Sunday, December 16, 2012
11:26 a.m.
"I'm going out with Justin today!" I called throughout my house. I looked out the window and saw that Justin had just pulled up in the driveway.
I grabbed a bag of bread and Justin's small gift, hurrying to the door where Justin stood patiently waiting. He took me by the arm and led me to his car. He opened my door for me and then closed it, like a gentleman.
Justin took me to a nearby pond. It had gotten frozen in mid-November. Now the ducks and geese just waddled around on top of the frozen water. I handed him a piece of bread and watched him break it to small pieces.
"Rachel got a stomach virus yesterday morning..so she wasn't one of my groupies yesterday" Justin told me, throwing some bread towards the ducks, but away from the geese.
"Was Gracie one of your groupies?" I asked curiously.
"No..she was with Logan the whole night" Justin said sounding just as surprised as I was.
"Really?" I asked. He shrugged.
"Guess that's just how life is. Walk to class with someone and end up falling for them" Justin said. I laughed. I pulled out some more pieces of bread and broke them into smaller pieces, throwing them towards the ducks.
"Hey remember how we met?" Justin asked suddenly, catching me off guard. I frowned.
"I try not to" I said shaking my head. He laughed.
"Well yeah.. I think that'd be a cute story to tell our unborn children" he said and pulled a small box out of his pocket. "Happy five month anniversary" he said sweetly. I smiled and blushed. "Go on, tell the story" he said watching me expectantly. I giggled and cuddled into his shoulder. Justin put his arm around me and waited expectantly.
"Okay, so the absolute first time we met was in middle school. We were in the same Spanish class and you decided to cheat off of the super tall, underdeveloped, nerdy girl with glasses and braces" I started. Justin laughed and kissed the top of my head.
"Only cause I thought you were cute" he said. I giggled and continued.
"After that, you went to high school. Once I finally made it to high school, I'd just see you around until sophomore year came and I got invited to prom by Cameron Byce. Luckily, mom agreed to let me wear contact lenses and my braces were taken off the day before prom. So I went to prom, danced a couple of songs with Cameron, some others with my friends, with random guys, and that one last song with you, after you finally worked up the nerve to ask me to. We talked at prom, you messaged me on Facebook, we swapped numbers and voila! One month after prom, we were a couple" I said smiling at Justin. He laughed.
"I wonder how Cameron Byce feels about that" he said. I shrugged.
"We went as friends, nothing more" I said.
"I heard he was gonna ask you out" Justin said. I laughed and playfully punched his arm.
"And you still hit on me?" I asked. Justin grinned adorably and stuck out my present again.
"Happy five month anniversary" he said. I laughed and pulled out his present.
"Happy five month anniversary" I said and handed him his present. I watched as he opened it. His face lit up.
"Another chocolate rose?!" he asked in disbelief. "Alexandria..you really know how to please a man" he said kissing my cheek. I giggled as he picked off a chocolate petal and ate it.
"I'm just living with the fear that next month, you won't want a chocolate rose" I said. He frowned. He picked off another petal and fed it to me.
"I feel like I should be getting you the chocolate rose, but hey" Justin said. I smiled and started to open my present.
"Oh my gosh" I gasped, picking up the bracelet in the box. "Justin!" I said excitedly. He laughed.
"Do you like it?" he asked.
"I love it!" I said admiring it. It was a brown, threaded bracelet that had ' ♥ J+A ♥' carved into the wooden part.
"Good" he said and held out his wrist, showing me his bracelet to match. I laughed and handed him the bracelet so he could put it on me.
"Thanks" I said. "I love you" I said smiling widely.
"I love you too" he said sweetly. I held my breath and stared at his luscious lips. I leaned closer to him and wrapped my arms around his neck staring into his eyes.
"You humans have some crazy hormones" Justin whispered. I swallowed hard and shook my head slowly.
"You were human once too" I said softly. I leaned closer to him and stopped, just a few inches away from his expectant lips. I would let him kiss me on the lips. He would only kiss me on the cheek or forehead. I stared at his lips, waiting expectantly. He was so perfect with his manners, it was impossible to stay mad at him, ever. Justin planted a kiss on my forehead and pulled me closer, his hand resting on my back. His lips moved down to my neck as he inhaled deeply.
It always got me nervous when his mouth was near my neck. He had already tasted my blood! What if he lost control and bit me? Would it hurt? He wouldn't know the situation or the pain. He was born to be a vampire. If he bit me, he would be changing me into a vampire. There was a huge difference.
"Did I mention you smell good?" he asked, a hint of laughter in his voice. My heart started racing.
"Yes" I said, barely above a whisper. He placed a gentle kiss on my neck, his lips lingering there for a while longer. I held my breath and waited. He slowly pulled away from my neck and let his nose hover over my jaw. I took in a deep breath, smelling his sweet cologne. I pulled away, remembering what had happened last time. Kissing him was only endangering myself. It seems like a simple thing..well not when your boyfriend is a vampire.
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After taking me to an early dinner at 6 o'clock, me and Justin sat in the backseat of his car in the parking lot of the restaurant. We decided that if we sat in the front, they would come out and tell us to leave, so we were safer being in the backseat.
He told me about how he found out he had changed, what he did when he realized his parents were vampires too, and this group of vampires his age who went through the same thing. He told me about how they helped him after he tasted my blood and how they were all so nice to him.
"We should get going now" Justin said. I bit my lip. I didn't wanna leave. I still wanted him to kiss me! I mean, it's our anniversary! Today had more meaning than any other days. Besides, it was only six-thirty. My parents had given me permission to stay out until eight-thirty.
"No" I said firmly. Justin looked at me in confusion. I leaned forward and kissed him, giving him no time to pull back and scold me for trying. I was surprised to feel his lips moving against mine in perfect harmony. I leaned back so that I was laying on the car seat and continued kissing him, avoiding his fangs. Justin's body hovered over mine as his lips pulled away and started placing kissed on my jawline and then my neck.
We both knew I wasn't losing my virginity in this car..or at all. Not for another few years anyways.
