Iv been staying with pops for 3 days now and to be quiet honest its been relaxing, pops is easy to live with, he lives alone in a small two-bedroom house overlooking the sea with deep forests behind the house, its peaceful here nobody to disturb you and pops is happy to just go about his day and leave me in peace.
Pops was waiting for me when I turned up, mom had phoned him to let him know i was on my way but he didn't push me to talk see that's the great thing about pops he never pushed, he just let you deal with things in your own way and when you were ready to talk he was there as solid and dependable as ever.
"So baby girl, you ready to talk to me yet?" Pops asks coming to sit beside me on the rock on the beach that I had made my thinking place,
I look at him and smile then take a deep breath and tell him everything about my confused feelings about Luke and the pull I feel towards him, once I finish pops looks at me with a raised eyebrow and says "now come on Darlin what aint you tellin this old man?"
So I tell him about how im confused and about Lukes eyes watching me and how it seemed as though Luke was sniffing me from across the room until eventually, I finish with "see I must be going crazy there's no way he could smell me from across a room, right pops?"
Pops is quiet then he looks me dead in the eyes and says "well princess, some people can if they weren't completely human, "
I scoff "what? Ok pops maybe you're the one going crazy "
"Beth" pop says seriously "there are some things you don't know, þhat you were never told",
Frowning I say "like what?"
"Well werewolves exist and if im honest this Luke boy sounds like he could be a wolf",
"Haha Haha haha haha pops you are so funny" I splutter at him
"Beth" he raises his voice which is unusual for him "now you listen to me and you listen good, if this Luke is showing as much interest in you as you say he is and he is a wolf then there's a good chance you are his mate and believe me if he touches you, just one finger on your skin then you will know because you will both feel the mate call but until then you will both fill a strong pull towards each other "
"But pops, wolfs don't exist,"
"Tonight Darlin, we are going to see my friend Jerry".
After dinner pops bundled me into his truck and drove me through the forest to his friend Jerry,i remember Jerry growing up, he was an easy guy who laughed easy and took everything in his stride so I was happy to be wrapped into a big warm hug from him "Beth sweetheart, how are ya?" He bellowed at me
"Hey Jerry "
"Come in come in"
"Hey man" pops said to Jerry
"Sorry to drop in on you like this I just didn't know how else to get her to believe me ",
I guess pops and Jerry had been having secret conversations about me while I was in the shower earlier,
"Ok so Beth, you don't think wolves are real?"
I laugh at him "and you do I suppose "
"Well young lady, yes I do and your pops here wants me to show you proof ",
I look at pops then back to Jerry and smirk "ok the floor is all yours go right ahead " i say sarcastically to Jerry whilst adding a little bow,
Jerry looks at pops who nods then he slowly lifts himself from the chair he was sitting in and goes into the bathroom, I raise my eyes at pops and say "was it something I said?"
He just raises his hand to me and says "wait"
So silently we wait then both turn our heads as the bathroom door clicks open and there stands Jerry in a dressing gown,
"Errr"
"Hush Beth" pops says before I can even consider what my next words will be,
Jerry looks directly at me and walks towards me then he touches my hair and says "don't be scared Beth honey" before he goes into the middle of the room and stands there quietly,
Just as I am about to ask what is going on I hear a snapping sound, then Jerry bends over and i hear more snapping and cracking, im too shocked to say anything and im too mesmerized to do anything, I know I should help him but I can't move from my spot on the couch, pops is beside me, watching me, watching my reaction as if he's seen this a thousand times,
Just the snapping stops and with wide eyes and a face as white as a sheet I see a huge wolf stand and look at me "bu b bu but but"
"It's ok Beth love" pops says,
Just then the wolf walks up to me and presses his nose into my hand, with trembling fingers I lift my hand and run it over the wolf's glossy fur on his head, the wolf raises his head and looks down at me from his full height then he brings his face close to mine and that's when everything goes black.
"Maybe it was a bit too much" "A bit much, did you need to raise yourself to your full height? you looked terrifying" "I was showing her how big and strong we were then I was gonna lick her, I thought it would make her laugh and put her at ease", "Oh is that what you were doing? It looked like you were gonna eat her" "Eat her, of course, I wasn't gonna eat h..." "Hahaha Haha " "What?" "Well now she thinks you're a dog that eats young girls" "Yeah well laugh all you want your the weirdo who brings young girls to feed the dog" "Mmmmmmm po
Moms really pleased to see me when I turn up and pulls me into a warm hug before sitting me at the table and placing a roast dinner in front of me "here I saved this for you sweetheart" she smiles at me then says "I thought you might be hungry, Gem is at her friends before you ask so you'll have to see her later". After dinner I take a shower and get all my books prepared for the next day then I climb into bed to get an early night for school the next day.
