"What?" was all we could say.
"Relax guys it's not that big of a deal, it's just four weeks." Jacob said
"Which is another way to say a month." I argued. Not even the guys would agree to this but maybe that was why he had wanted to talk to us, the girls, first.
"That's ridiculous Jake!" Leah practically shouted. I wasn't surprised that she was so much more steamed then the rest of us, Leah hated change. Not that I really liked change or this idea any better than she did.
"Yeah we're like family." my sister Amanda, or Ammie as we all called her, stated. Ammie had just moved here from a small town near Boston two years ago. Ammie moved here when she found out she was adopted. She had grown really attached to the people in Chartreuse, MIPL.
"C'mon Ammie, do you really think something as important as your wolf family could possibly be taken away from you in a month? Guys, not seeing the boys for a month wouldn't do you any harm." Jacob took a breath there. "Monika can you please open that door?" he asked softly, whispering.
I rolled my eyes and did as instructed. Not because he scares me but because I love him. Not in the way your thinking though. I love him like a brother, sometimes we don't see eye to eye but at the end of the day, we're still family. As soon as I opened the door I realized, like we were all expecting, the guys were all standing close to the door.
"Tell me boys," Jacob said striding towards them. "what did you hear?"
It was Seth who spoke up, "that you want to separate us and the girls for a month."
" As in, separating the genders." Wesley, or Wes, added.
Jake nodded at that. "What do you think about that?" Jake asked raising an eyebrow.
"I think you should just remove my sister, Leah." Seth said in a teasing tone.
"No way, he should remove you." Leah said back in the same tone.
"Guys. Be serious." I warned. "I think we need more time to decide on something Jay." I said to Jacob.
"We don't have any more time." Jacob muttered his breath. Leah and I heard something more in Jake's voice than everyone else did. He wanted to get rid of them, as in the girls.
"You want to get rid of us don't you?" Leah said to Jake. You could tell she was hurt by this, so was I.
"Are you planning a field trip just for the guys or something?" I asked.
Serena caught on and so did Cristina. "Forget a field trip!"
"Yeah. You just got wind of a war and now your probably planning on taking the boys to fight on one of the teams, right?" Cris agreed.
"You guys are just delusional and paranoid. I'm not planning anything." Jacob argued.
Serena raised an eyebrow. I noticed from the corner of my eye, Leah's eyes tearing. "Wait a minute, Jay." I said. I jogged over to Leah and put my arm around her waist. She smiled at me. I kissed her on the cheek and squeezed her hard. She squeezed my hand. "I love you, Leah." I said. When I said this her tears started to fall. I could totally understand this. I was pretty upset too, and I felt like crying too. My eyes started to tear now too. Leah probably smelled the salt water because she opened her arms to give me a hug. I moved so fast that it was even a surprise to me. We hugged for two minutes. I would squeeze her and then she would do the same to me. I started crying. We kept hugging. We were crying so loud we could have broken each others ear drums.
"Guys I'm not getting rid of you." Jake said sounding solemn. "It's just that in Whitechapel, a lot of people have sighted some strange things. I need someone to find out what's going on."
"And the reason you aren't using the boys is?" Ammie asked.
"You know the boys would just get distracted by the pretty girls." Jay replied.
Us girls nodded we knew we had to agree.
That weekend, Sunday February 2, 2013 at 8:30 am, all the werewolf girls were hanging out at their temporary home. There were in Whitechapel, Ontario in a vacant house. It was their second day there.
"I thought you said this house was empty, Monika?" Leah asked me.
"It is other than us." I replied.
"Then how come every time I pour myself a glass of orange juice, the glass is empty?." Leah asked.
"Did you ever think that maybe there are ghosts in this house?" Serena asked.
"Maybe that's why it smells like death in here." Ammie said.
"It could either be that or the vampires." I replied.
"There are vampires in this town?" Ammie asked.
"Yeah and there has been a lot going to and coming from the orange house two doors down." Cristina replied.
"You noticed that too?" I asked Cris.
"Sure did. It's pretty hard to miss." Cris replied.
"I feel like I'm living in a girls only run down camp." Ammie said suddenly.
"Why?" Leah and I asked at the same time.
"What does coherent mean?" Cris asked. She had been reading a book. Nobody could answer her.
"I'm going to go get the dictionary." Cristina said. "Man I wish we had laptops."
"Cris it's not like we had laptops at the castle either! We use regular desktops." Ammie said
"Yeah but it's not like non-royals can use those computers." Cris said then left with Serena.
"Good point." Leah said.
"To answer your question Leah & Monika; this place is disgusting, smelly, depressing, and I'm living with only females." Ammie said.
"I agree with the disgusting thing and the smelly, but why is it depressing?" Leah asked.
"There's no computers, no phones, no radios. Nothing!" Ammie said.
"Oh my god are you really missing technology that much?!" I asked. "In terms of appliances, all I need is my cell phone, a freezer, a fridge, and I'm good."
"You brought your cell phone?" Ammie asked.
"Yeah. I brought my iPod too." I said. "but it died and my charger doesn't work because I need a computer for it." I replied.
"Well you can use my computer/ wall plug adapter." Ammie said.
"You brought your cell phone?" I asked.
Ammie nodded and took her cell from her pocket. It was hot-pink.
"You have an iPhone?" Leah asked.
"Where did you get it?" I asked.
"I took some jewels from our safe and bought it." Ammie said.
"Are you sure they gave you exact change back. 'Cuz sometimes they can do that at those exchange places." I said
"I know. I checked first, trust me." Ammie replied assuringly.
I looked over at Leah. She seemed to be in her own world thinking about something. "I have something to tell you guys." Leah said, still in the trance. Now she came out of the trance. Cristina and Serena now came running I sat down so did Serena, on my lap and Cristina sat on her own chair. "Serena, Cristina, Monika the three of you are the most important here right now. You guys all need education and so I have asked your school's to send the information on what you'll be doing this month to the high school's adress."She let that sink in for a couple seconds. "Any questions?" Serena raised her right hand right away. "Serena."
"There's a high school here?" Serena asked
"Yes it's just a block away." Leah said.
"Didn't you see it when we came running here from home?" Cris asked Serena.
"No. I wasn't paying attention; I was just focusing on the enjoyment of running." Serena replied.
"Well you should have paid more attention to land marks." Cristina said. Serena probably rolled her eyes. I raised my right hand.
"Yes Monika?" Leah asked.
"I was wondering when's our first day?" I asked
"Really you're not even wondering why your going to high school instead of a junior high?" Ammie asked me.
"No, remember me telling you about my best childhood friend?" I said
"Yeah. What about her?" Ammie asked.
"Well she's lives in Toronto and she told me about the school system." I replied.
"Well then your first day is tomorrow." Leah said.