Under the Moonlight

Chapter 28

I woke up alone in the bed. Taylor wasn't in it. I just waited a few minutes and then decided to get out of the room. I made my way downstairs and I saw there was nobody in the hall. Suddenly I heard someone talking outside and realized the door was open. Then I saw Jackson getting in the hall.
"Good morning." He smiled to me.
"What's going on?" I asked him.
"Nothing special." He smiled as he started going toward the stairs. "Chuck is outside. I'll be right back" he said and went upstairs. I got out and saw Chuck sitting in front of the house.
"Where are everyone?" I asked him.
"Nate went to buy food and coffee and Taylor decided to show Maria some exciting things" he said and I looked at him confused. "She wanted to feel that adrenaline of being a werewolf and he can control her. That's why he went with her" he said.
I was about to say something but then I saw Nate coming with my car. He got back. He got out if the car and I saw he was carrying four Starbucks coffees and some bag probably with food.
"Well finally" Chuck said.
Me and him took two od the coffees. When Jackson got back he took one too. We took tosts Nate brought and started eating. Nate told us that he already ate.
"This one is for Maria don't touch it" Nate said about the last coffee.
"OK don't kill us" Jackson laughed. "We won't" he added.
"Anyway you are going to buy her some on your second date" Chuck said and my jaw dropped.
"Second what?" I looked at Nate. He just took a deep breath and before start speaking Jackson stopped him.
"She finally agreed on a second date." Jackson said and I looked at Nate.
"Seriously?" I asked him.
"Yeah" he said and I saw him smiling.
"When did that happen?" I asked him.
"Last night." He said. "They are coming" he added and looked toward the trees in the woods. After a while I saw Taylor and Maria running toward us.
"How the hell can you run so fast?" Maria asked Taylor when they started walking toward us. They were close. She was breathing faster.
"I am not fast. You are slow" he said to her seriously and then laughed. It was provoking.
"Ouch." Maria said seriously but it was all funny.
"Here is your coffee" Nate said to Maria and me Jackson and Chuck laughed so hard.
"What's wrong?" Maria asked us and she looked confused.
"Nothing." I said
"We have some plan with the guys" Taylor said.
"There is just a week til the next full moon. The days before full moon we want to have something like camping in the woods." He said. "Our life is pretty much like camping but it would be fun" he added smiling.
"I think it's a good idea." I said. I knew it was going to give a moral strength before the full moon and relax us. Maria was scared enough and together with her we were all upset too.
"I am in" Maria said.
"Then we have camping in a week" Jackson screamed like little kid. "By the way don't you two have some friend you can bring with you?" He looked at me and Maria.
"No" we both said in the same time. We knew it would be awkward and stupid.
"Like I thought" he mumbled and looked away.
"Vanessa, I think we should get back at home." Maria said. I looked at Taylor.
"If you want to." He said "and I think it's better to forget about that apologize letter from last night." He added. I didn't want to mess up in his thinking, so I decided not to talk.
We said bye to the boys and me and Maria got in my car and made our way toward Maria's house.
"Second date huh?" I looked at her in one moment.
"Nate told you immediately" she said and smiled.
"Not really but hey how did you say yes?" I asked her.
"Can I tell you something?" She looked at me. "We kissed a few days ago" she said and I got really surprised.
"Oh my god" I screamed. "How did that happened?" I asked her still not believing what she told me.
"It happened in my room. He came to keep eye on me and we talked and at the end he kissed me." She said and I couldn't not the see the smile on her face at the end.
They kissed. That meant Maria started letting Nate getting closer to her.
"Did you like it?" I asked her. "I mean you don't remember the first time so well and it wasn't real kiss that night, but I am sure that one was." I said and looked at her. She didn't say anything just blushed. "Well this is the moment when you are telling me how was the kiss" I said to her seriously and she blushed even more.
"Real, passionate, soft and warm french kiss" she said and I couldn't not to laugh. That was real description.
"Is Nate a good kisser?" I asked her.
"It's your cousin and your male bff. You must know it" she said.
"Oh yeah of course. I forgot I am making out with Nate all the time" I said and rolled my eyes.
"Ha very funny" she faked a smile. "And yes he is a good kisser" she said.
I just laughed. We arrived at Maria's and after we spend a few hours in her room, I got back home. I took a shower and after I got back I decided to go downstairs. I was about to open the door, but in that moment someone else opened the door. My aunt got in my room. She looked a bit excited and like something happened. "Where are you going?" She asked me.
"Downstairs. What happened?" I asked.
"You have a good boyfriend. I didn't know he is Nate's friend." She said and I raised my eyebrows in unbelieving what I heard.
"Where did you saw him?" I asked her.
"Downstairs. They are sitting in the living room with your parents." She said. I thought I was going to kill myself in the moment I heard it. I ran downstairs immediately. I went in the living room to see Nate and Taylor sitting with my parents on the sofa and talking.
"Wow" I mumbled and I saw Taylor and Nate both turned around and saw me.
"Oh Vanessa you are here" My dad looked at me and I went closer to them.
"Yeah" I said and awkwardly sat next to my mum on the sofa. "What's going on?" I asked still sounding awkward. I saw my aunt getting in the room and joined us.
"Wow" Philip came in the room too.
"Family reunion" he laughed and sat next to me. "Weren't you going somewhere?" I looked st Philip. I tried to make some lie just to get rid of my parents and help all of us to get out if the awkward situation. Philip looked at me and I after a while I saw him he understood my intention.
"Well yeah we needed to go but I see you are here so I'll just leave Taylor and Nate to stay with you and I'll go" he said and I wanted to punch him. He was messing with me.
"No" Nate and Taylor said in the same time.
"I mean we planned this football match for long time." Nate said.
"All right then." My dad said. "Hope you have a good time." He added.
Finally Taylor, Nate and Philip were all outside.
"I'll come after midnight" Taylor said to me after the three of them went somewhere just to act in front of my parents. I got back in my room immediately. I wanted to avoid the talk with mum and dad because I hate talking with them about this kind of things. I just waited for midnight.

