My Werewolf Mate and My Vampire Best Friend

Mystery's Within Each Other

Chapter 5

Mystery's Within Each Other--December 8, 2012

"I can't believe you," Lorelie says.

I wince. Just the thought of the conversation we were about to have made my stomach hurt. I really didn't want to get into this with her since I didn't really know how I felt myself.

"Can't believe what?" I was trying to play it cool, but obviously, Lorelie knew me too well.

"Don't what me. You know exactly what I'm talking about." She spoke in a hushed tone, trying not to get detected by Mr. Leroy. He's our math teacher, and thankfully, has awful hearing.

I glance to my left to look at her. I sigh and ask, "What about it?"

She glared at me and flipped her dark, brown hair out of her face. "Really Addy. I'm talking about the guy you were with. So, what is he to you?" She asked, writing notes down from off the board.

I stopped writing and bit the top of my pen, thinking about what he meant to me. I didn't really know. He kept telling me that I belonged to him. Lucius was very forward towards me, but I couldn't put a name on what we were. I barely knew him.

So, I came up with a lie, and hopefully, it would be a good one this time. "He's just a friend. Nothing more, I promise. I just met him yesterday to top it all off." I gave her a reassuring smile, hoping she would take the bait.

She didn't.

"Liar," she spat, leaning over the side rail on her desk to glare at me. "He was holding your hand. That seems a lot more than friend worthy."

"Lorelie, can we please talk about this later?" She was already getting on my nerves, a lot more than normal. Usually she made me frustrated like how a sister would frustrate you, but lately she has been making me angry. And I'm not finding a reason for why it would be a problem. We were just holding hands, it's not like I was having sex with him.

"No, and if your friends with Lucius, then why don't you hold hands with Carter, too?"

"Carter is like my brother." It wasn't the same, not even close. Lucius made my heart beat rapidly, while Carter made me smile lightly in content. Lucius made me think naughty things in the small time span I knew him, while Carter made me want to save the world. Lucius was different and so not...Carter.

"Not how he sees it," she says turning back towards the front.

"What?" It was the kind of 'what' that said, "What the hell did you just say." She wasn't making any sense, and when did Carter have anything to do with this. When Lorelie got like this, I couldn't even think straight. As my mind went fuzzy with rage, she went on with her nonsense, fueling the flame.

She glanced sideways at me and said a peculiar thing to me. "Stay away from him Addy. He's bad news."

"How do you know? Have you ever met him before today?" I sneered more than asked her, defending Lucius, which felt strangely...right.

"No...but I can see it in him. He's only going to crush you. I'm only trying to protect you Addy. So, why? Why won't you just listen? Is it so hard for you to do just that? Just once in your life Addy, do what you're told. You're not fucking invincible."

She was angry with me. I couldn't understand why. She had no right to be angry with me. She was the one who was being over dramatic about everything, not me. She was the one who told me to get a boyfriend and live a little, and the second I got close to someone she went off on me. She was a hypocrite and a bitch. She needed to learn her place as my friend. I controlled my life, not her.