Hello beautiful people! Here's the next chapter, it picks up right where the nightmare ends. Hope you like it!
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Chapter 2: The Project
I awoke with a start, breathing hard and sweating. I looked around trying to figure out where I was then, it hit me I was in my room, my new room, in my new house. I let out a breath, the nightmares have been getting worse ever since we moved here. But it's always the same nightmare over and over again, it just keeps getting longer. I got out of bed and walked into my bathroom to splash some cold water on my feverish face. Taking a deep breath and leaning on the counter, I tried to get my pounding heartbeat under control.
"It's okay," I thought, "I'm not a monster, it was only a nightmare," I glanced at myself in the mirror, "I don't even have blue eye, my eyes are gold." Despite the self-reassurances, I still didn't feel any better. The nightmares just felt so real, almost like they were bad memories.
I shook my head, trying to force the memory of the nightmare out of my groggy brain. Maybe it's just my body reacting to the upcoming full moon or it's the stress from moving here. Having spent most of my childhood with my dad, and the wolves he use to study, I've picked up a few instincts and abilities from the pack. Getting anxious around the time of the full moon being one of them. Dad use to joke that I acted more like a wolf than a girl at times. And I was fine with it, I preferred wolves to humans, they are a lot easier to understand.
I was pulled out of my thoughts when, my alarm went off signaling that it's time to get ready for my first day at my new school. Quickly shutting off my alarm, I went to my dresser to grab a dark purple V-neck and some faded skinny jeans then, back to the bathroom to change and put on some make-up. Leaning towards the mirror while lining my eyes, I paused for a second when I noticed that the edges of my gold irises have taken on a slightly bluish tint.
My mind flashed to my recurring nightmare, the wolf with electric blue eyes. "No!" I shut my eyes and vigorously shook my head, "That wolf isn't me! Your just freaking yourself out calm down," I thought. After my breathing returned to normal I finished my make-up and braided my long blonde hair and put on my wolf pendant necklace that dad gave to me, once I was satisfied with my appearance I scooped up my backpack and walked downstairs.
Making my way to the kitchen, I noticed that mum had already left for work and the large house was eerily quiet. I wasn't use to that, I'm use to the sound of waves crashing against the beach, dolphins happily chattering in the surf, even the annoying seagulls squawking on the beach but, none of that could be heard only, the sound of the floor boards creaking under my weight and the rustle of leaves in the breeze. With a heavy sigh, I grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl on the counter and left the house.
Deciding to walk rather than drive, I set off towards Hiddenville High. My mind wandered back to the past week, as soon as we got settled in to our new house mum went back to work, leaving me home alone for most of the time. You would think that a mother would spend some time helping her daughter get used to living in a new house, especially when that new house is on a completely different continent than the old house. But no, mum just went right back into the office.
The move from Australia to America was hard enough but, now I have to adjust to this life without my mum around most of the time. Dad wasn't in the picture anymore, he died about two years ago. A drunk driver hit him, it wasn't fair, he spent all his time around wild animals and a freaking drunk guy with a car kills him. I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard the warning bell in the distance. "Shit! I'm going to be late!" I took off running towards the school.
I barely made it to Biology, I got a stern look from my teacher, Mr. Begbouday. "Sorry, I got lost," I explained.
He gave me a sympathetic look and told me to sit down. I sat down at one of the empty lab tables, and put my head in my hands, school hasn't even started yet and I already wanted to go home. I felt someone sit in the seat next to me, my nose wrinkled as an unusual scent hit my nose, rosemary, and mint?
Raising my head to get a better look at the person who sat down next to me, he had short brown hair and dark brown eyes. "This guy's trouble," was the first thing that came to mind when I saw him, "But he is really cute." He smiled at me, "Hey, you must be the new girl. I'm Max." I smiled back and nodded, "Yeah, I'm the new girl. My name's Juliet."
"Cool, where are you from? Your accent is really sweet"
"Australia. Golden Coast, to be exact"
He looked confused, "I don't know where that is"
"It's in Queensland"
"Oh, okay"
He still looked confused but, we were interrupted by Begbouday, "Okay class, settle down. As you all know we are being joined by a new student, Juliet Grace." he gestured for me to stand up.
I gave a small wave and was about to sit down but, he stopped me, "Why don't you tell everyone a little about yourself," I glared at him, probably not a good thing to do to a teacher but, I didn't care. Letting out a breath I began, "G'Day everyone, as you know my name is Juliet Grace. I'm from Australia"
"Um, which part Ms. Grace?" Man this teacher is getting on my nerves
"I'm from Queensland, and that's as specific as I'm getting." Sensing that he was going to ask me what city I was from.
"I spent most of my time traveling with my dad while he was doing his wildlife studies"
"Okay, you may sit down now," I plopped down in my seat and looked over to see Max smirking at me. I shot him a glare, and gave him a smack on the arm but, I'm pretty sure I was smiling now too. We were forced to look at the teacher again when he said that he'd be handing back yesterday's quiz.
When he got to a blonde girl with short hair he said, "Cherry, you got 100%," she gives a little squeal of happiness, "…Of the answers wrong," I couldn't help the little snort of laughter that escaped my mouth but, quickly covered it up with a cough.
Leaning over to Max and asking, "Wow, she's not the full quid, is she?" He looked at me like I just spoke a foreign language, which I guess I did, sort of. "She's not that smart," I clarified.
"Oh! No she's not and you need to learn to speak American."
"Or you need to learn some Aussie slang," I said with an eye roll.
"Yeah that's not happening."
"Why not? It's actually…"
"Ms. Grace, Mr. Thunderman please pay attention, I'm about to give out the information for the midterm group projects!" we turned our attention to the front of the classroom to see a not so happy teacher.
"Sorry sir," I quickly apologized
With a curt nod, he continued, "As I was saying, this year's midterm project will be a partnership. And each group will be given a certain animal to write a report and create a presentation on…."
I groan quietly, just my luck, my first day and I already get assigned a freaking project that's worth half of my grade. "…Your partner will be your table mate and I will come around and assign you an animal." He began to walk around telling the groups what animal they will be researching.
Max turned to me, "I guess we are partners."
I smiled at him, "I guess we are," I look behind him and see Mr. B giving that girl, Cherry and her partner, some brunette girl, their animal. "Cherry and Phoebe, you two will be researching the narwhal," Cherry lets out a squeal of excitement, then stops looking confused, "What's a narwhal?"
Looking back at Max I said, "She's seriously got some kangaroos loose in the top paddock." He let out a snort of laughter, "What are you talking about?"
"You really need to get an Aussie slang handbook," I sighed, "I was talking about Cherry and I meant that she doesn't have much sense in her," I rolled my eyes.
"Oh, well why didn't you just say so? And what's a paddock?"
"An enclosed area or space, like...", I poked him in the forehead, "Your head."
"That's really stupid," I opened my mouth to tell him off but I was cut off. "Juliet and Max, your animal will be…." - he scanned his list -, "…The wolf." My jaw dropped, "Seriously? This guy must be kidding me. Out of all the animals on that list he picks the one that I've spent my whole life around?" and Max only smiled and nodded, "Cool"
I guess that this project wasn't going to be as much of a headache as I thought.
AN: Well that's it for Chapter 2. It was kind of a get to know the main character chapter. And yes I know Mr. Begbouday is a chemistry teacher but, for the purpose of the story he's going to teach Biology. Chapter 3 coming soon! Thanks for reading! Please review!