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Oddly the next morning I woke up smiling thinking about everything that had happened yesterday with Dorian I just wish I had the luck of being able to choose my dreams so I could’ve relived it last night too, instead I had a dream about the dentist telling me I needed to sell my house now if I wanted to get the best price for it, weird I know. The only downside is that I’m going back to school today. I’d told my Dad that I didn’t want to miss anymore work and it’s true I don’t plus missing a day of school is like missing a year in terms of knowing what’s going on with everyone it’s also weird but completely true and I’m done with sitting in a bed all day with nothing to do but be bored out of my mind.
I sat up and eased myself out of bed switching the alarm off and stretching out my arms and back bracing myself for the day ahead. Relaxing my muscles back I heard them crack a little but I don’t mind it doesn’t hurt which is something new for me lately. Suddenly arms wrapped around my waist from behind pulling my back against a well defined chest.
“Are you leaving me today”? Dorian whispered into my ear resting his chin on my shoulder.
“Unfortunately for you yes I am”.
“Someone is a little full of themselves this morning” he chuckled making me smile.
“Nope just happy to be sprung from the cell”.
“Is being with me a prison sentence to you”?
“I won’t lie to you, you do have an uncanny resemblance to a ball and chain” I laughed.
“You know a ball and chain is used to describe someone’s spouse”? I could hear the smile in his sexy voice but I wasn’t going to let him phase me like he wanted.
“You’re married? I can’t believe you didn’t tell me”!
“You know exactly what I meant, now get ready for school and I’ll do the same”. I turned around in his arms to face him with my mouth hanging open to see his smirk.
“I think not” I managed to stutter.
“Well I do so it must be right now get ready or you’ll be late”.
“You’re only walking me right”?
“Of course to and from school, everyday”.
“No! You can’t Dorian”.
“Why not”?
“What if someone sees you”? His face dropped.
“Don’t you want people to see us together? Do I embarrass you”?
“No! Of course you don’t” I frowned back I can’t believe he’d think that.
“Then what is it”?
“You’re in college if people see me with you they’ll think things” I told him looking away.
“What things”?
“You know what things, they’ll think I’m sleeping with you”.
“So” I looked up at him in disbelief.
“Are you serious”?
“Yes Emma I am it wouldn’t be a bad thing for those hormone crazed little idiots to know that you’re taken it’d make me feel better at the very least”.
“What so you don’t mind people walking around thinking I’m a slut”?
“But you’re not a slut you know that I know that”.
“I will not take that abuse I’ve tried very hard my entire school life to blend nicely into the background I am not abandoning that for people to suddenly notice me as friggin whore”!
“Emma no one would dare –“
“You can dismiss it all you want Dorian but it’s true and what about Jeremy”?
“What about Jeremy”?
“What’ll he think”?
“Why does it matter you’re mine he can’t have you Emma” Dorian crushed his lips to mine before I could register what he said only being able to taste one thing on his tongue, possessive. “My baby nobody else’s, mine” it was more a grunt then anything else but it still made ache.
“Yours” I whispered breathless kissing him back only for him to pull away a minute or so later.
“Good”.
“But I want to tell him myself he’s my best friend I don’t want him to find out so bluntly like that he deserves more”. I could see he was thinking about it and we were both panting still so I rest my head on his chest feeling my head bobbing less with his breathing calming with the passing seconds.
“Alright fine I won’t take you to school today tell him this morning and I’ll be there to take you home”.
“Thank you” I muttered slightly intoxicated by how much of his smell I’d breathed in while resting against his shirt. I planted a small kiss on his chest so small I doubt he’d notice but I felt better for doing it anyway.
“If you get to kiss my chest does that mean I get to kiss yours”? I felt my face burn at his question.
“No”.
“Why not? It’s only fair”.
“Because”.
“Yesterday I seem to remember –“
“Shh don’t say another word”.
