The Blood of a Wolf

The Workout Room

We head down to see 2 boxes of pizza sitting on the dining room table.

"And here I thought you were going to cook for me."

"Well I was but then I realized I was too hungry to cook and what I was going to make you don't have the ingredients for it so I just ordered two pizzas."

"Well, I guess that is better because that means there would have been no chance that you would burn my house down."

"I would not have burned your house down I have cooked what I wanted to make many times before and it is amazing just ask James."

"Okay, sure whatever you want to think."

"I guess I will just have to show you sometime."

"Well, shall we eat before the pizza gets cold."

"Dig in." we spend a few minutes in silence eating the pizza until Bella looks at her phone.

"I have to get going my parents want me home so I will see you guys at school Monday."

"See you." me and Cody say at the same time as Bella leaves she turns to give me the look that says talk about it soon.

"What was that look she gave you about."

"Oh just uh girl talk one of the things we talked about up in my room earlier it is nothing you need to worry about."

"Alright, if you say so."

"If you are done eating there is something I want to show you I think you will like it."

"Lead the way," He says standing up from his chair. I go towards the door to the basement. " you are not going to take me into your basement and murder me are you?"

"No. not today at least," I laugh "kidding come on just follow me." I lead him down the stairs and open the door to the right of the stairs and let Cody walk in before I turn on the light revealing my work out room.

"What is all of this?"

"A workout room I guess you could call it my mom had it made for me so I could let my anger out in here and not destroy the house or go running outside and risk exposure."

"That is kinda cool not destroying the house part but that you got this made."

"Yeah. except I haven't used it all that much because now that we live in the woods I just go for runs and nobody is usually ever in them so it is safe."

"So why are you showing it to me."

"Well, I figured we could work out in here for lacrosse when we don't have practice or during the off-season so you don't get out of shape and maybe I could teach you a few things I know about fighting and you could teach me what you know." He stood looking around the room in silence it was about the size of karate dojo with a matted floor and a punching bag hanging in one of the corners with a dummy sitting in the middle of the room and a few things of protective gear hanging on the wall along with a few bow staffs.

I was getting worried as he hadn't said anything in a little while but then my worries subsided as he turned to me grabbing my waist and lifting me up spinning slightly.

"This is amazing," he says looking into my eyes as he slowly lets me down one of his hands coming to the small of my back while the other stays on my waist. Just when I feel like he might be about to kiss me he pulls away letting go of me as if I was burning him. "So are we just going to sit here and admire this or are we going to use it."

"Really you want to use it now," I say after recovering from whatever almost happened between us.

"Sure why not I mean I can go grab my lacrosse bag that has my practice gear in it and I mean you have stuff upstairs you can change into."

"Alright, for a little while but then you have to get going to your own house before your parents call the 999 and report a missing child."

"Well, I don't think they would call 999 it would be pretty far to go."

"Right 911 in America."

"I will be right back I am going to grab my stuff you go change."He rushes out the door and up the stairs, I quickly follow but instead of going outside I head up to my room and grab my athletic clothes a pair of high waisted leggings that match the color of my eyes and a black sports bra. I start back down the stairs while I work on putting my hair up into a high ponytail.

As I am coming down the last few stairs I hear the door to the bathroom open and Cody emerges pulling his shirt over his head giving me a view of his bare chest but the little show ends as he pulls the shirt all the way onto his body.

When I get to the bottom of the stairs Cody notices me and looks me up and down and I can smell a mix of emotions coming off of him most unfamiliar to me but the happiness is clear.

"You ready," I say breaking him out of the trance he seemed to be in.

"As long as you are ready to get beaten by me."

"Yeah unlikely I am the werewolf."

"Well we will just have to see." we make our way down to the workout room all the while arguing about who will win.

"So do you want to do bow staff or hand to hand?" I ask when we get down to the room.

"I am a little rusty with the bow staff so let's do hand to hand and maybe some other time you can reteach me the bow staff."

"Sounds good to me," we get into position "you ready?"

"Let's do this." with that we start fighting we are both pretty good and can dodge or block most of the punches that are thrown our way. I start to feel a little frustrated that Cody can easily maneuver out of my way even though I have the powers that I have that I am part wolf.

I can feel my wolf coming towards the surface but I keep on fighting thinking this could give me the advantage I need but Cody catches me off guard and lands a punch. I turn my head away as my eyes turn to their wolf red color and my breathing speeds up.

I can feel the start of the shift and I know I will not to be able to control it and that is when I feel a hand on my shoulder making me turn slightly in that direction. The next thing I know is that there is a hand on my chin turning my head and lifting it up slightly and my eyes meet Cody's.

"It is alright Ava you are okay you are in control, not your wolf." I can see the worry in his eyes and the softness of his voice when he speaks is comforting and soon I am in control again my eyes going back to their normal color. As my breath evens out a wave of emotions comes over me and I burst into tears and collapse into Cody's arms.

"I can't control it Cody how am I supposed to do lacrosse if something angers me I could shift and then I have to leave again leave Bella and James and leave you that is if I make it away I could get caught and--" I can't finish my thought as another round of sobs comes over me.

"Bella was telling me of a theory she had about using someone as an anchor what I gathered from what she told me was an anchor was someone you want to stay human for." As he speaks he runs his hand up and down my back in a soothing manner and the tears start to subside.

"During lacrosse, if you feel the first signs of shifting think about staying human for me... for the team," he quickly corrects as if saying for me was a mistake. "The team we need you. Think of Bella during school you were her first friend in a while and she became friends with me and my brother because of you, she needs you."

As I calm down Cody repositions himself so he is against the wall and I am leaning up against his chest with one of my hands resting on his chest his hand was still rubbing my back. I start to feel tired from the sparing and then also from my breakdown so I close my eyes and my breathing slows and I fall asleep using Cody's shoulder as a pillow.

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