Time Will Tell

8

POV: Levi

Feeling it in my heart, I knew she was gone.

Why can't I do anything right? What's wrong with me?

My wolf kept running until I reached the near by lake. Turning back into my human form, I sat as I started to cry.

A familiar presence came up behind me, and Max say next to me. "You don't have to say anything, but I'm here if you need to talk."

"I don't deserve a mate. I can't do anything right." I said looking into the lake, watching the sun hit the horizon and wondering if I could consider this the worst day of my life.

"That's not true. You more than anyone here, deserve to have your other half." He says, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I don't. I can't even get through a conversation without upsetting her. What's wrong with me." I said while laughing at myself.

"Look, there will be another chance. You'll see her again." Max tried to reassure me.

"No man. I'm quitting. I'm sending my resignation in tomorrow morning and giving them my two week notice. I can't do that to her, I can't do it to myself. I can't see her everyday knowing how much I've messed up." I said adamantly.

"I mean you can, it would make it easier on that front. But you can't give up already." He said sternly.

"I'm just going to keep screwing it up. You saw it first hand, more than once."

"I mean, you're not wrong. I did see it. I can't say I understand your brain, but maybe just give her the time to say something. I think your brain can't handle the silence and has to say something stupid." Max laughed.

"Hey!" I said laughing a little.

"Look man I don't know what to say, only that my mate left with yours. So I obviously am not much better than you at this." Max's face screwed up, and he looked down, kicking at some dirt.

"I mean, at least you got to kiss him." I said jealously, earning a laugh in response.

"Yeah." Max said, looking dreamily toward the lake.

"Let's figure this out tomorrow. We have to go back to the pack meeting, it's starting soon." Max said standing up.

"I'll race you back. Last one there is a loser." I said grinning.

"You're on." Max said and started to shift.

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POV: Haven

"I'm so sorry. I know you like him." I said to Isaac, while still crying and hiccupping.

"Don't apologize, this situation is insane. Like, can we just talk about the fact werewolves actually exist? And they're in this town?" Isaac said, a panicky tone in his voice.

"At least they're cute." I said trying to help him calm back down.

Laughing, Isaac nodded but stayed silent. We drove away from the house and I explained what had happened, and made our way back to town.

"What are we going to do, Haven? I feel like going to an asylum and checking myself in. This can't be real."

"I don't know Isaac. I don't know if I should even return to the school or just switch again." I admitted.

"What, and just leave me here? I don't think so, lady." He said shaking his head.

"I at least need some time away from there. I don't know how I can go back there, I would have to at least change my schedule and switch classes." I said sighing.

"You're not going to like this, but I think you need to talk to him, give it one more shot." Isaac said, looking at me as we stopped at a red light.

Fidgeting, part of me wanted to jump at the idea of talking to Levi again, but another part of me dismissed it right away.

"I don't know. I don't know, I feel so confused and conflicted. He says some things that sound like he likes me, then turns and make it seem like he doesn't."

"I know. I think he's tripping over his own words and getting anxious when he talks to you and doesn't know what to say, and says something wrong. If I'm wrong, I will switch schools with you." Isaac said as he pulled to a stop, parking back in that same Starbucks parking lot.

"I think we will just have to wait and see what happens tomorrow, and go from there." I muttered, not entirely happen with the lack of options for this situation.

"I guess so." Isaac said, biting his fingernails.

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POV: Levi

"I'm a grown man, you can't make me do anything." I shouted to Max, hiding my head under a pillow.

"Exactly, you're a grown man. Hiding is not what you should be doing. Stand up and face the parade." Max shouted back.

"What?" I asked him taking the pillow off my face.

"I don't know! Deal with it I guess! You can't just run and hide. What if she goes and you're not there and she wants to talk!" Max, slowly giving me more motivation to go.

"Okay fine! I will go!" I said sitting up, swinging my legs over the bed.

I arrived at the school an hour before the school started for the day, to try and brace myself from anything that might happen. The moment Haven got within the near area of the school, I could feel it, and knowing I had until second period to wait did nothing but worsen the anxiety.

The first class came and went, I couldn't remember what I had even tried to teach.

"All right, see you all tomorrow." I said to the class as the bell rang, and the true anxiety came rolling in as I could feel Haven's own anxiety increase.

I sat down at the desk, not knowing what to do or if I could even make it through the class with her. The 5 minute warning bell for class went off, and all I could do was stare at the door and wait.