I wonder if Constantine is coming tonight.

I'm lying in my warm comfortable bed, staring at my phone. It's almost 11 pm. I need to talk to somebody. I suppose I could call or text Penny or Reese, or River, but it's kinda late now. Besides, the person I really want to talk to is Constantine.

I suppose I could call or text him too...but I know I'm not gonna.

My dad felt totally insulted and furious tonight. Rightly so, I think. But I don't want to move away from here. I don't want to leave my friends especially Penny, Reese, and River. I don't want to leave Constantine.

I try to stay awake, but my eyes feel heavy and my eyelids are drifting shut. Just when I'm losing my battle with sleep, I feel cold air blowing in through the window.

"Constantine," I whisper heavily.

"Shhh..sweetheart. I just want to say good night," he whispers back above me.

"...need to talk to you..." I mumble sleepily.

"You can talk to me tomorrow. Sleep now, sunshine."

I feel his warm lips brushing my forehead before I drift off.

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As I'm getting ready for school, I realize there are a lot of things that I don't know.

Apparently, I don't know my bra size, because right now it feels like my girls are spilling out of my B cups. Whoa! My jeans are a bit tighter around my bottom area too, though my waist is still very tiny. What happen? Did I gain weight?

Another thing I don't know is, how to break it to my friends that we're moving away from here.

I don't know if Kevin is still alive. If he still is, does he hate me now?

I don't know how I'm going to behave around Constantine today as well. Should I be with him like we were yesterday? Should I pretend I didn't know him like I always did before?

If I "be" with him, I'll be the latest gossip in school again. Not to mention all the girls, werewolves and humans would definitely hate me.

I really don't know what to do, so I end up trying to avoid him around school. Using my crazy ninja skills again, of course.

I manage to avoid the lycans and the populars all morning, much to my friends' annoyance. They think I'm behaving weirdly. Reese is starting to worry about me. I feel sorry that my friends have to put up with someone like me.

At lunch time, though, it's hard to stay hidden. That other female lycan, Serena is with them today.

Yep, I haven't told my friends about dad's decision to move. They're going to freak. I'm such a coward.

"Did you do something different with your make-up today GenGen?" asks Reese as she studies my face closely.

"Nope. In fact, I just wore my lip gloss today...nothing else."

"Hmm...maybe that's it," comments Reese skeptically. "Whatever it is, keep doing it. You look better without make-up I think."

"Are the lycans looking at us?" questions Penny suddenly in a hushed voice.

"Nope, they're looking at something behind us," I answer quickly even before I begin to look.

Yep, all the lycans including Serena are looking this way. Even I can't pretend they're looking at something behind us anymore. Maybe I should leave the lunch room now. I'm still so hungry, though.

"Are you sure they're not looking at one of us? How can you be so sure?" asks Penny again suspiciously.

"Nope. Not looking at us," I confirm.

"Oh, but I think Penny's right. I think they're looking at this table," announces Reese. "Don't you think so River?" she nudges River's side.

"Why would they be looking at us?" I interrupt before River gets the chance to answer. I get up and dump the rest of my food in the dumpster except for an apple. My stomach growls in protest.

I sneak a quick peek. Yep, the four lycans are still staring at us...or me. My heart thuds faster in my chest. Better run.

"See you guys later... got somewhere to be, things to do, people to see and all that. Ciaò!" I wave at my friends as I make my quick escape. I'm such a coward.

I stumble upon Kevin walking with a friend in the hallway. Guilt consumes me. He has black eyes. His lips are busted. One cheek is swollen. One arm is in a cast. One plaster over his eyebrow. There is a huge plaster over his nose too. Other than that he seems okay. I mean, it could be worse right? I was worried that he might be dead last night.

"Kevin," I call out.

He stops in his track when he hears me.

"Genesis," he says in dismay. "I can't be seen with you," his eyes frantically scan the almost empty hallway.

"Excuse us," I address his friend, as I grab his uninjured hand and drag him into one of the empty classrooms. Then I notice that he's walking with a limp too. Poor Kevin.

I pull out a chair for him to sit, then I sit on the other side of the table across from him.

"You're not in English lit this morning," I state. I was looking for him the whole morning, actually.

"Well, yeah...I just got here," he answers, scratching his arm just above the cast.

"I'm so sorry, Kevin," I apologize.

