Always & Howl Forever

Chapter 3

* 3 Weeks after Stella triggers her curse *

Hope pov

Stella is doing much better. I can tell she is finally starting to heal from losing her family. I know that it will take a long time, but she will get through this. Shes stronger than she knows.

I understand how hard it is. But they will forever be with her. Just like my parents will always be with me.

As the full moon approaches, I begin to think of how I can help Stella through this. I don't want her to feel alone through this experience, so I have come up with the perfect plan.

Shortly after she turns into a werewolf, I will turn aswell. We will go far away from anyone so we don't risk anybody getting hurt.

Werewolves have a tendency to hunt vampires, so we definitely don't want to be anywhere near them.

I know the perfect place. I found it whenever I would turn to blow off some steam. Since I'm a tribrid my body is full of magic, so when I'm really stressed I transform into my werewolf form to help relieve all that stress. It really helps me.

I plan to take Stella there on the full moon tomorrow. It will be the perfect place for her first transformation. Luckily the full moon lands on a Friday night, so I won't have to worry about school the next day. It's a really long drive there and back.

On Thursday, once I came home from school, I came straight back to my cabin. I wanted to make sure that Stella has a good rest of the day, and night since we are turning tomorrow.

Turning into a werewolf is a very painful, and tiring process, which can take a long time if you fight the pain. I want to make sure that Stella is as comfortable as possible tonight, and gets a good night's sleep.

I guess I should probably get you guys caught up on how it's been living with Stella the past 3 and a half weeks.

It has been good.  It's basically just like having a roommate.

She has been really sweet and fun to live with. My friends don't like it, but its not their decision who I live with.

Once I get home from school, she is always there to greet me. It's nice having that kind of attention after a long day.

We basically just do normal, teenage girl activities once I'm home.

We chat, eat and hang out together, until I have to go to bed for school.

She's lucky because she graduated school early.

Stella has always wanted to become a teacher. We would always joke around about her teaching at the Salvatore school one day, back whenever we went to school together.

I however, don't know what I want in my life yet. I like living in the moment.

Everything I currently have is basically inheritance from my family. After I'm done with school I will start working, once I figure out what type of career I want anyway.

Maybe I will go to art school, I'm not sure yet. I've never thought much about my future.

Thursday afternoon, once I got home from a long day at school, Stella greeted me as always. She is always so kind, even in her darkest moments.

I have never understood anyone the way I do her. We are pretty much now the best of friends again. Just like we once were, just a older version.

The past few weeks she has been looking at different colleges to go to next year, so she can live up to her dream of becoming a teacher.