If some of you noticed, I accidentally put out the wrong chapter!
I forgot to put the one before this chapter out! Sorry for the confusion!
Sorry for the long wait, (again) my fault.
WILL
My eyes searched for the wolf in the trees.
"C'mon Kylie," Brooke muttered. "Come out, come out, wherever you are…"
Her silver coat would be vibrant amongst the white snow. I took a slow breath, the cold air burning in my throat and nose.
"There!" Brooke's gray eyes lit up, and her finger settled on the sleek metallic blur in the forest.
She shot forward, arms and legs pumping, shaking and quivering as she gave in to the cold. I leaped after her.
Brooke's brown pelt gleamed as she ran, her muscles and strong legs rolling under her skin. She chased after Kylie, a bark rising in her throat.
The two collided, bowling each other over, and Brooke pinned Kylie down in the snow, her paws on her chest. Her teeth snagged themselves in Kylie's scruff, and she began dragging her back towards the pack house.
BROOKE
My name is Brooke Waters. I live in Riversteen, Minnesota. I am sixteen years old.
I snarled, chasing down Kylie. I slammed into her, sending her collapsing down on her backside.
My name is Brooke Waters. I like Will Summerstein. I don't know if we're dating. It's possible. I don't know.
I saw the human, his black eyes burning intensely. I pulled Kylie further along.
My name is Brooke. Kylie is my best friend. Kylie is-
I felt the door bang open at the human's touch and a rush of warm air slide out of the building. My skin itched as I felt the heat.
Brooke
Will
Kylie
Wolf
Snow
Yelling
Shift
Skin is
Breaking
Kylie
Human
Lost
Within myself
I don't know
Pain
Will
I
Never
Wanted
This
"Brooke," Will whispered.
I swallowed; my throat was dry. The lights flooding the room were excruciatingly bright.
Kylie was panting, her eyes wide. "What was that for?"
"We-" I gasped "-need-to-talk."
She turned away from me, shame registering on her face. "Look. I know. You probably hate my freaking guts for joining Mickey. I. Get. It."
"Kylie!" I said. "I don't 'hate your freaking guts'." I took her hand gently in mine. "I just…I just need to know why."
"Um," Will said awkwardly. "Before you start talking emotionally and doing your, I don't know, girl chat, would you mind clothing yourselves? Like, right now?" He turned away, face blushing, and I grabbed a blanket, shielding myself.
"Whoa!" Kylie flushed and burrowed under a thick afghan. "This life just gets weirder and weirder. One minute I'm a wolf, the next I'm sitting naked in a living room."
"I'm not bad."
I stared at Kylie's pale face, her brown eyes earnest.
"I get that, Kyles." The two of us were now dressed; Kylie wore skinny jeans and a collared shirt with a tie and blazer, and I wore a pretty turquoise dress, leggings, and a ski jacket. "But why'd you join him?"
Kylie took a deep breath.
"I merely suggested to Mickey to maybe do something about the fact that as wolves we wouldn't have a home when we permanently stayed wolves," Will flinched but didn't interrupt. "However, it was Mickey who was the one who blew it out of the water and interpreted it as 'Kylie wants a peaceful home so I'm going to take lots of lived to make it safe for her!'
My eyebrows shot up. "Wait a sec. Mickey did that for you?"
Will made a whistling noise. "Oooh. Mickey's got a crush!"
Kylie scowled and punched him on the arm. "Shut up." She glared at him, but nodded reluctantly. "Yeah, Mickey kind of likes me. So what? Anyhow, he started attacking after that. I asked him to stop, but he threw the whole story back in my face and so… we fought and I left and then… met Colin when searching for Brooke."
I felt my eyes widen. "That makes sense. But…" I felt my eyes stretch even wider. "Holy crap, did you like Mickey?" I gasped again. "Do you like Colin? Agh, I feel like an idiot! Why didn't I see it before?"
"See what?" Will asked incredulously.
"That my best friend had GUY problems! Hello!" I smacked my forehead. Kylie's blush was evident and her eyes were wide.
"Weeeeeeellllllll…. Can… can we talk about this later… Like, when WILL isn't here?" Kylie glanced at Will who was gazing innocently at her.
I groaned. "Fine. Gosh, I didn't know I was such a girlie on the inside." I sighed. "That's beside the point. I won't tell!" Will said indignantly, pointing to himself.
"Will," Kylie said, pointing at him. "Your halo is slipping."
She continued, and I listened.
"That's how everything happened. The only reason I went back to Mickey now is to try to stop him now when he hasn't taken another life. Right now, Mickey thinks that I've finally come to terms with his thinking and that I'm pleased with his actions."
I sighed and start singing:
"Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you,
Tell you I set you apart.
Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions,
Oh let's go back to the start
Running in circles, comin' up tails
Heads on a science apart…
Nobody said it was easy,
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be this hard…
I'm going back to the start."
Kylie just watched me as I sang "The Scientist", her eyes sad and understanding.
"Sorry," I said. "That's just what I thought of."
"It was beautiful," she replied. "Thank you."
I shrugged. "No prob. So, basically, our number-one-wolf-enemy has a crush on you and is planning to slaughter more humans, and you're trying to stop him?"
"Pretty much."
I exhaled shakily. "Then we've got work to do."
Rnr please!