Chapter three! Please R&R, I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 3

In the doorway stood a boy who was only a few inches off the height of Bale. He had black hair that fell to his shoulders and silver grey eyes. On his right was the dog that Renn had seen the night before. It looked very wolfish.

Renn felt something strange when she looked at Torak; it was either something that she had never felt before or something that she hadn't felt in a long time.

"Torak, this is Renn," Bale finished introducing them.

Renn smiled, "Hey"

The boy glanced at her, "Hey"

Bale looked from one teen to the other and picked his board back up. "You guys better be off, you're gonna be late"

Torak nodded and walked past the older boy, down the porch steps and onto the side path. The dog followed him. Renn, sidestepped over to Bale.

"Heh, um. Is he taking the dog?" she inquired.

Bale looked over her shoulder as Torak walked away, "Yeah, the school's letting him because he's refusing counselling," he said with a shrug.

Renn made her way down the steps, "Right, well I'll see you later then," she called whilst running to catch up with Torak. She turned her head back in time to see Bale wave goodbye.

The boy and his dog hadn't made it far down the street before Renn caught up with them. "Hey, do you even know the way?" she asked, a little out of breath.

Torak's eyes met hers, "No, but I because this is a no-through road, I figured that this was the way to go"

Renn raised an eyebrow, "Well you're a smart one"

Torak didn't say anything.

"So what's you dog's name?" Renn asked, trying to spark a conversation.

"Wolf"

Renn turned her concentration back on the path, "Figures"

They walked for a few more minutes till the gates to Open-Forest High came into view. Torak followed Renn as she made her way to student services, trying to dodge the curious stares of passers by. Renn collected his schedule for him, not really trusting the boy to talk to the reception lady.

She skimmed the piece of paper before handing it to Torak, "We have the same classes. I can show you around if you like"

He nodded.

Renn rolled her eyes, getting tired of the attitude. She walked back out of student services towards form, Torak still trailing behind her and Wolf beside him. Renn knocked on the door and opened it to a frowning Mr. Thiazzi.

Renn winced, "Sorry sir," she apologised.

The towering man nodded and Renn, along with Torak, sat down at the back of the room. Aki, who was in the front row, turned his head and winked at Renn as they walked past. She simply glared back till he looked away.

"And who might this be?" asked Mr. Thiazzi, jutting his head in Torak's direction.

"Oh, this is Torak, sir. He just arrived today," Renn introduced him.

Mr. Thiazzi frowned and gave Torak a hard stare, "Well I should hope he doesn't make a habit of being late"

Renn stood back up, "Sir! It's his fist day!"

The man turned his stare on Renn, "I suggest you sit back down miss Kedinn, before I send you up to front office"

Wolf gave a quiet snarl and Torak's head twitched.

"What?" Renn whispered.

Torak shook his head, "Nothing"

The day pasted without much incident, though teachers in every class wanted to see Torak's note for having a dog in the school and passing students offered continuous stares. Renn had darts practice at lunch, Torak simply watched, not saying anything.

Renn thought it all went reasonably well for Torak's first day and she tried to help whenever she could.

It was on their walk home that things started going wrong. Torak was a fast walker and Renn, with her shorter legs, was almost at a jog to keep up with him. As they stoped to wait for traffic, Renn took the chance to try and get Torak to talk.

She glanced at him, "What was that in form today? With your dog?"

Torak didn't answer till they crossed the street, "Wolf was telling me something," he stated.

"You can talk to him?" Renn stopped in her tracks and had to run to catch up as Torak continued walking.

"Yes"

Renn decided to let the boy have his weirdness, "So what did he say?"

"The form teacher, Mr. Thiazzi. Wolf said he smelt strange," Torak informed her.

"Well don't all new people smell different?"

Torak stared through her, "I said strange not different"

Renn had finally had enough, "Ughh! What is your problem!"

The young man stopped dead and turned to face her, blocking the way. Renn felt scared for a moment.

Torak looked right at her, "Oh I don't know what my problem is, Renn. Maybe it's the fact that on my first day all I've had is some girl, who lives in a nice two story house, follow me around and try to help me because it's so obvious that her life is way better than mine!"

Renn slapped him across the face.

He looked quite stunned for a moment.

Renn pointed a finger at him, "You know, the only reason I live in that 'nice two story house' is because that's what I got when my parents died in a car accident four years ago! And there is no way that my life is better than yours, you have two loving cousins, a wonderful uncle and your loyal dog, where as I've got a brother who hardly cares about me, some half-deranged old lady who never stops nagging at me and a reasonable uncle, I don't' even have a pet" she took a breath, "So far the numbers are in your advantage"

For the first time Torak really seemed to look at her, "I'm sorry," he whispered, "I didn't know"

"Well you wouldn't would you? Not once today did you ask me," she turned her accusing finger and jabbed it into her chest, "about me! All day it was just your scowling and that stupid adorable dog of yours sitting beside you"

Wolf wagged his tail a little and Torak took as step towards her, "Renn-"

"No!" she pushed passed him and ran back home, hating every bit of the handsome boy.

Hmm, a bit of trouble?