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Ch. 4 Did I hurt him that badly?
It feels like there's a drum beating in my head. I feel the ground around me. It feels rough and damp and crumbly?
I finally open my eyes to find myself on the forest floor. Did all of that really happen?
Alexander? The blood-red eyes and too perfect face? What about the growls and ball of fur? What was that?
I find my phone and notice that it's 4:30pm. Well I wasn't knocked out for too long; maybe an hour or so. I look at my surroundings and realize that the meadow is gone. This isn't where I fainted. Was I moved? No that can't be it. Or can it? Well, at least I'm much closer to my house.
I start to get up when I hear heavy breathing. I stand all the way up and look around to see a large silver wolf. Holy cow. Is this a wolf or a bear? He's huge!
The wolf stares at me for a few seconds before turning around and trotting away. This day just gets weirder and weirder. I'm sure that I'm just seeing things from hitting my head too hard.
I decide to just put it from my mind and go home. At least I know that I'll be home before the boys get dropped off and before my parents get home from work.
A few minutes after I get home, Mrs. Clearwater drops Zack and Alex off at the house. Mrs. Clearwater is kind enough to babysit them everyday after school and then bring them here by 5:00pm. It's great for everyone. Mrs. Clearwater loves children, the boys love her, and it helps me and my parents tremendously.
I go ahead and start making mac n' cheese for dinner and try not to think about what happened in the forest. Instead, I think about Jared. I hope that he's back at school next week. Today being Friday, I'll have to go a full three days without seeing him instead of just two.
But he isn't. Jared doesn't go back to school the next week at all. I can't believe how empty I feel without at least being near him. I didn't know how pathetic I actually am until I had to go over a week without seeing Jared. To think that I feel so depressed just because I can't see a stupid boy that was rude to me. I wish I knew why I feel this way.
I knew that Jade was starting to wonder why I was so sad and depressed. My parents seemed worried too. I really needed to get over this crush.
I walk into school the next Monday; hoping so badly that Jared is here.
But when I sit down in Chemistry, he's not there yet. I look at the clock and see that I'm a bit early. He might show up but I don't keep my hopes up.
I put my backpack on the ground and sigh into my seat. I decide to just look over my homework and notes for our test today. I get so caught up that I don't even realize that the chair to my left moves. That is until, I feel someone tap my shoulder.
I look up to see Jared and my mouth drops a little. He's changed so much in so little time. He looks like he's about six inches taller and gained maybe twenty pounds in pure muscle. He's wearing a fitted T-shirt to show off his amazing new muscles. I'm so surprised that I can't even look at his face and I try not to stare at his beautiful body and I know that I'm blushing like crazy. He's so hot.
"Ummm, yes?" I ask, keeping my eyes focused on the desk.
"Do you have a pencil that I could borrow?" He asks. He sounds kind of tired. I guess that he was sick or something.
"Oh, sure." I reach down to get my pencil-case out of my bag just to drop it on the floor again.
"Oops, my bad," I say with a nervous laugh as Jared and I both reach down to get it and we knock heads a little.
"Ouch!" We say at the same time. And that's when I look at his face. He's grimacing in pain and rubbing his forehead and I copying his motions.
"I'm sorry; I'm so clumsy sometimes. Are you okay?" I ask with worry. Great, the one time that he talks to me and I injure him.
He looks up at me and then down and then back up at me and his jaw drops and his eyes bore into mine. He's looking at me like I have two heads or something. Did I hurt him that badly?
I look at him a little worriedly, wondering if he's alright.
"Uhh, umm. Yeah...I'm fine. I think," he stutters. I raise an eyebrow at him and hand him the pencil before turning back to study.
But of course, I'm not really studying because Jared Cameron just noticed me. I'm freaking out on the inside and I'm trying to contain myself. But he can't know that. Just act normal.
I feel his eyes on me and I turn my head a little to see him watching me with a grin and eyes filled with adoration. I blush furiously and look away quickly. Mr. Arkle passes out the test and reminds us to keep our eyes on our own papers and to stay quiet after the test is over.
Throughout the entire exam, I feel this odd tension between Jared and I can hardly concentrate on the answers I'm writing.
