A Wolf In Teen's Clothing
Chapter 2
"What the hell are they doing here?"
I breathed deeply, taking in their scent. It was super- amazing- lacrosse- boy and his tiny friend. I took out my ear-buds, stuffed them in my shirt and crept closer, still shifted, so I could hear them more clearly. I found it strange that they were so far into the preserve, maybe they came out here to do steroids or something.
"I don't know what it was, it was like I had all the time in the world to catch the ball." Allison's crush had said. "That's not the only weird thing, I can hear stuff i shouldn't be able to hear, smell things..." He trailed off, they started walking further in and I followed quietly.
"Smell things? Like what?" Scrawny- with- a- buzz-cut asked. Super-amazing- lacrosse- boy stopped and sniffed the air.
"Like the Mint- Mojito gum in your pocket."
"I don't even have Mint- Mojito-," Scrawny stopped and pulled, I sniffed, half a piece of Mint- Mojito gum out of his pocket. Allison's crush stuck out his arms in an I-told-you-so manner. His friend huffed and shoved the gum back into his sweater pocket. "So, all this started with a bite?" They stumbled onward. He's definitely a werewolf, wonderful. Well, at least I'm not completely alone, even if he was bitten.
"What if it's like an infection and my body's flooding with adrenaline before I go into shock or something?" I could smell the fear rolling off him in waves.
"You know what; I actually think I've heard of this. It's a specific kind of infection."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, I think it's called Lycanthrope." Scrawny was obviously kidding, but his friend didn't catch the sarcasm.
"What is that; is it bad?" His eyes going wide and heart rate speeding up immensely. The other boy confirmed his fears.
"Oh yeah, it's the worst, but only once a month." I had to hold in a laugh at the highly confused expression on the boys face.
"Once a month?" Scrawny let out a small, 'mhm.'
"On the night of the full moon," when the look of confusion stayed on the other boys face, he let out a half- assed howl.
"Dude, there could be something seriously wrong with me!" Allison's crush exclaimed as he pushed his friend, seemingly harder then he meant to.
"I know, you're a werewolf, Rah!" Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!
They stopped, for the millionth time it seemed. "No, I could have sworn this was it; I saw the body, the deer came running and I dropped my inhaler." That's right, the police found half of a woman's body. Wolf boy knelt down on one knee and brushed his hand through the leaves feeling for his inhaler. I took that opportunity to pop out and say hello. I shifted back and took a few deep breaths, faking fatigue as I half jogged out of my hiding place in the bushes.
"You guys looking for something?" I held back a laugh as they jumped in shock.
"Holy crap, don't do that to me!" Scrawny gasped as he turned to face me. I couldn't help the small smile that tugged at the corners of my lips as he clutched his chest, eyes wide. I looked to the teen on the ground.
"My inhaler, I dropped it here last night."
"Was there a reason you were this far out in the woods at night, or.." I trailed off, he was about to respond when we were startled by a voice from behind us.
"That's what I'd like to know. What're you doing here, huh? This is private property."
"Sorry man, we didn't know"Mint- Mojito Kid saved the day. Not really actually, since the guy who scared the shit out of us was a major asshole and didn't bother responding to him, just stood there creepily. Inhaler- boy tried saving the day as well.
"Yeah, we were just looking for something but, uh, forget it." Mr. Creepy threw, from what my heightened sense of sight could see, the lost inhaler, at him and Inhaler- boy caught it. The guy took one more creepy look over of all of us and left.
"Well, that was utterly terrifying. Anyone else going to have nightmares?" I asked, shuddering slightly.
"Dude," Scrawny swatted Alison's crush in the chest. "That was Derek Hale, you remember right; He's only a few years older than us." And, I'm ignored, ouch.
"Remember what?"
"His family, they all burned to death in a fire, like, ten years ago." Wow, His whole family, gone. When my mom died but, I had my Dad and Nick to keep me sane.
"Wonder what he's doing back. Come on," They turned and started walking, totally ignoring my existence. 'Not for long.'
"Hey, Thanks for acknowledging my existence, I'm Robin by the way." I called, hurrying after them. The two boys, stopped and waited for me to catch up.
"Sorry, I'm Scott." Allison's Crush, Scott, stuck out his hand and I shook it.
"Stiles," The other boy shakes my hand as well.
"If you don't mind, I'm walking back with you two, That Derek guy scared the crap out of me." I admitted. Even though I was a werewolf and totally capable of defending myself, something felt kind of... off about that guy.
"Let's go then, I gotta get to work." Scott said hurriedly, more to Stiles.
The walk back to the entrance of the preserve went by without a hitch. No more creepy guys, no dead bodies and minimal talking. I walked the boys to Stiles' baby blue jeep, Scott hopped in the passenger's side.
"I suppose you didn't drive here," The slightly twitchy boy said. " I could give you a ride, you know, if you want to. I just gotta drive Scott to work first." He was totally trying to be smooth, leaning against the side of his jeep.
"Yeah, thanks, that'd be great." I shot him a small smile and climbed in the back.
Stiles dropped Scott off at work and I bit my lip at the ridiculous coincidence, because seriously; Werewolf vet? I hopped into the front seat and Stiles drove me home. We hadn't talked a lot, just meaningless conversation and directions to my house. We pulled up and I hopped out.
"Thanks Stiles. See you tomorrow?" I asked. He looked kind of surprised.
"Uh, Y-yeah. Sure, sounds great!" He smiled at me. "Bye Robin." I waved at him from my door step, Stiles waved back and drove off.
I sat on my bed, laptop on my lap, scrolling through tumblr, talking to old friends on facebook and listening to music. I glanced at my alarm clock, eleven o'clock. Time for bed. I sighed and slid my laptop under my bed, I curled up and pulled my blanket up to my chin.
I walked through the preserve for, what seemed like, forever. I could barely see through the thick fog covering the thick forest of trees. I hadn't really needed to see where I was going, It was like it was me but, it wasn't. I was walking a linear path, I couldn't willingly change directions or move my head. I was trapped in my own body, someone else controlling me.
I had barely noticed when I had suddenly stopped. I was standing in front of the burnt out shell of a once- lovely home. Me- not- me closed my eyes, I heard crackling and I opened my eyes. The house had changed, now it was on fire. The flames licked up the whole of the house, all I could smell was burning. Screams erupted from a small basement window. People were trapped down there. I had wanted to run into the building and help them but, I was frozen, just watching the house burn. I tried to work my limbs, make myself move. I stood watching helplessly as the screams slowly died out, I was only half aware of the tear that fell down my face. I was forced to close my eyes again, The house changed once more, the remains of the house seemingly staring at me as if to say, 'Why wouldn't you help them?'
I heard movement from my left. I found I was in control of my body again as I turned my head. Glowing, blood- red eyes, hulking form, It was the Alpha. The monstrous beast reared up on its hind legs and let out a haunting, mournful howl. The Alpha turned and looked me in the eyes, It howled again, different this time, authoritative, causing me to shift. It turned around and nodded for me to follow as it sprinted farther into the preserve. For some stupid reason, I chased after it.
I woke to the loud chirping of birds . Was that dream for real? I shivered slightly. 'Did I leave my window open, it's kind of chilly.' I stretched and heard the crinkle of... leaves? My eyes shot open and yup, leaves. I was in my back yard.
Hey guys, short chapter but I figured this would be the best part to stop it at but hey. Also, I'M NOT DEAD! :D Anyway, hope you liked it!
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