Once we reach school and iv parked the car, Gem turns to me "are you sure you're ok?" "Yeah im fine, look Stevies waiting for you," I say pointing to the scraggly boy standing by a tree "Yeah but I can stay with you if you want?" "Hey im fine now get out of my car, ill see you later, love you bye," I say whilst pushing her out of the car "Ok ok, I get it, ill see you later love you too big sis". Once Gem has left I quietly sit in the car
when I finally manage to stop crying I let myself out of the cubical but once I get a good look at the state of my face I just want to hide away and cry again but no I had lessons to get to ..... I was already late for maths again, Mr Fisher was going to be pissed, so I tidied my face as best I could and finally left the bathroom and headed to maths " well lateness seems to be becoming a habit with you Miss Jenkins doesn't it?" "Sorry, sir I was in the bathroom" &n
His girl, MATE???? ..........nooo what am i going to do, pops was right Luke is a wolf and he's calling me his mate, i need to run as far away from him as possible but my heart won't let me as much as i hate to admit it but being in his arms wad the best place in the world and now being away from him i just want to cry but i cant my head is so messed up i need to go so pulling myself away from his friend i go to run but his friend must have guessed my plan because he grabbed my hand before i had the chance to take a step " please don't run i would never hear the end of it from Luke, i have to look after you remember " he says making me feel guilty about getting him in trouble, sensing his victory he quickly says " im Jamie by the way " i look down at his hand before i take it and say " im Beth" "yeah i know, iv seen you around " Jamie was quite refreshing to have around he didn't seem to care about the latest ins he just seemed to want to
"Right girls, hurry up we have a change of plans today you are going to be partnering up and running for the whole lesson to build those legs up so get moving so I can get your partner and you can get going, I want you all outside in 5" Mrs Calver finishes her speech then heads outside I just stand there and groan until someone bashes into me, so I turn and see Shannon looking at me pissed "well loser my happy day has turned shitty all because you can't keep your hand off what's mine..." "Shannon i ...." "I don't wanna hear it bitch but I hope you can run fast because Luke won't want your pretty face when iv fini...." "girls come on move" Mrs Calver's voice interrupts Shannons threats making us all jump and quickly get changed before she leaves Shannon gives me an evil grin making it quite clear what's coming, I hang back until im the last one in the changing room than I really have no choice but to follow the rest of them.As we enter
"Mom, we need to talk"I say as I enter the house after school, the rest of the lesson with Luke was quite nice, to be honest, I really did like being around him, we spent the rest of the afternoon at the lake, we didn't talk much we just enjoyed being in each others company and rather then push me about the whole me being a wolf thing Luke said he would let me talk to mom and see what she could tell me because Luke is 100% that Gem is human and if shes human and im not then chances are dad isn't my dad not that I mind much the waster left us years ago and never cared when he was here."Mom, mom where are you?" I say as I storm into the kitchen "oh, hi Jerry,hi mom, I didn't realise we had company","Clearly" Jerry chuckles and mom looks nervous,"So wheres pops?""Oh he didn't come with me""Ok, what's up?" I ask confused"Well, I needed a chat with your mom",Mom was still looking nervous and had started fidgetin
Gem is just staring at me and I start to regret telling her the way I did, lets face it, its a lot for anyone to take in, then she looks me dead in the eye "I always thought there was a wet dog smell about you" then it's my turn to say "huh" all of a sudden everyone in the room is laughing and it isn't until we all manage to calm down that mom turns to Gem "And how do you know about wolfs may I ask?""Well, Biancas a wolf and Stevies her human mate",I splutter "really?""Hum well yeah I knew about them for a few years now, so what does your wolf look like?" Gem asks me"Don't know iv never changed, but don't you care that we are not sisters?""Ahhhh Bethey my big goofy loser sister you will always be my sister" she laughs then adds "beside your not getting rid of me that easy."Later that evening im laying on my bed thinking about everything that had been said when I hear a noise outside my window so I get up to have a