Between Two Loves

Luna

“Beep! Beep! Beep!” My alarm clock sang at 6:30 that morning on the last day at
“The Torture Chamber” adults call Andover High School. There I am the most popular
girl and the bitchiest to everyone. I always looked hot, got the best grades and
had awesome parties. I was always the most exclusive and everyone loved me but
some didn’t like me too much. Most people wondered why I was as popular as I was.
I was rich, pretty and smart, obviously the components for popularity. Though I
never had a real boyfriend, I crushed on a guy named Jesse Fellini. His black hair
and midnight blue eyes always left me breathless. He was so hot but he wasn’t
interested in me. Which I thought was weird because every guy wanted me. I didn’t
want them though, I wanted Jesse. Anyway, today was the last day of school and
every last student had to go or that meant detention for next year. I wanted to be
the best that I could be and I didn’t want to look like a slacker, ditcher or a
truant student.

My eyes opened as I slapped down the snooze button. The light beamed through
the main window in my room. I instinctively put my hand up over my face to shield
me from the light. I groaned as I pulled the sheet over my head. As I did my
brother, Dimetri walked in and pulled the blanket off of me.
“Come on Luna. Time for school.” he said in a cheerful voice.
He was always happy to do everything although he was always a little strange
in our family. I was considered normal. He looked exactly like me but better. His
hair was messy but it looked good like it was a style. His eyes were grayer than
mine and he was smarter. I was in tenth while he was skipped up to twelfth. I
always envied him for his smarts and looks. His attitude was different and I
didn’t want that.
“If you don’t leave, I will sock you in face.” I threatened.
“Mom will be mad if you miss school and she‘ll blame me for not making you go.”
“Mom’s in Spain, stupid.”
Our parents had taken a second honeymoon in Spain and we stayed in
California. Since we were fifteen she and dad had decided to let us stay for two
months by ourselves.
“Whatever. Just get up or we’ll get in trouble.” He said.
Dimetri always seemed to care a lot about my problems and my feelings. Once
when we were thirteen, in middle school, a guy named Scott Withers tried to grab
my boob in Gym class and Dimetri literally came out of nowhere and broke three of
his fingers. Two days after that happened, he and his high school friends beat the
crap out of him and made him apologize to me. I used to get flowers in my locker
saying “Im sorry.”. I always did wonder about how he knew but I was too popular
and self-centered to care. I don’t think that I even thanked him.
“Leave me alone.” I grumbled as I pulled the sheet over my face again. I heard him
walk away so I assumed he left. He has so quiet that I barely heard him approach
me. Dimetri ran up and pored something on me. I tore the Egyptian cotton sheet off
of me and stared at him. My vision blurred and the stuff tasted funny. Bitter and
chemical like. My eyes began to hurt a little. I was ready to beat the crap out of
him. I hopped out of my bed and ran to the door. My vision was completely fuzzy
and my eyes stung slightly. I felt woozy and disoriented. Then, the pain became
unbearable. I screamed as I rubbed at my eyes with my t- shirt and hands. It just
hurt more. Dimetri ran back and was trying to help me.
“What’s wrong!?” he yelled.
I screamed. “What did you pour on me?!”
“The stuff in the cup near the kitchen sink! You were playing with it yesterday so
I thought I would use it against you.” he said with shock.
I had tried to remember what cup I had near the sink. There were two I had been
using, a orange one for a science project and a purple one was full of juice.
“What color was the cup, you creation!?”
“The cup? It was orange. Why?” Oh crap. The pain seared into the back of my head.
“You idiot, that was ammonia.” I yelled.
I got up and ran down my long hallway to get to the bathroom to wash my eyes
but the worst ended up happening. I took the wrong turn, slipped on the marble
floor with my socks, my head hit the newel post and I went tumbling down fifteen
marble steps. I felt more pain and then everything went black.

Dimetri

I saw her black hair fly through the air and hit the post at the top of the
stairs. I heard her yell but I did nothing, I was in shock. Reality hit me and I
suddenly was at her side. I knelt down to see if Luna was breathing and she was
but she had cracked her head and blood began to spill from her wound. I knew I had
to save her so I wracked my brain, trying to remember some thing from classes at
school. To my surprise we never learned how to deal with this type of thing. I
went with my instincts and tried to help her. Quickly, I ran to the kitchen and
grabbed the table cloth and wrapped it around her head like a turban. The blood
had stopped flowing so I was happy about one thing. At least I helped her. I made
her a silent promise, that I would always protect her from any danger, that it was
my job as her “brother” and her guardian.
“Luna, I’m so sorry. I wish you could forgive me for the horrid thing I had done
and I never intended to hurt you. My purpose here is to keep you safe and happy,
nothing more. I’m here only for you. I never meant for this to happen. Your only
job now is to heal. I will stop at nothing to protect you from whatever danger
exists.” I told her. Then she came to. After she woke up she slipped under again.
I remembered to call an ambulance but stopped as soon as I reached for the phone.
Mom and Dad would be furious but I didn’t care so I reached for the phone again. I
stopped. They aren’t here and the police would surly be called. I couldn’t. I went
back to Luna at the foot of the stairs.
I moved Luna to her bedroom at the top of the stairs. Surprisingly she
wasn’t heavy. I didn’t stagger once. I guess that would be obvious considering the
fact that she weighs like thirty pounds to me. I’m stronger than I suspected, that
was good for times such as these. To tell you the truth I’m not Luna’s brother as
I said before, I’m her guardian. I was sent here to protect her because she is
“special” to our kind. Only the best of the best could even have the opportunity
to protect and be with the Angels. I just happened to be available. Luna wasn’t
born like most Angels are; she was part of a secret experiment to expand the life
of an Angel with better defenses. She could be one of four of Earths natural
elements. We accidentally created a babies of pure blood. Apparently for some
reason, they posed a threat to our kind. They tried to destroy them but they were
so powerful that even as infants they couldn’t be killed. When they get older is a
different story. She is supposed to get these powers around through age of sixteen
and seventeen. Then she can choose whether or not to keep her wings. It’s my job
to convince her that she is evil and the powers that she possesses are a danger to
mankind and themselves. I have to trick her into giving them up forever. Their
power begins to wane but only a little bit. It makes them venerable to any human
injury. They cant die but they can be messed up permanently. Anyway, Luna is a
strange element. Since we were born as twins in the human world and I was always
around her and I knew what I knew, something that made her different from all of
the others. She showed signs of a human child, not an Angel. I think that they
screwed up the procedure and that changed her DNA and her general makeup
altogether. It did something to her. It’s like she’s an exact copy of me but in
girl form. Nothing like this had ever happened before in all of Angel history. She
was human and an Angel. I was a guardian, well her personal guardian. I had to
help her throughout her life so it can be as happy as possible. I have to protect
her at all times and stay away from the Hunters. The Hunters basically are
vampires, they can get the experimental Angels power just by drinking their blood.
I’ve done a pretty good job in keeping Luna safe until what just had happened.
Acting human for a long time can cause you to make stupid human mistakes. Only
three people in the entire history of Angels actually keep them and now they are
on the Most Wanted List Of The Illegal Supernatural. I have to kill her because
she could get them back if she wanted too in an instant. Luna was a hybrid and I
wasn’t sure if she could handle the powers if she decided to keep them. It had
often made me nervous. I was an odd child too. I was a turned guardian but
something had gone wrong. I had another side of me that only came out when I was
aggravated or really turned-on. Luna had never seen him and I prayed that she
never would.
I moved Luna to her room because she wasn’t unconscious anymore, just
sleeping. I kept stealing glimpses at her while she slept. I did this often and I
never knew why but she always looked so harmless and peaceful that I doubted that
she could ever hurt anyone. In my world, looks were always deceiving. I lightly
stroked her face and she moaned and moved a little. I didn’t want to wake her so I
slipped out of the room to the foot of the stairs to clean the blood off of the
floor. Then, I went to my room. A lot had gone wrong that morning. As I entered my
room, I turned the music on and blasted it through the ear phones. I was wondering
what everyone would say if they knew about this. I shook my head trying not to
think about it. So, I concentrated on the music. I was listening to “Secret Life”.
Luna and I liked this song, so I sang along. Sort of. I mumbled the words.
Somehow, I had related to this song a lot, not that any other kind or a best
friend would know about. It was about a person with a secret life. I had one. I
also had another with the regular people with no powers or even did voodoo. I
liked my secret life but would I give it up for a human life? I had friends and
family that could live the secret life with me so I would at least have some
company to make it interesting. I put the song on “repeat” so I could preserve it
in my memory. I fell asleep.
When I awoke, I’d wondered how long I was out. I was asleep for a few hours. Then
I turned the CD player off. Just then, I heard Luna groan. She had woken up. Did
she notice my absence? Was she going to be okay? Of coarse, she was. I scolded
myself. She can’t die now. Could she? Was she angry? I thought furiously. I would
be angry, but even if it was her who had done that to me, I wouldn’t be. I
couldn’t. I wasn’t so sure about her. She always surprised me.
I ran upstairs and went to the bedroom. I walked in and Luna was taking the
table cloth off of her head, letting her silken hair flow. Some of it was matted
onto her forehead with dried blood. She began to pick it off and look around. She
touched the front of her shirt, which was drenched, took it off, and chucked it
across the room. I stood in the doorway, awed by the sight. I never realized that
she had gotten so grown up and well, gorgous. Even covered in blood she was
indescribably beautiful. She began to breathe heavily and looked around again. The
lights were on. I thought. What could she possibly be looking for? I walked in,
still breathless by her beauty, and sat on the corner of the king sized mattress.
She jumped and looked at me.
“Dimetri? Why is it so dark? We don’t live in a cave, we do have electricity.”
Luna said. She is blind. I thought. I knew she was blind because her eyes were
beginning to turn a clearwater blue and her pupils were wide with fear and
interest. Luna was blind and it was all my fault.
Luna

Being blind is like a curse and can be a real pain. I know that everyone had
gotten the news that I became blind and still no one showed up to see me. It was
like I was quarantined in a house with marble walls. Everyone who I thought was my
friend had turned their backs on me and decided that they needed a new queen bee
to serve and follow. They ended up choosing Tiffany Reecho to take my place in the
popular chain. She ran the school so I decided to never go back. I wasn’t going to
follow her rules.

