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School Days

Two and a half weeks into the new school year and Sophia was already missing the carefree summer days. Her math teacher had just assigned double homework tonight because the class became way too chatty for his liking. Now she made her way to her locker to grab her book for her next class.

As she stood at her open locker a pair of strong arms wrapped around her from behind and pulled her tight against his body. Sophia smiled as she leaned her head back, twisting her face towards the upcoming kiss. Lucas brought his lips to hers and then proceeded to turn her body around to face his without parting from her luscious mouth. Sophia now wrapped her arms around him in return and deepened the kiss causing him to moan with need.

"Let's get out of here," he groaned as he pulled his lips over her cheek and towards her neck.

"We can't skip classes again. Remember what Blackstone said," she reminded him even though she desperately wanted to throw caution to the wind again. His kisses were making her melt. She felt like wrapping her legs around him here in the hallway and making love to him this second.

Last week they had cut two classes and headed for the woods, needing to be alone together. They had been adjusting to the fact that summer was over and they had a schedule now and they could not make love anytime they felt like it. Needless to say, they received a big lecture from Sherman Blackstone later that day about setting a good example for the other teens of the pack. Over and over again he explained how all the teens watched them and looked up to them and if they started cutting classes then the others would too.

"Blackstone is just jealous," Lucas told her while he bit and licked at her neck.

Sophia ran her hands over his back in pleasure and said, "I'm going to be late for class. Just one more class and it will be lunch time." It was very difficult to not give in to Lucas. Her whole body chemistry urged her to submit to her mate.

Lucas now lifted his head and looked at her face. "So what's for lunch?" he said in a very suggestive voice. He pressed her body against the locker with his and started running his hand up her waist.

Sophia put a hand on his chest and pushed him enough to allow her to slip out from his body pin. "Guess you'll have to wait and see," she smiled back at him suggestively.

Lucas watched her swaying backside with a grin on his face. He projected his next words into her mind as she walked away.

You are so going to get it for leaving me like this. Big time punishment is coming your way Sophia.

Sophia giggled as she made her way down the hallway, distracted only by greetings from others. She knew what his 'punishments' entailed. She could honestly say that she looked forward to his 'punishments' as they were extremely pleasurable.

Sophia turned a corner into the next hallway and slowed her steps. Ahead of her she saw Scott Nichols taping up a poster of the two missing boys. They were the same boys who were put to death for seeing too much at the rave a few weeks ago. Sophia knew that Scott was dating the sister of one of the boys and was now trying to help the family find them.

Sophia felt bad for them when she saw the worried face of the sister as she tried to get through the school days. The humans had been talking about what could have happened. Some had speculated that the boys ran away from home together. But there were others that knew different. Others knew that sometimes people disappeared around here and that it was not wise to look at it too closely.

Scott turned his head and looked at Sophia as she passed by. Sophia gave him a small smile and said, "Hi Scott."

Scott did not say anything to her. He glared at her.

Sophia passed him by and walked into her English class. She knew he thought she was a traitor. That she had joined the Hill kids and became a follower. She knew that he especially didn't like the fact that she had become the girlfriend of Lucas Cates.

She accepted the fact that Scott could never possibly understand. She didn't 'join' the Hill kids. She was born one. But these things just couldn't be explained to a human. Not unless you wanted them to become another face on a poster as well.

She sat down in the middle of the class, thinking about how difficult these issues were. There were about six other skin walkers in this class and they positioned themselves in desks surrounding Sophia. It was instinctual for them to make a circle of protection around the Alpha female. Sophia barely noticed them as she gazed out the window in deep thought. She wished that there was some other alternative to putting humans to death.

The human English teacher had started his lecture and took notice of Sophia's daydreaming.

"Miss Donner? Is there something interesting going on outside? Perhaps we should all take a look," the teacher said to her.

Sophia swung her attention to the teacher and then looked around at the class in embarrassment. She hated being put on the spot like this. The skin walkers around her sat up straighter and glared at the teacher.
Sophia could hear their soft growls and knew that they would attack him if he came close to her. She did not want any type of incident to occur so she quickly said, "Sorry, I was just thinking."

"Well let's just try to 'think' about Shakespeare, shall we?" the teacher said as he turned towards the chalkboard. He began to draw a topic web on the board as he recited the different themes found in "Hamlet". As he was writing the third theme he said, "And Sophia Donner can do anything she wants."

The class laughed when they heard this. The teacher, however, seemed to freeze in confusion. He held his chalk in his hand and turned towards the class, his eyebrows drawn together in thought. He had no idea why those words came out of his mouth. He looked at Sophia who was just as surprised as he was. Then he glanced around out the laughing class and gave them an embarrassed smile. "Well, that was definitely not one of the themes of 'Hamlet'. Quiet down everyone. Let's get back to work."

