dismantled

I sat at the edge of the bed brushing my long straight black hair while staring into my silver metal gothic vanity. In this candlelight my eyes seemed to be gray instead of the usual green. I guess the glamour spell that I had done before Jared had come over worked. The pink candles and chalice were still in their places on my altar. All around me the candles burned. I remember Jared telling me to snuff out a couple. He couldn't stand the light. Even the candlelight hurt his eyes. But that was nothing compared to the sunlight and the fluorescent lights that burned brightly in my kitchen. I used to use that to my advantage when I wanted him out of the kitchen when I was cooking. I'd turn the bright lights on so he'd run out of the room screaming about the light and I would just laugh.

Tonight was a special night Jared and I had been separated for an entire year and we were missing each other. Although we talked on the phone every day since he was gone to Transylvania, to visit his family that he had left for me, our bodies longed to touch each other once again. I longed to touch him and feel the warmth of his face and the coldness of his hands. His hands were always icy no matter what. I couldn't understand it and he would never explain it to me. He would only say, "It's poor circulation. Don't worry about it they will warm up after we touch."
I knew that wasn't the case, but I would never say anything.
Jared walked into the doorway of my room silently.
I didn't even see him standing there until he said, " I love the way you brush your hair. It always comes out so soft and it looks like an onyx lake."

I turned around quickly dropping my brush and looking at him surprised.

"How long have you been standing there?" I asked picking up the brush but keeping my eyes on him.

"Ever since you started to brush your hair."

"Don't do that you nearly scared me out of my socks." I looked away and started brushing my hair again.

"What socks? I see through that dress and you're completely naked." He said as he grabbed me from behind.
He was there before I even saw him move. That's what I loved and hated about Jared. He seemed to move without moving.

I always knew there was something special about Jared�I just never knew exactly what. But what he told me that night was something I didn't really expect.
Jared laid face down and began to brush his hair. It was much longer than mine was. Come to think of it, Jared was a very hairy person and I can't see now why I didn't know already what he told me next.

He looked at me out of the corner of his eye and said, " October, there is something I need to talk to you about. I have a secret that I have been avoiding telling you for awhile now but I can't avoid it any longer. I can't believe I didn't tell you sooner when I should have. After all we've been together this long."

I stopped brushing his long reddish-black hair midway down his back at the sound of this. I didn't like the way he said that. What did he cheat on me while he was in Transylvania or something? I mean after all it was one entire year. I'm sure Transylvainian girls are more beautiful than I am.

"What is it?" I said cautiously.

He turned completely around so I sat right on the bulge of his black leather pants. I let my hands rest on his bare chest and I played with the trial of hair that ran from his belly button to his pubic area.

"You know how you are always asking me why my hands are so cold? And I know you wonder why I'm able to move without you seeing me�or hearing me for that matter."

"Yes." I said concerned.

"Something happened to me before I ran away from Transylvania to be with you. And my parents knew that's why they didn't want me to come."
" So what are you trying to tell me; you're some kind of Vampire?" I laughed both jokingly and nervously.

He laughed too nervously, "No, actually I'm far from it. I think what I am is a little bit worse."

My wide smile that showed my short white fangs quickly faded and turned serious.

"So then what are you saying Jare?"

" I'm a," he stumbled slightly on his words, " I'm a werewolf."

Well, at least he didn't cheat on me I thought in my head trying to lighten the situation.

"Oh Jare�" I said stared at him in both sympathy and disappointment, " why didn't you tell me this before hand? Was your trip back to Transylvania even for your family? I don't even know if anything you said to me anymore is true."

"Yes, it was for my family but not just them�I felt a calling to go back to the place to the place where I was brought into this. "

"Well, it's okay I mean I understand. I still love you."

"You do?" Jared said seeming kind of caught off guard.

"Of course I do no matter what kind of creature you are I will always love you."