I smiled as I slipped my shoes on and walked right behind him to the door. Cautious of what they would say downstairs. "Yeah, lets go." As the door opened I heard chatters and chaos and felt a little queasy. It was a brand new day and I was happy it was with James. No crying today, I hoped. To say the truth I was hungry; I didn't eat anything in the past two days, and that made me worry, I should know how to care of myself.

I opened the door and walked out, at the same time taking Anna's hand, and then closed the door behind us. I looked around hearing girls talking and glanced back at Anna's face, hoping she wasn't uncomfortable about this. As we walked down the hallway I looked straight forward, but as some of the girls walked out one of the rooms I couldn't dodge their stares. The one girl that had flirted with me yesterday had a shocked and hurt expression. I couldn't help but feel guilty and sorry for her. She knew exactly what we had done and somehow I cared that she was upset. I looked back at Anna for a second and then towards her, but kept walking.

My hand was in his hand as we walked out, the horrid stares. I had always been scared and nervous of people thinking bad about me; one of the reasons I asked my parents to send me here. I looked up but not at their faces. But my eyes couldn't help but look at that same girl from last night. She looked...surprised and somewhat like she knew exactly what had happened, she looked at me and it turned a bit mad. I looked down, feeling embarrassed and saw James glance at me. I wasn't her little pet, and I felt like I was a small power, being ruled by everyone.

I looked between Anna and the girl, my mouth hung open slightly. I continued to pull Anna behind me as we walked past the girls and my eyes stuck to the floor with occasional glances upwards. I gupled at the awkward situation but relaxed as we got downstairs. I looked back at Anna when we walked down the stairs, with a cringing face. "Sorry" I said, knowing the girl would be angry at Anna. But I also knew she'd be mad at me. I opened the main door out of the dorm.

We got downstairs and out the dorm. He apologized for no reason...what had he done? I didn't answer but kept walking. lad we had gotten out; I wondered what it would have been if we had been in James room...I blinked and ignored as usual. We were out the dorm and i felt like we would get caught, even though it was saturday. I looked up at James, squinting slightly as the sun met my eyes "Where do you wanna go?" with a small smile.

I relaxed more when we were outside and I looked back at her. "We could just go to the cafeteria" I replied, knowing we were both really hungry. I was in a bit of a daze as I hadn't fully recovered from the high. It was hard to feel bad about what we had done for the girls sake, because I would never regret it. I hoped Anna felt that way too.

I agreed and headed towards the cafeteria with him. Something inside of me felt queasy. Like I had done something...wrong. I looked over at him and he looked quite strange himself. "Are you okay?" I said as my words were curious. I didn't expect them to come out. My eyebrows pulled together in worry.

I looked back at her as we were walking, surprised by what she was asking me. I realised I had been acting strangely. I grinned at her "I'm great. More than great". I shook my head and looked up at the sky and back down at her hand in mine. And to think, not that long ago, we'd not known eachother. It didn't feel wrong for that reason, it felt very right.

I looked at him, my eyes asking eagerly, not smiling. Something was wrong, but he didn't want to share, I let out a sigh and replied "whatever you say.." in a mutter and headed to the cafeteria walking on parts of the grass, watching my feet brush against it, making me remember of the first time I had wanted to see James. The day when I had fallen from the window. Weird how I didn't tell him...it was quiet. And apparently it made me think even more. My hand was held by him and I still felt his hot hand.

I frowned at her reply. Did she not believe me? We'd just had the most amazing night, and I couldn't think of any reason to not be okay. I pulled on her hand making her turn as my body twisted towards her. My other hand held the back of her head and I kissed her passionately. I pulled away just a few centimetres. "Honestly" I started "I'm amazing". A grin was across my face but then I gave her a small worried look, pushing my fingers through her hair "Aren't you?". I smiled again and started walking playfully.

I was shocked when he pulled me for a kiss and his reply. He really was, and that made me relax a bit. I saw him grin and I looked at him making sure. He asked me if I was as he started to walk again. I looked down at my feet as I spoke..."Of course I am, last night...James, I don't know how great I feel." I was still looking down at my feet; truth was i was all bubbly inside, over excited. My words came out in 100 percent truth, so warm. Like I was a person now. My cheeks once again blushed lightly, turned out I was shy to speak of the subject. We were almost to the cafeteria....I saw a few people look at us, I had almost forgotten people would be out here...this made me blush a little more.

My grin grew wider at what she said and my eyes gleamed. It made me so happy to hear that she felt good about last night. I'd always had a little hint in me worrying that she would regret it. I knew that I wouldn't, but with Anna, she was shy and she had never been upfront about the subject. When I looked at her she was looking at her feet which made me laugh lightly. She felt like a totally different person to last night, although I saw both characters in her. I couldn't help my breath being taken away when I looked at her again. I kept having images in my head and I tried to tone them down so I wouldn't get embarrased. I continued to smile a beaming smile and said "I'm glad", stuck for any other words that would convey how much I felt the same way. As we reached the cafeteria, there were quite alot of othes in there. Going home at weekend was prefered by most people, but the others liked to hang out here or around town in the day. I didn't know what time it was, but there was food and the smell of it made my stomach flinch. I saw some of the boys on my floor who looked over at me at our entrance and they gave me a look presuming what all of them thought. This time, they were right, however, which made me return them an embarrased smile and then turn back to the food counter.

I heard him laugh and I grinned as I looked down, with his hand in mine. We got into the cafeteria and I heard a bunch of conversations as we went in. I looked up and saw them hanging out and chilling. I saw a few girls sitting at a table, laughing and talking. And then I saw a few guys playing and laughing and burping. I smiled at how life was so funny. Some people went home over the weekends but some stayed here, like the ones in front of my eyes. I looked up at James and saw him embarrassed and his smile. I rolled my eyes; and headed over to the counter of food. I was up for anything to get my stomach filled up. I grabbed a sandwich and a bottle of water siding with an apple, and my stomach couldn't wait to get food. I laughed lightly, two day without food? Wow, I wasn't as cranky.

