I do not own Blood and Chocolate. LOVE the story though. I was rooting for Gabriel the whole way!
Layla:
Feisty little thing? Who says that? Feisty little thing? I kept on replaying the scenario in my head. It was all I could do to not look back at Michael and give him a look of disgust, but alas my bravado was fading. The intimidation was enough for me, however, I had the whole school watching and talking about me a whole fifteen minutes.
I still couldn't get that out of my head.
Feisty little thing. No one's ever called me that my entire life. I turned around seeing the Gideons leave Tommy, Katrina, and Jonas behind. All of them talking amongst themselves. I felt another small puff of anger as they walked away from one another. Mostly towards Jonas, he hadn't even said hello to me. They were all jerks as far as I was concerned.
I decided to sit down and get started on my "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" book.
"Hell-O?" snapped a familiar voice. I looked up making sure to put on an annoyed look. Paulette looked down at me as I was sitting on the concrete ground against the building. Phoebe stood beside her.
"What was that about? Wasn't that your ex-boyfriend?" Phoebe asked.
"I have no idea and he's not my ex-boyfriend," I corrected. Paulette sighed impatiently.
"We always find out the secrets of this school," Paulette said kneeling down to my eye level. She smiled prettily. "You might as well just tell us." I was in no mood for their stupid gossip. So I did what any sister would do. I lied, just to mess with their heads.
"They're families are Mafia. The new kids trespassed on the 'Freak Seats' territory," I said sarcastically.
"Really?" Phoebe gasped. Paulette was not so easily fooled.
"Fine, be that way," she said.
Jonas:
Feisty little thing. Yes, her temper had been out of the ordinary. She seemed upset that he'd nearly hit her with his car. And trust me, it took a lot for a human to stand in the presence of six werewolves, whether they knew what they were or not. We're big, temporal people who had let her know she was unwelcome and she still stayed. That was more than feisty, that was downright ballsy.
Then she declined an offer like that. Michael's face was priceless. I'd never been so proud of anyone. She'd sided with me. But of course the whole encounter had provoked my inner beast
"I have never been so frustrated. GET him. He'd tried to hurt her," my subconscious urged. "Go to her! She's upset! She was right THERE and you have the nerve to walk around her!" I breathed in and out. It had been impossible in the beginning, but I was starting to learn to resist my inner monster's requests. So much that even though I had been mere inches, no more than a foot away from her, I could still suppress the urge to scoop her up and beg her to ditch school so we could have another wonderful day. Just one day.
But no, I was a danger to her and everyone around her. That moment I had been a danger to Michael and he had provoked me talking to Layla like that, trespassing on my pack's territory and I still hadn't attacked him. That werewolf was lucky he still had limbs by the time he walked away.
"Wow," Tommy muttered. Katrina agreed.
"Yeah. I'll admit I thought that was a bad idea bringing you that close to her, but you didn't even attack him when he provoked you," she said surprised.
"You should have!" my inner beast roared. Tommy looked at Katrina then back at me again.
"Was it hard?" he asked me.
"No, it was just a matter of concentration," I said going back to our table. To be honest it was the hardest thing I'd ever had to do. But I wasn't about to let them know that I still had trouble getting a handle on my self control. I had advanced toward him in a challenge when he said Layla had stepped in front of his car and Tommy had gently pulled me back, but at least I didn't throw myself at him. Katrina shook her head.
"This lone wolf thing. I think you're really getting it down. I mean you haven't had any black outs recently or anything," she said. I shrugged as though it were no big deal. Part of my plan for losing all the babysitters was to learn self control and I had studied it hard, once I had pretended self control long enough they were sure to be more linient with my restriction. The regular runs and a few meditations had soothed my wild side.
However, it was still there. And that scared me.
"What are we going to tell my dad about the new pack?" I asked Tommy changing the subject. As much as it bothered me, Tommy was going to be Alpha. He was smart and resourceful, even if he didn't have a bloodline. Our table had shrunk significantly in the past year. It was just the three of us now, the others graduated at the end of summer.
"I guess a pack has trespassed. We'll have to tell him, though it might start a war," Tommy said glaring in the direction of the Gideons. He looked to Katrina. "I've never heard of the Gideons." She shrugged.
"Neither have I," she said.
"What do they want with Layla?" I blurted. Damn, I'd been doing so well I hadn't the restraint to resist the question. Tommy and Katrina exchanged glances.
"You think they want something to do with the human?" Katrina asked. I shrugged.
"He paid too much attention to her. Was I the only one that noticed?" I asked. Tommy looked thoughtful for a moment.
"No, he was just using her as a shield so we couldn't talk using werewolf terms. He was just being obnoxious," Tommy deducted.
"He nearly hit her with a car!" the beast within me argued.
"It was an accident," I said internally.
"He had invited her back to his pack!" it said outraged. That part was a little strange. Still it wasn't enough to prove they wanted something to do with her.
"There's nothing to worry about," I said calmly.
The bell rang too sharply for my sensitive ears. I winced and the thousands of bodies started to move.
"We'll talk to your dad after school," Tommy said. He left the other direction and Katrina followed me to my next class as it was her's too. We passed by Layla's reading spot. This time I caught her looking at me. She quickly went back to putting her things away for her next class. I looked away as well. Her scent had been so strong with her being so close. It was going to take a lot to tear my mind from it.
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