A Love To Last by Katie (have you read this book txt) 📖

be yours Josh. I want all of you, forever." Elizabeth smiled as she felt her racing heart certain Josh too had felt it. She would need to go home and pack a few clothes and then she would leave after her parents went to bed. She would leave to be happy. Because her mother would never allow her to marry Josh he was right, so she would take things into her own hands for once. Elizabeth's smile faded slightly as she saw reluctance in Josh's eyes. She began to allow her thoughts turn to panic as she watched him. He didn't mean it did he? He didn't really want to be wit her. He couldn't she knew it.

"Elizabeth, i have to tell you something. I love you and i need you to know or you can not truly ever love me." Josh paused and watched Elizabeth closely. He wanted to take in all of her. Wanted to remember how beautiful she looked. Wit the blush still in her cheeks from his kiss. Her hair slightly falling down around her face. And her beautiful trusting eyes. He wanted to memorize her. "I don't know if you will feel the same so after i tell you i am going to leave. If you still feel the same about me and want to marry me and leave with me, meet me here tomorrow night. Meet me and tell me then that you love me Lizzie." He stopped again letting her take everything he said so far in. Letting her process it.

"No matter what you say i will love you Josh, there is only ever going to be you for me. I love you." Elizabeth was past panic now, but held true to her words, she would love him no matter what he said. He can never say anything about himself that she wouldn't love. Nothing.

"Elizabeth i don't know. I really hope that's how you will always feel, no matter what i am about to tell you. Lizzie, I'm not like any man you know. I'm different, I'm, I'm a vampire..." Abruptly Elizabeth jumped away from him not knowing what to do. Josh fought to control his emotions crossing his face as he rose and left without looking back once. He really hoped that she wouldn't think him a monster. He didn't want her to hate him. Most of all he hoped that he would see Elizabeth there tomorrow looking beautiful in the moonlight, waiting for him, waiting to runaway with him and be his forever, no matter what he was.

Chapter Five

Elizabeth had locked herself inside her bedroom. She sat on her bed as she watched the shadows play across her floor. The shadows that frightened her because if they twisted just the right way, she could remember what Josh told her. She wasn't sure if she should be scared, or amused. Josh honestly thought he was what he said he was. Elizabeth could remember the look of determination cross his face as he told her. Of course she didn't believe it. Why would she? Josh had spoken of a fictional creature. Said he was a fictional creature. If he didn't want her, that was all he had to say. Not talk about lies. She refused to believe he was what he said. There was no way he was a vampire.

He walked in the sun. He was warm. Hadn't she felt his rapid heart beat against her chest? If he was a vampire, he wouldn't be capable of any of those simple, but of so very human things. Josh must have thought her a fool, he didn't mean any of the words he had said. He didn't love her. He stole her first kiss and didn't feel anything for her. How is that possible? Elizabeth just wished she could have read his mind. Heard his thoughts just for once. So she could just understand what it was exactly he was feeling. If he was true to his words or if he was trying to push her back farther from him. She wished she could be with him for just a moment to see him.

Josh felt more and more torn apart as he let it fall on his shoulders that she couldn't truly love him, especially if she thought that he would lie to her. If she thought he didn't really feel anything for her. He shouldn't have told her. He should have just asked to her to run away with him. He should have just loved her the way she wanted to be loved, the way only he could love her. He should have just let the truth come in time. He couldn't bare the hurt he felt as he thought of her hurt. Elizabeth will never be his now. She won't meet him tomorrow. Why should she? He had stolen his first kiss, and then told her he was a vampire. Of course she would think he was lying to her.

Elizabeth wasn't sure why, but she knew she needed to go to Josh tomorrow. She wasn't sure what she would say to him, but she would go to him. As she finally slept her dreams were full of shadows, fog, and dark. She awoke with a sense of dread that she tried to blame on her dream. As she freshened herself up, her mother knocked on her door.

"Lizzie, my dear, Scott is here to see you," As she looked at her daughter, she felt pity for her. She knew she hadn't slept well. It showed over her face. She didn't want to pressure her daughter to choose Scott, but she knew she would grow to love this man. "He is waiting downstairs." She smiled at her daughter before she closed her door quietly. She walked downstairs to where her husband was sitting in their kitchen.