As the teacher continued to write on the board, Sophia heard Lucas's laughter in her head.

Sorry baby. I didn't mean for him to say that out loud. I was just trying to put the compulsion into his head.

Why don't you just concentrate on your own class and stop eavesdropping in on mine?

I'm bored.

You're going to flunk if you don't pay attention.

Look who's talking, Miss Looking-Out-The-Window Donner.

Be nice or I'm going to have to be the one to punish you.

God, I hope so.

You are impossible! And you've turned me into some kind of sex maniac.

You think I'm going to be upset about that? Having a sex maniac for a mate sounds ideal to me.

On and on they spoke to each other in this way when they could not be together. Sophia was beginning to worry that she would get bad grades as she found her new life so intense and all consuming. Lucas would tell her not to worry and that no one would dare stop them from graduating no matter how badly they did. Half the faculty was skin walker including the principal. But Sophia didn't like depending on her status as Alpha female in order to succeed. She had always done well in school in the past and she needed to know that she could do it on her own merit.

Sophia could see, however, the effect that being Alpha was having on all those around them. It was a bit awkward to see how the adult skin walkers at school were beginning to treat Lucas and Sophia. Sophia felt it was awkward for the adults as well. Lucas had grown tremendously powerful over that last year and many of the adults were backing off from asserting any type of authority over him. They realized he was their next Alpha and that Vivian had been giving him more and more decision making power lately. None of them wanted to get on the wrong side of Lucas; so many rules were being ignored when it came to the Alpha pair.

On the first day of school, a teacher tried to reprimand them for an overt display of affection in the hallway. One deadly look from Lucas was enough to send them away, resolving not to ever say anything about it again.

There was also the day Sophia was called into the office for wearing a top that did not cover her belly and for wearing a skirt that was deemed too short. Lucas had walked out of his classroom and into the office. He went into the principal's office and shut the door. Then he said with authority, "Sophia will wear what ever she wants to wear, is that clear?"

The principal nodded and cast his eyes down in submission. Lucas had grown too powerful and he could only hope that Vivian would continue to guide him so that he would not get too out of hand.

But Vivian was thrilled over the fact that her son had grown so powerful and that most of the skin walkers saw him as an asset to their future. She encouraged him to make more decisions and take more responsibility as she was hoping that she wouldn't have to be Alpha for more than a few more years. Not that she didn't enjoy the status. It was only the fact that she wanted to have a mate again and the one she wanted for her own did not want to be Alpha male.

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Sophia and Sarah sat on the bleachers after school doing homework while they waited for the guys to be finished with football practice. Sophia started complaining about the double math assignment when Sarah looked at her and said, "Shhh".

"What?" asked Sophia. She listened carefully to see if she could hear what Sarah was hearing. Lucas and Sean were heading in their direction in deep conversation. The girls heard Sean say, "When will she be here?"

"Saturday," Lucas answered in excitement.

"You have to let me have a go at her after you do," they heard Sean say.

Sophia and Sarah stared at each other in shock! The boys became quiet as they reached the bleachers and started to climb up to where the girls sat. They slowed their steps when they saw the angry looks on the two females' faces.

"What's wrong?" Sean asked.

"So who is coming on Saturday?" Sophia growled out.

The two males looked at each other with disturbed faces. They did not mean for Sarah and Sophia to overhear that.

Lucas looked at Sophia, "It's not what you think," he said.

Sophia stood up in anger. "Then what is it?" she demanded.

"I can't tell you," he said.

"So we are going to have secrets from each other? Is that what mates do?" Sophia couldn't believe this. "Come on Sarah, let's go!" Sarah stood up and gave Sean a dirty look as well. They picked up their things and were ready to leave.

Sean looked at Lucas, pleading with his eyes to make things better before they got out of hand.

Lucas sighed heavily and said, "I can't tell you because it's supposed to be a surprise."

Sarah and Sophia looked at their mates carefully, wanting with all their hearts to believe them. The words they overheard were too disturbing to them.

"What kind of surprise?" Sophia now said with a pout, not quite ready to believe him yet.

The two males smiled at each other in conspiracy. "It wouldn't be a surprise if we told you," Sean said.

"Well, just so you know," said Sarah, "this 'she' will not leave Wolf Lake alive if either of you mess with her."

Lucas and Sean laughed out loud. "It's a deal," said Lucas.

Coming up next: What is the surprise? Also, the teens enjoy a very stormy Homecoming game and night.

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