True to her word Mary finished washing the dishes and cleaned everything else in the diner. At one point she was looking for more things to clean and take care of before the other waitress pushed her towards the bathroom to clean herself up instead.
She changed into her normal clothes and balled the apron up to be laundried. She brushed her hair and stared at herself in the mirror, giving a small sigh as she did.
There wasn't any point in trying to make herself any better, he had already seen the worst of her in almost every single way. She braided her hair to keep it away from her face and debated to put some makeup on but decided against it.
Checking herself over she nodded at her image and stepped out, grabbing her bag and throwing the apron to the side. Taking a deep breath she stepped out of the diner and waited there, checking her watch.
It was almost exactly six and she was already ready for it to be over. There were other packs out there that she could try to join, or maybe even set out on her own. She could go to a human town and work there instead, maybe try a normal college and get a human mate.
A human mate that she'd never be able to tell the truth to or even let herself be a wolf ever again but at least she wouldn't have to deal with a packs dealings ever again.
Sighing she let her head fall back against the wall of the diner, staring up at the darkening sky. It was an option, despite how bleek it seemed to be, maybe it wouldn't even be that bad, maybe she could deny herself being a wolf.
"Mary?"
Mary blinked and brought her head down to look at John who was standing there, smiling at her.
"You looked lost in thought." he said softly, hands in his pockets. "I'm sorry that I broke you out of it."
"Its fine, I wasn't thinking anything important." Mary said, pushing off of the wall and walking towards him but keeping enough of a distance. "Where are we going?"
"Next town over, if you don't mind." John said nodding at a car that was parked on the street next to them. "There's a steakhouse there that I know and its great, I think you'll like it."
Mary turned to look at him. "I'm a vegetarian." she told him, watching him freeze up.
"You are?" he asked, a small bit of fear going through him. She remembered him during the fights and how he had never been afraid back then but right now he was. "Well...I'm pretty sure that there's a vegetarian restaurant in town too, I just...need to find it."
Finally, at the lost and panicked look on his face, Mary took pity on him and laughed. "I'm kidding." she said, laughing softly. "I don't think I've ever met a real vegetarian werewolf."
The relief on John's face was almost palpable and he grinned back at her, reaching out to open the passenger door for her. "Listen, I want dinner to go well and if you were a vegetarian and I was taking you to a steak restaurant it wasn't going to go well."
"Well I like steak." Mary told him as she climbed into the door and leaned back in her seat. "So so far you're on the right track."
John closed the door behind her and quickly moved around the car and got into the driver's seat. "Good, I'm glad something at least is going to be to your liking." he said, throwing her another smile.
Despite herself Mary couldn't help but smile back, feeling a small knot inside of her start to unwind as they drove.
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