From The Heart of The Moon

Chapter 12

15 Days Until Prom
Wyatt is at it again. When I got to school the next morning Wyatt followed me EVERYWHERE I needed to go! SO ANNOYING! But the last four or five maybe three, days still was on my back. My parents, Ella, Wyatt, Casey, Ash. Why? Because I've never had to deal with this before. So I thought it best to just remain silent for this one. Just ignore him. I thought as Wyatt continued to bagger me. He technically hadn't done anything really against the rules yet so I couldn't go tell principal Tyler, I mean there's no rule saying one couldn't try to get a girl to go to prom with him over and over again until one of them explodes!
"Come on please!" Wyatt continued to say as I walked to first hour. But half way there Wyatt stopped me.
"Hey, you're weirdly quiet. That's not like you, most of the time you don't even let me finish my sentence. Is everything ok?" He said eyeing me up and down.
"I'm fine." I replied in a low voice that was almost a whisper.
"And that whisper is not like you either." He continued.
"Well. What do YOU know about it? NOTHING! Absolutely NOTHING." I snarled without giving Wyatt a chance to respond.
"So what makes you think you can go around saying if something's off about me?"
"Look." Wyatt soothed.
"I'm just noticing you're not your usual self. So why won't you tell me what's wrong?"
"Do you have a short term memory or somethin' chump?" I snapped.
"Also have you MET me? Of COURSE I don't trust you!"

I shoved Wyatt out of my way but he stepped right back in front of me.
"Something happened with your friends, didn't it? I
Whatever it is, I'll promise I'll fix it." He prompted.
"Come on Wyatt! Can't you see she's had enough?" A voice called from the crowd. I knew that voice. Robie? What the hell does SHE want? Robie pushed through the crowd and stood beside me and gabbed a finger at Wyatt.
"Go NOW, or I'll smite you!" She threatened.
"Say WHAT!?" Both me and Wyatt yelped at the same time.
"YOU HERD ME alpha!" Robie's words shot like a 3-60 nose scope at Wyatt. Was Robie ACTUALLY defending me? HOLD UP! WAIT A MINUTE! Am I still on planet Earth? I looked around, Yep. Everything's in place. I looked down at my body. I still have ten fingers in total, still have two feet, ears? Tail? Fangs? Yep. Everything's here. So Robie is really standing up for me! I put my hands to my temples. No. No. No n-n-n-n-o. Robie is friends with Ella. Ella hates me. So WHAT is this conspiracy?
"Come on." Robie signaled to me, and without actually knowing what I was doing I followed her into fist hour. What just happened? Ella wasn't here today. I sat down and Robie sat next to me. We sat there in silence for a while, but I couldn't hold it in anymore.
"OK! WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?" I stabbed with my words.
"I just didn't like that Wyatt was picking on you." Robie replied simply.
"Can I at LEAST get a thank you?"
"But why do YOU care?" I shot at her.
"Don't you have ELLA to keep you company?"
"Me and Ella aren't friends anymore." Robie hissed.
"She's a jerk." Well, 'bout time someone said that. I needed to be said, just never thought it wouldn't be me.
"So you're trying to get ME of all werewolves here to be your new friend?" I sniffed.
"Well... You know what there's no coming back from that. Yes, I was trying to see if you would be my friend, 'cause now that I'm not friends with Ella I don't have anyone to hang with." Robie sighed and rested her head on her desk. I didn't want to trust her of all people. But I didn't exactly have anyone to hang out with either. But there was something about Robie, maybe it was her scarlet hair, or her sea blue eyes, or maybe it was the way her comfy pink sweater and her black leggings rested on her body that reminded me of myself in a way.

I'm already taking a risk with the friends I already have, might as well take a risk with Robie.
"Fine." I said coldly.
"I guess I could keep you company for today." Me and Robie spent the day together laughing. I actually had a great time. Robie offered to exchange numbers and I decided to take it. Because why not? And when  we had to part ways at the end of the day I felt happy for the first time in a while. I walked up to my house door. There's only ONE thing that could kill my mood. I thought as I stepped into my house.
My parents were screaming and fighting. Bingo. I decided to just skip being "momy and daddy kid baby sitter" for today and sauntered up to my room. Lyla was waiting for me, as usual. Meep. "What on earth happened to your face? I haven't seen you look this happy since you met Casey." Lyla gasped as she lepted onto my lap. I told Lyla the whole story. "So you're saying that ROBIE might be your friend now?" Lyla exclaimed when I was done. "What happened to the whole I-don't-make-friends-because-I'm-grumpy-and-all-punchy-all-the-time version of Diana?" "Yes she's right!" The voice in my head grumbled. "What happened to amazing Diana?" I picked up my hand mirror from its resting place on my night stand and starred at myself. I saw a true smile on my face. Something that hadn't been there before. Maybe I don't have to be completely alone. I thought back to the voice in my head. Heck, my heart is still going to be as cold as ever. But maybe I could be a little more open? "Hmpht! We'll see." The voice in my head hissed. I might be starting to develop a normal life with friends! And one of those friends might be named Robie.