Blood Secrets

Chapter 2

the service begins and we all have a seat with a fresh box of tissues at every other seat as some of Jamie's Grandma's friends go up and say a few words. before we know it, the whole thing is over and people are leaving and giving their sincerest regrets and Jamie shakes hands with just about every person there, except for his mother.

when she walks up to Jamie, she goes in for a hug and he pushes her away. he leans down and whispers something in her ear, so quite that not even my sensitive ears can hear. but it must have been hurtful because when Jamie backs away, fresh tears roll down his mother's cheeks.

I walk over to him and he wraps his arm around my waist and kisses my head. I look up to see his tear-stained cheeks and redened eyes.

*im sorry Jamie*

I take his hand and interlock my fingers with his and he gently squeezes my hand as a sign of feeling, something that feels good to see again since everything happened. I lean my head against his arm and watch as the last few people get in their cars and drive away, sending them far into the sunlight and beyond the view of even vampire sight.

after we get home, I get into shorts and a short sleeve tee and Jamie gets into sweats and a wifebeater. we sit on the couch and flip on the tv, and thats when it starts. Jamie bursts into tears and buries his face in his hands and puts his elbows on his knees and just cries. I gasp in shock.

*oh my god, Jamie, whats wrong?!*

I forget he isnt a vampire or werewolf and cant recieve phsycic thoughts. I put my arms around him and asks whats wrong. he just leans onto my shoulder and I kiss his head and say,

"its okay."

before I know it, we are both sleeping and Jamie is asleep in my arms and Icheck to see what time it is.

*2:30 am... great, we have school in the morning and he doesnt have clothes*

I decide to accept the challenge and slide from underneath my precious Jamie and lay his head gently against the back of the couch and place a blanket over his body. I run up to my room to grab one of Jamie's sweatshirts he lets me wear, slip on my teal Vans, and walk quietly back down stairs.

I walk to the door and open it a crack to feel the cool wind blow down my neck. I flinch and walk out and quietly close the door behind me. I walk normally a while down the road, taking in all the dark life around me.

the pale golden moon against a black crystal sky with stars like fireflies, the breeze cool and chilly, the noctural life scurring here and there along the grass, and night birds taking wing as they sense my presence. I smile and decide to use my speed to get to Jamie's house before he accidentally wakes up.

*I hope he's okay*

*im almost at his house, go... wait.*

I stop in my tracks and look around frantically, and thats when I see it. the one who made me flee my home. the one who killed my family and friends. that demon sent straight from the lowest pits of hell. Savahna Stone. her and her damned soul have been in the shadow for years. and now, she has come into the light, where I can make her have pain for what she did to me. she has no idea.

"hello, Savahna", I say coldy.

"ahh, yes. whats your name again? Kailene? yes, how have you been, my dear friend?"

she smirks and I continue to walk away and send out mentally,

*what do you want from me? havent you taken just about everything that makes me complete?*

she laughs her low seductive laugh and I turn to see her standing 5 inches from me. I shrug and spit at her.

"you made my life hell!" I scream at her.

she growls and shifts into a hawk, flaps her oil-slick black wings three times, she is airborne and then she was gone.

*good ridence*

as I am walking down the road, at normal speed now, I start to cry but stop when I see Jamie's big pale blue victorian house. I find his house key under the mat and unlock his front door and walk in to the sound of snores and the quite chirp of his parakeet, Jewel.

I run noiselessly up his steps to his room and carefully open his door. I peek inside to make sure there is nothing breathing in the room and walk in and over to his closet when I sense that there is noone present.

I pick him out a holister t-shirt, a pair of jeans and a pair of plaid shorts, incase he didnt like one of them. I grab his torn up chucks and walk out the door, slowly closing it behind me and bolts down the stairs and out the front door, placing the key under the mat again and jumping off the porch and using my power of speed to get to my house in a matter of a minute.

when i get home, he is still sleeping.

*thank god*

i set his clothes on the back of a chair and sit back next to him and places his head on my lap. he stirs and wakes up. his eyes shoot open and his mouth opens wordless.

"oh my god! Kailene, did i wake you up?! im sorry."

he takes my hand and kisses my palm.

"no Jamie, its okay. really, i just went to your house and grabbed you clothes for school in the morning." i smile down at him and bend my head to kiss him gently on the lips. i feel him smile back.

"would it be okay if i just skip? i want to spend the day alone, anyway."

im startled by his words and frown a little and say, "yeah sure. ill go and see you when i get out."

he applies a little pressure on my fingers and says,

"no, angel. i mean i want to spend the day alone with you. i want to take a break from life and your the person i want to do that with."

he gives a little smile out of the corner of his lips and i cant help but to give a little smile back. he sits up and gestures for me to lay down on his lap and i, without refusal, obey.

he puts the blanket over me and kisses my head before leaning back into the cusions and closing his eyes. i fall asleep within minutes to the one sensational, tender and loving touch, Jamie's warm hand stroking my cheek slowly and softly.