I let go of her hand to pick up a sandwich, some crisps and a drink. I knew I had to eat something and my stomach wanted it, but I wasn't too keen on eating recently. I wondered if it had something to do with the change.. "What's so funny?" I asked with a smile as I heard her laugh. When Anna had got some food I paid for them both at the till with the change left in my pocket, which I had checked hadn't fallen out before we left her room.

I walked over to a table and sat down. I smiled at him when he asked me a question..."It's weird, how I haven't been so cranky in the last few days." I looked right behind James as I saw people watching, I looked down at my tray and back up to him, I explained further "Food without 2 days?" I laughed lightly as I took a sip from the water. As it hit into my stomach it made me feel a little bit more energized. I also remembered that we had seen the head a couple days before, weird how we had just met but so much had happened.

I smiled as she spoke, sitting down opposite her on the table and putting my food down. "You get cranky?" I replied with a teasing laugh "Shame. I would have liked to have seen that". Half of me felt guilty for it though. She shouldn't have to abandon food because of me. My eyes glistened with my smile and I opened the sandwich and took a bite, feeling it travel all the way down.

I laughed lightly at his response. I saw his eyes glisten with a smile. And I smiled back and answered..."Yeah, see an angel get cranky, that would be quite delightful." I laughed at my sarcasm and took a small bite into my sandwich, and it felt like starting food all over again. I felt it travel down my body hitting into my stomach. I gulped and looked around us...not so much people.

"Ah but then you wouldn't be doing your job properly, would you" I replied. "Angels are supposed to be calm and happy all the time" I squinted my eyes with a crooked smile. I continued to eat my food feeling instantly better after doing so. I leant back in my seat, sliding down a little. My legs were so long they reached her side of the table on each side of her legs. Sitting with her in the cafeteria reminded me of the first time I'd spoken to Anna, and how far we'd come from then. I'd just walked up to her, drawn in by her solitude so like my own. It was a weird feeling, remembering back to when I didn't know her and how I acted around her and then coming back to the present where we are so close and feeling as if I've known her all my life.

I grinned as I ate and heard him say something that made me respond to with..."I think I'm doing it my job right, right now..." I said. And I was because of how calm and happy I was right now. He had finished and leaned down in his seat, his legs reaching all the way up to mine. I pushed my tray front making my elbows lay on the table and took a sip of my water. I looked at him and felt a sense of deja vu. Back to one of those when we had first met, and I had seen him have a pain attack in front of me. Reflectively my eyes glanced at his wrist and then back to his face with a smile.

I nodded at her reply "You are" I added, smiling. I watched her look at me and drink her water and I caught her eyes looking down at my wrist. I looked down too, probably more obviously than her and saw that it looked a different colour to my other one. I spoke without looking up, not wanting to go into such deep conversation right now, but merely out of light curiousity I asked "What am I supposed to be expecting?". I wondered what my wrist was going to look like as it got nearer the time and whether she recognised what it meant. I looked back at her, not knowing how much she knew about this whole change anyway. I hoped that whatever was going to change in my wrist was far away.

I smiled and saw him look down as well. It made me worry a bit, and he asked me what he was expecting...I put my water down and leaned in a little so people wouldn't hear us. "A severe change with a mark appearing on your very wrist." I whispered over to him. I leaned back into my spot and watched his wrist, it didn't look as different, but something was different all right. I put my hands in my lap and smiled with my eyes saying it wasn't going to happen soon. And it wasn't going to; as long as I kept myself happy, which is with james, I would be able to live my last few days happily. He hadn't known so much about the change and I intended to tell the information to him as these last few days pass.

I looked at my wrist as I put it out in front of me, "A mark.. like a bruise?". I wondered what it would look like, and why it was going to be on my wrist. I guessed it was because of the main artery down my arm and that something about my blood would change too. It seemed completely impossible in reality. I glanced back up at her for a moment and then back down at my arm. My other hand held it and rubbed it slowly once up and down, as talking about it made me really concious of it.

I heard him ask and I answered and shook my head at the same time "Not a bruise, a mark. A strange mark. Kind of like a tattoo.." I thought and it could have been somehow. It looked like a tattoo to me...when they had shown it to me up in the skies. He rubbed over it and I thought of the time when I had rubbed it; making the pain go away. He seemed scared, at least i thought so...the mark happened on his wrist because it was the closet connection to the veins and the pulse of the heart. That made me cringe and curiosity of how James would turn out; if I was going to be alive for it...

I let my wrist drop down to rest on my stomach like the other one and said "Hmm..". I drank some of my drink. I imagined what it would look like on my wrist, and I supposed that a tattoo wouldn't look as bad as a bruise. I wasn't frightened about what was going to happen, just curious and put off by the idea. "Anything else.. about my appearance.. that'll change?" I asked, trying to figure out more slowly. I didn't know everything, and I didn't want to be hit with lots of information at once. Nothing was as shocking as when she announced what she really was to me, and I felt bad for how I had initially reacted. I knew about it now, and nothing out of the ordinary surprised me too much.

He asked me what else..and dropped his hands, I didn't want to hit him with information. "Well...I all ready told you about the change; and what you were becoming, your appearance..will be what you change into. In this case, an evil creature...?" that last part hinted with a question that roamed in my head. I looked on the table, thinking and back to him. "Hmmm...we'll...I mean you'll just have to wait and see." I shrugged my shoulders, I didn't know much about the looks other than he would be a beast/evil creature...but that could have changed...would have changed. I sighed.