Chapter Three
Ace
Wow, she was amazing; she was everything that was right with the world. I couldn't stop thinking about her and her jerk cousin. I just hoped that Dwayne and Nate took care of it. But she was a great kisser; I think I loved her already. "Ace, come on supper!" Ashley just always had to yell didn't she? I got up from my bed and went down the stairs to the dining room.
"What's for supper mom?" I sat down by Carter and Ashley. Hopefully Carter wouldn't make a mess tonight because he had a tendency to play with it.
"Roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, carrots and biscuits. It's your favorite right sweetheart?" Of course it was my mom was an amazing cook. I loved my mom she was the best mom anyone could ask for. Four kids and she still looked great to.
"Yes mom thanks. So the school years almost up, how are you going to handle it with all of us around?" I thought she might lose her mind because all the younger ones were so wild. I dug into my supper because I was still hungry; I guess that's what happens when you're a werewolf. But then again I was a teenage boy and had been walking around all day, plus dancing. I couldn't get the day out of my head. It had been too good, a whole day spent with a girl I actually liked. She just seemed so different from the other girls at school. Not as ditsy as the others, like she was prepared to fight the whole world if it got in her way.
Pulling me out of my revere my mom said, "No I love you kids, and from what I hear you and Ashley will be out of the house a fair bit with your 'friends'." She seemed happy for us to finally be in relationships.
"Hey kids, how was your day?" Dad walked through the door then. Massie and Carter ran to him to hug him to death. It was hard to believe they were both thirteen, twins of course.
"Hey dad, come on and eat it's getting late." It was almost eight o'clock. I still had to get in the shower and make sure I looked nice for Desiree, my new girlfriend. Wow, it was so weird to say that and hard to believe that she had agreed to go out with me. I shoveled the last of my food into my mouth, took my plate into the kitchen and washed it.
"Night everyone, I'm going to hop into the shower and go to bed." I waved and ran up the stairs and into the bathroom.
Beep, beep, beep. "Ugh, stupid alarm, where's that freaking button?" I smacked the off button and got up. Sometimes I thought six in the morning was a little too early. But I wanted to look nice for Des. I found the clothes I wanted to wear and ran to the bathroom before anyone else could. I brushed my teeth and hair, and put on the most minuscule amount of colon on. I didn't want to overpower her and make her gag. I felt stupid taking such concentration with getting dressed.
"Hey mom, why are you up so early?" I had gotten ready in less than fifteen minutes. The kitchen smelled of scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and orange juice. We were the only two in the kitchen but I could hear the others upstairs. And by my guess dad was already at work.
"No reason, but I know why you're up. So you can get there early to see that girl. Here have some breakfast." She handed me a gigantic plate full of food. I grabbed it and sat down at the table just as Ash came down the stairs.
"Mom be honest how do I look? I'm trying to look nice for Dwayne." She was wearing her tightest skinny jeans, converse, and a black tank top with a little sweater that went to the middle of her stomach.
"Fabulous honey bun, is this boy nice?" Ash hated it when mom called her that. But she didn't seem to care; she was in such a good mood.
"Really, really nice, and his twin sister Desiree is dating Ace. Right Ace isn't she?" Great she always had to turn the attention on me. But then again she was my little sister.
"Yes she is, now I've got to go. Grab your breakfast and let's move." She made a breakfast sandwich and ran out the door after me.
Dwayne and Desiree were already in the parking lot when got there. Ash ran out of the car and practically jumped Dwayne in the middle of the parking lot, she hopped into his arms and kissed him smack on the lips. I walked over to Desiree and wrapped my arms around her waist. "Hey." Was all I got out because she kissed me then and kept on kissing me. She finally stopped (not that I wanted her to) when Dwayne and Ashley cleared their throats at the same time.
"Better be careful Desiree you don't want to accidentally hurt him. We don't want a repeat of last night." He started to laugh then.
"What happened last night?" I pulled back a bit to get a good look at her face. She was so much shorter than me. She had to be at least five eight, and I was around six one or two.
"Well I may have accidentally beat Chase up last night." She said it a little shyly, but then I started to laugh. This was awesome!
"May have, you should have seen him, he's staying home today so people won't ask what happened. He doesn't want to admit that he got beat up by a girl. Bloody nose, bruised stomach and face, it's quite a sight."
"Cool, beautiful, tough, and strong. I've got the best girl in the world." I hugged her tightly and we squished each other nearly to death.
"We both do." Dwayne said while looking at Ash.
"Well come on let's get to class. How much longer till schools out?" Desiree, Ash, Dwayne and I all started walking towards the building.
"Um, three weeks, not much longer and next week is test week. But then we have all summer long." I couldn't wait for summer; we would have all the time in the world.
