Chapter 2
"My name is Lupe do you know a place where we can talk? You probably have a lot of questions." She said. She is really going to help me.
We ended up in Jodie's room. When we were all settled in on the hammock me in the middle of the two, Lupe asked, "So what do you want to know?" I didn't hesitate I've wanted to know this one before I even know I could shift.
"Is it normal that I'm allergic to silver?" I asked.
"Yes," she giggled, "yes that is very normal. Silver is poison to all shifters so don't worry. It's also normal that you have more strength then normal people." She said. Happy I asked,
"Ooh i got soo many questions! How do I control when I shift? How do I make myself shift back? Is it weird that I crave mice? Are there other shape shifters? I feel sad whenever I see scrambled eggs. Do you feel sad when you see a dog being told to sit and stay? Wha-"
"OK one at a time there! Man you do have a lot of questions! Yes it is normal to crave whatever a falcon would normally eat. There are tons of other shape shifters, no, it doesn't make me sad but I do feel a bit weird when people do that considering I myself am part dog. As for the controlling when you shift part I'll need to ask my boss Thierry for some time off so I can train you. He already found who he was looking for so it should be no problem. Unless you would rather come with me to the Daybreak headquarters in Las Vegas." She looked at me and I shook my head.
"No my parents don't know about me and I don't want to leave them or Jodie." Lupe nodded then suddenly looked surprised.
"You haven't told your parents yet!" she half yelled half asked.
"No they would send me to a mental hospital without a second thought I couldn't show them because I can't control it. I'm adopted that's why they aren't also shifters." I explained. "I told Jodie cause I knew she couldn't and wouldn't send me to a mental place and I trusted her. That's why she knows, she's even seen me shift before."
"Yea I kinda thought she was crazy until I saw my best friend turn into a bird." Jodie said.
"You never told me you thought I was crazy I thought you took it pretty well!" this was news to me!
"Everyone knows you never call a crazy person crazy, because they are crazy and may over react and try to hurt you. No offense I'd trust you with my life but still." She said with a la-ti-da tone in her voice.
"Thaanks" I said with heavy sarcasm.
"Anyhow the point is I am the only one she told." Jodie finished. Just them my phone started beeping.
"Ah that's my alarm. I'd better get home before my parents do." Thank god for that alarm I would have definitely forgotten that I had to make it home before eight.
"Can you stay for a bit so I can call Thierry to ask for time off? You can say you are taking some free self defense classes because you need to learn how to control when you shift." Lupe said.
"Ok but I really need to go soon mom gets worried when I'm late." I said. Lupe nodded and pulled out a small black flip phone to call her boss. After talking for a couple minutes she said she could train me and Jodie (Lupe said if she was going to be there she might as well learn some self defense) we will start tomorrow. We will be training with her every day after school at Jodie's place because the big empty warehouse is a good spot for it. This is so awesome! I make it back home fifteen minutes before my parents did. They both work at the same restaurant and have the same shifts. I was doing the dishes when they walked in.
"Hey Hun how was your day at school? Did you visit Jodie today?" Mom said with her usual after school greeting. Mom thinks that Jodie lives with a family in one of the apartments a few blocks down. Jodie make me promise not to tell my parents that she lived in an empty factory because it is her personal nightmare that they would call children's aid and her parents would find her.
"Good, and yes I saw Jodie today. Oh I also signed up for a self defense class at the community center for every day after school." I said, "Jodie also signed up too."
"That's good I always get worried thinking of you walking home by yourself." She said. I felt bad for lying to her.. but that will end when I can control my shifting. I'll show them and the lies can finally end. The rest of the night was pretty uneventful. I wonder what training with Lupe will be like. It will be interesting for sure.
AN: Yay now both of them are in training! Next chapter will be Lupe's training in both Jodie and Aki's POV should be interesting! Thanks to all you who reviewed they really helped because I wasn't sure if my story was OK or not. Anyway thanks for reading R&R! ;)