Collin.
For a hundred years I've lived with the same memory of the same event. When I close my eyes, it's the same set of eyes. When I open to listening, it's the same high-pitched voice I hear.
Moving to places whenever people started to catch on about our secrets was a thing that I always hated. But here in Fox, things suddenly seem so different. It's hard to ignore the voice inside my head that keeps whispering to me, telling me that our run is over, telling me that there's much more to find and love here, telling me my answers are all here. New Orleans had been a special place to be at and I'd stayed there for over many years before leaving for Tokyo.
Being a werewolf, we always had to be on the low, hiding from our shadows, hiding from the events of the past that haunted us, hiding from mistakes that is a constant reminder that being a werewolf isn't a blessing, it's a curse. During your long lifeline, where always and forever is inevitable to you, you realize that's just punishment, God's way of punishing you for your past sins. In the end, living was just a curse that we'd have to carry on ..... Until we died.
Settling into the house wasn't as exciting as Seth made it seem. He was always happy with his travels. I was never. We'd only stayed in Tokyo for five years. And we had to leave eventually. Stay on the low, that's what Charlie always said. We couldn't afford to be known, this was a different age. Gone were the days when werewolves lived freely.
For countless of years, I've encountered different people, mingled with many but when I saw that woman at the quarter, something different occurred to me, something I knew not of its existence, something strange and almost hard to ignore. I felt my heart beat uncomfortably when she looked at me, when she did that thing with her lips; when she smiled at me.
Her face held the spitting image of someone. Someone I'd seen in the past. Someone I'd loved but the memory is foggy and it's hard to place my thoughts in order.
I felt my heart tuck as the guy she was with withheld her, I felt the strange urge to rip his hands apart and off her. I've never felt so disturbed about any woman before.
I shot my eyes, pulling my shirt off.
"Collin!" I turned back to the door to see Seth. "What are you doing here all by yourself? Don't tell me, yours busy cos..... Rodger and I wanna hit the valley at the back. Wanna come?"
"You were gonna go swimming without me?"
"Good thing Rodger said to come get you. You know I'd have left your sorry ass here"
I threw my shirt at him but he caught it before it even reached him.
"Wolf speed" he smirked proudly.
I started to pull off my jeans.
"Hey what were you doing in town earlier?" Seth continued "we just got here and you're already going to the city? Looking for women?"
"Shut up"I walked towards him now in my shorts.
"Okay I really need some hooking up too" the tease in his voice was loud and clear. Everything was always a joke to him.
"Just shut up already" I shot at him.
By the time we got out onto the porch, Rodger was already waiting at the door, strangling me with his big arms around my neck as soon as I stepped out. He starts to laugh really hard, Wayne who's standing on the lawn laughing at the short play.
"Isn't Annette coming with us anymore?" Seth asked Wayne as he passed by Rodger and I, taking the steps that lead to the lawn ground.
"Nah," Wayne replied "she's not up for a swim anymore"
"Is she alright?" I asked as I finally cut myself free from Rodger's arms.
"Yeah," Wayne replied "she wants to do the dishes with Mom"
"Race me to the waterfall?" Seth barely finished saying before he super-sped through the back of the house, towards the waterfall.
Rodger shook his head as he fell beside me and said "that idiot always cheats with every little chance he got"
"Well I'm not about to lose to any of you," Wayne said before super speeding towards the waterfall too.
Rodger and I exchanged looks before super running towards the waterfall too, covering the long distance in three seconds. By the time we got to the deep waterfall, Wayne was already on his shorts, Seth already diving into the water below.
"See you down there mate, " Wayne said to me before falling face up into the water.
Before I knew it, Rodger was diving in too. I took off my shirt and laid it back before diving into the water. I felt the water body lift me, drench me till I felt myself go numb and totally unaware of anything else. I remained at the bottom, the peace and quiet paralyzing me. I tried to shut everything out. Everything that happened today. I began to search deep and far into my mind till I came across something. A face. The face of the young woman from earlier. Her bright oval eyes, the life in them, the smile on her lips, the tenderness in her voice, the unsureness in her words.
That strange yet satisfying smile.........
I peeled my eyes open and went back to the water surface, the thought of that woman still lingering on my mind.
Alessia.
Just merely imagining her face woke up the smoldering fires in me.
"You're thinking about a woman right?" Rodger asks the moment I popped out beside him on the surface.
"Why would you say that?" I asked pretentiously.
He shrugged, facing forward "I mean you've got the looks. Not to mention other things. Why were you in town?"
"I was getting tired of just sitting around. So I took a walk"
"Just be careful okay? Fox is a really nice town," he looks back at me "reminds me of New Orleans. You know what I'm talking about don't you?"
I nodded, trying to remember some things that had happened In the past.
"We should hit the town some other time," Rodger continued "might wanna catch some fun before we get made again"
"Yeah, it's really annoying. Having to move all the time"
"Yeah" he replied, tight-lipped.