About ten months after my confirmed blindness, Dimetri had the worst of the
effect. He had to live on with the reminder that he had caused this to happen. He
told me after the first night that everything was going to be okay and that I had
nothing to worry about. I wasn’t so sure.
I spent most of my day in Cyber School, on the computer, on the third story of the
house. I still remember it so clearly like I still had the benefit of vision. The
house had gone quiet. Dimetri wanted me to be able to find my way around when he
went to school or went to get me new clothes. So many times I begged him to take
me along but he told me it wouldn’t be good because the world had changed from
when I was locked away from it. This made me upset but all I could do is agree.

Our house was huge. It was four stories high and more than a two thousand
square feet. Dimetri and I have our own floor. I was supposed to have the first
floor but I argued my way out of that so I got the third floor, Dime The first
floor is now the guest room but it’s never used because we don’t ever have any
visitors. It was our mom and dads room but about seven months ago, my mother and
father were shocked and sad a lot but one day they broke out of that. Father
wanted to take mom up in the airplane he bought because he had just gotten his
pilot license. Something went wrong and the plane had crashed into the ocean. I
used to think that the apparent “accident” was just a way to get away from me. We
have been alone ever since. They did leave money for us though. We both were fully
capable to live together on our own but Child Services insisted that I go to Cyber
School, go to doctor and dental visits regularly and a social worker would come to
check on us every couple months.

By that time, I was sixteen going on seventeen so that means that just about
a year had past since the accident. I was so board. I needed some entertainment I
thought as I sat on my bedroom floor. I wanted some company. “Dimetri!” I called
loudly. “Luna! What happened? Are you okay?” Dimetri asked in a worried voice.
“Dimetri, I’m fine, nothing happened. I just had a question to ask, is all.” I
reassured him. “What is it?” He sounded like he was terribly curious to find out.
“I wanted to know if you could stay with me. I am so board and I need someone to
talk to.”
I blushed. I hoped that he wasn’t looking directly at me so I turned my head. “Oh.
Umm…not right now. I have to….” He hesitated. “I have a paper due on the American
Revolution, maybe later.”
“Oh. Okay” I said as I nodded my head. I felt so board that I thought that I would
die. I started typing and tried making up a story. I didn’t know what to write so
I just closed my laptop and tossed it to the side of my bed. I sat there and
curled into a ball. I began to slip into my subconscious.
That morning I got a phone call. Well, Dimetri got a call.
“Hello?” I said.
“Hi. Is Dimetri there?” The voice asked. “No. He stepped out for a while. May I
ask who is calling?” I said oddly because I was unsure if I should have told him
that I’m home alone. “Dagan. Umm… who am I speaking with?”
“His sister, Luna.” I thought everyone knew me. “I know about you, you‘re the
blind girl. For a second I thought you were his girlfriend.” Okay, that “blind
girl” thing was sort of rude but the girlfriend thing freaked me out.
“Girlfriend?” I said slowly and I started to get heated. I could tell that the
caller, Dagan, knew that he shouldn’t have told me. “Umm…tell Dimetri I called and
that it’s not that important for him to call me back. Bye, Luna.” He said
nervously. Then the line went dead. I was furious. Dimetri was aloud to have a
life and I couldn’t. This was not fair. As I went to dial his number to give him
an earful, the front door slammed shut. I threw the phone across the room and
slammed my door. I stormed through the balcony’s glass doors and slammed them shut
too. A light breeze brushed my hair across my face. I yanked it back in place. I
didn’t even feel any pain. I leaned on the stone banister and began to wonder how
far of a drop it was. I felt around for a vase and dropped it. It took about one-
third of a fraction of a second to hear the glass shatter. I felt like Repunzal
trapped in a tower waiting for Prince Charming to come and rescue me. But I knew
no one would come to my rescue. Nobody knew nor did they care about the blind
Repunzal in the tower. I, again, leaned out on the banister wanting to feel the
wind from such a drop. Half of me was on the balcony and the other half, was
leaning over the edge, hoping to fall. Suddenly, I felt all of my weight was
forced on the railing of the banister. My foot had slipped and I was going down. I
felt intense pressure on my ankle as Dimetri pulled me back up. Then he gripped my
shoulders and shook me. “Luna! What were you thinking doing something that
stupid?! Have you lost your mind? You could have died! Do you understand? Really,
what were you doing?” He yelled as he took me into his arms. Then he pushed me
back and I hit the rough, stone wall. I’d never seen this violent, assertive side
of Dimetri. I was frightened. Tears filled my eyes and began to spill over. “My
foot slipped.” I said as more leaked out. “Do I need to watch you every second?”
My natural teenage instincts kicked in. “Oh. Whatever, Dimetri. I didn’t try to
kill myself, it was an accident and it could have happened to anybody.” I began to
move toward the door but he grabbed my arm and pulled me back. “They are going to
send you to a place with other disabled people and make you feel helpless. Is that
what you want? Do you want to be treated like a child?” He said lowly as he shook
me. “I am not disabled! I just cant see you, you stupid, inconsiderate, selfish
person! You would then be able to spend all of your time with your “girlfriend”.
You wouldn’t have to bother with me anymore! Why don’t you send me away? It would
be a whole lot better then living in this hell house with you anyway!” I couldn’t
see him but I could tell that I had caught Dimetri off guard. “That’s none your
business, Luna.”
“Oh, so you’re aloud to have a life but I can’t? That doesn’t seem fair.” I
crossed my arms. “You are blind, Luna. You can’t have a life like other people
can.” He said with a restrained tone. “I did have a life until you ruined it,
Dimetri. It’s all your fault! I hate you!” I think I hit a nerve because he was
silent. But I was still angry. “I hate you, Dimetri. Really I do.” I said feeling
the wall until I felt the door knob and slammed it shut. I left him standing there
as I ran down the hall to the stairs. I sank down to the cold solid floor and
started to cry. My anger had worn off when I realized what I had said. I felt
evil, like I’d shattered his world. I instantly ran down the hall back to my room.
The door was open slightly. Without thinking, I ran back down the hall to the
stairs to the second floor. “Dimetri?” I called but got no answer. “Dimetri, I’m
sorry! I didn’t mean it, I was just angry! Please will you talk to me?” I said
loudly so he could hear me throughout the house. I heard my echo but no other
sound. I scurried into his room. “I’m alone.” I thought but I was surprised to
hear myself speaking out loud. I wanted to die.

