Summer Nights The city lights shone bright beneath my feet. He smiled and held me close. "I like this", I whispered slowly in his ear. "I know you do." The lights started moving faster and faster until they were just colored lines, like in those long exposure photos that circle the internet. I started giggling and laughing like a small child. I rather felt his smile than see it. I couldn't see anything any more. "Close your eyes." I listened, obedient, and felt the wind running trough my hair, down the skin on my bare back. His hands were holding me tight against his chest. The feeling was excruciating, all those sensation melting into my body, making it explode. I suddenly felt his fingers moving on my skin, like burning candles. They left traces of light and heat behind, while they circled around, over my shoulders, and over my neck. I raised my head to welcome his lips and barely felt that the wind stopped. I continued to keep my eyes closed, as I didn't received the order for opening them. I knew that if I was careful and listened, I would be rewarded. And how much I wanted it. His lips were soft and cold, sending shivers like ice shards down my spine, He tasted like the wind, and the night that was around us. I vaguely smelled something sweet, flowers perhaps, mixing with his sharp perfume. I tasted every touch he gave me, hungry for more....and more was yet to come. "You can open your eyes", he whispered in my ear with that low husky voice that made parts of my body burn and ache for his touch. I did as he told me and the view that welcomed me was overwhelming. At our feet, the city spread his never sleeping lights and all around us flowers, white crowns, lifted their small heads to meet us. His hands circled my waist and pulled me closer to him. His lips found mine and sent my mind floating. I knew that I would have melted away if his hands weren't supporting me. I vaguely knew he lifted me and placed me on a bed of leafs. It was much softer than I thought, but probably it could have been made of rock and I would still felt it soft. I closed my eyes once again and let him take me in a journey of senses. His body pressing mine on the ground, the cold of his skin mixing with my burning skin in a crazy journey of sensations, each of his kisses making me fall even more in the darkness around. I wanted more. I knew then I would do anything for more, even sell my soul. Perhaps that's what it took. My breath was shallow and I couldn't find my voice to tell him... "Shhh,", he whispered so close, breathing down my neck. "Don't move." I knew he was aware of his effect over me. He unbuttoned his shirt faster than I could have done it. My hands were trembling when I raised them to touch his sculptured body. He leaned on to kiss me again an I felt his wide smile. He was enjoying what he was doing to my body. "If you want me to stop, you should tell me now", he said stopping and looking down at me with wide black eyes. How could I tell him to stop when my whole body craved for his touch. He smiled, like he was sharing a private joke and kissed me. "Thought so." He lowered his hand over my tights and raised my dress. His bare hand lit strings of fire on my skin. The city lights melted away in the burning sensations. He made me fall over and over in the darkness of myself, that edge that used to frighten me. And all I could do was wish for more, more of him, more of what he was doing to me. Like he was hearing my thoughts, he pulled my dress even more, until I was half naked and exposed underneath his perfect body. This time I was not afraid, I was begging. He got up to his feet and looked down at me, a gesture that should have made me blush and want to cover myself. Instead, it only made me burn even more, under his steady gaze. He smiled and undressed, keeping only his shirt and without taking his eyes off mine. "You look so....desirable..." he whispered, running his lips down my neck, stopping on my chest. His weight pressed me more on the leaves. And I felt him. All of him. A small scream of surprise escaped my lips. "What's wrong?" "Nothing", I barely managed to whisper, pulling him closer and crushing his lips with mine. "Easy", he said, stopping, making me wriggle and reach up to him. "Don't rush." His smile was wide and he laughed before kissing me and pinning my body with his, so I couldn't move. "Trust me?" I nodded and he covered me with his body, slowly and gently taking me, making me his. Darkness swallowed me, claiming me, that dark frightening feeling. "Don't be afraid", he whispered in my ear. I cried out loud and pressed my fingernails into his back, as the pressure that built up inside me all night, exploded. He swallowed my shout, moving faster, pushing me over the edge again and again. I started trembling and felt his small call of my name before kissing me hard and finding his release. "I think you definitely left some marks on my back", he said grinning. "I am sorry." My voice was still barely audible even for me and my breath shallow. "Don't be. I'm not." His grin was wide and his face relaxed. It was the first time I saw him that relaxed. He hugged me and turned, pulling me in his arms. I don't know when the trembling stopped, Or when I fell asleep in his arms. I vaguely felt him move and opened my eyes. "We have to go", he said, looking at the blue sky. The dawn was close and I knew he had to run. I nodded and he lifted me and we swam over the fading city lights again. "Please stay with me", I asked him when he turned to live. "Please..." "I can't. I'll see you tonight. You know that."

