Tala couldn't control the growl that ripped from her throat "Well deal with it because I'm here to stay" she hissed. The brunette girl growled again and Tala growled back.
"Alright everyone settle down!" Mr. Jeffries hollered. "Alright now everyone we have a new student in our midst this year. Tala stand up please" he asked. Tala's eyes snapped away from the brunette as she looked at the teacher and stood up. The brunette went to her seat with her friends not far from Tala.
"Everyone this is Tala Accalia she's our newest student here at Bradlington and I would appreciate it if you all made her feel welcomed." He said. "Tala introduce yourself a bit." He said.
She sighed "I'm not sure there's much to say that you haven't sir." She said. Some of the students chuckled "My names Tala obviously" she said gesturing to Jeffries "I'm 16 and I moved here from Venice, Italy." She said.
The K's perked up at this "So you know about fashion then?" Kara asked.
"Actually Milan deals more with fashion than Venice. Venice is more full if romance" she replied.
"But Milan is a cookie... what does that have to do with fashion?" Katrina asked as she twirled her hair. The class looked at the ditzy blone but said nothing.
"Oy forget fashion have you ever been to the world cup?" Jimi asked.
"Yeah last year with me Da. He took me for an early birthday present." She said.
Jimi smiled at her "Cool."
The short brunette girl (Maddy) from earlier stood up "Are your parents like you?" She snapped.
Tala's hands curled into fists "I wouldn't know I haven't met them." She hissed. She saw the sandy haired boy (Rhydian) frown.
"Good. They don't belong here either" Maddy said.
"Shove off Maddy you don't need to be rude to the newbie" snapped Kara.
"Alright that's enough." Jeffries said clapping his hands together. "Tala you can have a seat now." She nodded and sat back in her seat.
She stayed in that class for math, history, and English before they were dismissed for recess. She followed everyone out then sat at a lunch picnic table pulling out her forgotten breakfast and eating a piece of sausage. She had just finished chewing when she was surrounded by the short girl and her friends.
"You need to leave my territory." She said simply
"Maddy!"
"No Rhydian we can't risk anymore wolf bloods on our territory it's dangerous enough!" She whisper shouted
She slammed her hands against the picnic table angrily and stood up. "Look I would leave if I could but if I run off my foster mum won't stop till she finds me. Not to mention I don't have anywhere to go!" Tala shouted. Her hands clenched up into fists and black veins began to appear on her hands moving up her arms. Maddy growled at her and Tala snarled back. The red haired girl named Jana began to growl too and for some reason Tala's wolf flinched inside. She unclenched her fists and took a deep breath as she looked at the veins disappearing on her hands.
"Look I'm sorry I'm in your territory but I'm stuck here until the Swanson's kick me out. So deal with it because I won't have some short tempered midget telling me what to do!" She hissed. Jana growled again and Tala flinched once more.
"Maddy give her a chance. What if she's like Rhydian was. We don't know if she's has a pack or if she even knows other wolfbloods" the thin pale human girl said. She leaned across the table to shake Tala's hand "Shannon Kelley, at your service." She said with a smile. "And this is Tom" she said pointing at the tall dark skinned boy "Rhydian." She said pointing at the sandy brown haired boy "Jana" she said pointing at the red haired girl "And you've met Maddy." She said.
Maddy glared at Shannon "Shan I don't want her to be our friend!" Maddy shouted.
"Good then get lost losers" Kara said as her, Katrina, and Kay made there way over.
"Yeah she doesn't need you or your band of weirdos." Kay said as Katrina nodded.
Maddy glared at the K's and stomped off followed by Rhydian and Tom. Shannon and Jana stayed behind for a few seconds.
"Look if you need anything here's my cell phone number." Shannon said scribbling down the number on a piece of paper then handing it to her and running after Maddy. Jana looked at Tala and tilted her head "If you need help with your... dogs just ask." She said then turned and walking away.
"So long losers" Katrina said as she and Kay sat across from Tala. Kara sat next to her and Tala smiled at her. She couldn't help noticing how pretty Kara was.
"So Tala. We figured since you're new we'd show ya around after school." Kara said.
"Thanks I'd really appreciate that." She replied.
"Cool maybe you can tell us about Italy." Kay said
"Yeah and tell us about all the hot boys there." Katrina said dreamily.
Tala chuckled "Well after school we could stop by my house. I have tons of picture books from my old families filled with stuff from the city. One of my sisters was a designer and she studied in Milan on an internship one summer." She said with a smile.
"That would be amazing!" Kara said.
"Totally cool." Katrina said. Tala smiled and was going to tell them about the city when her "wolfy" senses went off. She jumped up from her sit and back flipped kicking the soccer ball-that was heading towards Kara-mid air and all the way back towards the field.
The K's and the soccer jocks got quiet before Kara hopped up and hugged Tala "My hero!" She squealed. Tala blushed and smiled at the hug and looked up as Jimi jogged over.
"Nice moves guidette didn't know you played." He said. Tala glared at him when he called her a guidette.
"I'm glad you didn't know. It'd be weird if you knew I played football but you didn't even know my proper name." She snapped. She glared darkly at him "Call me a guidette again and I'll make sure the only balls you're able to kick on that field are your own" she hissed. Jimi glared and went back to the field.
The K's laughed at the look on his face when the bell rang for them to go back to class. Kara linked arms with Tala as they walked back to class Kay and Katrina sat in the second to last desks so Kara and Tala sat behind them.
She took notes in class while also passing notes with Kara. She had just met her but already she could feel herself starting to develop a crush in the girl. Maybe this school wouldn't be as bad as she thought.