THE WOLF IN THE SHADOWS

Chapter 7

Yikes! We got out of the movies

and girls were dazed. I think I

even saw some girls that have

written 'Alex Pettyfer is Beastly!'

on their arms with markers.

They're obsessed! Elyssa almost

talked me to death about the

parts of him. I just nodded and

'Mhmm'ed.

When she saw she was boring

me to death, she stopped talking.

"Am I...talking too much?"

"Nope, not at all,"I shook my

head.

"Sorry, it's just....a lot of girls

here are just in love with him,"

she sighed.

"I wished you were in love

with me," I mumbled so lightly so

that she couldn't here exactly

what I said. I think it's going to be time for Elyssa one of these days. That reminds me-

I looked at the time: 8:30. Jeez,

how long was the movie?

I can't stay human for long, I'l

have to phase or my ears, teeth,

and fur will start to show. Not to

mention my eyes were glowing

yesterday.

"Loren?" Elyssa's voice

interrupted my thoughts.

I could have sworn when we

went outside, I heard a howl.

Shit, I have to go.

"Loren? Your ears," Elyssa said.

I felt my ears. They were not

regular.

"Loren, sweetie, can I talk to

you for a moment?" Rosy said.

I nodded and followed her

back inside. "You need to phase,"

she whispered to me.

"I can't just leave you guys," I

said.

"It's okay. If you don't think

Elyssa's ready yet, she'll never

know, yet. Just go, I'll say your

mom called me and said you

had to go, but you really need

to phase," she paused. "Your

teeth are down, and your hair is

sprouting on your neck. Go! And

tell your Mom I said hi," she

pushed me toward the other exit

around the theater.

I flipped my hood onto my

head to avoid being seen. When I

got out the other way, I heard Elyssa yelling. Damn, she's going to be mad as hell at me.

"Elyssa, calm down. His mom

called and he had to get home,"

Rosy said.

"He just left?" Elyssa whispered.

"You'll see him tomorrow at

school, right?"

I didn't listen to anymore

what they had to say. I crossed

the street, looked around my

surroundings, and jumped into

the woods. I took off my clothes,

and threw them behind a tree.

I let my bones and muscles

move around my body as the

familiar hair grew everywhere.

My eyes sharpened against the

night. My ears swiveled, and got

pointy. My hearing got sharper

and I could hear Brady, Aaron and Kenny around me somewhere. I was fully changed.

Oh, and not to sound like a

Twilight Freak', but us wolves

can also hear each-other's

thoughts. Except, we can block

out some of our thoughts that we

didn't want each-other to hear.

So, how was the date with Elyssa? Kenny asked me.

Good, I guess. But, thanks to

you guys, we were interrupted and I had to leave. Who howled by the way?

Brady, They all answered.

It's just not my fault. We saw

you talking, you were about to

change anyway, so you can't say

shit! Brady growled.

Wanna bet? I growled back.

Guys! Not to sound like a leader

or anything, but, Loren, Elyssa is kind of mad at you. And we can sense that she's starting to figure you out. Because....she's seen your eyes glow, you got good hearing, and you're fast. We think she's starting to figure herself out, too,

Aaron said.

Yeah....we think it's time for

her to know, Kenny said.

I huffed. When?

When you're ready.

Alright. I'll think about it.

Good.

Kenny pushed me and knocked me to the ground. I was surely not expecting that! They all ran. Catch me, if you can!

Oh, I can.

Elyssa's POV

Okay, I'm not super mad. So,

Loren just left like that without

saying good-bye? Even if he did

had to leave straight away? He

could have yelled it or something! I really didn't want him to leave. Now, it's not fair that we both hung out with each-other's families, I said bye when I hung out with him, and now he hung out with me he didn't even say goodbye bye to me.

But it was awful strange that

his ears were pointy, like an

elves. I've never seen anything

like that before, it looked creepy!

But, before that, his eyes were

glowing. And I don't think it was

Sun.......

Something's up.

No s**t.

I need to found out what,

and how did his mom know my

mom's number all of sudden.

How did he know my number? I

surely don't recall giving it to him.

I sighed and started to change

into my PJ's. It's also weird that

since my dad was at work -or so I

thought-, and he couldn't go to the movies, I didn't see Loren's dad when I went to his house.

This is major stuff. I'm tired of

people not telling me things! My

mom isn't telling me anything,

and now Loren?! I will find out.

If I have to follow Loren like a

puppy-dog, then I will.

I crawled into bed, and let

sleep take over me.

I'm walking in the woods,

looking for I-don't-know what.

There are some tough winds, but

I don't really feel them. It's like I

have fur all over my body that's

keeping me warm. As I'm walking, I can hear my own footsteps, crunching on leaves and twigs.

But then I hear a howl close by.

I jumped at the sound of it, and

clamp a hand over my mouth to

muffle my scream. I kept walking

though. I'm stupid for doing it, but I kept walking. I don't even know where I'm going.

Then I hear growling. Growling,

really? I look behind me and I see

those gleaming green eyes. They

were moving, like coming forward to me.

The eyes are coming forward,

and I see they are getting higher

and higher, like 10 feet tall.

"Loren?" the name escaped my

lips, and now I'm wondering how

could I think of his name when I

see these green eyes?

The eyes come forward, and I see a big shape. Bigger than a bear,

it looked like a bear, but furrier

and bigger. Then it roared.

