The Shape Shifter

chapter 3

Skylar in human form! :)

Ryders p.o.v

     "Ryder wake up!" I jolted awake when my sister Jasmine jumped on my stomach. I grunted and pushed her off me on to the floor. She landed with a ouch but I just ignored her and laid back down on my stomach. "Ryder come on! You promised to take me to the store to buy clothes then take me to the park for Ashtons birthday party." She whined. Aww man I forgot about that. I groaned and stayed still. She huffed and left the room. When I was about to fall back asleep I heard footsteps on the floor, they stopped but i yelped and jumped out of bed soaking wet. I looked up to see my sister standing there with a innocent smile on her face and a bucket in her hands.

     "Seriously Jaz?"I groaned. Man she did whatever it took to get her way. Now I would have to wash my blankets again. My sister has a problem. She has the body of a 16 year old but the mind of a 8 year old, I swear.

    "Yes seriously!  You promised Ryder!" She screamed, hurting my sensitive ears. I rubbed my ears and brushed past her to go to my closet. "Hey don't touch me cause your wet!" Jasmine said. I stopped and grinned. 

     "Hey Jaz you want a hug?" I said opening my arms and walking tward her. She backed away until she was in a corner shaking her head, no. "Aww come on Jaz I know you want a hug!" I told her while hugging her. I picked her up and threw her on my bed. she started squealing while I tickled her.

     "Ah! No stop I can't breathe!" Jasmine screamed.  She was wiggling around, trying to get away from my fingers.

     "Nuh uh uh Jaz not until you say sorry for getting me all wet." I pouted. I kept tickling her for another minute until she finally gave up.

     "O-ok I'm s-sorry for getting you wet! Now stop tickling me!" She screamed. I stopped, walked to my closet, and got out a pair of jeans, boxers, and a black t-shirt. 

     " Ok Jasmine get out of my room so I can change. Meet me down stairs in five ok?" I said as she got off my bed while I stood by the door.

     "Yay! Hurry up Ryder I wanna go now!" She screamed as she ran down the hall then down stairs.  I shook my head and closed my door. Quickly taking off my pajama bottoms I slip on the clothes I chose. I don't have to worry about changing my boxers because I sleep comando. It makes me feel free. I put on my Nike shoes and walked down stairs.  Jasmine was standing next to the door bouncing around a little. "Ok Jaz let's go to the mall" I sighed.

     She giggled grabbed my arm and pulled me to my car. We got in, I started the car, and drove off to the mall. This was going to be a boring day. Jasmine took forever to choose a new outfit. I parked the car and we walked into the mall. Jasmine went to work immediately.

     Four hours and six shopping bags later we finally leave the mall. Jasmine is wearing her new outfit,  a blue and black dress that goes to her knees.  "Hey Jaz is there gonna be food at this party?" I asked. I was hungry cause Jasmine dragged me out if the house without breakfast and it was about 1 o clock now. 

     "Yeah Ryder! Ashton said there would be hot dogs, hamburgers,  and ribs." She replied happily.  I nodded looked for parking at the park. After a minute I parked the car and got out with Jasmine right behind me. I let her go talk with her friends while I went to the food table.  I got a plate and grabbed two burgers,  a hot dog, and a coke.walking over to an empty table I sat down and started eating. I tensed when someone sat next to me but relaxed when I noticed it was just Jasmine.

     "Are you having fun so far Jaz?" I asked looking over at her.

     "Yeah Ashton is happy I made it and the food is really good!" She said as she ate her hot dog.

     As I went to take a bite of my second burger I smelled something amazing. It must be my mate I just knew it and my wolf was alert to. I looked around but no one caught my attention.  Maybe I should go walk around. I wonder what he or she looks like? Yeah I'm bisexual I came to term with it when I was fourteen and told my parents when I was fifteen.  They were cool with it cause they said it gave me less a chance of getting some girl pregnant. I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard Jasmine say "Aww Ryder look at the doggie! He's so cute! Does the doggie want some food? Is the doggie hungry?" The dog barked, stuck it's tongue out, and wagged it's tail. It looked pretty cute like that and the fur color was interesting but the best thing about it were it's eyes. One was baby blue and the other was brown. Jasmine grabbed the burger from her plate and reached to give it to the dog but I stopped her.

    " Jasmine you shouldn't give animals food. He will start following you." I told her and I know this from experience. I gave a cat a piece of chicken once and it followed me for a month! She nodded and put the food back on her plate. I continued looking for my mate. She/he smelled really close.

     "Ryder the dog is staring at you." I turned back to Jasmine and saw the dog next to her. She was petting it's head and giving me puppy dog eyes. The dog was doing the same thing and it looked adorable. I know it's a stray because It doesn't have a collar and it's probably staving.

     "Jasmine it's not gonna work just stop." I told her but felt kinda bad I wasn't giving the dog food. She did not listen to me and the dog crawled tward me on its belly, whimpering a little. My wolf was pacing in my head, anxious to find our mate. "Fine! Fine just stop it already you can give him food!" I said. The faster I solved this problem the faster I could go back to looking for my mate. Jasmine squealed and jumped on me to give my a hug. I grunted but managed to not fall on the floor with my sister. I felt a lick on my hand and sparks raced through my body.  My head snapped in the direction of the dog. I stared at it in shock as it backed away from me. My wolf was screaming 'MATE!' and whining because our mate was moving away from us. Jasmine gave it a hamburger and the dog took it and ran away. "Wait come back!" I yelled.

     I got up and ran after it. Man I hate calling my mate it but I don't know if it's a boy or a girl! Why is my mate running from me? I was starting to catch up to my mate but it turned a corner. When I turned that corner my mate was nowhere to be seen. I ran down the street and didn't find anything. Jasmine ran up behind me. "Why did you chase it? You probably scared it." She told me. "Can we go home its starting to get dark." I looked up at the sky and she was right it was dark and I probably won't find my mate right now. Its also a school day tomorrow so we should head home anyway.

     I sighed "Yeah Jaz we can go now. I'm sorry for chasing the dog." I didn't tell her it's my mate cause then she would flip and ask a million questions and I don't even know my mate's gender. We walked back to my car and I drove us home.

     When we got home I went straight to my room and stripped, throwing on a pair of basketball shorts.. I threw off the wet blankets from earlier and laid down on my mattress.  My parents are always busy taking care of the pack so I basically take care of myself and Jasmine.  As I drifted to sleep my last thought was about when I will get to see my mate again.