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  "Who is Spot?" He asked confused. I laughed harder.

  "My dog." He looked like he was ready to murder me. Jeez, someone can't take a joke. I stopped laughing, placing a hand on his shoulder ignoring the tingles.

  "Relax it was a joke, I don't even own a dog." He seemed to have relaxed when I touched him. I wish I owned a dog, but my mother refuses to get one. Says there’s enough animals living in her house.

  "Now how old are you?'' He asked the same question from earlier. Might as well give him an answer.

  "18." He nodded. I asked him a question I have been wanting to ask for a while for some reason.

  "Are you really dating that girl Zoey?" It seemed they were more like friends with benefits than in a relationship. I mean who lets their boyfriend leave with another girl?

  He stared at me for a minute, as if processing my question. See what I mean? Why does he need to think about it? It’s a simple yes or no question. I thought he wasn't going to answer since it was none of my business, but he eventually did.

  "It's more of a fling really." He shrugged. Just as I thought. I was hoping he’d elaborate more, but he didn’t. I just nodded my head.

  "What about you?" He asked.

  "Nah I'm not lesbian," I laughed at my own joke. "What do you mean what about me?"

  "Do you like my little brother?" It was an innocent question, but the way he asked made me think he would kill Derek if I said yes. Which wouldn't make sense since he barely knew me.

  "Yes, as a friend." I honestly did like Derek as a friend and nothing more. No matter how hot he was. We just didn’t click like that. Blake nodded, and his tight stance relaxed. The bell rang signaling the end of lunch and I jumped off the bench so fast you would have thought it was on fire.

  "Was my company that bad?" Blake asked with a smirk on his face, but I saw a flash of hurt in his eyes.

  "No I just don't want to get lost, so I have to find Derek."

  "I could show you around you know." Was that jealousy I detected in his voice?

  "No its fine, I'm sure Derek is already expecting me." I just didn't want to be around him any longer. My thoughts were all over the place and I didn't know how to act around him. He nodded as we both got up walking back inside, going our separate ways.

  I was walking around looking for Derek when I bumped into Jessica and Zoey. Not the people I was looking for.

  "You just can't stay out of my way, can you?" She sneered in my face. She was like a rabid dog when she was angry. Two seconds from spitting saliva.

  "You just can't stop touching me, can you?" Feeling bold I added, "Just like your boyfriend."

  "I'm going to tell you this one time! Stay away from him, he doesn't want trash like you." Her jaw clenched, it was clear how furious she was, guess I hit a nerve. He’s not even her boyfriend and she acts like this over him? I’d hate to see her with a husband.

  "Could've fooled me." I smiled smugly at her. I enjoyed pushing people buttons. I’m surprised Jessica hasn’t added her two cents.

  "Well you'll find out soon that he only wants me." She flipped her hair and turned, walking off with Jessica following her. I sighed, where the heck is Derek?

  Twenty minutes later I realized I was late for class and I still hadn't found Derek. I probably should have taken Blakes offer. I turned a corner and luck was once again on my side when I saw a girl at her locker. I walked as quickly as I could up to her, making sure I don’t startle her.

  "Hi, I'm new here can you help me find my class?" I asked out of breath. I may have looked fit, but I was far from being fit. I despised doing anything physical.

  She looked up and I realized she looked just like Derek, which could only mean one thing.

  "Are you related to Derek by any chance?" I hope I was right with my guessing.

  "Yes, my name is Lizzy."

  "Oh good, Derek was helping me, but I lost him after Blake dragged me off at lunch."

  "Well it seems like you met the whole family." She chuckled "Let me see your schedule." I handed her my schedule, she scanned over it before handing it back. “Looks like we have a few classes together.”

  We started walking down the hall and I had to take long strides to keep up with her. Her longs were long compared to mine.

  "So, what's your name?" She asked as we turned a corner. I should remember this route for next time.

  "Ashley."

  "Nice, how exactly did you run into my brothers?" She asked curiously.

  "Derek showed me to my locker and Blake just popped up in first period." Is it a coincidence that I met all of them my first day here? What are the odds?

  "That explains why you look a little bit annoyed."

  "Why do you say that?" I didn’t even know I looked annoyed.

  "If you met Blake it's obvious you met the wicked witch Zoey." She rolled her eyes.

  "You don't like her?" It seems like none of them really likes her.

  "No but my dad does." I was going to ask her what she meant by that, but she cut me off. "Here's your class Ash." She says pointing to a door right in front of my face.

  "Ok thanks bye."

  "What do you mean bye? This is my class too. Now I have an excuse for being late." She looped her arm through mines before pulling the door open. The teacher didn’t even acknowledge us as we walked in. If this were my old school, we would’ve been shunned in front of the whole class. There were two empty seats in the back next to Derek. I glared at him, as we made our way to the back. He just smiled showing off his dimples. I moved to the seat next to him and Lizzy sat on my other side.

