Disclaimer: Same as before, don't own any of the characters from Mutant X or Wolf Lake, but I wish I at least own the guys from the before mentioned shows,lol. Thanks to my friend Mari for her endless help(if you like my story you need to check her out : Goldstranger). You inspire me to write my friend.
Thanks for all the reviews, it keeps me going. This is my longest chapter yet. Probably the longest one until I get more comfortable with writing. But thanks to Koalared for encouraging me to write longer chapters. Plus as you readers probably already know, I love cliffhangers. Sorry about my last one. I have 2 chapters coming up in the next week, your reviews will mean alot, see bottom if you don't believe me,lol
POV: This is Jesse's point of view, kinda.
thoughts
Chapter 6: Sophia, Luke & Jesse
Matt, Sherman and Luke hadn't expected the scene that stood before them, when Vivian had came down the steps they had expected news that Sophia had died during the flip. But here the two were Sophia in her wolf form, and Vivian holding a robe in one hand, to cover Sophia for once the girl reverted back to her human form, she would be nude. They all watched as Sophia transform back from wolf form to the girl they all knew. Mrs. Cates handed Sophia the robe.
" Sophia, How? When? Oh never mind, I love you." said Matthew, as he hugged his daughter close. Matthew wanted to know what changed Sophia's mind, but decided to ask later, right now he wanted to just hold her.
"Love you too dad."
Sophia looked around at all the faces, Mr Blackstone, was shocked to see her, but happy beyond words. And that was saying something for him. Mrs. Cates was looked happy, and relieved. Luke, was standing with his back against the wall, looking at her with the biggest grin on his face. She couldn't wait to talk to him, to talk to him about what he said, when he said he loved her.
Sophia looked at her dad and smiled up at him. There were no words to describe how she felt at the moment, completely different from before the flip. She felt much stronger, confident and comfortable with who she was now. there were feelings she couldn't explain, like the urge to break out of her own skin and run wild. It was a strong urge, that made her excited about the next flip, her first run. Maybe her first run with Luke.
"Well I am sure you all can understand. Sophia has been through a lot tonight, And I would like to take her out for dinner to celebrate. Alone just the two of us."
"Of course we understand Matthew. We will see ourselves out. Luke come with me..."
They all looked in the direction of where Luke had been standing. And nobody was more shocked then Sophia....he was gone.
" Well, I guess Luke had more important things to do tonight. Come on Mr Blackstone, dinner at my house tonight? "
"Never turn down free food. Sophia see you in class Monday morning."
" Yes Mr. Blackstone." she said, hoping no one saw how hurt she was.
"Come on Sophia. go upstairs and get dressed. How about the dinner?"
"Sounds great dad. Be right back." she said as she ran up the stairs. She shut the door to her room. As she sat on her bed, and she let the tears fall. She couldn't believe he just left.
How could he just leave? I needed to talk to him. He said he loved me...
Sophia heard her dad calling her, so she mustered up all her strength and headed out the door, with one last thought.
he said he loved me. If he meant it, why did take off without talking to me. Oh forget about him.....
Jesse was sitting at the bar trying to finish the sandwich and coke he had ordered, his mind on the girl Sophia, he'd been worried about her to no end, and had driven around trying to find her. He could still hear her screams in his head. Turning in his seat he was shocked to see the very woman walking through the door. She was fine, and was with her dad, slipping off his seat he walked over to them.
"Sophia, are you OK?"
"Oh hey Jesse right? Yeah I'm fine, this is kinda embarrassing, I just had food poisoning."
"Food poisoning?" Jesse knew she was lying, he had had seen her eyes glowing. But she looked fine now, so he decided not to push it. After all, she didn't know him, she didn't know that he knew all about mutants like her.
"Yeah, had to go the hospital and everything. Pumped my stomach. And for some reason my dad is shocked that I am hungry. Oh dad you met Jesse right? "
"Well not officially. Hi I am Matthew Donner, sheriff of Wolf Lake. Where you from Jesse?"
"Seattle, just here on vacation."