“Please don’t tell me you’re regretting it Emma because –“
“No it’s just lately I’m starting to think my walls are a little thin people keep hearing things I’m saying in here and I don’t know how... actually it’s always you” now I think about it it’s always been Dorian that hears me. I narrowed my eyes at him and backed away slowly. “Have you bugged my room”?
“No don’t be ridiculous”.
“Then how did you hear me yesterday”?
“I knew it! I knew you said I want to die”! He’d completely switched the conversation.
“How? I left you downstairs and I sure as hell didn’t hear you come up the stairs”.
“I think the real issue here is your suicidal tendencies Emma”.
“What suicidal tendencies”?
“Come on! Knowing already how you would do it and then actually admitting that you want to die – twice”!
“What are you talking about? I am not suicidal”!
“I never said you were I said you had tendencies to be you see Emma? I think maybe you should stay home with me for a little while before you go back to school”.
“No Dorian stop it stop making me out to be a crazy person you’re dodging my questions, don’t you dare try to side track me it won’t work”! He looked caught between exasperation and... being aroused, what? Dorian sauntered over to me backing me against the wall bending a little to kiss my neck.
“You know I’m not convinced it’s the bond that helps you out, you knew before it even started, you called me a liar from the off didn’t you”?
“If this is the reaction I get maybe I’ll do it more often” his hands slid to the hem of my night shirt playing with the edges still making cute pecking noises against the skin on my neck.
“All you have to do is ask baby and I’d gladly do this all day, but I can’t deny it’s sexy as hell to me when you see through me, it’s funny really in all the time I’ve lived I’ve never met anybody who could cut quite to the core like you can, well except maybe me”.
“Mmhmm I’ll just make you answer later anyway, besides I have to get dressed for school so please leave my room”.
“One day you’ll let me watch you know and you’ll want me to, I promise”.
“Don’t hold your breath mister”.
“Wouldn’t make a difference anyway” he laughed darkly.
“I’ll ask about that later too now go before I cut to your core with my shiny baseball bat” I smiled sweetly.
“Alright I’ll see you in a minute”.
“No you’ll see me at the end of school and not before”.
What I’m not allowed say goodbye now”?
“No because I’ll never leave”.
“That’s probably true alright I love you”.
“Love you too now get out”.
“What no kiss”?
“Nope” I said clamping a hand over my mouth and an evil look came to his face.
“You’ll pay the price for denying me Emma last chance”.
“Not a chance I will not give in to tyranny”. Once again he put his lips to my ear.
“It’s not considered tyranny when you want the tyrant that’s called lust Emma” I gulped at his whispered words hard pushed for a reply. “I’ll let you think about that one in private see you later baby”. He left me and the room speechless I wanted so bad to have an amazing comeback but then I’m not sure what he said even makes sense it was the tone of his voice that got to me the most, all deep and husky but like silk at the same time... I need to get out of this house.
It didn’t take long to get dressed and true to his word Dorian didn’t pop out of nowhere to say goodbye, what did take forever was preparing myself to tell Jeremy that I’m sort of with Dorian I mean I can’t even explain it to myself properly let alone someone else, let alone Jeremy of all people. In all honesty I don’t think he’ll mind that I have a boyfriend he just won’t be happy that he hasn’t known about it but I guess I won’t ever know until I tell him, but it’s Thursday today and I don’t see Jeremy till lunch on Thursdays because we don’t have the same classes in the morning I have physics and Jeremy has biology. I might see him in passing but it’s not a conversation I want to have for everyone to hear though I guess they’ll all know by the end of the day and my stomach is twisting silly itself thinking about it. Maybe Dorian will take pity on me and wait around the corner or might even not show up at all hmm, I feel a little better now.
I started walking to physics before the bell even sounded worried that I’d get caught in the human traffic that usually fills the halls. I started thinking about this morning and Dorian’s evasiveness towards me, I know he’s a vampire for crying out loud so why is he still so secretive? There can’t be anything else could there? I think subconsciously my brain flipped a switch to pay attention all of the sudden and I realised I was in front of the class door. I pushed the door open and went to sit in the back this time and right into the left corner so that I could blend into the wall hopefully.
