Chapter 65: Chapter 65
"This has been really fun Ethan" I said while still holding the monkey .
"I’m glad. I was hoping you still liked carnivals
I laughed "How do you know that by the way? I didn’t think you knew anything about me"
Ethan snorted "I know everything about you. Even now, though you’ve changed some things stay the same."
"Like what?" I asked suppressing my smile
"Like your favorite color, black. The fact that you get the cutest crease on your forehead when you’re mad. That you wrinkle your nose and purse your lips whenever your really concentrating on something. Your bottom lip trembles when you’re sad and you have a glare that can scare the strongest of men. But you know the one thing that never changes about you?"
"What?"
"Your eyes" he said and stopped walking to turn and look at me "The most beautiful blue eyes I’ve ever seen. The eyes I’d love to get lost in more than I already am, if you’d let me. And the eyes that give you away sometimes, when you’re trying to hide your feelings, your eyes say it all."
"How do you know all this?" I asked trying to keep my voice normal but I was more than surprised
"Because you were always important to me Lily, no matter how awful I treated you"
"Then why did you?"
"High school got to me, when we first started I wanted to be cool, like an alpha should be. And when people said being cool didn’t involve you, I listened" he said and I averted my gaze to stare at my feet but felt him lift my chin so I could look at him "I was an idiot, a confused kid. I made so many mistakes Lily, things I wish I could take back"
I stayed silent and stared at him, not knowing what to say and Ethan smiled, tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear, his hand resting against my cheek and I fought the urge to close my eyes and lean into it. "you know who you remind me off?"
"Who?"
"Snow white" he stated "Black hair" he used his free hand to play with a strand of my hair "Blue eyes" the hand on my cheek moved so that his thumb was close to my eyes and I closed them and felt him run his thumb gently over my eyelids "Red lips" his thumb went towards my lips,rubbing his thumb gently over my bottom lip "The fairest in all the land"
I pulled my head away and frowned "I don’t like snow white" I stated
"Why?"
"She was too weak, wanting a charming prince to come and save her. She didn’t depend on herself. Just waited for her prince"
"What about your prince Lily?" Ethan whispered, our bodies inches away
"No such thing" I whispered back, staring at him as he got closer and closer "I depend on myself"
"What if someone wanted to be your prince" he said, his face getting closer. I closed my eyes as his fingers brushed the side of my face
"I don’t know if that’s possible" Our lips were inches apart now, I felt the heat of his body, so close.
"Why?!" he asked and I kept my eyes closed, afraid of what might happen if I open them
I bit my lip and hesitated but answered truthfully "Because I don’t know if I can trust someone enough to love them"
Ethan moved and I opened my eyes and found him staring at me, he searched my face and then his eyes locked on mine "Well I’m sure that someone would wait for as long as it takes for you to trust him"
"You sure about that?" I asked before I could stop myself
Ethan’s fingers tilted my head upwards, he brought his lips close to mine "Positive" he whispered before he placed his lips so gently on mine that, if it wasn’t for the electricity shooting through my body, I wouldn’t have felt it. Our lips moved slowly, sensually, not hungrily like our first kiss. This kiss wasn’t all lust, it was something else, something i was too scared to even think about.
Ethan licked my bottom lip asking for entrance and I opened my mouth and let his tongue in, as my hands ran through his hair and one of his hands lovingly brushed my face. "That is a real kiss" he said against my lips "This is the one I’ll consider our first"
When we finally pulled away to breathe I opened my eyes and gasped "Oh my god" I whispered breathlessly as I saw the snow flakes falling around us slowly "It’s snowing"
"It is" Ethan said but kept his eyes on me, looking at me in a way that made me shiver, it wasn’t hunger, more like awe.
"This is amazing" I laughed looking around me, the snow was lightly sticking to the trees and things around us. I laughed and spun in a circle, my hat flying to the ground "Come on"
Ethan’s P.O.V.
"Come on" she said motioning for me to go to her but I just couldn’t find it in me to move, my hands holding both of the toys she won as I watched her laugh and jump around. I smiled at the way she looked now; her cheeks flushed from the cold, her eyes shining, her smile bright, and small snowflakes on her hair and eyelashes. I just stared a bit more, saving the picture of her like this in my memory "You can’t enjoy snow if you’re just standing there"
"What do you want me to do?" I asked still smiling at her, I would never get enough of this sight of her, she just looked so god damn beautiful.
"Spin around" she laughed and I set the toys down and walked towards her