Clarissa's P.O.V
The clock on my wall ticked by slowly as it closed in closer to 8 a.m. I knew that at any moment, Alyssa would come walking through my front door, and the questions would start to fly around. Once again, I was left with a sleepless night. I tried to grasp the reality of everything that happened. Antonio had been in my apartment and had kissed me.
It was not the kiss that had thrown me completely off guard, but how I had felt about it. I craved more, and it did not matter how much I tried to control myself; my touches would not extinguish the fire. I was burning with a realization that my life may not be what I had thought. Antonio was adamant that I was not human, which was an absurd thought. Of course, I was human, wasn't I?
My door opened slowly, and in stepped a very