"Excuse me Mr. Cameron," I hear our teacher ask. I look up at Jared and he's still staring at me. I blush and look back down.
"Mr. Jared Cameron!" I look up again and now the whole class is staring at Jared who is still staring at me. "Mr. Cameron, is there a problem with your test?" Mr. Arkle asks.
Jared takes a minute but he finally answers, "No sir," and begins taking his test.
I decide to just ignore him and by the time the class is over, I'm getting antsy to see his beautiful face again.
When the bell rings, I quickly pack up my bag and as I'm bent over, I hear, "Ohhh Jaaaarrrred!"
I look up to see Ariana throwing herself at Jared and he looks a bit uncomfortable. Jared is looking down at me as he tells Ariana, "Look Ariana, I can't talk now. I'll talk to you at lunch okay?"
Ariana pouts a little but nods. Before she leaves, she throws a glare at me and struts away.
I get my books together and make my way out the door. But a warm hand on my arm stops me. It's Jared.
"Excuse me, but are you new here?" Jared asks with wonder in his eyes. My heart drops and shatters into a million pieces. He really had no idea that I existed until today. My heart feels just as empty as it did when he was gone. I blink away the tears that immediately sting my eyes. NO! I am not going to shed tears over a guy who doesn't deserve them. I shake away my feelings and decide to answer his question.
"No, I'm not. I've sat next to you in home room since freshmen year Jared. And we went to middle school together." I state smartly to let Jared know that I'm irritated.
His eyes widen and he looks like he's in shock and in a bit of pain. Pain? I understand shock, but why would he be in pain?
"Oh. I...I'm sorry. What's your name?"
"Kim. My name is Kim."
"Kim," he repeats and smiles, "I love your name."
"Well, thanks. I have to get to class now. Nice meeting you, I guess," I say a little awkwardly. I turn to walk away but he stops me again.
"Wait, Kim. I can't believe that I've never spoken to you before. You're so beautiful," he says with that gorgeous smile of his. I blush and my heart flutters. But I push those feelings away.
I've loved him for so long and he's never even known that I existed until now. This is just too good to be true.
"Well if you'll excuse me, I have to go." With that I turn and walk to my next class. But then I hear some ripping sounds and I turn to see a discarded shoe near the woods on the side of the school and no Jared in sight.
I just can't understand. He clearly didn't know who I was for so long. Why does he want to know me now? I'm still the same old Kim that I was yesterday and the same as I was last week when I bumped into him and he got so angry at me. But apparently he didn't know me then.
Maybe he just felt bad for blowing up at me for bumping into him. I don't know. He'll probably go back to ignoring me by tomorrow.
I sigh and get to my next class and try to forget about him. Forget about the boy that I've loved since I was twelve.
As I walk home through the woods, I come across the meadow again and I still can't believe how beautiful it is.
I decide to sit here for a bit and I lie down on the soft grass and pull out my favorite book: Pride and Prejudice.
I get lost in my book and sit and read for an hour or so. After which I start to get my bag to leave when I see another huge wolf on the other side of the meadow. But this one isn't silver like the other one. This one is a bit smaller and his fur is a dark brown color. He's beautiful with such big brown eyes. Brown eyes that seem so familiar and warm. I sit up and look at the wolf for a few minutes. I'm not sure if I should be afraid of him or not. He seems tame enough and looks like he's just relaxing and watching me. Not aggressive at all.
Suddenly, the wolf gets up and starts walking my way. I momentarily panic a little, but the wolf seems confident and calm. As he gets closer, he slows as if he's trying to see if it's okay.
I stay still and watch the wolf get closer. He's almost as big as the one I saw a week and a half ago. He creeps closer until he's standing right in front of me and looking in my eyes.
I reach out my hand to pet it when I hear a wolf howl. I jump a little and turn to see the huge silver wolf from last time. He growls a little at the brown wolf. Part of my worries that I'm about to see a turf war or something. The brown wolf whimpers a little, looking back and forth between me and the silver wolf. The silver wolf kind of barks and then runs the other way.
I stand up and the brown wolf pushes me in the direction of my house and runs the same way that the silver wolf ran.
La Push has wolves. Huge mutant wolves that are tame.
I run the rest of the way home and forget what I just experienced by getting lost in my homework.