I was in my room and there was just half hour til midnight. I was laying in my bed when the door opened and Nate got in.
"Hey" he smiled. He was wearing his jacket. He was going somewhere.
"Where are you going?" I asked him.
"Out. Probably at Maria's." He said and I smiled.
"Have a good time" I said and smiled.
"You too and watch what are you doing" he said and I rolled my eyes.
"Bye Nate" I said. He left.

I was still in the same position when Taylor came. I first locked the door and he laid on the bed too.
"How the hell you finished in the living room with my parents?" I asked him laughing.
"I brought Nate with my car and I was planning to call you and you know just to go somewhere and they were in the garden." He said.
"Don't tell me they recognized you?" I asked.
"Yeah. And I am not good at this things and I couldn't make some excuse so I ended up in that awkward situation." He said and then I laughed.
"It's not funny to me though" he said "we are like normal couple now." He added "we had our first family awkward situation.
"I hate it. So I hope it won't repeat" I said and just looked at him. I kissed him. I felt like kissing. His lips looked so kissable.
"Vanessa..." He mumbled into the kiss. He leaned my head on the pillow and got in top of me. My eyes were closed while he was kissing and sucking my neck. I kissed my lips again and stopped. I still had my eyes closed.
"I love you" he said and I opened my eyes immediately. He was looking me at the eyes. I wasn't shocked or something but Taylor told me he loved me for the first time. I couldn't not to have calm and normal reaction. I was just looking at him seriously for a while and then after everything that passed through my mind I smiled.
"I love you too Taylor" I said.
He started kissing me. He took of his jacket and continue kissing me. He took off the blouse I was wearing and got surprised when he saw I was wearing another shirt under it.
"Why are you wearing so many clothes?" He asked
"I am cold" I said and kinda laughed.
"Not anymore" he said and took off the shirt and I was only on my bra. I felt his kisses all over my stomach. He took off his shirt and while he was getting his pants down I saw a white paper in his pocket. It fell on the bed.
"What is this?" I asked him and took it. I saw it was the apologizing letter. He still had it.
"Nothing important." He said and tried to kiss me again, but I stopped him. "You said to forget about this and you still have it" I looked at him.
"I forgot I had it. It's not big deal" he said and took it from my hands. Before I could've stop him, he rapped the paper.
"Maybe it could've help us with something. Why did you did it?" I looked at him.
"Because of this. We just started fight about something stupid." He said. I wasn't fighting.
"We are just talking." I said "what if this was some treat for all of us. Maybe we can find that guy before he do something bad to us." I tried to explain.
"He won't. This is not bad. This is apologize. Just I don't know why and to who" he said.
"Well you can find out that if you find that guy and now you can't because to have destroyed the letter" I said and faked a smile. I got up from the bed and dressed up my shirt.
"What are you doing?" He asked me and seemed surprised.
"I told you I am cold" I said dressed up my blouse too.
"Amazing" he said seriously. He seemed like nervous. I may shouldn't get up from the bed like that but I was kinda pissed off of what he did.
He leaned on my pillow still shirtless and he was breath taking. We were still looking at each other.
"Come on let's sleep" he said "I know I shouldn't have done it but it pissed me off when we stopped because of it" he said.
"Don't do that anymore" I said and laid on the bed next to him. I leaned my head on his chest and after he gave me a kiss on the forehead we both fall asleep.