  "I couldn't find you." I hissed in his ear.

  "Well you're the one that left with my brother," He snapped back. I rolled my eyes. Not like I left voluntarily. "I see you've met my lovely sister." He added in a softer tone, I nodded.

  "It seems like the whole family likes you. Now all you have to do is meet the parents." Lizzy laughed on the other side of me.

  "That's exactly what I said!" She hollered.

  "Quiet class!" The teacher barked from the front of the room. Oh now she wants to say something? Lizzy and Derek just rolled their eyes. I felt eyes on me, looking towards the window I caught Blake staring at me. I didn't even realize he was in this class. He winked when he saw me looking, I blushed and turned around, only to catch Zoey's glare.

  By the time our free period rolled around I decided Lizzy was a good tour guide. Better than Derek at least. The more we hung out the more I realized how much we had in common. I could tell we were going to be friends.

  "Do you want to hang outside with me and a couple of my friends until next period?" She asked as we walked out of chemistry.

  "Not today I was hoping to go to the library and check out a book for my history assignment." She looked disappointed but nodded anyways as we went our separate ways.

  One place I remembered how to get to was the library. I was most likely going to be spending a lot of time in here. It was nice and quiet, and I enjoyed the silence. I made my way to a book shelf close by to look for something that would help with my assignment. The teacher told us to write about a famous historian, I didn't know where to even begin my search.

  As I was scanning through the rolls of books I noticed someone on the other side watching me. I frowned and pulled a book down to look through the hole. I didn't see anyone. I walked around the shelves to see if my eyes were playing tricks on me. When I rounded the corner, no one was there. Strange, I was sure someone was watching me.

  I shrugged before grabbing a few books and going to find a seat.

  I was reading pages on things that could help me, when someone slammed their book down on my table. I jumped, looking up.

  There was a guy standing there around my age with bright orange hair glaring down at me. "Can I help you?" I asked.

  "You're in my spot." He said harshly.

  "There was no name here when I sat down." He looked angrier. The hell is his problem? It's just a seat.

  "But this
is where I sit. Why are you even in the library? Shouldn't you be downstairs with the other stuck up witches." He snapped. My eyes widened. What did he just say to me?

  I waved my hands around my books and glared at him. "Clearly I'm here to read moron. Just like the other people in here, and don't talk about me like you know me."

  "I don't need to know who you are to know you're just like the rest of the girls here."

  "I'm not moving, so unless you have something to say worth listening to can you leave? Cause you're blocking my light and I no longer want to look at your face." He looked shocked at my outburst, guess he wasn’t used to people talking to him like that. To my surprise he pulled out the chair across from me and sat down. I ignored him as I tried to work on my research before the bell ring.

  "You're not going to find anything to help you in those books." I looked up as he spoke. "That paper is for history, right? We have the same assignment."

  "Yeah...." I said slowly. Not too long ago he was yelling at me to move and now he wants to help me? He pushed a book he had over to me.

  "You'll find better answers in there." I reached over opening the book.

  "Are you bipolar?" I couldn't help but ask. He laughed.

  "No, I'm sorry about my rudeness by the way, just wasn't expecting you to be here." That much was obvious. I nodded accepting his apology.

  For the next few minutes we worked in silence. He was right that book did have a lot more to work with. I was almost done with my paper when the bell finally rang. I packed my stuff and left, not bothering to say anything to the bipolar guy.

  **

  Three classes and ten sheets of homework later I was finally released to go home. As I was walking to Jakes car I noticed Blake leaning against it. Jake texted me earlier saying he was catching a ride with a couple of friends he made, asking if I could take his car home. Lucky for him I had a license. "Can I help you?" I asked him as I approached.

  "No." He said.

  "Then why are you here?" I asked once I realized he wasn't going to say anything else.

  "Because I want to be," I rolled my eyes moving past him to get in the car. "Did you enjoy your first day?" He asked before I was fully in. I blinked at him.

  "Yeah I guess." Not mentioning the drama that came whenever he was around.

  "That's good." He commented before walking away. What a weirdo. Surely he had better things to do than stalk me.

  I drove home and parked the car in the driveway.

  When I walked in the front door I heard voices in the kitchen. I headed towards that way hoping to find a snack or something. My mom was moving about the kitchen cooking while Ben sat there reading a magazine. Ben was my mom’s new husband. I think they’ve been married for about two years now.

  "Hey guys." I peeped my head in, no snacks. "You need help with anything?" I asked my mom hoping she'd say no. She usually liked cooking on her own, but sometimes she'd force me to help, saying it’s practice for when I get a husband. Jokes on her though, I’m never getting married.

  "No honey you just go upstairs and relax." She said. Thank god, I quickly darted up the steps before she could change her mind.

