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Ch. 7 In Which There is Howling
"Stay here, and, uh, remember to look in my eyes", Seth told me, "Oh, and wait for me to come to you." I nodded, feeling my heartbeat become borderline erratic. The only other time in my life I can remember being this nervous was when I was sentenced to spend a year in a juvenile detention center.
I was 14 at the time, and had got busted stealing some clothes from a store in the mall. Juvy actually wasn't so bad, either, once you got used to it, and made a name for yourself. After the first week, I had everyone calling me "Spitfire", and I never had problems with any of those kids again.
Seth smiled half-heartedly as he turned his muscular back to me and started walking towards the forested area surrounding the clearing. He had dragged me through some woods behind my trailer park, until we found this empty clearing, claiming "We have to be sure no one else can see us".
As his silhouette disappeared, I contemplated a few ideas. One, I could make a run for it, and avoid this whole situation entirely, the only problem being if he wanted to, Seth could easily catch me. At least he looked like he could catch me. Just using his long legs, he probably had five feet on every step of mine.
Two, I could go head-butt a tree over there and confirm whether or not I'm dreaming all this shit up. That sounded like a good plan, but Seth assured me over and over again on the way out to this clearing that I was in fact, awake. So...if he is correct, and not lying to me, and I am awake, I'd rather not end up in the emergency room this afternoon.
And option three, I could just wait here for him to come to greet me in his 'wolf form' as he called it, and that's what he wanted me to do. I don't like doing what people want me to do. It's far too boring.
Normally, I would go with option number one, at least attempt to make a run for it, I was actually pretty fast from all my practice with the cops, but one thing was stopping me from doing that. It was this stupid nagging feeling right in heart, just the thought of leaving right now seemed like it would hurt. I didn't really understand why exactly I was having this strange feeling, but I couldn't ignore it.
So, I fiddled anxiously with my fingers, biting them and cracking them, until I noticed some slight movement over in the direction of Seth's departure. I heard some brief rustling of leaves before I noticed two abnormally large paws hit the green ground out of the corner of my eye. I took a deep breath, knowing that this creature, this being, was Seth, or whatever Seth had become.
I wanted to run, sprint away as fast as my body could manage and never look back. But my legs seemed to turn to cement blocks, weighing my feet down onto the ground. I suddenly felt a little dizzy, almost nauseous at the mere idea of this creature coming towards me. I hadn't even seen more than it's paws, and already I felt like fainting.
Suck it up, I told myself. You're a big girl, you've dealt with cops, criminals, and the damn government. You can handle a wolf.
So, to get it over with, I lifted my head up, exposing my eyes wholly to the sight in front of me. Right on the edge of woods, barely peeking out of the shady, green coverage, was a sandy-colored beast, bigger than a car, but smaller than a bulldozer.
There was no doubt in my mind that whatever type of animal that this thing in front of me was, it could definitely kill any human.
My heart felt like it just might pound right out of my chest, onto the ground, and go find a cemetary to bring a corpse back to life. I blinked my eyes rapidly a few times, trying to see if I was seeing clearly.
Then somewhere in my brain, a thought came back to me. Seth had said to look into his eyes. The creature's eyes?
I let my gaze drift to the monstorous wolf's face, it's black nuzzle, it's perky ears, and finally, it's deep brown eyes. Suddenly it hit me like a ton of bricks. Those eyes, they had been the same ones above me in bed the other night, and the same ones that became crazed when Leah had confronted me, the same ones that suddenly seemed a lot more beautiful. Those are Seth's eyes.
I felt a small smile form on my face, a gesture that I hoped would encourage the wolf to come closer, that I was okay, now. I felt my heart begin to slow down, and when it did, I noticed the wolf made a few steps in my direction, it's eyes on me the entire time.
I suddenly felt excited, like I couldn't wait any longer for this giant beast to reach me. I felt the urge to run my fingers through it's fur, threading them into the sandy softness of it. It looked really silky. And I wanted to ask so many questions. God, I'm so confused right now. I know I should be scared, but I fucking love this!
"Hurry up!" I yell, watching as the wolf's ears cock up at my command. He moves a tiny bit faster towards me, but still at a pretty slow pace. "Fuck, Seth, I don't have all frickin' day!"
The wolf's eyebrows shoot up, it's face distorting into an expression that looks all too human to be an animal's.
The huge creature finally reaches my spot, and I don't fail to notice that it's head is towering about ten feet above my head. Yep, need to change that.
"Are you planning on coming down here or are you gonna make me come up there?" I ask, and the wolf gives a snort, very similar to a laugh, and lays down so that it's head is resting on the ground. It's deep brown eyes are right in front of me now, watching me intently.
I take a calm breath of air.
"Can I, like, pet you, or something?" I question awkwardly, unsure of how to word my statement since this is Seth in front of me, not just some wild animal.
It smiles, a goofy smile with it's long red tongue lolling out to the side, letting me know that petting is okay. I take a hesitant step forward before reaching my hand out to a spot right behind it's ear. The tan fur is just as soft and silky as I imagined it would.
I remember my amount of questions, picking out the ones that have yes or no answers, instead of the ones that I know will require further explanation.
"Do you like being a wolf?" I inquire, and he looks up at me with wide eyes. I wonder if I maybe said something insulting or something that crossed a line.
Before I could apologize, he nodded his head, a tiny smile playing on it's lips, one without showing his teeth. I can't help but wonder if that's because I'm so close to him.
Well, he likes being a wolf. That's probably a good thing, since he definitely is.
"Do you like being pet?" I ask, knowing the answer is yes, at least it is by the soft hums that are coming from his chest as I run my fingers through the hair.
He nodded, winking at me with this playful glimmer in those eyes that I really, really love.
"Do you howl?" I question, before I can stop myself. That would be so cool...
This time, he glances back up at me with curious eyes, nodding, but I can tell what he's thinking, just by the look in his eyes.
Why?
"Howl for me", I say, excited to hear this.
He gives another curious look, telling me I'll be expected to explain my reasoning later, but he stands up and moves away from me. Once he's about twenty feet away, he sits on his hind legs and raises his massive head towards the sky.
Before I can get lost in how beautiful he looks...woah, woah woah, wait, beautiful? Where the hell did that come from? I never call anybody beautiful. I don't like where this is going...
A long howl rips through the air.
Soooo...? Oh, and do you like my cover picture for the story? Dakota's on it, if you haven't seen her on my photobucket link already.
