Friend Or Foe?

Mr Lowell

I took the long way to school wanting to waste as much time as possible. I stopped in front of the café and decided to get the doughnuts that he always got to see how good they really were.

I bit into it. Heaven was in my mouth.

"Oh my gosh, this is so good. "

" I've had it thousands of times yet the beauty of its taste does not compare to the beauty of your face. "

" Cliché much? " I sniggered.

" Well clearly you can't take a compliment. " I turned around and proceeded my journey to school. I walked really fast because the compliment hit me harder than I thought and I just couldn't be around him and not blush.

" Melina hold up you're walking really fast. " This made me walk even faster because the fact he wanted to walk with me was making me hot.

I wanted to walk with him so bad, to enjoy a meaningful conversation and to look into his eyes as I hung onto every word he said. That had been my dream since I laid eyes on him. But at that time I forgot that one day I would meet my mate, and by the time I realized I had already fallen to hard.

He caught up with me and held me by the shoulder to get me to stop walking. My breathing rate increased.

"OK. Clearly you don't like to be touched. " He said as he removed his hands. I missed the warmth that I felt for a brief second but decided that it was for the best if I detached from him as soon as possible, for my own good.

The whole journey to school he stayed two steps behind me and occasionally tried to make conversation with which I ignored. My mate would be a wolf like me, it had been like that for all eternity and I wasn't going to be the exception.

Father had always told me how he would walk me down the Isle on my wedding and how lucky that wolf would be. It hurt to know that all the things that I had planned with him for the future wouldn't happen. How I couldn't wait until I would find that wolf who killed my father and rip him limp from limp as he cried for the mercy, mercy that I wouldn't give him.

I guess my imagination got physical as I saw him give me a strange look.

"Are you OK ? Or do you not want me around so bad you're practicing how to murder me? " that made me giggle.

" I'm glad I was able to make you smile. " At that moment I realized that we had arrived at school.

I was trying so hard to forget about him but he was trying to be my friend. Once upon a time I would of talked to him ages ago but ever since my father died I felt myself becoming colder towards people especially those who were in my pack. Mother said that I was a very bright and happy child, always striving to make others happy, but that was when I felt my life was complete which I would never feel again.

"Melina come on, look at me, talk to me, do something! " So I stuck my tongue out at him then continued to sketch in my book.

" What you drawing in there anyway? " he said as his hand reached for my book.

" Stop... " I winged whilst trying attempting to get my book out of his reach.

" I said stop--" I paused trying to recall his name but then I realised that I still didn't know his name and I never had gotten the chance to find out.

"Hey, what is your name? "

" I thought you would never ask, I guess this means that you want to know more about me. " I giggled. He thought I wanted to know more. I just needed to create a ship name for us so that I would know what to name our children. I knew it was wrong to do this but I couldn't get to sleep with him always on my mind so this would be a distraction, and either way, it would only be until I would meet my mate.

"Anyway, my name is--" We were cut off once again.

"Miss Daciana and Mr Lowell please pay attention. " At least I now knew his surname. Mr and Mrs Lowell. Not bad, not bad at all.

The school day was over and I didn't know if I should rush home so that I wouldn't bump into him or slow down so that I could bump into him. I argued with myself about this and before I knew it I had reached the front steps of my house.

I went up to my room without greeting anyone. I took my clothes off and jumped into the shower. It was hot.

"Just like your body. " On the other side of my shower curtains I could see that a shadow roamed around my bathroom but when I looked around there was no one there. I wasn't scared. I could fight. If I could control my powers I would be unstoppable.

I got out of the shower and got dressed. I was drying my hair when I heard a commotion going on downstairs.

"Please help me. " I stood at the top of the stairs and saw that there was an injured man who members of the pack had brought in. There were so many people crowding him that I couldn't see his face.

My mother and the beta came in to see what was going on. I loved that they wanted to wait for me to find my mate and make him the alpha, but it was the beta, it was him I didn't trust and I tried my best to be discreet with him. My father was so loved that they wanted to continue his legacy and didn't want a whole new family taking charge of the pack but I think the beta would do anything to be called 'alpha' .

Everyone else left the room but I went in for a closer look. I could finally see his face. It was him.