7

"Hey." Isibell's quiet voice intruded on my thoughts.
"Hey." I replied.
I had been here for two months. The most boring, yet the happiest, two months of my life. Boring, because when I was openly immortal, there were endless things I could do to occupy myself, now there was nothing. Happiest, because of Isibell. She made each day better by showing up.
"What are you thinking about today?" She asked, grabbing onto my hand.
"What makes you think I'm thinking?" I answered.
She looked up at me and laughed. "Liam, baby, if you're not thinking, you may as well be dead."
"Good point... I'm thinking about life."
"What a conundrum." She sighed. "Life truly is a mystery, isn't it?"
"The biggest... When I think I understand it..."
"Something pounces at you!"
I laughed. "Something like that..."
She dragged me over to her locker- like she had been doing for the past two months.
"How are you today?" I asked.
"Same old, same old. Still hated by everyone here, but loved by mum and Goddess. And I know that you care. So I'm good." She paused. "People here can sure hold a grudge, can't they?"
"Amazingly. They're also extremely prejudiced."
"Mmm." She slammed her locker shut. "And to think, they used to be my 'friends'." Her voice held a measure of disgust.
"Hey, it's okay." I said, taking her into my arms. "What they think isn't important- they don't know you."
She nodded and breathed in deeply- taking in my scent (as she always did to calm down. Apparently, I smelled like rain- and she liked the smell of rain.).
"And school ends in two weeks." She mumbled, her face still in my shirt.
"True."
"Liam?" She asked.
"Yes?"
"Why didn't you believe the rumors that were going around when you came?"
Because I've watched you all your life and know you in and out. "...because you seemed to be the loyal type... and mostly straight."
"'Mostly'." She laughed, lifting her head from my chest. "That's a nice way to cover it."
I rubbed her arms. "And besides, I met you before the rumor reached me." I paused. "What's wrong with sleeping with women?"
She shook her head. "The bell's going to ring, Liam."

~Izzy~
Two months. That's how long it took.
That's how long it took for me to fall insanely in love with him.
When was the last time 'love' did anything good for you? Never. So why are you in love again? Because Liam's different. How? Oh, Goddess... But that's what you said about Anthony. He's different from Anthony's different. How? Too many ways.
First, Liam listened when we had a conversation, Anthony usually just blocked me out when it got lengthy. Liam added to a conversation, Anthony ended them. Liam's emotions were easy to reach; Anthony's were closed away, deep where no one could reach them. I felt like Liam and I knew more about each other than Anthony and I could ever find out... Liam was different... very different.
Don't forget that he's practically unattainable. Remember, he said he didn't want a relationship. Darn. Right. Why wouldn't someone like him want a relationship? Because no one could complete what he set up. There's him... then no one could measure up. Goddess... I want to measure up. Too bad. I'm good enough, aren't I? Losing your virginity to Anthony doesn't make you good. Darn. But maybe Liam has a flaw... Name one. Damn. Exactly.

Author's Note

When Izzy takes over, she's basically talking to herself :P

Reviews

[Miranda]

Woah, she lost her virginity to Anthony? TMI. :P

[guiltyascharged]

Ohhh! That's sad! This is a really cute book. It's not full of 'too innocent' or 'too perfect' love. Good job.!