Emilee

I sat at the end of Max’s bed, looking down at his sleeping form. His bruises had already faded, making him look nowhere near as bad as he had a few hours ago. His eyes fluttered open and stared directly back up at mine.

“Feeling any better?” I asked.

“Yea, nothing hurts anymore,” he replied, smiling up at me. “How are your feet?”

“They’re fine,” I said. It amazed me how quickly they healed. A klutz like me could really get used to having this ability. Max sat up in bed and leaned over to hug me. I was so worried I was gonna hurt him, but all he was feeling was love. He pulled away to kiss me on the cheek.

“We should go hunting,” he suddenly said with a slight smirk. I pulled a funny face. “Aww, don’t worry honey. It’s easy. I’ll show you how.” He smiled his gorgeous smile, revealing 2 rather long teeth. I ran my tongue over my own, scaring myself a little.

I wasn’t sure if I was gonna puke, or lick my lips. I was disgusted in myself for loving the taste of the poor bird I’d snuck up on. Max seemed stunned that I’d managed to catch the bird, saying that I was a fast learner. We headed back to his house so that we could clean up. Max had hardly any blood on him, whereas I had it all around my mouth and everywhere on my shirt. He laughed at my attempt to clean it off my shirt, before throwing me a clean one of his. I threw the dirty one back at his face and ran up to his room. He came in a few minutes later. He was worried. I came up and hugged him from behind.

“Max, why are you worried?” I asked softly.

“My parents will be home from work soon. Emilee, how are you feeling? You’re not hungry, are you?” He even sounded worried.

“I’m not hungry...for blood,” I replied. Max turned us around and I briefly saw the smirk on his face before he pounced forward, pinning me to his bed.

“I love you so much Emilee,” he said as he crawled up my body to plant delicate kisses on my neck.

“I love you too Max.” It felt funny as Max’s hands roamed my body, as they weren’t cold anymore. It sorta felt better with him being warm. I’d not have to freeze to death whilst cuddling now. He came up from my neck to kiss my lips. I accidentally bit him, drawing a little blood. I’d have to get used to my new teeth.

“Ouch,” he muttered, pulling away from me a little, smirking.

“Sorry,” I whispered, pulling him back to me and accidentally doing it again. Max moaned a little and tangled his hands in my hair. I heard the door open and someone stomp in.

“Max, your ass had better not still be in bed! Oh...sorry hun...” Max’s mum said, turning around a little. Max got off of me and laughed at my face. I’m pretty sure it was bright red. “So is Emilee staying for tea then?” she asked.

“Yea...she uh, she’s staying a few nights.” Max’s mum turned back around to face us. She eyed me up and down, then glared over at Max. “Honey, I’d like a few words with you.” She left the room, giving Max no time to protest. He gave me a quick wide-eyed stare before following behind her, leaving me alone. I walked a little down the hallway so that I could hear what they were saying.

“Max! She’s a lovely girl! How could you do such a thing!” she yelled at him.

“She wanted it mum,” he replied. “It was more her choice than it was mine, that’s the way I wanted it.” There was a moments silence, and then a sigh.

“Fine. Do what you want. If you want to wreck her life, go for it. She’d better not be anything like you were at first,” she said. I heard her heels on the wooden floor as she walked off. Max stomped back up the stairs, changing the scowl on his face as he came up and hugged me.

“You seriously don’t want to tear her apart right now?” he asked in amazement. “Even I’m having trouble resisting.” I laughed at Max and he hugged me tighter.