"Well I hope you enjoy your vacation. Sophia I will order for us, see Deputy Kanin over there, I am going to tell him that I am taking tomorrow off to spend with my daughter, you go ahead and chat with Jesse. Nice meeting you, Jesse."
"Nice meeting you too."
"Thanks dad."
Jesse and Sophia continued talking for another 20 minutes while she waited for her order to come up. It seemed as if they had known each other all their lives. The only other person Jesse got along with like this was Shalimar. Jesse wondered if it would change anything if she knew he was a mutant like her. Maybe he would tell her tomorrow.
Sophia liked talking with Jesse. He was very easy to talk to, kinda like Luke on a good day. And even though Jesse was easy to talk to, she knew he would freak if he knew the truth about what really happened tonight. She wished she could understand Luke better, maybe she needed a guys perspective on this.
"Hey, Jesse you mind if I ask you a question about something.....to do with a guy?"
"Sure, maybe I qualify to answer." he smirked.
" OK this guy told me he loved me, then ran away before we could talk about it."
" OK, I hate these kinds of questions. Sounds like he is scared. I mean it is hard for us guys to say I love you."
"But why? "
Hey, you are asking the wrong guy. I have no idea why it is so hard it just is. I don't know maybe we are afraid the girl doesn't feel the same way. "
"OK guys are weird and I will never understand them."
Jesse just smiled, he hated trying to explain guys to girls. Especially when he was having the same problem in his life. He was in love, and didn't have the nerve to tell the girl. Maybe someday when their lives weren't so hectic, they could sit down and talk. Maybe then he could tell her, that he loved her.
Luke had been so sure of what he was doing earlier, when he ran to Sophia's house to save her life. He didn't know that he was going to tell her he loved her. It was funny he didn't know himself, until he blurted it out. Now he was walking down the street, to where he didn't know. He just needed to think about what had happened, to clear his head.
Before he knew it he was in town walking along the store fronts. He was passing in front of the diner when he saw Sophia, talking and laughing with another guy! Luke's heart sunk. This is what you get Cates. That is what you get for putting you heart out there to get stomped on.
Before Luke knew what happened next a car came out of nowhere and crashed into the diner.
"It is done!"
"Your plan worked?"
"Of course it did, you act surprised."
"Of course not, my love, proud, is more like it."
"Well, Miranda, if you like this part of the plan you will love the next."
"Oh, well...don't keep in suspense tell me."
"You have no patience my pet. But I am in a great mood tonight. So I will tell you.More members of Mutant X will fall before I am done."
"Who?"
"You will find out soon enough."
Luke barely missed getting hit himself. There was smoke and fire spreading fast in the dinner. He ran into the diner to find Sophia.The smoke was so thick he could barely see his hand in front of his face. So he concentrated on changing his sight. His eyes were the way to do so, he could feel them shifting slightly, changing to adjust so that it would accommodate his sense of sight and sound. He could now sense the body heat . He found Sophia and picked her up in his arms and carried her out. She was bleeding from a gash on her forehead. She was unconscious, but breathing. He laid her on the ground. A lot of people were helping get survivors from the diner, some were able to walk out on their own. Luke looked up to see Matthew Donner being helped out by someone else who was walking over to were Sophia was.
"Is Sophia OK?" Tyler Creed asked.
"I think so, how about him?" said Luke.
"He will be. Just got the wind knocked out of him."
"Did you see anybody else in there?"
" Yeah, lots of people, you mean anyone in particular?"
"Some guy, he was talking to Sophia, just before the crash.."
"Well whoever he was, you don't have to worry about him anymore."
"I wasn't worried, go look and see if you see anybody else in there."
"Luke, all the survivors have been rescued. If this guy is in there, he is dead."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, Luke, use your head, I didn't sense any body heat. Luke you know what that means."
But there was something Luke couldn't get off his mind. You would think nothing would shock him, after all who would believe he could change into a wolf, well people outside of Wolf Lake anyway. But Luke was prepared for what he saw that night. It would keep him up all night. He had seen the car go into the diner, he saw the guy push Sophia out of the way, but then Luke could swear he saw the car go right through him. And if Luke was right, which he wasn't ready to admit he was, then what happened to the guy?