I touched the pillow and instantly the memory of that night hit me. I was propped in the pillows in fear and I kept glancing at the door in caution. Shadow and the others were somewhere else in the house and that gave me an opportunity to escape....If only...I was strong enough...it hurts... I'm so dizzy, but I concentrated on the door. Voices? I snapped my head up and the knob on the door slowly started opening and I hurridly tucked myself back in bed. I closed my eyes as the door creaked opened...
My head snapped up as Shadow moved away from me to a mini refrigerator. I grinned in spite that I just had witnessed an unseen memory in my head. He handed a water bottle since light trails of sweat were creating in my brow.
"Better?" he asked, voice worried. I nodded and smiled weakly up at him. I took a swig of the water and handed it back. He shook his head and placed it in my jacket's pocket.
After that we left that room since it made me dizzy even if I haven't told him that it did. He knew alright. In the next couple of mintues we ventured around the small, but quite comfortable cabin. I swear a spider almost jumped at me! Shadow thought I needed some fresh air and I just rolled my eyes, and kept an eye on jumping spiders. Hmm. I think I see one over there... Oh jesus!
When we mostly covered the whole area we went outside since staying there too long was making me cluastrophobic and the space was getting stuffy.
The sun this time was in another direction and lower on the sky. The forest was really quiet now. Shadow checked his cell and decided he should take me home to get ready for dinner at his house. I blushed and climbed in the motorcycle after him. He told me it was 4:23 P.M. that we should ariive around 5. So that means I have an hour to get ready. Let's see how that works out!
I glanced back at the cabin and let the image of it print itself clearly in my mind. Then we were off with the tugging on our clothes and sending me laughing at how fresh and free I felt in the inside. At that moment I really wanted to stretch my arms out and let the wind purify me whole.
Shadow seemed to have taken a hint of what I was thinking since he laughed and yelled in the wind that I was crazy. I laughed some more and he accelerated the speed. I'm going to remember this day, I thought dreamily.
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I sighed in relief when I noticded the lights in the house were off. I handed Shadow the helmet and I was tempted to ditch the dinner and take another ride in this thing. But you promised, I thought. I slightly pouted and walked up the porch steps. Shadow followed and said,"Well, I guess I'll see you later. Do you want me to pick you up? Since you don't know the directions to my house."
I tucked a few stray hairs behind my ear and said,"Um. Yeah. Yeah, you can pick me up and um...to be honest what should I wear?" It was pretty embarrasing to ask, but I needed him to define the term "dinner" with his mom.
He chuckled and looked at me in amusement and said slyly,"Hm. I think I should let you fingure that out..." He slowly turned away, but I grabbed his arm and cried out,"Oh come on! Your not serious are you?!"
He laughed outloud and said,"No. I was just kidding with you! I like to torture you, Arielle! Just wear something simple like a simple fall dress or something casual like jeans and a cashmere sweater. Just don't wear too much." I slapped his arm.
"What I don't deserve a thanks for helping you out!"
"No, you were being rude and so no!"
I added,"Also you can leave now since I won't have much time to pick my outift if you keep staying here!"
"Fine. I'll pick you up at 6 and Arielle it was nice hanging out with you even though that wasn't our purpose. I had a good time with you."
I turned pink at his kindness. "It was nice hanging out with you too even while riding that deadly thing of yours." He sighed and smiled. "But even if you almost killed me back there I still had a great time with you and riding it wasn't so bad." I giggled at the memory and he nodded with a smile on his face since he remembered the memory too.
"That was quite something. Anyway, thanks and I'm gonna go now to let you change,"he said. I nodded.
Before he left, Shadow glanced back at me and quickly gave me a quick kiss on my cheek. Warmth and a tingling sensation started spreading inside me and I had an urge to the same, but I was too shy.
