THE WOLF IN THE SHADOWS

Chapter 18

Loren's POV

I woke up to loud ass music.

I groaned and tried to stuff the

pillow over my head, but I could

still hear the music.

7 am, waking up in the morning.

Gotta be fresh, going downstairs to have my bowl of cereal.

Seeing everything, the time is going

Ticking' on and on, everybody's

rushing'

Gotta get down to the bus stop

Gotta catch my bus, I see my

friends (My friends)

Kicking' in the front seat

Sitting' in the back seat

Gotta make my mind up

Which seat can I take?

It's Friday, Friday

Gotta get down on Friday

Everybody's looking' forward to

the weekend, weekend

Friday, Friday

Getting' down on Friday

Everybody's looking' forward to

the weekend

Partying', partying' (Yeah)

Partying', partying' (Yeah)

Fun, fun, fun, fun

Looking' forward to the weekend

I threw the pillow off of me, and

sat up, rubbing my eyes.

7:45, we're driving' on the highway

Cruising' so fast, I want time to fly

Fun, fun, think about fun

You know what it is

I got this, you got this

My friend is by my right

I got this, you got this

Now you know it

Kicking' in the front seat

Sitting' in the back seat

Gotta make my mind up

Which seat can I take?

"How about you take no seat,

and turn down the music?"

I yelled. I don't know what

happened just then, but the music was turned off. I rubbed my eyes again, and my eyes widened.

Elyssa had a brush in her hand,

using it as a microphone, and her

mouth was wide open. "Um, did

I wake you?" she asked, softly. I

threw the covers off of me, and

stood up, stretching.

"Nah, I was already awake."

Elyssa smiled and shrugged. I

yawned. "Why were you listening

to that song, anyway?"

"Because I'm the bomb!" she

pumped her fist, and turned back

on the music. It was a different

Song at least.

I roll up

I roll up

I roll up

Shawty I roll up

I roll up

I roll up

I roll up

I shook my head as Elyssa started

to dance like a crazy person.

I went over to my closet to find

something to wear, while Elyssa

was still dancing.

She's not a terrific dancer,

but she can still dance. She was

shaking her hips, way off beat,

shaking her head back and forth.

Did I mention she had on PJ

shorts and a tank?

Its your anniversary isn't it

And your man ain't acting right

So you packing' your Domiar

luggage up calling' my cell phone,

try and catch a flight

You know one thing straight, I'll

be there girl whenever you call

me

When you at home that's your man, soon as you land you say that's all me

But s**t ain't all g with him no

more, you ain't entertained

Since I meet you a couple months

ago you ain't been the same

Not saying I'm the richest man

alive but I'm in the game'

As long as you keep it 100 I'm gonna spend this change,

I went to the bathroom to take

a shower. When I came out, with

a towel around my hips, she was

still dancing! But she was dancing kind of wild. Her hair all over her face, her eyes were closed like she didn't care where she was. Maybe she was imagining herself in a concert or something. Now she's using the brush as a microphone.

I got dressed.

Whenever you need me

Whenever want me,

You know you can call me, I'll be

there shortly

Don't care what your friends say,

cause they don't know me

I can be your best friend, and you be my homie

I ain't gonna flex, I'm not gonna

front

You know if I ball, then we all

gonna stunt

Send her my way, she ain't gotta

hold up

Whenever you call baby I roll up,

I roll up, I roll up

Whenever you call baby I roll up,

I roll up, I roll up

Whenever you call baby I roll up

I grabbed Elyssa's hand and

tugged her over to me. We started dancing like we were crazy and wild, but we didn't care. We were having fun!

The next song came on, Elyssa

gasped, and really started to go

Crazy.

Alright, already the show goes on

All night, till the morning we

dream so long

Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up

Just remember when you come

up

The show goes on!

Alright, already the show goes on

All night, till the morning we

dream so long

Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up

Just remember when you come

The show goes on!

Will the songs ever end? Jeez.

Someone knocked on the door,

and Elyssa turned the music down. My mom came in with a smile on her face. "Loren, Elyssa. Elyssa, your mom invited you all to go over for a movie night. It will just be you kids." She smiled again, and went back out.

Elyssa turned to me, and she just

realized that she still had her PJ's

on, but I was dressed. "Uh, I'l just

let you get dressed. When you're

ready, we'll be downstairs," I

told her. She nodded, and I went

downstairs.

Brady, Kenny, and Aaron were

playing the game, again. "You guys are a bunch of game-head," I told them.

"Oh, come on, Loren. You know

you want to play Call Of Duty:

Black Ops with us," Aaron

smirked.

