Wolfgirl

Chapter 4: Choosing Between Two

I nuzzle Storm a goodbye, his soft fur brushing against mine. I feel the tingling and a few seconds later, I'm back to human.
Storm walks away and I sigh. I wish I've never met Cody. Or Storm. Why is my life a mess?
I sprint out of the forest and run inside my house and go in my room.
"Hello!" Luna greets.
"Hi Luna!" I greet back.
"Hi Luna!" Luna chirps.
I smile and refill Luna's water and food bowls. I look at my clock. Good. I still have a little time before I need to start getting ready for school. I open Luna's cage door and put my arm as a perch near her feet.
"Step up. Step up Luna." I say.
Luna steps on to my arm, ruffling her feathers. I take my arm out of the cage with Luna still perching on me. I hand feed Luna some Millet seed. Luna nibbles the Millet Seed with her black beak. Suddenly, my mom comes into my room. Luna flys back inside her cage, abandoning the Millet Seed I'm holding up for her.
"Prepare for school Mira. You don't want to keep the school bus waiting." My mom says, her honey like voice making me feel happy and safe inside.
I nod and grab my backpack and pack my textbooks and notebooks and close Luna's cage before going down the stairs and walking into the school bus.
I sit in the back row. Left. I look around the school bus and search for Cody. I don't see his yellow hair anywhere. Then I spot him, first row, right side. And next to him, was a girl. And they were holding hands and hugging each other.
My heart skipped a beat and rage filled up inside me. I recognize the girl. She was the most popular cheerleader in the school. Lillian Greene.
I feel cheated on.
When I get off the school bus, Cody catches up to me at my locker.
"You were with another girl." I say angrily.
"I'm really sorry Mira. I shouldn't have done that. Mira, I really shouldn't have done that." Cody says desperately. "Can you forgive me?"
I'm still angry at him. Really angry.
"You go out with another girl and ask for forgiveness?!" I say furiously.
"Yes. I do ask for forgiveness Mira." Cody replys.
"My answer is no." I say and march off to class.
At lunch, Cody tries to talk to me but I walk away before he gets a chance to say something.
I find him with Lillian at lunch together, holding hands and flirting. I look away, disgusted and angry.
At the end of the day, I've seen Cody and Lillian together so many times that I can't keep track. When I get to my locker, Cody is there, waiting.
"Where's your girlfriend?" I say tauntingly and implying on "girlfriend".
"Lillian is not my girlfriend." Cody says angrily.
"Then why do you flirt with her?" I ask.
"Well, I thought I loved her. But I realized that I was going to lose you if I choose her." Cody says.
"Clearly Lillian is better than me. She's popular and pretty. Choose her if you want to." I snap.
"I don't want to argue with you Mira!" Cody says, exasperated.
"Then why did you go with Lillian in the first place?" I say back.
"I don't know what made me like her." Cody says softly.
"I don't believe that." I say angrily.
"Mira, all I wanted to tell you was that I broke up with Lillian and...." Cody pauses and then whispers. "I love you"
He goes away and vanishes into the crowd.
"I do not love you Cody. I love Storm." I whisper to myself and join the crowd of students.
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I curl up next to Storm. He won't cheat on me. Never. Only Cody would do that. Storm is a wolf. Wolves don't cheat.
Storm whines, asking me why I have angry scent on me.
I yip back to tell him that I'm ok and get up. I need to visit my friend Fawn.
I pad into her dugout den and she greets me with a nuzzle.
Her 6 pups are bigger than the last time I saw them.
A shaggy dark brown male wolf comes in, holding a rabbit. Bracken, he was one of the 5 wolves that greeted me when I first joined the pack.
His sky blue eyes eyeing the pups lovingly as he plops the rabbit in front of Fawn.
His gaze dwindles to me. I duck my head and walk out of the den and to Storm and I's den.
I cuddle next to him and he licks my fur, grooming it. Gently and rhythmically. I do the same to him.
I love Storm, and only Storm. Cody can go with Lillian. I do not love him anymore.