We smiled at each other. After that Shadow had left and was inside with a dreamy smile in my face. I practicly skipped up the stairs all the way to my room! I was just in a state of bliss. I smiled, but reality settled in and I hurridly took a 10 minute shower since I had to get ready for dinner.
After the shower I took Shadow's first advice of wearing a Fall dress. It was a simple, but pretty sky blue Fall dress that reached all the way to my knees. I put on gray ballet shoes that matched perfectly with the dress. Some bracelets and rings were added. And now I was done. This all took me like 30 minutes or so. I would've have taken an hour, but I didn't do snything to my hair. I left it down.
I looked at my mirror and I could see my leather gray jacket behind me and decided I would take that one with me.
A sharp knock came from below and delicately walked down the stairs. I took a deep breath and opened the door.
Shadow's eyes widened slightly and he hurridly regained his cool. I laughed and invited him inside. It feels like he hasn't been gone at all.
Shadow let his eyes wander over me starting from my feet to ending to my head. "Is this alright?," I asked shyly. He nodded and said, "Yeah. Damn. I mean yeah you look great and it's not too much so that's a bonus. Are you ready to leave?"
"Yeah, let me just write a note to my mom telling her where I am." I went to the kitchen and snatched a sticky note that was stuck in the refrigerator. I hurridly wrote,"
Mom,
With a friend so I'll be missing dinner. Be back at 7 or so.
Love ya,
Arielle
I stuck it in the refrigerator and went back to the living room. Shadow already had the front door opened and I locked the door behind me when we left. I slipped in my jacket and looked around for the motorcycle. Instead of the motorcycle in the driveway it was the Coupe from before.
I looked questiongly at Shadow and he said,"Well, I didn't want you to get wet along the ride so I brought the Coupe. And my mother said so too."
I pursed my lips and got settled in the passanger seat. Shadow got in the driver's seat and placed the key in. I took the time to check out how Shadow was dressed. He was dressed from black like always, but this time he was dressed differently from the normal jeans and band shirts he always wore. More elegant I guess. He had black jeans on, but with a dark long-sleeved shirt this time. No band shirt. I'm impressed. Shadow caught me staring at his body and smirked. I blushed like always and erased the thought of how sexy and comfy he looked in that shirt.
This is gonna be quite a night, I thought.
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We quietly entered the house and Shadow locked the door behind him. He led me toward their kitchen and I saw his mom, Alexandria, as I entered the room. She was dressed in black slacks and a navy blouse. She was cutting carrots and placing them in a bowl. I guess she's making a salad.
Shadow cleared his throat and her head snapped up. She immediately smiled and walked toward us to give me a hug and Shadow a smile.
"You look very beautiful Arielle and I'm glad that you decided to join us for dinner!,"she said in that soprano voice of hers. I liked her since she looked and talked differently than those other moms I've met who have a keen eye on seeing a girl with manners and such. That annoyed me.
"Why don't you guys go to the dinning room while I give the food a last touch," she said.
"Can we help?," I asked.
She looked thoughfully at me and said,"Well you could take them to the dinning room while I finish this salad. Thanks Arielle!" I said I was happy too and carefully gathered a dish in my hands and went to the dinning room. Shadow followed behind and we proceeded this a couple of times.
Finally, all of us were settled in the dinning room table and were placing food in our dishes. We had esay going conversations and the food was delicious. I took a bite of my meat and I almost moaned at how good and meaty it was. Shadow chuckled from my right and his mom smiled.
"Quite delicious isn't it! Wait, til you taste the mashed potatoes and salad. Then peanut filled brownies later for dessert. My favorite the dessert! I smiled gratefully and sipped my punch.
"Arielle, does your mother know your here?,"she asked.
"Um yeah. She knows I'm with a friend and that I won't be home for dinner," I responded.
She nooded and said,"I hope Shadow didn't give you a heart attack when you rode that deadly thing of his!"
I burst out laughing and Shadow rolled his eyes. "Thank god I'm still alive since it was a bumpy journey, well half ot it anyway. Have you ever rode it?"
