As someone comes up to me, they hand my ball to me and say, "I believe this is yours, miss?"

I take it and mumble, "Thanks I guess."

They hold out their hand and ask, "Would you like some help."

I ignore their hand and get up on my own. Now I had a clear image of the person. A brown haired guy with green eyes and he has a tennis bag over his shoulder also.

"You play tennis also?" I ask.

He smiles and replies, "My name is Leo. We're in the same class. I sit in front you. Yea, I'm in the tennis club."

I smile back at him, but then my stomach growls. I become embarrassed and blush, my head hanging down.

Leo laughs and asks, "Did you not eat lunch yet? It's about time to go back to class."

I avoid eye contact as I mumble, "Forgot my lunch at home…."

"Here then." Leo says as he holds out half of a ham sandwich, "I already ate."

I take it shyly and sit down in the grass, "Arigato…."

Leo sits down beside me and asks confused, "Um… what did you say?"

I look up shocked that I unknowingly spoke Japanese in front of him. "Gomen…..uh….I mean sorry. Thank you for the sandwich."

Baka! Now he thinks I'm a freak! I feel my face become flustered and embarrassed.

Leo just smiles and says, "You speak a foreign language? Cool, which one?"

I take a small bite of the sandwich and reply softly, "I can only say a few words in Japanese…"

Leo grins and asks, "Can you say something to me in Japanese?"

I grin evilly, look at him in the eyes and seriously say, "Urusai, Baka!"

We are silent for a second but then we both burst out laughing.

Over our laughter, the bell rings. We stop laughing and race each other to the classroom. For the rest of the day, class was extremely boring.

When the last bell rang, I stretch and grab my bags. I want to see if Leo wanted to go to the park or something, but before I can approach him, he was surrounded by girls.

All giggling and asking him, "Leo! Leo! Want to walk us home? Want to go get something to eat with us?"

I stare quietly at them and think, Great…just great. I'm friends with the friggin popular guy.

I shake the thoughts off and lay my head down on my desk. I close my eyes and travel into my soul, seeking comfort. Then, I am cast into my dreams.

I walk in a forest and find a path that leads to a waterfall. As I jog along, a wolf comes up beside me and runs by my side. "Hey, how was your day?" the wolf asks.

We both stop at the creek and I sit down and hug my knees, "Was late for school, ripped my uniform, crashed my bike, skinned my knee, fell on my face before I left for school, got rained on, and forgot my lunch at home today." T

he wolf lays beside my and sighs, "What happened that was good?"

I pet her head and reply, "I met a really nice and cute guy who shared the rest of his lunch me."

The wolf look up at me and smirks, "Oh, really?"

I nod, "Yea, he didn't seem to mind that I played tennis, nor me sometimes speaking Japanese, and he didn't comment about my white hair color. It's just….." "Just what?" she repeats back to me.

"He's one of the friggin popular people."

She snuggles closer to me and reassures me, "But he didn't mind who you were or how you acted, and that's a good thing."

I smile, "Yea, but I don't know how he will react if I tell him what I can do. Remember I promised never to lie to my first friend that I make here…"

I wrap my arms around her neck. She licks my cheek and says, "Whatever happens, happens."

I nod and burry my face into her fur, "Thanks for being my animal soul."

I am cast out of my dream, but I hear her last words, "You're welcome."

I still lay on my desk, happy for being able to talk to my wolf soul. "Alana? You going home or not?"

I look up to see Leo standing in front of my desk. I straighten up and yawn, "Hmmm… Yea, I'm leaving. What happened to the other girls?"

Leo rubs the back of his head and says, "You saw that huh? Well, I turned all of them down as usual. I'm getting pretty tired of it actually. Plus, they all just left when I said I was waiting for you."

"Me?" I ask.

He smiles, "Well sure, why not?" I smile also as we both leave the room together. We part as we walk out of school.