Bloodstained Lily

Chapter 18-The Safe Escape

Within a few minutes of riding on Harry’s back and Jordan reluctantly riding on Zayn’s, we arrived at this so called beach and as Jordan and I jumped down, our eyes widened.

It seemed peaceful. It was completely isolated and empty aside from us and it looked as if no supernatural or even any human had ever come here. It was like we were discovering a completely new world where no troubles or tragedies happened.

As we neared the white, strange substance in front of us, Jordan and I held tightly on to each other. Jordan was extremely cautious and thought it would swallow us up and when Harry laughed and ran out onto it completely unharmed, I felt like I should do the same however when I looked back at Zayn, my concern came back.

Zayn was keeping as far away from the substance as he could, perhaps it was because of his half zombie side? I remember Harry saying zombies couldn’t walk on particular unsteady surfaces but surely Zayn’s vampire side must drain that out, mustn’t it?

Jordan tried pulling me back as I lifted my foot up and slowly drifted it towards the ‘sand’ which seemed to make Harry laugh. I decided to take a literal leap of faith and as I leapt onto the sand I found myself running back to Jordan again.

It felt so weird! It seemed to sink beneath my feet and the ground seemed to mould itself around my toes which scared Jordan even more than it did to me, though I won’t lie it was a lot softer than standing on ground.

I heard Harry laugh behind me so much that tears literally fell from his eyes and in a matter of seconds, he was lying on the weird substance, in a ball, laughing. I sarcastically cried and sneered playfully towards Harry who immediately ran over, took hold of my hand and started reeling me out onto the sand.

As I neared the edge I looked down worriedly at the surface below but he let go of one hand, lifted my chin so my eyes met his and he continued to lead me out, staring lovingly into my eyes. I lost myself in his enchanting green eyes and before I knew it, I was walking, running and jumping on the mysterious surface they call ‘sand’.

“What’s that?” I asked pointing to the moving substance beside us and as it came up to my feet  I found myself running again which made Harry extend his arm out to grab my wrist and pull me back into him in a warm embrace.

“It’s just water, you know what water is.”

I scrunched up my nose in disgust. I never liked water, it was unpredictable and it never moved the way you wanted it to, plus when it fell from the sky it made you feel all weird and wet.

“That weird liquid stuff that falls from the sky and you find in bottles?”

He laughed and lifted me up so I was looking down at him and I began laughing like a mad woman. I had never laughed so much or so hard before in my entire life.

He set my feet back down on the sand and once again took hold of one of my hands before pulling me out towards the water. I jumped on his back once we were both knee deep in the water and as his feet left the safety of the ground beneath, I jumped off and found myself gasping. I had never learnt how to swim and up until today I had never even known what swimming was.

After a while of Harry teaching me how to hold my own and splashing around and playing in the water, I looked over at Jordan who still refused to take a single step onto the sand and Zayn even further back who refused to go anywhere near the edge.

Harry and I began to run back towards the beach but as my feet left the water’s line, Harry lifted me up once again and pulled me closer to him where we both fell and began laughing but I instantly stopped as I opened my eyes and saw Harry lying just on top of me, his body only centimetres from mine.

I looked into those gorgeous eyes of his and my heart began pounding hurriedly. One of his hands ran through my hair and as my mind became clouded and my heart become unsteady, I found myself reaching for Harry’s cross necklace that I only ever saw him wear whenever he was outside the safety of the house.

His forehead was now resting against mine and I saw him gulp nervously. Surely he had to have kissed someone before. He was a vampire and every vampire must have at least experienced one love before, right?

“Lily, I don’t know if I can do this.”

He closed his eyes and I found myself smiling and brought my hand up to caress his cheek.

“Haven’t you ever kissed anyone before?”

He opened his eyes and looked into mind, smiling.

“Of course I have, it’s just I don’t want to hurt you.”

I couldn’t help but smile like I had just invented sunshine, I was completely smitten at the point. I grabbed his neck and pulled him a little closer so I could feel his breath against my lips.

I had no idea what had gotten into me, all I know is that I wanted the man in front of me, the man who had saved our lives. Sure, Zayn saved me all those years ago and I was thankful for it but if you think about it, we wouldn’t have been able to survive forever if it wasn’t for Harry.

“Never have I ever felt this way about someone before.”

His eyes widened and without even so much as taking one second to pause, I could feel his lips against mine and unlike my kiss with Zayn somehow it felt right.

I knew he was centuries older than me but it didn’t really bother me because at that very point in time, it felt like there was no one left on Earth aside from me and the compelling man in front of me.

I could feel his hand glide up the side of my face and into my hair and the entire moment felt perfect with the water gently coming up to us and then falling back into the Ocean.

It felt so easy, so right, loving him was as simple as breathing. I could feel my hands running up his back, his skin was so soft, so perfect and finally when we parted we stared into each other’s eyes for a few seconds. He smiled sweetly and I couldn’t help but smile back.

That was my first kiss, my first ever kiss and I knew how much of a big deal that was. I used to watch sappy romance movies with my mum and watch her cry with happiness for the characters. It worried me sometimes but I remember thinking that I wanted to feel that way about someone too and now I did.

“Look at them, doesn’t she know how much of a monster he is, how much of a monster you both are?” Jordan spat across the way.

Zayn laughed and shook his head.

“Let them have their moment, they’re in love, give him a chance.”

Jordan turned back and frowned at Zayn for what he had just said.

“I thought you loved her and what do you mean give him a chance? Give him a chance to what?” Jordan questioned angrily.

Zayn snickered evilly and looked at Jordan before once again moving his eyes to me and starting to stare.

“She will end up with me on her own terms and I mean give him a chance to completely mess things up. Do you really think that if he were to take a bite out of her that she would forgive him for that? She doesn’t see him for what he really is, she sees him as a human.”

He turned his gaze back to Jordan and winked which made Jordan draw back in disgust. As much as he hated Harry, there was something about what Zayn had just said that didn’t sit right with him and he knew he would rather me be with Harry than to be with Zayn.

As Harry climbed off me, he pulled me up with him and I turned around so I was standing behind him. Before we started heading back to the others, I jumped onto his back and he laughed softly as he ran us back to Jordan and Zayn.

“Get off her!” Jordan snapped as he practically pulled me off by my legs.

He grabbed my wrist and started towards the direction we had arrived, obviously trying to go home again. I looked back at Harry and he shook his head, laughing as he wrapped an arm around Zayn and continued to follow behind us.

For that short amount of time, it seemed like everything was perfect and happy and I couldn’t have asked for anything more except to perhaps come back to the Beach again sometime soon.