I took a nice hot shower and sobered up a lot more than I already had meeting Nicoleta. I couldn't let her walk away. I needed to know more about her. Having her here with me felt right. It felt so familiar yet I had just met the woman. I wanted to caress every inch of her but I remained the gentleman. I wanted to know her and have her fall madly in love with me. I want what my parents had. If only it lasted a short while because of this looming death. Perhaps that was my reasoning for rushing into this like I have. I stepped out of the shower and toweled off. It was then I realized I never grabbed any clothes. I had said she could watch TV in the room. I might seem like an ass if I were to walk in there with only a towel around my waist. I had no other choice. Oh fuck it, I tightened the towel around my waist and opened the door. The sight before me was amazing. She was sprawled across the bed comfortably watching something on the television.


The second her eyes landed on me and the way they were checking out my body got me hard. I couldn't help but want to pounce on her right that second. I had to remind myself that I was being a gentleman. I cleared my throat. "I just need to grab some clothes." I said and headed for them. "mmhmm" was her reply as she pretended to go back to what she was watching but I could sense her burning gaze. A smirk played upon my lips knowing she liked what she saw. I grabbed some clothing and turned around fully intending to return to the bathroom as quickly as possible. To my surprise, she was standing in my way. "Where do you think you're going?" She asked. "To get fully fitted for our date darling." She nodded her head and ran a hand over my bare chest. "Yes, I know." She said not moving away. Her hand tracing wherever she pleased. She was teasing, going back and forth lightly with her fingers inches above the towel. Which was covering my member that was getting harder by the second. My chest heaved up and down from her touch and I was holding back with everything I had.


She stopped briefly before bringing both her hands around my waist to my back. Where her touch continued as she rubbed her hands up and down my back. Her chest pressed to mine, I practically hissed out the words. "If you don't stop what you're doing and you know what you're doing. I won't be able to keep my hands to myself much longer." She smiled as she looked up into my eyes. "What if I don't want you to?" She stated and that was the final push. I could resist no longer. I grabbed the back of her neck and smashed my lips against hers. My other hand dropping the clothes I had been holding and grabbing her arse and pressed her body into mine further. She gasped against my lips which allowed me entrance and I took the opportunity to tangle my tongue with hers. I didn't want to stop. I ground into her as she dug her nails into my back. Hungrily I devoured her lips and pressed as close to her as I could. I knew I should stop. This is not how I planned this to start. But I couldn't bring myself to separate from her when she was as eager as I was in what we were doing.


Without breaking apart I lifted her and moved to the bed. As my hands began removing her clothing from her heated body, there was a loud crash in the other room and a male voice boomed. "Nicoleta!" She froze and looked at me. "Hide." She whispered. I frowned confused. No way in hell was I backing down. I released her regretfully and stood as the door came slamming open. In came some guy looking furious and were those fangs? "What the hell?!" It was all I could manage to say. He looked between us and then stared daggers at Nicoleta. "This is why you're not answering your phone. Too busy fucking some human loser!" She seemed to get as mad as he was. "I told you if you can't accept me for who I am and who I spend my time with we're over. It doesn't matter whom I spend my time with. It's no longer your concern, Ryder." He walked over pushing me out of the way and grabbing her pulling her face to face with him. "It is my concern and we're not through." He ran a hand over his face and did something I did not expect. He got on both his knees in front of her. "Nicoleta, I love you and I will never give up on us so please stop with whatever this is and come with me. I accept you for who you are more than he ever will. He is a human and I understand I need to work on some things. Like being around your friends. I promise I will try to be better but you know how I feel about it. I can't help it but I am sorry for the rift I have put between us."


I was in shock. I couldn't believe what was happening in front of me. I had her in my arms minutes before and this Ryder was professing his love for her. "No, stay please," I said finding my voice. He glared at me his fangs baring and he growled. I was terrified but I didn't want to seem weak in front of the girl. I acted like it didn't affect me. She looked between the two of us. "I'm sorry Wyatt. This was a mistake and I shouldn't have come here." She took Ryder's hand and walked away with him. I chased after them stopping at the hotel door that was broken in pieces all over the place. "Don't do this. You can't give up what's only begun." They stopped and looked at each other. "I got it," she said to him. She walked back to me tears in her eyes. She looked into mine and I was so confused as to what she was thinking.


"You will forget everything that has happened between us and you will not remember meeting me." All memory began to fade and then the room spun. As I saw two figures walking away hand in hand. A bright light flashed and I was standing on the ice in my favorite spot. Skating as the sun shone on my face. Mom and Dad were not too far away skating together happily. I laughed as I had fun on the ice. My ten-year-old self excited to be on winter break from school.


The frozen lake cracked beneath my feet as I attempted figure eights. I froze on the spot another inch and I would be doomed. "Mom, Dad!" I called frantic for an escape. They were too far away to help. They heard my cries and looked

at how the silent, peaceful morning had turned to a moment so dire. My breath quickened in fear and puffed out in the cold air of death lingering. I saw my dad moving slowly towards me. I could tell he wanted to rescue me. I wanted to move faster than lighting and run for it. I wanted to prove I was good enough. I ran for it but fell through, the icy water a shock. This was it, the end was near. I tried to swim back up but I wasn't strong enough. I couldn't the light was fading fast as my breath left my lungs. Then I felt hands pull me up and push me over the ice. I was free and Iooked up at my mother as I coughed out water. She was frightened. She handed me her phone, "Call for help, my love." That was the last thing she said as she jumped into the water. My father had saved me but no one could save him. Not even my mother. Who had abandoned her coat. I wrapped it around myself. Trying to get warmth. I called 911 and waited for my parents to emerge but they never did. My tears dried frozen on my face.

His parents were gone and he grew up cold and distant. He was an only child and he had spent his life focused on nothing but work. His success meant everything to him. It all came crashing down in an instant.


Time travel was a power of his he discovered but he wanted nothing more than to live out his life alone and with less heartbreak. He grew old and went to do one final skate on the ice but he fell through with no one to save him. Frozen in obliteration and death he was. An artifact of energy wasted. Til one day the ice cracked beneath her feet.