Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1)

Then Helen understood why she was pent up like a dam instead

of bawling like a waterfall. She wasn?t sad. She was furious.

As she flew toward him, he saw her and stood. Helen didn?t land

on the catwalk. Instead, she floated in front of him, claiming the

air for herself. For a moment, they just stared at each other, both of

them too overwhelmed to break the silence with speech.

?What are you doing here?? Lucas said at last, his sunken eyes

wide and hungry for the sight of her. Helen ignored his stupid

question and said the first thing that came to mind.

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?Why didn?t you tell me?? she demanded, angry and hurt and not

sure what she wanted to hear from him. ?Right from the start. Why

couldn?t you at least explain to me why we couldn?t be together??

?If you wanted to know, why didn?t you just answer the phone

one of the thousand times I?ve called you this past week?? he demanded

in return, just as angry and hurt as she was.

?Stop it! Stop asking me questions when you?re the one with all

the answers!? she bellowed at him, finally feeling the hitch and

sting of tears in her throat.

The dam was about to burst, and she knew that what was going

to come out would be ugly, red-faced sobbing. She had to get as far

away from Lucas as possible. She summoned one of the turbulent

storm winds to yank her body away and take her wherever it chose,

but Lucas felt her recklessness. He dove into the air and caught her

before she could be chewed up by the storm she was so drastically

underestimating. As soon as he had her safe again in his arms he

broke down and kissed her.

Helen was so stunned she stopped crying before she had a chance

to start and nearly fell out of the sky. Still the better flyer, Lucas

caught her and supported her as they tumbled on the wind, holding