I AM NOT A WERE!
Sophie
Chapter 2
After the "White Building" he took us to the "Black Building." Then, I asked him "Why is it called the 'Black Building'? It's not even black; it's almost as white as the 'White Building'." First, he just stared at me.
I guess he was surprised that I finally spoke, and my mom glared at me, like I did something wrong.
Then, he answered me, "we-well, you see. It's a student thing. A couple decades ago, the juniors said that they have finally left that 'horrible dark place', and came to 'paradise'. You see, the 'White Building' is a lot bigger and grandiose then the 'Black Building.' So that's how they started calling it that..."
It was kind of funny to see him blush like that; He looked so scary when he was serious, but now he seemed more like a nice guy. "That's cool. So it's like a tradition now, huh?" I said, and he blushed even more, and my mom glared at me again.
"Ye-yeah. It is, I gue-guess. A-anyways, thi-this is your room." He said, while stuttering non-stop as we stepped next to an open door. "If you have any questions you can come to me, my room is right here." Seems like he regained his posture. Wait a minute, that's my room?
"Mom, what is he talking about?" I asked, and she answered, unfazed. "You are going to be a student here from now on. You will not be able to meet with those vampires or filthy shape-shifters. From now on, you will be a student here, when everyone is just like you."
"What do you mean by 'those' vampires? And filthy shape-shifters? They're my friends!" I said, and then I realized what she actually said "Wait a minute! Mom you knew they weren't human?"
"Well, of course, do you think I won't recognize a vampire when I see one? You're dad is vampire; he left the house before you were born because he wanted you to live a normal life. It didn't work anyways though."
Wait a minute. Dad is a vampire? I always thought he cheated on my mom! I didn't even think he might have left because he wanted me to have a normal life.
"Wait, so I got these red eyes from him?" I asked, hesitating. This is the first time Mom has ever mentioned Dad. "No, it's mot from him. You actually got blue eyes from him, before the red color took over." She explained, "You got your red eyes from me."
"Mom, is there anything you want to tell me?" I asked, my voice rising.
My mom had never told me anything about my family, except the lie about my dad cheating on her. I don't know if I have grandparents or aunts and uncles or cousins, even.
I probably do have grandparents, otherwise how would my parents be in this world? But I don't know if they're alive or not. Where they might be, whether they even know who I am.
"I guess it is time to tell you. I, I'm a werewolf. This is the school I used to go to. I want you to study here. I noticed you didn't have any friends at school, and although you do have friends outside of school, they are supernatural, like us. I don't want you to be hurt. And I don't want you to hurt others just because you couldn't control yourself."
"Are you saying I'm a Were!" I scream at her.
Then, I realize the guy is still standing there. My face goes red, I know because I can feel the skin warm up and the blood rushing to my face. My mom turns around just in time to see his face turn red.
"Um, what's your name again? I don't want to call you 'You' next time I see you. That would be too awkward." I said, to ease the mood, before my mom would tell him to go away, after all, I am going to need his help since I have to stay here now.
"You can just call me Derek. It's what everybody calls me..." He answered, looking at his shoes. "Alright, cool. Call me Sophie, or Scarlet. Whichever you think suits me better." I said with a smile. He smiled back, "Sophie, then." I blushed again, feeling like an idiot; my face finally returned back to its normal pale white and then he said my name like that, with his full lips that are just the right shade of pink.
"A-alright then," I said when I regained my senses a few seconds later. "I'll see you later, Derek..." I let his name fall off my lips, like water from a fountain.
He was staring at me for a bit, and then he remembered he was supposed to leave.
He took out a key card out of his pocket and he opened the door to his room.
My mom and I were still staring at his back as he took one step into his room, but then he abruptly turned around like and lifted his hand, as if he was about to say something.
He stared at me for a second, and then he made a fist and lowered his hand. He turned around, walked into his room and closed the door shut behind him.
We could hear muffled voices, recognizable as Chris's and another guy's. I guessed it was his roommate.
"Hey mom, let's check out my room, we can talk in there." I said, after I heard the guy ask Derek if the girl he was talking to hot or not, and why it took him a while at the door, before he walked in.
I didn't want to hear the answer, that's why I wanted to go into the room, but I heard it anyway. And I also heard the amazed response from his friend after he answered positively. "Are you serious? Derek, that's amazing! It's the first time I heard you say that a girl is hot! I seriously thought that you might be gay! Congrats dude! Hey, I'm going to check her out. If anyone asks, I'm on my way to the library. I'll text you after I see her!"
Then the door opened, "What do you want?" I whispered when he walked past us. He looked up at me, a weird expressing in his eyes.
"Are you the new chick?" He asked me.
"Yes, I hope it's not a problem" I told him, and then turned to my mom. "So, mom, let's check out my room now?" I asked.
Derek's friend was looking at me.
"Oh, right! Where are my manners?" He said, and then bent down and kissed my mom's hand and then mine.
"Derek said he was a tour guide today for the empty room in front of ours. There were two sophomore girls there last year apparently, so they moved together to the 'White Building.' Did Derek explain the thing with the 'White Building' and 'Black Building'?" He asked.
Is he trying to flirt with you or just be annoying? I saw my mom ask with her eyes. "He explained it." I said, too ticked to let him continue talking. "So, if you don't mind, my mom and I are in a middle of an important conversation. We'll be leaving now."
