I'll let you in on a little secret, love isn't always beautiful. It drove me to the verge of insanity. Love is the indescribable force that murdered the man that I loved more than any other after that experience falling in love was eliminated from my bucket list. I thought love would be the answer to my prayers, well I can personally assure you that it wasn't.
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"Jason! If you don't get your greedy wolf paws off of me I will kill you!" I screeched between deep and ragged breaths. My mentally deranged boyfriend Jason was tickling the daylight out of me and I was to helpless to stop him.
"Come on beautiful! If you want me to stop, then you need to stop giggling." He said with a chuckle and a devilish smirk. But even if I wanted to stop laughing I couldn't. I'm extremely ticklish almost everywhere on my body and Jason knew that all too well. I held my breath in an attempt to stop the continuous stream of laughter that made it's way out of me. In doing so Jason made even more of an effort to make a laugh escape from my lips. His hands ran up and down my sides, barely grazing the skin.
An incredibly dorky smile was plastered onto my face in one last attempt to keep from laughing. It failed miserably as I started to giggle uncontrollably and Jason couldn't help but break out laughing also.
"Please stop!" I pleaded. "My stomach hurts from laughing so much. I don't know how much longer I can hold on."
"If it wasn't so much fun to tickle you I'd be tempted to stop. But it's fun to watch you squirm underneath me!" He said with a chuckle. He never did stop tickling me and every now and then I'd struggle for air. Every time I begged him to stop tickling me he'd start digging his finger into my belly bottom, which drove me wild. The door bell did some complicated chime as Jason plunged his finger into my belly button again. The smile on Jason's face abruptly fell as his head turned over to the door.
"Who could that possibly be? I'm coming!" Jason shouted in the direction of the door. He rolled off the couch and quickly rose to his feet. "You stay here. Ok? I'll go answer it." I nodded my head slowly. I suppose that Jason could see the confusion in my eyes because he told me that it's probably nothing.
Right when Jason was out of view I jumped to my feet. My stomach ached from laughing so hard earlier causing me to hunch over. I tiptoed across the hard wood floor into the kitchen where I could easily hear the conversation between the person at the door and Jason. I sat on the floor with my back leaning against the wooden cabinet.
"David? How in the world did you find us?" Jason said startled. "What are you doing here?" He whisper as if to make sure I didn't hear.
"Jason! Long time no see! Guess what, I'm here for the girl. I heard you guys are together now." David said quite loudly. His voice was unfamiliar and scratchy. It made me want to cover my ears to block out the gut wrenching sound.
"Why are you talking so loudly? Do you want Crystal to hear you? She doesn't know what we are yet." I started focusing more intently once I heard Jason say my name. "I would never let her become a monster like you guys."
"Let her join our clan Jason. You can always join our clan yourself. Either way, we won't stop until we have her."
"Never!" I heard Jason growl before I heard the door slam. I quickly rose to my feet and ran to the refrigerator door. I opened it and grabbed the gallon of orange juice. I went to poor it but my hands were trembling terribly and I spilled it all over the counter. "Crystal! Where are you?" Jason shouted making me jump.
"In the kitchen!" I shouted back. I tried to erase all the trails of fear in my voice. When Jason appeared in the doorway his eyes were clouded with tears ready to slide down his cheeks. "Jason are you ok?"
