Friday. Full moon tonight. Or as Scott calls it: Wolf moon. Munching on my cereal, I decide that I am definitely going to school today. Theo can't use his threatening stare to put me off this time. Friday's weren't that bad. Purely because I don't have Maths today.
I was still in shock of Jordan's big news of being a supernatural creature. I was dreading to see him today, after our awkward conversation in my room last night I don't particularly feel thrilled to talk to him. Dad had already left for work, he had to go in early due to the many complaints and worries of a 'wolf boy' aka, Liam. But they didn't know that. Unfortunately, since I slipped school yesterday I am not in Dad's good books. He had commanded Stiles to make sure I got to school today. Suddenly I heard footsteps running down the stairs. Stiles appeared into the kitchen and gave me a death stare before grabbing an apple and biting into it.
"I'm surprised you haven't ran off back to the forest with wolf boy." He scoffed.
"If you mean Jordan, that was a bad insult considering both our best friends are werewolves." I roll my eyes.
"Yeah but they don't make us skip school and leave everyone else wondering if we're dead or not." He raised his voice.
"What is your problem?!" I shout and slam my spoon onto the table. "You're making such a big deal out of it. Every teenager skips school at some point."
"You're not every teenager Natalie! You're involved with werewolves and chimeras and kitsunes!" He threw his hands up in the air.
"So? That doesn't mean I'm dying if you don't know where I am! I'm just being normal!" I shout back at him.
"Well you're not normal!" He practically screamed at me. We stood in silence for a while. "None of us are." He said, calmly mumbling now. "Come on. Get in the jeep. We'll be late otherwise." Stiles said as he walked towards the front door.
We drove in silence, the rain battering the windows and hammering the jeep bonnet. Stiles and I don't normally argue, we both have a 'witty mind and unique sense of humour' as Lydia always says. I glanced at Stiles, his eyes firmly glued to the road. When our Mum died Stiles had started to act older than he actually was. He was 8 years old, going on 18. I was only 6. Stiles had been super protective over me since then. But when Scott got bitten and we discovered a whole new world, he was just even more protective.
"You know you can stop treating me like a kid right? I know how to protect myself. Allison taught me how." I shrugged.
"I know." Was all Stiles said.
"So you don't have to be on my back all day every day like Dad said."
"I know."
"And, don't be mad. But my bow and arrow is in my locker." I cringed awaiting his answer.
"I know."
"Goo- Wait. What!" I sit up in my seat. "How?"
"Liam." He said casually.
"Ugh!" I bang the back of my head against the head of the chair.
"It's so easy to get stuff out of him." Stiles chuckled.
"Tell me about it." I sigh. "See, why were you worried when you knew I was prepared to protect myself." I roll my eyes.
"Theo." He sighed. My heartbeat picked up. If Stiles knew about the threat Theo had said to me, he would do something stupid.
"Theo? What did Theo say?" I asked, trying to keep my voice from shaking.
"When me and Scott were looking for you, he said to us that we wouldn't find you at school because you weren't there. Malia went to our house to see if you were there. You weren't. We thought Theo had taken you or something since he knew that you weren't in." Stiles explained.
"He saw me leave in the morning." I sighed.
"Why was he watching you?" Stiles glanced at me for the first time during our car journey.
"He wasn't, I walked past him." I lied.
Mason and I were sat down in the cafeteria at lunch. Being humans, we both shared something in common. I hadn't yet seen Theo today, that's a good thing. However I hadn't seen Jordan either. I don't know if that's good or bad.
"There you are!" Liam appeared and sat opposite us. "I heard Jordan is our newest werewolf addition to the town." He seemed excited.
"I know! Isn't it cool!" Mason grinned.
"Well, it depends. What colour are his eyes Tal?" Liam asked me. He frowned when I didn't answer. "Natalie?"
"I'm not talking to you." I say plainly.
"What. Why?" He leaned forward in confusion.
"Do the words 'don't say anything' mean 'oh I'm just going to tell Stiles, Natalie won't mind'?" I say, mocking Liam's voice by making my voice deep and slow.
"I'm gonna leave you guys to it. I'm gonna go and find Corey." Mason gets up.
I glare at Liam, waiting for him to answer.
"Okay. I can explain-"
"Oh brilliant. I'd love to hear it." I say sarcastically.
