As soon as I stepped foot into my house, I headed straight for the bath. I soaked in the hot water and enjoyed some human time. Baths were probably one of the most normal things I like to do. But earlier, the time I spent in the woods with Jordan was the most normal I've ever felt in the last year or so. I almost forgot that my best friend was a werewolf and that my brothers best friend was an alpha. I forgot that Theo even existed as a threat to me. I even forgot that I was in the same forest as the nemotone. Jordan had made me feel normal. Like an average teenager.

After my bath, I changed into a tank top and some joggers. Once I finished blowtrying my hair. I went down for dinner. Stiles was unusually quiet, probably because Malia was still immensely mad. We didn't know why though. It could be a werecoyote thing?

~~~~ 3 days later ~~~~

It is a Thursday, it is also a full moon tomorrow. Which means a sleepover at Lydia's cabin tomorrow. It was like a tradition, but it was very odd without Lydia actually being there, she was at Eichen House. We missed her.

I was early at getting to school today. In fact I was early yesterday too. Maybe it was because Jordan and I exchanged numbers on Monday, and we've been texting non-stop. I guess you could say that we are offically friends now. Even Liam likes him. I walked towards the school. Stood by the doors I saw Theo. He was staring at me evilly. I felt a shiver go down my spine. I wanted to turn around and go back home. I hadn't done my physics homework so it would be wise to leave anyway. So I did something stupid. I turned around and I left. But I didn't go home. I caught the first bus into town.

Once I reached town, I got off the bus and realised how much of a stupid idea this was. I let fear get the better of me. Dammit Natalie. Well there's no turning back now. You're a criminal. I sat down on the nearest bench. I sensed someone sitting down next to me.

"Jordan?!" I squeal in surprise. "What are you doing?."

"I saw you walk away from school pretty fast. I wanted to make sure you don't get lost or get on the wrong bus." He laughed.

"So you left? You could get fined for truancy." I sighed.

"I could say the same thing to you. Besides I've been truant before." He said, leaning back onto the bench.

"I haven't. Ever." I twiddled my thumbs nervously.

"Well. You might as well make the most of it now." He grinned. I smiled back at him.

"Okay then. Since you're so professional about living the life of crime. You lead the way." I gestured to down the street.

We spent most of the day wandering around shops and talking about literally everything. I completely forgot that we were meant to be at school. We found a posh coffee shop and entered to get a coffee.

"So why did you decide to leave school?" Jordan raised an eyebrow and sat down at a table.

"Oh just felt like I needed a break." I answered. Sitting down opposite him.

"From what?" He stared at me, trying to read my expression. I tried to think of an answer but I hesitated for too long. "Is it Theo?" He almost whispered as if someone was listening to us.

"No..." I say. He wasn't convinced. Neither was I to be honest.

"Why? What's he done? I knew he was dodgy." Jordan crossed his arms.

"Honestly, if I were you I wouldn't get involved. You wouldn't understand, trust me." I laughed in annoyance.

"I'm very understanding." He laughed.

"I'm sure you are." I returned his laugh.

We sat in comfortable silence for a while. Stealing glances at each other. Suddenly I spotted a glossy, black piano in the corner of the room. A piano, in a coffee shop? Wow. This place must be posh.

"Play it." Jordan said, seeing me staring at it.

"What no, are you crazy? There's people here." I loudly whispered.

"So you can sneak a bow into school but you can't play a piano in front of one or two people?" He chuckled and shook his head. I slightly stiffened at the mention of my bow.

"I don't play in public. Anyway, I haven't played in years." I shrugg.

"So what?" Jordan said testing me. "I know you want to." He smirked.

"No."

"Come on."

"No."

"Please?"

"Jordan!"

"Fine fine, I understand that you're scared." He sat back in his chair.

The word 'scared' got to me. I had been face to face with a pack of alphas. I had gone through my older brother being possessed. The word 'scared' didn't apply to me. I would never. Ever. Admit that I'm scared.

"Okay. I'll play." I say. I get up and walk towards it with a grinning Jordan close behind me.

I sat on the piano bench. Jordan straddled it, he sat facing me. He watched me open the key cover. I rested my fingers on the cold piano keys. It felt weird to feel them after all this time. I started to play a slow song my mother had taught me years before she died. It felt like I had never stopped playing and everyone around me seemed to disappear. Once I finished I closed the cover. Just like I did after every song I played. I looked up at Jordan, suddenly remembering he was sat next to me. He had a sweet smile on his face.

"Wow." He chuckled. "You're good."

"Thanks." I saw awkwardly, as a few people in the room were clapping.

We caught each others eye and our puplis expanded. I could feel our legs brushing against each others. I realise how close our faces are. His green eyes shimmered softly and I found myself in a mellow trance. All of a sudden he kissed me. He kissed me. It was a couple of seconds longer than I expected. Our lips were perfectly in sync. He rested his hand on my knee gently. We drew apart reluctantly and sat in silence for a while. Unable to believe what just happened.

"Liam is probably wondering where I am. We could make the end of last period and wait for him after school?" I ask.

"Sure." Jordan grins.


We made it to the school, however school had ended at least half an hour ago. We walked through the more or less empty car park. We hadn't talked about the kiss yet. Until now.

"Did I make it awkward?" Jordan asked, coming to a stop with his hands in his pockets.

"No you didn't. It was.. nice." I answered, stopping next to him.

"Yeah it was." He smiled.

Suddenly I saw Liam bursting through the doors of the school heading towards me. Fast. He had obviously smelt that my scent was on the premises. Once he reached me, he pulled me into a quick hug.

"Natalie. What the hell! Where were you?" He raised his voice slightly.

"I just skipped a day of school, come on its not like you haven't before." I tried to soften his expression.

"We thought something bad had happened to you." Liam admitted. I could see Jordan's confused face in the corner of my eye.

"Like what?" I frowned. Liam clearly didn't want to answer in front of Jordan. It was probably something to do with Theo. "Wait. Did you said WE?" I asked angrily.

"I'm sorry, I had to tell them. You weren't answering your phone, I thought-"

"You told Scott and Stiles! Stiles is going to kill me Liam!" I covered my face with my hands.

Right on cue, the school doors opened and Scott and Stiles emerged. They spotted us and I could tell Stiles was a walking volcano, ready to errupt.