The Red Moon: Moon Rising by J. M. Lyons Read Free Book Online Page A

his eyes just right, making it glow,
     
it also made his lips look even fuller. He was perfect. Soon my
     
mind was no longer on my mom but, instead on this beautiful
     
person sitting next to me.
"So, thanks again for the flowers. I
really liked them." I said softly, trying to settle my nerves. "I knew
     
you would." He replied quickly.
     
I stood up and slowly walked over towards the lake, where
     
the wind blew a little more, lifting my hair up and swirling it around.
     
I stared at the moon's reflection a little before I turned my gaze
     
upward toward the sky. I felt this weird feeling pumping in my body
     
like energy pulling me to gaze harder at the moon, so I did. I felt
     
the wind pick up a little; and the light of the fire grew a bit too,
     
brightly lighting the entire area. I could hear the ripples in the
     
water starting to swish around a bit more.
     
Suddenly I felt warm hands on my forearms under the jacket
     
that hung over my shoulders; completely releasing the odd feeling
     
that I had. "Hey, you ok.?" Jon said softly. "Um, yeah I think so." I
     
said, trying to shake the weirdness off. The wind slowly backed
     
down again to a cool breeze. The sloshing of water seemed to
     
calm, and the fire seemed to flicker slowly, now only lighting a
     
small area of the yard. Everything seemed to go quiet, and still.
     
Butterflies began to swirl in my stomach, spinning it into knots; the
     
nerves came back and this time it was much stronger.
     
"I've missed you a lot Mia." Jon said, gently turning me to face
     
him. I took a step back, as shyness overcame me. "I've thought
about you a lot too." I said, looking deep into his soft eyes. "I wish
     
things didn't go down the way that it did, but I guess it was for the
     
better at the time." He said, looking down; breaking our gaze into
     
each others eyes. "Yeah you're right I guess; but neither of us was
     
ready for a committed relationship anyway. I mean I wasn't gonna
     
stop cheer leading just because you wanted me to; and you
     
weren't ready to give up being with the boys. Not to mention, you
     
cheated." I said, taking another step back.
     
"It was hardly cheating, Mia. I went to a movie with her and
     
kissed her that's all. Besides I didn't love her or anything." He
     
replied, as he took a step closer. "Well a kiss is a kiss, and that's
     
still cheating in my book, your lips are supposed to be kissing just
     
mine."
I said, turning my face away toward the lake. "Yeah, I
     
know." He said, as he spun me around again to face him. He
     
stepped closer and pressed his warm lips against mine. I jerked a
     
little, caught off guard, but soon I kissed him back. The feeling of
     
his warm lips on mine felt new again. It was like this was
the very
     
first time we really kissed. We stood there for awhile holding on to
     
each other locked in a long kiss; and with every breath we took
     
the butterflies faded, until there were none left.
     
"Mia, Mia." I heard over the sound of the crackling of the fire. I
stood there in Jon's embrace and let the sound of my name fade
     
into the darkness. "I think Tucker's looking for you." Jon said, with
     
a smile as he slowly pulled his face away from mine. "Um yeah. I
     
can hear him." I said, as I turned back toward the house. "Over
     
here." I called out, as Tucker hurried across the lawn, pass the fire
     
pit.
     
"Mia, we need to go. Lily just called; she said that somethings
     
going on at the house. I could hear all kinds of weird sounds in the
     
background." Tucker said, breathing heavily. "What." I said
     
confused, looking at Tucker. "I think you should go and check it
     
out."
Jon said, running his hand on my back. "Yeah, I think so." I
     
said turning toward him. "Can we do this again?" He said with a
     
smile.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow." Tucker said, trying his best to hurry
     
me along. "Come on Mia, it sounded like an emergency." He
     
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