Jade

I walked over to the last packed box that sat on my already made bed. I let out a tired sigh as I finished putting away what was left in the box.

"Jade! Kyle! Dinner's ready." Jane; my step mother, called from where I'm assuming was the landing of the stairs. I grunted, in annoyance and walked out of my new room.

"Can't I just eat it in my room, you know so I can get a better feel for the place?" I suggested from the top of the stairs.

"No, Jade!" Jane called, her voice fading. Kyle; my 23 year old step brother, pushed past me.

"Rude!" I yelled after him.

"Sorry, little sis, I'm hungry and you were blocking the way." He called back.

"Go to college!" I tease as I make my way down the steps.

"Stop being weird." He retorted. I stuck my tongue out at him before sitting down next to him. Jane rolled her eyes at her son's behavior, and took her seat beside Jim; my dad.

"Children, enough. Now who will start grace?" Jane asked. I inwardly groaned. Yeah, my family is kind of religious. In fact, before we moved to this boring town of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Jane was a minister.

"Hate what is evil, cling to what is good." Kyle said with a bowed head.

"Amen." Jane said. I almost gagged. We finished dinner and Kyle volunteered to do the dishes, which meant I had to take out the trash. I dragged the heavy trash bag out to the alley, behind our large house where the trash can was. I dropped the disgusting bag into the can and put the lid on it. I was about to go back inside when I heard a twig or something snap. I scanned the backyard suspiciously. When I saw nothing I shrugged and started to go back inside. Next thing I knew my back hit a nearby tree, with such force I thought my spine would break. A hand clamped around my throat in an iron grip. I opened my eyes to see a teenaged boy with long, dark brown hair, and dangerous red eyes staring wildly at me. I gulped as I took in his appearance. Why I'm checking out a guy that's trying to suffocate me, I don't know. He had light tanned skin, slight stubble on his chin and upper lip. His shirt was kind of tight on him, so I saw the outline of his abs. If he wasn't trying to kill me right now I'd say he was downright sexy. He opened his mouth and flashed his...fangs? What the hell? He looked straight into my eyes for a second then his predatory gaze was on my neck that was cover by his hand. He grabbed both of my wrists and pinned me to the tree. I'm not going to lie; it kind of turned me on. He started to lean in towards my neck. A loud threatening growl sounded from somewhere off to the side. And his head snapped in the direction of the growl.

"Shit! Ojibwa!" He exclaimed letting go of my wrists. I fell to the ground on my hands and knees. Another growl echoed through the night. I looked over to see two large wolves, and three other smaller wolves glaring at the boy. One of the larger wolves, took a threatening step toward the boy. I couldn't see very well in the dark, but from the way this wolf blended into the darkness of the night I'm assuming its fur was black. Its eyes were yellow and sharp as they stared at the boy, daring him to move. The boy hissed at the wolves and then sprinted off with inhuman like speed. The black wolf snarled and chased after him just as fast followed by the three smaller wolves. The second large wolf stared at me, with fierce orange-yellow eyes. I could see this wolf clearly, thanks to the moonlight that shone down on it. This wolf had dark brown fur, with some light brown on its muzzle and chest. It kept its head down as it approached me. Its eyes stared back at me with a kind of human emotion. As soon as its eye filled my vision, I stiffened immediately. It must've sensed my uneasiness, because it huffed, backed away, and then ran past me to catch up with its pack. I wasted no time running back into my house. I hastily slammed the back door shut, and locked it. I leaned heavily against it, trying to catch my breath. Once my breathing finally calmed down, I walked into the kitchen to see all the lights downstairs turned off.

'Everybody must've gone to bed...no wonder they didn't notice I was missing.' I thought as I sluggishly made my way upstairs to my room. I climbed into bed, and despite how tired I was from unpacking and the traumatic experience I just went through, I just couldn't force myself to go to sleep. It wasn't that traumatizing, I mean yeah, I almost died; in the weirdest way possible, but I'm not a pussy. I'm not scared of death; I like dark and morbid things. So that little event didn't scare me one bit, what did scare me however, were the eyes that were focused so intensely on me. The boy's eyes scared the shit out of me. That and their speed, no normal human and wolf can run that fast. Are wolves normally that big? I tried one more time to sleep but it was in vain, I just gave up and stared up at the ceiling.