People trickled in slowly ten or so minutes later some noticing me others not all those who did obviously had heard of my so called heart attack with their many sympathetic or curious looks. It’s not like I’m going to drop dead people, I hope. Out of nowhere Jeremy’s admirer Shelly came to sit next to me how she made it in to an AP class let alone a physics one is beyond me and if I hadn’t banished myself to the corner I would’ve moved along a seat or five.
“Hey Emma I heard about your heart attack thing, how are you feeling”? I raised my eyebrows and I don’t care if I looked impolite. Thinking it would be safer to ignore her that’s exactly what I did, I picked up my bag pretending I was trying to find something since Mr Keller wasn’t even here yet as per usual the man is never on time. “You know I’m talking to you here right? I mean I know it’s like unheard of and everything because I’m me and you’re well, you and everything –“
“If this is your attempt at getting Jeremy to like you I’m telling you now it’s a lost cause talk to him yourself” not that he can’t do way better I added mentally.
“But I know that I upset him calling you fat the other day and then the whole heart attack thing happened, but hey everyone knows that you run the risk of coronation disease if you’re over weight so it wasn’t really a shock to me”.
“I think you mean coronary disease, coronation is how people become kings and queens and oddly a type of dressing which is gross”.
“Oh, well you knew what I meant so can you do me a favour and talk to him for me”?
“No do it yourself if you care so much”.
“Come on throw me a bone here, do you like Jeremy is that it? Are you two like together”? I let my head hit the desk in defeat the amount of times people ask that you’d think they would realise by now that we’re not.
“Alright class face the front please and turn to page ninety eight of your text books so we can get started”.
Lunch couldn’t come soon enough I raced down to the cafeteria grabbed a tray and put a hamburger and green apple on my tray and skipped over to Jeremy sat down and then flat lined remembering what I have to do.
“Are you alright Em? You look a little pale, do you need me to take you to the nurses office”?
“Uh, I just need a little fresh air mind if we eat outside”?
“No I guess not come on” we stood and carried the trays out and with the weather being a little unpredictable right now not many people braved the picnic benches so we were pretty alone which was what I wanted. When we sat down Jeremy was eyeing me he knew something was up and I just didn’t know what to say.
“Jeremy I have to tell you something” my heart was beating a storm it can’t be healthy to keep putting it through this.
“Go on”.
“I, I don’t really know how to say it” I confessed.
“Please tell me you’re not dying” he spoke suddenly.
“No! Well not that I know of any way”.
“Ok well tell me you can tell me anything Emma you know that”. I looked at my feet under the bench and muttered in a whole string of words making it one.
“Ihaveaboyfriend” it was very quiet even if it was evenly spaced he wouldn’t have heard it.
“What”?
“... I have a, boyfriend”.
“What! Why am I only hearing about this now”?
“I well, it’s only sort of just been officialised I was kind of... apprehensive”.
“Why is he a bum?
“No” I frowned “he’s... in college”.
“COLLEGE? Emma what are you thinking”?
“I don’t know”! I cried frazzled by his loudness.
“You can’t trust college guys Emma they only want one thing from high school girls”.
“No he’s different” I said defiant and after my many scolding’s it was like feeling a mental electric shock from learned therapy sessions on not to do something.
“Really, well we’ll see how he does in the best guy friend forever’s testing process”.
“Uh the thing is... you know him already”.
“I know him already? The only guy I know in college is Alec, oh my God DORIAN?
“Yeah Dorian”.
“But you were the one who said he had weird vibes”.
“He does, well he did, he still does I don’t know he’s just a little strange but he’s not dangerous or anything”. Well anymore I think.
“... I still want to know of his intentions with my maybe future wife”.
“That’s fair, but you should know he’s going to be walking me home after school to my horror”.
“Oo Emma’s gonna make a scene” he laughed knowing I hate such things.
“I’m hoping he took pity on me this morning and was going to not show”.
