Rejected.

"Shanan" I looked up at the person who had called my name. Neena. I expected her to say something further but instead she walked further away from the house and for the second time that day, or should I say night, I felt myself worrying about the well-being of Neena.
"Shanan" Neena repeated once I had reached her "why are you doing this?" She sounded so pained and broken and it broke me to know that my best friend was hurting so much but why?
"I don't understand" I was truly dumbfounded and I needed to know what was upsetting Neena so I could help my best friend
"Shanan I would give up everything for you; my life.... My love-" she paused to take a breath before continuing "and Shanan it kills me to do this but I will" I think my word of the night was 'dumbfounded' because I once again found myself feeling dumbfounded
"Neena what-" she put up a hand to stop me
"Shanan I love you and throughout your entire life I've been there by your side like a faithful best friend but sometimes in order to be a faithful best friend you have to leave. Shanan you deserve happiness, you deserve the world even if it's at the expense of my happiness.... Which is why I'm leaving. I'm going back to the pack" Neena was right she had been through thick and thin with me and now as I was taking the biggest risk of my life, facing my father, Neena was abandoning me? But what kind of a best friend would I be if that was the only thing that mattered to me? No, what mattered to me was what Neena had said about me having happiness at the expense of her happiness.

"Neena what do you mean I deserve happiness and the world even if it's at the expense of your happiness?" She smiled a sad smile, one that was so out of place on her usually cheery face
"That's for me to know and you to never find out" and then my best friend left. I would never let her sacrifice her happiness for me but there was nothing I could do if I didn't know what she was sacrificing. Deep down I knew I could have stopped Neena from running away, after all I was a werewolf and she was human, but I would never ever take my best friend's choices away from her even if I did dread her choices and I knew that Neena would do the same for me.

Reluctantly I headed back to the house but I couldn't get rid of the nagging feeling that Neena's last words had oddly seemed as though she was, instead, saying;
"This is for me to be unhappy and you to be happy" but no matter how much I denied it I would always doubt my ability to be happy without Will but I had to try after all the famous saying is that every success begins with the decision to try.... But is success worth it if you hurt your loved ones to get there? Can you whole heartedly be happy when you know that your loved ones are unhappy?

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A note from me to you;

This is my absolute favourite chapter so far. This chapter feels deep and meaningful. True friendship is rare and if you are lucky enough to find it then you should treasure it.

But how do you define a true friend????

- princesswho.