"I thought Carrington's with that cheerleader or something. Why didn't you tell me that you're with him?" he asks me.

"Well, I'm not with him."

"Oh," says Kevin looking confused.

"It's complicated," I explain.

"He said he's going to kill me the next time he sees me near you. I know it sounds crazy, but I believe him. He and his friends looked so scary that night," says Kevin.

Oh, I believe him too. I'm surprised that he let Kevin off this easily.

"Look Genesis, I don't mean to upset you. I mean, I like you, and I know you like me. But I'm sorry, we can't be together."

As I look into his serious blue eyes, I thought, Oh what the heck. If this is the only time I get to play Juliet in an epic tragic love story, I'll take it.

"I understand, Kevin...but I'll never forget you," I take his uninjured hand in mine and sorrowfully look deep into his eyes.

Kevin lifts my hand up to his busted lips at the same time the door bursts open.

Constantine is standing there taking in the scene before him with narrowed eyes. His piercing silver grey eyes zoning in on my hand in Kevin's near his lips.

Somebody clears his throat, and I instantly aware of the other three lycans standing silently behind Constantine.

Wow. This is awkward.

Kevin's eyes are big with surprise and fear. He raises his hands up as if in surrender.

"I didn't touch her. I swear, man," Kevin declares.

Constantine's eyes are now fixed on me.

Kevin scurries out of there as fast as his limping feet can carry him. I don't blame him. I want to do the same...only I don't think I can get away with it now.

Lazarus pats Constantine's back while Serena smiles softly at me before they both leave. Caspian looks at me in amusement, a slow panty-melting smile growing on his lips. He winks at me playfully before he thumps Constantine's back once and leaves as well.

Constantine never takes his eyes off of me the whole time. We're all alone now.

"Hey?" I say awkwardly. My fingers are fidgeting with the hem of my cardigan.

He looks so good today. Black jeans and a black t-shirt that fit him like gloves. A black leather jacket, thick dark silky hair all mussed up. He looks dangerous...and seriously hot. My fingers itch to touch a lock of dark brown hair that curls at the nape of his neck. That look in his piercing silver gray eyes... I seriously can't take the silence much longer.

"Say something." I plead finally.

"What do you want me to say, Genesis?"

"I don't know...anything."

"I seriously don't know what to say. You've been avoiding me the whole morning today. When I found you, you're with another man." he states calmly...somehow that makes it more threatening. "Alone. With his lips kissing your hand. What am I supposed to think, Genesis?" There's hurt and anger and jealousy in his silver-grey eyes.

Now I'm feeling like a heel. Constantine has always been upfront about his feelings for me. As hard as it is for me to believe that this beautiful, powerful creature feels that way for someone like me. He's not the one being childish. He's made it clear about what he wants. I'm the one being wishy washy. What do I want?

"Constantine," I breath softly.

He takes a quick sharp intake of breath. It's as if just hearing his name on my lips takes his breath away.

"I'm sorry. I think I just got scared...the way I'm feeling for you...it's overwhelming. It's all consuming. Nobody ever made me feel like you do. Not even my ex-mate. I don't know how to deal with it," I tell him.

We're both staring into each other's eyes. Trying to figure out and read each other's thoughts.

The bell rings. The class is starting. A student enters the classroom we're in. Her eyes are big, staring at the both of us with curiosity.

We both ignore her. Constantine grabs my elbow and pulls me out of the school through the cafeteria door. We walk past the oak tree and stop not too far into the woods.

I'm not fully aware of my surrounding. All I can see is him.

"Do you want to be with me?" he asks me suddenly.

"Yes," I whisper softly, but I've never been so sure of what I want until that moment. I truly want to be with him.

"Then be with me," he says. "I want you, Genesis. All I want is you."

He's looking at me as if waiting for me to do something. Expectant look on his beautiful face as he stares at me. For a minute I don't understand what he wants. His arms open.

He lays it all out there. He states what he wants. Now it's my move. I take a step up to him, and a second later I'm in his arms.

Jolts of electricity shot through me. His warmth, power, and scent envelop me. I feel weak and strong at the same time. This is where I want to be. In his arms.

"You are mine, Genesis. There's no turning back. I don't share and I don't let go of what's mine. I won't give you up," his lips brushing against my temple.

I swallow nervously. The thought of me being his scares me and excites me. It brings delicious shivers down my spine.

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Much love,

Nicole