Well... Hello there Death

chapter 11

I stood in front of my closet panicked. I have no clue what to wear. I have never been on a date before.  I ran out and grabbed Emma and dragged her into my room.

“HELP ME!” I begged her. Emma looked at me confused. “I have a date tonight with Red. What do I wear?”

She laughed and started shifting through the closet for something. “You need to calm down. He will like you just the way you are. Just be yourself.”

I sighed. “I’m no good at things like this. I am better at party planning and fighting.”

“Well has he told you anything about the date?” She wondered

“Yeah no heels.” I bit my lip. “I don’t know anything else.”

“Well wear this. These, black shorts, with this, white flowing shirt with Paris on it you will look great.  You can wear some black flats with them.” She threw everything at me.

“Wow thanks! I am going to jump in the shower don’t go anywhere!” I begged her.

She laughed as I ran into the bathroom.  I scrubbed myself down and shaved my legs just in case I needed to. I picked the best smelling shampoo and soap to wash with and finally got out. I tossed on the clothes and ran back to Emma.

“Ok what about my hair?” I said panicked.

Emma sat me down and started to blow dry my hair. “I love how you can do this every day but doing it for a guy freaks you out.” She laughed.

“My brain went blank. Like I don’t even know how to walk.” I joked with her.

“Well your hair is done.” She let me look at it. It was wavy and framed my face.

“I love it!” I smiled.

She started on my makeup. “Are you excited?”

“Yes. I like him. He is really sweet.” I smiled.

“But he isn’t your mate?” She asked and I winced.

“No.” I said sadly.

“Well you are all done.” She did the last finishing touch.

It didn’t look like I had any makeup on but my look was more defined and my eyes really popped out.

“Thank you so much!” I grinned excited.

I slipped on my shoes and headed downstairs to wait for Red. He knocked on the door and I rushed to open it.

“HI!” I giggled

“Are you ready to go beautiful?” He asked me holding out his hand.

I blushed and took his hand in mine. He led me out to the car and opened up the door for me. I sat down and he shut the door and rushed to the other side.

We are driving down a curvy road and I looked at him curious. “What about your mate?”

“I searched for my mate when I was 17. I found her but she was sick. I met her while she was dying. It hurt but I had a pack to take care of and since I had just met her it was not as bad as it could be.” He shrugged and I could tell it still hurt him.

I reached over and grabbed his hand in comfort. “I’m sorry.”

“What about you? Have you found your mate yet?” He asked and I winced at the sharp pain in my heart. “What’s wrong?”

“I have actually found my mate.” I closed my eyes ignoring the pain. “He rejected me.”

Suddenly the car pulled over and he parked. He threw the door open and came over to my side. He dragged me out and crushed me in his arms. I wrapped my arms around him being comforted. “He is an idiot.” Red whispered to me.

I lingered in his arms for a moment and pulled away. “This date is about us not him.” I smiled and kissed him gently. I blushed at his smile.

“Good. This will be an amazing date.” He promised and sat me back into the car.

We talked about random things the rest of the way. We pulled into a restaurant and he glided me to the door. I couldn’t help but blush. The hostess stared at Red the whole time when we walked in and to our table. I glared at her and she looked down bashful.

Red chuckled and kissed my cheek and whispered in my ear. “You are cute when you are jealous”

I blushed and tripped trying get into my chair making him chuckle more. I sat down nervously and looked at my menu. I picked something random knowing it will be fantastic. We made small talk about random things and I learned more about his pack. 

The food came pretty quickly and we chatted all threw dinner. We walked outside and he took my hand and led me away from the car. I looked at him confused. He led me through the woods on a trail. I laughed as he led me along. We came to a private beach and I ran into the waves. I laughed as he grabbed me by my waist from behind and spun around. We came crashing into the waves laughing. My back was lying on the beach and he kissed me. My hands went into his hair as he deepened the kiss.

My phone started ringing in the forgotten bag I had dropped while running into the waves. I broke the kiss and ran laughing to the phone. Reds phone started to ring as well.

“Hello?” I answered breathless. “You need to come home.” Deaths voice rang through and immediately felt guilty.

“Why are you calling me!” I snapped. “Your dad was attacked Arianna. He is in bad shape. It is because of the pack that will attack you.”

I dropped the phone and started grabbing my stuff. “We have to go! We have to go!” I cried out panicked.

Red hugged me for a second to calm me down. “It will be ok.”  

We rushed back to my house and I ran to the doctor to see how my father is doing. Death was sitting by his bed and I couldn’t breathe. I’m not here to take him away from you I will tell you if I have to.  His voice came drifting into my mind and I collapsed crying in relief. Death pulled me into his arms hugging me.

“I won’t let you lose him.” He whispered.

The doctor walked in and smiled at us. “You should thank your friend here, if he hadn’t had been there your father would have died.”

I looked at him surprised. “You saved him.” He nodded and I kissed him.