Adrian

Chapter 6

Adrian and I were walking along the edge of the pond outside of my house on a exceptionally hot dat. It was so hot I almost just wanted to jump in. Wait! That gives me a great idea. I teetered on the edge of the pond to act as if I was going to fall in. I screamed and waited for him to grab onto me. When he rushed over and grabbed my shirt, I slipped out of his grip and pushed him in. I was so caught up in my glory, I didn't see him come back out of the water and grab me around the waist and jump in with me. When he let me go I decided to make him worry a bit. Instead of going back up for air, I swam to the edge of the small pond. Once I made it to the other side, I crawled into the brush and peaked out of the bushes. I had to hold back laughter after seeing the worried look on his face. So he does care about me! He started then frantically diving in and out of the water. I wonder how long I should keep this up. He might get mad.

I yelled his name and walked over to the edge of the pond and smirked at him. I said "Haha! I win!" Instead of taking it like a joke which I thought he would, he looked furious.

"What the hell, Vera!" He shouted. "I was so wor..." He trailed off and I wondered why. I looked at him curiously before I looked down at what he was staring at. 'Crap! He can see my scars' I thought. I ripped my t-shirt down and started to run away. I didn't want to cry in front of him. I couldn't, I had to be strong!

He yelled "Wait!" he ran and pulled me so I was facing him. "You don't have to tell me about it. I can wait, I just want you to be able to trust me." He said looking into my eyes. What he said had made me want to cry. I couldn't trust him. I had to rely on myself. But I had a suspicion if I could trust anyone I could trust him.

"It's just that I don't want too talk about it." I whispered and looked down at my feet. "Can we go home?"

"Of Course, Vera." He took my face into his hands and said, "You know I would never want to hurt you, right?" He looked so intent on my answer so I had to say yes.

I nodded turned away from his hold. I walked to the house with him silently at my side.

After the sun rose I went outside to feed my chickens. I was tired because I had stayed up half of my night thinking about what happened yesterday. My life has changed so much since he got here. I also decided that I liked him being here. Before, my life was way to repetitive. He also seemed to honestly care about me, which he would have been the only one to care for me but my brother. He also makes things hard for me. He is bringing back all of the memories I wanted to forget so much. Like yesterday at the pond. I couldn't let him see my scars again. That would be disastrous. I have also been relying on him too much lately. I know he is just going to leave soon, and I wont be able to bear it when that happens. It will just be too much hurt for me to get too dependent on him. Maybe I should hire a hand to take care of the stuff that he hes been doing. Huh, ill think about all of that later. Too much is changing right now.

I got done feeding the chickens and walked into the house and heard him humming a song that I swore that I have heard before. I disregarded the thought as I smelled the food, I was really hungry. He looked up at me and smiled.

Well, It seemed that he wouldn't seem he was going to bother me about my scars today. I sighed in relief and sat down at the table and began eating my eggs and toast. I noticed how he sat down so close to me it was uncomfortable. "Um, could you please move away, I need my space." I said even though I actually liked the feeling of him sitting that close.

"Oh, but I can get closer." He said smiling. He scooted so close that our legs were touching. "Uncomfortable now? " I would like t say I just pushed him away, but I didn't. Instead I actually leaned into him. My body was reacting in ways I my mind wasn't. Stupid body! He was so close to my face our lips were almost touching. Just then my brain started to work before anything else could possibly happen. I got up and thanked him for the food and went ot my room.

POV change

God, I thought to myself, why did I have to do that! Now I will just have to start to build her trust of me back from the start. I need to fix this now. I got up and walked to her room. I knocked on the door, and when she didn't answer I walked into hear her sniffling. Great! I made her cry. I hated hearing her cry. I couldn't stop myself from gathering her into my arms. To my surprise, she leaned into my embrace and hugged me tightly to her. This went on for what seemed like hours She finally stopped crying. I wonder what that was all about. The incident in the kitchen must have triggered a bad memory. I felt her breathing steady against me and I knew that she was asleep. She was so light when I lifted her up onto my chest. I couldn't help the feeling of how right she felt there. I think I was falling in love with this mortal. If I was, it would just end up being a disastrous ending for both of us. I needed to keep my feelings a secret from her. She needed to fall in love with me, not me with her! I sighed, I needed to figure my problems out. Our relationship couldn't possibly work out anyway. It would just end up with heartbreak. She belongs here and I belong in the heavens. It was an impossible relationship. Could I leave everything behind for her. Logic told me no but what I wanted was to say yes. I couldn't leave her all alone in this world. That would hurt too much. But I don't know If I could live the life of a mortal. I would only live mere years before I could die, but I don't think I would want a long life without her. When I thought about her not being there, my heart began to ache. I looked down at her. I needed to make a decision before everything ends in disaster. Either way, one of us will be hurt, and I just wanted for her to be happy.