An Alpha What Now?

Chapter Ten

NORA:

I wake up, startled by something. I roll over, then jump up with a hiss. I forgot about my side being tender and stitched. I carefully lay back down on my back and look at the ceiling. That's when I hear the ringing.

I reach over and grab my phone, it's my mom. I quickly answer the call.

"Hey mom, whats up?" I ask groggily.

"Umm why haven't you been answering, and why weren't you at school today??" She asks, sounding mad and worried.

"Crap, sorry. My phone died last night because I forgot to plug it in. And I didn't go to school because I fell down the stairs last night and cut myself up pretty bad, I had to stitch it up. I can't really move around a lot. I was gonna tell you but my phone was dead, then I went to bed. I'm sorry." I rush out all at once. I look at the clock and realize its 1:34 in the afternoon. Holy shit, I slept all day.

"Slow down. It's fine, I'm just glad youre okay. You almost never miss school, so when the school called, and then you didn't answer, I got worried. By the way, when you go in and anyone asks, you had a stomach bug." She replies, finishing with a laugh.

I actually laugh a little, but stop short when it tightens my stitches and makes them burn and sting. It makes me catch my breath and suck in air.

"Okay honey, why don't you rest more. Emma and I should be home around 4:30. Sleep tight. I love you." She says.

"Okay, I love you too. See you soon." And with that I end the call. Wow I really just passed out and forgot about the world for a second there.

After the call was over I tried to go back to sleep, but I couldn't. So I go on my phone and scrolled through Instagram for a little while but get bored. Then my stomach yells at me.

Okay, someones feisty this afternoon. I think to myself as my stomach grumbles a second time before I can get out of bed.

Just as I stand up, my bladder reminds me that I've been sleeping all day and haven't gone pee in MANY hours, so I take a detour to the bathroom on my way to the kitchen.

Once I finish my business and get to the kitchen, I decide on just having a bowl of Ramen. I make it quickly and head back to my room, and put Netflix on my TV.

While in the middle of the show, my thoughts drift to last night's events and everything that happened.

"Holy crap.werewolves are real. Like they actually existand I had one in my house. Oh my god, I let one into my HOUSE. What the hell was I thinking?? You're not supposed to go and save every cute animal you see Nora. Oh my god, what was I thinking?? I literally hit other werewolves with a BAT, who am I?? Oh god, I had a naked MAN in my house, a STRANGE naked man in my house, and I helped him. I let a total naked stranger into my home. What if hes a bad guy? What if he's gonna come back to kill me because I know his secrets. Oh god, I'm too young to die.." My thoughts spiral from there, going over everything that happened, the whole situation, everything said.

"If he was going to kill me, wouldn't he have done it last night before he left? Sure, but what if he likes to scare me first, psych me out. What if he likes to play with his prey before he kills them? Oh Jesus Mother Mary. He's definitely coming back to kill me. But on the other hand, he seemed so nice last night, sweet even. He appeared to be grateful for my help. But what if that was just a ploy to get my defenses down? Oh jeez, I invited him in which means he can come in whenever he wants now Nora way to go! Wait, hes a werewolf, not a vampire. Good, thats good. But that still means he can come in whenever he wants. Wow, and I'm not only talking to myself, but now I'm responding. Dear Lord, what am I going to do?" After that rant, I finished my Ramen and tried to think of anything but last night and the conversation with myself.

But once the episode was over, I was on my phone looking up facts about werewolves

...transform during a full moon...

...have an allergy to silver...

...Alpha, Luna, Beta, warrior, common pack members...

...Moon Goddess...

...Team Jacob, Tyler, or Klaus...

The internet has sooo much to say, but how much of it is true, how much is fairytale? Like are they actually hurt by silver, is there a specific ranking? Is Klaus even possible, can there be a mix of species? Are vampires real?? So many questions.

"Why do you need to be so nosy, Rose? Why couldn't you just ignore the sounds last night? Why did you have to go snooping around?? Look at this mess were in now!" I continue my research, save TV shows and movies to my list, as well as books I can read to try and understand. I'm going to have a busy weekend.