Chapter 26
"I've got to go. Get some sleep; you had massive black bags under your eyes today." I messaged Ruthie, after having spent all night messaging her about everything and nothing.
"You and Paul both 'sneak out' at the same time. Is this something to do with being wolves?" She sent back.
"Yeah, I have to patrol with your delightful brother most of the time. We run the borderlines of LaPush and Forks to keep everybody safe."
"But that means you put yourselves in danger!"
"We're stronger than your average person and heal a lot faster. For example my breaks would have taken you over a year to heal and left you with permanent damage, but I was fine after a few weeks."
"Well, still, don't do anything stupid; you're not quite indestructible." She told me before adding, "Be safe, I don't know what I'd do if I lost you or Paul."
My resultant grin stretched from ear to ear.
Patrol that night was pretty uneventful, apart from Paul threatening to kill me for thinking about Ruthie. Though I had started thinking innocently about what she'd said before I left for patrol, I ended up wondering what was hidden under those hoodies that she always wore. From then on I was counting backwards in eights. I was getting very practiced at counting backwards in eights.
The next morning I got up, showered and dressed before heading out to Ruthie's for breakfast, as I normally did. She had made us chocolate pancakes, which Paul just scoffed before running out the door to get to school.
Ruthie disappeared for a moment before returning with her notebook and joined me at the table.
"What's school like?" She wrote.
"Boring, predictable, hard work… Need I say more?" I told her.
Allison arrived then and lessons started up, prohibiting the conversation between me and Ruthie.