"Is she ok? She didn't even eat dinner last night," Elizabeth's father was maybe too worried about his only daughter. She was usually so full of love and life and laughter. He just wasn't used to seeing her this way. He knew it wasn't Scott or his proposal, but probably more of the two of them pushing it on her. "Perhaps we should tell Scott to leave, that Lizzie isn't feeling up to company. She doesn't seem to like the boy at all, love." He grabbed his wife's hand and kissed it, willing her to see their daughter was miserable.

"No, don't be silly. Lizzie, is smitten with the boy. She always has been. I think she is just nervous." She never understood her husband, always trying to see things that just couldn't be there. She was sure Elizabeth was fine. She was sure she knew her daughter enough to when she was smitten with a boy.

Elizabeth, went down the stairs as slowly as she could, knowing what she had to do must be done at some point. She walked up to Scott placing a hand in his before she spoke the words that would ruin her life in her eyes.

"I will marry you Scott." She forced herself to smile as his face lit up. He seemed to be happier than her, which was fine by her, he could be plenty happy for the both of them. Everything after she declared she would marry Scott Haring was a complete blur. All Elizabeth could focus on was tonight. When she would go to Josh to tell him of her plans. If he would even bother to meet her. He owed her at least that. Closure, he owed her closure to be sure. When night finally came it was easier to leave her house at dusk than she thought. Her mother and father were out with Scott and his parents while she feigned sick. When she reached the spot in the woods she sat and waited for Josh.

She hadn't needed to wait too long for him to show up. "You came." Was all Josh could say to her as he crossed to her and she allowed him to pull her up into his embrace. Elizabeth seemed to melt against him, temporarily forgetting about the day before and even what she had decided today.

Josh didn't even give Elizabeth a chance to speak he simply kissed her. Long and deep and she kissed him back, with everything she had she kissed him. Letting her fingers to tangle in his hair, hearing him moan. He moved his lips down her jawline then to her neck. His hands moving in an urgent, but careful way, up her back then back down grabbing at her hips pulling her closer to him and she couldn't help the soft moan of pleasure and shock as she felt him hard against her stomach.

"Josh, oh please Josh." She didn't want him to stop, and that scared her. What scared her even more is that she didn't even notice they had gone to the ground. Pulling him even closer wrapping her legs around his waist she let her instincts and body take over.

As hard as it was for him he pulled back away from Elizabeth and looked into her eyes, clouded with need and want, for him. "You, want me to stop, Lizzie?" His eyes pleaded with her to not say yes. He needed her, needed to be close to her and feel her burn with need and want for him if only for tonight. When she shook her head no, he allowed her to pull him close again letting his lips crush hers. He greedily took in every sensation as he brought her dress up around her hips. She started to protest, but as he kissed her neck her protests turned into moans of his name. Elizabeth couldn't think straight, she just wanted him to never stop. He gently pushed against her, letting her feel just how much he wanted her and smiled when she gasped out. He covered her mouth with his as he skillfully got his pants down and positioned himself at her center. She still wasn't ready, he knew she wasn't ready just yet for him. Pulling the front of her dress down exposing her breasts he caught a breath as he thought of just how beautiful she was. He took one in his mouth as his hand took the other.

"Josh, please. I need you." Elizabeth wasn't sure if those were the right words. She only knew she had this odd throbbing that wouldn't go away, but knew somehow he could make it feel better for her. She reached down between her legs and grabbed at him, but he pulled back just out of her reach, but Josh was to distracted by her frustrated sigh, to dodge when she thrust her hips up towards him. When he entered her they both cried out. Elizabeth had never felt anything like it before in her life. There was a slight twinge of pain as he pierced her innocence but it faded as he simply stayed still. When he had cried out, it wasn't in pain but in just complete pleasure. It was beautiful to him, being inside of her, he never felt more connected or close with anyone before. As she begin to move under him he realized he hadn't moved and began a slow pace, to only have Elizabeth move quicker under him driving him crazy.

Elizabeth had never before experienced anything more beautiful then when Josh took to her to an unimaginable peak of pleasure and then to come to the bottom together. Both sated and satisfied beyond anything either could imagine. Josh let Elizabeth hold onto him as he collapsed on top of her. Unable to move he was completely content as he stayed inside her and she played