Being A Werewolf 101

(Paul's POV)

"Would you shut up already?" I thought to Jared in my mind. I had patrol with him and Jared was replaying some rather naughty events that happened between him and his girlfriend, Kim last night.

"Your just mad cause unlike you I can get some whenever I want," replied Jared in his usual annoying tone.

"What are you talking about all the girls would pay big money for some of this," I replied arrogantly.

"Yeah and so will the guys apparently."

He replayed an incident in his head when we were at a party. It wasn't anything special really it was just one of those parties that people go to get buzzed and hook-up with girls. After about an hour of nonstop partying and drinking I fell asleep on the couch. I'm not really sure what happened but all I remember was Jared waking me up telling me to come on. It was than that I noticed that I was shirtless and laying on top of a dude. Ever since than, I have never drank more than 2 bottles of beer at a party again.

Jared knew how much I hated to be reminded of that day and yet he brought it up almost every single time that he could. He, like all the other werewolf's loved to see how far they could push me. It was entertainment to them seeing at how easy I would get mad.

They would often place bets to see how long that I lasted before I phased.

But that was just me, Paul, the volatile werewolf, always starting trouble, quick to get into fights and to stubborn to back down. I can't help it though, that was just the way I grew up. I mean if somebody said something rude to you wouldn't you punch them in the face."

"Dude, you didn't punch in the face because he said something to you, you punched him cause he looked at you." Jared replied smartly. "And he wasn't even looking at you."

"So, he was gonna look at me, I could tell."

"No you douche, he was checking out the girl behind you," he commented.

"Oh," I replied stupidly.

From then on it was like our regular everyday conversation, I talked about some hot girl I wanted to hook-up with and Jared would remind me of how much of a man-whore I was. This hot girl appeared to be Brigitte Calhoun, this new Swedish exchange who had all the guys drooling over her before she even stepped into the building. Now normally I would be all over her claiming my territory but unlike all these other dummies fawning over her I wanted to take a smoother approach. I heard she was gonna be at this party tonight and I was gonna show her and everybody else trying to get with her just her persuasive I can be when I want something, and I always get what I want.

I have it all planned out, while some loser made a poor attempt to hit on her I would come in and tell him how low that was saying that she deserved to be treated with respect and class. Than I would turn and give her a compliment saying she looks nice or something without coming on to strong. We would get to talking and she would instantly realize how awesome I am. She would have asked when we could go out sometime and I would politely say anytime is fine with me as long as it was okay with her parents. Her parents would be thrilled to know that she found a respectable young man who knew how to treat a lady. She of course would fall in love with all my handsomeness and we would live happily ever after.

I mean that had to work right? Don't girls love that happy fairytale ending crap?

"Dude do you really think that's gonna work?" Jared said in between his laughter, "I mean even she can't be that stupid."

"Of course it's gonna work, when has it not?" I replied sourly.

"Hmmm….. Maybe that time when Raven slapped you in the face when you asked could you help her undress, or when Salina caught you cheating on her with her best friend or maybe it was the time when you asked that bartender if you could….."

"Okay…okay" I said, doing my best not to let my temper get the best of me. I would not let myself get angry over a couple of bad memories I had with my exes ruin my mood "So it hasn't worked out, the point is are you coming with me to get some action or not?"

"I can't. I was taking Kim to the movies tonight. And even if I was you know that I couldn't do that." He said.

"Oh yeah, I forgot you found your true love and now you can't even look at any other girl without feeling guilty for betraying your soul mate." I replied bitterly. Jared was my best friend and all but ever since he met Kim that's all he can ever talk about. It was all Kim this and Kim that. In fact he talked about her so much that I even started picturing her naked. I mean Kim's cute in her own way but I rather not think about my best friend's girl like that.

Jared, reading my thoughts growled at what I said.

"Just wait. One day your gonna find a girl that makes you rethink all the stupid stuff you ever did… and I will never let you live it down," he said darkly.

"Yea right, and than I'm gonna go moping around everyone like some lovesick puppy," I replied sarcastically.

"Oh, I bet you won't say that once you imprint."

Imprinting, it was the one subject that would always find a way into our everyday conversations. I tried to avoid saying it but it would always come up eventually. Everybody talked about it like it was some blessing in disguise, but I thought it was the worst thing ever created. Why would anybody want to be tied down to one person for the rest of their lives at age 17? It takes away the fun of experimenting with other girls if you automatically know who your soul mate is by just looking at them. Unlike Jared and Quil, who have already imprinted, I want to spend my youth years with as many girls as I can before I settle down. If I ever settle down that is.

"Dude it's not like that. When you see her it's like the whole drops dead and nothing is more important than her, when you look into her eyes you feel that your whole is being filled and that all you need is to see her smile for your whole world to be complete. When she smiles…."

"I know, I know," I said quickly putting an end to Jared describing the way he felt about his imprint Kim. Jared had imprinted on Kim about a month ago and I thought it was the funniest thing ever. One minute me and Jared or heading to school talking about football, than the next he slammed into her with a door while she was tying her shoe. When they looked at each other, both of their mouths wide open looking like fools I nearly died of laughter. But that quickly ended when Jared realized what he had done. After apologizing various times he invited her to sit with us at lunch. They have been pretty much inseparable since than.

"But trust me, you'll love imprinting," he said surely. With that he phased back and ran to Kim's house for his date.

My life had been real chaotic in the last few weeks. Changing into a werewolf really turned me for the worse. I never wanted any of it. All of my life I had just been your average short-tempered guy, always getting into fights and smart talking my way out of trouble. Now I'm a reckless werewolf who can't seemed to find where I belong. Just 3 weeks you would have seen me sitting with the football players with a hot cheerleader by my side. Typical cliché I know, but it's still true. But now you can find me out in the middle of the woods searching for vampires that never seem to show up. But you might not recognize it's me because right now I'm a big furry werewolf. Yep, that about sums up my life.