Hidden in the mist

One Hell of a night

    As I reached our table, I noticed Zan was looking down fidgeting with his hands, I smiled but quickly shook it off, but it didn’t last. I saw he had ordered us hot chocolate and some sweets; it was sweet to see he had ordered such things and that he was nervous, I felt horrid for wanting to push him away. He seemed very kind and I could tell he was trying. So I sat down with a smile and reached for my drink “ you made my night already.” I said looking at him, he was startled that I was back and then I grin crossed his face.

“well, here I thought saving you from being whisked away was the highlight of your night. But now I know its sweets that’s the real hero of the night.” He said with a wink. I smiled and dropped my jaw as if offended and shocked at his words, with a small giggle I said. “well maybe I chose my words wrong, my hero tonight twice over.” He just shook his head with a smile.

    Our night went really well, we ordered our food and chatted for a few hours, and ordered more hot chocolate and sweets. He had one hell of a sweet tooth it seemed; I’ve never seen a man enjoy so much back goods. I learned a lot about Zan, I also learned I couldn’t push him away because I really enjoyed his company. I haven’t smiled this much in a very, very long time. Finally, around twelve thirty or so, we finished our bickering over the bill, and he won, so he thinks, I left a twenty on the table as a tip for our waitress having to deal with us the past few hours.

   He walked me to my car, thankfully it stopped raining, but the wind was super chilly. He opened my door for me, and I sat inside, putting my umbrella in the seat next to me. “thank you so much for tonight, it was a lot of fun Zan.”

  “no, thank you. You saved me from having to attempt cooking again.” He winked and let out a soft laugh, “also you have caught my attention with wanting to learn more about mythology, ill have to stop by your class one day and sit in on a lecture.” I gave a small roll of the eyes and a big blushing smile.

 “oh, please I’m sure I will bore you to death, but if you insist make sure you bring a warm blanket. You know, for that long nap you’ll be taking at the very back.” Joking between us was entertaining, it was easy for us, he was such a joker to very quick with the come backs, it was hard keeping up. Almost.

   “we shall see about that miss McGrath.” He winked and continued. “thank you again for tonight boa, thank you for also letting me ramble on… it means a lot, like I said earlier, I don’t normally talk about my past or get close to many people. “I nodded my head and gave him an understanding smile, he opened up about his painful past and hard life, I was shocked at it all but understanding. Our lives may have been different in a lot of ways but we were a lot alike, lost souls and were broken, needing to be fixed and wanting answers to why things were they way they were.

“I understand Zan, like I told you about my past, I understand. Thank you for letting me talk to you about my past, I’m super sorry I cried the way I did…. Hey if you ever find you need some one to talk to here’s my number, just give me a call.” I reached into the back seat for my work bad and grabbed out a pen and blank sheet of paper. I jotted my number down and email, then I handed it over to him, he took out his phone and started adding my information in. then he held up his phone and smiled, I shied a bit and smiled while moving a strand of my long black hair behind my ear, I looked up to see his eyes go soft looking at the phone and then back to me.

  “you take great pictures.” He said and then showed me the picture he took. I looked nice, even after being rained on. My pale skin and my eyes, my eyes held joy in them, I was in awe over that simple picture, best one ever taken of me.

“you’ll have to send that to me, id have to say that is the best picture of me ever taken.” He smiled and nodded.

“will do, well Boa you drive safe and I will see you around campus.” We said our goodbyes and I drove off thinking about how amazing it was tonight having some one to spend time with and chat away. I didn’t even care that it was so late and that I had to be up early for class tomorrow, I was for once in my life stress free. I had no wonders of my past, no fear of being exposed, nothing other then warmth and a big smile. It was like the best gift a girl could ask for, and he was a stranger that now had a place in my heart.

    Id end that tale there but I think its important to know everything before, so to know why im in the situation im in, it only make sense right? Beside knowing more in between information will help you understand why im stuck here even thinking of my past at this point in time.

    So I got home after a bit of drive, normally I would look out to the to the moors as I drove home, then the woods. Not tonight though, I was in a daze and I had a huge smile on my face. Even as I drove threw the dark road leading to my house I had no issues this evening, I gathered my things with out haste and then opened my front door, setting my things down on my front hall table. I then went upstairs to my room and pealed off my cloths and walked into my closet, that’s when I herd my phone, it was a notification letting me know I had received a message. In my lace bra and underwear, I ran over to it, grabbing it off my bed a opened the message.

      Unknown number: I hope you got home okay, you have a goodnight boa.

I was getting ready to reply when another text can threw.

 Unknown number:  oh! Hey this is zan, not some creeper texting you out of the blue. I should have said that earlier, huh?

