I AM NOT A WERE!
Derek
Chapter 4
I walked out the "Black Building," Sophie at my heels.
I never knew it feels so bad to lie to someone. Of course I had money for more than two people, I got my allowance sent from my parents yesterday; I still have the full amount. I just really wanted to go alone with Sophie.
I don't even know why, I just had an impulse to take her out, to get her away from him. For some reason I was really pissed off she was actually laughing with him.
I felt like she should be laughing with me, not with him. I met her first! And since when do I stutter? It never happened before! Even in front of teachers it wasn't like that! But seeing her red eyes stare at me like that… It doesn't help that she barely blinks.
She even got Cooper, whom I've never seen phased by anything before, blushing. I'm sure, that there is something different about her.
I remember that in class we learned that our eyes turn red a few weeks before we're supposed to turn to wolves the first time, but it seems she's had red eyes her whole life. I have to check what that means.
We walked around the "White Building," and then we went down a hidden staircase.
"What is this place?" Sophie asked, a confused look on her face, "You didn't show this staircase before."
"Yeah, this is the way to the food court; it's for students only, so visitors can't come in here. Even if they are past students, they are not allowed in anymore." I explained, feeling my face turn red again. Why does my face always turn red whenever I hear her talk? I thought as we walked through the black door at the bottom of the stairs.
"Why?" She asked, reminding me of a little kid, discovering the world for the first time.
"Actually, that's a good question, I don't know. But during the 'Welcoming Assembly' in the beginning of the year they said not to let visitors in there, and that it's a students only area. Even teachers are not allowed in here. The only people here that are not students are the cooks." I told her, and I was about to explain more when I realized she wasn't following me anymore.
"Sophie?" I asked, turning around and spotting her standing there, staring around.
"This place looks like a palace. It's huge, and I can see the sky through the high ceiling." She stared saying, "it makes me want to be able to fly. It makes me feel amazing, and yet disappointed. I want to just fly through these clouds, yet I feel like I already am. And there's so much food!" She exclaimed, now looking around and not just up at the sky.
Then, she turned around to face me and said, "I should tell you now, I'm very picky, with everything, especially food. But it seems like there's enough food for me to find something that I like." She looked at the food, then she stopped, her eyes open wide.
"Is that what I think it is?" She asked, "Is that steak?"
"Huh?" I asked, confused. Why steak? I thought to myself, but she was already walking to the stand with all the different types of steak.
"So you like steak?" I asked as she looked over her options. She chose one, and it looked pretty good, so I got us two plates, she put a piece of steak and some white rice on hers, and I did the same.
"You also like it?" Sophie asked me as we walked to the cashier. "Umm, I've never tried this steak. But you said you're picky, so if you like it I want to try it." I told her, and then I realized it makes me sound like I'm trying to copy her.
"It's really good!" she told me, as I paid for the food. "I tried it at my friends' house, Julie and John, back in California. They are twins that were really nice to me. Their parents are film producers, so yea, California, but it's not Hollywood." She suddenly stopped talking, and I noticed her face turning red. I wonder why, though.
"Umm, whe-where are we going to sit?" She asked, after we moved away from the cashier, and I noticed her voice waver a bit. "Oh, yeah," I said, "come this way."
I walked towards the two doors on the right of the fast food buffet, and then I stopped in my tacks, Sophie stopped next to me.
"I forgot to ask you," I said, "where do you want to sit? there are three options: there's outside, there's inside with everyone else, and, every dorm room has a privet eating area, do you want to see mine and Cooper's?"
"You have your own eating room?" She said, "that is so cool! I want to see it!" So I walked through the door on the right, and held the door open for her.
Then, I walked towards door number 13, which is the dining room assigned to Cooper and me. I was happy that a lot of people went to visit their families or wherever they went, because that meant less people here to stare at me take a girl into my privet room.
I noticed Sophie cover her eyes; I guess she didn't like it when people stared either. When we reached the door, I used my card to open it, and found Cooper inside, making out with a girl.