I woke up to my stupid alarm

clock. Oh, where's a click button

when you need it? I groggily

got up and made my way to the

bathroom to take a quick shower.

I did the routine and went

downstairs to get some orange

juice.

I waited.....a.nd

waited.......and waited for

Someone to come get me, because I am definitely not walking by myself.

Then there was a knock on the

door. I grab my bookbag, and

open the door to see......

"Loren?"

"Hiya. Ready for school?" he

asked me.

"Um...sure," I said. "Mom, I'm

heading out," I closed the door

and we started walking.

"Where's Peter and Clara?"I

asked Loren.

"They are already at school,"

Loren said with his head down.

I sensed Loren had something

on his mind, but he wouldn't say

anything.

"Spit it out, Loren," I mumbled.

"Elyssa, I'm sorry for leaving

yesterday. I was in a hurry. My

mom said my dad was on his way to come pick me up, so I had to leave-"

"It's okay," I smiled. "I forgive

you."

He sighed.

"There's something else," I said,

looking at him.

He looked up at me. "I.....I wish

I could tell you, Elyssa. But I just

Can't-"

"God, you sound like my mom,"

I said walking away. We reached

the building and I dashed inside

to my class.

Why won't anyone tell me

anything?! It's not that hard; just a couple of words and it would be Over with!

I went to my locker right after

lunch, when there was a note

tapped to it. It was in Loren's

hand-writing. I snatched it off,

and read it.

Elyssa,

I'm sorry for not telling you

things, please don't be mad at

me. Meet me on Saturday by

my house. We'll walk through

the woods, and I'll tell you

everything. Everything that

your mom wouldn't tell you.

Everything.

-Loren

Damn, he better tell me

everything. I'm sick of waiting,

but why tomorrow, why not now?

I shook my head and started to

walk out of the building.

On my way home, I see a

familiar car in the driveway. It

couldn't be...

I run into the house, but

before I could open the door, I

was jumped on.

"Ely!"

"Hey, guys! What on earth are

you doing here?!" I screamed.

Standing here, with goofy smiles

on their face were my cousin and

her friends, which one of them, I

used to date.

My cousin is Melina, but we

call her Mel. She was supposed

to be back at her farm, (she's a

country girl), grooming horses,

feeding hens, collect eggs,

whatever farm people do these

days!

Her friends are both boys. One

is gay, and one is well, straight.

Darren, he has light brown hair,

has bangs, light brown eyes to

match his hair, and he still looks

so cute and adorable. And, as you

might have guessed, he's the one

that I went out with. I went out

with him when we used to live

back in Nebraska. Which was like

4 or 5 years ago when I was in 9th grade.

Roger Jackson, (but he wants

everyone to call him R.Jay); he

has black hair and hazel eyes.

How adorable! He might be gay,

but he's just so cute! He even once told me that there were some girls who tried to get his number and such, but he turned them down saying, "Sorry, gals, but I'm not for the ladies." At least he let them off easy, right?

"We're on break! Don't you

remember? Our break is early

before yours! Luckily your break

is tomorrow!" Mel screamed.

I screamed too. We are such

girly-girls.

I looked over to R.Jay, and I

cuffed my hands around his face

like his mom would do. "Aren't

you just so cute?!" I had to admit,

I had a crush on him back when

I didn't know he was gay. He

blushed and laughed. I just had to hug him, so I did.

Then I turned to Darren. "Save

the best for last, right?" he asked,

opening his arms for me.

"Oh, Darren, you haven't

changed a bit!" I said, hugging

him, almost knocking him down.

"Hey" Mel said. "Elyssa, did you

get taller?"

My eyes widened. "Why does

everyone keep saying that?" I

rolled my eyes and they laughed.

"It's true!"

"Let's go inside."

I took them upstairs to my

room. "So, how long are you guys

staying?"

"As long as we want," Mel said.

"Really?"

"Really! We're sixteen and

seventeen, not fourteen!" R.Jay

said, rolling his eyes.

"Well, go ahead and un-pack!

And you guys do remember that

I have an extra bed behind the

wall, right?" I asked pointing to

the little crack by my closet. I

pulled it out and a bed, bout the

size of my bed, pulled out with

covers, pillows and everything.

They 'ooh' and 'ahhhed'.

"You can all un-pack in the

closet actually. Remember how

big it is?"

"Yeah, we remember it was full

of shoes," Darren rolled his eyes

and I hit him lightly on his (still)

muscular chest.

When they were done talking,

we all sat on the floor, in a circle.

So, we were laid out on the

white carpet. "Are there any hot

guys here?" Mel asked, wiggling

her eye-brows.

"Oh, God, yes," I said. Darren

rolled his eyes. "As a matter of

fact. I'm friends with one of

them."

"Really?" R.Jay asked. Holy-

I forgot he was gay. I mentally

slapped my-self.

"No way!" Mel said.

"Yes way. I think he wants to be

more than friends......" it?!"

"I don't know. I'm meeting him,

again, on Saturday, so you guys

are going to have to do something without me, but not too fun," I teased.

"Oh, please. You should have

seen us when you left," R.Jay

glanced over to Darren, who's

eyes widened.

"I missed her, okay?!" he yelled

in self-defense. I laughed and

patted his head.

"I missed you, too," I said. "I

missed all of you!"