I sighed, but snatched the

remote off the floor, and started

playing with them.

Elyssa's POV

Once I stepped out of the

shower, I wrapped a towel

around myself. I started

humming tunelessly to myself.

I opened the door, and went to

my suitcase to find something to

wear.

I got my red lace bra, and the

red matching panties. I closed the curtains so no pervert would see me. I slipped the towel off, and slipped on my undies and bra.

Just as I was clipping my bra

on, someone said, "Need some

help?"

I jumped, almost 2 feet in the

air, and turned around. I almost

screamed. "What the f**k?!"I

whispered/yelled.

Tristian smiled. "That's no way

to speak to me," he turned me

around. I thought he was going to do something I didn't want him to do, but he just clipped my bra. "Better?"

"Why are you here?" I asked

him. "Seriously? Can't you see I'm

getting dressed?"

Tristian smirked, and it kind

of looked hot. Wait, what am I

thinking? I shouldn't be thinking

this stuff. Tristian's smirk got

bigger.

"Wait a minute. You're telling

me, that you saw me get butt

naked to put on my underwear?"

Tristian smiled now. "I didn't

tell you anything, but you're

Correct."

"You sick bastard!" I brung

my hand up and slapped him, as

hard as I could. It just came to my mind, so I just slapped him....

His eyes got dark, and he

put his hand on his jaw. And he

smiled an evil smile that I've seen

a lot of times. He came closer to

me, but I backed up until I fell

onto the bed. I backed up against

the dash board, but there was no

way out of this.

Tristian came closer and closer

to me, until he was close enough

to kiss me. Not this again!

But he didn't kiss me. He

brought his hand up, and put it

tightly around my neck. I clawed

at his hand, but the more I

clawed, the more tight his hand

got. I felt my face get hot, and

my vision got blurry. I was sure

he was going to kill me or choke

me to death. The last thing I saw

was the door opening, and Loren

came in, mouth dropped and eyes dark.

Tristian let me go. I choked,

and coughed, and cried. Tristian

hopped out of the window,

but not before Loren threw

something at him.

I cried some more.

Loren came by my side. "Hey,

hey, hey," he tried to smooth me.

"It's okay. He's gone."

Not forever, he's not. "Why

didn't you scream or something?" he asked me.

I shook my head, not bothered

talking. "How did you know he

was up here?" I choked out.

"I didn't. Aaron said my face

was getting red, and I started

choking. So, I came up here and

found out he was choking you.

You should have said something.

I would have heard you."

I shook my head again. "Why

did he choke you?" he asked me.

"I slapped him."

Loren smirked, apparently

happy that I did something to

him. "Why?"

"Because he's a sick pervert. He

saw me changing when I got out

of the shower."

Loren looked down at me, and

I realized that I was still in my

undergarments. Loren's eyes got

dark again. "He saw you naked?"

he said through his teeth.

I nodded, and breathed

through my nose. Loren kissed

me on my forehead. "Don't worry. Just get dressed so we can go."

I nodded again.

"What movie do you want to

see?" I asked everyone as I bring

the popcorn and hot sauce into

the living room.

"You eat popcorn with hot

sauce?" Aaron asked.

"Hell yeah!" I yelled.

"It's the bomb!" Brady agreed

with me. We high-hived. "You're

missing out, dude."

He rolled his eyes. "You know

what movie I haven't seen in

years?" he asked.

"What?"

"Catwoman."

"Oh yeah!" we agreed. "We

have it if you want to put it on," I

grabbed it from the third row. It

was right in the front like it was

waiting for us to pick it out.

"Okay."

We settled on watching

Catwoman for a while. Kenny sat

next to Mel. I sat next to Loren.

The other guys just sat sloppily

on the floor or on the couch. "I

could definitely relate to Patience

Phillips," I blurted.

"How? Your a werewolf,

related to dogs, and she's a cat.

Dogs are supposed to hate cats,"

Brady said.

Pi whined beside me. "You

hurt Pepsi's feelings. Bright has a

cat friend, thank you very much,"

I patted her head.

"Sorry, Bright. And, actually

Catwoman is pretty hot," Brady

said.

"Halle Berry is her real name,"

Loren picked at the popcorn.

Brady shrugged. "So? She's still

hot."

Mel and I rolled our eyes. Mel

snuggled deeper into Kenny's

arms. How cute? I smiled at them. Kenny caught me smiling at them and he rolled his eyes.

When the movie was over, we

watched another movie. Step Up

3

Every time Moose came on,

I sighed. Moose is so cute! He

grew up so fast since Step Up 2

The Streets! He still got his curly

brown hair. He's just so cute.