“If he doesn’t show it’s strike one, why didn’t he walk you this morning, sleeping in”? He asked disapprovingly.
“No actually he got up to say good morning, but I told him not to walk me here because, because you deserved a better way to be told then to have it shoved under your nose you’re my best friend Jeremy and to be completely honest if you’d told me you didn’t approve I wouldn’t have taken it further” and it is true friends are forever and ones like Jeremy are for eternity.
“Aw Em you’re gonna make me blush... but seriously it means a lot Emma you’re my best friend too”.
“Forever”?
“Of course forever idiot, but I will be giving my summary of lover boy when my tests are complete only then will you receive” he paused for dramatic effect “the verdict”.
“Good right now I trust your judgement more than mine”.
“Ah young love, well half young love... you sure he’s not using you? No offence”.
“None taken it’s part of why I wasn’t sure about him and from what he’s told me well told me off about he’s in it for the long haul but he still has to make it past you so you never know”.
“Exactly, hey Em this is kind of awkward but, can I trade my Turkey sub for your hamburger I was a little distracted in the line”.
“How come”? I asked as he switched our trays since the apple situation is the same and he let his head drop to the table as if suddenly exhausted.
“One word, Shelly”.
“She tried to get me to soften you up today”.
“Are you serious? She doesn’t give up does she”?
“If it’s just because of me Jeremy don’t worry about it”.
“It’s not I swear Em she’s been with over half the guys in the varsity teams, when I think about my perfect girl sure she’s gone out with a couple guys before me it’s natural but she’s real modest, classy you know”?
“I do I understand and she’ll have to pass my screening process before she can even hope to reach testing stages”.
“Nice... how would Dorian feel about handing over a urine sample”? At that we both started rolling around on the bench. “It’s times like this I wish I was in the middle of drinking something so I could spit it out, like your Dad remember with the coffee? When he thought Alec and Dorian were together”? He laughed harder going blue from lack of oxygen.
“Yeah I’m not sure why don’t you ask him”?
“Maybe I still find him a little intimidating” Jeremy admitted.
“So do I but no one messes with us remember”?
“So true he doesn’t stand a chance”.
“I’m just worried he’s going to do something stupid you know how I feel about PDA”?
“It’s a no no”.
“I know I just, he said I was going to pay this morning and he gave me this real chucky doll kind of smile”.
“What are you paying for exactly”?
“I wouldn’t kiss him goodbye”.
“Why”?
“Because he was annoying me”.
“Why you little temptress” he laughed thinking it over “I could always smuggle you out and drive you home” he offered.
“I’ll only piss him off more”.
“He wouldn’t you know, hurt you would he? Because that is a foul ball right there”!
“Really with the baseball references? And no he wouldn’t hurt me he wouldn’t dare”.
“I like the attitude and speaking of baseball don’t forget our date to see the Sox our tickets to Boston came in the mail this morning”.
“And it took you all this time to tell me? Can I see them”? I know I said that I prefer to play but actually seeing it live in the flesh is way better.
“No bless you little Emma I have tucked them away in a place so safe not even I can touch them”.
“Where’s that”?
“Mom’s purse” I stopped a laugh at that knowing he was serious.
“I’m so excited”! I yelled.
“Me too I’ve saving for months for this trip Em it’s going to be epic I even made a playlist on my I-POD for the ride to the airport.
“Me too”!
“Were we like made to be best friends or what”?
“No question! I can’t believe we’re actually going to see the Red Sox”!
“I know I actually had trouble believing it when I had the tickets in my hands I was staring at them for like five whole minutes and then my Dad was like snap out of it Jeremy your breakfast is getting cold”. I smiled fondly at my friend he is the best. “Can we go inside Em? I think I’m still too young for the whole freezing sperm option”.
“Yeah come on wimp”. He stood and held his arm out to me in a crook.
“Shall we ma lady”?
“We shall” I smiled slipping my arm through his though I was a little lopsided because he’s so damn tall.