You know in some movies how they have a dream sequence only they don't tell you it's a dream? This is so not a dream. It felt like a dream but I know this is real. My angels arms around me are real, our legs tangled together are real, and last night, god last night was definitely real. I feel cool lips against my ear and then a whispered “Good morning my beautiful amazing darling Sarah.”

“Good morning my wonderful gorgeous angel Draya.” I said angling my head to look at her.

“How are you feeling this morning?” She asked.

“Honestly, I’m a little sore.”

Draya begins to message my shoulders and I lean into the touch even though that wasn’t the place I was sore.

“God I wish I could just stay here with you all day.” I said letting my eyes slip closed.

“You can.”

My eyes open again “Draya it’s a school day!”

“You’re not going; I already called you in sick and I called Tracy and told her you were taking a personal day…also you slept in, it’s already 10:30AM so you would be late by now anyway.”

“Oh thank god! I was sort of dreading getting out of bed and going to school. I hate school anyway and I know Hallie is going to bombard me with questions about last night. She’s my best friend and I love her like a sister but I am so not ready to answer some awkward questions; besides I really don’t want to be away from you right now.”

“I don’t want you away from me right now either, but as for your friends…I have a feeling that they might try to call you after school.”

“I’m sure they will and they are going to want every single detail the little pervs.”

“They are just being hormonal teenagers.”

“You know technically we’re hormonal teenagers too and we don’t go asking them about their sex life.”

“True but we don’t have a best friend who just spent the night with the girlfriend she just recently got back together with. Even if nothing had happened I think they would still be curious.”

“That is a valid argument. Even if I tried to lie about it Tracy is extremely perceptive almost on a supernatural level, and Hallie has a knack for finding things out. She says its one of the perks of being a gossip.”

"You're not a very convincing liar anyway."

“Not true, I’ve had to tell all kinds of lies and half truths to my friends about you and David and Celeste to keep the whole vampire thing secret and they all seem to believe me!”

“That’s a bit different princess, most of those times I told you what to tell them so it doesn’t really count.”

I sigh “Oh well at least I don’t have to deal with it right this second. I have all day to relax with you.” I say tilting my head back so I can look at her.

She smiles at me and says with a sigh “Every time I look at you, I think I fall a little more in love.”

I reply with “You’re an angel in disguise. It’s not even that good of a disguise. You pretty much look like an angel.”

That made Draya laugh a little. I have officially decided that I like making Draya laugh. It always sounds so pretty and musical to me. I absolutely love it.

“You hungry Princess? Because I could go down stairs and make us some breakfast.” She offered when she was done laughing.

“I would say yes but if I did that would mean you would have to leave the room not to mention the bed and I don’t so much like that idea.”

“You could get dressed and come with me.”

“Yeah I suppose I could, expect I forgot to bring extra clothes and everything I wore yesterday is still on the floor of your motor home.” I say with a small smile and blushing a little at the memory.

“You can just borrow something from me, I should have something that will fit.”

“Yeah okay.” I said.

Draya got out of bed and I sat up in the bed and I watched her go over to the dresser and get out a sports bra and a pair of girls boxers for me and a pair for herself as well then she went into her walk in closet and after a few seconds emerged with a long sleeve red flannel plaid shirt and black jeans. She brought the clothes over to me and I got out of bed and got dressed as did Draya. The outfit she chose was a blue flannel plaid shirt and blue jeans.

After we were dressed we descended down the stairs and went into the kitchen.

Despite having been inside the house many times I have never actually seen the kitchen. It was both modern and yet not, it had hard wood floors and natural wood cabinets and granite countertops, the appliances were all stainless steel with an island in the center shaped like a upside down side ways P with four chairs set around it.

I sat down in one of the chairs while Draya went to open the fridge “You okay with a veggie and cheese omelette with some warm crescent rolls and orange juice?”

“Sounds good.” I said

I just sat in the chair and watched Draya cook. I liked watching her. Somehow everything she did seems to fascinate me, now more than ever. Everything seemed different and yet the same just better.

