my shoulder but laughs. "So why don't you just give me a ride home today and just stay over until dinners ready? Then after we eat, you can go back home. That way you don't have to make several trips." "Sounds good to me." "Great." she says smiling. Oh lord, please let this go well.