Three days later, I have to sneak out of the training area. I go back to the clearing and find Lucifer waiting there, eating those purple berries.
"How are you able to eat those and I'm not?" I ask, pointing at him. I walk over and sit down on a log. "That's just not fair."
"Because, I am a demon, and I am basically already dead." He grins a toothy, purplish smile. "That's why."
"Mm. That's nice, smart elect."
"Ha. Um, how much longer do you think we'll be able to keep this up?"
"Why do you say that?"
"I'm saying that because I am also supposed to be at training for the arena right now."
"Ohhhh, okay. And why didn't you tell me that on the first day?"
"Because I didn't think it mattered, but I now realize it does."
"That's not a very great answer. But, okay." I sigh. "But why do you think we won't be able to do this much longer?"
"Because, Charmeine. You should know we're not allowed to be around each other. It's bad enough that we'd be abandoned in our own worlds if we don't prove ourselves. Do you not realize how bad it would be if we were to be caught hanging out together like this? It'd be really bad. And I mean really bad."
"I think it's stupid that we aren't able to hang out with each other," I mutter. "And plus, I'm in love with you. I realized that the other day." I look up to see his eyes as big as saucers and his mouth gaping open.
"What? Did you seriously just say that you were in love with me?"
I shrug unconsciously. "Is there anything wrong with that?"
He walks over and sits down beside me. "How could I ever decline from such a beautiful young lady?"
"I don't understand."
Suddenly, he puts both of his hands on both sides of my face and before I understand what's going on, he kisses me. I suddenly feel like I'm melting.
Lucifer's point of view
As soon as I plant my lips on hers, I feel a sensation almost as if I'm in heaven, even though I know that will never happen. I really hope my father doesn't find out about this, or I am in serious trouble. I pull away just as her eyes flutter open. Yes, her eyes. That was the first thing that hit me when I first saw her. They're such a piercing, intense blue. And then I saw her curves. How badly she has them.
"Um, I should probably go," she whispers, biting her lip in the process. "It's getting dark."
I look behind us. "Oh, yeah. You're right. Um, maybe see you tomorrow?"
"Uh, maybe. Bye." She turns and runs. I watch as she disappears in the distance.
I get up and grab my stuff. I head back home, snatching a handful of berries on my way.
As soon as I walk through the door, I bump into my father.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqunXuTLTyo
I gasp and drop the berries. “Father, um, hello.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjruvqP6bky
“Well, hello, son.” He smiles tightly. “Where have you been?”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3VSrdkyl3
“I was going on a walk through the woods.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7qFkhEBG4
“Shouldn’t you be coming back from the arena? Not the woods….”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxikUh7tS8j
“Yessir.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl06cB6c7e
“Get to your room, right now. I’ll be back there in a minute to talk.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTFaGt0Psw
I walk passed him and down the hall. I can feel his gaze on me as he watches me. I turn right and head to my room. I get to my room and shut the door. I sit down on my bed and use the back of my hand to wipe my mouth. I sit and stare down my clock. Exactly two minutes later, my door opens and father steps in. He closes the door and leans against it, crossing his arms over his chest.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtPUnrI8ZX
“Why weren’t you at the arena?”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI83X7ywvK
“Screw the arena.” I glare at his shadow. “Why do you care anyway? It’s stupid. Why can’t we just get along and be friends? Funny thing is, father, if it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have this issue. And you know that.” I look away.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMKQF4m1Lu
“Look at me.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddjFxipz87
“No.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRvp5RizzU
“What did you just say?”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUeK1X7W1p
I jump up and yell, “I said no! And you can’t make me! I am sick of having to do everything that pleases you! Why can’t I just do something that pleases me for once?! So, here, I’ll say it: I HATE YOU AND I HATE YOUR STUPID PIT THAT YOU CREATED!!!”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T7Ih0pD2u
I turn away and sit down on my bed. “Go away. I don’t want to talk to you right now. Heck, I don’t even want to look at you right now.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDROn3xtKG
I hear him start to say something, then my door opens and slams shut.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsg9qvoYkUT
That night, I put on a pair of black torn jeans, a pair of black boots, and I slip on a black jacket over my bare chest. I zip up the jacket, pull on the hood, and climb out the window.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5PyWL1qLf
