Haven [GxG]

Chapter 13

Emma's POV:

"She's been ignoring me all week!" I groaned out.

"Well, just tell her the truth then, Emma," Lance said casually while reading a book.

"I can't just tell her the truth. You didn't see her reaction when she realized I didn't have a heartbeat! She looked absolutely mortified" I was pacing back and forth at this moment. I barely paid any mind to Elisia when she walked in.

"Emma. Tell her. She knows already. She just wants to hear you say it. She won't ask you to leave. She loves you." Obviously, she says this like she knows this because she's already seen it. I wish I could see it for myself. I would feel a lot more confident if I could see it for myself.

"She could change her reaction, though. She could end up hating me." If I had a heartbeat, it would have stopped at this moment at the thought of Mila hating me. 

"No, she won't, I promise you. She can never hate. You are mates that won't ever change. She's not going anywhere. She just wants the truth, and she deserves the truth."

"What if I lose control? I almost marked her." For the first time, Lance looked up at me from his book at this confession. 

"You will feel close to the edge, but you won't ever go over until she says she's ready." Hearing her say this brought me a little comfort.

  Marking her would have made her mine forever. When a vampire bites, they can drink blood and or turn someone, but when they bite their mate, they can mark them. It's a burning pain for the first few minutes, and then to humans, it just looks like a small tattoo, but to other supernatural entities, it will glow, letting them know they have their mate and are taken.

Once they've been marked, they can both talk to one another in their heads; they feel each other's emotions; they are just more in sync. This is always the solidifying moment of your heartbeat returning completely. It'll beat here and there when the bond starts, beats more regularly when they tell you they love you, and it'll beat completely once we finish mating. This is also when we start to feel warmer to the touch, more normal. 

"Alright, I'm going to tell her." I was terrified of losing her by telling her the truth because I might lose her. However, that might would turn into a guarantee if I didn't tell her the truth at all.

Mila's POV:

 Another school week. It's been a whole week without talking to Emma, and it was draining. All I wanted to do was be close to her and kiss her. I have to wait, though, till she tells me the truth. Once she opens up about herself, then I'll let my walls down. I had already shared everything there was to know about me. And I wasn't going to be the only one pour their heart out and be vulnerable! Being the only one vulnerable is scary.

 I got to school soon, and it was just routine from here. The days just blur together when she's not around. It was time for second period. Yay! Time for me to be tortured and have to do my best to ignore her. But she didn't come in.. weird. Also, I hated gym class. In the middle of running, I had to use the bathroom. Luckily the coach let me go after saying some sassy, sarcastic comments as she always does. As soon as I had flushed and walked out of the stall, I saw her. God, she was still so beautiful. This is the first time in a while that I have admired her, not just a glimpse of her out of the corner of my eye. I found myself becoming dazed but immediately shook out of it. I had to remain composed and strong, no matter how much I just wanted to throw myself into her arms.

"Hey, Emma. Listen, I don-" She closed the distance between us in the blink of an eye and picked me up, and before I knew it she had me sitting on the bathroom sink as she hungrily kissed me. Oh fuck, I was not expecting this. This was like a fantasy. I gave in, immediately kissing her hungrily back. Letting myself completely forget about being mad at her. We started making out, and then she bit my lip hard. I mean, uncomfortable hard. I could taste the blood from my lip.

"Ouch." I looked up, and I saw her eyes. They were black and had specks of glowing red. She didn't look away, and neither did I. I kept my eyes locked with hers. At this moment, I realized she was finally opening up. She was being vulnerable and letting me in, letting me see the other half of who she was. I put my hand up to her cheek, gently caressing it. I closed the space between us and kissed her softly and sweetly.

"I love you,"  I whispered against her lips as I leaned my forehead against hers. Her forehead started to feel warmer than usual. This sudden change took me by surprise, but the thought went to the back of my head when I heard her response.

"I love you too, Mila, so much." I wish I could replay this moment over and over again. 

 We opened our eyes to look at one another. Her eyes were back to their normal blue-green. I gave her another quick kiss.

"You're coming over tonight and telling me everything," I said softly but made sure there was no room for her to argue.

"I have a game today. So, first, you're going to come to my game and be my cheerleader. Then we'll go back to your place and... talk." She said this seductively with a smirk. 

If I didn't know any better, I think her tone hinted that we would be doing a little more than talking. Which we would. I already knew that. She gave me another kiss then helped me off the sink. As I was lowering down from the sink, I was also coming down from a high so far up the spiral down sucked. She turns me on so much! All I wanted was for us to be alone and not have to leave each other's side. 

"You turn me on so much too. Don't get me started on the things I would do if we were alone," she said in a teasing tone. A light chuckle soon followed as she noticed me blushing. 

"Hey! How'd you know... Wait!! Can you?" She nodded her head, confirming that she could indeed read my mind.

"Mhm." It makes sense now.

"Fuck. So, you've known everything from the beginning?" I started blushing profusely at this point.

"Yes. I also know how people are feeling and can control their emotions." That makes so much fucking sense too. How just being around her makes me calm down and feel safe.

My first kiss was with a vampire. My first love is with a vampire. Should this scare me? Probably. Does it? No. I oddly feel safe.