The wolf in me

Chapter 1

First day
     My alarm goes off and I'm up and dressed before I have time to think about today. My mom is downstairs already fixing breakfast and I say hello as I grab two pieces of toast and I'm out the door. I hop in my dark green Jeep and make my way to school.
     First day at a new school. I don't know anybody. As I'm walking up the stairs to get my Junior year schedule I hear shouting behind me. I turn and see a man running down the hall towards two girls knotted together in a fight. He reaches them and grabs them both by the collar and pulls them apart. I see as he walks towards me with them both in tow that his eyes are as blue as the ocean. He's tall and has dark blond hair, I even see the corner of a tattoo on his collarbone that just sticks out from his black button up he has hanging open. He has a way of walking that shows comfort and confidence, almost like he doesn't care what people think of him. He reaches me and looks into my eyes as he passes and I flush with heat realizing how weird I must look gawking at him. Great, my first day and already I'm the weird girl.
     The bell rings and everyone rushes to their first hour. I walk into the attendance office and sign in. The receptionist looks as me with piercing blue eyes, the exact opposite as that guy earlier whose eyes were so warm and inviting. She seemed to be saying "what kind of trouble are you going to cause?"
"I'm here for my schedule" I say timidly. She nods and disappears around the corner. "Hey, You're the new girl right?" I hear behind me. I turn and see the most drop dead gorgeous girl I have ever seen. She is tall with deep brown hair. She has green eyes and smooth skin and a few freckles on her cheek. She has perfect teeth and her smile seemed to light up the room. I stop gawking long enough to answer her. "Yeah, Im Emma. And you are?" I ask. "Tristina, but you can call me Tris. It's nice to meet you." She replies smoothly. I hear a door open and turn around to see the admin returning with my schedule. I look over it quickly before Tristina takes it from me and tells me where to find my first 2 classes. "we have 2nd, 3rd, and 4th hour together. Anatomy is in the science wing just down the hall and to your left." She explains.
     I say thank you over my shoulder as I make my way down the hall. I walk into the class and find an empty seat. The teacher walks in and looks at me. She motions for me to go to the front of the class. As I'm standing there she addresses the class and tells them to make sure that I feel welcome. I take my seat as I hear the whispers start. I hear a deep voice behind me say "Hey" and as I turn around my breath catches in my throat. It's the guy from the hallway earlier.
     "Hey" I say shakily. His eyes are even bluer up close. He leans in closer and whispers in my ear "I hope you didn't get the wrong impression of me back there. Those were my sisters"-he explains-"always getting into fights." He lets out a soft chuckle and leans back in his seat.
    I turn back around not sure what to think of him and his seemingly light mindedness. Surely he couldn't be ok with just dragging his sisters through the middle of the school by their collars. How can someone be ok with that?
    "Mrs. Emma!" The teacher calls. I jump in my seat and blushes when I realize she asked me a question and I have no idea what it was. "Uh... May you repeat the question miss?"
    The class starts giggling and the teacher glares at me from behind her bangs. "Where are you from?" She repeats. "San Antonio Texas, ma'am" I say softly. I dip my head so my hair falls forward covering my blushing cheeks. "Tell is a little about yourself" the teacher continued. I look around and everyone is staring at me. My vision starts to go fuzzy and I feel a panic attack coming on. Just then I feel the guy behind me breathing softly on my neck and he whispers in my ear. "It's ok. Just breathe. New kid jitters are the worst but don't worry. I'm here Emma. I'm right behind you."
     Oddly his words actually calm me down. I get my breathing under control and I tell myself I'll be fine. I look up at the teacher and I'm not blushing anymore. I say "My name is Emma Lykos and I'm from San Antonio. I moved from the NEISD school district to the Judson school district after my parents got divorced and I'm just here to finish school so I can get on with my life. I like sports but I'm more of a watcher than a participator and I like reading in my off time." I noticed the brief flash of suprise on the guys face before he quickly recovered his composure. At this point I felt myself blushing again and so I ducked my head and let my hair fall over my face again. I could hear the guy behind me laughing and I thought to myself "he's a jerk." He whispered under his breath something about judging a book by its cover. I looked back at him and noticed again how blue his eyes where. He just sat there and grinned at me like it was nothing and I couldn't believe how carefree he was. Thankfully the teacher went into her lecture and the rest of class blurred bast and before I knew it I was on my way to English Lit III.
     I walked through the door to the English class and saw Tristina sitting in the from row and she waved to me motioning me to sit behind her. I slid into the chair and decided to ask her about tall blond and jerkish before I lost my nerve. "What's the deal with that guy?" I point as I see him coming through the door. I noticed me and smiles as he slides into the desk next to mine. I look at him and blurt out "Are you stalking me now?" He grins and leans in close enough I can smell his aftershave and god did it smell good. I also smelled a bit of mint and toothpaste on him and I couldn't stop myself from breathing in his smell before I came to my senses.
     His voice got deep and when he spoke I heard a low growl in his voice I hadn't heard before but it drew me closer to him. "I like the thrill of the hunt but I promise I'll play by the rules for now miss Emma. Be careful though. I'd hate for this chase to be over too soon." He got up and walked to the other side of the class and sat down by the window. I kept staring at him until Tris snapped her fingers in front of my face and was looking really worried. "Earth to Emma? You've been staring at him since he sat down. Do you know Jay? He's bad news. You should stay away from him if you can." I'm a little taken back and I think back and I realized I never said anything out loud and neither did he. Was my imagination running loose again because there's no way we could've said all that without moving our lips. The class moves on uneventfully and soon it's time for gym class.
     Tris shows me to the gym and I get my new locker and change quickly into gym shorts and a baggy t-shirt. I get in the gym and look around quickly and notice Jay isn't here. I breathe a sigh of relief before we start doing our laps and running sprints. Soon we start playing volleyball and Tris pulls me off the the side. "So? How do you know Jay?!?" Tris looks like she's gonna burst. I tell her about anatomy and how he sat behind me and I tell her about the weird looks he kept giving me. I left out the part about how he seemed to be able to read my mind because that's just crazy right? I told her about how I saw him drag his sisters down the hall by their collars this morning.
     She listened to everything before jumping in. "Girl, you need to do yourself a favor and stay away from him. He's trouble. Besides, you're too pretty for him." I blush and she laughs as she walks off. I've never thought of myself as pretty before. I have light brown hair the goes just a little past my shoulders that gets frizzy when I don't brush it and pale skin. I take care of myself so I don't have acne and I have a few freckles here and there but not too many. I have high cheekbones and a soft jawline and chocolate brown eyes. I'm only 5'7 but I try to make it count. I use light makeup around my eyes and on my lips only because I can't stand those girls that cake it on and look like a clown. I've been called a lot of things but I've never been called pretty. When I blush my whole face gets red and I hate that I look like a tomato when that happens.
     I'm so focused on myself I don't see the volleyball coming right at my face until it's too late and I end up seeing stars laying flat on the floor. The last thing I remember before blacking out is Tris standing over me looking worried. Everything goes blurry and then fades to black.