Fighting the Wolves

Chapter Ten

Mornings never start well.
They never end well either.

Eventually I had to be persuaded out of my room, although it took my parents till around nine o'clock to drag me out of my room and into the kitchen. They were being extremely calm, which would make anyone nervous, so I simply sat there fiddling with my hands whilst my parents asked me questions.
I replied to each. Being extremely vague with my answers. In the end, my story ended up as me getting kidnapped; I never saw my captors, or where they kept me, but I somehow escaped.

Simple story.
Simply solved.

I stare down at my hands, silence hanging in the air after I spoke the last of my slightly bent story. My parents start to whisper to one another, exiting the room as if I hadn't just told them a traumatic experience I recently had.

I get up from the table, causing the kitchen chair to screech against the tile floors. I grab a glass of iced tea from the fridge before heading back to my room. The first thing to do of course, is face the music. Face Lexi.
I turn on my phone, letting it load before putting in my password and letting my phone begin to ding repeatedly.

I know she's worried, but damn; four hundred and ninety-six messages?!
I'm pretty sure she has a free period right now.

I try to remember her schedule, before giving up and clicking the button for FaceTime anyways. Either way she'll answer, she's just like that.

"What the hell!?" Lexi picks up the video call on the third ring, the background giving away that she's sitting in the corner of the library.
"Hey," I mumble, not sure of what to say. I simply wait for the explosion, preparing myself for the bombardment of questions.

Should I tell her the truth if she asks?
She's my best friend, she'll believe me.
But I should at least wait until I see her in person.

"Where the hell have you been!?" Lexi whisper yells, "you haven't been at school, you haven't answered any of your calls or texts, and your parents wouldn't answer the damn door!" My parents didn't tell anyone at school I was missing? Most importantly, Lexi?
"I broke into your bedroom to see if you were dead or something, but after sitting there for an hour, I had to leave before your dad caught me." I stifle a laugh at the image of my best friend crawling through my window from the outside.
"You broke into my house!?" Honestly I'm not very surprised.
"How else was I supposed to know if you were alive or not!?" An small silence hung over the line, both of us anxious.
"So what the hell happened? Are you gonna tell your best friend, or are you gonna be a clam?" I allow myself a small smile, then hesitate my answer.
"I'll tell you in school tomorrow," I finalize.
"You damn well better."

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My feet feel like someone tied dumb-bells around my ankles, and then made me walk up the steps to school.

How does one walk again?
Is there really a need for this?
Can't I just stay home?

After all, I have just been through a traumatic experience, I should be able to take the next year off right?
Time to face the music sooner or later

I've arrived around an hour early, unfortunately for myself. For two reasons; One, I don't want to deal with my parents who were still asleep when I left. Two, because I promised Lexi I would tell her what really happened, and this was the only time I said I could meet her.

I could have just stayed AFTER school.
But mom and dad will want me home as soon as possible.
They won't want a repeat.
Although that was at home in the first place.

I walk into the building, and make my way towards the emptiest part of the building, which happens to be in the girls locker room next to the pool, since the swim team hasn't started their morning practices yet.
The door is unlocked, it always is.

I'm instantly met with a full force bear hug as soon as I enter the locker room. All the air from my lungs is knocked out from the force slamming into me.

"Damnit Lexi, it's too early for this," I grumble as I hug her back.
"That's what you say to your best friend after you were missing for three days!?" Lexi breaks apart the hug, proceeding it with a hard punch to my shoulder. I rub my shoulder in attempt to prevent bruising as I glare at her. We both sit down on one of the benches in the farthest aisle from the door. The locker room is dark, with only a couple light bulbs on, giving it a horror movie, eerie feel that makes you either want to shit your pants, or run and hide.

"So are you gonna tell me where you were?" I sigh, her voice is too loud for the atmosphere. It's quiet, it's five a.m., and I'm mentally and physically exhausted. But nonetheless, I tell her the truth. The whole enchilada. From the start when Jackson broke into my house, to the end with the werewolves and mates, and him letting me go.
When I finish, we both simply sit in silence. I can't tell what Lexi's thinking, her face is emotionless, and it scares me.

Why won't she say something?
Does she not believe me?
Does she think I'm crazy?
Am I crazy?

"You believe me, right?" My voice is wavering, I sound like I'm going to pee myself at any moment. Lexi takes my right hand in her left, squeezing it to comfort me.
"Yeah, I do, it's just so insane." I gulp from the tension. There's a lump in my throat, I feel like I swallowed a rock.
"It's both awesome and horrible at the same time," Lexi thinks for a moment before continuing, "especially Jackson of all people, why the hell are you mates with that asshole?" I shrug in response, after all, I'm pretty new to the supernatural concept myself.
"But dude," she pauses, catching my attention with her hesitation, "werewolves!" We both smile and giggle, all our lives we've read books about crazy fictional worlds, and supernatural characters, but never had we imagined that any of it could possibly be real.

It's terrifying.
How is it even possible?
This feels slightly like twilight, except the werewolf is the protagonist instead of the vampire.

"But how do I avoid him now?" I huff in frustration, the whole idea of what this means seems to want to crush my mind.
"I don't know, do you have any classes with him?" Lexi asks.
"Yeah, I have the one," I begin to chew on my lip as I think.
"Switch out, simple as that," Lexi shrugs her shoulders, "then when you see him in the hallway, just walk in the other direction." I let out a heavy sigh, glancing down at my phone. 5:40.
"I'll see what I can do." We both grab our bags and head out of the locker room, the place would soon be filled with the unfortunate people who were stuck with gym as their first hour. The gym teacher likes kids to be ready for class, before class even starts.

We both walk down the hallway toward our first block: advisory.
It's early, but no one is usually in the classroom at this time. Maybe one or two kids who like to come early and sleep before the bell rings, but Lexi and I can talk quietly. At least, she can talk quietly, I'm not very good at the whisper thing.

Of course it's our luck that our advisor is sitting in the classroom as we walk in, and even the next few minutes, he makes no sign of leaving. He's simply busying himself with grading homework.
I sigh, looking at Lexi with a look that says we can find somewhere to talk later, but the conversation is no where near being done.

I grab my earbuds from my bag, and plug them into my phone, and turn on the loudest playlist I can find. I need noise, something to distract myself from reality for a bit.

Of all fictional realities to come true, why did it have to be this one?

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Hello everybody! I'm so sorry I didn't post a chapter two weeks ago coinciding with my updating schedule, but I was extremely busy out of town and didn't have the time. Here's the newest installment, I hope you enjoy!
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Song above is Crash by Fit For Rivals.
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