Kiss me if you Dare by Anna S. (most read books in the world of all time TXT) 📖

means. You look super hot.” Connor jokes.

            “Thanks guys.” Lucy laughs.
            “Your party looks really nice.” Connor comments.

            “I know. Doesn’t it?” Lucy smiles with pride. “My mom and I picked this all out. I’m so proud of us.” She pulls her hand in front of her mouth.

            “Lucy, Hun. Come here. We need some pictures with your cousins.” Lucy’s mom calls as she waved Lucy forward.

            “Alright. I’m coming!” She turned to us. “Guys. Enjoy okay. I’ll find you guys later. Kisses.” She blow some kisses in the air.

            “Okay.” We both waved.

            “I’m going to get some punch. You wanna come?” I offered.

            “Nah. I think I’ll pass. I’m going to meet up with some of the guys. But I’ll see you later?”

            “Yea. I’ll see you later.” I smiled.

            I walked towards the punch table and poured myself a glass. I drank some and decided to get some of the mini sandwich on the table as well.

            “Wow. I never thought you would look this gorgeous.” I heard Seth’s voice in my ear as I turned around seeing him wearing black pants and blue button down shirt with a suit jacket.

            “I never thought you would ever wear a suit.” I joked.

            “Well, for a party like this, what can I do about it?”

            I laughed. He pulled out his hand.

            “Would you care to dance?” He asks.

            I pulled my hand into his. “I would love to.”

            He walked me to the dance floor as a slow song passed by. I pulled my arms around his neck. His hazel eyes looked into mine as we moved. He looked so enchanted to me. I smiled as we danced.

            “I never thought that I’d ever dance with you.” I said.

            “I didn’t think I was coming tonight.” He smirked. “But I knew you’d be here.”

            “You came for me?”

            He looked down as I actually saw him blush underneath his olive skin. I leaned in and kissed the side of his red burning checks.

            “Thank you.”  I whispered.

            The dimples of cheeks started to appear as his smile grew stronger. I lean my head against his shoulder as we danced.

            “Welcome everyone!” Lucy’s mom spoke on the microphone on stage.

            People started to shout and clap.

            “Today is my little girl’s birthday. She’s seventeen now and soon she’ll be eighteen and leaving home. All these years she’s been growing from a child to a teenager and now almost a woman.”

            People started to clap.

            “I’m so proud to introduce you. My little girl and my princess. Lucinda Elves.”

            People started clapping again as Lucy enters with a pink and white short strapless allure dress. She waves and blow kisses to the crowd.

            “Hey everybody.” She starts. “I’m so happy you all came tonight. This is my special day and with you guys here it makes it even more special. I want you all to enjoy the music and the food. So let’s get ready to party!” She yells waving her arm up in the air. Everyone yells and shout one more time before the music started again.

            As the party continues, I decided to go home. It was pouring rain on the way home. When I arrived home, the house seems a lot emptier without Catherin in it. When I entered the door, something didn’t seem right. Ignoring my instincts, I rushed to my room and got dressed in pajamas and slipped under a blanket to watch a movie in my room. I flipped through the cannels, when the TV turned off and the power went out. I looked around seeing nothing but darkness in my room.

            I walked towards closet and picked up a flash light. I light it up looking around the room. Downstairs inside the kitchen cabinet was some candles and I needed to reach that to light up the house. When I started to walk past the hall, I heard a noise. I looked around hearing footsteps walking on the roof. I pulled the light towards the ceiling and grabbed my bed near my door. Slowly I walked down the stairs pointing my flashlight in every direction.

            When I reached the bottom, the footstep noise coming from behind me now as I quickly turned back seeing nothing. My hands shaking now, I walked quickly towards the kitchen when the running sound came in front of me. A black beast ran in my front view as I let go of the bat. It hit the floor making a sound. I rushed outside running far away from the house. The beast ran behind me as I entered the woods. My feet rushed in front of me, I couldn’t see anything as I tried to make light on my front view. When I looked back a black figure was moving behind me.

            Without noticing, I tripped onto something. My entire body was covered up in mud. The flash light flew out of my hand and turned off. I quickly got up and stared running ignoring the pain that shivered through my body. The rain poured harder on top of my head as I continued running. I couldn’t keep up with my legs, my breath was growing harder. I fell a couple of times, and as I glared back, the beast seemed to have disappeared behind me. I stopped for a few seconds to breathe as a noise came from the trees. I continued to run trying to see if there was any house in view that I may go ask for help but it seemed like there was none.  

            I ran and ran trying to figure out which way was my way home through the darkness. I looked back, nothing seemed to be behind me. When I looked forward, I hit something hard as I fell back onto the ground and I realized I was on the ground. I looked up seeing a black figure in front of me.

            “Elsa!?” Seth yelled through the rain.

            Once I realized who it was, I breathed and suddenly everything grew dark as I felt myself hit the ground.

