Chapter 2: Friends With Benefits

Lauren rolled over in bed and came face to face with Kaylie. She snuggled down into her best friends body and tried to continue her dream from behind her eyes.

"Low, do you know the new girl doesn't know how we do things here?"

Lauren nodded and threw a pillow at Kara's head.

"Hey!"

"Shhh! Let me show you how we do things here."

How's that Lauren? You sleep with girls?" Kara asked but than shut herself up. Maybe Lauren was gay and she had just offended her.

Lauren surprised Kara by laughing. "No. but we are friends with benefits. At least where imprinting is concerned.

"Imprinting?" she looked confused and looked at Emily for an explanation.

"Intense, crazy, sexy all rolled into one you'll see." Lauren winked and Kaylie laughed. She hoped Kara would imprint on someone or she would be imprinted on. Kaylie watched her leave with a gleam in her eyes. She wanted to see Kara happy here. As happy as everyone else was.

Xox Wilderness Heights xox

Emily was leaning up against the wall and writing a letter home. Kara had come into the dorm with this terrified look on her face and she wanted to help.

"Kara let me explain something to you." she said waving Kara over to her station by the big, bay windows that let the sun in the room in sheets.

"Over there, that's the boys side. We don't see them until we eat. Which is actually in five minutes. I will tell you more about the diet when we get to the cafeteria."

Emily got herself ready with Kara looking on bewildered.

Payson Keeler and Daley Marin were both waiting outside the room, ready and dressed, Payson wore a light blue, sapphire coated dress and Daley wore the same just a darker shade. She knew they needed to teach Kara the ways of the wolf.

Wolves were the most special animal at Wilderness. They were so ardently admired by the student body, it was almost sacred. Daley didn't dare argue with that and as she sat down to eat, the girls all dug in slowly watching the boys eat steaming plates of sausage and over easy eggs like godforsaken pigs.

"Ewww!" Taylor Hagan squealed hiding her face behind her hands. "This is going to be a long year if I have to get my hands dirty just by eating."

"Suck it up Taylor. You're not gonna die!" Daley said over the cacophony all around them.

Emily passed Kara a basket with a piece of bread and smiled. They would all get through this together.

Xox Wilderness Heights xox

Cody Jackson was walking down the hallway after breakfast and stopped in his tracks. He saw Melissa laughing with the rest of the girls on their side of the table and he felt a warm light flooding through him. He saw only Melissa. Nothing else and their eyes locked and seemed to follow each other. He watched every last bite enter her mouth and swallow. He had never felt anything like this before. He came from the harder part of town and was one of the slightly less muscled boys compared to people like Sam and Jacob. Jackson was stunned into silence as he watched Melissa get up and go outside for her first class. He didn't follow her but he felt drawn to the idea of it.

Instead, Jackson was pushed into a wall and Sam helped him up.

"Time for your first class." he said. Sam looked after Melissa and realized what had just went down.

"Imprinting is a totally intimate process Jackson. If you need help, I will be your teacher here as well.' Sam said and Jackson smiled.

He knew he needed to walk but he didn't move for a while. He took a deep breath and went off to math wondering if Melissa felt the imprint as well.

Xox Wilderness Heights xox

Taylor had seen Jackson staring after Melissa with his eyes bugged out. She wanted him to look at her like that. When he didn't move she figured she should trip him but then he went to math and she walked off in a huff.

"Eric do you think I can get a man?"

"Of course you can. Taylor Haga has men for every day of the week." he said with a goofy smile of his face.

Eric loved Taylor so when he felt drawn to her he took it with gratitude. He had imprinted on his dream girl and was now all set to settle in and have her eating out of her hand.

Taylor knew that she loved eric and she needed him.

"Let's ditch today dude. Have something better planned anyway." she smiled devilishly and waved him over to a wall near the cafeteria.

"What?"

"Oh Eric!" Taylor moaned "I want you bad."

He didn't have to be a teenager to know what that meant.

They backed up against the wall and Eric pullede his pants down. Could they even do this here? He thought and stopped thinking about anything but Taylor the minute she slipped her green dress off.

"Hell yeah baby!" he said to himself. She heard and moaned again. "Do you want me too baby?"

He breathed the best he could with Taylor kissing him so hard. He bit her lip and pulled until she said his name.

He wanted her.

They paced off each other until Taylor sank to the floor in ecstasy.

Eric wasn't even capable of talking to a girl she reasoned but this sex! Taylor coughed it up to lack of girls around the house and wished she could do this again and again.

Xox Wilderness Heights xox

Jacob Black was pissed. He changed into fresh casual clothes and sat on his bed. He wanted to smash something and he picked up a tray and chucked it against the wall.

Kara didn't deserve to be lead in the wrong direction yesterday and he was sorry he had been so angry with her. He had been wanting to make a good first impression on such a sweet girl but had failed miserably.

Kara was passing by and heard the crash of the plastic tray against wood.

She opened the door and ran inside

"Are you okay Jacob?"

"ARE YOU SERIOUS!"

She backed up afraid. Okay she thought now had to be a bad time.

"Tell me what's wrong. I want to help." she found herself saying even thought her voice was off totally.

"how could you possibly help me! You have no idea what I'm dealing with!"

"I wanna know. Maybe. If you want to tell me! That way I can work with you on it. We have to work as a team Jacob. Emily told me about how this place works and if you want to be friends you have to stand with somebody else. That's the rule."

He sighed and lay down on his bed.

"you're right Kara, I'm sorry. I know how it works here because I own this school."

"Really how?"

" I am the head alpha. I have a very important job to do here. I have so much responsibility that sometimes I just need a freaking break. That's why I'm upset. Its nothing you did. You were just being nice. Thanks for that by the way." Jacob smiled at Kara as she sat down next to him on the bed.

" that must be hard for you."

"It is but I gotta deal." Jacob said explaining that the school was broken into three parts. Alphas, Betas and Deltas. The alphas were all led by a Head Alpha which he had the role of and the Betas and Deltas came on after that. It was really an easy system to get used to once you understood it all.

"Betas are the alphas most trusted compainions and Deltas are the same for Betas. The alphas have an alpha voice which they use when they really want to be listened to. They also have colored rings around their eyes when upset."

Kara looked at Jacob's eyes. She could see the faint outline of a yellowish ring around the iris part of his eye. Kara sat next to him and her hand slowly reached for his. Johnny had been on her mind lately as well. She couldn't very well shaje those deep blue eyes of his. She would have to ask the guidance counselor if people were allowed to fall in love with more than one person at a time. She got up and watched Jacob stretch his arms out for a hug. He wanted a hug. Kara reached out herself and was stolen by Jacob who brought her to his crushingly strong body with ease, almost like it was meant to be there. Kara had an easy feeling wash over her body and she wasn't nervous or scared about being new anymore. It was all gone.

That has to be because she was hugging Jacob. He had told her he was extremely powerful and could make the other students do what he wanted then to do if he chose to. That was some power!

She was held inside Jacob's strong arms until he felt himself melt. If that was possible because he was naturally just so warm. He knew something was happening and he remembered why he was so upset about yesterday in the first place. He had wanted to impress Kara. He had been with other girls before but kara was somehow different. Jacob realized that she needed him. Kara needed stable, warm, happy Jacob.

And he would most definitely be there for her when she realized it too.