Alaska dashed through the field, following after Carris and Sharpfang. The new wolf seemed to be getting along fine with the others. Alaska wished she had been accepted so quickly. Even though she had been with them most of the winter, only a few wolves had readily accepted her. Her wolf mother, Snow Flake, Carris, and Morse. Recently Jackson seemed to accept her as well.
She couldn't get over the fact that he had apologized to her. She knew Carris looked more favorably on the young male after being informed of said apology. Alaska wondered if the apology had been sincere or just a ploy to get back in Carris' good graces. Her brother, Morse could easily smash the young wolf into the dirt. Morse was a huge brown wolf. He was even bigger than Silver Tracks. But Alaska knew Morse liked the alpha and wouldn't do anything to usurp him.
She saw Sharpfang was lagging and readied to bodyslam the skinny wolf into the ground. Suddenly Carris came between the two of them. She gave Alaska a look then raced past Sharpfang. Alaska sat on her haunches, confused. Did she do something wrong? She watched as Sharpfang and Carris continued to run. She let out a breath and decided to head home.
Was Carris finding a new friend to play with? Alaska wanted to deny it but it seemed obvious. Now there was a new pack mate around, Carris didn't want to be seen as a friend to the outsider of the pack. She lowered her ears and headed back to the pack's newest dens for the summer. She laid down at the entrance of where the alphas slept and sighed.
Should she just disappear? It seemed to be that way. Just then she heard movement behind her. She looked up and saw Jackson nearby. Was he there to gloat over the loss of her friend? She flattened her ears as he came closer. The young wolf kept coming closer until their noses were nearly touching. What was going on?
Jackson moved away a little and sat down. "So Carris is playing with the new wolf?"
"Thanks for stating the obvious, why are you over here? Your dad's going to be mad that you're talking to the outsider," she turned away. She had heard what the other wolves had called her. Some were even worse than that title.
"I wanted to see if you were okay," he looked at her earnestly.
"Oh I'm totally fine," she said sarcastically.
"No need for that," he let out a laugh.
"Oh now you're laughing at me?" She demanded but felt a little better.
"Not at you, with you." He grinned
"Why are you being nice to me all of a sudden?" She raised a brow.
"You seemed lonely is all." He scooted closer to her.
She let out a short bark of harsh laughter then turned away from him, "I'm not lonely. I'm the happiest wolf in the world."
Jackson knew she was putting on a front but said nothing. He looked up at the sky and wondered if she would let him become her friend. At first he had wanted to up his status with Carris but now he was curious about Alaska. She seemed lonely even when playing with Carris and Morse. He wanted to be Alaska's friend, he just didn't know how to get the feeling across to her.