 

            I woke up onto of my bed, with dry clothe and under some blankets. I looked around seeing some candles lighting up my room. Footsteps came up from the hall, I quickly adjusted myself into a seating position. Seth enters the room with a cup of something hot. He smiled and sat next to me on the bed.

            “Here. Hot tea will warm you up.” He passes me the cup of tea. I slipped my fingers on the side of the cup felling the nice warmth feeling.

            “Thanks.” I took a small sip. “What happened?”

            “I don’t know.” He breathed. “I drove to your house to give you your purse that you forgot at the party, but all I found was the door opened. When I to search for you, you ran into me coming from the woods. You fainted.”

            I looked at him trying to remember something about what happened.

            “I know that a werewolf was here.” He says. “So I knew something was wrong.”

            My eyes widen as I set my tea onto the nightstand.

            “A werewolf was here? Other then you?” I asked.

            “Yes. I could sense it. He’s been here more then once.” He tells me. “It was definitely a familiar sent.”

            “You mean. I was in danger and I didn’t know about this!?”

            “I don’t believe it was here when you were, Elsa.” Seth comments.

            “Yea. But Catherin was here.” I say feeling unease.

            “He wasn’t looking for her.”

            “He was looking for me.” I whispered then looked at Seth who nodded.

            “Why? I thought this nightmare was over.” I breathed in confusion.

            “I don’t know.” Seth looks at me. “But I’m staying here tonight. I don’t want to leave you here all alone.”

            “Thanks.” I smiled touching his hand. I lay down and pulled his hands around my waist. He lies down next to me, hugging my waist. The warmth of his body warmed me up. I turned around looking into his eyes.  He smiled showing his dazzling dimples.

            “You know. I think you do that on purpose.”

            “Do what?” He asks still smiling.

            “That cute, smiling thing.” I laughed.

            “Is it dazzling you?”

            “Yes.” I breathed.

            “Than it works.” We both laughed.

            He leans in as his soft lips touched mine. I kissed him softly carving my fingers between his curls. He pulls me closer as we kissed each other. I can’t really control myself whenever I kiss Seth. I just want him closer to me every time we kiss, every time we touch. He gave me feeling I can’t quiet explain. He moves away softly, removing himself from our embrace.

            “Goodnight, Elsa.” He smiled.

            “Goodnight, Seth.” I smiled back shutting my eyes close keeping the image of his smile in my thoughts as I pulled myself to sleep.

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Chapter 13}

 

           

            The next day I decided to drive to Tennessee to look for Louis’ family. Seth came along. We drove for a few hours and stopped at a Motel in north Kentucky to sleep for the night. The next day it took us a few hours before getting to Tennessee. This week was our spring break, everyone was going somewhere for vacation. When we reached Tennessee, the town was small. We passed farms as we drove through the town.

            “This seems different.” Seth says looking around.

            “It’s farms.” I laughed as I drove past some houses.

            I pulled in by a small motel. The only motel in view between all these farms.

            “A room for two.” I asked the guy behind the front desk. He looked at me and then picked up a set of keys.

            “You kids like it here?” He asks passing us the set of keys.

            “Were just visiting for a couple of days.”     

            “Well there aint nothing interesting to look at out here.”  He says looking out the door seeing nothing but dirt. “Nobody comes here for weeks. And when people do come, it’s usually for dumb business.”

            “Were just visiting some friends.” I say.

            “Then they aint much of a friend if ya’ll aren’t staying with them.”

            “That’s cause they don’t know we’re here.” I smiled. “Do you happen to know the James family?”

            “Well there is a woman who still lives in a one of these farms. Her name is Alice James. I don’t know if she moved out, news don’t fly that quickly around here.” He says.

            “Thank you sir.”

            “Sure thing, ya’ll have a nice trip here, kids. I hope you enjoy your time.” He waves as we leave.

            “Think we’ll find him?” Seth asks looking at miles of land.

            “His family has to be here somewhere.” I say back.

            “Maybe we should start asking people for this Alice.”

            “I think we should split up, when we get to these farms. The land can be big.” I spoke getting inside the car. We drove past some farms, asked a couple of people for Alice, and only a few knew where she lived but every person that “knew” where she lived gave a different direction. We reached the first house where a middle-aged woman was sitting by her front porch reading a book. She looked up seeing us stop by her door. She stood up from her seat and gave us a dirty look.

            “Hello.” I smiled walking towards her front porch.

            “Hello.” She says back.

            “Are you Alice James?” I asked.

            “Yes. That is I?” She assures. “Why do you ask?”

            “I was wondering if you know a little about your family’s history.”

            “My family is none of your concern.” She hisses back.

            “Ms. James, why is that?” I looked at her pulling my sun glasses over my head.

            “It’s none of your concern. Now have a nice day.” She looked into my eyes and something in her eyes seemed scared. Like she wasn’t telling us something but wanted to. She turned around walked