I turned my back to him and walked into the room, knowing my mom would follow and shut the door in his face. But I stopped as soon as I walked into the room. My mother bumped into me, "Sophia! Why did you stop so suddenly?" She asked.
Why? Well, the answer is obvious. The room was huge. It was almost as big as an apartment. I saw there was a door on the right wall from the entrance, I walked to it and opened it. It was a huge bathroom, with a walk-in closet that had a wall in the middle, so two people could be changing at the same time. I walked out of the walk-in closet through a door on the side. When I walked out of it, I found one bed next to the wall in front of me. I turned to my left, and saw my mom at the entrance to the room. I looked left again, to the wall that's between the closet and the actual room, and saw there's a desk there, and there was a mark on the floor that there was another bed there.
It was simply amazing. Derek's friend walked in after my mother, thinking he was invited in. "This is cool," I told my mom, hoping that if I ignore him he would get the hint and leave. "I know, right?" He said, thinking I was talking to him. My mom and I, both, turned to him and glared. "Oh, right, you said you wanted to talk. Sorry, I'll leave. Oh, by the way, my name is Cooper if you're looking for me." He said and left, closing the door behind him.
It was quiet for a few moments as we took it all in. "You know, when I was at this school, this was my room. I was also alone at the room because I also transferred in the middle of the year." She said, suddenly.
"To me, it felt like my parents were abandoning me. I was scared of being here alone. But in this school, I learned about the supernatural. I found out that I am a Were on the first full moon after my fifteenth birthday."
"This school is the reason I am able to live in the human society and live my life like a normal person."
We were quiet again, it was obvious she was thinking about things, her eyes moving around the room, while I was just trying to let it all in, focusing on the bed.
"What would you do if I told you that you happened by mistake?" She suddenly said, and I turned around to face her. "What do you mean?" I asked cautiously.
"I thought it would be like this." She said, talking a step closer to me. When I didn't try to back away, she walked up to me and sat on the bed. I sat down next to her after she told me to.
"When I met your dad, it was not long after graduation. I was upset after a break-up with my Were boyfriend." She started, "I noticed he wasn't human, so I was sure he was a Were, forgetting there's a chance he might be another supernatural creature now that I'm not at school."
Another pause.
"The same night I met him," she continued, "we went to a bar, I was drunk. The next morning I found myself in my room, and I couldn't remember anything except his face."
She paused again, as if thinking how to explain her story.
"Just so you know, just like all other girls in the world, well, except vampires, we also get our periods. But I didn't get mine, for three months straight. I decided to take a pregnancy test, because I kept remembering his face. I also eventually remembered getting drunk at a bar, so I thought maybe something did happen. So, anyways, I took the test."
Another pause.
I couldn't look at her, her voice was trembling a bit, so I didn't dare look at my mom and see her wavering, not cool and collected like usual.
"I checked it only an hour later, too scared to find the answer. When I did, the test came out positive. I was pregnant. I told my parents first. They were happy for me, but not too happy that I didn't know who the father is. But, two weeks after I talked to my parents, he showed up again, and soon we started dating. Three weeks after we started dating he told me he's a vampire. I was sure he was a Were this whole time, and then he tells me that." She said. "In the beginning, I couldn't tell my parents. How would they take it after I'm pregnant from a vampire? I used to think. But about two weeks after he told me about him being a vampire, I sat down with my parents and told them. They were upset at first, but they let it go; he never hurt me, so why keep bothering with it?"
"I was happy when you were born. You were the most amazing child a mother could wish for. You were careful, you were caring. You were always by my side." Her voice was wavering, this was weird. I looked at her, just in time to see a tear slide down her cheek.
"Then he said that he has to leave. He explained that it would be better for you if you don't remember him. Being six months old, of course you wouldn't, and he said it was too dangerous. He said that when it's safer he would talk to me. So I let him go. Two years later, everything changed, a new year begun, and my parents were busy with work, He was completely gone, and it was harder and harder for me to take care of you. I was so tired, and you wanted a lot of food."
"That's when I went into depression. You were only three years old, and you learned to be alone. It's all my fault that you never had any friends. Because of me you didn't get close to anyone." She was crying now, it was weird for me to hug her, and let her cry on my shoulder after all this time of not letting anyone touching me, keeping my walls up.
Then she sat up and said: "That's why you have to be here. I want you to learn how to control yourself. You're going to be a real Were soon, and I don't know when the vampire side will take effect, but this school is specialized for the supernatural. Most of the students here are Weres but there are some vampires and shape-shifters. You have to make friends here, that the only way you'll survive in the real world" I looked at her, and saw through her eyes how much pain she'd been holding in. "I love you, mom" I said. Meaning it.
"Alright, it's time for me to go. I'll send your suitcase up to your room, and I'll send you more clothes before the year starts, so you can start to fill up your closet! I'll write to you, I'll send you letters. Oh, and you should know, there's no service here, so you can't call or email anyone. Anyways, I'll see you later!" She said, and left my room.
I'm ready, I thought, I'm ready for a new life. Only I didn't know just how hard it would be to break that wall down, and let people come close to me, after all the time I spent watching from afar.