Ryan

02*

The next day at school, everyone is avoiding me. What's up with them? Oh well, not like they were my friends anyway.

"You filthy mutt!" Jack pins me to the wall outside the cafeteria after lunch.

"Hello Jack." I say as he scowls.

"Why would you do that!?" He asks. I push him off of me.

"You started this! Stay off our land!" I tell him and head to my next class.

I looked for the girl from last night all day but didn't see her or smell her. After school, I went to meet up with Devon in the library.

"Thanks for this." I say, sitting across from her.

"No problem... so do you know what happened with Stacy?" She asks as I pull out my book.

"Stacy?" I ask.

"Yeah, Jack's sister... she wasn't at school today. Someone said she was sick and would be out today and tomorrow." Devon explains. "She seemed fine yesterday and I know they went to that beach you always go to so I thought maybe you might know something."

Crap! I didn't mean to hurt her. Tray said she'd be fine!

"Don't know... actually, Devon, I can't do this." I say.

"Of course you can it's just math." She laughs.

"No... you see... man, I'm a jerk... one of my boys bet me I couldn't get you to go out with me... I shouldn't have taken the bet it's not fair to you." I tell her. I already hurt one person unintentionally. I wasn't going to hurt her, too.

"Did you lie about needing help?" Devon shocks me with her question.

"Ummm... no, I am nearly failing... but my motivation was all wrong, and I'm sorry." I say.

"Do you still want help?" Is she really offering to help me? I just told her I am scum and she still wants to help me.

"Yes?" I answer. I'm still not sure why she is offering.

"Than as long as you don't hit on me, we're good." She opens her book, and my jaw drops. She's seriously okay with this?

"Look, you told me the truth. It was a crummy thing to do, but you didn't go through with it, which means you just might not be as bad as people think. I'll help you if you still want it." This girl is amazing! The only thing that would make her better is if she were a wolf.

We spent hours studying, and I honestly think I understand it better. Devon is extremely smart!

"Well, I have to go... same time Friday?" She asks, standing up. I start to laugh, and she gives me a look.

"Sorry, it's just funny... Friday is when I was supposed to take you to the grill to show up my friends... yeah, Friday is the same place, same time?" I ask.

"Yup... see ya Friday." With that, we both leave.

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Friday morning, I saw Stacy at school. She looked like normal. I guess I was freaking out for nothing. Tray did say it took a couple of days for the mark to fade. She was probably just embarrassed and didn't want people to see. That was the point, right? She gets embarrassed, and they stop coming on our land. I guess we'll just have to see if it worked.

After my study session with Devon, the boys picked me up for more beach time. I mean, we only have a few months before the humans take it over, so we make the most of the time we have.

"Dude, you are so weak! I can't believe you told Devon about the bet!" Tray laughs at me.

"I like her, man... I don't want to hurt her... plus, she has been helping my grades a lot!" I tell him.