Wolf

Chapter 9

A/N: I was at my dad's house which has no Internet so I couldn't upload lol but now that I'm back at my mom's, here you go!

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Julia grabbed the door knob and turned it. The door opened and everything was dark. Feeling lost, she felt around the wall for some kind of light switch she had seen Jace use in their room. When she felt something like a switch, she flipped it up and the lights turned on.

The room was neat, but the bed was a mess! In the far corner Raina was wrapped up in her neon pink blanket. Her dark hair and black makeup running in streams of tears stood out in the bright room.

"Raina?" Julia carefully called out.

Raina's eyes were blank and she just stared off into space. More tears seem to run down her cheeks as Julia walked closer.

"Raina, are you okay?" Julia knelt down in front of her.

Raina's eyes didn't move. It was as if she was in a trance. Then when Julia wiped her tears and running black eyeliner and mascara away, Raina finally looked elsewhere.

"W-who are you?" Raina said confused. Then her face twisted in anguish.

"N-no!!" Raina screamed and buried her face into the blanket marking it black.

"Raina, it's ok, it's just me, Julia..." Julia wrapped her arms around the bundle of neon pink.

"No... Don't..." She said.

"Raina, you are usually so cheerful. I never seen you like this. I know we haven't known each other for long..." Julia began to get teary. "But, I still remember you telling me that we'll be close sisters when I'm able to turn human."

Julia gasped and cried for the first time in her life. It felt as if she had lost a part of her. Raina was the only one, other than Jace, that felt like someone she can truely trust.

"Here I am Raina... I'm here..." Julia muttered in tears and hugged Raina even tighter.

"J-Julia..." Raina seemed to come out of her trance.

Julia let go and Raina lifted her head. She looked terrible with red puffy eyes and black make-up all smeared on her face. The blanket was also smeared with black. When Raina smelled that it was really Julia she tried to see through her tear-filled eyes, she reached out with both her arms and pulled her into a hug.

"Julia... I'm so sorry you had to see me like this!" She started to sob onto Julia's shoulder.

"You finally turned human. Today should be a celebrating day for you and I just ruined it." Raina pulled away and looked at Julia closely.

"No, it's okay. It's also a day for the pack to remember their loved ones." Julia smiled and wiped away Raina's tears that were still running.

"I do this every year since then... I need to stop, but it's like it just happens all over again..." Raina began to shake.

Her pupils began to grow bigger and her fangs grew. Then, her pupils shrunk and her fangs did too. It was as if she was about to reenact something she did before.

"It just won't stop. The memory is still fresh in my mind and I live it over and over again." Raina put her hands over her ears and closed her eyes.

"It's ok Raina it's all in the past..." Julia said.

"You're right, but it hurts the present. It will hurt in the future."

"What..." Julia stopped herself from asking. She didn't want to force Raina to tell.