"Natalie! Are you out of bed yet?! You're going to be late!" My dad shouted from downstairs.
"Yeah! I'm almost ready!" I lied.
Truth was, I was still in bed. Snuggled up under the covers. It is Monday. I hate Monday's, hence why I'm still in bed. In my defence, I only had 4 hours of sleep last night. If you're interested as to why I've been so irresponsible, it was Liam's fault. He insisted on finding his girlfriend, Hayden to talk to her while trying to avoid Theo, her pack leader. Long story short, Hayden was dead. Theo brought her back to life with the help of the Dread Doctors. I know it's a lot to take in. In case you're wondering : Liam Dunbar, my goofy, hot headed best friend. Yes, he's a werewolf. Well, most of my friends are some type of supernatural creature. Apart from me. I'm a human, and I'm proud. I've never wanted to be a werewolf, or a banshee, or a chimera. Not even a kitsune, and they're pretty cool. I just want to be normal. Unfortunately, normal is not an option I can choose.
Suddenly my bedroom door swung open.
"Oh my God. Tal, you're not even remotely ready." Stiles rolled his eyes."Do you ever have the curtesy to knock?" I say, slightly annoyed.
"If you want a ride to school be ready in 10 min
utes otherwise you can walk." He said, completely ignroing my question.
"Fine, deal." I stretch.
"Pleasure making business with you." Stiles says before closing the door.
I hop out of bed and put on some black skinny jeans and a maroon t-shirt. Glancing at the mirror, I stare in disgust as my brown hair was sticking up in all different directions. I quickly brush it down and apply some mascara. I grab my shoulder bag and head to the bathroom to brush my teeth.
With a minute to spare, I finally jogged down the stairs and into the kitchen where I saw my stressed out dad sitting around the table, glaring at me. Great.
"Natalie, what time did you get in last night?" He said, using his serious voice.
"Can we talk about this later. I'm late for school." I say, grabbing an apple and shoving it into my bag.
"I'm only asking because one of my deputies said they saw you. You need to be more careful, people are getting suspicious when they see two teenagers out in the middle of the night. They start asking questions." He explained. He is the Sheriff of Beach Hills, so every complaint, he deals with. Even the sightings of wolf boys running around at night during a full moon.
"Can't you just make a excuse?" I ask.
"It's not that easy Tal. Now get to school, you're not going to be late 3 times in a row."
"Are you talking to Malia yet?" I ask Stiles casually as he drives us in his jeep to school.
"No. I'm going to try today. Hopefully she won't rip my head off. Literally. I'm not joking." He muttered.
"Yeah well, if she does, I'm having your room." I shrugg.
"Thanks for the support little sister." He scoffed then laughed slightly.
For the rest of the journey we talked about Theo and what his plans might be, he kept claiming to be on the same side as us but Scott was still a bit cautious. On the bright side, Scott had kind of forgiven Liam for almost killing him, that was always good. Right, enough supernatural. Time to think about normal stuff. Like the physics homework I didn't do... Crap.
Once we arrived at school, Stiles went to find Scott, which left me on my own. I wasn't much of a people person. So school is a living nightmare for me. I had 5 minutes before the bell went off for first period, so I hurried to my locker to get my books. Standing there, waiting for me was Liam.
"Hi Liam. What's going on?" I say as I opened my locker.
"Still half asleep. What about you?" He let his head bang against the locker next to mine as he wiped his eyes.
"3 quarters asleep. The other quarter is awake due to the 3 cups off coffee I had last night." I said, smiling slightly. This earned a laugh from him. But his face fell as soon as he glanced into my locker.
"Natalie, why the hell is your bow in your locker?!" He whispered loudly. Before Allison died, she had taught me how to use a bow and arrow, and I was quite good. This was pretty much my only defence against the supernatural.
"Just in case!" I whisper back and shut my locker.
"Just in case what? Tracey whips you with her Kanima tail in a lesson of English lit?" Liam said sarcastically. I glare at him.
"Just don't say anything and no one will find out." I beg.
"What's in it for me?" He smirks.
"My totally completely loyal act of friendship towards you." I grin.
"Hmm. That's a fair deal. But you also have to buy me a chocolate bar." He smiles.
"Ugh fine." I laugh. The bell rang for first period. Maths. Ughhh.
I sat down in my normal seat which was by the window. It was a sunny day thankfully. I felt a small breeze from someone sitting next to me. I turn my head to the seat to the right of me. As far as I could tell, they were a boy, his head was turned away from me. He put his backpack on the floor and turned his head to face me. He had black 'flippy' hair and greeny grey eyes. His lips were pierced with snake bites that actually suited him. His mouth curved into what I think was a smile.
"Uh, I'm Jordan. I'm new."
I stared at him for a while. He maintained eyecontact awkwardly.
"I'm Natalie. Where di-"
"Alright class! Stop talking and answer the question on the board!" The teacher shouted.
Jordan and I exchanged glances and silently began to work. Sometimes I could feel his eyes on me but every time I looked up he would look away. For some reason this made me smile unexpectedly. No, Natalie. No boys.
After enduring a double lesson of maths, break finally came and I made my way to the library to find Liam. I knew he would be there, looking in mythology books, researching chimeras. As soon as I saw him he was stood around a round library table with Mason, they were examining a large hardback book.
"Boo!" I shook both Liam and Mason's shoulders. Mason jumped but Liam remained still. I guess Liam sensed me coming.
"Don't do that!" Mason sighed while I giggled. I heard a rip of a page and I turned to Liam who was ripping out pages of the library book.
"Liam!" I gasp.
"What?" Liam looks up at me, mid-rip.
"He's been doing it ever since we got there." Mason massaged his temple.
"There you are!" Scott's voice appeared from behind us. We turned around to see him and Stiles rushing towards us.
"It's Theo, he's not in school today." Stiles put both his hands on the table.
"And that's a problem because?" Mason asked.
"Maybe he's with the Dread Doctors?" Liam suggested.
"Or maybe he's creating more chimeras." Stiles shrugged.
My attention shifted to Jordan who was walking into the library. He looked around, probably searching for a book. He was wearing black skinny jeans and a dark blue t-shirt with a dark, striped purple and black jacket. His jacket hood was half up, resting on the middle of his head.
"Tal are you listening?" Stiles shook hand in front of my face.
"Yeah yeah I am." I shot my eyes back to Stiles.
"Hey, who's that?" Mason asked pointing over to my previous attention holder.
"That's Jordan." I said casually. Everyone's eyes locked onto me. "Uh, he's in my maths class." They were still staring. "He's new." I finished.
"Where did he come from?" Liam asked, looking over at Jordan.
"I don't know. We didn't talk much." I shrugged.
"Isn't it a bit weird for someone to join in the middle of a school year?" Stiles raised an eyebrow.
"Liam did." I answered.
"Yeah and there was something wrong with him." Stiles pointed at Liam.
"Hey!" Liam said in defence.
"Go and talk to him, see if there's anything weird about him." Scott said, his eyes scanning Jordan.
"Who? Me?" I pointed at myself, surprised.
"Yes you. You already know him. Kind of. It'll be fine." Scott reassured me.
I sighed and started to walk towards Jordan. For some reason I was nervous. I rubbed my palms together. What do I say to him? Hey, so why are you here? No that's weird. I found myself stood next to him. He hadn't noticed me yet. Before I could say anything, he turned around and spoke.
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