Being One Of Them

Chapter IV

As the days passed, the full moon got closer. And that made Luke really excited, he still couldn't get a grasp of himself, this is his reality, this was his dream. The dream of becoming a werewolf, just like his family. Well, not exactly for "family", he desired this for himself, he wanted this, because he liked it. He had to no longer hide in his sister's shadow. He still was the same guy before turning into a Lycan, quiet and introverted, but he now had a short temper since he wasn't afraid of getting himself beaten up.

~~~ (3rd POV)

Mia walked to her locker and got her stuff as she closed the door she was met by two girls, one of them had curly dark brown hair a soft golden eyes and had light bro. The other one too, golden eyes with raven black hair, and looked somewhat pale.

"Hi~, I'm Autumn," Said the Curly-Haired with a tan skin. She gave a sarcastic smile, like the ones where you're tired of seeing a person. Mia locked eyes with her for a second, it made her nervous, the aura that Autumn gave wasn't a friendly one. She tried to compose herself and before she could say anything she was interrupted by the other girl.

"And I'm Laura, nice to meet you" She also gave a non-friendly aura, which Mia noticed. She looked at Laura and saw that she had a camera in her hands, one of those old-style cameras, which Mia loves, her eyes sparkled with excitement but before she could speak Autumn Interrupted her, again.

"Mia, right? We were wondering if you could take some pictures during the full moon" Then, all dramatic, she put her hand on her forehead like a lady in distress while closing her eyes and kept talking "Since we won't be able to do it, and it's a really important project." Emphasizing the word 'Really'. By the sentence she said, she guessed that both of them were wolves too, which spiked her curiosity.

"Um...Yeah, of course, I can do it, what do you want me to do?" Mia was really happy, she kept meeting more people and more people and getting to know them maybe ending in a new friendship.

Laura then started talking "You'll only have to go to the forest during the full moon and take pictures of the werewolves" Mia mind went blank as she raised both eyebrows in surprise she felt the cold drops of sweats leaving her face, the idea of 'forest' and 'full moon' didn't go well together cause she knows what happens there. She knows that no human can go to the forest during a full moon, only if you want to be devoured by the wolves.

"U-uh, I can't do it" She says she put her hand behind her neck and looked the other way, she wish she could do it but she knew she'd be throwing away her life if she did that.

"It's not really that hard, you see most werewolves don't care about humans during the full moon, they'll just ignore you" Says Autumn while touching Mia's shoulders. Laura laughed behind Autumn's back but Mia didn't notice this.

Lies, all of them were lies, werewolves were really territorial creatures, the moment she enters to their forest she'll be ripped to shreds. But Mia had no knowledge of this.

Mia thought for a minute, can she do it? Maybe she can, it will be 30 minutes then she'll run back to her house, wait for tomorrow and give back the pictures and the camera to the girls, and maybe after that they could start hanging out.

"Ok, you can count on me" Mia responds with a little sense of doubt in there, Laura gave her the camera and both Autumn and Laura said goodbye and disappeared into the crowd of people. Mia looked at the camera, she promised herself that she was going to get those photos no matter what.

The day passed quickly, she didn't mention anything to Matt, and specially Luke since he was a werewolf. Packing her stuff up, Anna jumped behind her surprising Mia.

"Hey what's up gal" She asked with a cheeky smile on her face.

"Oh, nothing new" Mia replied while zipping her back.

"Hey what's that?..." She noticed the camera sitting in Mia's desk "No way this is Autumn's camera" She whisper-shouted.

"Yep, she told me to help her with a project she has", Mia put her bag on her shoulder and grabbed the Camera off of Anna's hand. Anna trailed behind Mia "I feel like there something wrong here" she explained furrowing her eyebrows together.

"There really isn't any problem with this, it just a few pics here and there" Mia explained trying to calm Anna, but failed as she she still couldn't feel at ease.

"Ok, what exactly did she tell you to do?". Anna asked, pushing the topic further.

Mia hesitated for a second, should she tell her?, maybe she shouldn't, she knows that what she's about to do is risky and dumb "Uhmm, it's nothing, just picture of the forest and stuff" she slurred the last few words making Anna more suspicious than ever.

"Mia there's something you aren't telling me" they kept walking to through the hallway directing themselves to the exit.

"I swear Anna everything's gonna be fine-" before Mia finished her sentence, she was cut off my an arm that landed on her shoulder, she looked at who the culprit was and saw Matt with his typical dark glasses looking at Mia with a cheeky smile.

"Sup" Matt said while pulling his dark aviator glasses down revealing his red eyes.

"Hey Matt" Mia replied.

Mia noticed Luke walking silently besides Matt "Hi Luke" she smiled at Luke trying to look cheery and happy.

"Aww no smiles for me... lame" Matt pulled his arm off of Mia and slid it down his pants down his pocket.

"Hey, Mia" Luke answered looking straight ahead, but she saw him looking askance trying to avoid Mia's gaze.

"You're quiet shy aren't you Luke?" she laughed at her own statement watching how Luke turned a little, just a little bit flustered. "No, I'm just really quiet" he cleared his throat as he explained his reason.

Matt Joined in "You see that's what I say" He laughed loudly, Matt noticed a girl trailing by Mia's side "Hey there what's cooking good looking?" Matt took a few steps backward leaving Luke and Mia together and going to Anna's right side.

He rested his arm on Anna's shoulder. Anna laughed nervously and looked at him for a few seconds before turning her face away embarrassed "Hey Matt" she tried to sound calm but couldn't, he leaned forward reaching her ear "I'm kinda hungry", Anna oblivious to the situation said "Well my mom has a bakery a few streets away we can go there and eat" she composed herself regaining her courage, Matt scoffed at the question "Sure lead the way", she nodded in response and both Matt and Anna left Luke and Mia alone.

"Will Matt do anything to her?" Asked Mia worriedly while looking at Matt and Anna's back disappearing in the crowd. "Probably not" replied Luke. Mia and Luke walked in silence for a few minutes until they reached the parking lot where Luke's bike was parked. He hoped on it and Mia stared silently as he did. Before putting on his helmet he looked at Mia "Uhmm" he stared at Mia for a few seconds, he looked down at his helmet, furrowed his eyebrows and shook his head a little, enough for Mia to notice, this left Mia tilting her head in confusion, "Everything good Luke?" she asked. Luke was lost in his own world wondering why he wanted to start a conversation with Mia, after Mia asked Luke snapped back into reality "Yeah I-uh I forgot what I was gonna ask, anyways later" He put on his helmet turned the bike on, and rode off.

~~~ (Luke's POV)

Why did I do that?! I had nothing to ask her yet I opened my mouth? Agh that was so embarrassing...

He didn't want to admit it but deep down he just wanted to look at her again just for a few seconds.