Chapter 2
When I finally woke up, I was in a bed. An unfamiliar bed. I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand and yawned. Wait, hand? Human hand with fingers. What? Oh, that's right. The test run. Seems like it worked. I waved my hands in front of my face. I then wiggled my newly grown fingers. “Woah.” That's new. Kinda cool too. I pushed back the sheets. Human legs and feet. Experimental, I wiggled my toes around. They were also new. This is almost a bit too freaky. I kicked my feet around in excitement.
I was dressed in a T-shirt that said ‘I survived my trip to NYC’ and Hello Kitty pajama pants. That seems familiar. I pulled up my shirt. Real abs? I ran my hand down my chest again. Oh yeah, real abs. My hands went up to my hair. It was so soft. My arms are bending! How did I not realize that sooner? I moved my legs off the side of the bed. Time to walk. I pushed myself up and attempted to balance. I made it a few steps before falling over and landing on my knees. My hands caught me from falling the rest of the way. I gotta find a mirror.
I inched forward on my hands and knees toward the door of the room. There was a knock on the door. “Uhh,” The position I was in was semi-compromising. “Come in?” The door handle rattled and the door opened. “Peter? What are you doing on the floor? Are you alright?” Out of all the people in the universe it could be, of course, it was him. “Um, yeah, I’m uh, I’m fine, Miguel. I was trying my hand at walking and as you can see, I'm not an expert quite yet. Hehe,” My face was bright red. This had to be the most embarrassing outcome. In all truth, Miguel also seemed embarrassed as well.
“Do you need help getting up?” He smiled kindly at me. I felt my heart melt. My face got hotter. I couldn’t speak so I just nodded instead. He hoisted me up by my underarms. I went to take a step back but my leg locked. I started to fall but was yanked into his chest by my arm. I instinctively wrapped my arms around his neck. I then panicked and pushed myself back and off of him. I landed on my butt on the ground. “Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking. Or doing. I’m so sorry.” He looked taken aback. “No, don’t worry. You’re perfectly fine. Everything is alright.” He dropped down to my level. His arms came under me again. Some of my hair fell in my face. “In fact, you’re more than fine.” His claws pushed my hair back.
What? Did that just happen? His hand came down and cupped my check. “Would it be okay if I…?” I knew what he was asking. I looked into his eyes and nodded. Within seconds, his lips were on mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck again. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. He walked forward and dropped me on the bed.
Oh boy.