Chapter 2
I was still staring until my mum said
"Thea, these are our new neighbours. This is James and his mother Lily Redfern."
"Nice to meet you, Thea." Mrs Redfern said nicely. She was medium height with pale skin, fair blond hair and deep blue eyes.
"Nice to meet you too Mrs Redfern." I replied. James was quiet but he was looking at me smiling.
"James would you like a drink?" My mum asked.
"Yes please, if it would be no trouble." He replied formally.
"Thea, show James to the kitchen and get him a drink."
I walked James to the kitchen all the while admiring his tall figure. I noticed that like me he had black hair and green eyes, he also had pale skin like his mother.
"So, what would you like for drink? We have coke? Lemonade? Juice?" I asked.
"Coke please."
So I got a coke out of the fridge for him and lemonade for me. I passed James his can and our fingers touched. It felt like an electric charge flowing through me. It hurt at first and then, then it felt pleasant. He must have felt it as well because we both simultaneously jumped back in surprise and went out of the back door without another word.
About an hour later James and his mother left and I went straight upstairs, locked myself in my room and got into bed. I couldn't sleep because wheneverI closed my eyes I saw James smiling down at me. His green eyes twinkling and dimples showing just at the corners of his mouth. I sighed at the thought. Finally I gave up and went to sit in the back garden. I looked up at the sky. In a few days time the moon would be full, I was dreading when that happened. I did every month because; the thing is I have a deep dark secret that not even my best friends know. I'm a werewolf. My whole family change every month into these horrifying creatures that we can't control. We have this urge to kill and we can't even stop it. That's why I can't afford to get close to anyone. I'm scared I could hurt them. It kills me.
All of a sudden my little staf Grace jumped up onto my lap. She could sense my distress and wanted to cheer me up, but it wasn't as easy as that. I'd heard of that electric charge I felt with James before. It only happened between Soulmates. Soulmates mean that those two people are destined to be together, forever. That's what scares me. I don't want to put James in danger and I don't even know if he knows about Soulmates or if he even likes me at all. But the problem is he's mortal not a creature of the night like me so we could never be together. Grace was yapping away so I picked her up and took her into my room and sat down on my bed gazing at my screensaver of the moons phases sliding across my computer screen. It was almost time.
After a while Grace quieted down and eventually curled up in my lap and her breathing slowed as she drifted off to sleep. I just sat there listening to the owls and the other creatures of the night, exploring the wilderness, happy. While I felt like an animal stuck inside a cage: confused, nervous and mostly scared, scared about what the future will hold. I glanced out of the window just as the sky changed its colours form the dark blue of night, to purple, orange and finally to the pale blue of morning as the sun once again rose for another day. A day I wasn't ready to face.
A/N So sorry for the late update guys, had ALOT of homework and family stuff going on.
Thanks for reviewing hopefully a new chapter will be up soon
Much Love, Holly x