      I smiled then shook my head, I had already figured it was him because no one else really had my number, nor would anyone message me this late at night.

     Me: well I had already figured it was you, lol. Yes I made it home just fine, getting ready for bed now. Have a good night.

  It didn’t take long for Zan to reply back, by then though I had set my phone down back on my bed and realized I didn’t recall putting it there on my way in, I went over to my office door and checked my wards and they were undisturbed, still glowing light blue and green. Some of the wards were simple charms that hung from the windows like chimes, others rested on my desk looking like display stones. After knowing my wards were not disturber and I didn’t have to worry about any supernatural being in my home playing pranks, I shrugged and returned to my closet to find new cloths. I grabbed simple top and shorts and clean underwear, then I swooped up a towel from the shelf so I could wash up and warm up some before crawling into bed.

    After my shower I sat at the end of my bed and pulled my legs up to sit Indian style, I picked up my phone to look at Zan’s message. Well at first, I thought it was just a simple message he sent earlier before my shower, I was wrong, I didn’t hear the other incoming messages he had sent after. I scrolled threw the messages after I had added him into my phone under his name.

        Zan: that’s good I’m glad you made it home safely, sorry I just had a blonde moment earlier. I’m also not use to texting people either. Lol;} ….

        Zan: thanks again for tonight, dinner was really good. Do you know any other really good places to eat around here?

         Zan: better question….. where is a great place to get COFFEE!?

Zan: oh, I’m sorry if your sleeping ill just talk to you later today, rest well Boa.

   He was a funny guy that was for sure, I looked at the time and I was shocked to see it was just after two am. I saw his last message was about fifteen minutes before, so I sent him a quick message hoping he wasn’t already asleep, I didn’t want to wake him.

     Me: oh no worries I have those moments myself  ;P. I’m not use to texting either, I was actually shocked to hear my phone go off earlier.

thank you to Zan, it was really good food tonight. Well I know of some places around town, nothing like that pub though, that is the only place around that is open as late as it was.  

      Me: I know a place for coffee not far from the campus actually, matter of fact instead of turning right like we did heading to the pub, go left and you’ll find it a few blocks down on the left side of the road. You would also really enjoy their bake goods, I can tell you have a sweet tooth lol.

      Me: oh by the way I’m awake still lol…. I was taking a shower before bed so I didn’t get the grime on anything. Plus I was still chilled to the bone….. but it seems like you yourself is already passed out so ill just chat with you later.

   I finished up my replies to him and went fishing for my charge cord before shutting off my light, just after I shut them off though, my phone went off. This time though it was a call, I tripped trying to get to my phone and twisted my ankle, I groaned a bit but answered my phone. “ ugh, sorry… hello Zan.”

 “hey Boa, umm are you okay?” he sounded confused and concerned, I didn’t want to admit what had just happened, but…. I thought it was worth a good laugh to get over my pain.

“well I had just turned my lights out when my phone started to ring, so as I attempted to get to my bed to grab my phone I tripped and twisted my ankle, that’s why I answered groaning.” On the other end I herd him give a pain like grunt, no laugh like I had thought though.

  “ poor thing you sure your alright?” I moved my phone from my head and used the screens light to check on it, from what I could tell it seemed fine.

“ ya, I should be just fine it’s a small sprain and its not hurting as bad right now.” That last part was a lie, it did hurt pretty bad, it was also still pretty fresh so no telling for sure if the pain would ease any. He took a moment and gave a small hum sound.

“well you should at least ice it, maybe wrap it up for the night and take some medicine for it to help the swelling and pain.” I rolled my eyes thankful he couldn’t see, he had no idea I was on the second floor and the things I needed to do all of that was in the kitchen on the other side of the house, on the lower level. My house wasn’t small by all means, nor was it a massive mansion either.

“Easier said then done my friend.”

“friend? So I’m a friend already?” I could hear his smile, I wished I could see it. Crap, here I go again, what is it with this man that makes me think that way? I had only said friend and hardly knowing him I knew enough to know he had a sly grin on his face.

  “well, what else would you be? I am talking to you still right?” I said with humor, he chuckled and agreed.

“true enough, so….. why did you say easier said then done? Do you not have anything to wrap your ankle up in or meds?” I liked how he still showed concern, he had his funny flirtatious side but still well-mannered and respectful. I guess ill have to leak some of my secrets to him after all, ill have to explain my house floor plan to him so he understands how its not as easy as he thinks.

“well my house isn’t small, and all that stuff is located in my kitchen area…. Which is downstairs on the other side of the house, also, knowing my luck id probably injure myself some more just trying to get there.” I finished with a laugh, he also gave a laugh as well.

