Paw in paw, Kate and I started walking over to where our group usually met. I hadn't seen any of them for about two weeks due to doing stuff that involved getting back to school stuff and their family's wanting to spend time with them for the rest of the summer. Not that I minded, I get to see them all the time at school. It was better than what I used to do.
Kate and I walked around for awhile getting the occasional "hello" from people. It was good to know that I had friends, heck when you grow up the way I did your grateful for anything food that comes into your life. Especially when you usually had bad things happen in your life. But that is all in my past and I hope it stays in my past.
Soon I spotted our friends. I nudged Kate and pointed over to them. She smiled and we started walking over to them. They spotted us and waved. We waved back. But as I was waving I got punched square in the jaw and fell to the ground. "Oww" I said. My friends were immediately at my side. I looked up to see Alex smirking at me. I sighed,"What do you want?" I asked. He laughed,"Nothing but satisfaction." "Satisfaction of what, being an ass?" Kate said. I laughed at her comment and so did some others around us. He scoffed,"No, the satisfaction of seeing you in pain." He said. "Well, that's not much of a life. What did you do all summer, plan everything out for the whole year to try and make me suffer?" I chuckled. He growled at me. "Oh you'll see. This year will be just as miserable as the years before." He then left.
My friends lifted me off the ground. "You alright?" David asked. I nodded,"Isn't that a way to start out the school year?" I joked. The others laughed.
We the talked amongst ourselves, talking about our summers even though we mostly knew what everyone did for the summer. But our conversations soon came to an end when the bell rang signaling for us to go to class. We all said goodbye and headed to our lockers. I walked alone to my locker since it was away from everyone else's. I got to it and got what I needed and put away what I didn't. I closed my locker only to be surprised with Kate standing rright there. I jumped back a little,"Holy crap Kate, give me a heart attack." She chuckled. "Come on, we're going to be late for class." She told me. I nodded and we headed for class. Kate and I had a couple of classes together and we had lunch together.
We got to our first class which was Algebra II. We walked in and on the boared I saw written 'Sit anywhere.' I smiled and saw Kate also smiling. "So where do you want to sit?" I asked her. "Hmm, how about there!" She said pointing to two empty seats next to each other in the second row. "Fine with me." I told her as we walked over and took our seats. We then started talking to each other while we waited for the teacher.
Minutes later the teacher came rushing in. "Sorry I was late. I live about five miles away and the speed limit the whole way is 15 miles an hour. My car got a flat though and it took about fifteen minutes to replace it. So since that happened approxamantly how long did it take me to get here?" He questioned. Wow, already starting with questions. Oh well it's basic math. I raised my paw. "Yes, Mr. Smith." He said pointing at me. " About 45 minutes." I told him. "And how did you get that?" He asked. "Easy, first you divide five by fifteen which would give you .33 or 33 minutes so I just rounded it to thirty then you add fifteen and you get forty-five." I explained to him. He smiled. "Very good. Now that that is over I will begin to tell you the class rules. But first my name is Mr. Ramirez." He said as he turned to the board and began to write down his class rules. Which is what he did most of the class just learning his rules.
Class flew by and soon the bell rang for us to go to our next class. I packed up my things and headed out of the class with Kate by my side. "Humphrey." I heard someone call to me which made me stop in my tracks. I looked back and saw it to be Mr. Ramirez. I told Kate I would see her at lunch since that was when I next saw her. We said goodbye and I walked over to Mr. Ramirez. "Yes, sir?" I asked him. He has a smile on his face. "I just wanted to tell you I'm glad to have you in my class. You are a very clever young wolf, and I bet you'll grow up to be a very important wolf." He told me. I smiled,"Well, thank you." "no problem, oh and tell Earl I said hi." I raised and eyebrow,"You know Earl?" I asked him. He nodded,"He's my cousin." He told me. That caught me off guard. "Really, well ain't that something!" I said. He chuckled,"Yah, now get to class before your late." I nodded and then left.
My next class was science. The same thing happened in that class as well, we just went over the rules of his classroom just as each teacher does every year. That was the same thing in my next class which was P.E. not anything else.
