"The New Life of Reese Carlia" is a young adult fiction novel. This book tells the story of Reese Carlia, a 17-year-old werewolf who is bullied and abused by her family, pack, and classmates. The only person who supports her is her best friend. When...
When I made it to school, I went to my locker to see Reyna there waiting for me. She knows my situation and is always waiting for me at my locker to see how I am.
"Hey, Re." Reyna greets me.
I greet her back. "Hey, Rey." Reyna looks at me in concern. "What's wrong?" I looked at her and said, "Nothing's wrong. I'm fine."
"You know I can tell when you're lying to me right?"
I shook my head and laughed. "Nothing ever gets past you, Rey."
So I told her everything that happened and after I was finished she was so mad that her eyes turned black signifying that her wolf was appearing, so I took her to the bathroom to calm down. Once she was calm we left and headed to our English class.
|English Class|
When we got to English, the teacher Mrs. Battle looked at us and asked, "Ms. Carlia and Ms. Williams, why are you both late for my class?"
Reyna responds, "We're sorry Mrs. Battle. It was an emergency that we can't speak of."
Mrs. Battle: Okay, go take your seats.
Me: Yes ma'am.
While we were walking to our seats Rebecca tripped me and I fell. Everybody started laughing at me except for Reyna. She helped me up and was about to say something, but I told her not to and we went to our seats and started our work. While working, Reyna whispered to me, "Rebecca is such a bitch."
Me: I know, I just wish someone would put her in her place.
Reyna: I agree.
Mrs. Battle: Ms. Carlia, Ms. Williams, would you like to share with the class what you were talking about?
The whole class turned towards us, I blushed and put my head down. Reyna replied, "No, Mrs. Battle."
Mrs. Battle: Well stop talking and get back to work.
Reyna: Yes ma'am.
After we had finished our work and turned it in, the bell rang, and we all left to go to our next class, but Reyna and I stopped at my locker first.
Reyna: Guess what Re?
Me: What?
Reyna: Greyson's 18th birthday is in two more days. He's going to be the new alpha of the pack.
Me: I don't care about him or his birthday.
Reyna: I didn't say you did; I was just saying.
Me: Okay.
Reyna: Anyways, what's your second period?
Me: Music, what's yours?
Reyna: Mine is art.
Me: That's cool, I'll see you at lunch.
Reyna: Alright.
We walked off and went our separate ways.
|Music Class|
When I got into music class, Mrs. Alicia looked up at me. "Hey Reese, how are you?"
"Hey, Mrs. Alicia. I'm fine, what about you?"
"That's good, and I'm good thanks for asking."
"You're welcome."
I took a seat in the back. Soon the bell rang, and the class began to fill up with students. Once the class was full Mrs. Alicia started talking. "Good morning class. Today we will be picking a student to sing their favorite song."
Rebecca raised her hand. "Mrs. Alicia, I have someone that I want to pick," she said with a smirk.
"Okay, Rebecca, who would you like to pick?"
"I would like to pick Reese." As she said that she turned towards me with that same smirk on her face. I wish I could smack it off.
"Okay then, Reese can tell me your favorite song, and when you're ready you can come up here and sing okay?"
"Okay, and My favorite song is Replay by Zendaya."
After I told her she said okay and that I could start whenever. I could sing, I just hated singing in front of a lot of people. Nobody but Reyna knew I could sing. I took a deep breath and started singing. After I finished, everybody was clapping for me except Rebecca and her friends, but I didn't care about them.
Mrs. Alicia: Wow. That was amazing Reese.
Me: Thanks, Mrs. Alicia.
Mrs. Alicia: You're welcome, Reese.
The bell then rang, and Mrs. Alicia looked at the class and said, "That's all for today's class, see you tomorrow."
Everyone heads out of class to get ready for lunch. I go to my locker to see if Reyna is there but she's not. Suddenly, my wolf speaks to me.
(Akela): Maybe she's already at lunch.
(Me): Yeah, you're probably right.
I started heading to lunch when Rebecca and her friends stopped me.
Rebecca: Look who we have here. If it isn't little Reese. *She laughs*
Me: Rebecca, can you just leave me alone? I'm not in the mood for you.
Rebecca: Or what? Are you going to run and tell your little friend Reyna? *She asked while stepping closer to me*
Me: *I pushed her away from me* Leave me alone Rebecca!
Rebecca: You little bitch! *She grabs my hair while hitting me* Don't you ever put your hands on me again! She throws me on the ground and kicks me in the ribs, then in my stomach, and walks away when she's done.
Once she was gone, I got up and went to the bathroom to see the damage she caused. I made sure to lock the door so nobody would come in and see me. I went to the mirror and pulled up my shirt to see I had bruises all over my body. My ribs are swollen, and my stomach is turning purple. After seeing this I put my shirt back down, threw water on my face, and walked out of the bathroom to attend lunch.
When I got inside the lunchroom everybody was staring at me, so I just walked over to the table that Reyna was at and sat down. Once I sat down, Reyna looked at me and asked, "Where were you?"
"I was in the bathroom," I replied. I didn't want to tell her everything because I didn't want her to get mad.
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