"Good I hope we can –." All of a sudden she cut off. Desiree had a far off look in her eyes. Like she was seeing something happen that no one else could see. Suddenly my theories about her and her family came back. I was a werewolf so I was used to the supernatural. I could remember that first day. She had to be what I thought; a vampire. It just seemed to fit. I had met vampires before so I knew the characteristics. And I was sure she knew what I was
"Desiree, are you okay?" She gasped and had a look of horror on her face.
"Yes, yes I'm okay." She and Dwayne shared a look and looked straight ahead after a second. I remembered something then; all vampires had certain abilities, like reading minds, manipulating minds, and having visions. There were many others, but it seemed like she had had a vision. But what I did know, it could have been anything. And I wasn't even sure she was a vampire it was just a theory because she smelled a little different.
"Are you sure because I could take you home if you like; it's not a problem at all." I stopped her and started to walk back towards the cars.
"No, I'm fine, and I can't miss school, I need to do well on the tests." Desiree pulled us around back towards the school.
"Okay. Oh by the way I was going to ask if you wanted to do something this weekend."
"I'd love to, its Wednesday so on Friday night you want to do something?" She had a hopeful look in her eyes.
"Yeah, perfect, we can go to Jasper right after school. There are great shops and restaurants everywhere there." We were in the French room now, and there were only two other kids in the room, not even the teacher was here.
"Sounds perfect, I haven't been there yet. Oh, and I'm really sorry about Chase, he has a big mouth and sometimes he doesn't know how to keep it shut. And about the Jonathan thing I'll tell you one day but for the time being you don't need to know about him." Her face flushed, so I decided not to mention this guy around her ever.
"Its fine I didn't mind at all, except the part where he interrupted us. I just can't seem to remember what we were doing." I was teasing, because I would never forget that.
"Well, we were dancing and kissing, hope that clears things up for you; because I'm not going into too much detail with people around." She whispered the last part so low that I could hardly hear it. Then Desiree reached under the table and grabbed my hand, intertwining our fingers together.
"Yeah true, we don't want people getting the wrong idea." The bell rang then, and people started filing in. Mr. Brown started speaking in French, which meant no one was going to listen today. The hour passed by slowly, the only good thing about was that I got to sit by Desiree.
Next was gym. We were doing baseball, so that was good. "See you at lunch." Desiree and I were walking out of the room together but we had to go separate ways now, so she gave me a kiss and headed the other way. All the other guys glared at me as I walked down the hall towards the gym, good they could be jealous I had the best girl in the world. After I had English, the first part of the day seemed to drag on and on. "So you and the new girl huh, all the rest of us are pretty jealous man." It was Kevin, a kid who had hardly ever talked to me, but of course since I'm dating the new girl he'd talk to me.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" I really wanted to know because if he was going to try to take Desiree away from me, someone would end up expelled and that someone would be me for ripping his face off.
"Just because people were talking about how they saw you two holding hands and kissing. And people have been saying you went over to her house after school. Anything happen there? She try anything one you? Did you get lucky?" Kevin started to laugh and that's when I got really pissed.
"Yes I did go over to her house and nothing happened because she's not that kind of person. And if you think she is you can stay the hell away from her." The bell rang then so I stomped out of the room. Kevin just stared after me, mouth gapping open.
"Hey, what's wrong? You seem really upset."Desiree seemed worried. She had come up from behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist. She came around to face me and now had a grim look on her face.
"Nothing, just some jerk talking badly about you." She still looked worried about me so I pulled her closer to my side.
We headed for the cafeteria, all eyes were on us. Girls and guys all seemed upset that we were going out. A lot of the girls were sighing and glaring at Desiree. All the boys were looking at Desiree's and my hands intertwined together. We got our food and sat down next to Dwayne and Ashley.
The rest of the day passed by far too fast for me. By the time I knew it, I was at home sprawled across my bed. Two more days of school, and then I could go out to dinner with Desiree. I couldn't wait to spend some more time alone with her without any interruptions.
"Hey Ace what's up?" Massie walked into my room and plopped down onto my bed. She always wanted to talk to me, because to her I was the cool one.
"Nothing, just thinking, being bored. Is something wrong, you look a little sick?" I was suddenly was very worried. She looked a little green.
"Ace, what does it feel like when you change for the first time?" Oh no, she seemed a little young for the change. I was fourteen when it happened to me. Of course I was born almost sixty years ago though things could change. These days there were growth hormones in almost everything, so it could speed up the process.
"Oh Massie, it will okay, you'll be fine. You start to feel nauseous, like I can tell you feel right now. Then you get a little sore all over, nothing severe. And finally in a day or two you change. It's pain less, want to see me to do it?" I had never shown her or Carter. Neither had mom, dad, or Ashley we didn't want them to see until just before they changed. We always changed on a full moon without trying. But we could change any other time.
"Yes, has Carter changed yet?" they were always competing.
