CH 1 James' POV
Silence and darkness. I open my eyes and am greeted with these two elements of morning. I slowly raise my head to see my clock flashing me the time 5:58 AM. With my still half-shut eyes, I smirked at it and whispered, "Beat you again, bud." I quickly disarmed the alarm before it ended my sweet silence. I got up and walked to the bathroom to do my duties. I came out, threw on a pair of gray sweats and a white t-shirt, and walked downstairs. I entered into my kitchen and was met with the smell of bacon and eggs. I smiled to myself when I saw a wolf at the stove, happily humming to himself. His ashen fur that covered his prominent muscle was messy from last night's sleep.
"Must be some traumatic event happening today for you to be making bacon and eggs, Humphrey." "Good morning to you too, James. And it may be traumatic for you, but its major bragging rights for me. We graduate today." "Oh the Horror, how could I forget the end to the worst years of my life?" I replied sarcastically. He just laughed in response. I smiled at the humor my roommate and I had. I walked over to the coffee maker and poured Humphrey and myself a cup of coffee. We each made ourselves a plate of bacon and eggs and went out to the patio to watch the sunrise over the lake.
Humphrey and I shared a house on Bay Lake. Both of his parents and my mom died in a car accident when we were 16. My dad left without any trace and never came back. So you could say we were alone. That was two years ago. We are graduating from Bay Lake High School today. Humphrey was elected the Valid Victorian of our class. He not only had the best grades in our school, he was a star on our track team. You could say everyone knew of him. I was just the quiet kid that everyone knew and liked, but never really talked to. I was ok with that, I liked the way I was and I wasn't going to change it for anyone.
We finished up our breakfast, and went inside to get ready for school. About a half an hour later, we came out of our house and got in my Chevy Camero and drove to school. We were both quiet with anticipation, waiting for this last graduation practice to be over. We arrived at the school and walked into the old gym building. Everyone gathered around the principal to get instructions of where to go and what to do.
After a solid three and a half hours of 'NO!', 'A little to the left!', and 'Stop messing around!' we finally were deemed ready for graduation. We all let out a loud whoop, and made our way to the exit.
I looked around for my golden girl. I finally spotted her walking toward me, her beautiful amber eyes locked on my forest pine ones. We finally met in the middle of the floor, falling into each other's arms. I looked down into her eyes and whispered, "Good afternoon, my sweet honey." She giggled and replied, "Well hello to you too." I stepped back a little, to give us some room to talk. "Do you want to come watch the sunrise with me tomorrow?" She got a little twinkle in her eye and teased, "Why not. You are my boyfriend after all." I smiled, and said, "Meet me at Lookout Rock fifteen minutes before dawn tomorrow." "Ok, I'll be there," she replied, and walked out of the gym.
Humphrey came up to me with a smirk on his face and said, "Done flirting with your girlfriend?" I smiled, rolled my eyes, and walked out. I drove us home pretty quick, because I had some preparations to do.