Help! I'm Arranged to Marry a Vampire? - 2008

Chapter 5

Mistakes are apart of being human. ~ Anonymous

Emmery Wilson

"What makes this relationship so different?" I giggled as Asher's soft lips made their way up my hand. 

"Because, there's no one else like you in the whole world." He cooed in my ear. 

"Don't lie, I bet you've met a hundred other girls that are just like me." I challenged back playfully. 

Asher took my hand, "Never." The candles that he set up in my room flickered with the thin night air that seeped into the room. "You're not scared are you?" Asher pulled me closer to him, my belly resting on the skin of his bare chest. 

"Now why would I be scared?" He smiled but this time the smile was different. His fingers found the buttons of my tank top and hesitated there for a second before he gracefully undid them. "Is this what you want?" His voice shook but was still calm. 

I shook my head, "Y - Yeah. This is what I want." 

We spent the night together since Eli was at school and my mom was on a business trip we didn't have to worry about being caught. That night was the first time I truly bonded with another person and Asher, in my mind, was the perfect half. 

Jeremy took my hand in his and kissed it gently, I tried to breath but I was overwhelmed by his touch. He tilted my chin up and stared strait into my eyes, "I couldn't imagine living without you Emmery." His hand slid from my chin to the back of my neck as his lips formed perfectly with mine. I was lost in the moment and I had totally forgot about the 'you're not allowed to date your ex's brother' rule. I fit in Jeremy's arms perfectly as if they were molded just for me and only me. 

"Emmery? Em wake up!" 

I squinted my eyes open, "W - What?" Eli stood over me, still dressed in his pajamas. 

"Dads here and he wants to talk to you." Our dad? Why would he be here- so many years later?! 

I grunted and turned over in the sheets, "Tell him to go away. I don't want to see him." He hesitated by my side before he shuffled out of my room, closing the door behind him. I didn't really give it a second thought - it wasn't my fault he was never around! I turned onto my back and stared at my alarm clock, the bright red numbers shown two-thirty-six in the morning. 

Jeremy Jones

The park had become very peaceful and the hard cement table had grown on me. I was happy to lie down; I needed a good sleep since my hunting took longer than I thought. It was almost three in the morning but my eyes still refused to shut. I couldn't stop thinking of Emmery, we had grown closer within the past week and I was really starting to like her. The only thing holding me back from asking her out was the fact that my birthday was in eight days and I was to be lawfully wed in six. It frightened me knowing I wouldn't just be responsible for myself anymore but my wife and eventually a kid of my own as well. Most guys my age are worrying about what college they should go to, not about starting a family. 

To my dad, college was a waste of time since he pretty much had my future locked as a professional poacher for a very generous supplier. My vampiric abilities allowed me to track the animal I am hired to kill but that kind of job didn't enthuse me in the slightest. 

My mind finally cleared and I was able to close my eyes but it wasn't long before my senses took over. A familiar scent filled my nose but I was too tired to recognize it. I tried to snap myself out of the sleep daze I was in but it was easier said than done. They got closer but my body was paralyzed and my limbs went limp. There was only one guy that I knew who possessed this ability but was I really ready to face him now?