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Chapter 4: Friends With Seth?

The first week of my stay in La Push, I didn't see anyone of the werewolves which I was very happy about. However, I had to stay inside the house most of the time for that. Meanwhile, I learned a lot about the old Quileute tribe histories. More like lore actually. It said that the Quileutes were decedents of wolves. Everyone believed that they were rumors and made up stories but I knew better. I knew how true they were. Even after all the reading, I still felt like I didn't know anything about them. Therefore, I considered them dangerous for human beings. I had a lot of questions in my mind but I wasn't crazy enough to go look for the answers. I could very well end up getting myself killed by the pack in the process of satisfying my curiosity. So no thanks. I'd rather live in the dark.

The first day of the new school came quicker than I expected or liked for that matter. I was going to be among the few outsiders that studied here. Most of the students in this school were from the very reservation. I was really shocked to see three of the werewolves studying here. I thought that they wouldn't be in a crowded place like a school. But I was obviously wrong about that. After all they could communicate with humans without hurting them and capable of acting normal around people. 'So why not be students at the high school?' I thought to myself sarcastically about them. Despite how they behaved in their human forms, I still believed that they couldn't be themselves when they are in their wolf forms.

I soon learned the names of the three werewolves along with some minor details about them. The oldest one was Seth Clearwater. He was a junior. Brady and Collin were freshmen at the school. Thankfully I was a sophomore, so I didn't really have to share classes with any of them. But my bad luck, I was put in junior year classes because according to the school- my grades were too good to be in sophomore year. And to top it off and make thing better (sarcasm) I had Seth in most of my classes. What great things have I done to deserve such an opportunity? Don't miss the sarcasm in it, please.

The three of them had quite a reputation in the school. The girls drooled over them. They worshiped the ground those boys walked on. Only if they knew their reality. However, Seth seemed to be a little shy and quite a happy go lucky kid among them. But Collin and Brady were extremely flirty even though they were younger. They even flirted with senior girls and surprisingly the girls loved them too for that. Nothing seemed to be impossible in La Push. In the lunch break on my first day I sat alone in the corner of the cafeteria. I was trying very hard not to get noticed by the Quileute boys but unfortunately Seth saw me and walked over to me with long strides and a wide grin.

"Hey Laila, how are you doing in your first day?" He asked. I smiled back at him forcefully. I already started feeling sweaty out of fear and my heartbeat increased as well.

"I'm doing great. It's really different from the school I used to go to." I answered him back quickly so that he would leave me alone. Though we were in a public place but still I just wanted him to get away from me. Unfortunately that didn't happen and instead of leaving, Seth pulled out an empty chair across from me and sat there to give the lonely new girl some company. Also I noticed, he had a plate full of foods with him. Would he really eat them all? I didn't want Seth to notice that I was tensing up in his presence. Well more like because of his presence near me. But somehow he did notice that. However he didn't say anything about it and continued talking with me.

"How do you like La Push so far?" Seth asked, trying to make a conversation with me obviously. What he didn't know was that I wasn't exactly used to of conversing with werewolves. But I needed to act normal and civil towards him so that he wouldn't get suspicious of me. Besides, we were sitting in a crowded place so I knew I was safe. However, that still didn't stop me from feeling a little scared. I couldn't even get my voice out properly at first.

"I like this place, totally…. a new… experience." I stuttered the whole sentence. Shame on me, I have to act better. I told myself.

"It rains all the time." What a lame thing to say. Of course it rains all the time. Seth just nodded his head at that but eyed me worriedly nonetheless. Actually even a little suspiciously. Great, now he must be thinking that something is wrong with me.

"You don't like the rain much?" Seth said or asked whatever it was but I just nodded to that.

"I like the rain sometimes but not constantly like this. But my mom loves the rain. She sometimes wished that it would rain all the time where we lived before." Can anyone please tell me why the hell am I dragging my mom into this? God, I am screwing up everything. I wasn't supposed to tell him anything about my personal life.

"I heard about your mom. She is on some sort of training and that's why you moved here, didn't you?" Seth said. I could only nod. Where did he hear that from? Then I remembered, I told Kim everything about that and she must have told them. At first it seemed like a really bad idea talking about mom with Seth but then I realized talking about mom was better than talking about myself. These werewolves were never going to meet mom therefore they could never harm her. But if they learned too much about me then it could easily get me into trouble.

"Yes, mom's training is gonna take three months to complete and that's how long I am staying here." I said. I told Seth a few other things about my mom and he told me about his family. His father Harry Clearwater died two years ago in a heart attack. Then his mom got married with someone named Charlie Swan. He got a sister named Leah. I remembered seeing her at Emily's house. She was the girl with short black hair and a sour face. His other step-sister named Bella got married with someone named Edward Cullen. Though, I had no interest in his family history or family life but I listened to him carefully anyways.

After talking about his family, Seth asked me about mine. I hesitated at first but then I told him a little bit about my father. However, while talking about my dad, for a moment I really forgot that Seth was a werewolf. That he was probably the most dangerous predator in the world. We chatted with each other the whole lunch time and it was really nice. Also I was absolutely shocked at myself for being able to converse with Seth so easily despite knowing the truth about him. I would go as far as to say that I'd have made friends with him right away if he wasn't something supernatural.