"Heavens no! I'd rather drop dead than ride that thing! Shadow, your lucky I let you keep it."
Shadow smirked and said,"You can try to take it away, but I always get it back. And I didn't kill you out there Arielle or hit a tree like you said I was!"
I blushed and said,"You were close though." He rolled his eyes. Alexandria laughed.
Shadow's mom asked another question. I guess she was trying to get to know me better. "What kind of music do you like, Arielle?"
"Rock. I don't like Pop so much since it's really not my style and I don't like how they mix a lot of stuff to it. It's...too much I guess."
"I know right. It's like fake and always the same like Britney Spears and all those other pop artists. I like Rock myself since it's a masterpiece itself and real. Honest too. What kind of bands do you like?"
"Jeesh a lot! Um like right now I just heard of this band called Black Veil Brides and one of my friends let me borrow one of their CD's from a band called Avenged Sevenfold. They're pretty good. Oh yeah, uh, I like My Chemical Romance, Asking Alexandria, Paramore, Linkin Park, Nirvana, and a lot more. My favorite 1# band is Tokio Hotel alonside 30 Seconds to Mars! Saosin too! Yours?"
Shadow nodded in approval at each band and replied back,"Good taste. Well, Black Veil Brides is one of my favorite bands alonside with Avenged Sevenfold. What album was the one you heard from them?"
I cocked my head. "Nighmare, I think."
"Yeah that's a pretty good one. Did you know that was dedicated to one of their bandsmates. He died so they dedicated it to him. His name was Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. He was the drummer and the band got his favorite drummer, Mike Portnoy, to play on their Nightmare album as a dedication to Jimmy. The album is a masterpiece! Too bad he died since he was too young, 28 yeras old he was."
I raised an eyebrow. "How'd he died?"
"Um. He drank some pills that weren't fit to mix together and the police found him dead in his apartment. Such a waste of talent."
I nodded. "Yeah and I think they were gonna break-up right? 'Cause of what happened to Jimmy."
Shadow nodded soberly. "So yeah those our my favorite bands. I also like My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Bullet for My Valentine, Hollywood Undead, Bring Me the Horizon, and a lot more, mostly related to those bands. Def Leppard is good too," he replied.
I gave him a thumbs up and we laughed. Another voice joined in and we whipped our heads around and saw it was just his mom. I gaped and blushed. I forgot she was here...
She smiled and looked at us carefully with a thoughful twinkle on her blue eyes. Shadow narrowed his eyes and I just sat there.
She just shook her head, but that thoughful twinkle on her eyes remained. She took a bite oh her mashed potatoes. I shrugged it off. We continued the rest of our dinner and easy-going chatter.
* * * * *
"It was nice having dinner with you, Arielle. I hope you can join us another time if you don't mind?" said a smiling Alexandria.
I smiled and responded,"Certainly! I had a good time too Alexandria! It was nice getting to know you."
She beamed at me and smiled. "Again, thanks for coming and goodnight!" I hugged her back, but I had to be careful to not squish the brownies that were covered set on a dish and covered with plastic or whatever it's called. I tilted the dish way, but Shadow helped me by grabbing them from my busy hands and placing them on the car's passanger seat. I sighed.
I waved as we slowly got out and sped toward home. I glanced back to see Alexandria waving at us and smiling from the front door. I laughed and face forward.
"She still looking,"asked Shadow. It wasn't a question and I nodded. He silently shook his head and sped more.
"So, um did you enjoy it?"I asked.
He smirked. "It was jungle back there. Watching my every move like a lion. Actually, more like a tigress' cause she's a girl. But even so it was pleasant. My mom likes you you know. Thought she would."
I smiled. "Yeah, I like her too she's fun to be around with. Today was really fun even if I was supposed to be in school today!" I laughed and he smirked like always.
