I shake my head and let my hair fall across my face like a curtain to try to hide how my face has turned a deep red, my body has started sweating and im feeling nervous, I can't explain why but the only word that comes to my mind is "PREY" which makes me sweat, even more, just then i take a peek up to see if he's still watching me and I swear he takes a big sniff of the air in my direction, I could have sworn he was smelling me from across the room "haaahaa" I chuckle to myself " is there a problem Miss Jenkins?" Mr Fisher asks looking directly at me "errr no... sorry" I say realizing I had laughed out loud, then i look back over to Luke who now has his head down and is writing making me smile at the idea of a person sniffing another person across a room, it's only when Luke looks up and his piercing blue eyes meet mine across the room that I realize I have been staring at him, he smirks at me which makes me angry but at the same time im mesmerised and can't seem to take my eyes off him, just then the bell goes making me jump and still he hasn't taken his eyes off me and I haven't taken my eyes off him, just then Shannon goes up to him "hey honey are you coming?" she says while holding her hand out to him. All of a sudden my heart feels heavy and I want to burst into tears, but most of all I want to smash that bitch Shannons face right in, instead, I slam my book shut and throw it into my bag and storm out of the classroom slamming the door behind me, Im so confused about everything I do the only thing I can think of and run, I run to my car and I cry, I cry so hard but it just doesn't feel enough so I start the car and drive. I drive for miles without a destination in mind, I just know I need to getaway. My phone starts ringing so I pull over and answer it " hey mom" "where are you? "im sorry mom, I needed to get away" "what! You're not driving whilst on your phone are you? I swear to god Beth if you are I will....." "what no mom I'm, not I pulled into a layby before I answered ... I promise" "oh ok.......Gem said she saw you driving out the school gates at lunchtime........... is everything ok?" "what are you not going to bitch me out about skipping school?" "no but if you use language like that to me again i may wash your mouth out with soap" "ok mom.... im sorry its just been a rough day" "wanna talk about it?" "not really" "ok so when are you coming home?" "well erm mom i thought about going to stay at grandpops for a few days .... if its ok with you?" "and what about school?" "what about it? im ahead anyway" "well i guess.....ok ill ring the school and you go spend some time with grandpops" "thanks mom, i love you" "i love you too baby" i can feel her smiling down the phone to me "oh don't forget to text me to let me know you've got there safe" "will do, bye" "bye". "ok it looks like now i have a plan to help me get my head on straight, "pops here i come".
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 eve
"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