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Chapter Six – Paul
An ear-piercing howl removed my train of thought. Being the adventurous type, I stopped my Chevy's no-so-discrete engine and followed the howl into the forest. It certainly was no animal I've ever heard before.
As the howl got closer and louder, it sounded as if it was changing, from animal to human. A male to be exact. That's when I saw it. A…wolf slowing transforming into, from what I could see through the trees, Paul, Jake's friend from the Reserve, the one he is nearly always with when I see him.
I turned with shock to come face to face with a tall figure. The warmth he was radiating was immense. I made my head look up and there was the stern face of Jake. How had he got here?
"Jake, I…" I trailed off not knowing what to say.
"You shouldn't be here." his statement was as blunt as his face. "But I think you should know."
What on earth? Oh, I know.
"Are you going to answer my questions then Jake?" he seemed to smile. It melted my into an abyss into the ground beneath like a puddle but it seemed to not have the same affect as Jasper's.
"Fine. But then you must tell me the truth afterwards." His voice was certain. He just wanted to answer my quires, I was certain. Live or let die I suppose.
"Paul. What happened? How did that happen? Do you know Nessie? I…" His voice cut me off.
"Nessie is my girlfriend." His face was telling the truth that was one thing I was certain. "Your other questions can be answered with a simple word. Shape shifter."
A what?!?!
"That looked more like a werewolf not a shape shifter. Come on! Seriously!"
"So, of either one, Are you afraid?" His question hung in the air of the damp forest. The surrounding trees seemed to echo the words as if it had been said already, only a few years ago.
I breathed deeply. My sweating fists were the answer to the question. How could I be afraid of my second best friend in rainy Folks? After Nessie, her strangeness that seemed to tell me not to be scared of her, Jake was the least scary person I would ever consider to be afraid of. My breaths became shorter.
"No, I'm only afraid of losing you. Jake, I can't be scared of you. I have trusted you for most of my life even when I moved away. You are my knight in fur!" The remark sounded shameful. "No pun intended. It just sounded right."
Great. Now where does this leave me in the whole scheme?
