In The Shadows

I'm going where?

"So what do you think?" Dad asks tentively. Probably hoping I'll be a typical child and won't want to go

"OH MY GOD!!!!!" I can't believe it. He's actually going to let me go now that I've come of age.

My Dad lets out an oof as i tackle him in a hug. I try not to trip as I run upstairs and grab the backpack that I've always wanted to wear quickly shoving things I need in it. I nearly run into a wall trying to get out the door. All the while hoping my dad doesn't change his mind in the time it takes to leave. Max and Zak trail behind me laughing and attempting to keep up with my excited behaviour. We all yell our goodbyes and I love you's as we leave. I jump into my Z-28 1995 Chevrolet Camaro and start to rush to the school I'll be going to.

Be careful out there kiddo. Remember what happened last time you went to school. Dad decides to remind me over mindlink as if I had forgotten.

I mindlink him back while driving. I know, I will. How could I forget? Love you Jackson. I make sure to address him as my Alpha to reassure him that I meant what I said.

As I pull up to my new school I start to get nervous and doubt that I could do this. The excitment was still there but I could feel the doubt creeping in. I pulled into the parking lot and parked taking a deep breath and telling myself everything was fine. There were so many people looking at me but I was ready to face the world, after all, I did scarier things than go to school all the time. Little did I know that this would go a different way than I thought it would.