Soul Mate

Chapter 8

Sebastian's pov

I had shut myself away from the rest of the world. It's the only way I knew how to deal with my grief. I just missed her so much. My heart ached so bad. Any kind of interaction with anyone irritated me, I preferred my own company. Wallowing in misery was all I could do, as the events of that night kept replaying in my mind. I blamed myself. Perhaps if I had said no to the party she would still be here. My family tried to drag me out of my depression, but gave up after the first two months of me not saying a word.. I had become selectively mute. Now all they did was make sure I had my meals and slept in a clean bed, not forgetting the occasional shower. I guess they didn't want me rotting away in the basement. After 8months of hiding away, I had a sudden urge to go out. I didn't know why really. I just felt like it. I called casper for the first time in 8months. He used to call, but I ignored him. When he persisted, I turned my phone off. It has been off since then. I even blocked the mind link. I needed my space to grieve. I called him today.. the guy went into shock which is something since nothing ever shocks Casper Reed. Absolutely nothing. Well except that one time when we were 10 and he realised chicken lay eggs! Yaaa that's my best friend, with tiny brains and a big heart.
Which explains why am at the farmers market right now pretending to socialize. Everything feels different, even the air smells different. I must have been cooped up in that basement longer than I thought! And I was so pale you could actually see the color of my veins.. good thing I hadn't lost that much weight. My mom made sure of that... Goddess bless her soul. We hadn't been here long bt I was already tired of the pitiful smiles people kept giving me.  It was annoying..

" Wow! You would think after all this time the town would have forgotten about everything... I mean far more interesting things have happened." Casper comments.

"Things like what?"I ask
"Well for starters, fat philly found his mate, she's a scrawny little thing. Not sure how the mating process will go.." he pauses with his brows furrowed like he's deep in thought.
" Then Toby is transitioning.. you know from male to female!! Can you believe that!" He exclaims throwing his arms in the air.
I simply humm, as I looked around trying to spot our other friends. Right now we were seated on the back of Casper's truck, just behind his family's stand. They had several paintings on display. His mother loved to paint and art.
"Oh and the guy without a wolf is 18 today." He continues to count off on his fingers the interesting things that have happened in the community since I went AWOL and was missing in action.
For some reason, his last revelation caught my attention. That kind of information travelled fast among our species. 18 was the age we celebrated most. It meant a lot. It was the equivalent to the human sweet 16. Except ours meant you qualify for a soul mate not a driver's license.
My wolf begun to stir within me. I could feel him pacing at the back of my mind. For the past 8months he had been silent, not saying a thing. Not even trying to come forward. But now he was awake. This day was proving to be interesting.. I guess I just needed a breath of fresh air.
So the raven haired boy was 18, huh! That's news worthy I guess. I could care less about fat philly. I wonder who his mate is... I think to myself. These past months, I'd buried the idea of finding my mate. I didn't want to even think about it. To me, my mate was already dead. Then the sweetest smell drew me from my thoughts. I couldn't quite describe it. I deeply inhaled trying to catch the smell again. This time when it hit my nose, I could place it.. cupcakes! I loved cupcakes.. bt it was nothing like the ordinary cupcakes. This scent was ten times better..
By this time, my wolf was going crazy! He was all over the place and he was making me antsy. He had never acted this way. I had to find the source of the scent.. I hopped off Casper's truck.
" Where are you off to? The guys are almost here" he says
" Just give me a sec, I need to look at something" I say and keep walking. I turn to my right and spot a bunny stand.. I walk towards it. The smell was definitely coming from there..
There were people in a group hug, then they broke apart. I took note of Greta, sister to the raven haired boy, Bay, and the other boy Archer I think. Then my eyes fell on him. His hair was longer than I remembered, it was down his back. And shiny.
I stood confused as to where the scent was coming from.. then my eyes focussed on his face again and I felt my eyes turn black from blue.. my wolf had come forward.

MATE!
My breath caught in my throat. I felt like I couldn't breathe. Sweet goddess no! This couldn't be happening.
The boy spun around and our eyes locked. His eyes widened and he went ghostly pale before he unceremoniously dropped to the ground.
What the hell was happening!
This couldn't be real, I must be dreaming. There's no way this is real.. I watched as the boy was lifted off the ground by his friends and taken behind the rabbit stand..
Then I felt my lungs constricting and  realized I needed to breathe.
"What happened to him?? Who just drops like a bag of potatoes out of nowhere" I hear casper say besides me.
"Are you okay man? You don't look too good" he asks.
I didn't feel good either. I couldn't move and I was having difficulty breathing. When I didn't reply, casper moved to my line of vision..
" Your eyes Seb. Your wolf is out. What's wrong?" He asked, now officially concerned..
" Please get me out of here." I whisper.
Casper didn't need to be told twice.
" Let me get the truck" he said.