She Wolf: The Beginning

Coming Together

Chapter 4.5

Dinner ended and everyone went to their respective homes. Julianne pulled Celia aside and asked her to walk with her for a minute. Celia turned to call Benny, but saw that Blaine had him in his arms. Julianne paused. "Celia, I have to go back home tomorrow, but ... Look, Blaine is his father isn't he?" she asked. Nodding, "Yes, he is and I didn't tell him. That's why everyone is upset." She explained to her friend.

"Right, Celia, you aren't human are you? You're some kind of animal hybrid, like werewolves or something, right?" Julianne queried. Celia froze. She couldn't answer her. Humans could not know abut them, so she said nothing. She stared at her one friend, too afraid to answer, but scared not to say anything.

"Celia, who kept Benny when you had to go? Me. He shifted one night. It's OK. I'll never say anything. That's why I asked daddy to let me come. If I got a sense that the two of you were in danger, all three of us would be on the next flight out of here", Julianne explained. "Julianne, you can't know the truth about us. If the Alpha learns that you know, he can't let you leave." Celia wondered about what other secrets her friend kept hidden.

"Celia, no one would believe me if I said anything anyway. You're my only friend, remember? Now that you're moving back home, I'll be on my own again. Well, not really. Mom and Dad are there. I won't say anything." Julianne promised.

"That's beside the point Jules. You see I can't lie to my Alpha, if he asks, I have to tell the truth." Celia answered, worried about her friend. "If he finds out that you know what we are, he can't let you leave. "Well, let's not give him a reason to ask. I have to go home, my parents are there and they need me. You're coming back soon anyway, to clear out your part of the apartment, right? I'll just have to find another roommate." She laughed. "Who am I kidding? No one from that office will want to share an apartment with me. I'll make it into my bachelorette pad."

Celia knew Julianne had no friends, not because she wasn't friendly. People just didn't like her. She didn't get it. Julianne Kent was the nicest woman she'd ever met. However, she was always serious. She had a dry sense of humor, but you never saw it unless you got really close to her. Celia remembered when she met the dark haired woman years earlier. She was pregnant, and just starting her job. She made a few friends in the office one day when Julianne walked in. Everyone froze, but Celia spoke to her. Julianne glared at her, then turned and walked away.

"Girl, no one speaks to her; she's a witch." Natalie, from accounting said. "Do you see how she dresses? How she acts? She hates us and we give her space." Celia felt heartbroken for the dark-haired girl she had just spoken to. She understood her reticence, because she knew what it was like to be completely and utterly alone. When they were younger, and running, it was hard to trust people. If Aunt Nick had not been there to help them, who knows what might have happened. Then, one day, they ended up in Loess Falls.

She was a wolf, but not part of the pack. The she wolves from the pack shunned her, but the guys didn't. The attention from the males made them hate her even more. Often she'd find herself, spit on, hit, kicked. The other young bitches spread evil rumors about her. She only had human friends. At first she went to the private school that the wolves attended, but every day was a struggle, eventually her mom withdrew her and her siblings and sent them to the local public school. They had to mask, but they weren't shunned.

She knew how it felt to be ostracized by the same people who should have welcomed you. A part of her understood how Julianne Kent felt, so she reached out. Each day, she made up a reason to speak with her. She would bring her lunch and notice that most days Julianne skipped lunch, or ate alone. So one day she packed lunch for two and went to her.