The Perfect Crime

Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 

"Okay, first of all we are going to need you to shift." Reed said. I had gotten my day off and today we were starting with my training today. I went behind a tree, stripped my clothes and shifted. I walked out feeling slightly self-conscious. I don’t know when the last time was when someone saw me in wolf form.

There were gasps. "Whoa! Your wolf is so pretty!" I heard Angel exclaim.

My wolf was nothing special. I was a mixture of my mom and dad. My dad was a dark greyish blue wolf and my mom was a white wolf which resulted in me being a lighter version of my dad. I was glad. It always reminded me of them.

I felt the girls feel my back while Teak just petted my head. Reed just nodded. There was still some tension between us after what had happened the day before.

"Okay you can shift back." I walked away slightly confused. Wasn't I supposed to start my training today?

Once I had finished changing I made my way back to everyone. Reed must have sensed my confusion because he started explaining, "We need to get you into shape before we start your training. We can't have you fainting from lack of energy now can we? "

"Yeah look at you! You're skin and bones!" Angel exclaimed, “It wouldn't be healthy if you lost any more weight." 

The others agreed. "So for the next few months we are going to get you to eat healthier and once you're in good shape, we can start training you and your wolf."

I was secretly relieved. I didn't want to be over worked. They were right. I really was in no shape to start training.  

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It's been a week since I've started my healthy eating, and I must say it is hard. Sometimes the girls sneak in some junk for me. Thankfully Reed hasn't noticed yet.

I was lying on the bed by myself. The girls had gone out clubbing. They had asked me if I wanted to come but I opted to have a night to myself. Besides, I wasn’t much of the clubbing type of girl and I never have been.

I dug the journal out of my bag and began to read.

Dear Carol

I met up with Ian today and I must say; he’s amazing. I feel guilty about Michael but I need to figure out my feelings for Ian. What if I'm supposed to be with him and not Michael?

Michael is away for the week and I need to sort everything before he comes back.

Till then 

-Fiona

Dear Carol

My week is almost over and I am still undecided. I wish you could help.  

-Fiona

Her diary entries got shorter and shorter and she only spoke about her decision about Michael and Ian. I skipped a few until I came to this.

Dear Carol

I just found out something about Ian that has influenced my decision greatly. Ian's-

I was interrupted by a loud thump on my door. I groaned inwardly not liking the fact that I would have to wait till later to find out more about Ian.

I opened the door and found Reed. I gave him a big smile. What I didn't expect was for him to look so worn out.

"Hey are you alright?" He didn't reply. He walked towards me and bent down to my ear.

"Do you know how hard it is being friends with you when all I can ever think about is doing this?" With that he pushed me against the wall and kissed me. His lips were so soft. I kissed him back, but harder. When he pulled back I smiled. "Do you know how long I've wanted to do that for?"

"You have no idea," I replied and kissed me again.