Chapter Five
Once we were in her room, and the door was shut, Anna began “Okay, I know this is a big shock to you, but you have to have a talk with Jacob and understand what he says. It’ll take about 6 hours for him to be able to shift back, so you have a while to get your thoughts together. I think you’ll like what you have to hear from him.” With that she kissed me on the check and went to leave.
“W...Wait,” I spoke up, miraculously finding my voice. “A-Are you a wolf, too?” My voice was shaking, like the rest of my body. My palm were sweating and I had to keep wiping them on my pants. My eyes kept shifting towards the door; my subconscious mind worrying about the giant wolf roaming the house.
She turned and stepped towards me, but I stepped back away from her. She noticed and stayed where she was. “Yes, I am,” she told me. I went to say something, but she cut me off. “Listen, why don’t you go take a nice bubble bath or something, and we can have this conversation after that, okay?”
I nodded, feeling as if I had no choice but to do as she said. I made my way into the bathroom, and started to run the water for a bath. Once the water was at the temperature I wanted, I stopped the water from draining and poured in some vanilla bath oil. The room instantly smelt of vanilla, and I relaxed a bit.
I heard an animalistic growl come from downstairs and I shivered slightly, a pleasant, warm feeling spreading through my body. I was confused by the feeling, but I just shook it off, and began undressing. Once I was undressed and in my birthday suit, I stepped into the huge Jacuzzi tub, and let myself relax, eventually drifting off to sleep.
I’m not sure how long I was sleeping, but when I woke again, I was in a bed and dressed in an oversized shirt and some sweatpants, that definitely were not mine. I sat up and rubbed my eyes, realizing I was in Jacob’s room. Confused, I went in search of Anna and Jacob. I found them in the living room talking in hushed voices. They stopped talking as I walked into the room though, making me suspicious.
“Aiko,” Jacob whispered my name as if his he weren’t actually seeing me. I nodded at him, and he walked towards me, slowly. When he was within a foot of me he reached out his hand, and tried to touch my cheek. I flinched, still slightly afraid of him. He put his hand down immediately, and a pained expression crossed his face. I frowned, I didn’t want him to be in pain because of me.
“What’s wrong?” Jacob asked, concern lacing his voice.
I shook my head. “Who...who got me out of the bath and dressed me?”
“I did.” I looked up at Jacob and saw his eyes were slightly darker than they had been before.
I took a step back, and he closed his eyes taking a deep breath before opening his eyes again. His eyes were back to normal. What? “Uh, do you mind explaining everything that has happened?” I asked in a small voice.
“We’re werewolves,” he stated.
“Way to go, Captain Obvious,” I said, a blank look on my face.
He sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. I bit my lip, holding in a groan, as I realized how badly I wanted to do that. He groaned, and his eyes went back to that darker shade of green I had seen earlier, as he stared at my lips. I released my lip from the bite, and he cleared his throat, blushing. I smiled at his blush, and he just stared at me in amazement. It was my turn to blush then as I looked down at the ground.
He grabbed my chin and tilted it so I could see him. We both gasped at the sparks that flew from his touch. He dropped his hand, and I stepped back, rubbing my chin where he had touched me; the feeling still there. He looked hurt, but I didn’t care at the moment, I could shake the feeling that had due to those damn sparks. What were they?!
I carefully reached out and placed my hand on his cheek. He closed his eyes and leaned into my touch. The sparks were there, and I liked them and the effect they had on my body. I smiled at him, the look on his face at this moment, with my hand still on his cheek, I could tell he was happy, and I rejoiced at that fact. I was making him happy, just with a simple touch. It was scaring me though.
I don’t know what had happened, but something inside of me was screaming at me to lean in and kiss him, so I did just that. I leaned in and kissed him fully on the lips, for the second time in my life. I was kissing him, Jacob Adam Croxton, my best friend’s brother, who was also a werewolf.