Dimetri

I could have spoken to Luna but I didn’t want to. She had hurt me emotionally and
I needed a moment. She was right to hate me for restricting any outside activity
but the accusation about her blindness and how she got that way was too much. I
knew it was my fault but I couldn’t handle the pain it brought back. I had to look
at her every day into those beautiful blue, once gray eyes and remember that I had
caused that to happen to her. Wasn’t looking at her all day, everyday without the
gray eyes for the rest of her life, enough punishment? Sometimes I could see my
reflection in her eyes if I stared at her and concentrated hard enough. Not
telling Luna about the alleged “girlfriend” was another mistake on my part. The
girl wasn’t even my girlfriend. We met in the school library and got talking, I
only helped her with her science project. I could see why Luna would be jealous.
Another girl is threatening to steal me away from her. Everything I thought would
be good for her isn’t working because it’s so convenient for me, in my best
interest, not hers.
Seeing Luna suffer was one thing, but hearing her was another. She needed
me. I was all she had, I was all she knew. As I walked out of the kitchen, I heard
Luna crying.
I never heard her in this type of pain before. It was all very new to her
still, with the outside emotion thing. Usually she would put on a straight face
but on the inside she could be collapsing with sadness. No one would or could ever
know about it except for me.
Stealthily, I walked to my room and saw her with her arms wrapped around her
knees, with her head resting on top. She sat at the foot of my bed on the hard,
cold, marble floor. She was bawling her eyes out. I wanted her to know that I
didn’t leave so, I made one of my feet hit the floor with a faint tap. She looked
up in my direction. Her small, heart-shaped, angel-face was red and tear stained.
Her eyes were full of moisture. Then she spoke. “Please don’t leave me. Don’t send
me away. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it.” Luna pleaded. Her voice broke once and more
tears fell onto her shirt. “I wouldn’t even dream of that.” It was true because I
didn’t want her to be away from me, ever. That’s way school was always a problem
for me. I bent down to pick her up off of the floor like she was a lost child and
in a way, she sort of was. Lost in a dark room that was going to be locked
forever. She was as light as a feather. She buried her face in my shoulder and
wrapped her arms around me. I stood there stroking her hair and humming to her. “I
love you, Dimetri.” She whispered. I felt her cheek get hotter with the blood
rushing to her face. She is blushing. I thought. “I love you too, Luna. More then
you could ever know. I don’t want you to go away because I want to stay with you
forever.” I said though I didn’t think that she got that I really loved her. “But
you can’t.” She sighed. Her breath ran across my neck. It was like someone running
a lighter across it very fast. I felt the urge to flinch but I didn’t. She was so
soft and warm. I didn’t want her to leave so I put in a random CD, turned it down
low and laid with her on my bed. She huddled in the circle of my arms and clung to
me as if someone were going to tear her away. When it would storm outside she
would do the same thing. As if she was scared and I was her only protector that
connected her to the world of living. This stopped because once our dad came home
late from work and happened to walk by my room. He saw Luna and I like this and
he completely blew up. I started thinking about the argument my father, Luna and I
had.
“Get your hands off of her!” My dad yelled at me. “She got scared, we weren’t
doing anything.” I tried to convince him, but I failed. “Dimetri I’m not stupid.
You’re teenagers and that’s the only thing on your minds. Don’t do that ever again
with your sister, am I understood?” He growled at me. That’s when Luna woke up.
“Oh my god, dad Dimetri and I didn’t do it, that’s gross.” She yelled as she got
up. “Get to your room. I‘ll deal with you in a minute.” He said when he grabbed
her arm and threw her toward the door. “Don’t you lay hand on her!” I shouted,
which woke my mother. “Dustin, what did you do?” She asked when she saw Luna
holding her arm and crying. She quickly went over to her and hugged her. “Talk to
your children about how easy it is to get pregnant.” He said. Her mouth literally
dropped to the floor. “Mom, we didn’t do it.” I told her. “Dad thinks we’re lying
but we aren’t.” Luna mumbled. She took a deep breath, still holding her. “Ok,
Dustin go downstairs and we’ll talk about this in the morning. Let’s get to sleep.
Luna go to your room and Dimetri stay here.” She said wearily. Though we never got
the chance to because the next day, they died in the plane crash.
I laid next to her, holding her while she slept, and then I began to think
and watch her sleep at the same time. Did I love Luna? No, that’s highly unlikely.
I thought disagreeing with my heart.
Or was it. The way she acted around me was in a “bother and sister” fashion, but
sometimes she would slip and make a move by accident, but never had I suspected
this emotion to happen between her and me. Was it an accident or did she want
more? Did I want more? Did I? Could I allow her to be in my life as my only and
true love? Was I attracted to her? I had thought.
Yes, I had to admit that much. She wasn’t my real sister but she didn’t know
that. At least not yet. Luna is smart. She will soon know that I love her more
than a sister, like a man is to a woman. This love between a guardian and a angel
was forbidden. I didn’t care. I loved Luna, and I would do anything to ensure her
safety. I have to tell her that before its too late. When do I tell her? How do I
do it? What will she say? I might as well get it over with when the time is right.
I thought, confused on how to tell her straight out. It got too warm and I had to
cool off somehow so I slipped off my shirt and laid back next to her. She ran her
face against my bare chest and rested it on me. I tried to breathe evenly. I
softly ran my finger from her cheekbone to her jaw. She moved a little bit more
and smiled. I put my head next to hers and decided to sleep too. I dreamt of Luna.
Only she was dying. Her bright blue eyes looked questioningly up at me with
astonishment and fear. Her blood drenched my hands, it covered her shirt from the
back and the dark red was forming a puddle beneath her. I’d realized that I ripped
her wings out. She didn’t give them up so I literally tore them out. It shouldn’t
have been that easy, if she’d tried to stop me. She wept and her panting had
abruptly stopped. I killed her. Her lifeless body laid at my feet and my knees
plunged into the ground, then I stroked her face one last time. Then I awoke in
the night to see Luna not in the room at all. I jumped out of bed and ran
downstairs. She wasn’t there. I ran back upstairs and made it to the third floor.
Her door was shut. I mutely walked in, in case she had gone to sleep in her own
room. The clothes she was in were strewn on the floor and the balcony doors were
ajar. I silently pulled one door open and saw Luna sitting on one of the stone
benches on the far side of the balcony. She looked gorgeous as usual. She had a
thin, white, nearly transparent, floor length night gown with a slit reaching the
top of her hip. It was a halter dress with V-neck top, sleeveless. Her cleavage
immediately drew my attention. I quickly looked away. The image was already
imprinted into my train of thought. I began to salivate at the sight. I looked
back at her to study her outfit a little more and to satisfy my curiosity. The
remainder of the dress clung to her body like a second skin. Her black hair in
loose curls which was flowing in the wind. She had white, five inch stilettos on.
I gasped when I saw her move and her entire leg, thigh and the rounding of her
butt was exposed. She looked in my direction and had a confused expression.
“What?” She asked surprised and baffled at my response. “Nothing. I just didn’t
think that you were up.” I said blushing.
I still thank God for not letting her see that. “Well, you were sleeping and my
shirt was drenched, so I had to change my clothes. Did I worry you?” She said with
a smile pulling at the corners of her mouth. “No. Well, sort of. I sleep with you
in my arms and next thing, you’re gone. That would have worried you too if it were
me.” Trying to turn it on her. “Sorry. It sounded like you were dreaming so I
didn’t want to disturb you. Next time I will.”
“Okay.” My voice shook because I was still admiring her figure. I tried to shake
out the improper thoughts that were overriding my brain. I had failed miserably.
It began to rain. I stared at Luna some more as she turned her head and began to
admire the droplets of water caress her face and neck, then it began to lavish her
and her beauty. I kept looking at her and savoring the display of the rain
prancing across Luna’s skin like a water ballet. The rain had saturated her entire
body so it made her bra and underwear even more visible then they were when she
was dry. Then she got up, lightly brushed past me and went inside of her room. She
got a towel and tried to dry herself off. I watched her, studying her every
movement. My little fantasies looked so fantastically good that I wished they were
real.
“Dimetri, I like the rain as much as the next guy but that’s really annoying so
stop staring at me.” She said. “Sorry.” I said as I put my head down, blushing
deeper and staring at the floor. “It’s okay. I don’t like feeling eyes on me. I
guess I’m shy.” She said smiling. “That makes two of us.” I said blushing deeper.
She walked over and hugged me. “I’m sorry about earlier.” Her arms were around my
waist and mine were around hers. I could feel her nipples rub against my chest. I
wanted to reach out and touch her but I concentrated on not hyperventilating. It
began to thunder. She flinched. I pulled her closer and her head rested against my
chest. Her breathing became uneven and mine acerbic. “The thunder makes me
nervous.” She said as she looked up at me and smiled. “I know. What are you
staring at?” I asked.“ I think I’m staring at you.”
“But your blind, so really can’t be staring at anything for that matter.” When I
said that she looked like I offended her but before she made a face she composed
herself and blew it off. “But I can see you.” I smiled at her response. “So can
I.” Then she gave me a big pearly white grin. I laughed. I loved to make her
happy. She put her head back on my chest. I put my chin over her head and pulled
her closer. Just as I did, one of my hands slipped and aggressively chafed her
butt. I blushed and so did she. I felt the warmth rush to her cheeks and forehead
with embarrassment. I put both of my hands higher on her back to avoid that from
happening again. It was closer to her boobs anyway and I was okay with that.
“Dimetri?” She whispered. “Yes?” I asked nervously in case she was going to ask
why I did that. Instead she asked, “What do you think of me?” My eyes had gotten
wider and my breathing stopped altogether. I decided that now was the time to tell
her the truth. Not the truth about herself, just how I felt about her. I pulled
her back so I could stare into the icy blueness.
“I think that you are beautiful and that you are a riot when it comes to jokes.
You have a charm that is irresistible to simply everyone. I love you.” I said. She
too stopped breathing and squinted at me. “I love you, Luna I really do.” I said
in admiration. Her eyes glistened over in almost total darkness. I could tell she
felt the same for me because she smiled and pressed her lips on my neck and said
the words. “I love you too.” She whispered. I put her arms around my neck and we
began to dance. I hummed “Secret Life” as we twirled around her room. Every time
we turned, I pulled her closer and closer until we were pressed against one
another and it made it impossible to move. My hands rested below her waist. She
molded to my exterior and cautiously moved her hands down my arms and put hers
around my waist again. Her heart sped up in pace and breathing flew off the
charts. I laughed. I stared at her and did something that even she knew was
coming. I bent my head to hers and ran the tip of my nose down her cheek. Her eyes
showed lots of innocence and confusion. A simple kiss could go a long way. I
thought. I softly touched my lips to hers. She flinched when I did and her body
went rigid. I pulled my head back about a couple of inches to study her expression
for she had her eyes closed. I waited patiently. She opened them and smiled. Her
fingers ran down the side of my face and my eyes slid to a close. She extended her
face closer and gently kissed me as if she thought that she was crossing a
invisible line though I showed she clearly wasn’t. I put one of my hands on the
sides of her small face and crushed her lips against mine. For a girl that never
kissed before, she happened to be incredibly amazing at it. She stopped. “What’s
wrong?” I asked. “Nothing, I just feel like I’m doing something wrong.” She said.
“What do you mean?” I asked because I was puzzled and confused. I thought that she
understood that I loved her more than a sister. “We shouldn’t do this.” She told
me as she pulled away. “Why?” I asked her. “We are related, brother and sister,
twins. It’s just wrong. I am so lost.” She confessed and she had my understanding
because I couldn’t tell her about herself and I didn’t want to hurt her. I never
had a reason to and I didn’t want one. “Okay, I get it.” I said sounding bleak.
“You understand right?” She said.
“Yes I do.” I admitted as much as I didn’t want to, I did understand where she was
coming from. I had nothing else to say so I remained quiet and so did she. An
awkward silence filled the room. I looked at her and she stood there like she was
thinking really hard about something that was very important. So I stuck around.

Luna
Dimetri does stuff like this to me all of the time. I always get rejected for
things like this. Why should I love him when he thought it was convenient. A
couple of days ago, I sat on the couch next to Dimetri and listened to, what
sounded like a basketball game. After a few seconds he sighed and got up. I
remember thinking, But what if he despises me or something? I don’t think he likes
me. Not that way, but it would be nice, wouldn’t it? But so what if it is sick,
what I never had and never shall have love but it would be nice to have a form of
that type of attraction. I think I’m falling in love with my brother. Is this a
crime? I cant ever tell him. He wanted me now so I decided to give in because I
wanted him to be happy. That was my weakness; I couldn’t hurt anybody
intentionally. It wasn’t who I was. So I asked him a question. “Is my kissing
terrible or really good? Be honest with me.”

