Eat or Be Eaten
Twelve
The front door bangs open when we get home. I carry the pup out
back and put him in a small dog house, the ropes even
tighter.
My mother and Lily come running out of the training room. My mom
takes one look at me and goes to the wolf. Lily heals our wounds
and makes us a snack.
I turn on the tv we have on the kitchen counter, to find it
already on the eight o'clock news.
Meronica Sherman, the news lady, gestures to the spot we found
the wolf and two people. "... The caller gave no name, just
an address and a discription of the man and woman found.
We're still unaware if the caller was, in fact, the attacker
or just some innocent passing bystander who happened to come
across these people. Both were alive, but just barely, with wide,
deep cut marks on their chests and stomach. They are now on their
way to intensive care at SunRise Hospital. Stay tuned for more
later."
I turn the volume down and look at Lily and Selena, then to Venus
and Temperance. Though they were there when the drime was being
done, the girls were very shaken.
I push my chair back, standing up, and walk into the hall,
running into Ben.
"Whoa! Sorry, didn't see you there." he says,
trying to steady me.
I shake my head. "My bad. I wasn't paying
attention."
He grinned, showing perfect white teeth beneath a tan smile.
"It shows. What's on your mind?"
I shrugg. "Pretty much everything that's been going
on."
"Yeah, I know what you mean."
I smile sadly, apologize and start ti walk away.
"Wait!," he says, grabing hold of my wrist to softly
pull me back. I quizically turn back to him. "I was
wondering... Does Temperance ever talk about me?"
I raise an eyebrow and smirk. "Why do you ask?"
He blushes. "Well, it's just, I can't get her out of
my head. The sound of her laugh, the feel of her body against
mine, how she's not afraid to tell you how she feels. I want
to ask her out, but I'm scared she'll just turn me
down..."
I blink, taking in what he just said. "Okay... Why come to
me? I mean, why not ask Selena or Venus?"
He shruggs. "Because you seem to know them all better then
they do eachother. I mean, look at the eight of us. Without you,
none of us would be here, at this very placem together.
You're what connects us all together so we can make a perfect
team. Without you, there would be no us."
The silence that followed that is a long one. Do I really bring
them together? I mean, I don't see how. All I've done was
save their lives one time and teach them to fight and defend
themselves.
I cough uncomfortably and look at him serously.
"Ask."
"What?"
"Ask her." I repeat. "Ask her on a date. Take her
to the movies- see a romantic comedym but not those cheesy types,
take her to see one with meaning. Then take her out for dinner,
but nothing fancy. She doesn't like o dress up if she
doesn't need to. Take her to Burger King and get her a number
four Whooper Jr. with no pickles, tamato, onions or mustard.
"After it's all done, take her home. Walk her to her
door and kiss her good night. And I do mean kiss her, don't
do some gross, slobbery make out session, just make it sweet.
Then hand her a single white rose- not red, white shows
forever."
He stands there speechless at my instructions. I raise an eyebrow
again. "Got all of that?"
He nods, but doesn't move a muscle.
"Well, what're you waiting for? An open invitation?
Go!" I make a motion to the kitchen and with a jerk of his
body, he goes through the kitchen door.
I peak through the door, for it was open just a crack, in time to
see him walk over to where Tempie sat at the counter island on a
stool, eating toast. She looks at him, startled, as he gets down
on one knee, holding one of her hands in his own.
"Tamperance Zakurii, I have liked you since the third grade,
when you poured your strawberry milk all over me. I'm crazy
about you. I love your chocolate brown eyes, the freckle you have
on your right cheek. I love how you bite your lower lip when
nervous, how you twirl your hair when happy, how you'll speak
your mind, whither you're talking to your parents, friends, a
teacher or the princple. I like all that and more. Will you go
out with me, tomorrow night?"
"Tomorrow's Thursday."
"Will you go out with me the night after tomorrow?"
"Friday?"
"Yeah, then."
She stares him over for a good minute and a half, making him
break into a cold sweat.
She finally smiles and nods. "It's about time you asked
me." I hear him let out a breath I don't think he knew
he was holding and stand up, smiling down at her.`
girl_coming_out_of_shell · 1 decade ago
just posted!!!! enjoy :) keep looking for that notebook haha ;)
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