Chapter six. Here it is. Please read and review and for the person who asked about lunch, the answer is yes... That is typical. ^^ DONT FORGET TO REVIEW!

The rest of the school day went by in a haze. Redd found herself asking more questions as classes went on. Like how the red-head knew her name. Once the bell rang for school to let out she made her way to her locker. It was nature for her to duck and weave through students. She always knew what was around her. She never took her eyes off of the floor. She threw her books in her locker and slung her bag over her back. A chill crept up her spin and she looked up to see the blonde boy that hung out with Hayden staring at her. She turned and walked out of the school and got onto her bus. She found her usual seat at the back and waited for the bus to take off. The group of new students made their way onto the bus and all sat together. There was Hayden, the blonde haired, dark eyed boy, the red head that knew her name, a boy with black hair and light eyes, and a boy with light brown hair and grey eyes.

Hayden looked at Redd and smiled as if nothing had ever happened at lunch.

"Ean," Was all Hayden said and the blonde haired boy looked at Redd then nodded and sat half way between the front and the back of the bus. Hayden, however, sat right next to Redd. She moved as close to the window as she could. She wanted nothing to do with Hayden right now. That was a lie. She wanted answers and when the bus took off she knew she had a while to get them. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Hayden just smiled. "Ask away," he said, his tone was light.

"Fine, for one, why is your pa-, your friends staring at me?" Redd looked up towards where his friends sat and they were all looking back at her and Hayden. She frowned. She had almost said pack. It was a joke between her and Granny. She had always said the cliques at school were as irritable as wolves. Granny had said 'pack' instead of 'clique' on day and it stayed like that from then on.

"My friends are staring because they are watching." Hayden tilted his head slightly at the girl a smile still on his face.

"It's creepy…" Redd looked out the window at the passing scenery for a moment before she spoke again. "Why does Sam hate you?" She turned back to face him. "Better yet, how do you and Sam know each other?" Her brow furrowed as she waited for an answer.

Hayden looked towards the front of the bus. He wasn't sure how to respond to this girl's question. He couldn't tell her the truth. Not yet. Not the whole truth, anyway. He sorted through what could be said in him head then carefully spoke to Redd. "My family and his have been," he paused looking for the right words. "fighting, in a sense for generations. He didn't recognize me until I called him out."

"Must be a pretty intense fight if he pulled Crocodile Dundee's knife out on you…"

"You have no idea, Little Redd." He flashed Redd a joking smile.

"Don't call me little." She crossed her arms and looked back out the window. It was, what most people consider, a crappy day. It was one of those super-cloudy-threatening-to-rain-at-any-moment type days. She wanted to run. She would get her chance when she got off of the bus. She looked back towards Hayden's friends. They were still watching her. "What's with Ronald Weasly staring at me?" She pointed to the red haired boy. Hayden looked to where she Redd was pointing and laughed.

"Liam? He's just curious, that's all. The blonde one is Ean. The one with black hair is Malin and the other one is Parker." He pointed each one out as he said their names. "We were all brought into the family when we were little."

"By who? The Daddy figure or the Mom?" Redd had to watch her tongue. This was the first person to actually talk to her. She didn't particularly want to scare him off by comparing everything to books and wolves. She hoped she was doing a good job.

"Dad. We met Mom after." He looked at Redd. "I think my sister's would like you." Another smile flashed across his face and Redd rolled her eyes. Slowly the other students were getting off at their stops. When Redd's stop came, the bus driver called out saying it was the last stop and she, along with the new group of guys, got off the bus. Parker and Liam started play fighting almost instantly as they started walking down the street. Redd smiled. Cute. Very mature. She thought to herself. Ean and Malin started walked behind the bickering pair. "They are acting like pups." She gave a small gasp and covered her mouth. She looked up at Hayden expecting to see the confused look she normally received when she said something was wolf or dog-like. Instead what she saw made her blink in confusion. Hayden had laughed and was nodding in agreement. She moved her hand away from her mouth and let is hang to her side. "I should be going now. Granny will get worried if I'm late today." She gave a quick sigh then added, more so to herself, "Two more days then no more path for Redd." This made Hayden blink and look at her.

"What do you mean?"

"Granny's made me stay on the path for the past week. Come Monday she won't yell at me if I go off of it, which is what I normally do anyway."

"You know these woods well then?"

"Yeah, Granny made sure of it. Not that I mind. I love the woods. I feel at home there. Not to mention the perks of being able to run through them. I can out match the football team as it stands." Redd smiled. She loved being able to out match a guy. Hayden just smiled back. This girl was different. They said their good-byes when it started to rain and he ran to catch up with is friends and Redd turned and ran home. She loved running through the woods, there were few things that could make it better but Rain was definitely one of them. She was half way in when she slowed to catch her breath. She heard a crunching from behind her and she turned to see Sam. Her good mood was gone. He forced a smile. Redd opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by a loud deep howl of a wolf. Redd closed her eyes listening to the lovely sound as other wolves joined the singing. When she opened her eyes again she was alone again. She looked around but saw nothing. She turned and ran happily back to her house and explained the events of the day.