Dimetri

I decided she needed a hint so I kissed her again. She tasted so good. She seemed
to like it. My tongue slipped in and intertwined with hers. I moved my hand down
and I squeezed her breast. Then, I bent down and grabbed her waist and pressed it
against me. I picked her up and rubbed her back and her thigh. I could taste her
strawberry flavored lip gloss coating my mouth. I ran to my floor and dropped her
on the bed. I got on top of her and began touching her. I put my hand on her back
and pulled the zipper on her dress down. I took her dress off, exposing her soft
pink flesh, at the same time, she began to tear at my jeans.
I noticed that she had a birthmark on her right collarbone, her bra was pink
and so were her underwear. I got really horny when I got between her legs. Her
lingerie were so thin and looked as if they were made up of three inches of lace.
I quickly undid her bra and kissed her as I took her heels off. Her fingers
explored my scalp as we kissed. I’d never felt this before, this type of love and
passion without my other half coming out. My senses went completely crazy like
letting a tiger out of its cage and releasing it into the wild. She began to gasp
for air and whine. I took her that night. She was now mine and no one else’s. It
will stay in my memories forever.
Luna
I’d never been loved emotionally or even close to physically. Now I had both. I
had someone who cared about me. Someone I’ve known since birth. I shared my mother
with Dimetri and he was the only person I knew. My virginity had been taken by my
twin brother. But then I realized that I didn’t care. He loved me and that’s all
that mattered.
I woke up that morning sore and tired. I was naked in Dimetri’s arms. I
wormed my way out and walked to my room. I knew my closet by heart, even though,
it was the size of another bedroom. I chose another dress, but this one was
special. Dimetri had gotten it for me on my birthday and this was the very first
time that I wore it. I found a pair of wedge heels and my hair was still in curls.
I went downstairs to get some breakfast because my stomach had been rumbling since
I woke up. I felt around for a cup and got some juice. I didn’t feel like making
anything constructive, so I ate an apple and then I went upstairs back to
Dimetri’s room. I laid in his bed with him. I pulled his arms around me again. I
could get used to this. I thought.
I drifted and before I knew it, I was floating, like I was on a cloud. This was
nice. I wished that I could spend forever and a day here. But not without Dimetri.
I wouldn’t be able to survive. Not now anyway. I felt Dimetri breathing on my
hair. He kissed my cheek and licked my earlobe. I smiled. I wanted to wake up and
greet him but I was caught up in a dream.
I was running in the woods. I could feel the bark as it hit rapidly beneath
my fingertips. My right side of my neck was wet and warm. I was calling for
Dimetri, but he wasn’t there. I was alone. Or so I thought. Someone came from
behind and bit me. It hurt. A lot. It was like I was there. Feeling this weird,
painful and oddly pleasurable sensation flowing throughout my veins, I cried out
and fell. I landed on the hard, cold ground. Then, they stood over me. The dream
had come to an abrupt stop. I felt my eyes open and I automatically sat up and
Dimetri was over me in a flash.
“Luna, you okay?” He said as he was hugging me. “Yes.” I whispered. A tear slid
down my face. “Luna, I heard you scream. You cried. What’s wrong?” He asked
anxiously.
“I had a really scary dream.”
“What happened?” He asked. “No, well sort of. I was running away from something in
the woods then, something or someone bit me. That’s when I screamed; well in my
dream. It hurt so I cried. I called for you though.” I explained. “Anything else?”
“It stepped over me but I woke up. I don’t know what happened next.” I said.
“Good.” He said and his tone was relieved. “Why?” I asked. “No reason. Just
saying.” He said innocently. “Dimetri, I have the oddest feeling that you’re not
telling me something. Something big. Really big.”
“Nothing, Luna so drop it.”
“No. Do you know something that I should?” If he had an STD, I would’ve killed
him. “Nothing, really.”
“Whatever.” I said mumbled. He laughed. “I don’t think that’s funny.” I said in a
sour voice. “Your sarcasm is hilarious.” He said between laughs. “Whatever.” I
mumbled again. This cracked him up. “Well, you can have your jokes and laughs” I
said with a smirk on my face as I got up to leave. “Wait, sorry for laughing at
you, just stay with me.” He said as he got out of bed and stopped me. “Dimetri, I
will see you in like twenty minutes. You can survive, cant you?” I wanted to be
teasing and I hoped that he got that, he obviously did. “Luna, we just did it and
you’re speaking to me this way? I thought you were more sophisticated than that.”
He said mockingly. “Funny.”
“I’m serious.”
“So am I.”
“Sure, but please let me come.”
“Temping, but I might need help with a few things.” I teased. “Not without you by
my side so I’m going with you.”
“Not with me.” I said smiling. “Yes I am. I never get to spend much time with you
Luna. This is the most I’ve spent with you alone. I love you. I told you that and
what if you hurt yourself or fall down? I’m just going to feel bad. Please don’t
make me sad. I can’t stand it when you are in pain. You are my moon goddess.” he
said as he got on his knees and put his hands in mine. I wanted to laugh so hard
because I could picture him doing this. “Fine.” I said giving in. I put my hand on
his cheek. It burned. He was blushing again. I smiled. I put my hand on his hair.
Of course, there was about fifteen pounds of gel in it. It was rock solid.
“Dimetri?” I asked when he lifted me up and began walking. “Yes?” He said. “Can I
ask you a very important question?”
“You just did.” He was trying to be funny and so was I. “No, another one.”
“Sure, what is it.” He said suddenly anxious like there were boundaries to the
questions cooking in my mind. “As long as I’ve known you, I always wanted to know
what the hell this crap is that you put in your hair.” I said as I playfully poked
at his hair. He sniggered but he couldn’t hold it in so he exploded with laughter.
When we got to my room, he set me on my bed, went into my bathroom, turned the
shower on and carefully stripped me from my dress, savoring every sight like he
was admiring art in a museum. He then bent down onto his knees again and put my
legs around him. I got goose bumps from the proximity and he laughed. He put his
hands on my rib cage and lifted me up. We entered the glass walled shower and
stood there, just feeling the water on our faces. I sighed. His hand rested on my
hip and I turned around. He smoothed my hair down and out of my face, then he
kissed me. It was fantastic. He picked me up and held me on the glass. “Dimetri, I
am supposed to bathe not kiss you.” I said between his lips. “Okay, allow me.” He
said as he put me down and poured body soap onto my chest. He rubbed it in and
slowly spread the rest all over me. “Okay, rinse.” I giggled when he turned me
around, with my back to him and played with my belly ring.
“I like it.” He said.
“Thanks.”
“When did you get this done?” He asked like he was surprised to see it.
“I think it was at Natalie’s sisters sweet sixteen.” I said as I began to wash the
soap bubbles off and I was completely doused with water in the process. He stopped
and pushed me into the wall. He tenderly kissed and caressed my lips. I kissed him
and his neck. He kept on going again and kissed me harder. I grabbed his hair as
we abruptly did it again in the shower. Around seven thirty that night, I had been
sleeping with Dimetri in his room and the nightmare continued.
The person was sucking my blood. He gripped my wrists. I could not fight back. I
was helpless. Then the man screamed and threw me to the side. I hit a tree. My
stomach had. Blood began to flow. I felt its stickiness between my legs. I was
surprised that it was not from my wounds on my neck. A sharp pain in my stomach
made me cry out. I placed my hands on my belly but when I did, there was a
noticeable lump. I was pregnant. I cried out for Dimetri, but he didn’t come. Then
I woke up. I awoke, sweaty, hot and worn out. Dimetri had been up before me. He
was watching me. I felt eyes bore into mine when I turned in his direction.
“What?” I asked. “Nothing. Just watching you sleep. Another nightmare?” He asked.
My breathing was heavy and acerbic. “Yes. But it wasn’t anything special.” I hoped
it didn’t mean anything. “Then why did you call for me?”
“How did you know about that?”
“You said that you did in your previous dream and you screamed out just now. What
was your dream about?” he asked, suspiciously. I told him and he was quiet. It
could have been hours for me. Though it wasn’t, it was only seconds. “Wow. You
know for a blind girl, your dreams are really graphic.” I had put on a confused
and frustrated expression. Then he pulled me toward him. He held me close, like he
was afraid to let me go. We or I fell asleep that way.

Dimetri
My days continued this way for about a month. The nightmares hadn’t stopped,
they just got worse. It made me worry. I didn’t want her to be a physic because in
the last dream, she died. I wanted to shield her from anything that could lead to
the dying part. After school, I would spend lots of time with Luna. I got used to
this until one day I came home and Luna wasn’t waiting by the door like a over
excited puppy as usual. I knew something was wrong. I ran around the house looking
for her. I went into the kitchen. Blood covered the kitchen floor. No, it was just
cranberry juice. I breathed a sigh of relief. There was a broken glass near the
sink. I went up to my room. She wasn’t there. I got to the third floor and I heard
the shower running. I walked into her room. I saw through the glass doors, she had
her head on her knees and her arms wrapped around her legs. She was crying. I
opened the glass door and walked in, clothes on and everything. I sat next to her
getting drenched in cold water in the process. She looked up at me and blinked
through the freezing water. The rims of her eyes were light red. I touched her
face. She was cold and shivering. I turned the knob to make the water warmer.
“Luna, what happened?” I asked in a soft voice. “You’re going to be mad at me.”
She said in a rough voice. “I could never be mad at you. Just tell me.” How could
I ever be angry with her. She hadn’t done anything wrong. “I’m pregnant.” She
said. Her choice of words took me by surprise. “How do you know?”
“I just do. I feel different and really hungry. I am so tired.”
“Maybe its your hormones.”
“Yea, sure. I think it‘s PMS.”
“Maybe it is and you are overreacting over nothing.”

Luna
“I hope so.” I said then suddenly wishing that I hadn’t. I was sort of saying that
I didn’t want my possible baby. But I was sixteen and I wasn’t ready to have a
baby, let alone be a mother. He heaved a sigh and helped me up. He and I were
completely wet and soaking. He just grabbed me and held me close. He pulled my
head back so that he could look at me better. His fingers slid along my face, down
my arm, to my hip and back again. “I’ll get you a test.” He said a few minutes
later. “Are you mad?”
“No, Luna of course I’m not mad, just worried.” We stood in the falling water and
Dimetri slipped his shirt off. His warm chest made everything better. I clung to
him like a invisible force was trying to rip me away. “Come on, Luna. Time to get
out.” he said as he turned the water off. He carried me out and wrapped me in a
towel. Dimetri and I then laid on my bed as he held me. He pulled me on top of him
and began to feel me up. “Is that all you think about?” I grabbed his hands in
mine. “Think about what?”
“This.” I put his hand on my butt. “Now I am.”
“What are we going to do?”
“We are going to get you tested and if you are pregnant then we will get rid of
it, if not then we have to be more careful.”
“What do you mean ‘get rid of it’? I hope that you aren’t talking about an
abortion, right?” Dimetri was quiet. “Dimetri, I say this for a really good
reason. You’re a dumb ass if you think I am going through with that.” I said as I
got off of him. “Luna we cant keep it because we don’t have adult supervision. It
will probably be taken away because- ” I didn’t give him time to finsh his
sentence because I knew where this was going.
“I wont hurt a poor, defenseless, human being.”
“I’m not discussing this. It’s already been decided.” He was getting too sure of
himself. “My body, my child, my choice.” I said glaring at him. “No, you aren’t
keeping it.”
“You say it like you mean it.”
“I do mean it.”
“It’s not happening because you are going to have to force my legs open if you
want to kill it. I am against this idea.” I couldn’t hurt something on purpose. I
simply wouldn’t do it. It was so not me. He growled at me. I turned my back to
him. “I already know that I am so we can save the ten dollars and embarrassment
for later.” Then he got up and left.

