New Rogue in Town

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

I sank back into my chair with my hands stretched out in front. Done! The last bit of homework for today. I let my head fall onto my pillow. I was exhausted from all the thinking today. After I encountered Alec and his girlfriend, I didn't notice Teya at all. It was like she was avoiding me and all the werewolves were avoiding all the humans so it was quiet. So quiet that I wanted to storm up to Alec and demand a rule change.

I turned over in my bed and shut my eyes, maybe tomorrow Alec would think about changing his mind.

The sheet of paper was immaculate with my name written in black ink at the top. I glanced down the hallway where our year level lockers were. I hadn't seen Teya today at all. I didn't know why I was so excited about seeing her but she actually talked to me and I enjoyed it. I liked our conversations which was a rarity in itself.

I'll have to hand in the form for technical and backstage crew without her. The dull noise faded into the background like a movie and I made my way through the condensed hallway. I was completely zoned out, everyone's faces blurred into one.

I tiredly made my way to all my classes but my mind was on one thing. The empty seat that remained empty throughout the whole day. Where was Teya?

I glanced over at the other seats, my legs tapping against the floor impatiently. It sounded like the shaking of nerves waiting for a miserable ending. The other werewolves were segregated on one side and us on another. We didn't meddle and no words were generally shared. That didn't stop me from peeking over the invisible fence.

Both Logan and Alec's seats were cold and I missed them. They provided colour in my life even if they weren't supposed to talk to me. Why were all three of them absent on the same day?

However I felt the cold stare of Ainslie. Her eyes curiously glaring as if she knew I was up to no good with Alec. She nodded her head towards the door. Did she want me to skip class? That wasn't going to happen not until I was sick and unable to move from my bed. Her mouth morphed into a frown that made her features sour and instead bent her head down and furiously scribbled down on a piece of paper.

Fascinated, I watched her until she was done. Ainslie waited until the teacher wrote on the whiteboard, a fluid movement of blue ink onto white. Ainslie didn't bother with conspicuousness and boldly passed it to me ignoring the stares of other girls. I ignored them too but they felt like burning hot irons pressing down, wanting something I wasn't going to give.

The handwriting was neat and cursive. Elegant just the way Ainslie posed herself. Her dress carefully ironed and her hair so straight and it never fell in front of her face or tangled in anything.

-               -                Meet me outside at the beginning of lunch (same place as yesterday) Come alone and if you don't come. I will find you

I screwed up the piece of paper, disposing of the evidence. The whispers flew around the class, the boys paying no attention as if it were unbelievable news. The girls twisted the information into a rumour but it wasn't going to travel far. No one knew me, they wouldn't be able to judge as harshly and they would forget in a weeks' time.

"What do you know about werewolves?" A flurry of white flew from one side to the other matching the pacing of Ainslie's steps. Her blue eyes were a frozen glare that compelled me to answer.

"Most things." I wasn't able to say much for I didn't know how much I didn't know about werewolves. I shivered in the summer dress, my lunch in one hand. Ainslie's energetic behaviour didn't provide any appetite for my stomach.

"That's great isn't it?" Ainslie said sarcastically. "You stay away from him. Got that!" Ainslie toured down and I had to look up, like a giant glaring down on small mouse.

"Okay." Either way, I wasn't going to exchange a word with Alec even if I wanted to. He, himself was going to avoid me.

"Also, exactly what kind of a relationship do you have with Alec?" The question surprised me. I examined Ainslie's expression carefully. Her eyebrows drawn together and her mouth set into a thin line expecting the worse. Her eyes were hard like a barricade that could stop any tears from flowing and turning them into ice instead. Her love for Alec was real and I was worried what her reaction would have been like if I had lied.

"He's like a brother to me." The reply was honest and relief flittered across her face

"That's better be true, if you're lying, you won't wake up tomorrow." She said but I didn't take it to heart, she was just protective and she disliked being lied to. That I could understand. She turned on her heel to leave. Some small part of me was glad she was leaving but the other part that had noticed how everyone else had friends felt lonely. I was lonely with no one to talk to. Maybe it was that part that had gathered enough courage to speak up or was it the influence of Ainslie breaking the rules to talk to me. Her passion for Alec was strong enough to disobey his orders and maybe I'd be free too. Free to be confident.

"Bye!" I shouted after her retreating back. My voice sounded like the whisper of a cat. I didn't have enough confidence and my heart sank. She hadn't heard me.

As if she heard that thought she raised her hand to wave. She did have werewolf hearing after all.

"See you later." Ainslie shouted back, not in the usual way friends would part but more of a mutual understanding even if we never did exchange words in the future. Somehow that warmed my insides and I felt internally grateful for that small gesture. At least someone in this world had heard me. 

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