A Story About A Girl And A Boy I've been watching my hand flow over this paper so many times that now I don't know wether I'm writing anything or just imagining. Still, the letters flow in such cursive way that I think they could be a worthy rival for a river or a waterfall. I started drifting away again. I am sorry. I wanted to tell you something else. I felt the need to share a story about a girl and a boy. Don't run! I know this sounds very cliche, but bare with me, please. I promise this will worth you're time. Can you imagine a world where everything is permitted? Can you? 'Cause my story takes place in a world like that. Well, for them it was like that. You see...they could do anything they wanted, go anywhere,laugh, sing, dance and swim in the moonlight, naked and happy. Their names? No, I'm not gonna share their names, 'cause that would break the magic and my story would end before it even began. Let us keep some mystery, still. So, the girl and the boy were free of any society, any prejudice, and sorrow. They were completely free and #life came easy. They did not worry about aging or death and they welcomed any experience with their arms and heart wide open. They slept under the starry sky and the son woke them every morning with warm caresses. And they were happy. One day, a peculiar character crossed their path. "Good day to you!" he said on a cheerful tone. "How are you doing here?" "Very good, thank you" answered the boy. "It's very unexpected to meet anyone here. No other people came here." "That's to bad for them. It is a lovely place. So, are you happy here? What do you do all day?" "We walk, swim, dance, explore the woods, we love..." Said the girl shy. "Love...yes, that's something everyone outside forgot." The man thought nostalgic. "Outside? What do you mean?" the boy was as eager as always to discover something new. "And tell me, please, who are you?" "Me? Well, I am a writer. And this is my universe. I wanted a place were all is possible so I created it. Now I came to see if you two were happy with it." The boy and the girl looked at each other and didn't knew what to say. Questions started to cloud their happiness and soon, the bright light that shone on their faces paled. "What does that make us?" the girl asked. "I put you here for others to learn from you." "Learn what?" The boy shouted, " we are not even real!" "Don't think that! You both are very real. More real then any person I know. And you will live forever. I wanted to let you free in the world to live and love, so all the people see what love really is, to learn to be free, to value what they have and, above all, I wanted to help everyone learn to love and cherish one another and live in harmony. So, you see, you are real me and to every person that will ever read your story, and you will be an example for generations. So live on!" "So you say we will be like this forever?" "Yes!" And with this single word he vanished. The girl and the boy felt like woken from a dream, but one they both shared and learned from it. They understood they had to live and love more then before, because there was more to their #life then just being happy with each other, they had a higher destiny.they had to live forever and be cherished by others. So they started loving each other more, and dance more, and laugh more. And they still do that today, because they live in a book. You don't believe me... I know it's hard, but think of all the books you read. Think of all the stories you still return after many years had past, just because the feeling in them was so pure and precious. Think of all the time you first read about a kiss and wondered if that's how it feel, and when you experienced your first kiss, your mind said: "see? it feels just like that and even better." Think of the times you felt so alone, in your room and the only thing that comforted you was a book. Now you believe me! Good! Then, go read a book! Read a story about a boy and a girl!

