I put a large pot of water on the stove and turned it on. Then I turned to the cupboard and waited for the water to boil. As I started chopping vegetables, I heard footsteps coming from the stairs, and when I raised my head, I saw Cole walking toward me with sure steps, his face full of excitement."Hey, you can't move yet!" I yelled as I ran towards him, but he stopped me with a confident smile."Don't worry, I'm fine," he said, but I was still worried."Are you sure?""Yes, I heal faster than humans." He walked over to the table, and I went back to the cutting board as I repeated his words over and over in my head. He said human, which meant he didn't consider himself human, which might have dispelled the idea that he was a mix of human and something else, or something. But what?"Don't think too hard, or your brain will explode," he said, and I snapped out of my sea of thoughts with a laugh, then continued cutting. Wow, I guess he can read minds too, it seems."Can I help you?""No
Cole My eyes blinked, bright sunlight peeking through the balcony, and I could feel the warmth. When I looked down, I noticed that her head was resting on my chest like a pillow, and that her arms were wrapped around my waist. Only then did I notice that my arms were wrapped around her as well. I smiled for a moment, but as time passed, the happy feelings turned into feelings of sadness and guilt. Nevertheless, I still couldn't force myself to move, so I just left it like that. Then she started to move and I closed my eyes again. Rayline I moaned softly as my eyes slowly opened. I lifted my head and pulled one hand back. But instead of feeling the texture of the sheets, I felt something stiff. I looked down to see Cole's body, my hand now resting on his stomach, and it took a moment for reality to hit me as I realized the position we were both in. I immediately pulled my hand back with a gasp and sat up completely as I slid away from him. This caused his eyes to slowly open and he
Rayline I walked up the stairs to the room. I could hear the cars pulling out of the driveway, which meant that Cole and I were going to have the whole house to ourselves for a couple of hours. I felt a mixture of excitement and anxiety about this. I knocked on Cole's bedroom door, but when I called his name, I didn't hear an answer. I turned the doorknob and found it unlocked. I walked in and saw that my balcony door was open. I could see him leaning against the railing. Maybe he opened it just in case he didn't hear me from outside. Fortunately, there was no sign of my parents coming upstairs. I put the plate of food on my desk and went to the balcony. It wasn't until I stepped out that I noticed he was shirtless, a large incision scar was visible on his side, and the bandage that had previously been wrapped around him had now fallen off his lower body. "Hey," I called as I walked over, and he looked over his shoulder. "Oh, hey," he said, looking back at the forest. "What are
I managed to see through my tears. I could see the anger radiating from Cole's body, and it was obvious that Kody was no longer smiling. He lifted him from my desk and pushed him out the balcony door. They both stared at each other and I could see the red spark in Cole's eyes in the reflection of the glass. Out of nowhere there was a big gust of wind, just like before, but when I opened my eyes to look, Kody wasn't there. "Hey," Cole said in a low voice as he knelt down beside me. I was still holding back the pain, tear streaks running down the side of my face. Then he reached his hand out to grab mine and a cry escaped. "It's okay, let me see." His voice sounded soft. I lifted my hand, bleeding from the wound, four large claw marks stretching from my elbow to my wrist and up my hand. I saw his eyes flash blue and he pulled my arm forward, another groan escaping. "Shhh," he whispers softly, bringing his hand to hover over my wrist, placing his hand over the wound. "It's okay." I w
Somehow I managed to get Darren to say less without going into detail. Basically, what I said was that I ended up spending a lot of time with one of my classmates, and I spent the whole weekend hanging out with him. But I told him that when I confessed to him, I was rejected by him. Even though Darren kept asking me who it was, I refused to say, and I think the only reason he didn't try harder was because I was so upset. It was the first time I really liked someone, so he was very understanding. I couldn't sleep that night. My mind couldn't stop running through all my thoughts, no matter how hard I tried. Part of me wanted to take Cole's advice and forget about it all. But how could I? He can't just tell me that he had a good time and then throw me away like a piece of trash, can he? It's almost the end of class and he hasn't shown up. Maybe he knows I'll try to catch up with him, so he thinks it's better to just skip class. But that pisses me off even more because it means he means
I tried to explain my situation to Darren as best I could. "No," I thought, realizing that I would never get a straight answer from him, because by the time he wanted to answer, you'd already been here, I told myself. "He… just left."He shifted on the bed and looked at me sharply. "Do you think maybe he's hiding from you because he doesn't like you, or is it the other way around, he likes you?""What?" I was a little confused. "What do you mean?"I saw him think for a moment before he answered, "Come to think of it, he never really said he didn't like you. He just ran away like that. It seems to me that he might be afraid of his own feelings."I tried to process this idea, even though it didn't fit with my previous thoughts. Surprisingly, he never really rejected me. "Maybe..." I muttered, beginning to open my mind to new possibilities. But in the end, he never really told me how he felt. "That would explain why he told Taylor.""Told him what?" he probed for more information."That
He pulled me to my feet and led me to the exit of the large restaurant building without saying a word. I gave Hayden an apologetic look on my way out, but I felt I had to follow Cole to get this done. He led me into an alley between the restaurant and a large building before releasing his grip on my arm and turning to face me. "Why the fuck do you want to go with him?" he says, his gaze sharp as if demanding an answer, and I tilt my head to the side. "Why wouldn't I? Huh? Because I said I liked you? Well, guess what? I can go with whoever I want." I replied in an annoyed tone, annoyed that he had ruined my date. "Then why now? So now you're jumping from one guy to another?" My jaw dropped. "You know he's just trying to fuck with you, right?" he said in a sarcastic tone and I just scoffed. "So what? I can do what I want and fuck who I want. It's none of your business." He raised his hand and ran it through his hair in frustration. " Jeez, you're really getting on my nerves." "Me
I knocked on Darren's bedroom door repeatedly, waiting for an answer, crossing my arms as my legs began to twitch, unable to stay still. When he opened it, he saw my confused expression and sighed."I knew you'd come," he said as he stepped aside and I went to the door. "How is that mess over there?""Why do you say that?" I asked as I followed him into his room. I'd actually gone straight to Darren's after meeting up with Cole earlier."Well, didn't Cole show up there?" he asked casually, as if he already knew.I paused, confused as to how he knew Cole was there when he closed the door. "How did you know?""Because he called me," he shrugged. "How do you think he knew where you were?""What? Wait, hold on a second," I said as I sat down on the edge of his bed and tried to digest what he had just said." He called me on Taylor's phone and asked where you and Hayden went out," he explained to me."And you just told him?" I reply, wanting to know if he told him or not."I was reluctant