Sweet creature

T W E N T Y - F O U R

Sweet creature | our future

You don't fear Change,

You fear the unknown. 

- Joe Vitale

Kai

10 hours. 10 long hours of drama, love, vampires and werewolves. All engraved in my mind. The movie saga wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't my kind of speed in movies. I prefer more action over romance. Serenity on the other hand sat infatuated with the romance displayed. Love danced in her eyes, along with some tears that rolled down while the ending credits rolled in. 

I laid down on the leather brown sectional, while Serenity laid on top on me. Her tight curls scattered across my chest, as our hands interlocked with one another. 

"So," Serenity begins, lifting up on her elbows to face me. "What did you think?!"

"It was alright." I shrug "I still think she should have picked the werewolf dude." I remark loosely.   

Serenity beams.

"I knew you'd like Jacob" She says overly confident. 

I smile in response.

"How so?" I question playfully. 

"Because you remind me of him in a way. Passive, Passionate, Tempered" She giggles. 

In a swift motion she comes to her feet. The absence of her body heat leaves me cold. I begin to do the same. With stiff bones from laying down for the past 10 hours I begin to stretch. A large yawn leaves my body as I pop my back from its stiff state. 

What time was it? 

"Shoot, it's 6am" Serenity gasps

"Your first all nighter?" I question curiously. 

Serenity didn't seem like the type to stay up all night occasionally. Especially not on a school night like this.

She nods her head.

"My first one in awhile at least. I hadn't had one since I was a little girl. My sister Sarida and I would pull them all the time when we were little" I watch as he brown eyes smile at the memory. 

She never talked much about her sister, just like I never talked much about my mother. I guess it was something we both never cared to bring up with one another. The death of both of them just seemed to fade away when we were together. Like nothing else mattered but us. 

I liked it. Serenity made me forget about everything that once consumed me. All the bad things vanished when she was around. My medicine. My cure. without her, who knew where'd I be.

"God I miss her sometimes" She whispers softly. 

I watch as her once happy eyes, turn sad. Feeling empathy I pull her into a hug. Holding her small frame in my body tightly as her head rests on my chest. We stand like this for a moment. Letting the morning silence fill the air peacefully. It wasn't until the sound of a door opening upstairs caused us to break from our lock. 

"I better get going huh?" I question quietly. Searching for her eyes, that disregarded mine. 

Serenity doesn't say a word, she just nods before pulling away. 

Not wanting to push her, I say nothing - instead, I place a slow kiss on her pillow soft lips. Hoping the act of affection would cheer her up a bit. 

"I'll see you soon, okay?" 

"Okay" She whispers.

With one last look I head for the door. Closing it quietly behind me, I step outside into the crisp morning air. The air was cool this morning. The wind blew slightly as the green leaves fell from the tress, onto the ground, swirling around with the tempo of the wind blowing. My motorcycle was still parked in the schools parking lot, and I was glad that it was only a few blocks from serenity's house. So, I began to walk. Letting the cooling outside air wash over me, and allowing my thoughts to take over. It was Fall now, October 24th to be exact. I was shocked at how fast time was flying by. It was almost the end of the year, meaning Senior year was half-way done. Wow. I was bewilded by the thought. Where had all the time gone? It felt like just yesterday I was a freshman, and now in exactly 7 months from now I will be graduating High School. The realization of reality shoot an unwanted wave of fear in me. What would happen after graduation? Would I go to college? The answer to that was simple, no. No I wouldn't. College was never in my deck of cards for me, and even if it was what school would I possibly get into to with my awful grades? I had ruined my grades academically for myself years ago, and on this rate the only College that would accept me would be a community one - if that. Serenity on the other hand would get into something prestigious. With her brains, and grades she could easily go Ivy League. Wouldn't she? Would she choose a high prestigious college that I would never be able to get into, or would she want to be with me so badly that she would settle for a community college. No, I thought. Hating the thought. I would never allow her to throw away her future at attending a good school just to be with me. I messed up, I made the mistake of throwing away my future just because I couldn't cope with my past, and it was now coming back to hunt me. I had finally found some happiness, a purpose in life with a girl I loved, and now that would all come to be jeopardize soon. 

How come this never accrued to me until now? The future. I'd been so consumed in love, that I'd been missing the big picture right in front of me. Time. Time was slowly starting to run out for me, no - For us. The future was so uncertain now. And now, anxiety was beginning to hit me. The anxiety that every High schooler felt when time was coming to an end for them. What was my future? What would that look like? who would that be with? and was I ready for it? With my head swinging with endless questions I finally made it to my bike. The unknown of the future was starting to taint me, and all I needed right now was Serenity. Had she been thinking about this already? or had time not hit her yet? I'm sure she knew what she wanted, but then again maybe she didn't. This was definitely something we both needed to talk about, and fast. Because rather we both liked it or not there was a future sealed for us both, a path that overlooked our lives and now the question stood. Would involve the love of my life or not.