Little Red Riding Hood's Mate

30.A Dangerous thing

I rang the bell and waited patiently. To my surprise, it wasn't one of Jason's parents that opened the door but Noah."Hey." he gave me a small smile."Hi." I told him and we hugged briefly."Come in." he made some space for me and I walked inside the house. "So, how are you?" I asked him."I'm not good." he didn't look good."What about you?" I sat on the couch."I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't focus on anything else but Jason." Noah nodded. " I don't mean to insult you, luna, but I can clearly see it. You're paler than a ghost. There is no point in hurting yourself you know." I shook my head."I'm not doing it on purpose, I just can't manage knowing that he is dying." after two weeks of Jason being in a coma his chances of waking up were becoming less and less and everybody was aware of it. His father told me that werewolves are creatures that heal really fast, not quite as fast as vampires though but really fast compared to a human. So, everybody was really afraid because the next alpha should have been healed by now.

"I saw you at school the other day." Noah mentioned."Yeah, after some point I had to go back. I didn't want to but I had to. I didn't want to walk those fucking corridors knowing that he is missing. I didn't see you though, why didn't you talk to me?" Noah ran a hand through his blonde hair."I just caught a glimpse of you at lunch but then lost you. I asked Leo though how you were and he told me that you were really depressed. Now that I'm talking to you I can see clearly that he was right." I laughed humourlessly.

"Leo has been there for me through it all, Noah, you can't even imagine in what condition I was the first three days that Jason was in a coma. I'm so thankful to him, he is always there when I need him always." I smiled at the thought. He was really special to me. "Doesn't Sydney get jealous that you two are so close?" Noah wondered."My boyfriend's dying, Noah, she understands." he snorted.

"Please stop saying that he is dying, it feels like we've given up on him. I don't want to give up on him. He is a fighter, Karma, he'll wake up. You'll see." as much as I wanted to believe that everything was fine I knew that it wasn't true. "You can't even imagine how much I want him to wake up, Noah. I can't live in that lie though, you're aware of how a werewolf's anatomy works and not waking up from a coma after two weeks isn't good. In fact, it's terrible, just terrible. His dad told me." he knew I was right I saw it in his face.

"I believe in him." he wasn't giving up though."You should have a little more faith in him too. You're his luna, you need to be strong for him, support him. Be the queen you're meant to be not some kind of loser that cries all the time for something that's not certain yet. I know my best friend, I know him, Karma and he wouldn't abandon us, not like that." I shook my head."I am strong for him and I have faith in him but I'm trying to be realistic because it's the only way I can handle what's going on. If I let myself believe that he'll wake up and something happens and he doesn't then I won't be able to go on, Noah. It's already hard without him and hope is a really dangerous thing." he knew that he shouldn't push it any further.

"You know, lately I've been talking to Serena." I rolled my eyes."Of course you have." I was getting agitated whenever someone mentioned her."She told me how sorry she was and that she just wants to fix things." I nodded."I know what she told you, she has been saying that to everyone. I believe her, she is telling the truth but if Jason doesn't wake up she is doomed and she knows it. And honestly, Noah, I don't think I'm going to try and save her from our pack's wrath." I shrugged." I don't like seeing her like this. I don't like what her father has done to her." I was tired of hearing how Serena's father got under her skin, she is a big girl if she really wanted to she would have stopped him. She didn't though she wanted to hurt Jason and she had to pay the price.

"I'm tired of hearing people making excuses for her. She is a smart and quite independent young woman, Noah. She made her own choices and she made a mistake. That's her responsibility, not her father's. Yes, he might be a monster but she isn't his lap dog. I understand that she is your friend and I believe you and Jason that she is a good person but she is in the wrong here and upstairs my boyfriend is in a coma. Support her if you wish that's your business but don't make excuses for her." He nodded and said nothing because he knew that I was right.