"Nope, you beat him. Okay, I'm going to change, don't be afraid it's very simple and I think like I do now." Then I changed. It was a relief to change, it felt good to stretch out and go to a form I loved. I was a pure white wolf with pure black paws, ears, and the tip of my tail. We were the same size as an average wolf, so nobody would get suspicious about weird wolf like creatures going around.
"Holy crap Ace, that's so cool! I hope I turn out to be a cool color. But Ace, I have a confession. I've felt like this for two days now. Do you think I should try to change?" I was shocked. She had kept quiet this long, but…. Why? So I nodded my head.
She focused as hard as she could and then she did it. She was dark chocolate brown with pure white ears. Ashley was the exact opposite of me. Pure black with white ears, paws, and the tip of her tail, it was funny really. We were only a year apart but we always went into the same grade together, just because we acted like twins a lot. We even looked alike enough for people to ask if we were twins. Mom was a dusty gray brown, and dad was pure black. Carter would possibly be similar Massie, but maybe not he could be totally different.
I fazed back then. "Okay you can do it. Turn back into a human. You're lucky there wasn't a full moon or else you would have changed in front of all of us." I started to laugh while she turned back.
"That was fun! I think it's cool that I changed before Carter. Can you come with me so I can tell mom and dad?" She grabbed my hand and headed towards the door before I could give her my answer.
"Come on in, we're just folding laundry!" mom yelled from the other side of the door.
"Hey mom, Massie has something to tell you." I pushed her forward, so she could tell them.
"Well, mom I kind of just changed for the first time. And I've kind of been feeling like I was for the past few days." Massie seemed a little self concise.
"Oh that's great honey! And before Carter to, huh, good for you," she gave Massie a hug and me a smile.
"Yeah, well it'll happen to me soon to, because I just started to feel nauseous." Carter was leaning against the door frame, looking green himself. He had a smug look on his face and stick out his tongue at Massie.
"Hey whatever, I still changed before you did. Wanna see?" Massie had excitement in her eyes. Before Carter had a chance to answer, she was changing. Carter turned a different shade of green as Massie started to circle around his legs. She jumped up on her hind legs and leaned against him. She had a big wolf grin spread across her face. That's when Carter started to laugh, took her to the ground, and started to wrestle.
"Okay, okay I give! Gosh I think you're stronger in wolf form Massie." Massie had his arms pinned at his sides, laying flat across his chest. Carter was giggling uncontrollably. It was a hilarious situation. Massie hopped off of him after a moment, and changed back. That's when Carter struck. He changed in an instant, flying through the air and then tackling Massie to the ground. I don't think he realized he had changed until he was sprawled on top of Massie. He was a sandy brown color, his eyes bulging out. Then he was himself again. "Mom, what the heck just happened?" he was sitting on her chest now. Massie looked like she couldn't breathe, so I went over and grabbed him by the arms to take him off.
"Gosh smother me why don't you!" Massie jumped to her feet and had her hands around Carter's neck. Mood swings great, and it's not just because she had changed into a wolf. Girls, what could you do, one minute their happy the next they're about to kill you.
"Massie back off, he didn't know what he was doing. He changed pretty suddenly, do you know what happened?" I gave mom and dad a questioning look.
"To be truthful I don't know, but it is okay. My father changed suddenly like this as well. But Carter's okay, it can happen like that with us mostly boys though." Panic fled the room, so we were all felt well about that. Massie had taken her hands off of Carter's neck, but there were little imprints of fingers where her hands had been.
"Well then I'm going to get something to eat. Anybody want anything?"
"Yes, I'll come with you!" Massie skipped to my side and grabbed my hand. We walked down the stairs towards the kitchen, Carter right behind us.
"Massie, Ace, how do you not find that kind of scary?" Carter looked truly scared; it was like that the first time for some people. Including me, this was embarrassing in some ways.
"It's like that for some people. You don't have to be ashamed Carter."
"Well it was pretty cool, but it came on so suddenly." It truly had, I'd never seen anyone on either sides change for the first time so unexpectedly.
"That's kind of cool you have to admit. But it sucks that I got all scared." Carter was beside Massie now while I made us sandwiches.
"Aww, it is okay Cart, I was a little nervous to." I was almost done making their sandwiches so I stopped paying attention after they took them, said their thanks and left. That's when I started to think about Desiree. I try hard not to think about her at home because that just makes me anxious for the next day.
I started to think about how she smelled, the way her eyes would sparkle in the sun, and how she always smiled at how I got angry at the guys at school for always looking at her. She was perfect in so many ways; she had to be the kindest person I had ever met. Even if she wasn't a person in so many ways, but I'm sure she had her suspicions about me as well. But I had to clear my head, get her out of my thoughts, if I didn't I'd be up all night thinking about her.
I was up in my room by now after a long hot shower, it was getting late and I was tired. I started to slip into unconsciousness, the last thing I remembered was the time on the clock and then I was out.