"First of all. Scott was there and-"
"Great. Scott knows too. Even better."
"And Scott is my alpha, so as you can tell I felt pretty intimated. Stiles just happened to be there too. I actually stood up for you, Stiles said that you had no means of defence if we didn't know where you were, so I brought up your bow. It was an accident. Really." His eyes travelled down to the floor in pure guilt.
Honestly, I wasn't that angry. Stiles didn't shout at me for it and I'm positive Scott would be fine with it. I was just a bit mad that Liam had told them something when I specifically told him to keep his mouth shut.
"Well that's a fair reason. I guess I can let you off this time." I smirked. Liam breathed out deeply.
"Good. I'm glad you're not mad." He grinned. "Are you coming to the lacrosse game after school?" He asked.
"Liam. It's a full moon tonight if you haven't noticed. I'm going home to get my sleepover bag and then I'm going straight to Lydia's cabin and I advise you to do the same." I whispered.
"I know I haven't forgot. But I missed the game last time, I don't want to miss another one. Coach will kill me." He whispered back.
"I don't think it's a good idea." I shake my head.
Suddenly Jordan sat down next to me, he was carrying a lacrosse stick and open finger lacrosse gloves.
"W-what is this!?" I motion towards his gear.
"Oh he joined the team yesterday." Liam answered for Jordan.
"No no no. You're not playing today. This is a very bad idea. You can't control your shift, are you crazy?" I shake my head rabidly at Jordan.
"But it's my first game, I have to be there." Jordan shrugged.
"I'll look out for him on the pitch." Liam said casually.
"Hang on we haven't decided if you're playing yet." My eyes were wide.
"Sorry Tal, but I've already decided. Anyway, gotta bounce. Scott told me to look for Theo." Liam got up and started to walk away.
"Make good choices Liam. Good choices!" I shouted after him desperately.
"I thought Liam could control it." Jordan frowned.
"He can. But he has IED so he could explode if something makes him angry, that means he could change through anger since it's a full moon." I explain.
"IED?" Jordan raised an eyebrow.
"Intermittent Explosive Disorder. IED." I say. Jordan stares at me blankly. "It's an anger issue." I roll my eyes.
"Oooh." Jordan nodded. "So that explains why he got kicked out of his last school." He said as I nodded.
Jordan's eyes were glued to me. Like he was waiting for me to say something to him. And I knew exactly what he was waiting for.
"Look Jordan." I turned my whole body around on my chair to face him. "Can we just forget anything ever happened between us?" I wince, knowing I've hurt him.
"What... why? I thought-"
"You're a werewolf. I'm a human. It wouldn't work." I wipe my sweaty hands on my knees.
"But what about your brother and that scary werecoyote girl?" He searched my eyes.
"Stiles and Malia thought differently, and look at them now. They're not even friends at the moment." I shrugg.
"So if I wasn't a werewolf, there could be something between us?" He raised his eyebrows.
"I'm sorry. A werewolf boyfriend is the last thing I want." I admitted. I regretted saying this as soon as it slipped out my mouth. Jordan's pressed his lips together in sadness.
"I see you're still alive." Theo strolled over to us. Alone. Where was his pack?
"Oh look it's the experimental werewolf. I can smell the fake fangs, it suits you." Jordan scoffed.
"Jordan!" I gasp in surprise at Jordan's speedy insult.
"You finally told some people you're a werewolf then. About time, you wreaked of a lonely wolf." Theo shot back.
"Let's go. Theo can rot in his own company." I snap and pull Jordan along by his hoodie sleeve.
We headed out to the lacrosse field where Scott and Stiles were practising for the game. Jordan was dragging along his lacrosse gear. We could see Scott and Stiles in the distance, Scott was in goal, Stiles was trying to score. They haven't seen us yet, we were quite far away.
"It's a full moon tonight. You sure the newbie can handle it Natalie?" Theo's voice appeared from behind us. We swivelled around to face him.
"Why are you following us? Don't you have to go and sharpen your press on claws?" Jordan snapped.
"I wasn't talking to you." Theo said casually. He walked towards me until he was about half a metre away. "Since Jordan knows about me, I can threaten you in front of him. Did you tell Scott to back off?" Theo asked, making sure to occasionally look over my shoulder to ensure Scott and Stiles weren't looking.