  I've never been so happy to be home in my life. I've been home for at least two hours now and have done nothing but watch cartoons. To say I had no life was an understatement. After a while I decided to use Jakes car to go get some ice cream since he's still not here. I searched the nearest super market in my GPS before putting on my shoes and running down stairs. I walked into the kitchen looking for my mom.

  "Mom can I have some cash, so I can go and get some ice cream?" I asked when I found her at the kitchen counter mixing something, it smelled divine.

  "Have you finished unpacking? Done your homework?" She asked.

  "Yes, it's all done," I rolled my eyes at her questioning. She stared at me for a moment longer before getting her purse and handing me ten dollars. "Thank you!"

  "Drive safely! And hurry up dinner is almost done." She called after me as I ran out the front door.

  Chapter 3

  The nearest super market was four blocks from the house. Didn’t take long at all to get there when you’re going ten miles over the speed limit. I quickly ran into the store and got my ice cream before leaving. I couldn't wait to get home and stuff my face. I was singing along to Taylor Swift when the car started coughing and jerking then stopped. I tried starting the engine again, but it only made this clanking sound. "That doesn't sound good." I looked out the window and saw nothing but a forest. I put the car in neutral, so I wouldn’t be in the middle of the road. I got out the car walking around to the front to check out the damage. I popped the hood up and stared at the engine, I had no clue what I was doing. I knew nothing about cars.

  "Need some help?" I jumped, smacking my head on the hood of the car.

  I turned holding my head, to see Blake leaning against a pole with a smile on his face. Where the hell did he come from?

  "I mean if you're offering it." I took a step back away from the car. He stepped forward and bent over the hood. I watched as he started poking and prodding stuff.

  "What'd you do?" He asked.

  "I don't know, I was just driving when it decided to have a heart attack..."

  He nodded and continued looking the car over. I was standing there watching, when suddenly a blinding pain went through me. I doubled over screaming as tears started streaming down my face. This was worse than cramps. Blake's head snapped in my direction, he looked confused at first before shock covered his features. He scooped me up and started making his way towards the forest. If I wasn't in so much pain I would’ve protested against going in a forest with him alone. He ran us to the middle of the forest, and softly laid me down on the grass. The whole time I was screaming in pain.

  "Shh it's Ok baby girl hold on." I faintly heard Blake's voice over the sound of my screaming. It felt like my bones were repositioning themselves, it hurt so bad. When I could no longer handle the pain I passed out, still hearing Blake in the background saying soothing words.

  When I came to I felt very different, my body felt heavier. I stood up, it took me a second to realize I was standing on all fours. Looking down were I should have seen my hands I saw paws instead. I twisted around trying to see the rest of my body but was failing miserably. Looking around I saw a lake up ahead, I took off running towards it. Stopping at the edge I looked at my reflection in the water and jumped back surprised. I slowly walked back towards the water and studied myself again. I was a huge wolf, my fur was all black while my ears were white.

  "You're a werewolf." I let out a scream, that sounded more like a yelp as I turned around facing the intruder.

  "Who are you?" There was a large black wolf standing in front of me. He was twice my size. For some reason I wasn't afraid of this wolf, even though he seemed to be leaking with power.

  "Blake." I watched as the wolf answered but his mouth didn't move.

  "Did you answer that in my head?" As I asked this question I realized I had been thinking it. "How did you know I was changing?"

  "Because I heard the way your bones were cracking." He answered still staring at me. I didn’t even hear my bones cracking.

  I started walking towards him as he stood perfectly still. When I got closer his ear twitched. I put my face in his fur feeling the softness and the welcoming tingles. He made a sound in the back of his throat, so I moved back. "How much do you know about werewolves? Are there others? Do you think my mom is one?" I asked him.

  "I have a feeling she might be." He sounded a little angry. Maybe he was upset that I was a werewolf too now? For some reason I wanted to make him happy. I couldn't understand why. I bent down and wagged my tail in the air indicating that I wanted to play. His tail twitched but he stayed put.

  "Come on Blake let's play so I can explore this new change." I told him excitedly. For someone whose whole life just changed I was taking this fairly well. A little too well.

  He copied my position, then le
aped towards me. I turned and ran as fast as I could. The wind going through my fur felt very good. This was a whole new feeling for me. Running on all four instead of two. Not that I ran on two a lot.

  I was so lost in my thoughts I didn't realize Blake had caught up with me, until I was tackled to the ground. A yelp escaped my lips as Blake and I went rolling down a hill. He landed on top of me, with a wolfish smirk on his face.

  "You run like a new born pup." He chuckled in my head.

  "Well I kind of am." I defended myself. I reached up and licked his face. He froze for a moment before he licked mine back then got off me.

  I followed him back to the lake we were at earlier as he sat down. I sat next to him cuddling into his side, he didn't seem to mind. We rested like that for a while, I enjoyed the peace and quiet.