The Masks We Wear

Ch. 13

[I'm sorry about this chapter coming late. I was going to upload last week but I accidentally deleted it by pressing control V instead of Control C ... in grammarly which erased all of the progress I made to the original document. So I did all of that again and I mean all of it. Including the CONTROL V deleting it all AGAIN. So I'm going to just upload the draft and change it later I am so sorry]

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       It had been a few days since I had talked to Jake and I couldn't get the topic off of my mind. It wasn't the first time I had ever heard about that happening but I just never cared. Until a few days ago I had never tried to turn. It was actual pretty tiring just to turn that much so I was starting to get worried.

-At this point, it would be tough to even use the senses while in my normal form. Heck, I may even need an alpha to help me turn as of now- I thought as I walked into my next class. I sat down in a seat and to my surprise, both Yuki and Will sat down near me. I hadn't even realized that I had a class with both of them.

"Hello Caleb," Yuki said.

"Hey," I responded.

"Have you still been going home late at night?"

"Yeah why, because of the wolf that's running around. Will said he told you".

"Oh ... yeah, that's right he did tell me. Don't worry I can take a wolf on my own", I said confidently.

"Yeah you'd expect any star to be able to but Zane is still hospitalized from his fight". I made sure not to show it but I was surprised. I didn't realize he was in the hospital after our fight.

"Wait, what? He's in the hospital?"

"Yeah", she said.

"He's gonna be okay though. It's not like he severely injured," Will added in.

"Luckily, that wolf could've killed him," Yuki said.

"But he didn't. Maybe this wolf is different from other wolves," Will said smiling optimistically.

"What even makes you two say that wolves are by nature dangerous."

"Look, Will, Caleb, I'm sorry but there is no such thing as a good wolf. If one kills one of your friends or a family member try saying that again," Yuki said looking pained by the past. I saw a look in Will's after she said that. One of pure annoyance as though he was just heavily insulted. Before we could say anything the bell rang and the class began.

The rest of the day went by normally, Yinny and Yung, Yuki's two tigers, had accidentally knocked themselves out. I had stopped multiple fights, getting all of my classwork done and helped various teachers with work outside of class. The bell had rung I said by to Will and Yuki before heading off to another practice I had.

After the practice, I walked back home. It surprisingly wasn't late so I started walking home. As I walked I couldn't help but be surprised by how peaceful the outdoors was today. As I was walking I looked at my own hands. The invitation to train my natural ability came to my mind.

"Hey, Mom, can I head over to friend's house?" I texted.

"Do they know you're coming?"

"Yes," I lied.

"You're not going to see those weirdos from your last school right?"

"No".

"Okay then, just make sure you don't come home too late".

"Alright".

In about ten minutes I was knocking on the door. -What am I even doing here?- I thought as I waited. Soon after Will opened the door looking a little surprised.

"Caleb? What are you doing here?"

"I decided to take your dad up on his offer," Caleb looked confused, "Well is he here?"

"No, he'll be home soon thou you can come in and wait".

"Okay, thanks," I said as I walked in. As I walked in, I sat on the couch in front of a massive Tv with an action anime on it.

"You watch anime?"

"Yeah, Meya recommended this one so I decided to start today. Have you watched this one before"?

"No. I've been wanting to, but I'm not allowed to watch anime. I used to love T.O.Q."

"Oh really is it good?"

"Dude it has some of the best action I've ever seen along with some outstanding plot twist, like you have no idea how hard it is for me to not spoil most of the story for you." I was starting to get excited at just the thought of the show. I knew Will could tell as well. The sight of me this excited about anything I could tell made him happy.

"Well if you like it this much it must be great. You wanna watch some?" When he asked that I started smiling but then I caught myself and went back to being poker-faced.

"N-no, but thanks for the offer," Wills smile faded as he looked at me almost pitifully.

"But ... you were just so excited".

"Look okay I'm fine," as I said that Will looked at me in a mixture of pity and confusion. The door opened and Jake walked in his human form. I looked at him to see that his eyes in his normal form were a bright brown.

"Oh, Hey Will ... Caleb right?" He said as I nodded. "So you thought about what I said".

"Yes sir," he seemed to look bothered when I called him sir and Will started to snicker.

"Please don't call me sir. I'm not that old".

"Oh um okay Mr. J," I said as he got the look again. Will began laughing as his tail seemed to wag. "Sorry, it just feels strange to call someone who's this much older than me by their first name".

"It's fine as we work together you'll be more comfortable with things like that".

"So um what are we doing?"

"Well, the first step to this is meditation. In order to control your wolf you must be able to find it as well as yourself," he said as he walked to his room, "I'm going to get changed real quick you two should just relax," he said as he shut the door behind him.

"So that's what he talked to you about," Will said.

"What?"

"Getting better control over your powers and getting a healthier lifestyle for what you are".

"Yeah".

"Good, also I've been meaning to ask when are we going to train again?" I had completely forgotten I had agreed to train him.

"Does tomorrow work for you?"

"Sure," Jake came out of his room in sweatpants and a tank top both of which were black. I was surprised to see that he was actually in good shape. His arms were slim but incredibly muscular.

"Wait so by meditation you mean?"

"Yeah like regular meditation," Will responded to me.

"A lot of what makes us healthy is simply internal. All you have to do is relax and let your mind wander". Jake smiled as his wolf ears and tails came out and he sat down. "So just relax," Will was already sitting with his eyes closed.

I sat against the coach while on the floor and closed my eyes. I started taking deep breaths, and after a while, I shifted myself so I was laying on the floor still breathing. It felt so relaxing to lay on the floor in such silence but at the same time unnerving. Even though I was an only child my Mom and Dad would always constantly be trying to talk to me be it a lecture, "asking" for something or just for some type of conversation.

I began slowly opening my eyes to see I was surrounded by dark trees.

"Wh-What the hell!"