Dark Angel

Chapter 12

Ethan

I spent the rest of the day thinking about Camilla, earning several scolds from my teachers. None of it affected me though. Every time she appeared in my thoughts, my mind instantly pulled up the memories of our kisses. I remembered our first kiss and how she practically ran away after. Confusion still swirled in my mind about it, but it was no longer a problem, seeing that we're basically together.

The last bell rang, breaking me out of my thoughts. As I walked down the front stairs in the warmth of the sun, I was joined by Logan, Zoey, and of course, Alexa. 

"Is it true? What everyone is saying about you and Camilla?" Zoey asks, grinning.

"What's everyone saying?" I ask. Nothing better than high school rumors.

"That you guys practically stuck your tongues down each other's throats!" Alexa laughs.

I open my mouth to answer, but find myself laughing when they start saying "awe". 

"So is it like official?" Logan says, mocking Alexa. She reaches over and lightly punches him on the shoulder.

"I guess so." 

We had been so preoccupied with socializing among ourselves that none of us noticed Camilla standing against the trunk of her car. Her slender, but curvy build was prominent in her skinny jeans and plain white t-shirt.

Someone cleared their throat, interrupting me checking Camilla out. I looked at her and saw her eyes watching my every move. Blushing, I looked away.

"Um, hello! Why aren't you guys hugging or holding hands like normal people?" Alexa exclaims as she flings her hands in the air. Camilla and I laugh while Zoey scolds Alexa about how we're in high school, not middle school.

Camilla walks over to me and wraps her arms around my neck and I wrap my arms around her waist. It was just then that I realized our height difference; as a football player, I was 6'3. She, however, was 5'4. 

"Awww!! Look at em!!" I hear Alexa exclaim, but don't break my attention from Camilla's eyes. 

They were changing color; from dark brown to gold to light green to deep blue.

"Woah." I say quietly.

She blinks and they're back to their natural dark brown.

"How did you do that?" I ask her quietly enough so the others couldn't hear.

She scrunches her eyebrows in confusion and I resist the urge to kiss her. 

"Do what?" She asks.

"Your eyes. They changed color." I say. 

"Do what?" Her voice is filled with confusion and slight concern.

"Your eyes...they were changing colors." I say. I look at her brown eyes and shake my head. What did I just see?

"I think you have a hangover." She laughs a little. I join her and wonder if I ever saw it.

"Um, hello?!" Alexa exclaims. "Are we supposed to stand here all day and third wheel you two?"

"That doesn't sound too bad," I laugh as she punches my arm. Camilla and I break up our embrace and make our way to her car. As I climb into the front seat, I hear Zoey say to Camilla─

"You're gonna have your hands full with him."

But before I close my door I smile when I hear Camilla's answer─

"I know, and I can manage."