The Battle to Survive With You by Irina K. (lightweight ebook reader .TXT) 📕

By the time I was finished telling my story, I had to try and push back the tears that were trying hard to come out. I will not cry. I will not cry. I will not cry, I think to myself. “Wow, I’m so sorry.” Is all Aaron manages to say before looking away from my face. “Hey, Zana I never got to ask you but how old are you anyways?” he manages to ask. “I’m 17, what about you?” I ask. “I’m 18.” He replies. After about 5 minutes of walking in silence, we come near a big house about 2 storages high and are yellow. “This is one of my friend’s houses. His name is Toney Helter. “Aaron tells me. We walk up the steps to the door. *KNOCK KNOCK* “Hey Aaron!” Toney says as he walks out side. “And who is this beautiful lady?” he says looking me up and down. I turn away and blush. “She’s Zana.” He replies in a Duh voice. “Ohh, so you’re the girl who survived the woods, everyone’s been talking about you.” He says then winces at me. I could feel my face getting redder by the second. “Umm ya I guess.” I say, determined to keep my voice calm and not show any embarrassment. I mean the girl who survived the woods? Just great. I’m only here for a day and already everyone knows me, I think to myself. “So, what do you guys want to do?” Toney asks us. “We’re going to town so I could show Zana around.” Aaron replies, starting to look annoyed.

Once we got to town, I noticed that everyone was staring at me. Awkward, I think to myself. Suddenly I feel myself being lifted by strong arms. For a second I freeze enjoying its warmth. But all to soon I was set back down. “What do you think you were doing?!?!?!” Aaron screamed while turning me around to face me. “Umm, what are you talking about?” I reply, noticing that now everyone was staring at us. “You almost got yourself KILLED!” he screams. “How the heck was I ganna get myself killed.” I say, trying to control my voice. Really, I mean who does he think he was telling me I was about to kill myself? I don’t remember doing anything stupid like that. I turn around to leave when strong arms grasp me once again. “Stop doing that!” I yell. “Don’t move.” He says in a deathly calm voice. Just then I heard a hiss out of nowhere. I look down to see a huge Anaconda. I silently held in a scream. “Sword” I say out quietly. “What did you just say?” Aaron murmurs into my ear. It sent a shiver down my back. No. I think to myself. I have to focus if I want us to get out of here alive. “Sword” I say a bit louder this time. “Why do you need swords?” Aaron questions me. I slowly reach down to where my sword was. I just remembered that I had put it on today. Even though I don’t know why. I slowly pulled the sword out of its place in its sheath. I only have one chance at this. After that it’s life or death. “Release your grip on me Aaron.” I say in a calm voice. “And why would I do that?” he asks me. “Just do it and stop questioning me whenever I ask you to do something.” I snapped back. “Fine whatever.” He says. Then he slowly releases his grip from around my chest. Once his hands were off of me and the anaconda turned away for just a second, I quickly took my chance at its head. It came off as easily as it was on. Suddenly I heard everyone gasp in horror. I turned around to see Aaron right in front of me. There were clear emotions on his face, surprise, horror, desire, mad, then happy, then expressionless. He just stood there staring at me just like everyone else. “Why are you all staring at me?” I almost scream. No one replies. I guess that’s my que to leave, I think silently to myself. As I started walking away, I felt every ones eye’s burning into my sole. “Stop staring.” I say in a deathly calm voice. But then again, everyone was still staring. Uhhm, do any of these people have lives? Man I’m getting annoyed. I slip my sword back into its sheath.
Chapter 3

