11

Cansil was standing out of my house in the flesh. Now, it was beginning to make sense why mom and dad was acting they were just seeing me for the first time. In the history of my time here, I had never had friends. Neera had been the only one who hung out with me when we were still kids. But, now, I wished I had never pulled her close to me. She had joined the rest in making a mockery of me, and it was not something that I could easily forgive.

I shook the memory away, and focused on Cansil’s grinning face. “I don’t get it,” I said calmly. “How are you here?”

He shrugged. “I ran in my wolf form, and shifted when I got to your place. Unfortunately, your dad caught me butt naked,” he said with an inconspicuous wink.

I gasped in shock. I turned back to the house, and noted that my parents were still staring at me. Ok, that was getting weird. Closing the door firmly behind, I walked over to Cansil who had pushed himself off the tree, and walking to meet me halfway.

“How could you do that?