Forgotten

Chapter one

Chapter one

My life is so weird. I have four brothers all younger than me. My mom and dad completely ignore me. I have two friends and I'm a werwolf.

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"Thalia, are you ready to go yet?" Trent says coming into my room. "Yes! Now stop bugging me!" I shout. Trent trembles in fear and backs out of my room. I sigh and look back at my reflection.

Today I'm wearing dark washed skinny jeans and a light blue blouse. I have my combat boots on, as well. I quickly pull my hair up into a ponytail and look at myself one last time.

I sigh in content with my normal blonde hair, and my normal blue eyes, and most deffinetly my normal height of '5,7'. I look nothing like the rest of my family. My second oldest brother, Riley, has dark brown shaggy hair. He has grey eyes and is '6,6' in height. He found his mate two years ago and already they have a lovely daughter and are expecting another pup. My brother Ryan is the third oldest and has light brown hair. He has grey eyes also and is '6,4' in height. He found his mate two months ago and she is already pregnant with his pup. Trent is the fourth oldest and he has light brown hair cut tight to his head. He has blue eyes and is still growing but last time I checked he was '5,9' in height. Since he is only 15, for a couple more days, he hasn't found his mate. Eric is the youngest child. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes. He is 5 feet tall and is 11 years old. He doesn't have a mate.

I hurry downstairs and grab a piece of toast. I put peanut butter on it and shove it in my mouth. "Lets go." I say to Riley, Ryan, and Trent who stare at me in shock. I grab my backpack and head towards my car.

"Kids where are you going without kissing you mother goodbye?" My mom, Reyna Soles, says walking in front of me. I quickly move aside as she almost plows into me on her way to hug the boys. I roll my eyes but mutter, "I'll be in the car."

I walk outside to my blue Chevy pickup truck. I climb in the drivers seat and wait for my brothers. As I wait I start to think about what my life will be like next year. Since I'm in grade 12 this year I'll be heading off to college next year. I've applied everywhere but here...

When the boys finally get in the truck it's almost 7:30. "Ready?" I ask Ryan who seems to be missing something. He looks up at me and nods. "You sure?" I ask again. He gives me a look and I laugh and ruffle his hair. "I'm just messing with you, Ryan." I say as I pull out of the driveway.

"Can you drive any faster?" Ryan says starting to hyperventilate at how fast I was driving. "Yes, I can." I say as I start accelerating more. I'm pretty sure Ryan almost passed out. His knuckles are white from holding onto the seat so tightly. For Ryan's sake I slow down and he seems to relax.

"Hey, Thalia, why don't you like mom?" Trent asks. I sigh and think to myself, 'We've been over this.'

"I don't know? It's not that I don't like her, I do, it's just that she doesn't treat me as her daughter." I explain. "Seriously? You want to tell mom you love her every morning before and after school? And when she texts you some random message about being safe with sex while your best friend has your phone... not fun." Riley says. "Your lucky." Riley finishes.

"Yeah, I'm lucky to have a mom that doesn't pay attention to me. Thanks for trying, Riley." I say as I park in the school parking lot. The boys and I get out and go our separate ways.

Riley and Ryan go towards the science section while Trent goes towards the pool. I travel to the theatre and meet up with my two best friends, Erin and Darren.

Erin has strawberry blonde hair cut to her shoulders with bangs. Her dark blue eyes sparkle and she's about '5,6' in height. Darren on the other hand has black hair cut so it covers his brown eyes. He is 6 feet tall. Erin and Darren are mates and have known since age 16 when Darren shifted.

"Hey, Thalia. Guess what?" Erin says. "What?" I ask. "Darren is taking me to meet... Adam Levine!" Erin squeals in excitement. I turn to Darren and pout. "I wanna meet him, too." I whine. "Sorry Thalia, I could only get backstage passes." Darren says. "It's okay, I'm just messing with you." I say pushing him slightly. Darren sighs in relief and shakes his head.

"Should've known." Darren grumbles. I smirk at him. We take our seats as the first bell goes. We have drama all day today. I honestly love Fridays because we only stay four of the eight hours. Plus we only have to go to first block, which in my case is drama.

Ms. Rockshir walks into class with a huge script in her hands. She has a walking cane to help her walk because she broke her leg last year and it never healed right. She walks with a limp now.

"Good morning class!" Ms. Rockshir says. "Good morning Ms. Rockshir." The class grumbles.

"Okay, today we will be reading from one of my favourite movies of all times. Sleeping Beauty! I will call your names out and when you hear you name come down and stand under who you would like to play." Ms. Rockshir explains.

I already know who I want to play. I love Sleeping Beauty and know everything about the characters.

"Darren Cross, Adam Jole, and Thalia Soles." Ms. Rockshir calls. I get up and stand under the words Aurora/Brier Rose.

Darren stands under King.

Adam stands under Prince.

"Seems like all we need now are our three faires, Malicefent, and the queen. So, Erin Tron will be the blue fairy. Jessica Roldon will be the red fairy. Sarah Weser will be the green fairy. Penny Ulin will be the queen and Amanda Heights will be Malicefient." Ms. Rockshir says.

The girls get up and walk down the stairs and onto the stage. As Ms. Rockshir starts handing out the scripts the announcements are heard.

The announcements are done but suddenly my name is heard.

"Thalia Soles, please come to the office." And with that the announcements are done. I frown but hand my script back and trudge to the office.

When I reach the office I see Riley is standing by the front desk along with dad. My frown turns into a confused look as I walk inside.

"Um, hi dad?" I say making it sound like a question. "Oh, hey. Riley and you are heading down to the Darkwood Pack to sign a treaty for me. Since you are the eldest but Riley is Alpha I want you both to go." Dad explains. "Thanks for the reminder." I grumble under my breath. Riley gives me a pained look as dad walks out of the office.

"Don't worry, Thal. Maybe your mate will be there?" Riley says pulling me to his side. "I sure as hell hope so!" I grumble.

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Once we get on the road all is silent between Riley and I. The slight hum of music is heard from my speakers.

"So, uh, how is Isadora? I know she's getting close to her due date." I ask remembering his mate is pregnant. "Oh, yeah she's good. She made me get her chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream last night. She ate half the tube of ice cream." Riley explains. "Really half?"

"Yeah, I know right!"

"It just shows how much you love her." I say focusing on the road more now. "You know your mate is out there somewhere, Thalia. You just have to keep looking." Riley says. "What's the point? If he hasn't showed up by now then maybe he never will? I excepted that a long time ago." I say. "That's just it! You shouldn't have to except it! He is out there looking for you! I know he is, Thalia." Riley says trying to cheer me up.

"Hey can you drive for a bit? I need to sleep for awhile." I say pulling to the side of the road. "Sure." Riley says hoping out of the car. I climb over the seats and into the back seat. I lay down and close my eyes.

As I drift into sleep I hear Riley murmur, "If only I didn't have to lie."