CHAPTER 3
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ZAPPHIRE:
I can't believe this! How is he here? HOW!? This is some twisted joke from the Moon Goddess. This would just be easier with a mutual rejection. I deserve it definitely, but did I want it? I still remember the pain and look in his eyes when I tried. I am such a coward, I took away all his memories of me.. of us. It made the pain stop for him, and I was happy for that at least. I wanted him to reject me, but he refused to. I deserve to have the pain of him rejecting me, we could never make this work. I felt sparks shoot up my arm. I looked up at Matthew, and he was rubbing my arm. "Fire, are you alright?" I froze. That was the name.. the name he had come up for me, only he could call me that, it was the name he had written on my heart. "What did you call me?" My voice was barely a whisper, but he heard me. I couldn't stop the tears forming in my eyes. "I'm so sorry, did I make you cry?" He grabbed my face into his hands. I jerked out of his grip, ignoring the warmth and sparks his hands brought. "I'm so sorry, your name is just a mouthful.. and I don't know, I just wanted to give you a nickname....." He continued rambling on, but I didn't listen. How did he know that name? I took away all of is memories. Or does he somehow remember? I started listening to his thoughts. "Oh Goddess, this is just going to make her hate me more. Goddess, I'm a failure with my own beloved....." No. I'm the one who's a failure with my own soulmate. We weren't suppose to see each other again, I was going to let you live a normal life without me. This is really some twisted fate from the Goddess. This cannot be happening to me, this is all just too much. I started walking away from Matthew, but he caught my hand. "Zapphire, what are you doing? Class isn't over yet. We haven't even ran lines. I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, I never wanted to do that." I turned back and looked into his beautiful ice blue eyes. I could just get lost in them, if I let myself. I wanted to let myself, I wanted to throw myself into his arms, just kiss him and never let go. It's what I've been dreaming about doing for 63 years. Those are the eyes I've been dreaming about since I was a little girl, wondering what my soulmate would be like, and what those eyes would look like, and here I am..... running away from them. "I just don't feel well Matthew, I'm going to go." I said quickly, taking my hand out of his and ran out. Before those beautiful eyes made me stay. We can't be together, we can't. We're to different of species.. vampires hate the fact they're not the highest on the food chain, we eat their blood for crying out loud. Yes, we have a peace treaty, but just barely. It's only a matter of time before someone messes up and we go back to war. Also... Drake would never allow it. I got into my car and started the short drive to Melody's work. I lasted not even 2 classes on my first day. Great. Melody was never going to let me live this down. But what I'm I suppose to do? I need to protect my soulmate, he is my whole world. I'm doing this for him. Drake is not someone you want to mess with, and I was already pushing it. When I met Matthew, I was engaged. Well betrothed. My parents set me up with their best friends son. It had been over 100 years and I still hadn't found my soulmate, we thought I never would. Some people just don't ever meet their soulmate, or they just don't have one for whatever reason. Drake's soulmate had died by the time he was young, he had felt the pain of he or she dying. With the hire without a soulmate and me not finding one, our parents thought it would be a great idea to set us up. I'll admit I didn't think it was a bad idea at the time, Drake is amazing. We used to do best friends as children, and he's the exact definition of tall, dark, and handsome. He's also a total sweetheart. Or at least I thought, until I told him about Matthew, and that I wanted to call the whole thing off, and that I was sorry. But he wouldn't hear any of it, claiming he loved me and that he was going to kill Matthew.
I finally got to Melody's salon, and I parked my volkswagon jetta. I went into the salon and the manager greeted me. I had met her before, her name is Jenna. She has long dyed light blonde hair, big blue eyes, and a fake tan. "Hey Melody, its everything okay sweetheart?" I shook my head, biting my lip. No doubt my eyes are red and puffy from crying. "I'm sorry sweetheart, your sister is in the back room on break. Why don't you head back there?" I nodded and headed towards the backroom. Once I got there, the door opened and Melody hugged me, and started rubbing circles into my back. "Tell me, what happened Zapphire. Who's ass am I kicking?"
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