Vampire Bite by M. D. Bowden

Author:M. D. Bowden [Bowden, M. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

DANGER

Alfie raises his hand and strokes my cheek lightly with his fingertips – it feels warm and slightly rough, and makes my skin feel like it’s glowing where he’s touching me. Then he cups the back of my neck with his hand and his lips are getting closer, three centimetres away … two centimetres … one centimetre … and then they press against mine. I can hardly breathe. His lips feel smooth and soft and it feels very right to be this close to him. He breaks away and then kisses the side of my mouth gently, then moves back and looks into my eyes. I smile at him giddily. And lean forwards to kiss him again. He kisses me back, but then pulls away.

“We shouldn’t be doing this now…” he says.

I feel puzzled, and not sure how to respond, and my heart is contracting with fear. “Everything alright?” I manage.

“Umm, yeah, I want to kiss you again, Ava – and hope I will. But so much has happened the last couple of days … I think we should wait and see if you still like me after the sense of danger and urgency has passed.”

Relief sweeps over me. “That’s very sensible of you,” I tease.

“I know I might seem reckless sometimes, but I care for you, Ava. I don’t want to wreck this.”

“I care about you too,” I say.

He puts his arm around me and pulls me against his side. I look back at the ripples on the surface of the water and lean my head on his shoulder again.

“I know you do,” he says, and it sounds like he’s smiling, although he still sounds sad – which is understandable after what happened to his friend.

I yawn again.

“Come on, let’s get you home,” Alfie says, getting to his feet and extending his hand to me.

I take it and let him pull me to my feet, and he holds my hand a little longer than a friend would, before letting me go.

At my door I say, “You staying over?”

He shakes his head. “Not tonight, Ava,” he says, and this time it’s him grinning bashfully. “If I come in I’m not going to manage to stick to what I said. I want to kiss you again.”

I feel my cheeks heat. “You could kiss me goodbye,” I suggest quietly.

He grins. “Maybe I could.”

He steps closer and tilts my head back then leans down and kisses my lips briefly, then kisses me again on my cheek. “See you tonight,” he whispers, and then turns and leaves, waving and grinning at me before he goes out of sight.

I grin to myself. I kissed him! He kissed me! I want to kiss him again, really, really badly. I want to curl up next to him and have his arms around me and stay awake with him, kissing him again and again.

Reluctantly I turn my back to the day and go back into my flat. I make myself a herbal tea and have a bowl of cereal before closing the curtains and getting ready for bed.

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