I sat behind the desk, peering into the computer in front. Alessia. The name remained a constant reminder of something, something that kept popping up in my head. And I just knew I had to meet her again. I didn't care what I had to do.I went on Facebook, trying to get to know more about her. Of course, when I typed Alessia, asides getting the spelling wrong severally, I got several people with the same name. It was frustrating. Just when I thought of giving up the search, Alessia Winters pops up in front of the screen. And I knew it had to be her instantly.Alessia Winters.I clicked on her profile and alas, the image of this woman on the displayed picture. She had her brown hairs in a ponytail, her shirt bearing the design of horizontal black and white strips, its ends tucking into a pale blue jeans rim. She has a smile on her perfectly pink lips, her eyes seeming much smaller as she smiled into the camera. At the corner end of her lip was a deepening point, like a little dimple. S
»»»Flashback«««He knew he couldn't make it, he felt his limbs go weaker and number, he felt his heart ponder within the walls of his chest, couldn't recognize his own breathing. But he ran anyway.The leaves in the woods slapped his face and bare arms as he continued to run, trying every possible way to meet the pace of his mother who ran ahead, her hand almost glued to his as she lead them through the bushes.The darkness always terrified him but he had no time to think about how dark the woods looked nor how much pain his feet were experiencing. He hadn't had the time to put on his shoes when his mother pulled him out of the house.But it's been forever since they started running. He didn't think the bad guys were still coming after them. But his mother won't stop running. He wanted to tell her to stop, to tell her he's tired but he could barely catch his breath.Suddenly, he could see through the trees from each sides as they continued to run. He could see the figures
"Why are we driving this bus to school again?" I asked again."Because, Collin, we can't go running off to school everyday with our super running abilities" Seth replied, earning a nod from Rodger."Okay, okay. Fine!. Whatever. " I replied."Now, " Rodger pounced on me, his hand falling over my shoulder and tucking me against him "tell me about today at school"I flipped him off my shoulder and made a super run into the house. The instant I appeared inside the sitting room, I came across Ester who had a bowl in her hands, apparently on her way to the kitchen."Wow!" she stops on track to steady the bowl on her hand. "Watch it Collin.""I'm sorry" I apologized, trying to find a stool to help myself with.Since moving to this place a couple of weeks ago, I've never really had a conversation with Ester. She knew I was completely against moving here in the first place and she wasn't aware that I actually started settling here. And that I met someone. Not that Alessia was someone I wanted
Alessia.How stupid right? How stupid that I smile foolishly at the thought of this new guy, Collin. The instant we parted ways in school, he was all I thought about throughout the day. There's just something about him. He's strange yet so...... loveable. We've only known each other for a whole day but I think about him like we've known each other for so long.There is something about him. Something spooky, especially when I look at his eyes. The way he stares at me, the way he speaks so flirtatiously, the way he knows what to say. It's like he could read my fucking mind and know exactly what I wanna say.Walking him through the school had been a lot more fun than I'd expected and when I had to leave, it kinda stung a bit. And now I'm back home looking forward to seeing him tomorrow.But I couldn't completely ignore this eerie feeling I have about him. Sure, he's super handsome and cute, loveable, just what every young girl would want in a guy but.....yeah, there's always a but. He sa
I quickly took a shower and dressed up in a yellow stripped white tank top and a faded blue pegged jeans. For the past months, I've been having trouble getting into my skinny jeans. I always manage to pull them up my thighs and then they stop right below my butt area. The wider ones fits after I've done a series of jumping for them to go over my butt but I can't do that anymore. The size of my butt has been increasing rapidly for the past months and I've developed a likeness for my other jeans like the mom jeans, boyfriend jeans and pegged jeans. They're easier for me to wear even though they still pretty much accentuated my butt size and hips curves. Not that I didn't enjoy the feeling though.I pulled my hair back into a low ponytail and grabbed my bag. I walked down the stairs to meet Patrick. He walks us out after bidding my mom goodbye before we got into his car and he drove out.I remained silent and looked straight to the road at the front as he drove out of our property and in
Collin.If I told Rodger that I was embarrassed of being seen walk out of his beat up truck, he'd probably think that I'm being stupid and also think that I'm hating his 'fiona' truck because there's a human girl I wanted to impress. Which is true.The instant his truck pulled up in front of the school, I cringed.Seth grabs my shoulder from the back seat and said "have a good time, bro! Don't forget to save some for me""Save what for you, dumbass?" Rodger asked, looking back to see Seth just like I did."You know... the human girls" he replied cluelessly. "What you two lookin' at me for?"Rodger looks back to the school, ignoring Seth and said "it'll be really fun to go in there and take four girls home with me"Shooting a quick glance at him, I replied "not the school, Rodger""Chill man," he turned a smirk at me "I think you found a girl and you're not telling us. And my big hunch is that she goes to this school""Exactly!" Seth joins in."I've never seen you so worked up about sc
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Alessia."What is wrong with you, Pat?!" I yelled on top of my voice as Patrick launched towards Collin, punching him hard in the stomach.The scene was making my head hurt, maybe it's from all the yelling but seeing them fight was making me so sick. I couldn't believe this was unfolding right in front of me. One minute I'm sitting there talking with him and the next, Patrick is beating him up. When was he ever going to change?I didn't know what to do anymore. Collin is on the floor now, Patrick aiming for him, running towards him. I did the first thing that came to my mind to do. I ran over to Collin, shielding him and facing patrick who was running up. He stops before me, his face contorted with anger."Stop this, patrick!" I screamed in his face. "What is wrong with you? Why do you go around beating up people?!""He was fucking talking with you, Alessia!" He yelled "and I fucking saw him talking with you in Chemistry class!""What the hell do you care?! You're not my boyfriend any