Still Breathing

Stained glass eyes, and colorful tears...

Kacey's POV

The second his eyes met mine, a lightbulb went off in my head. Those eyes... But it couldn't be. No way. He looked at me nervously and went off to class, and I just kind of stood there because I didn't know what to think. I shook it off and went to morning classes, but his face was engraved in my memory. His eyes just stuck with me. Especially since the night before, those eyes had stayed in my mind.

I spent morning classes daydreaming about what might have happened if it wasn't for the wolf.

At lunch, I rushed through the line to sit with my brother again instead of my bitchy "friends."

"COOOOODDYYYYYYY," I said, sliding in on the bench to sit beside him. "You'll never believe this!"

"What?" Cody said eagerly.

"You know the kid that punched the dude this morning?"

"His name's Asher. Yeah?" Cody said curiously.

"He has the same eyes as that wolf from last night," I whispered.

"See, what did I tell you?" Cody laughed at me and gave me this 'I told you so' look.

"What I read last night online said their eyes are usually blue if the wolf is a werewolf, because wolves generally don't have eyes that color blue. If the human you suspect is a werewolf has bright blue eyes, they are supposed to be a werewolf." I sat there and stared at my lunch, still not knowing what to think about all of this.

There was no way werewolves could be real. It seemed like a bunch of crap. But I was starting to believe it. The moment I locked eyes with him, I knew they were the eyes from the night before. Something inside of me just told me it was him. My gut and my heart were telling me it was him. Asher looked at me the same way that the wolf did; a look of security and full of concern. I couldn't even explain it. I just knew.

"Are you sure?" Cody asked, confused by my sudden belief in his theory of werewolves being real.

"I'm sure. Those eyes--" I stuttered as he walked past the table, shooting a glance at me. "I need to tell him thank you about last night," I mumbled.

"Woah, woah, woah, I'm pretty sure if I was a werewolf I wouldn't want people knowing my business. Get to know him first, and when you're really sure, then say something. You can't just go up to someone and say, 'I know you're a werewolf, thanks for saving my ass last night.' What if he's not a werewolf and this is some freak coincidence? Wait...what, do you like him or something?" Cody ranted to me and laughed a little.

"Well, I mean, I just want to be friends with him," I shrugged. Cody rolled his eyes at me. I mean, Asher was cute, but I had only just now noticed it.

Besides, he'd never go for a girl like me anyway. He was a badass and I was the popular girl--well, until my friends started being weird. Now I was the outcast, and I was shy and awkward when I wasn't with my "friends," because the way they used to be, I was comfortable around them. Now I was hanging out with my brother and his hipster friends, who were nice, but I barely knew them. Now that he was even more out of my league, I'd never spark his interest.

I finished my lunch and sat there with my brother's friends, who were talking about some indie band I knew nothing about. I was more of a Fall Out Boy type of person, believe it or not, even if I didn't dress the part. I loved their music, but none of my so-called friends liked them. They liked pop and country, which were something I had a growing hatred for, but I respected that they liked it. It just wasn't my thing, as with the indie music. I liked punk stuff, especially Blink-182 and Green Day. You'd never expect it from me, but I loved it; I just hid it because of what my friends would think. But my brother and his friends liked some of that stuff too, so it worked.

As I went to throw my lunch away, at the trash can I was approached by one of the boys from the night before, the younger brother of one of the frat boys. He casually whispered, "I wasn't drunk last night," and my stomach dropped as I walked away, and before I left his hand grazed my thigh. Asher saw the whole thing, and looked at me with his piercing blue eyes.

Author's note:

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-Red