Luna
Dimetri was quiet. He had said nothing to me for the past three days since I
told him. Numerous times I’ve tried to go to his room to talk this over but the
door was always locked and he’d leave unusually early for school and come back
late. We slept in our own beds and avoided each other.
After about a week of this, I have had enough. I was sex starved and
insanely board. For the first time in about a year, I went outside. Not out on the
balcony, out of the house walls. The breeze was cool and it was warm out. I walked
to the forest. I knew where it was because Dimetri had taken me there almost two
years ago. Nevertheless, I was sure I knew the way. I thought about going back and
leaving a note but I decided he wouldn’t notice that I was gone. He didn’t see me
for almost ten days. I constantly kept putting my hand on my stomach. There was a
small, but rounding, lump. I took a deep breath. I walked into the woods with my
hands ready to hit a tree. I did once and I touched a flower. It felt a lot like a
cherry blossom because of the small and innocent feeling vibe that the plant gave
off. That’s how I thought of my baby. Soft and Innocent. I started to think of
ways that I could not have it, just to make Dimetri happy, but a twig snapping
interrupted my thoughts.
“H-h-hello?” I stuttered.
Leaves ruffled as I moved through them. Another stick broke, echoing in the woods.
I backed onto a tree. I turned around with a gasp. I ran my fingers over the bark.
“Just a tree.” I said.
“Hello?” A voice said.
“Who is that?” I asked.
“Who are you?” He asked.
“I asked first.”
“I’m Axel. I won’t hurt you. Whoever you are.” Axel said.
“I’m Luna. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” I said not wanting to be rude.
“Mine too.” Axel said.
I wished that I could see him. Just to know what he looks like.
“You live around here, Luna?”
“Yes. I live in the house in that direction.” I said as I pointed.
“Wow. Nice house. Pretty big. Wait, you don’t live alone do you?” Axel asked
anxiously.
“No. I live with my brother, Dimetri.” I said in a small voice as I put my head
down.
“Your parents?”
“They died a couple months ago.” I said with my head still down.
“I’m sorry.”
I felt eyes burning a hole in my head. I snapped my head up.
“What?”
“Nothing. Just staring at your eyes is all. They are perfectly blue. It makes you
hair pop.” He said in admiration.
“Thank you.” I said.
“Are they natural? Most girls buy contacts like that to bring out their looks but
it doesn’t work for most. For you it does.” He said. I could imagine him smiling.
“Not exactly. My eyes were gray. But I’m blind.” I said hoping he wouldn’t leave
because of my disability.
“That’s not bad. Blind people are amazing. They can do things that seeing people
cant.”
I smiled and blushed deeply. I walked closer in his direction.
“What time is it?” I asked.
“Its ten after six.”
“I have to go.”
“Please don’t.” he said as he grabbed my hand. It was stone cold. I didn’t bother
asking why.
“You are the only friend I have. I’d like to learn more about you. Stay. Please.”
He pleaded.
I thought for a second. “Okay.” I said.
He walked with me over to the creek, picked up rocks, and began tossing them. We
talked a lot about my accident. My age and everything.
“How about you? Do you have family?” I asked because I was insanely curious.
“Yes and no.”
“What do you mean?”
“My parents died but my brother and sisters are still with me, just not here.” He
said quietly.
“Where are they?”
“My brother, Seth is in Germany with my other sister, Cassandra. Evangeline and
Samantha are in Las Vegas of the rest of the month and me being seventeen, I had
to stay here.”
“I’m glad that you did, otherwise you wouldn’t have met me”
“That is true and I’m really glad that I stayed.”
“So, what do you look like?”
“I am tremendously hot and awesome.” He said with a playful tone.
I laughed and he did too. “No, really.” I said gleefully.
“I have blond hair, green eyes and a full set of teeth.” He said laughing again.
“So descriptive.” I said with my voice full of sarcasm.
“That’s funny.” He said.
“What?” I said loudly because I thought that I had a hair out of place or a huge
booger in my nose. I started to smooth my hair down.
“No, your hair is perfect, it’s your sarcasm. Its so funny how you say it.” I
laughed and then suddenly I wanted to cry because I had heard that before from
someone I loved. However, trying to be cool, I said “I get that all of the time.”
I was happy. My brother was a sensitive subject. I said a thing or two about him
but nothing more. I didn’t mention the fact that I was pregnant, the baby was my
twin brothers and that we weren’t on good terms.
Turns out that Axel lives alone in a slightly bigger house than I do and he
goes to Cyber School to because he moves around a lot.
“What time is it now?” I asked.
“It is … eleven thirty-four.”
“Now I really have to go.”
“Me too.” He said with his tone sad.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“Nothing, I just want to know if you can come tomorrow.” He answered.
Dimetri would be at school so I guessed that that would be okay. “Sure, but I have
school.”
“So do I. Hmm… how about you come over and we can do it together.” He said.
“Umm…”
“School. I meant school.” He said nervously.
“Okay, Ill is over at ten.”
“See you later. It was really a pleasure to meet you.”
“The pleasure is all mines. I had fun.”
“Do you want me to walk you home?” He asked.
“Is it dark outside?”
“Yes, if you’re scared of the dark then I could walk you.”
“I’m already blind, so it’s really unnecessary for you to walk me but I’ll see you
tomorrow.”
“Bye, Luna.”
“Goodbye, Axel.”

I sauntered into the forest with delight. I had a friend for the first time
in a long time. He was so charming and caring. He sounded like a nice person and
behaved like one also. I wondered what Dimetri was doing and why he didn’t look
for me.

Dimetri
I couldn’t deal with this “baby” thing. I needed a moment to get a good grip on
things.
“It had been ten days, stupid. She’s probably crying her eyes out right now
because of your neglect toward her.” I thought.
I hadn’t heard a peep from Luna in a while. I went upstairs and was about to knock
on her door. I stopped about halfway to a startling knock. I have to leave her
alone. I’ll talk to her tomorrow. It was late anyway so I suspected that Luna was
sleeping. Boy was I wrong.

Luna
Sneaking into the house was exciting. Knowing that I could be caught at any moment
made me happy and daring. I made my way upstairs, stealthy I might add, and
entered my room. I plopped down onto my bed and curled into a ball. I wished that
that particular day would last forever.
That morning I waited for Dimetri to leave for school and I walked out of the
house.
“It’s sunny again today.” I thought.
I walked into the forest and I almost ran head on into a tree. I didn’t know what
caused it but I felt as if something was in front of me so I stopped moving. I
reached my hand out and I touched the tree. Then I heard his voice.
“Hi, Luna.”
“Hello.”
“Okay so we have to just walk about a couple of minutes and we will be at my
house. Are you ready to go?” He asked politely.
“Yes.”
He took my hand and we walked into the beaming sun together. We stopped in front
of his house and he told me to wait outside. I agreed and in a matter of seconds,
he came back out with two laptops.
“It’s too nice of a day to be inside.” He said.

About four hours later, school was over and we had the rest of the day to
ourselves.
“So…” I began. “What do you want to do?” I asked.
“Hmm… let’s talk more about you.”
“Okay, what do you want to know?”
“What is your brother like?”
This was the very question that I had hoped to avoid.
“He is my twin brother but I don’t see him much these days.”
“Why? Doesn’t he live with you?”
“Yes but he is busy with school and stuff. Besides, I can take care of myself.”
“What is he like?”
“He looks like me but in male version. He likes electric guitars and drums. I
sometimes think that there is something really wrong with him.” Which was true
because I didn’t know weather or not he was angry with me or if he hated himself?
I’d changed the subject to him and we talked on and on until the air got cold. The
wind that gusted past me, made me shiver. I had to get home or I was going to be
busted. Maybe I already was but who knew?
“Now you have to go.” He said sadly.
“Yes. What’s wrong?” I asked.
“I wanted to know if you enjoyed my company the way I enjoy yours.” He said.
“Of course, you are my only friend so how could I not?”
“Could you… I don’t know.”
“Could I what?” I asked because now I was itching to find out what.
“Can you stay with me tonight?”
“Like a sleepover?” I asked.
“Yea. What do you say?”
I just met this guy. He wants me to sleep over. I was flattered. However,
Dimetri wouldn’t be happy.
“Not today but I can on Monday.” I replied.
“Why not today?”
“Dimetri is home for the weekend and he doesn’t know about you yet.”
“That’s a good reason.”
“Are you mad?”
“Mad? Why would I be mad? I’m fine.”
“Oh, I just thought… that you would be angry with me.”
“No that is absurd, I am happy because you get to come over at all.”
“I’ll see you Monday night.” I said as I was leaving.
“See you later.” He said.
Dimetri
I come home thinking about how to talk to Luna. I decided that I had to man up and
just talk to her. When I entered my room, I stopped and stood there. Something was
wrong, very wrong. I sniffed the air. A familiar scent hung in it. It smelled like
death. Without thinking I barged into Luna’s room hoping that the smell wasn’t
her. She screamed and fell off her bed.
“Dimetri, what the hell is your problem?” She yelled as she was getting up.
Her perfume clouded the room. It smelled so good but I kept thinking about the
vampire that was or could possibly been there. I’d scared her enough so I looked
at her. She looked so pretty in a pink, mini sundress.
“Nothing, sorry I startled you.” I said not knowing what to say.
“You nearly gave me a heart attack.” She said as she got back on the bed and
started to color one of those felt posters.
“So…how are you?”
“How do you think?”
“Okay, umm… do you need anything?”
She recapped a red marker and threw it across the room. It hit her wall and landed
on the floor.
“What?! You haven’t bothered with me in almost two weeks now you want to talk?”
She said as a tear streamed down her face.
“The news caught me off guard. I wanted to just pretend it never happened.”
“Do you mean ‘us’?” She asked as her eyes filled with more salt water.
“Yes, no but the baby thing.” I said.
She went quiet and sat there. She began to cry. I walked over to comfort her but
she pushed me away.
“Get Out! You don’t think about anyone but yourself!” She screeched.
She got up and stormed off into the bathroom. Her heels clapped like an audience
wildly applauding. The door slammed. I walked out, defeated because she was right,
I did only think about myself.
‘I’ll talk to her tomorrow.’ I thought.
I walked into my room and shut the door. I laid on my bed and went to sleep.

Luna
I was so mad. How could Dimetri not want my baby? Was there something wrong with
me?
I came out of the bathroom and laid on my bed. I stripped off my clothes and laid
back down in my bra and underwear. I started to pet my nub on my stomach as if it
was an unwanted kitten. It was in my world but someway or another, I will want
this apparent kitten. Soon I fell asleep.