The sun hid behind the clouds as I walked to my new school. I could have taken my car but I felt like walking. It helps me clear my head. My thoughts wondered back to last night's events, I just couldn't get the boy's eyes and fangs out of my head. I was snapped out of my thoughts when I arrived at the school. It looked so dark and gloomy due to the sun being behind the clouds. I liked it. I found my first period easily it was right next to my locker, which was convenient. I took a seat in the back of the classroom, so that I could avoid all the eyes boring into my soul. A girl with velvet red hair sat next to me, she kept bouncing in her seat. I chose to ignore her, but i guess she had other ideas because she tapped me on the shoulder a few seconds after I sat down.

"Hi, hi! Are you new here? I'm Cat, you know like the animal? Except I'm not an animal, I'm just Cat!" Cat said, her sentences rushed. I scowled at her.

"Uh, I'm Jade." I said in a bored tone before turning my attention back to the teacher.

"Wow, like the color?" Cat asked in an amazed tone.

"Uh-huh." I tell her, trying to focus on the teacher.

"Whoa, that's pretty! I like your hair! Do you like my hair? It's not naturally this color- hey! Where are you going?" Cat called to me as I picked up my bag and stormed to the front of the class. The girl seemed a little too air headed for me to handle. The rest of first period went by in a breeze. All my classes are boring except for my fourth hour; Chemistry. I've always liked mixing chemicals together to make weird and sometimes dangerous concoctions. There were four rows of tables, I sat at a table in the middle; the other person at the table with me was a girl with long brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin, and long legs. She was skinny but muscular. She had an irritated scowl on her face. And she'd ignore me every time I tried to talk to her. Despite her bitchy attitude, I had to admit she had good taste in clothing. Her leather jacket hung loosely around her torso and shoulders, her plain black tank top showed off her cleavage perfectly. Her smooth black skinny jeans clung to her hips and thighs. Her hiking boots threw me off though. I don't know why anyone would wear brown hiking boots with an all-black outfit.

"Can I help you with something?" She demanded, her voice was a little high for my taste. I smirked and held the empty test tube in front of her face.

"Yeah, you could start by handing me that nitric acid, so I can pour it into this beaker." I said confidently. Her scowl faltered as she looked at me. She grumbled to herself as she snatched up the nitric acid and handed it to me. I poured it into the beaker, carefully measuring it so it wouldn't overflow.

"Great now, hand me that silver bar." I said without looking up from the beaker. When she didn't hand me it, I looked at her curiously.

"I-I can't." She stammered.

"Why?" I asked stupefied.

"I'm sort of allergic to silver..." She mumbled. I laughed.

"What are you a werewolf?" I joked. She gulped before joining in my laughter nervously.

"I'm totally a werewolf." She said jokingly. We laughed like it was the funniest thing in the world. I shook my head chuckling lightly as I reached over her and picked up the silver bar and placed it into the beaker. I turned the Bunsen-burner on and set the beaker on it.

"You're really good at this chemical stuff." She muttered under her breath. I smirked at her.

"Thanks, I'm Jade by the way." I told her.

"Victoria." Victoria said simply, her tone back to sounding bored.

"Victoria sounds too proper. I'm just going to call you Vic." I told her. She shrugged.

"Do you girls need any help?" The teacher; Miss Plata, asked us as she came to our table.

"No we got it." I told her. She smiled at me before leaving.

"So, uh what are the classes here like?" I asked Vic as if I actually cared about the classes. She ignored me and just stared ahead. I huffed.

"Bitch." I whispered under my breath. Vic chuckled.

"You have no idea." She said before getting up and sitting next to a dark skinned boy. I glared at the back of her head. I was successful in making silver nitrate, and Mrs. Plata sealed it up and put it away in a filing cabinet.

"What happened to Victoria, I thought she was your partner?" Mrs. Plata asked.

"I don't know." I say simply. Before she could say anything else the bell rang.

"Victoria, stay after class for a minute." Mrs. Plata called to Vic as she and that dark skinned boy started to head for the door. Dark skinned boy stopped and look questioningly at Vic.

"Its fine Andre, go." She told him. He nodded. He glanced at me for a brief second, sneered, and then left.

'What the...' Was all I could think. I left the class and headed to the cafeteria to get food. It took ten minutes because the line was so long. All the tables were full except for Vic's table; there were only five people there so I just sat down next to Vic. All conversation seemed to stop once I sat down; all of their eyes were on me.

"What is she doing here?" A girl that looked somewhat similar to Vic demanded.

