Running With the Wolves

Chapter two

Recap:

I yanked my hand out of his grip, successfully cutting off the sparks of electricity flying up my arm. And as I turned to walk away, I swear he whispered, "Mine."

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I walked towards the school building and heard the bell for first period ring loudly.

"Shit," I muttered.

I heard footsteps behind me and knew immediately by the strange new electric current in the air that it had to be Daniel.

"You're going on a date with me tonight."

I swung around. "And why is that?"

"Because you're my ma- erm...because I'm asking nicely this time."

"No, you're not." I scoffed

"Please?" He said softly. I looked up and his eyes smoldered into mine. I almost melted. But nah. He was so used to girls falling to their knees at his feet. I wasn't going to let him get off that easily.

"I'll think about it," I said, turning around and walking into school. I felt him following me until i passed the office. He turned there and I continued on to my locker.

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I walked into first period ten minutes late.

My teacher, Mr. Brown cleared his throat to quiet down the already hushed voices of the class and smiled warmly at me.

"Ella. Please take your seat."

Mr. Brown was my favorite teacher. He tried his hardest to make his subject, history, interesting even when students genuinely didn't give two shits. I was never late, always promptly turned in homework, and listened intently, if only out of sympathy.

I got to work on the reading assignment on the board and was almost finished when every whisper in the room stopped abruptly.

Daniel was standing in the doorway, staring straight at me.

I looked down quickly and let a thick curtain of my hair hide my eyes and the sudden blush I felt when all eyes fell on me, probably wondering why I was a topic of interest to Daniel McCutchen.

Mr. Brown cleared his throat again and turned his kind, time worn face to Daniel "Yes, Alph-Daniel?"

I tuned out as Daniel said something about a schedule change and didn't tune back in until I heard the scraping sound of the seat to my left being moved closer to me.

"Will you please go out with me tonight, Ella?"

I replied without looking up, "Jenny sits there."

"She traded me."

I looked back to see Jenny flirting with one of Daniel's friends and sighed ,"Fine."

"I have another request."

"What?" I ground my teeth together and looked him in the eye for the first time.

"Will you sit with me at lunch?"

Daniel, of course sat with all of the jocks. I didn't want any part in that. I like goofing around with my friends; not acting like a five year old on steroids.

"No."

Daniel opened his mouth to protest-

Riiiiiiinnnnngggggg

Ha. Saved by the bell. I closed my books and started to leave.

"See you at lunch"

I rolled my eyes at his cockiness.

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I closed my locker and screamed when Charlie's face popped up where my locker door used to be.

"God, Charlie!"I scolded "You're gonna give me a heart attack!"

"Are you sure you don't want to go to the dance with me? I mean I know there's the whole friendship thing but I just thought maybe if-"

I cut off his stuttering by putting my hands on his cheeks.

"Charlie, I don't want to go. I'm sorry"

I heard the growl from my dreams and the parking lot rip through the air and suddenly Charlie was gone, thrown against the lockers across the hallway.

Daniel stood in front of me, glaring at Charlie. "Mine," he said in his deep voice.

Something stirred in me and my ability to move or speak or even breathe was stolen from me. I watched helplessly.

Charlie sneered,"Yours? Ella isn't an object and since when does 'The King' care about lowly peasants like us?" He gestured between himself and me. I would have rolled my eyes at his word choice if it didn't hurt a bit.

I heard Daniel reply and saw Charlie's face turn red, but I couldn't follow what was going on.

Suddenly, I was in the science storage room, sitting on a table. Daniel stood in front of me, worriedly feeling my cheeks and forehead for a fever or abnormality.

"Ella? Talk to me." He demanded

My mobility came back and the barrier that was holding me back was replaced with hurt and shock

"He's right. Why do you suddenly have an interest in me?"

His features softened dramatically "I'll explain tonight.. I promise. But right now I need to make sure you're okay. I'm sorry about what happened with your blonde friend..I'll uh..explain that too." He said with his hands still caressing my cheeks.

I sighed into his hands and forgot for a moment where we were. I let the sparks fly through my body from our contact and closed my eyes.

When I opened them, Daniel was looking at me with...what looked like...love? I think I'm going crazy..

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