"No." I said, holding my breath.
"Am I going to have to do it myself?" He hissed.
"Probably." I say.
"Or I could use other ways to make you, ways that your brother wouldn't approve of." Theo said while looking around to see if any people were near us.
He flicked out his hand to reveal a full set of wolf clawes. His eyes were set on me and he wore an evil smirk. Suddenly, before Theo's claws could get anywhere near me, Jordan let out a roar. It made me and even Theo jump. Jordan's eyes were the golden shade of a werewolf and his fangs were being revealed. His clawes shot out and he took a step towards Theo. His roar was so loud that Scott and Stiles looked over and began to rush towards us.
"Jordan, stop. We're in school, there could be people coming right now." I hissed at him.
"You've got some guts squaring up to me. Almost as much as little Liam." Theo patronized Jordan.
Scott and Stiles reached us and Scott instantly pulled Jordan back and restrained him from going any closer to Theo. Jordan let out another roar, a smaller one this time.
"Scott, make him shut up!" Stiles shouted.
"Jordan you need to change back! Now!" Scott commanded him. Jordan continued to struggle.
As Scott and Stiles restrained Jordan. Theo snuck away, laughing to himself.
"Hey! Theo! Come back here so I can-" Stiles began.
"Leave it! We'll deal with it later." Scott snapped, still holding onto Jordan.
I watched, feeling completely helpless. I scanned my eyes around to see if there was anyone coming to check out the peculiar roar. So far, no one. Maybe they were too busy to hear it. Suddenly I saw movement, thankfully it was only Liam.
"What's going on? I heard the roar, I don't think anyone else did though." Liam came to a stop, he stared at Jordan, he obviously didn't know what to do either.
"Focus Jordan! Change!" Stiles yelled at him. It didn't work. Malia was running towards us now.
"What the hell. Who roared?" Malia hissed, knowing her question was answered as soon as she saw a struggling werewolf Jordan.
"He won't change back!" I said panicking.
"It's the full moon. He can't control it." Scott winced as he tried to hold down Jordan.
"But it's day time!" I gesture around.
"It still affects us during the day. At night it's just really strong." Malia sighed. Jordan roared once more, but this time it was because he frustrated. Maybe because he couldn't change back.
"Shut up!" Stiles hissed at him.
"Put him under the shower like you did for Liam." Malia suggested.
"No. The bell for 5th period will go off any second now, they would see us taking him there." I shook my head.
"Jordan. Change!" Scott yelled.
"It's not working!" Stiles shouted. The bell went off and soon, there would be students walking to class and seeing this mess outside of the window.
"Do something!" I shouted.
Suddenly Liam punched Jordan hard in the face and Jordan's head flung to the side. His fangs and clawes had retracted and he blinked his eyes a couple of times until they returned to normal. He clutched his jaw and winced in pain. Scott and Stiles dropped him and sighed in relief.
"Good. Good job Liam." Stiles heavy breathed.
"We better get to lessons." Scott shook his head, helping Jordan up.
"I'm getting too old for this." Stiles sighed.
"Alright grampa, take it easy." I joked. Stiles shot me an glare.
"Uh. Stiles I need to talk to you. I'm private." Malia said awkwardly before pulling Stiles violently back towards the school building.
"I guess I should follow them just in case things get a bit heated." Scott grimaced and went after Stiles and Malia. Which left only me, Liam and Jordan.
"Sorry. For punching you I mean." Liam said to Jordan.
"It's fine. It worked didn't it?" Jordan chuckled, still clutching his jaw.
"I'm normally the one getting punched." Liam joked.
"Yeah he's not kidding." I laughed in agreement.
"Come on we need to get to English." Liam motioned his head towards the building.
"Yeah I'll meet you there." I said as Liam jogged off.
Jordan picked up his lacrosse gear and let out a deep sigh.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"I'll heal." Jordan said, he took his hand off his jaw. I glanced at his lacrosse stick.
"You're not playing." I shake my head.
"I have to." Jordan said sternly.
"Um hello? Do you remember what happened like 2 minutes ago?" I raise my eyebrows.
"I'll be fine. Theo isn't going to be there." He started to walk towards the school building. I followed.
"But-"
"I'm playing."
"It's a really bad idea Jordan. Really bad."
