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Chapter 2 - Chapter Two

Three hours of waiting for the guys practice to be over and I'm getting fidgety. The cheer skanks had disappeared on the second field to practice. I watched Ryan walking my way. I stood to meet him halfway and before he reached me the bitch cut me off and his attention drop to hers and then back at me. I walk swiftly to him, and I saw a bit of a worried look appears on his face. I didn't care I shoved her out the way and kissed him long and heady.

"You look a bit-tired darling let's have you showered up and I'll give you my famous naked back rub you love so much," I said to him.

He seems a little dazed and started smiling at me. When I realize what just happened, I roll my eyes and turn to look at Tara.

"You lay a finger on him and I'll break all ten of them if that doesn't satisfy me, I'll break both arms if that doesn't give me justice, I will break you," I said to her as I lean closer. "If that doesn't satisfy me, I'll…"

"Bye," Ryan said cutting me off pulling me away from Tara.

We walked back over to the bleachers and he sat me down and ask, "What was that about?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said to him folding my arms looking up at him.

"You were totally jealous, let me guess Veet told you about her?" he said still smiling.

"Maybe and I overheard a few people talking about the new hot quarterback. I just want to make sure they weren't talking about My Quarterback," I said to him.

"So, jealousy took over that's a first. I've never seen you jealous before and you shouldn't be but when you are jealous you also become possessive and sexy," he kneeled in front of me. "That right there is making me hot for you right now," he said kissing me and I sniff the air smelling man musk, soap, shampoo, and his arousal.

Blood!

A part of me screamed and shook it off.

He tries to kiss me, but I move away because we both know that kissing will take a long time to stop especially when we're in the mood.

"No, you go freshen up first you are sweaty," I told him.

"That didn't stop you a minute ago," he said laughing.

"Um, we both know if we kiss it will take an eternity to break us apart," I told him.

"And you shouldn't forget that," he kissed me pulling me up off the bench. "Eternity. Now go back to the dorms and get dress," he said.

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After I got dressed with Veet supervision she had me dress up like a certified prostitute, she made me wear a yellow dress that pushes up my breast, and the dress shows off my thighs and too much legs. With damn pumps on that compliments my calves, and my hair has small curls and a gold headband holding the mane out my face.

"Damn you look marvelous like a princess," Veet said.

She is just mocking me because she knows who I am, I roll my eyes. Walking out the door feeling a little out of my solace zone. Vampires had never had this problem before we are confident beings. These feeble humans must be rubbing off on me.

When I arrive outside Ryan was already waiting for me and I took another hard look at him not believing this is him. He looks keener and dressed nicer than usual in low cut jeans and a button-up dress shirt and black high-top boots. His dark brown eyes look determined from where I stand with infatuation in them, might be love.

I walk over to him and he leans off the car as his eyes devour every inch of my exposed skin.

"Well good evening good sir," I said in a fake British accent.

He kisses me and says, "Same to you milady. Shall we go see what has been entailed for you?"

He opens my car door and let me in and went back around to the driver's seat.

"I can't wait to see what you have planned it benevolence for you so I'm not sure you can top it. It was always mundane for you or maybe because you want to get laid today, you're going all out," I joked.

"Oh, yea definitely getting laid and to surprise my beautiful girl," he said now driving in a woodsy area. "I love doing that for you on a regular basis. Making you happy. Mostly getting laid part," he gave me a big grin.

He says and I sigh as we drove into the woodsy side of town. All I can see is trees, more trees, and the sound of gravel under the tires as we drove to our destination.

Wait he told me that he bought a cabin up here, technically, it was his big brother's, but he used his money to fix it up. How sweet of him.

As we got closer, I glance his way and found him staring at my boobs and I couldn't help but laugh a little. He never actually saw me dressed like this before because I don't wear much revealing clothing. He never had a problem with me wearing covering clothing because he knows the attention I would have gotten from both men and women. Men would lust and gather around, and women would just envy me.

It brings me back to the fifteen hundred's when my mom would dress me in prettier colors than my two sisters who have always been jealous of my mom favoritism in me. My sisters were envious as well, so I never had a friend in any of them. I've tried to break away from my mom favoritism by doing guys laboring work; hunting, sharpening knives, swords, sparring etcetera. I'm always the center of attention and I was tired of being the beautiful princess. Papa always adores me and gave me what I asked for like the time I told him I wanted an arrow and a bow for me to go hunting with the guys.

They never complain about me doing these dangerous activities and I never thought anything of it.

Then the day HE came to our village to look for a bride. My mom and dad deliberately skipped my two oldest sisters and choose me to marry some stranger who I must be submissive to. I do not take commands very well from anyone, neither does he. Therefore, two-similarities do not attract, and I know we were the same because he had a dominant thing about him, and I had a stubborn streak about me. He was a man of power, I was a girl of knowledge at the time, and I sure as hell wasn't a novice with my words.

The day the man saw me he looked at me with ownership in those cold black eyes of his. I looked at his face sternly knowing I was not going to live my life in misery, and I didn't want to be married to a vampire my entire life. I wanted someone who will love me for my perfections and imperfections not because you have the power to rule over people, and you are some king of some island or first made bastard. Big deal.

That day at his get together at his mansion, my parents went home happy and ranting on about how he is a wonderful vampire and how I'm going to be happily bond to him in blood, mate-bond, and telepathically bond. That vampire is far from those words gave him. He was evil, manipulative, conniving, and vengeful, and vile.

Not even over my cold immobile body, I would succumb to such madness. So, I took the biggest risk of my life, and now I'm on the run.

That same night I packed a few things and waited for my parents and sisters to go to bed then I left before dawn in the wee morning and hurried out the cottage into the 'Woods of Nowhere', that's what people called it. I didn't care I just wanted to get away as far as possible. I don't even care for the king he can marry any broad for all I care.

"Hey, babe," I heard a soft sound in my ear snapping back from my past to the present. "You look a bit lost. You had me worried."

"Just reminiscing on some old memories," I smiled at him.

"You regret those choices?" he said playing with a curl of my hair.

"Never, if I hadn't made those choices, I wouldn't have met someone who is so generous and attentive with me and I will forever appreciate that," I lean over to kiss him.

"Hmm, sounds like a breakup speech you made," he said.

"Oh shush, men are so delicate," I roll my eyes and he got out the car to open my door.

The first thing that flitters to my nostrils were the sweet scent of earthiness also the rustling sound of the trees from the gentle wind, little critters in the woods settling. My nostrils caught two scents that were burning coming from the cabin. I know humans cannot smell things as profound as a supernatural. I'm great with all senses.

Knowing Ryan, he wouldn't do anything unless he wants to, and he wants to impress me if he went through all this trouble fixing up the place.

He led the way towards the door and open it an intense scent of peach and cherry wafting in the air wrapping around my senses turning my emotion in delighted bliss. The entire room was illuminated with candles and rose petals are lying on the floor trailing to a… table.