Brooks turned and held a hand out. As a vampire, I didn’t need his help stepping over the log. Not even a little. Even if I wasn’t a vampire, it was not a very big log. A child could"ve climbed over it.
Even so, I took his hand with a soft grin. It wasn’t about whether I was able to go over the log. It was about him being sweet enough to offer a hand.
Tucking my hair behind my ear, I looked up at him as I hopped off the top of the dead tree. “Thanks.”
“Sure.” He led the way down the path, away from the ocean. The thick underbrush in the woods surrounding the school provided a peaceful setting for Brooks and me to walk in. "It"s not much farther."
"I don"t mind the walk." Looking around as I walked, I sucked in the clean, slightly salty air. "It"s so nice being out here."
He nodded his