Abandon Darkness prickled the edge of her vision. She started seeing only shapes and colors. Everything was slowly but surely turning black. She continued to feel the blood run down her hand, hot against her cold skin. The witch's chanting turned into noise in her ears. She had a weird feeling of detachment. She no longer felt the pain, only the cold, surrounding her, covering her and paralyzing her limbs. She always wondered what it would feel like. Feeling the blood drained from her veins. She thought she understood a little why vampire victims didn't do much screaming and fighting after they loss some of the blood, during the original shock from the bite. It was a peaceful, almost serene state of mind. She was the spectator of her own tragedy and she felt something romantic in the flowing of her red blood. Se couldn't see it, but she closed her eyes, imagining how red must it look on her white skin. A voice started talking in her mind but she ignored it. It was familiar, she knew she heard it before, but she didn't care. She was to lost in contemplating her death. Then she felt it. A sharp pain in her chest. The feeling that someone was trying to break trough her and she screamed with all her remaining strength. The last thing she heard was a low cry of her name "Cassie!", that seamed to come from another time and place. "Aidan" she whispered bitterly, then surrendered to the cold darkness she could no longer resist. ~ Part of a novel I am currently writing. Any opinion is welcome. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Encounter Her hand was red with blood dripping down from the lifted sword. A shallow cut above her left eye, bleeding abundantly, kept her from seeing well. She felt her strength dropping and fatigue setting in, from the blood lost, not because she was tired. Normally she would resist more. All the training years made her quite strong and many creatures would fear her. "Not this one", she thought bitterly. The vampire was strong, and had the eyes of a rabid animal. If she would not insisted in sneaking out alone, she wouldn't be in this mess. Thinking of it she started laughing uncontrollably. "What's so funny?" He hissed through his teeth. His fangs had pierced through his lower lip, but it had begun to heal fast. The only cut that didn't seem to heal was the one on the long site of his right hand, which she had made with her silver sword. His eyes were mad with rage, growing with her laughter. "Aidan will kill me!" She said, more to herself, laughing harder. "I will kill you first." "Not a chance, idiot." She said calming her outburst and launched herself at the vampire. He moved in the last moment, catching the back of her jacket and slashed it with his sharp fingernails. He miscalculated her speed and her sword was dripping fresh blood when she landed. She felt the scratches in her back stinging, but ignored them and, in the blink of eye, she turned and sent her other dagger flying towards the surprised vampire. It was the first time he would fight a battle where the opponent was so skilled and shock froze him, as he felt the short blade digging into his neck. Then everything went dark. He thought of hell and purgatory while his consciousness faded in the darkness surrounding him. She fell to her knees, gasping for air. The stinging became almost unbearable, but she had to gather her remaining strength to reach home. After a few moments she lifted and recovered her dagger from the pile of flesh that was a vampire and walked slowly towards home. *part of a character background from the novel I'm working on now.

Dark Dreams "Hush now! You're Safe." He whispered calmly in my ear. " You're home, in bed, with me." I turned to look in the familiar dark eyes and slowly calmed my panted breath. Thank God he's here! He kisses my forehead and gently caresses my face. "There you go!" He smiles against my lips. "What was it about now?" I panic, and search his eyes for a way out. "I don't wanna remember!" "You have to tell me! We've been through this before." "I know, but I still don't wanna remember." "Was it that bad?" "Worse..." I start shaking, thinking about the feeling...the empty feeling which woke me up. No, I really don't want to go there again. "Shhhh! I'm here!" He cradles me in his arms but the pain is still there. "It hurts." "What?" "My chest! I felt so alone, so empty. And the hole in my chest was bigger than me, pulling me in a dark place and.." My words fail me while I whisper, afraid that it will come back. "But you are here now. Everything is fine, as it should be." "Is it? That felt like an eternity. The cold black earth, the sound of the wood, it felt so real and so...cold..." "Here it's warm. Stay with me forever" "That is my biggest wish. I just wish I could." "Nothing stoping you" "If that would only be true...." He started kissing me and caressing my face. His lips so warm and soft touching my dried face. My tears start falling while I relinquish in his touch. And I close my eyes... ...... "Last night I dreamt about him." She wrote in her small notebook that she used as a partial diary. It was a present from Daniel. She cared for it very much so she only used it for some stories of her #life. Dreams, actually, in which he appeared. "He asked me to stay with him. I am sure it was just my pain who spoke those words." She placed her head on the desk and stared at the photo she had put there for these moments. The rain was falling on the window, making the sound of a thousand little bells. Daniel loved that sound. He was smiling at her from the frame. "I was happy then" she thought. Her eyes closed and she fell asleep, listening to the rain. Not after long, someone was shaking her hand. She opened her eyes, to stare in the big dark eyes, too close to her face, and smiled. "Let's go, Mommy. We have to go to Daddy. You said we will go today." She looked at the window and saw that the rain stopped. "You're already dressed!" said, while kissing his forehead. "I'm a big boy! I already have 5years! I can dress myself." He said with pride in his voice, a sound she knew well. "You are so much like Daddy... Go wait outside. I'll be there in a bit." She sent him off, while tears prickled her eyes, so he would not see her cry, again. The Memorial Graveyard was as sad and green as it was a month ago, in that day. The cold stone beard his name with an implacable finality. "Beloved husband and father. He will always be in their hearts!" Her Mom really outdone herself with does words. All though it breaks her heart reading them. "Look, Daddy, I made this for you!" He said, putting a small paper on the cold stone. "I miss you very much and Mommy misses you to." She felt as if her heart was riped from her chest and she started crying. ...