"I don't think we invited you." A light skinned girl said.

"I don't know, she's kinda cute." A boy with curly hair added. Vic glared at him, and he immediately looked down.

"Victoria, what is the meaning of this? You know it's forbidden!" Andre hissed.

'What the hell crawled up his ass and died?' I wondered.

"Shut up! All of you! She can sit here if she wants." Vic snarled. She defended me. It kind of took me by surprise considering she was such a bitch earlier. Everyone was quiet then.

"I'm Trina." The girl who looked similar to Vic, grumbled.

"Sherry." Sherry; the light skinned girl stated.

"I'm Robbie!" Robbie; the boy with curly hair said enthusiastically. Andre said nothing, just glared at his food. Sherry elbowed him, then nodded in my direction. He huffed in annoyance.

"I'm Andre." He muttered.

"Jade." I said simply.

The rest of the day dragged on slowly, especially since the school's guidance counselor; Lane kept calling me into his office to make sure I was finding all of my classes okay. Finally, at 3:30, it was time to go home; I practically bolted out of my last class. I quickly put all of my new assigned books into my locker. Luckily, no one gave me homework because it was my first day. I closed my locker door and headed outside. The sun was still behind the clouds. As I walked I heard footsteps following me which only made me walk faster, and I sprinted home.

Later that night I really didn't want go outside but my bunny; Scissors, loved the outdoors. So, I took him out back. But I made sure to stay by the house. I let him hop around and sniff things. Something in the woods must've peaked his interest because he darted off into the woods. I scrambled to my feet and ran after him. Once I was in the thickly forested area, I looked all over for him, calling out his name. I froze when I saw him in the arms of that boy from last night. He was petting Scissors, and shushing him, trying to calm him down.

"You shouldn't be out in the woods this late you know? There are wolves out here." The boy said smoothly. Like I didn't already fucking know that. His long hair flowed freely in the wind, he wore a slightly different outfit then he did last night. I don't care how sexy he is, his eyes those blood red orbs scare the living shit out of me. I blinked and in a second he was right in front of me.

"I'm sorry, about yesterday. The whole trying to kill you and everything. I suppose you want an explanation, huh?" He suggested. I averted my eyes.

"Actually, I just want my bunny." I said confidently. He chuckled, as he handed me Scissors. I gently stroked his soft, black fur.

"That little guy is fast. I'm Beck by the way. You just moved here, right?" He asked. I nodded. He smiled at me, and that smile didn't creep me out. It sort of relaxed me.

"Welcome to Green Bay, Wisconsin!" He said dramatically throwing his arms up.

"I didn't catch your name." He said with that smile still firmly in place.

"I don't trust you, enough to tell you my name." I said narrowing my eyes at him. Beck shrugged.

"That's understandable. I'll just have to earn your trust. How about we meet at Allouez Cafe, on 2020 S Western Ave? 4:00 p.m.? You do like coffee don't you?" He asked raising an eyebrow. I looked him skeptically.

"In broad daylight?" I questioned. He nodded.

"Like a date?" I asked. He shrugged.

"If you want it to be." He said with a hint of a smirk. I snorted.

"I never said I'd go." I mumbled. He opened his mouth to say something but that dark brown wolf, with the orangish-yellow eyes from last night, stepped out from the undergrowth. It snarled at Beck, Beck jumped like five feet away from me. The wolf stood in front of me in a...protective stance? I didn't notice how big this wolf was last night but now… it looked as big as a full grown stallion...possibly larger It snarled at Beck again, this snarl was more of a warning than an alerting of its presence...I think. It's fur stood on end.

"Just think about it okay?" Beck called before disappearing in a flash. The wolf snorted, and then turned around to face me. It looked at me with its orange eyes. But this look didn't scare me as much as it did last night. These eyes that looked at me were soft and…concerned? Could wolves feel emotions? Howls could be heard off further in the woods. The wolf huffed, and looked at me one last time, before throwing back its head to let out a loud howl. I had to cradle Scissors in one arm, so that could cover my ear with the other. The large wolf dashed off into the woods to meet up with its pack or whatever. Scissors was shaking when I put him in his bunny cage. I petted his back comfortingly until he calmed down. I yawned.

"Maybe, if you hadn't run off, that wouldn't have happened." I told him climbing into bed. I snorted.

'Welcome to Green Bay.' I thought bitterly before drifting off into sleep.