𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃,, 𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐱 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐬

𝟎𝟎𝟕. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒

I stood up from my bed lazily. It was less of standing up more like rolling off. I got on my feet and walked out my dorm in a rush to find my best friend and gloat about my win. (in the nicest way possible)

"Ajax!" I yelled at him from some weird statue. He turned around but not only he did but the other people around him. I took a step back.

"what is this a meeting?" I asked backing away slowly. "yes, now go away puppy" Bianca replied snarkily from behind Ajax.

I walked up to bianca a stone cold expression on my face. "bitch you don't know how tempted I am to wolf out on you." I said through gritted teeth.

"then do it." She replied a smug smile on her punchable face. I started breathing heavily trying to force myself to wolf out.

"you alright there?" Bianca laughed at me raising her eyebrows and two of her fish friends behind her also laughed at me pointing at me like I was an animal in a zoo.

My nails extended and my hands transformed into a browny-cream colour small hairs covering them.

"woah, woah!" ajax stepped in between us. "stop evelyn your gonna heart yourself!" He pushed me backwards. "stop forcing yourself theres no moon it's day your gonna really hurt yourself."

I backed into the wall and gave bianca a death-stare. "by all means fight her tonight but not now." He gave me an urgent look and I rolled my eyes.

"really ajax." bianca scoffed and turned to the statue before snapping twice. My hands transformed back into human hands. I gave bianca one last stink-eye and walked back down the passage-way into the quad.

"pathetic." Bianca scoffed. "you're gonna hurt yourself." she mimicked ajax. "get a grip on yourself ajax." then I heard footsteps and when I looked in the passageway they were all gone.

My heart was beating fast and my lungs were exhausted. I definitely would've passed out if I kept on going. Thank god for ajax.

I sat myself down leaning back against the wall trying to catch my breath. Eventually my heart slowed down tediously slow and my lungs stopped burning.

I stood up from my place on the wall and ran into the building. I climbed the staircase and stood outside weems office.

I hesitated for a second but then knocked twice very slowly. "come in" She called from inside and I opened the door closing it gently behind me and stood infront of it holding my own hand by my stomach.

"evelyn." she muttered spitefully licking her finger and flicking the page in a book she had on her desk. "I hope you've calmed down from your little spat." She looked up at me expectantly.

I gulped and smiled awkwardly, "yes. I'm sorry about that."

"not a problem at least you have the decency to apologise." and I rolled my eyes mentally. "sit." she ordered and I rushed to the seat infront of her desk.

"what do you want?" she looked back down at her book turning the page. "Can you arrange therapy sessions for me with dr kinbott?" I said in a tone that was practically a whisper.

She looked up and stared me down. "therapy sessions?" she asked quizzically and I nodded slowly embarrassed to ask her for this.

"why on earth do you need therapy sessions, you're a well rounded girl and you don't seem unstable in any possible way." She tilted her head at me like the wolves did at the picnic table the other day.

"I don't seem unstable because I hide it." I muttered and she gave me a look of sympathy. She picked up the phone from her desk.

"yes hello valerie, one of my students would like to arrange therapy sessions with you." she paused and scribbled stuff down in a notebook beside the enormous book she was reading.

"yes?" I sat there awkwardly in the chair while weems talked to dr kinbott over the phone.

She put the phone down. I waited for her answer.

"you can have one today in about 30 minutes and then she can arrange a schedule with you." She said her arms folded on her desk.

"thank you principal weems." I stood up and walked out the door showing no emotion on my face.

I ran out the building to the gates of nevermore. I sighed before pushing them open and walked down the road surrounded by pine trees.

silence. It was absolutely deafening.

When I arrived in jericho I still had 10 minutes before my appointment so I walked into the weathervane a bell ringing above my head until I closed the door.

I sat by myself in a booth and waited for a barista to come over and ask if I wanted anything.

The barista named tyler walked over and smiled at me smally and I smiled back but it didn't reach my eyes.

"weren't you here yesterday?" He asked pointing his pen at me with an awkward smile on his face and I nodded.

"Can i have the same thing please." I muttered quietly and he nodded and walked off to get my hot chocolate.

He came back 2 minutes later with my hot chocolate and I thanked him quietly and stared out the window in a painful silence.

When the clock hit 2 I stood up and left with a third of my hot chocolate still in the cup in my hands.

I walked into the building across the street and then up the stairs to see two chairs faced to one big chair with a smiling woman sitting in it.

"hello! evelyn was it?" She smiled and I nodded and took a seat across from her. "I'm dr kinbott." she smiled again. She was a very smiley person.

"now lets start session shall we? what did you want therapy for?" She looked at me waiting for me to say something and it took a full minute for me to open my gob.

"I feel so lonely, though i'm never alone. I feel so scared of the world when there is nothing to be scared of. I feel..." My voice cracked and tears tried to force themselves out.

"so..." I couldn't think of a word to explain what I felt but dr kinbott understood what I was trying to say.

"Do you have friends to talk to?" She asked sweetly. "yes" my voice cracked again and a single tear fell down my cheek and I looked down at my feet.

"do you care to tell me who?" she said her words so gently so she didn't trigger anything. "my sister, ajax, thursday and my whole wolf pack." the waterworks started flowing now. A huge lump formed in my throat and I sniffed wiping my tears.

"but most of the time I'm just drawing, listening to music or" I stopped talking to wipe my tears with my palm and continued talking. "goofing off with ajax." I finished and she gently lifted my head up so I was looking at her.

"Try spend more time talking to people instead of isolating yourself." She advised and I choked back a sob.

"I just...also everyone expects more than me." I started crying silently looking at dr knibott waiting for her to say something to me.

"just try my advice for now, your next session can be same time next week if you'd like that?" I stood up and nodded walking out the building puffy eyed still crying quietly.

I feel so bad for evelyn but she'll be okay soon.

That chapter was a little longer than the others and I hope you all enjoyed it
Thank you so much for reading this chapter.

I love you all so much!
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-valerie