Willow's Tree

19

The next day at school, the routine was the same. Trey and Helen were inseparable, I saw them, Helen flashed me an apologetic look, Trey ignored me, my eyes followed after them...and I felt weird. In fact, that was the cycle for the next days that passed by. Strangely, mating season had ended, but Trey was still with Helen.

And he hadn't come home.

It was two days past the last day of mating season and the werewolves were going back to their normal selves, no longer full of lust. But Trey and Helen were going at it. In the hallways, I would ignore them but it was difficult to get used to seeing Trey by Helen's side and not, well, mine.

Throughout the days, Trey continued to not communicate with me. I could've easily spoken with him first, but I was too nervous. Or maybe I was scared. He had been with Helen all this time, but what if I spoke to him and he ignored or rejected me? That caused me to stay silent.

During math class, Olly would continue to give the two of us glances, expecting something to happen. Nothing did.

In English, Rebecca would do the same thing too, but her face was full of worry. Isaac on the other hand was still as pissed off as ever, if not more. He would glare at Trey, unafraid of the consequences. Isaac told me he was proud of me for not even looking his way.

If only he saw me in the hallways though. My eyes constantly followed him there.

Yet the strange thing was that Trey's eyes weren't fogged over like before during mating season. He still had the faraway look and his face was always tense, like he was angry at something.

I started to think that maybe he really had taken my advice and chose to stay with Helen. She was the better choice since she understood exactly what he was going through. After all, she was a werewolf while I was just a normal human being.

If Trey really had made his decision to choose Helen, I would completely agree. But my heart seemed to disagree. It wouldn't stop constricting and my throat wouldn't stop going dry at the sight of them together, looking like a perfect couple.

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The nights were getting colder and colder. But I knew. I knew that this was how it had always been. I had always been cold, but I had been used to it and simply waved it off as something I normally dealt with.

Only when Trey came into my life and slept with me in bed did I notice that I could be warmer. I got used to his warmth but now that he was gone, I was starting to revert back to how it was before I met him. And I was finding myself uncomfortable with my old self.

I could hear the clock tick in my house, which I never noticed when Trey had lived with me. The TV was louder than usual and my food supply was more than I could consume.

The third day past mating season arrived and I found myself even more confused. Everything confused me. Trey's behavior and my reactions from seeing him was just one of those things. The feelings that overwhelmed me were foreign. I had never felt them before and that just brought up even more confusion.

When I passed by Trey and Helen in the hallways that day, I found that it had become easier to ignore them. I could pass by while looking straight ahead without sparing them a single glance. But my heart betrayed my aloofness when it ached.

My friends still didn't buy it that I was fine and comforted me when they had the chance. Especially Isaac. He was the typical big brother type, reminding me it was best that Trey and I were separated. Of course I did my best to control my emotions especially in front of him. If he saw any sort of distress from me due to Trey, he would go through with his threats.