The next morning, I got up. I didn’t bother getting dressed so I just walked
downstairs. I sat on the couch and turned on the television. I proceeded with
channel surfing. About ten minutes later, Dimetri came downstairs and sat next to
me. I moved a couple of feet away from him. I heard him sigh and turn toward me.
“Luna.”
I ignored him.
“Luna, will you just settle on a channel.”
I pushed random buttons rapidly on the remote control just to irritate him.
“You’re getting on my nerves.”
“What are you going to do about it?” I challenged.
I could feel his apparent but utterly useless, “death stare” bore into my face. I
wiped it clean of any emotion.
“Stop it.” For he had found my weakness.
“What are you going to do about it?” He said.
I turned to stare at him between squinted eyes.
“I will come over there and kick your ass.” I said tying to be serious but I
cracked a smile then my face went blank.
“You and what army?” He mumbled.
“Stop looking at me.”
“Luna I’m sorry about what I said earlier. I meant it but not in the way it came
out. I never wanted to hurt your feelings. I wanted to tell you the truth.” He
said as he moved closer and placed his hand on my leg.
I kept looking at him and I touched the top of his hand. I picked it up and threw
it to the side.
“Keep your hands to yourself.”
“Stop being such a pessimist.”
“I am not. You are just making this harder on yourself.” He was beginning to
really piss me off.
“You’re hot when you get angry.”
I punched him in the chest and got up. He pulled me back and I fell onto his lap.
He held me as if he was trying to protect me from something. I found out that what
he said was true. I turned him on when I was angry.
“Luna, just stay with me.” He said seductively.
“Why, look at us were already fighting.”
“That’s something we have to learn to live though. I am willing to do it, are
you?”
“Not if the only thing you are interested in is my body because that’s the vibe
I’m getting.”
“Of course not. I love you for you. The sex dominates everything but it’s not the
most important. The most important is your personality.”
“Sure.”
He burst out laughing. I knew that he was such a liar and a cheat. I wanted to do
something that would tease him.
“I’ll see you tomorrow.” I said.
“Why?”
“I am thinking of spending the day sleeping.”
“May I come too?”
“Most certainly not.”
“Come on, Luna don’t be like that.”
“No.”
Then I got up and went upstairs. I smiled because I knew that had gotten to him. I
thought about a nap. I was sort of tired. I laid down and fell asleep.

