Awake, My Sleeping Beauty

Chapter 1

The salty breeze of the ocean filled Heaven's nostrils as she ran happily down a hill towards the inviting body of water. The spring morning seemed the brightest and happiest of the month, whether it was because he had returned or not, she didn't know – nor she cared. Her Sebastian had returned and now the flowers were truly blossoming. A sweet laughter echoed from behind her as Sebastian ran after her.

"Not fair!" he said breathlessly, finally catching up to her as soon as they reached the sands leading to the ocean. Heaven turned towards him, grinning, and pushed a strand of blonde hair from her face.

"I won," she teased with a coy smile and then yelped when Sebastian took her into his arms and brought his face close to hers.

"When did you get so fast, huh?"

Heaven and Sebastian pressed their lips together as small waves came swooshing towards them, stopping a few feet away on the surface of the beach. When they broke away from their kiss Sebastian stared into Heaven's warm hazel eyes. It was hard to believe how Sebastian's handsome dark look still made Heaven's heart pitter patter excitedly like she was seeing him for the first time. He had messy black hair and intense cerulean blue eyes that seemed to have complete control over Heaven. Sebastian was tall, standing at six feet two inches, and even though he was slender and didn't have the physique of a body builder, Sebastian still had a decent amount of muscles that gave him more of that certain "artsy" look.

They were both artists, for they enjoyed everything related to music. They wrote music and played the piano, and while Heaven was the only one of the two who played the violin, she felt Sebastian, if he wanted, could just as easily learn the art of violin playing, for when it came to music Sebastian was a complete genius. He absorbed all the concepts and rules like a sponge; it was as though he were made for everything music.

"I love you," Sebastian whispered into her face, his eyes still connected with hers as he cupped her face in his hands. "I'm so glad we're here. You have no idea how much I value every moment we're together."

"Oh, Sebastian," Heaven chuckled, placing her hands gently on his wrists. "You're so romantic ... and yet so melodramatic. I love it."

Sebastian grinned and shook his head. "Oh, that's not melodramatic. I can give you melodramatic if you want." Sebastian let go of Heaven and stepped back, falling onto his knees. "Oh! What I'd do to die right now and eternally be inside Heaven!"

Heaven's eyes widen, "Pardon?"

Sebastian stared at her for a moment before his pale cheeks turned crimson. He howled with laughter. "Oh man, I didn't mean it that way, I swear!"

Heaven laughed and went to him, extending her hand out to help him up. "Come on, you dirty, dirty man."

"Only if you want me to be," Sebastian grinned mischievously and pulled her down onto him and then lightly rolled on top of her.

They both laughed and after a while they began to kiss with passion once again.

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A beautiful elegant grey stone mansion loomed near by with hundreds of rose bushes and tall willow trees surrounding the estate. Inside a woman in her late forties with a long braid of dirty blonde hair paced around the sitting room, glancing out the diamond leaded window every once in a while. With her was another woman who was sipping a glass of whisky, this one though had dark hair and looked to be in her fifties, and sitting next to her was a thin young woman with long dark auburn hair and even darker opal shaped eyes.

"Christine, would you stop pacing around? You're getting me nervous" the woman with the whisky said to the other lady.

"I just know she's with that boy," Christine muttered stopping in front of the large window again. "Estelle, why didn't you stop her?"