Chapter 5
“Wiley! Wiley!” Patrick yelled from his seat.
I walked over towards him and squatted down. “Yeah Patty?”
“When is Momma gonna be here? I haven’t seen her all day.” He gave me his sad face, and of course it just made my heart melt. I adored little kids, which is why my job fit me perfectly. I was an instructor at a ski mountain and I taught kids between the ages of 4 and 6.
“I’m sure she’ll be here soon. And I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing you next weekend right?”
His face instantly brightened. “Yuppers!”
I laughed at how easily his mood changes. “Alright, well I have to leave. Can I get a hug.”
He flung himself at me, making my topple over with both of us laughing. Finally he let me go and I could get up. “See you later Patty.”
“Bye-bye Wiley!”
I shook my head, still laughing. He could say almost every other word fine, but he refused to say my name with an R.
I walked over to the main lodge where I knew I’d find Jackson sitting with his friends.
Sure enough, he was sitting at a table with 5 other guys all of them laughing. I walked up and said hi, pulling up a chair to join the group. All of them were juniors like Jackson, but they’d grown used to be joining in with them and treated me like a part of the group.
After half an hour of hanging with them we got up to leave.
“You need to take a day off and come skiing with us Riley. It’s been forever since I’ve gotten to race you down the mountain.”
“You mean since I’ve gotten to beat you a$$ down the mountain?”
“Whatever,” he grumbled. We all laughed, knowing I would beat him if we raced. I was great at swerving around people and just bombing the mountain at the same time, so it didn’t matter how many people there were I always beat them.
Once in the car I leaned the seat back and closed my eyes.
“Long day?” Jackson asked.
“Yeah, I got like, 3 hours of sleep.”
“Oh, right. What’d you do after you ran into the woods?”
“Just ran I guess,” I said shrugging. I honestly didn’t remember much of what I did, especially in this exhausted state.
“Do you want me to come over and make dinner?”
I gave him a grateful smile. “I’d love that.”
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The Lone Wolf
RomanceRiley Parker thought she was a normal girl. But on the day of her 16th birthday, everything changes. Now, she has to learn how to deal with what she is, how to keep it a secret from her two best friends, and how to protect her town when a new pack...