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After thirty minutes of searching, I finally find Charmeine’s room. Her light is still on. I’m amazed. I grab a tiny rock and gently toss it at her window. It hits with a ping!, and she’s in her window immediately. She’s standing in the window in no time. She’s even more beautiful like this. She’s got on her nightgown and her hair’s down. It flows all the way to her waist. She opens the window and grins at me.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ270T1EV2Jq
“What are you doing?” she whisper-shouts.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBn5LIF7nf
“We need to talk,” I whisper-shout back.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ71yefSlg
She groans. She glances behind her. She claps her hands and the light goes out. Suddenly, before I know it, she’s climbing out her window. I quickly go up closer and grab her waist. She gasps and looks down. She lets go of the window ledge and I carefully put her down. I gaze at her. I reach out and brush a strand of hair out of her face.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscMQcOHKuR
“Oh, um, thanks,” she says, blushing intensely.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduGLAiC29o
“Well, of course,” I reply with a smile. “You’re very beautiful, by the way.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIbYzZPRgG
“Mm, thank you.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7kmwbcsSx
“Here, come on.” I grab her hand and gently tug on her arm.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbNOdnZPrn
“But wait,” she gasps and yanks back. “What about—” She glances up at the open window.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CrLYMpEfe
“Oh, don’t worry about it.” I move forward, put an arm behind her knees and another behind her back. I push her knees gently and pull her up.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAk9x2fK9C
“Oh!” She swings her arms around my neck and our faces are suddenly really close. Her eyes go wide and she leans away slightly. “Sorry.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmEwQ9Y2kb
“You’re fine,” I say. “No need to apologize.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdgXOH6lMu
I turn slowly and walk to the woods. I look for the clearing we always meet in and realize that we aren’t in the middle land. We’re in the angel world. I just find the first clearing I can find and set her down. I sit down beside her and hold her hands in mine.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3zJKAJ7Tb
“So what do you need to talk to me about?” she asks.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9sGpmFTF6
I sigh. “My father might know about our not going to the arena and practicing.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0KXUC5fhR
“How?”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3z8pxiOdU
“I bumped into him when I went home after you left earlier today.” I sigh again. “What are we going to do?”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLBWAlnxee
She shrugs. “I don’t know. The same thing happened with my mother, matter of fact. I bumped into her once I got home. She had asked me why I wasn’t coming from the arena. I told her I had gone for a walk in the woods. She then told me to go to my room and that she’d be there to talk to me in a few.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHlUu4CUC3
I nod. “Same conversation with my father. I got angry with him. I just don’t understand why the people in our worlds can’t just get along. I just don’t understand this arena thing and fighting to prove ourselves worthy. It just doesn’t make any sense to me.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqZtWOZ2db
“Me either, really.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLec3YLDQTE
I lower my voice to almost a whisper and say, “Well, it doesn’t help that we’re in love.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG560h8agy
“So, what are we going to do?” she asks, brushing a strand of hair out of her face.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRjexOGqBi
“Well, I’m not sure. We’ll have to find something to do.” I place my right hand on her cheek and lift her chin gently. “I’ll think about the things we can do.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkG33RP3D1v
She gasps. “I have an idea.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrwhow4Sy9
“What’s that?”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisvbwf2rfh
“I know where the list is for angels and demons that are to fight each other. I can look at the list and see who each of us fights. And then we can try something from there.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOjPF8S8I2
I nod once. “Okay, sounds good.”453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeqgyz7kUD
We walk back to her window and I pull her in for a kiss. Then, I help her up to her window and go back home myself.453Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7dqBojtaC
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