After P.E. was my lunch period. I put all my stuff in my locker and headed to the cafeteria. On my way out of the cornor of my eye I saw someone running at me. And I saw it to be Alex. I sighed and just as he was about to punch me I ducked and turned to face him. "Can't a wolf go eat without being harassed. And are you stalking me 'cause where ever I am you seem to be." I chuckled. He growled a bit,"You know I will give you credit, you are a pretty tuff wolf. But that does not mean I have to like you." He said getting ready to hit me again. Just then I saw David, Andy, Smitty, Garth, and Jordan sneaking up to Alex and his group while Kate and Lily just stood back. "You know it's not wise to attack people with strong friends." I told Alex. He scoffed,"What are those idiots going to do to me." he laughed. I smiled,"This"
Alex was then grabbed by the shoulders and thrown to the ground by Smitty while everyone else took care of the rest of his group. "Now stop trying to hurt me 'cause you're just hurting your self." I told him as h got up and walked away mumbling stuff to himself.
"Ok, now that that is over, where do you guys want to eat?" I asked. They shrugged,"K, guess its my choice. How about subway?" They all thought for a seconded then nodded. "Sure lets go." David said. We then walked out of the school and went to our cars. Kate, David, Andy, and Smitty came in my truck, while Garth, Lilly, and Jordan went in Garth's car. We all headed out of the school parking lot and headed to Subway. On our way we talked a little about random topics. We stopped the conversations when we go to the restaurant. I parked the car and turned it off. We all got out of the car and headed in met by Garth, Lilly and Jordan who had beat us there and were already ordering.
I waited until my turn then I had them make my sandwich. I got it and went and sat down with my friends. "So, did you guys here?" David questioned. We shook our heads,"Hear what?" Garth asked. "Well I heard in my foreign language class that theres a wolf coming to our school from Russia. Siberia if I heard right." He said. "Hmm, that should be interesting. Did your teacher say when he or she will be here?" I asked. "The teacher said he should be here in the next week or two." He said. I nodded,"Well hope he will like it here. It's a nice place if you get with the right crowds." I said. They nodded,"Yah, I just hope he doesn't run into Alex and his group of wolves, that would not be a warm welcome." Andy said. "Yah, Alex would torment the poor kid." Jordan said. "And I know how that feels, not a good feeling." I said taking the final bite of my sandwich. They nodded in agreement. Normally when I said something like that Jordan would put his head down in shame, but he knows I forgive him. Still I can tell it hurts a little to be reminded of what he did.
"Well, better to get back to school. Don't want to get in trouble on the first day." I said getting up followed by everyone else. We hopped into the cars and headed back to school. We got there in a matter of minutes just as the bell rang. We all got out of the car and headed to our classes. Kate and I again had this class together which was history.
Kate and I made it to our class and sat down next to each other. The teacher came in and started off right away with telling us the rules and getting all the boring stuff out of the way. This class was just as boring as the others. With about five minutes left in class the teacher said we had time to talk amongst ourselves. I turned to Kate and we started to talk. But early in the conversation she brought up a topic I wish she hadn't. "Sorry for bringing this up but I just wanted to know how you feel about McCabe's passing?" I sighed. It was really hard for me to lie to her about McCabe. I didn't want to lie about anything to her. "I'm doing fine better than I thought I would be." I said. She smiled,"Well that's good. I'm glad you're ok." That's when the bell rang. I said goodbye to Kate as we left for our final classes.
Both the classes were exactly the same as the others, Boring. Only talking about the rules. Luckily time flied and school was over. When the final bell rang I got out of my seat and went out of the classroom and went to my locker. I did everything I needed to do in my locker and closed it. But again when I closed it I was surprised with Kate being right there. I jumped back again. "Geez Kate, you have to stop doing that." I told her. She only chuckled. "Come on, you're my ride home and my mom does not want me home late. You know the consequences if that happens." I shivered at the thought which just made Kate laugh. "Now come on." She said. I did what I was told and followed her out to my car.
We got in and went home. The drive was silent just us savoring the moment of each others company. Soon I reached Kate's house and dropped her off us kissing each other before she left. I then backed up and came into my driveway. I got out of my car and went inside to be met with a delicious smell of steak. "Mmm, steak smells great! What's the occasion?" I asked Earl. "Oh just being reunited with a very special person in my life! Come and see." He said calling me in from the other room.
I walked into the kitchen and what I saw surprised me. "Mr. Ramirez, what are you doing here?" I asked. "Oh just seeing my cousin again. Earl and I were very close when we were younger." He said. I nodded my head. "So, you staying for dinner?" I questioned him. He nodded his head,"Yep, it'll give me time to catch up with Earl." He said.
Soon dinner was ready so I took a seat at the table. Earl passed out the steak and we began to eat. I didn't really say much while Earl and Mr. Ramirez talked which I found out his first name was Gabe. After I finished eating I excused myself from the table. I said I was going to go to sleep early tonight. They said goodnight and I left upstairs and went in my room flinging myself onto my bead and falling asleep.