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Bella’s boys always reflected her mood so I needed to stay positive.
“You’ll need a quarterback boyfriend.” I looked back in time to catch Rueben’s grin before he was tackled by Colby.
“You already have a girlfriend,” he grunted.
“She’s not going to be your girlfriend. She just needs a jock boyfriend,” Steven commented quietly.
“Boys.” I rolled my eyes. I hoped this wasn’t an indication of how things were going to be.
“Which one of us is going to be your boyfriend?”
“No one. I’m not picking a boyfriend.”
“Rueben has a girlfriend,” Jed continued as if I hadn’t said anything, “so you can be my girlfriend.”
“You don’t even play football.”
“I play baseball.”
“She wants a popular boyfriend.”
“She said she wants to be a cheerleader.”
“Cheerleaders date football players.”
“And baseball players.”
I rolled my eyes again. Rueben and Jed were inches away from each other, both screaming and shaking. “Calm down.” I didn’t even stop to wait for them.
Night seemed to fall more quickly in the woods. I could still see well enough but I shivered despite myself. Where was Bella’s pack tonight? Were they watching us? I should have just morphed, then I’d already be inside my bizarrely pink room. I was going to have to learn how to morph quicker so my clothes wouldn’t tear.
We came to the cabin unexpectedly. The trees just stopped abruptly to display the cabin. Rueben and Jed had disappeared into the woods already but I turned to the others who watched me eagerly. “You guys need to go home. Get some rest.” No one moved. “I’ll uh … I’ll see you tomorrow at school.” Still they stood. I wondered if there was a special command to dismiss them. Even Gage watched me expectantly. I spun quickly away from them and ran inside the cabin.
I leaned heavily against the wall by the front door. This had to have been the longest day of my life. Even longer than the first time I’d morphed and been stuck as a wolf for hours. I shivered at the memory. Okay, maybe that had been worse.
The front door opened, startling me upright. Gage smiled slightly and nodded. “You did good,” he commented in his gruff voice.
“Thanks,” I tucked my hair behind my ears. He smiled tightly and disappeared back through the door. “That was weird,” I whispered.
With a final huff I pushed myself away from the wall. I really needed a shower, and some sleep would be nice.
The curtains were still pulled open in my room when I went to get clothes to change into. Sitting outside my window, almost blending in with the night, was a huge black wolf. Although I couldn’t see him well enough through my window, I was sure he had grey patches along his back.
The next morning I half expected to see one of the boys in my driveway, but I made it all the way to school without running into any of them. Of course my locker wouldn’t open and of course I was late for English, but at least the boys were keeping their distance.
By fourth period I started to relax some. Everything was going to be fine. They would be easy to train and then Ivy would take over and everyone would be happy. I was half a second from singing show tunes when a huge fist slammed into my locker above my head.
“Hey, newbie,”
“You’ll need a quarterback boyfriend.” I looked back in time to catch Rueben’s grin before he was tackled by Colby.
“You already have a girlfriend,” he grunted.
“She’s not going to be your girlfriend. She just needs a jock boyfriend,” Steven commented quietly.
“Boys.” I rolled my eyes. I hoped this wasn’t an indication of how things were going to be.
“Which one of us is going to be your boyfriend?”
“No one. I’m not picking a boyfriend.”
“Rueben has a girlfriend,” Jed continued as if I hadn’t said anything, “so you can be my girlfriend.”
“You don’t even play football.”
“I play baseball.”
“She wants a popular boyfriend.”
“She said she wants to be a cheerleader.”
“Cheerleaders date football players.”
“And baseball players.”
I rolled my eyes again. Rueben and Jed were inches away from each other, both screaming and shaking. “Calm down.” I didn’t even stop to wait for them.
Night seemed to fall more quickly in the woods. I could still see well enough but I shivered despite myself. Where was Bella’s pack tonight? Were they watching us? I should have just morphed, then I’d already be inside my bizarrely pink room. I was going to have to learn how to morph quicker so my clothes wouldn’t tear.
We came to the cabin unexpectedly. The trees just stopped abruptly to display the cabin. Rueben and Jed had disappeared into the woods already but I turned to the others who watched me eagerly. “You guys need to go home. Get some rest.” No one moved. “I’ll uh … I’ll see you tomorrow at school.” Still they stood. I wondered if there was a special command to dismiss them. Even Gage watched me expectantly. I spun quickly away from them and ran inside the cabin.
I leaned heavily against the wall by the front door. This had to have been the longest day of my life. Even longer than the first time I’d morphed and been stuck as a wolf for hours. I shivered at the memory. Okay, maybe that had been worse.
The front door opened, startling me upright. Gage smiled slightly and nodded. “You did good,” he commented in his gruff voice.
“Thanks,” I tucked my hair behind my ears. He smiled tightly and disappeared back through the door. “That was weird,” I whispered.
With a final huff I pushed myself away from the wall. I really needed a shower, and some sleep would be nice.
The curtains were still pulled open in my room when I went to get clothes to change into. Sitting outside my window, almost blending in with the night, was a huge black wolf. Although I couldn’t see him well enough through my window, I was sure he had grey patches along his back.
The next morning I half expected to see one of the boys in my driveway, but I made it all the way to school without running into any of them. Of course my locker wouldn’t open and of course I was late for English, but at least the boys were keeping their distance.
By fourth period I started to relax some. Everything was going to be fine. They would be easy to train and then Ivy would take over and everyone would be happy. I was half a second from singing show tunes when a huge fist slammed into my locker above my head.
“Hey, newbie,”
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