Once I got to my new “Home” I walked right in and up the stairs. “Hello? Is anyone home?” I called out. No reply. They all must be out or something. I walk into my room to find a note on my bed, it said: Zana, we are out getting the horses with other folks. Don’t be surprised if we aren’t home for a few days. Oh, and also I made you and Aaron some lunch. It’s on the kitchen counter. –Cristal & Max. Ok then. So I guess I might as well go eat some lunch. I’m starving. I ran down the two flights of stairs and ran into the kitchen. There were 4 sandwiches lying on the kitchen counter. I started to devour one and ended up eating another. After I was done eating my sandwiches I decided to go upstairs to take a nap. I was on the second flight of stairs when I hear the door open and close. That must be Aaron I think to myself. Suddenly I hear someone say “Man, did you see her back their? I mean WOW, I haven’t ever seen a girl in that situation, none the less handle it like that!” someone said. “Yah, when she told me to let go of her I was confused, but I guess arguing with her wouldn’t have helped. I didn’t even know that she had a sword with her! I’ve never seen a girl be able to handle one like that. I mean did you see the head of the snake come off completely? It was so unexpected.” Aaron says. “Ya, she’s one of a kind.” The person with Aaron says. That’s when I heard footsteps moving towards the steps. I quickly scurried into my room and closed the door softly after myself. I laid down on my bed. “Well that was fun” I think. With that I felt my eyes close and I was fast asleep.

The next morning I woke up to light snoring. I opened my eyes a little and saw Aaron laying there. He wasn’t wearing a shirt or his jeans… he was in his boxers… I felt my face go 3 shades of red. But then I noticed that Aaron had one of his arms protectively around my waist. I softly turned around, trying not to wake him up. Once I was facing him, I just looked at him. His beautiful tan face and black hair made him look so hot. I lightly raise my hand up and trace his jaw with my finger. When my hands reached him mouth, I thought about how great it would be to feel those soft lips on mine. Wait, what am I thinking? He doesn’t like me that way. He never will. Suddenly I feel eyes on me. I lift my face up to were Aaron was looking at me. “Good morning sleepy head, I see your awake.” He says to me. “What are you doing in my bed?” I ask him suspiciously. “I was lonely in my own bedroom... so I came in here.” He says smiling his beautiful smile. I couldn’t help it but smile back. He was so adorable. We just laid there looking into each other’s eyes. Suddenly I felt a hand go up my back, and started playing with my hair. “You know, you were pretty brave back there.” Aaron says. “Umm thanks I guess.” I said back. “I never knew you could work with swords.” He says. “It’s not like anyone else did either.” I said back a bit too harshly. Suddenly Aaron stopped playing around with my hair and moved his hand back down to my waist, looking at me with intent eyes. “Where did you learn how to use a sword?” he asks me very calmly, but I could hear the intensity in his voice. “My dad used to take me out to the woods. He taught me how to use swords, knives, and bow and arrows. But I was best at swords.” I reply trying to keep my voice steady. “Ok.” Was all he said before he smiled. I smiled back for no particular reason. It was great to be in his arms. I felt so safe and warm in his arms. With that I fell asleep once more, but this time I dreamed dreams that filled me with hope of starting a new life in zone 5.

I woke up to an empty bed. As I was walking down stairs to see if Aaron was there, I heard Troy and him talking. Ehh, I’m not in the mood to listen. When I walked into the kitchen, Troy and Aaron turned around and stared at me. Why does everyone stare at me?!?!?!?!?! I scream in my mind. Then all of a sudden Aaron picks me up on his shoulder and starts walking out the back door. “AARON! PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTENT!” I scream at him. “Alright.” Was all he says before I’m thrown into a pool? I didn’t even know we had a pool. Once I finally get to the top of the water, I was surprised to see that Aaron had jumped in too. He moved towards me with soft strokes. Once he finally reached me, he put his arms around my waist, as I put my arms around his neck and put my legs around his waist. “I hate you.” I whisper. “I love you too.” He says matching my tone. Then for some reason I started laughing. I really don’t know why but I just really had to let it out. “Why are you laughing?” Aaron asks smiling. “I don’t know.” I said through giggles. Finally, after about 5 more minutes of hysterical laughing, I started to calm down a bit. “You know, you’re really beautiful when you laugh.” Aaron says unexpectedly. The next thing I know is him leaning in to completely dissolve the area between us. His lips reached mines. They were so soft and warm, and his kiss was so passionate. I kissed him back with the same amount of passion. My hand reached out and tugged at his hair lightly. I could tell that he was trying hard to hold back a moan. One of his hands slipped away from my waist and cupped my jaw lightly to deepen the kiss. I put my hand on his chest and pulled away. We were both gasping for breath. I looked up at his grey eyes and saw love, passion, and care in them. I took that chance to kiss him lightly on the cheek. After that we pulled