Loving wolves

Chapter 7

A duvet was wrapped around me like a burrito, keeping me warm as I slept a deep sleep. With warmth surrounding me. I slept like a baby.

"Alex" Someone whispered close to my ear. I did hear it, but I was in a deep sleep to react to the noise. Any normal person would immediately get up and investigate. I however rolled over to the other side. My bed felt too good to leave now. "Alex, wake up" the voice ordered me softly. I let out another moan, and gently flickered my eyes  until I met a pair of familiar brown eyes locked on mine. I blinked again, in case I was hallucinating. "Wake up, love" he whispered and his thumb gently brushed my cheek. The person's face was centimetres away from mine.

It was Chase. Who had sneaked in to my house at about 1 am in the morning.Great. 

"Chase?" I yawned, while rubbing my eyes my sore eyes. "What are you doing here?" I asked. I grabbed my alarm clock and checked the time. "1 am in the morning. Are you kidding me?" I asked. Chase let out an amused chuckle from my frustration."Come on, get up I'm taking you somewhere" he smiled. I got up and rubbed my eyes once more. "Where?" I asked dis interestingly.
"It's a surprise" he answered and smiled at me. "Wait, how did you get in here" I asked. 

"I'm a wolf, I have my ways" he smirked.I got up and ruffled my messy hair. I took some clothes out of my closet and walked slowly towards the bathroom. My feet were sore and I had the urge to fly kick my way back in my room and go to sleep. 
I put on my clothes precariously and stared in the mirror at myself. There were swollen, red bags under my eyes.  My hair was a mess and my face didn't look very pleasant. I washed my face a couple of times and brushed my rough hair until it was smooth. I put my hair into a loose pony tail and stepped out of the bathroom. Chase was sitting on my study table looking  through my sketches. Flipping through them carefully.

"You drew all these?" he asked while studying a specific page. It was a sketch of a magpie I made in California. The magpie had made a home on our apple tree and gave me something interesting to sketch.I nodded. 

Chase continued to flip through each page and then he suddenly stopped on one page in particular. I watched curiously as his eyes travelled along the page, studying each detail carefully. A gentle smile grew on his face."What are you smiling at?" I asked curiously. I tried to l look up and see what he was looking at but he picked the sketch book up and waved it carefully trying not to let the pages fall out. "I can't see it" I said. Then he finally showed it to me. It was the sketch I made of him as  a wolf the day I took a picture of him. 
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"What about it?" I asked. "This is why you carry the camera around?" he asked. "Precisely" I answered. "You are an amazing sketcher" he complimented. I smiled in response. "Well let's go" he smiled while getting up and taking me by the hand. We walked to the door and went outside. The woods were dark but the moonlight had brightened up the place a bit. It gleamed like a lonely jewel on the empty sky.

The trees seemed more lively in the dark, which gave me a bit of excitement. It felt as if the woods came alive. The fresh air greeted us as we got closer to the heart of the wood. I smiled at the scene. 
We both started walking towards it, Admiring the freshness. We walked passed the clawed tree, which instantly reminded me of my last encounter with Hunter. I can tell we will meet again soon enough. We took a left to a place I hadn't been before. I could tell because of how the trees looked. They looked different. More vibrant and colourful despite the lack of light. The moon was our guardian angel. Chase made a stop. 

"Shh" he said as he put a finger to his lips. He started tiptoeing to a tree. He looked back to direct his gaze at me then motioned me to follow him.We ended up standing in front of a beautiful river. The water was gleaming because of the moonlight shining on it. On the edges of the river were rocks in different shapes and sizes. The water looked calm and beautiful it reflected the moon perfectly, as if it were a painting.The water was smooth a single rock would disturb the water.
 
Chase and I sat at the edge of the river looking down on it. Our reflection was clearly imprinted on the water.Chase took out a small rock which was hidden beneath the larger rocks.  He tightened his grip around a rock he found on the edge of the river. "What are you doing?" I whispered.

He gave me a reassuring look as he threw the rock in to the water and suddenly small thumb sized creatures emerged from the depths of the water, squealing with their tiny voices. I looked closely at them and could not believe my eyes. The creatures danced and twirled and sang to their hearts desire, not even one bit afraid of giants sitting near their home. They were human like creatures with tiny wings un-proportional to their bodies. Their skin a frosty blue colour covering them from head to toe with elf like ears and strands of blue hair on their head.

I looked back at Chase. "Fairies" he whispered, making a small mischievous smile on his face. The creatures were beautiful. I watched carefully, fascinated by their every move. They communicated with each other in a weird squeaky language, I of course wouldn't be able to understand. I looked back at Chase. His brown eyes reflected the healthy glow of the fairies. He smiled as he watched them twirl and dance. "They're beautiful" I muttered putting my finger out towards a small fairy. The fairy was a bit startled by my huge finger."I know, that's why I took you here" he smiled and put his fingers through his hair. "I had noticed your interest in the supernatural" he explained. His eyes gleaming with happiness. "You're so different." Chase beamed. The light from the fairies reflected on to the curls of his hair. I smiled. 

These fairies were truly marvellous creatures and nothing as they show in much films. I'm not in to many fictional movies, because they lack reality, but this was on some crazy level.

Chase  pulled me into a warm embrace. "Thank you" I whispered in his ear. "Anytime" he answered back.