3.Unfamiliar Familiar Scents

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Zane's POV
A werewolf's nose is precise, able to pick up on and distinguish thousands of different scents. A good nose could mean the difference between life and death for a werewolf and mine,being from the alpha bloodline was a cut above the rest. The scent was so familiar to me yet so unfamiliar, I scrunched my nose in an attempt to identify the scent coming from the person inside the tinted car to find out who it was.

"Ugh here we go" I heard Mason groan, rolling his eyes at whomever was in the car. The engine was switched off then I heard shuffling inside, whoever is inside is coming out. I stared expectantly at the car door willing it to open with my mind and it did. It was one foot and then the other, it all seemed to be happening in slow motion the asphalt that lined the ground crunched under the weight of a pair of practical black shoes. My eyes trailed upwards from the pair of boots,along the silhouette of this stranger. The door was slammed shut and I tilted my head to the side my eyes roaming upwards past a pair of black jeans. A right arm riddled with tattoos and a torso covered by a black t-shirt wrapped in an army green jacket. A guy......huh.... my face was painted with a puzzled look, I journeyed to his face and was met by a slanted jawline that held a smile that made me feel a little uneasy, no one should be able to smile like that except me ofcourse. A pair of big brown eyes stared at me expectantly
... hmmmm he kinda looks like someone from a nerdy band no one knows. I arched one of my perfect eyebrows at him , did he expect me to know who he was. Then he did the strangest thing, he laughed.

What the fuck?.....
Who
The
Fuck
Is
This
WEIRDO....

Then he took a few steps closer to me, he began rubbing the back of his neck as his face seemed to heat up.
Is he embarrassed....?

"Zane its me....." he said smiling, he casts his gaze to the floor and thats when the memories of who this guy is came flooding back to me.

"Kai....is that you...?"
He smiled and nodded I took three large steps towards him, I embraced him tightly,this was unreal. He was still so much shorter than me, his jet black hair tickled my chin as I held him close to my chest, oh how I've missed him.

Kai and I have been best friends since kindergarten when I punched his older brother Mason in the face on the first day of second year. Mason and I had been going at it all of first year we had made it a habit of teasing the other until they snapped. So on the first day of second year Mason put gum in my chair and I soiled my pants so I punched him. At that same time Kai was starting kindergarten and came to see his big brother's class. When I punched his brother he ran up to me while his brother was down and pushed me as hard as he could. I could tell he gave it his all because he made a loud grunt when he pushed me. I was about to smack him too, thinking he was one of Mason's goons. When I took in his appearance I froze in place. He was shaking in his boots,his frail figure appeared as if it would shatter if I just flicked him with my index finger. His eyes were squeezed shut small , this kid was no fighter he wasn't gonna be able to hurt me and I think he knew that, but he stood up to me anyway.

"You stay away fwum my brodur" he pleaded with whatever strength he had in his tiny body.

I took a step forward and he took one backwards, damn he looks so afraid of me.
"Hey I ...." I started saying reaching out to him he shrieked and flung himself backward again, away from my yearning arms. His reaction to me had me feeling a feeling I never felt before as a child, rejection. I needed to just explain to him surely he would understand, his brother was a bully. I returned my gaze to him, but I seemed to have still had my anger towards his brother in my eyes. He was quivering in fear...I approached him and he kept retreating
"No..." he said backing away his fists clenched as if he was trying to keep himself tethered to his mere strength.
"Wait I.." I said his back had now hit the wall and I was hovering over him this huge kid who just sucker punched his big brother I bet he was so frightened. Next thing I knew his eyes turned white and he was falling forward, he collapsed from all the stress and adrenaline coursing through his veins not to mention fear of being in the presence of a wolf next in line to be alpha.

I held up his frail body as I thought of how much of a bully I was and it took Mason's kid brother to show me just how much. That day I made a vow to be his friend and be around him because I knew he would make me a better person and ever since then we've been inseparable. Until Kai moved away eight years ago to live with distant relatives.

"Zane you look exactly the same" he said releasing the hug

"Yea more or less.... but you , look so different" I said after a long pause " You have tattoos now" I said rasing an eyebrow at him and his cheeks flushed red. I laughed, I almost forgot that he blushes for absolutely everything.

" Yea I do, they're a guilty pleasure I guess" he said

Elliot ran and embraced Kai as well
"Hey man how are you?" He asked his eyes widened at the sight of Kai's tattoos

"I'm ok" Kai replied

"Kai you smell so different I couldn't even recognize you" I said, in the world of the supernatural everyone has a distinct scent that they radiate without even trying to. It's possible for someone to alter the way they smell themselves by taking potions or using special herbs on their skin like us werewolves do to mask our scent for covert attacks. A person can also smell different if they have taken a mate, if they have evolved as a person fundamentally, if they are of a mixed bloodline and also a change in overall health.

"Really, what did I smell like before...?" He asked

" well...um" I scratched the back of my head "a little like strawberries sometimes" God I hated talking about this, he smelt like a girl back then. He would always ask me and my answer would be different everytime. I mean what boy wants to hear they smell girly?

"Finally the truth" He laughed
" and now?" He asked cocking his head to the side a trait that he has had for years.

" I'm not really sure " I say slowly looking at him with curiosity.
" So why are you here?" I asked

"I'm back, I just flew in I'm going to finish school here" he smiled and I just stood there blinking Elliott grabbed him in a bro hug and began gushing over how happy he was that he had returned.

The crowd of onlookers had now disbursed and everyone was whispering ' who's the new kid?'
as they scampered off. I was busy standing there watching my bestfriend wondering why he smelt so different.

 I was busy standing there watching my bestfriend wondering why he smelt so different

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