"Fuck school never liked it. Filled with cheerleaders and jocks that are more like jerkoffs."
I grinned and pushed the volume up in Eve 6's song "Think Twice". I smiled at the romantic lyrics.
When all,
Is said,
And done,
And dead,
Does he,
Love you,
The way that I do?
Breathing in,
Lightning;
Tonight's for fighting.
I feel,
The hurt,
So physical.
Think twice before you touch my girl.
Come around I'll let you feel the burn.
Think twice before you touch my girl.
Come around, come around,
No more.
Think twice before you touch my girl.
Come around I'll let you feel the burn.
Think twice before you touch my girl.
Come around,
No more.
I glanced at Shadow to see him soflty singing to the song. His deep voice made my skin crawl. I smiled and watched him while we got hom. He tried not to notice, but he gave in and glanced at me from the corner of his eye. Our eyes met and we held the connection between us and it flickered and sizzled. He whole face turned gentle and he continued singing.
That's how it all went until we came to our destination. A destination I didn't want to reach. I wanted to stay longer with him maybe the whole night... I shivered in pleasure at just thinking of his arms around me...
We rolled to a stop in front of my house. I sighed. Too good to be true. I swinged my legs over and climbed out.
We walked to the front door and I glanced at the windows. She was home.
Shadow pushed his hair away from his eyes, but they fell back into place. I love his hair, I thought.
"So, um I'll guess I'll see you later," he said.
"Yeah and again thanks for the dinner it was really great. Say thanks to your mom from me," I said.
"Yeah. I better go now and I hope what we talked earlier in the day made you rethink a lot of stuff."
I glanced down. "Yeah and bye now."
I had my eyes set on Shadow's shoes so I saw when he took a step toward me. His thumb gently gwent along my chin and he lifted my head up. I looked up at him and he slowly bent over to firmly, but sweetly press his lips on forehead. I let out a shaky breath and pressed my hands on his stomach. I felt his stomach muscles tense up, but relaxed at my hold. I was shivering from head to toe. I thought the world was tilting to the side.
He slowly let go of me and held my hands in his. They were calloused and cool, but they were filing me with warmth. He backed away from me and our arms stretched until they unfortunately fell silently to our sides.
He quietly got to his car and it rumbled to life. He kept his eyes on me until I was too far away from him to see. I sighed and smiled dreamily up at the sky. I softly giggled at the memory of his lips touching my forehead.
This means something. Is this fate or just coincedence? I'll found out... My feelings are too deep now for me to just let go of him... I'll found out and hope that the price isn't that we both end up dead...
I shivered and looked up at the dark, silent night. Brilliant stars scattered around me. I exhaled into the fresh air and continued to stare in wonder at the sky....
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Done. With the chapter anyway! Anyway guys I'm SO, SO, SO SORRY that I haven't been able to upload sooner!!! I just had a bad case of writer's block and the darn thing wouldn't go away for like two weeks!! I was like crushed and worthless to it's power!! I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me?!?! I'M SO, SO, SO SORRY!!!!!!!! <3<3<3
In a way to make it up to you I just announced that I'm gonna be posting a new story!! Yayy *Audience applauds* I said I didn't still have the title, but now I do!! Ready...drumroll please and a small guitar solo please...
Haha! Anyway so my new story is going to be called, "Chilled"! What you guys think?!?! Like I said before it won't be about romance or anything like "Very Unexpected Relationship at the Wrong Time" it will be about murder and begining an unexpected journey. I guess you can call it fate? But it also means clinging to life and the truth. I'm killing you right? I'm tempted to release the summary, but you'll have to wait...
Also, guys do you think I should change the title in this tory 'cause I don't like it anymore?? Titles are popping in my head, but none fit just yet. So should I?? I really need you guys to tell me before I change it??????
That's it! Bye guys! <3 Again, I'M SO , SO, SO , SORRY FOR NOT UPLOADING SOONER!!!!! :D Bye!
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