It didn’t take long before breakfast was done and Draya came over with two plates both with an omelette and two warm buttered crescent rolls.

The food tasted excellent as it usually did when cooked by Draya.

I ate in quite contemplation when Draya suddenly asked “What are you thinking?”

“I’m glad, so glad that you came into my life.” I said without hesitation.

‘I'm so glad you chose me.Being with you feels so right.I don't know what I'd do without you.You mean the world to me.”

I smiled and we finished our breakfast in silence. After we were done eating Draya put our dishes in the sink and we went into the living room and snuggled up on the couch together.

“So where’s Celeste?”

“Probably in her room debating whether it’s safe to come out.”

“You think Celeste heard us last night?”

“Actually I am certain she did. You weren’t exactly quiet last night.” Draya said a look of amusement on her face.

“Not my fault!”

“True as that may be I thought you might have shown a little more self restraint.”

“I was a bit to preoccupied to be concerned with that kind of thing.”

Draya chuckled then said “Well I think I am safe in the assumption that you certainly, thoroughly enjoyed yourself last night my promiscuous little minx.”

“Minx maybe but I am not promiscuous.”

“You’re right promiscuous is not the right word to describe you.”

“What do you think is the right word to describe me?” I asked

“Perfect”. she stated simply

“Aw, you’re sweet but I’m not perfect.”

“You are to me, and for me.”

“Will you love me like this forever?”

“I will love you forever and when ‘forever’ ends, I’ll love you some more.”

“Thank you for loving me, I couldn’t have been more lucky.” I say smiling at her

“People like me aren’t supposed to have someone like you, I think fate was being harsh on you.”

“Harsh? Draya Royal how many times am I going to have to convince you that you are the best thing that has ever and will ever happen to me! I love you and I happen to consider myself lucky to have someone like you and if I believed in fate which I’m not entirely sure I do then I would say it wasn’t being harsh at all in fact it was being all to kind I love you.”

“I shouldn’t be allowed to be this happy.”

“You are too harsh on yourself my angel. Maybe you should try to give yourself a break and be kind to yourself instead.”

“God broke the mold when he made you I never had anyone who understood me like you well ok Celeste and….” She trailed off and for a split second it seemed like her mind was someplace else but it only lasted for a moment “…but she doesn’t count you seem to get me on a whole other level…better in some ways.”

I wanted to just take the compliment and smile and be happy but the odd pause bothered me just a little to much “Who else?”

“Who else what?” She asked but I could tell that the innocence she was trying to portray was an act

“Don’t play dumb with me, you said ‘Celeste and’ but never said the name of the other person and for a second it was like you’re mind was someplace else so please just be honest with me.”

“Princess I’m sorry but I cant…at least not right now so can you please let it drop?”

“No not this time I won’t allow you to keep things from me that’s not how a relationship works. I get that there are things that might be hard for you to talk about but I want to help to make it a little easier but I can only do that if you let me.”

“Remembering hurts…”

“Is it Shaylyn?” I asked.

I haven’t forgotten about the brown haired blue eyed girl in the pictures. Honestly I was curious about her. She was like a mystery I wanted to unravel, but the only person who held all the clues, who knew Shaylyn’s story was Draya. Draya is usually open about most things but when it comes to anything involving Shaylyn she has trouble and tends to shut down a little. I only knew a few things about the girl I knew that she was a hunter and that she died in Draya’s arms but that was it. I don’t know how she died, or how long she and Draya had been together, or what kind of relationship they had nothing.

Draya hung her head and nodded.

“She was the only other person aside from Celeste and myself who understood you?”

Draya nodded again.

“Tell me about her Draya, please.”

She was silent for a long time then spoke very softly “Why does it matter so much to you?”

“She was important to you and that makes her Important to me too but I know next to nothing about her but I want to and the only person who can really tell me about her is you.”

She let out a big sigh and said “Alright, I’ll tell you everything not all at once but I will tell you everything…from the beginning.”

THE END to be continued in story titled To Love A Hunter