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Chapter 2

Rhydian's POV

Maddie's all freaked out because of a bad nightmare she had. Being the nice guy I am I made sure she knew everything was ok and I'm never going to let anyone – including myself – hurt her. I wrap my arms protectively around her sobbing form and stroke her hair as she quietly cries into my chest. She never could hide her emotions around me not even when we first met.

All of a sudden she looks up into my eyes and I stare down into hers. She's so beautiful. I stroke her cheek but I'm not sure if she even registers what I'm doing. She's just standing there, being pretty, gazing at me. I realize that were leaning in. This shouldn't be happening. The only time she kissed me was on the cheek to say thanks so why is this happening? Is it because of her dream? I should stop this but I just can't. I won't. Our lips are about to meet when the door bursts open. Tom. Great timing as always. I disappointingly sigh and release Maddie from my arms. The moment has passed. She crosses her arms over her chest. I think it's so she can hide but it's not working. At least not after what's just happened.

"Did I interrupt something?" he asks knowing exactly what we were doing.

Maddie and I both blush uncontrollable and stumble out of the doorway. Tom chuckles a little under his breath as he pats me on the back. We both know he's still into her so I think he's amused that he was the one to stop us. Dude's gonna pay.

We walk into the classroom late and get a lecture from Mr. Jeffries. Me and Maddie slump down into our chairs as Tom nudges Shannon trying to tell her what happened. She isn't listening. When Mr. Jeffries finally finishes speaking he says 'you can talk quietly to the person next to you but no turning round' this gives me a chance to talk to Maddie privately – well not really since we're in a class full of kids but you know what I mean. There's an awkward silence. I decide to break it first. I need to know what's going on.

"So, you feeling better?" I can't just go straight into the question. I have to be subtle. If that's even possible. Damn you teenage drama!

"What?"

"Your nightmare"

"Oh that…yeah you helped me a lot" another awkward silence. She's the one who breaks it this time.

"You want to go running in the woods at lunch?" she means 'to run and talk' I hope.

"Yeah sure sounds good…we could talk to if you want"

"Course" she gives me an adorable smile and just as I'm about to snap and kiss her the bell goes signaling the end of tutor time. Seriously? You've got to be kidding me!

Maddie isn't in my classes this morning so I say bye and walk out of the room with Tom.

"So…what's going on with you and Maddie?" Wouldn't he like to know. I need to know first!

"Why? You jealous?" now I get my payback for him making me say I was jealous at Shannon's sleepover.

"N-no just…curious" I laugh and shake my head.

The morning passes at an excruciatingly slow pace. Music, Maths and finally geography. As soon as the bell goes for lunch I'm out of my chair and even the three Ks can't catch me to flirt. I sprint to the fence and am about to climb through to meet Maddie at our usual spot when I hear her yelling my name. I turn around and find her jogging towards me with a massive smile on her face. I hold open the wire for her as she climbs through then I crouch under as well. When I'm threw I look behind me to see if anyone has seen us leave. Tom's staring at us like a crazy person but I doubt he'll do anything about it since he's seen us leave like this hundreds of times at lunch.

Maddie does what she always does when we race – push me back so she can have a head start. Not if I can help it! I wrap my arms around her waist lifting her up, spin her round and when she kicks off from my shoulder to get down she's going in the wrong direction and I'm in the lead. We keep doing things like this until we reach our special spot on the moors.

We dump our bags at the side and I stand facing her hoping she can explain things to me.

"Rhydian…I don't know what to say" she finally admits. Well that wasn't what I expected.

"Let me try... Since I met you, I've felt something…different, new. It's like you've showed me a part of myself I didn't even know existed and I'm not just talking about the wolf. It's like, when I'm not around you, I'm not me" that doesn't nearly sum up my confusing feelings for her but it'll have to do. Her face is unreadable.

"Well say something" she doesn't answer but what she does do is steps forward closing the gap between us and hesitantly places her soft lips onto mine. Fireworks go off inside me! Now I know my feelings. I love her!

Too quickly though she pulls back. But I'm not done. I pull her closer and kiss her again, this time longer. My arms travel to her waist and hers snake around my neck. I'm so into the kiss it's unbelievable! It's like my wolf instincts have entwined with my human ones. All too soon though I feel my lungs getting tight and I know I need to breathe so I break the kiss. We're both panting heavily and I put my forehead on hers.

"Maybe words weren't the answer" she states jokingly, I laugh a little and nuzzle her cheek. She giggles and playfully pushes me back.

I sit down at my usual place in the large roots of an old tree and actually Maddie sits in my lap! If this is what it's like to have Maddie as my girlfriend I think I'm gonna like it! We talk for a while like we always do but there's something else there, we've always had chemistry but this is…amazing. When we've finished talking I draw random shapes on her palm and she cuddles into me.

Sadly, it's almost time for the school bell to go so we make our way back filled with a new kind of energy even the wolf can't compete with - and that's saying something. We're back with ages to spare! We talk about going back into the woods but decide against it. As we're walking across the grass I feel Maddie slip her hand through mine and I smile. We walk hand – in – hand up to the yard ignoring the stares we get. Then Tom and Shannon come over. This is going to be a bit awkward…


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