 “okay well, at least prop it up for a while. Try not to injure yourself any more okay?” I couldn’t help but to giggle a bit.

“no promises, but ill try. So why did you call? I could have still messaged you.”

“oh sorry, I had just gotten out of the shower myself when I read your messages so I figured you were still up so I wanted to chat a bit.”

“oh what about?” I asked because I was interested for one to know what about, two I was more then happy to keep chatting with him. But I felt slightly bummed when I herd his answer.

“well I was hoping to hear about the town a bit more, you really seem to know a lot about the area. Im still pretty new here.” See?.... I bet you weren’t expecting that answer either. I got my hopes up, but pushed it down because we were just friends… well new friends.

“oh okay cool, what would you like to know?” I asked hoping my voice sounded up beat and not fake and bummed sounding.

“ well I was hoping maybe you knew some cool places to hang out at…. Maybe places we could go hang out, maybe help me get to know the area better.”

           AND THERE IT WAS! I got excited again, I now knew what all those chick flicks meant by butterfly’s soaring around in your gut. I was trying not to expect more then friends but, im a woman who has eyes, and well hormones, he was an eye drug like no other. He was a lot of everything hot in one, this girl did not mind just looking, or listening, because he looked sexy as hell and he sounded sexy as hell. I don’t even have to mention his yummy scent, if I could get that smell into a bottle, id spray it on my pillow. Not in a stalked way okay!

“well sure! There are a lot of things to do here, and near by towns as well. What are you thinking of? Inside stuff? Outside, maybe? Relaxing or adventurous?”

      “well…. Depends, maybe we can decide after we talk over lunch, see how the weather is that day or something.” I was blushing, he knew all the right words to say to me right now. The thoughts of who and what I really am came into mind again, the fact he was mortal, the on going thoughts of him aging and not me. Thoughts of having to leave him and break both of our hearts, even as friends, it was going to be the worst. But the thoughts of pushing him away, it was pulling at my heart, hardly knowing this man I knew I had that strong of feelings already. I had to come up with a plan to drive us apart or ready us for parting our ways, I’ll just enjoy the time I have with him, again as a friend, I can’t do more than that.

      “sure, sounds good. Just shoot me a message when ever you have free time from your classes, and we will go from there.” After saying that I realized this could work to my advantage, our class hours were surely not the same, but if they were close I could find ways to skip going out with him whenever I felt we had become to close and need space.

     We had chatted for a bit longer but I couldn’t hold my yawns back, finally we hung up and I laid down……. That’s when many things went threw my mind, I was even dreaming odd things. For once I wasn’t dreaming about the day my parents went threw the portal. Instead that night I was dreaming of Zan. First I was standing in mist, I herd rain drops tapping on the ground and swaying of trees but nothing else, I closed my eyes to feel the rain drip on to my face and roll down, it was like magic. The smell of the fresh water made me feel at peace, the water started responding to my emotions and danced across my skin, then I smelt him first, burning lumber with hints of something sweet. I closed my eyes taking his smell in, then I felt his warm hands on my sides moving around my abdomen, he pulled me to him resting his face against mine. I eased into his arms and brushed my face against his. I could feel his hot breath and it sent shivers down my spine, his hands started to move to my hips as if he knew what he was stirring inside of me. My breath caught as I gasped for air as my body reacted to his touch, my head tilted back and I could see out the side of my view, a small smile on his face as he watched me, my body only heated more.

    I took one hand put it over his that rested on my hip and the other reached to his soft hair to signal what I wanted him to do, and he did, his breath grew heavy and jagged, his hot breath brushing against my ear and neck as his lips hovered just over my skin. Zan’s lips hardly touching my skin sending chills all over my body, the energy that flowed across my skin started to sink deeper hitting my core. His mouth began to taste my skin and his hands moved from my his to my breast, my back arched and I quickly moved my body back to his wanting his warmth so badly. We began to moan out, wanting more, his deep voice in my ear make me so weak in my knees that I was glad I was up against him and that his hands were on my body.

   “boa, don’t leave me….. I need you…. I want you right here right now, and forever more.” I turned to see his green eyes darker, I saw the need he had in them, I hope he saw my need. I looked to his lips wanting them on mine, I wanted to drink him up, taste him until my inner hunger was satisfied. I got up on my tippy toes and reached my lips to his, my mouth exploded with a sweet taste of something sweet, his lips responded to mine right away, moving together like they were meant to be. I felt his arms around me holding me close to him, they started to move and his hands moved from my back down to my ass, he grabbed a hand full and we both moaned into our kiss that grew deeper and hungrier. He picked me up by my ass and I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his strong hips, I felt him between my legs and the heat that built between us….