I thought and to some level hoped for this interaction to be a one time thing. But conversations kept taking place between us the rest of the week as well. Everyday in lunch break Seth would come over to me with a tray full of food. I got used to of their eating habits by the third day of the school. Sometimes Brady and Collin would join us as well. They would constantly flirt with me which seemed to irritate Seth a bit. Didn't know why though. The thing I figured out from these conversations I had with Seth was that he was kind of a loner. He had friends but none of them was around his age. All the other boys from the pack were older than him and Collin and Brady were younger than him. Seth probably couldn't make any friends at school either. Though I didn't know exactly why was that. The reasons I suspected were, one- the girls here wanted to be his girlfriend rather than a simple friend who he could talk to. And two- most of the boys here hated him because he got more attention from the girls than them. So it was highly unlikely that they'd want to be friends with him.

So the bottom line was that- Seth Clearwater needed a friend to freely talk with but also keep his secrets safe. Someone who can understand him and get him rid of his loneliness without really knowing about his real self. On the last day of school that week, Seth as usual joined me for lunch. Unlike other times, I was desperate to ask him a question this time.

"If you don't mind Seth, can I ask you something?" He nodded his head lightly but got tensed up right away. Perhaps because of the serious look I was giving him. However, he covered that up quickly.

"Why don't you get yourself a girlfriend?" I asked with curiosity. I knew it would catch Seth off guard and as expected he got pretty confused at first but then his face fell visibly. He looked really sad at that moment which confused me in return.

"You don't like it that I sit with you, do you?" Seth asked feeling very hurt. I seriously had to roll my eyes at him for his stupid thinking. I know that in the beginning I wanted to get rid of him; but over the week I kind of got used to of him. I've actually started to consider him as a friend. Despite him being nonhuman. And I had no wish to get rid of him now. Instead I just wanted to understand him more properly.

"Don't be stupid Seth. I was just wondering... I mean girls here are crazy for you. Why don't you give them a chance?" After I explained that Seth lost the sad look and became normal again. Then he shrugged his shoulders at me nonchalantly. He also managed to get a bored expression on his face as if this was the lamest topic ever to talk about.

"I just don't want to get into that kind of a relationship with anyone until I find the right girl for me." Seth said and I swear I saw him blushing as he talked about it. And as my nature was, I immediately smiled mischievously and waggled my eyebrows at him.

"Woooh, so Mr. Seth Clearwater is waiting up for his dream girl. Now, you have to tell me what is she like? In your dreams I mean." Seth rolled his eyes and threw a lettuce leaf at me. I dodged that easily and it landed on the floor soundlessly. I couldn't help but laugh at Seth because he was trying very hard to cover up his shyness with his fake anger but he was failing miserably at it.

"Shut up Laila. I don't dream about girls. Do you think I am like Brady and Collin?" Seth spoke as if offended. I crossed my arms over my chest and gave him a stern serious look this time. We kept staring at each other for sometimes as if we were in a staring contest. Then after a while Seth sighed out heavily signaling that he surrendered.

"Okay, I admit that I have a dream girl but I don't know how she looks like? It's always a blur or dark. I wish I could know where she is right now." The last part; Seth didn't really say that to me but more to himself. Silence fell over us after that. Seth seemed to be lost in his thoughts for a moment. I cleared my throat to bring his attention back to me.

"Can I ask you another question?" He nodded again and got uneasy instantly. He almost wanted to say no.

"Why did you choose to sit with me from my first day here and then everyday afterwards, because I know that I'm not the 'one' as you are still waiting for her?" This time Seth looked serious and it took him some time to arrange his words properly.

"Because you're not like the other girls here. You are different and you're not interested in me like them. I feel comfortable talking to you because-" He gulped down the nervousness he suddenly started to feel.

"Because, you don't try to impress me by doing stupid things all the time. You don't want me to ask you out on a date. You don't try to seduce me while I'm sitting with you or expect me to make out with you." I cringed inwardly at the last part. No matter how friendly we were now but I still certainly remembered that he was a werewolf. And it still bothered me to no end. And making out with a werewolf, god help me.

I really wanted to tell Seth that I knew his secret, that I knew his reality. And I wanted to ask him questions about his werewolf life. But I also knew that the wrong kind of curiosity always kills the cat. And frankly I had no wish to be a cat and get killed in the process. My knowledge about them was a secret that I wanted to keep even from myself. It was clear that Seth wanted friendship from me but I needed sometime to think about it first. Though we were having friendly conversations with each other the entire week and both of us considered each other somewhat friends but truth to be told, we weren't actual friends yet. At least not in my mind. Because I hadn't told him much about myself yet and he was keeping a huge secret from me as well. For the time being, Seth was just someone I spent my lunch time with but nothing more than that. However, it seemed to be different for Seth. He had already started thinking of me as his best friend. Something he never got before. But as I said already, I needed time to decide if I should really be his friend or not.