Later, I woke up groggy and irritated by the rain hitting the windowpane. I
got up and went to the bathroom. I felt a whole lot better. Then I heard a noise
like a grunt. It was weird because Dimetri and I were the only people that lived
there. I put on a skirt and tube top because it was the closest thing in my
closet. I walked downstairs to the second floor, instantly regretting wearing high
heels. I put my ear to Dimetri’s door. I could hear the moans and heavy breathing
coming from inside. I knew right away, what was going on. I felt sick. Tears raced
down my face and fell onto the floor. Dimetri was cheating on me. I got angry and
heated. I scampered upstairs and got a baseball bat. I went downstairs and pushed
the door open.
“Luna?” Dimetri said, alarmed.
“Who is this?” A girl said.
I decided that I didn’t want to waste my energy swinging the bat so I threw it
down and walked closer to the sound of her voice, reached my hands out, grabbing
her hair. I began to yank and pull her hair before Dimetri tried to pull me off.
My fingers were twisted and knotted in the stringy prison.
“Luna, stop.” He said as he lifted me off of the ground to hold me in mid-air and
tried to hastily take me away from her. One of my hands got loose and I whacked
her head with a closed fist about eight times until Dimetri got me away from her.
I thrashed in his arms as the other girl tried to get at me.
“Luna, no!” He yelled as he threw me to the floor. My head hit the floor with a
thud. I was astonished that he would take her side over mine. I could feel the
pain taking over so I ran downstairs to the first floor, out of the house. I was
drenched in the rain when I set foot outside. I ran into the woods to Axel’s
house. I knocked on the door.
“Axel, its Luna.” I said sobbing as I dropped to the floor.
“Luna?” He asked as he opened the door.
I was on the front porch crying my eyes out.
“Luna, what happened?”
“I don’t know… how to explain.” I said as I cried.
“That’s okay, just come on.” He said as he picked me up and carried me inside.
I was cold, soaking wet and heartbroken.
“Stay here, I’ll get you a towel.”
When he came back, he wrapped me in it and held me close. His cold skin touched my
cheek and I realized that he was shirtless.
“Did I wake you?” I asked.
“No, I was awake. I couldn’t sleep.”
“Oh.” That was all I could say.
“Do want to talk about it?”
“No.”
I couldn’t talk about it because he wouldn’t understand. I didn’t want him to
treat me different or think negatively of me.
“Are you tired?”
“Yes.”
“Do you want to sleep in my sisters room?”
“Would she mind?”
“Knowing her, yes she would but you are more than welcome to sleep in my room.” He
offered.
“Okay.” I agreed.
“Okay.” He said.
We went up to his room and set me on the bed. I quickly jumped off.
“What?” He asked.
“I’m wet and I don’t want to ruin your bed sheets.” I said as if it was obvious.
“Here.” He said as he handed me a dress and stilettos.
“What size is this?” I asked.
“A two, same as my sister. You have the same body type.” He said.
“Thank you.”
“No problem.”
“Umm…where do I change?”
“In the bathroom.”
He led me to the bathroom and shut the door. I took off my wet clothes and put
them in the sink. The dress fit perfectly and so did the shoes. It was like he
sized me up the first time we met. When I walked out, I stood there unsure of
where to go.
“Come on.” Axel said enthusiastically.
“What?” I said because I was confused.
“To the best room in the entire house.”
We went downstairs and entered the kitchen. The thick aroma of chocolate chip
pancakes filled the room. That put a smile on my face.
“That’s amazing.” He said.
“What is?” I asked.
“Your smile.” He said.
I blushed.
He grabbed my hand and walked me to a chair. It was comfy. The table was glass;
either that or very smooth. He set a plate in front of me with three pancakes,
chopped fruit and bacon. It smelled so mouthwatering. I began to eat but I stopped
because something was odd.
“Why aren’t you eating?” I asked.
“Because I cooked for you.” He said.
“Share with me.” I put the plate between us and he and I picked at the pancakes.
“Do you make these often?”
“Not all of the time. You are my very special guest.”
“You are an excellent pancake maker for a guy.”
He laughed. When everything was gone I drank the milk he set down next to me.
“I think I’m full now.”
“Lets go.”
“Where are we going?”
“My room.”
He said as he took my hand and led me up to his room.
We walked in and he picked me up.
“Oh?” I said surprised.
“This is my room.” He said as he gently sat me in the center on the bed.
I felt around on his bed. It had silk or satin sheets; it rose about a foot and a
half off of the floor, big screen TV, balcony that had a metal railing. I walked
outside and I stood there feeling the cool, night breezes. The concrete ground was
a little damp. Unexpectedly, Axel put his arms around my waist. One of his hands
laid upon my stomach. I froze in place. I stopped breathing as his nose skimmed up
and down my neck. My heart bet faster. He turned me around and hesitantly put his
lips on my cheek. I started to breath again. He hummed “Beautiful Dreamer” against
my face. His cold breath gave me goose bumps. He laughed.
“I never told you, but you aren’t very pretty.” He said. I felt his smile growing
on my left cheek.
“Thanks for the insult.” I said mockingly.
“I meant to say beautiful.” He said.
He moved his down as if to caress my neck with his lips, instead, he tried to bite
me. I quickly moved so that he only scratched me with the tip of his fang.
“What the hell!” I yelled as I fell on the floor.
“Oh crap! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it. I wasn’t going to kill you, I just wanted
to taste. Please don’t leave. I promise to never do it again.” He said anxiously.
I put my hand on my neck and felt moisture. I wasn’t sure if it was water or
blood. It was most likely blood. He went to take my hand. I took it as he helped
me up.
“Wait.” he said as I was walking away to wash my hand.
He gripped my wrist a put my finger in his mouth and sucked on it. Then he started
to lick my hand with his icy tongue. I got a little skittish but then he pulled
back and I began to calm down.
“You taste good.” He commented.
“My skin or my blood?” I asked.
“Both.” He answered.
“So, you’re a vampire.” I said accusingly. I was trying to be funny. It was
obvious that he wasn’t.
“Yes. I was serious about your beauty though.” he said.
This guy was a loon. He obviously had a brain disorder. I turned to leave and he
caught my hand in his powerful clutches.
“No. Please, stay. You don’t know how long it’s been that I’ve been alone. Stay
tonight.” he pleaded.
“Promise that you won’t kill me in my sleep, okay.” I said.
“I promise.” he said.
We talked about his vampirism. His life. Turns out that he was born one, he
could go in the sunlight, and sleep like a normal person. He just has changing eye
color, moves super fast, has cold skin and he is very strong. He doesn’t eat or
drink like the normal person, though he could, he just likes blood better. I was
going to ask what he did for fun, then out of nowhere, he kissed me. I kissed him
back when I grabbed his hair and pulled him closer. It felt wrong, like I was
doing something that I shouldn’t have. I didn’t care anymore because Dimetri was
cheating on me so I kissed harder. I felt his tongue on my lips, and then he
pulled away.
“Did I do something?” I asked.
“No. I was going to say you lips tasted like strawberries.” he said.
I laughed and he kissed me again. His hand was on my lower back, pulling me
closer. He carried me back inside and threw me on the bed. He was suddenly next to
me. I wrapped my arms around his neck. He and I were on the bed, with him hovering
over me and I pressed on the mattress. I felt him pull my legs apart. We continued
to kiss. This was nice, even though he was a vampire, he was incredibly careful.
Then it escalated. He ripped my dress off by the seams. He sat me on his lap and
began again. It was heavenly. He was like a moving block of ice, but didn’t care.
I felt a spark of guilt. I was cheating on Dimetri and I didn’t want to stoop to
his level. I soon started to tear up.
“Luna? Did I hurt you? You must tell me if I did.” Axel said nervously.
“No. I’m okay. I think I need to tell you something though.” I said.
“Anything.” he said.
“We can’t do this. I’m sorry.” I said.
“Why?”
“Really? Are you blind?” I said almost angrily.
“No, but you are.” He chuckled.
“I’m pregnant.” I said almost angrily as I looked down at my belly. I could feel
his fingers softly brush the bump and he trialed his way to my back. It tickled
and I tried my hardest not to crack a smile.
“I don’t care.” He said as he kissed me again.
“It’s my brothers‘.” I confessed between his lips.
“So. It’s forbidden. Isn’t everything? Rules are meant to be bent if not broken.”
He murmured against my left breast.
“Yes. But that doesn’t excuse what I had done.” I said as I dropped my head and
closed my eyes. One of Axels words stood out from the others. Quickly, I put my
head back up. “What do you mean “forbidden”?” I asked. But he ignored my question.
“You’re right, it doesn’t. But Luna, I love you so much that I’m willing to over
look that detail.” He said as he lifted my chin.
“You don’t even know me.” I objected.
“I know enough. That you are sixteen and that you are a very rare and special
creature.” He said.
“What do you mean?” I asked, puzzled.
“I’ve waited for this moment. Didn’t Dimetri tell you? You are a moons servant.
You are the most valuable possession on the planet. I have waited to meet you for
a long time now.” he said.
“I have to leave. I have to get home.” I said. I tied to get up but he didn’t let
me.
“Dimetri isn’t really your brother. He’s your protector and right now he isn’t
doing a very good job at it. I am the hunter, it is my job to make sure that you
don’t exist. I supposedly have to kill you. I’m not supposed to love anyone. Not
even you. I have to kill anyone I come in contact with because that’s what my kind
does. I can’t kill you though. I love you. I‘ve loved you ever since I saw the
color in your eyes. I always will.” He said in a serious composure.
“I need to speak to Dimetri. We need to talk about this.”
“He has to kill you too, Luna. As soon as you know about this, he has to kill you.
I won’t. I at least won’t try to. You are very powerful. Besides if you were to
bring this to his attention,” He meant us and the sex thing. “His other half will
hurt you Luna. He is not the nicest guy on the planet. He is more dangerous than
me.” He added.
As I was going to speak, he grabbed my waist on both sides and kissed me with
such a force that I never wanted it to end. He moaned as I pulled myself closer.
His head moved to my neck, kissing it with the same amount of force. Our breathing
excelled and then he pushed me backwards. I hit the head board. I whimpered. But
he didn’t stop. He pulled everything off and then we did it. That night, I had sex
with a vampire and I was proud that Dimetri could do nothing about it. I was
smiling inside.
I awoke that morning, sprawled on the cold marble. Axel laid next to me. I
racked my brain trying to remember how we got on the floor. I had begun to think
more about what Axel had told me last night. So, Dimetri was guardian and he had
another personality, I am a special something, Axel was a vampire and both of
their objectives were to kill me. I was afraid to go home so I went back to sleep
after I snuggled into Axels’ ribs. About ten minutes later, I’d gotten up and I
decided I had to get home, so I got dressed and ran to my house. Dimetri greeted
me as I softly closed the front door. “Well, how was your evening?” He said. I
stopped dead in the living room.
“Damn it.”
Dimetri
I was mad, furious was a better word. I went up to Luna’s room that morning
because we needed to talk. The way I left her last night was wrong and I needed to
apologize and to explain to her. I find she isn’t there. The balcony doors were
wide open. I thought she ran away. Then she comes home smelling like vampire. I
didn’t know what to do. I wanted to yell at her for being stupid and putting her
life in jeopardy but I couldn’t.
When I greeted her, her eyes hardened and grew wide. She turned in my
direction. She looked frightened; more like nervous. Her neck had dried blood all
over the left side. The vampire bit her. I was very mad.
“Luna! What the is your problem? Did he touch you? What happened last night? Where
did you go?” I asked.
She just stared at me but with a different expression, like she was really mad. In
fact, she looked angrier than me.
“Luna! Answer me!” I yelled. More like commanded. My head began to hurt, like I
had a headache.
“I don’t have a problem! You’re the one with the problem.”
“Did he touch you?” I asked outraged.
She just stood there and shot at me.
“He is a whole lot better than you!” She yelled.
“He bit you, didn’t he?” She hesitated and began to judge her distance between her
and I to find room to make an escape.
When I reached out to grab her shoulder, she darted for the door. I was too fast
as I blocked her exit. She ran into me and when I tried to restrain her, she broke
out of my grasp.
“Leave me alone!” She shricked.
She tried to get upstairs. I quickly grabbed her wrist. I jerked her backwards
and she fell onto the couch, sprawled across it. Luna began to hyperventilate
erratically. She ran into the kitchen. I ran after her. I pinned her against the
wall. She thrashed and fought. I caught her hands and put then on my chest then I
hugged her.
“Luna, calm down, I’m sorry.” I said. Hoping that she would forgive me.
“Sorry for what?!”
“For hurting you.”
“Too late.”
“What do you mean?” I asked in a restrained voice. I pulled back but I held her
there.
“I had sex with Axel and you know what, I liked it!” She yelled in my face.
‘She had done it with the vampire?’ I thought.
I slapped her, hard. She instantly put her hand on her cheek. She turned away from
me and she whimpered.
Then, she pushed me and ran back to the stairs. I grabbed her waist and pulled
her down again. We both dropped to the floor. I let her go and she crawled into
the kitchen again. I followed her. She grabbed a fork off of the counter top and
walked threateningly toward me. I grabbed her wrist and squeezed it with intense
pressure, I made her drop it. The fork clattered on impact. I threw her into the
counter. She grunted as her back hit it. I grabbed her legs and lifted her onto
the surface of the table. Then I pinned her back down on the counter. She went to
get up but I just pushed her back down. I laid between her legs and held her in
the laying position.
“Dimetri let me go.” She said between sobs.
“I am sorry, now I wouldn’t have to do this if you would just listen to me. Luna,
I worry about you every minute of every day. I love you too much to lose you. I
wanted you but I was stupid and got someone else. I still love you and our child.”
I hoped that she would stay still because I was beginning to get frustrated with
her.
I let her hands go and I grasped her waist. She stopped moving as if she were
paralyzed. I pulled her down to meet my eyes but she just stayed there, as if she
was still stuck. I looked into her frightened eyes and saw myself as they glazed
over. I never wanted to hurt her. I loved her way too much.
I hesitantly bent down my head and gave her a kiss. When I pulled away, she
blindingly grabbed my head and pulled me back. My tongue ran across her bottom lip
and I could taste the strawberry lip-gloss.
After about ten minutes, Luna went unresponsive. So, I stopped and looked
at her. She gently pushed me away, got down, and walked away. I followed her.
Every time she turned a corner she stopped and stared in my direction. It was like
she could see me. Then she would continue walking. When she entered my room, I
walked a little faster.
As I entered she sat at the edge of my bed and stared at the floor. I gasped
when she turned her head because there was an pulsating pink hand print that
dominated the right side of her face.
“Luna, I am so sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. Can you ever forgive me?” I
pleaded as I dropped to my knees next to her.
She smiled. “Of course, I will. I love you too much.”
“Not to be rude but I don’t comprehend. I hurt you.”
“Dimetri, when you kissed me, that was apologizing to me already.” She explained.
“I kissed you back to show that I forgave you.” She said still smiling. Then she
got up and put her hands on the collar of my shirt. She moved closer. I wrapped my
arm around her waist.
“Dimetri, I love you. Are you going to stay with me?” She asked.
“Yes, no more girls.” I vowed.
“Do you promise?”
“I promise with all my heart.”
“I want to know if you want someone else because it would be a bad thing if that
happened again.”
“You were right though. I would have killed the guy if it were me but you showed
me the lion in you. I was turned-on and frightened at the same time.”
“Frightened, why?”
“If that girl put a hand on you, I was afraid that she would hurt you.”
“Don’t you think that I can take care of myself?”
“It’s always best to have me with you.”
“I don’t regret anything.”
“I do, I regret having sex with someone other then you.”
“I forgive you.” She growled as she gripped my shirt and kissed me. I put one of
my hands on her hair, making her kiss me harder. I stopped. I breathed heavily for
a moment and put her on my bed. I lifted up her shirt. I stopped and stared. She
looked confused.
“What?” she asked.
“Your stomach.”
I ran my finger slowly over the bulge. I kissed her stomach and placed my head
there. It was a hill on her small, flat canvas. She located my head and placed her
hands upon it, rubbing my hair. Something else black and blue caught my eye, and
it wasn’t her heels. I ran my hand along her thigh. I couldn’t believe it. She had
bruise, multiples actually overlapping each other on her thighs, ribs and the back
of her knees. I didn’t notice them before. That thieving vampire had hurt her. I
wanted him dead. I wanted to kill him myself. A silver stake would do it but I
wanted him to suffer. I thought this through and came to a conclusion. Then, I
felt weird like my other half was about to make an appearance. I clenched my eyes
shut. I didn’t do anything else. I opened them slowly.
“I- I- I don’t know what to say.” She stuttered.
“You don’t have to say anything.” I said sighing and raising my voice.
“Yes I do, I didn’t stop and I should have.”
“It’s not your fault. It’s his.” I said with my teeth clenched together. I was
getting mad.
“No. I wanted it. You didn’t bother with me for a while so I felt vulnerable. I
gave in. He didn’t hurt me. Those are just accidents that happened. They’ll heal
and I feel fine. He apologized for trying to bite me and I forgave him.” She said
with no regret. That’s how I knew that she was falling in love with him. I wasn’t
having that.
“Luna, you are never to see him again. Is that in any way unclear?” I asked in a
serious tone.
Her cheeks turned bright pink and tears filled her eyes.
“You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do.” She said, letting acid pour into her
tone.
“Yes, actually I can. I will stop every maneuver that you do to see him again.” I
threatened as I put my hand on my head.
“He’s my best friend.” She said while tears fell. Her face was now glowing red
with anger. Then she got up.
“Where are you going?!” I yelled and my other half was about to take over.
“To my room.” She said, as she quickly tried to leave.
“NO!” I yelled because I didn’t want her to leave and because my other personality
took complete control.
He spun her around pinned her on the wall with my body compressed on hers.
“Dimetri! Let me go.” She screamed.
“So pretty. Dimetri has a beautiful girl in his life now. Did he get you
pregnant?” He pushed his hand on her belly. She screamed out in pain.
“Your beauty is your curse. You know that right?”
“I hate you.”
“You hate me. I think I can make you hate me even more.”
“Dimetri, let go.”
“The name is Dustin.” He corrected her.
“Dustin then. Let me go to my room.”
“No, darling. I can’t do that. I need you, now.” He was serious.
“Funny.” She didn’t get that he wasn’t joking. He was going to get it from her one
way or another. She tried to move out from his hold on her. He wouldn’t budge.
“You don’t understand, do you? We need to do this.”
“Maybe you are the one who doesn’t understand. I am not and I refuse to have sex.
You‘ll have to force my legs open and my arms down if you really want to.” She
really tried to stand her ground.
“That can be arranged.” He challenged. “I like a girl with a little fight in her.
He made a good choice, picking you.” He grinned.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I snapped out of it and I let her go.

