Knowing Ali

Jesse's POV:

It had been two days since I last spoke to Ali and it was killing me. I wished so much that it won't be so difficult but it is, simply to talk to her. I don't know if I should keep it a secret or not. If I tell the pack then they'll get all nosy and I might spill my secret.

I haven't phased since before I met Ali that day. I've been making excuses with Toqua so that I can take some time off. I don't think it's working well because sometime soon, I'll have to do my part for patrolling and Toqua's giving me a lot of weird looks.

Now, I've finalised my plan. I'm going to get to know Ali, maybe even meet her coincidentally but I'll make sure I ask her; then I'm going to see if i can tell the pack everything they want to know and make sure nothing about the Makkah pack is revealed.

That's how I ended up taking Ali and her friends to the beach. Their parents don't know I'm with them, but it's better that they don't or they'll never let me be friends with Ali and I really want to talk and get to know her.

"Do you like this Jesse? I found it under a bleached tree over there," said Ali, pointing towards the North cliffs with a stick. Well, it wasn't just a stick. It was a very pretty piece of bone white driftwood, smooth like someone had carved it. It was twisted, thicker at the bottom than at the top and almost spiralled into a perfect point. "It's a wand. An ocean wand. It can control the sea if you say the right spells. You can ride the waves and call up the marine life and make the sea calm or stormy with it."

"A magic wand then?" I asked her.

"Yes, very."

"It's very beautiful. A good find. Could you do some magic with it?"

"I don't know any spells, I'll have to ask someone who does."

"How do you think it ended up there?" I inclined to the cliffs.

"My nan said that magic collects in certain places. This was just a stick before but magic came to it and formed it into a wand. It must have been a special piece of wood, then someone lost it at the cliffs. It must have had a conscience and that attracted all the magic to come." This girl was so clever and technical, I was believing her- and I didn't want to stop.

"So, it belonged to someone dearly, that meant magic liked it and came and filled it up?" She seemed to like someone actually believing and taking interest in her fantasies.

"Yes, lots of magic came. It's a very lucky stick."

One of her friends came screaming over. She started to giggle as she showed Ali a fish in a pool of water in her cupped palms. Ali giggled too.

"Ooh, you caught one!" she said, excitedly.

"Come catch one too," her friend ran off. My heart sank, I wouldn't spend more time with Ali. She was about to go with her, but turned around.

"Are you coming Jesse?" she asked sweetly. My face lit up like a candle. How could I refuse? She was actually including me now.

"Sure. I bet I can catch more than you!"

"Bet you, you can't!"


"Jesse?" I was swiftly pulled out of my chain of thoughts by the sound of my imprint's voice.

"Yes Ali?" She hesitated.

"What's high school like?"

Ah, school worries.

"Scary at first, but if you have your friends with you, you can have a real laugh. Though you get a lot more homework."

She groaned. I laughed because I would too, everyone would.

"Don't worry. Are you worried?" she seemed shifty. She shuffled a bit on the park bench. It was dark now but we were right outside her house, waiting outside until her curfew. Her friends had gone home early.

"I'm not worried," she mumbled quickly, such a lie.

"You can't fool me. Come on. It's okay to be worried about high school, I was."

"And you're not anymore?"

"No way, I see my friends every single day and that's great!"

"I'm going back to school tomorrow." She sigh but it was a bit of a jagged breath. You'd only pick that up if you were a wolf. Ali was good at hiding things but not with me. I'd know when there was something wrong. Like now. There was a long silence, but it was comfortable silence. Not when you didn't have anything to say but when you were quietly thinking.

" You're usually a confident girl, why are you worried about high school? That's ages away."

"You have to face it some time." I didn't say anything to that. "I'm not doing very well at school, you see. I'm always getting into trouble even though my work is good and I'm not bullying or being rude. The teachers say that I'm not paying attention because I'm always daydreaming or not concentrating or not listening, and they say that if I act like it in High School, it'll be a lot worse for me. That's why I'm worried."

That was a shock too.

What do I say to that? School teachers are so rude, she's only a little girl!

"No, those teachers are being idiots. No one's going to get you in trouble, even if you're not concentrating. My teachers are really lazy and don't really care if you're not paying attention. And if they tell you off, I'll deal with them. Don't worry."

She was quiet again for a while. "Okay then. Thank you Jesse." Ali relaxed a bit.

"Anytime."

Fred came from behind us in wolf form. Ali waved at him and he barked happily.

"Hi Fred!" I called. He wasn't a bad guy and I really didn't think why we shouldn't be friends. He disappeared behind a tree and came back out as normal Fred.

"Hey guys! What are you doing here?" he asked, puffing a bit from running.

"Waiting for her curfew. Still an hour left," I answered him.

"But it's freezing out here," I hadn't realised because I'm a wolf but it was probably quite cold for Ali, "come on, I'm making lasagne tonight. Come inside."

a/n: I'm very sorry I haven't written in a while because I couldn't think of what to write. I had this idea for the next few chapters but not what to put in for this chapter. If you read hard enough, Ali is warming up to Jesse and not always running away and she does get worried and have problems and Jesse will be there to solve them. I'm going to take you through their story gradually, piece by piece and I'm dearly sorry but I'll have to rush that kind of friendship build up to get on with the story. I'm telling you in advance that in the future, there will be ali POVs so sorry if you don't like switching back and forth. I won't make it too complicated and do it rarely. Please keep reading and reviewing because I don't know if it's making any sense to someone who doesn't know what's going to happen next. thank you xx