Blood of Ash

Chapter 7: Bellalyse POV

The wind blew around us and I felt the mood change. Something was going to happen, but all I could do was hold my breath and see. He gently pushed my hair out of my face and leaned down slowly. He kissed me so gently, I couldn't even think. I felt beautiful and overwhelmingly happy. Tingles erupted everywhere our skin touched. His lips were soft but a tiny bit rough and so tender.

He pulled away too soon and looked into my eyes before saying, "I'm sorry, Bells."

That's when my world came crumbling down. He regretted kissing me. I nodded and said, "Of course. No worries."

I resumed walking home and he reluctantly followed me. I sensed he wanted to say something, but I didn't give him the chance to. I just rushed in the house, slamming the door, and ran upstairs to my bed. I stopped by the window long enough to watch him look up at my window and swear before leaving sadly. I heard the twins whispering in concern about me. Emily said something about asking Alex. I tuned them out by screaming into my pillow.

It was so unfair. I finally got my first kiss and he wasn't even interested in it or me. How could you do that, Ash? Don't you know that I care about you? Don't you know that's what I've been waiting for these last years?

There was nothing I could do, but I refused to let him know he had hurt me. I refused to go downstairs the entire weekend, but Monday was different. I got up early so I could shower before mom and even took the time to do my hair and makeup. Then, I went upstairs and selected my favorite blue dress and knee high black boots dressing carefully in them. I also put on the beautiful gold and diamond dragon necklace that Ash had bought me a few year before for my birthday. My hair in waves, falling just so, and my makeup done perfectly to make my eyes pop, I waited for the twins to go to school. He would know that I didn't care and that I was fine.

The twins agreed to let me go to school with them, but they exchanged looks about my outfit. Whether they knew what was going on or not, I didn't care.

We got there shortly before the warning bell, and as expected, Ash was at his locker. He was talking to some random guy but his eyes were drawn to me as soon as I walked into the hall. I walked right past him, ignoring his attempts to talk to me and grabbed my stuff from my locker before heading to class. The entire time I could hear his friend trying to get his attention and commenting on how beautiful I was. I felt Ash staring at me the entire time and smiled when he growled at his friend.

I was in the music room flirting with some random guy when he came in. I felt more than heard him mentally claiming me. I still thought I was imagining things, but it made me happy to think he could ever feel that way.

We finished setting up and went into the other room to do some miscellaneous tasks for the teacher. As soon as the door was closed, he growled gently, "Bells, you're so beautiful." I didn't respond so he gently grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him. "Bells, why are you doing this?"

I stared into his eyes defiantly. "What do you mean?"

He pressed his forehead against mine. "Bells, why are you dressed like this? Why did you refuse to talk to me in the hallway? Tell me how to fix things. Please."

I hissed, "Why? Do you seriously not know?"

"Bells, you misunderstood."

The bell rang to dismiss class and I shoved his hand away. "Oh no. I understood perfectly fine." Looking at him just before I left, it truly looked like he was in pain. "Don't bother waiting up for me."