Opposites Are Supposed to Attract Right

chapter 13

Clawdeen ignored her friends for the rest of the day and her friends didn't mind because they needed to get their thoughts sorted out. Frankie and Lagoona seemed to give her support instantly and Cleo and Clawd made it evident that they were not happy about this development. Then Spectra said that it wasn't really her business but she promised not to blog it. Deuce decided that he was out of it too, but that he did support Clawdeen in her relationship.

Jackson Jekyll didn't really know either girl so they left him out of it as well as Phantonian. Gill said that he supported Lagoona so naturally he supported Clawdeen as well. Ghoulia and Slow Moe said that they didn't really care as long as Clawdeen was happy with Toralei. Draculara was the only one to make up her mind; she was really torn about the whole thing. She wanted to take Clawd's side because she loved him and didn't want to lose him, but at the same time, Clawdeen was her best friend for forever. Clawdeen told her that she didn't really need to choose as long as they were still best friends, but the look in Clawd's eye told Draculara that she needed to choose sides or risk losing him all together.

Finally, Draculara walked over to Clawdeen's locker and sighed. "Hey Lara, what's up?"
"We can't be friends anymore." Draculara sniffed.
"Wh-why not?" Clawdeen asked, her eyes turning sad.
"Because you're dating Toralei."
Clawdeen's eyes began to water and she wiped angrily at the tears. "So because I want to date Toralei, you don't want to be my friend?" the werewolf demanded angrily.
"It's just that Clawd's unhappy and-."
"Clawd's not the boss of what you do!" Clawdeen snarled, glaring at Draculara.
"But him being happy makes me happy and he isn't happy while you're dating Toralei."
Clawdeen huffed and slammed her locker shut so hard that the door broke off and fell to the ground. Clawdeen growled in frustration and smashed the door back into place. "Fine. You're both going to be unhappy for quite some time because I don't plan to stop dating Toralei any time soon."
With that, the angry werewolf strode away from her now ex-best friend and up to the roof, beginning to cry all over again.
Toralei was having similar trouble with Purrsephone and Meowlody.
"How can you date a dog?" Meowlody was shouting angrily.
"Because I want to!" Toralei shot back.
"But she's a DOG!" Purrsephone said furiously.
"We've always fought each other." Meowlody continued.
"This isn't natural." Purrsephone finished.
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" Toralei demanded, throwing her hands in the air. "We're not natural! We're monsters for crying out loud."
"But the old rules of life still apply to us too!" Meowlody pointed out.
"Not in the case of me and Clawdeen!" Toralei said matter-of-factly. "I'm not going to stop dating her whether you two like it or not."
Purrsephone growled lowly, but bowed her head as Toralei swept away and up the stairs to the roof. There, she found Clawdeen crying against the railing.
"Deen? What's wrong?"
"Draculara doesn't want to be my friend anymore because my brother doesn't like that I'm dating you." Clawdeen wailed.
"But what does that have to do with Draculara?" Toralei asked.
"She wants to make him happy and that's the only way she could… or so she figures."
Toralei cooed to Clawdeen gently, rubbing her back soothingly as the werewolf's tears dried.
"Thanks." Clawdeen sniffed, composing herself slowly.
"It's ok Deen. Maybe Wednesday we can go out for ice cream when you're finished with fearleading practice."
Clawdeen nodded and the two headed back down to the main school building so they weren't late for their classes.