“Luna, I’m sorry. I never wanted you to meet him. It wasn’t me.” I said softly.
“It wasn’t you.” She said sarcasticly as she tried to get away.
“No. I wouldn’t do that. You know me better than that.”
“Dimetri you did this so just stop pretending!” She yelled as she tried to get up.
“What? You think I would do that to you?” I asked, shocked at her response. I
grabbed her hand and held it.
I watched her stay silent as if she was trying to put a puzzle together. Did she
know? What could the vampire have told her? I wondered.
“Do you think I am a slut?” She sniffed.
“No. Why would I think that?”
She remained quiet.
“Can I help you up?” I asked not wanting her to get the wrong impression.
“Yes.” She whispered.
I grabbed her hand and sat her in my bed. She covered herself self-consciously as
if she was embarrassed. I looked at the floor trying to find out how to explain.
She started crying again.
“Luna, calm down.” I soothed her.
“I love you Dimetri but I don’t think that I can do this anymore.”
“What are you saying, Luna?”
“Nothing, I just… am scared because what if he comes back and hurts me?”
“I will try my hardest to make sure that he never touches you ever again.” I was
serious because I didn’t want her to be afraid of me.
“You really believe that.” She sounded like she didn’t believe me.
“I do. Luna I do.” I reassured her. Then she changed the subject.
“Why did you cheat on me?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know. Nice explanation.”
“I wanted you, Luna but you were mad at me so I tried to get the next best thing.
Did you even see the girl?”
“No, I am blind, remember? But I heard you.”
“She looked a lot like you but she didn’t have your charm.”
“You did her anyway though right?”
“I was desperate.”
“I understand I would have been too but I had sex with Axel because I… we had a
connection.”
“What do I have to do to make you forget about this guy?” I asked adding an
exasperated sigh.
I didn’t give her time to answer, instead, I kissed her with anticipation. I
pulled back and I laid her down. She was completely naked and teary but that
didn’t bother me. We slipped under the covers, with her head on my chest and me
stroking her hair. We both lie awake as she clung to me. I pulled up her chin and
kissed her cheek. She stared at me and traced the lines on my chest. Her fingers
ran across my skin and neck. I weaved my fingers in her hair. Then she wrapped her
legs with mine and she closed her eyes.
“Luna, open your eyes.” I said.
“Why?” She asked with her eyes open.
“There. That‘s so much better.” I said full of satisfaction.
“What?”
“I love the color and I need to see your innocence or I don’t think I can… you
know, hold back.”
“Hold back?” Then she thought for a moment. “Oh. I see.”
“No you don’t.”
“Ha. Ha.” A few minutes afterward, we fell asleep.

Luna
On Monday morning, Dimetri had gone to school and I awoke to hear a clicking
sound. I got up and tried to find the source of the irritating noise. I walked
around Dimetri’s room but when I exited the room it got louder. I swiftly ran
throughout the second floor looking for the noise because it was getting louder
and more aggravating than it was five minutes ago. I searched the bathroom, linen
closet and the balcony. I cautiously walked upstairs to my floor and I heard the
sound as loud as ever. I wearily opened my bedroom door and stepped in. My heel
clapped as I went in. My nerves were racked and I was hyperventilating crazily.
The clicking had stopped and I breathed a sigh of relief. I had a strange feeling
and I wanted so much to run but something told me not to. Just as I was about to
leave, glass shattered on the other side of my room. Someone was there. I shrieked
and tried to run away but the person grabbed me and put a cloth over my mouth and
nose. It smelled weird then, I got dizzy and passed out.
When I awoke, I was in a room. I slowly got up and slid off of the bed. The marble
floor was cold and slippery. I remembered this room from a memory I had a few days
ago. I was in Axel’s house, his room. I scampered to the door, or so I thought. I
ran into a closet full of clothes. I ran back out and felt around for a door. I
found one and darted out. Someone knocked into me and we both fell down. His arm
crossed over my belly, like he was trying to protect it from hitting the floor.
Did he know I was pregnant? I wondered. “Get off!!” I screamed. “If you would just
calm down.” He grunted. “Don’t hurt me.” I pleaded when I stopped squirming. “I
wont hurt you. I’m here to protect you.” I pushed his arm off of me. “Pardon my
asking but from what exactly?”
“Your uhh…boyfriend, brother, also known as the guardian. He told me to keep you
here no matter what.”
“Who, Dimetri?”
“Not him, my brother.”
“What brother?”
“You‘ll find out later.”
“You are who and can you please let me go?”
“Sorry.” He said as he unleashed my arms. “I’m Chase, nice to meet you. You are
Luna, am I correct?”
“Yes, why am I here?” I asked still trying to grasp the whole protection thing.
“It’s all in your best interest. Lets just leave it at that.”
“I guess that I’m not aloud to leave.”
“His rules. You have to go back to the room now.”
“Fine.” I said, getting up. “Do you need help finding the door?” He said on the
verge of laughter at my cluelessness. I glared at him with genuine hate. I growled
at him too. “Did you just growl at me?” He was surprised and was still on the
verge of laughing. I decided to be a tiny bit bitchy to him. “Does this person
that is holding me hostage know that I’m blind?”
“Oh, I-I-didn’t know.” He stuttered. “That’s okay. I just take a little offence to
it is all.” I said as I shook my head and walked to the door. “I’ll see you later,
Luna.” He said as I was about to shut the door. “Goodbye, Chase.” I said. When he
shut the door, I sank down to the floor and tears rushed out of my eyes. I sat
there wondering how I was going to get out, who was doing this and when could I
see Dimetri. I wouldn’t have a problem with this if he were with me. I sulked in
that corner for hours. Chase came to see me, and he was polite and all, but I was
broken. I was in deep in the vast pool of sorrow and distress. Soon after the last
few times Chase checked on me, someone different entered the room. It was a woman
because her high heels tapped the floor wildly. My head sprung up and she came to
an abrupt stop like a train slamming on the breaks. I must have been a sight of
horror because of my tear ruined face, I would have wiped it with the back of my
hand but I was too confused and scared to move. I felt the vibrations on the floor
indicating that she had unsurely moved sideways to sit on something like a chair.
We sat in silence as we stared at each other. Usually I would have said a simple
“Hi” but this wasn’t one of those times so I didn’t say anything to her, instead
she spoke first. “Hello, I’m Melinda. It’s nice to meet you, Luna.” The mystery
woman said. I didn’t want respond. I was puzzled that she knew my name before I
got the chance to tell her. “Are you going to be okay?” She asked sounding
extremely unconcerned. “No, I want my brother.” I whispered. She sighed and said
“You can’t ever see him again.” I felt as if my heart was shot with arrows, ripped
out of my chest and torn to pieces all at the same time. “Why?”
“You just can’t.” I was infuriated and shocked. “You can’t tell me what to do! I
want him here now!” I nearly shrieked. She stood up and tapped her way toward me.
“You can’t have it that way. You aren’t going to see him again so try to
understand that. I know that it’s painful to grasp but you’d better get a good
grip on it.” Why is she talking to me this way? What did she mean that I wasn’t
going to see him again? Did he die or get hurt? Did something happen to make him
never see me again? I thought. I tried to think about the bad things that he had
done but most of them wouldn’t get him hurt or in any serious trouble. “I don’t
understand. What did he do?”
“Him being what he is. A guardian meant to protect the abominations of this
world.”
“Are you talking about me?”
“Yes, but not just you. Your entire race is to be extinguished and like it never
existed. You shouldn’t exist. I don’t see why they felt the need to protect you
when you had your own natural, magical protection.”
I told him that he should have killed you when he had the perfect chance but he
thought that you had the potential to become one of us. He is so pathetic.” She
sneered. “One of us?” I had no clue what the heak was she was talking about. “I
mean a vampire. Axel thinks that you have what it takes and he doesn’t want your
guardian getting in his way of making that so.” I was submerged in shock and awe.
I started to breathe erratically and quickly. I wanted Dimetri, not Axel. “But
that’s not what I want. I want to stay the way I am. I like being human.”
“You aren’t human.”
“I’m close enough.” I mumbled. “He’s here.”
“Dimetri is here?” I asked with a big smile growing on my face. “No, Axel is here.
Didn’t you hear anything I said? You and him can never meet again. Don’t you ever
pay attention.” She said as she walked off and out of the room. I sank deeper into
a depression. Knowing that I couldn’t ever see Dimetri was one thing but never
able to sleep with him in my arms again was too much. I couldn’t handle being here
without him. Nothing made sense. It was like I was in a very bad dream and I
considered it but I knew that it was real life and that there was nothing that I
could do about it. My world had shattered into billions of tiny pieces and spread
out all over for everyone to see. Well, everyone I knew. I felt like my chest was
twisted and stiff. I stopped breathing as I tried to ease the pain the news
brought. I lowered my head to my knees and started crying again. I didn’t notice
anyone else enter the room until a man spoke. “You are sad. Why?” He asked
sounding concerned. “Wouldn’t you like to know.” I said. “I’m sorry for abducting
you but I had to. I had no other choice.”
“I want my brother, guardian or whatever. I want him with me.” I told him. “You
can’t be with him ever again.” He said gravely. “I know she explained everything
to me.” I crossed my arms and turned around with my back to him. “Who talked to
you?” He sounded clueless. “Melinda, I thought you sent her in to talk to me.”
I’ll admit I was grouchy and rude but I was mad. “I’ll talk to her later but I
want to know if you are okay.”
“This is so stupid! I want Dimetri, I want to go home and I never want to be with
you ever again!” I shouted. I walked over to the door but before I even touched
the door knob Axel reached out and grabbed my hand in his unbreakable grip. I shot
a dark look at him and attempted to pull my hand free but I got nowhere. It was
like he was super glued to my wrist. “Axel, let me go.”
“No, you aren’t allowed to leave.”
“You can’t do this to me! Let me go!” I cried and tugged harder but it was no use.
He wouldn’t release me. “I need you here.”
“No. I can’t.”
“I plan to keep you here until you have the baby then I’ll turn you into a
vampire. This will be your life for the next seven months. I will be with you most
of the time but I can’t all of the time so Chase will be with you guarding the
door and giving you what you want. I will stay only if you want me to. I really do
care about you and I want you to love me as you do Dimetri, maybe more.” He said.
He expected me to love him the way I loved Dimetri. I couldn’t do that. He was
jealous. Who said that I even wanted to be a vampire or have my baby here? I could
tell that he had planned for this to happen. I did love him though. I couldn’t
deny it from myself but I loved Dimetri more. “I can’t do that because I only love
him and I love you too but…not… as… much.” Axel slipped his hand from my wrist to
my hand. He it intertwined his fingers in mine. I stood there, frozen that he was
technically saying that he loved me. Everything had been turned up-side down and
all around. He led me to a chair and sat me down. His ran his fingers along my
face and neck. I couldn’t break his heart so I showed the some more affection
toward him. I searched for his face, caressed it with my lips and planted a kiss
on his cheek. He wrapped his arms around my waist and hugged me. His lips kissed
mine and he whispered to me, “I have to go but I promise to see you later. I love
you.” Then he got up and walked away.

I promise to write more.