Loren rolled his eyes. He knew

what I meant when I was sighing.

"Don't worry, Loren. You're hotter than him," I touched his nose.

It was at least 8:09 when that

movie was over, and we didn't

want to watch movies. "Let's go

outside," I suggested.

I haven't been outside at night

since I was like 14 or 15. It was

fun, and it was in the summer,

so it was pretty hot anyways.

"Sure, let's go," Mel smiled. "Elyssa remember when we were 15, we walked around the streets, looking in the windows of the clubs?" we laughed.

Those were good times. And

it's a long story. "You guys went to a club at age 15?" Darren asked once we stepped outside.

I shook my head. "No, Darren.

We happened to walk by a club,

and we just so happened to look

inside from the windows. We

were 14 and 15, we didn't really

know what we were doing."

"Oh, okay. Just making sure.

Didn't want them thinking you

were over-age. They could

have payed you to be strippers,

thinking you were like 18 or

something."

Mel and I snorted. "We did look

18, but you could still tell we were 17. When I was 12, people used to say I looked 14 or 15."

"That's how Cqari looks," Loren

shrugged. "Some 19 year old dude tried to talk to her. He thought she was 18. But she's only 16."

I smiled. "Well, it's nice to

know that you're looking after

your little sister."

Loren rolled his eyes. "That's

how I am. I'm cool like that."

"That's how I am with my little

sister," Darren spoke. "Sophia

misses you, Elyssa. We all do."

"Aww, how is she?"

"She's good. Her birthday

passed. She's 10 now."

I gasped. "Double digits!"

"What's so good about turning

into your double digits?" Aaron

asked.

"Double digits is like being a

teenager, Aaron," Mel spoke for

me.

"Yeah, you get all bossy-like,

and tough, and you get close to

puberty" Brady said.

Kenny snorted. "You would

know. Brady, when you turned 10, you pushed me around like you were the boss of me, but I was older than you."

We laughed, and Brady blushed.

We reached the corner of the

busy street, and started walking.

Flashing lights, cars speeding by,

music blasting. It is Friday today.

"Why won't you guys get into

a relationship?" I asked Brady,

Aaron, R.Jay and Darren.

"I don't know. I just turned

back straight, so I wouldn't really

remember where to begin," R.Jay

shrugged.

I smiled and patted his

shoulder.

Brady snorted. Aaron said,

"We're too busy, that's why.

Werewolves don't really-" he

stopped short when Loren hit him on the back. "What the-?" Aaron yelled. Then his face straightened. "Oh, never-mind. I was going to say I'm not really looking for a girl right now."

R.Jay and Darren didn't seem

to notice that Aaron said anything about werewolves. "Why? There are a lot of honeys out here waiting to be poured onto biscuits," Darren said.

We glared at him as if he was

an alien. "Darren has his ways of

talking," I sighed.

"I like your words," Aaron

smiled. We rolled our eyes.

We passed by a club, Mel and I

smiled at each-other. "Why don't

we just go in?" Mel asked. "We're

all just about 18, right?"

Everyone looked at me. "I look

18, don't I? I'm only 17, but I'm as

tall as the guys, so I could play it

off for, like, 21."

"True. But, I don't think we

should go in," R.Jay stated. "I've

got a weird feeling."

R.Jay has never had a weird

feeling, but we didn't go in

anyway. Loren grabbed my hand,

and we hung in the back of the

pack. "Loren," I asked. "What did

you throw at Tristian when he

jumped out of the window?"

"Oh," he rolled his eyes. "I

threw whatever I could find.

I didn't want him to get away

unharmed."

"And what did you find?" I

raised an eyebrow.

"A C.D," he looked at me.

I gasped. "You threw a CD at

him?"

"Well, yeah. I think it cut him

good, because there was a bit of

blood left on your window-sill. I

wasn't going to let him get away

with choking you, I mean us." He

smiled.

I smiled back.

Another few hours, it was like

10 o'clock. We walked so far, we

reached the beach.

We sat there, looking at the

stars and moon in the sand. Loren bumped his hip against mine. I raised my eyebrow and bumped mines against his even harder.

He almost toppled over. "Are you

challenging me?"

"Nope."

He grabbed me by my waist,

and took me down onto the sand,

and he actually started tickling

me. I don't like being tickled. I

am very tickle-ish, so I squirmed

and laughed and pleaded. I was

laughing so hard, I was crying.

Loren finally stopped tickling me.

I looked at him. I gave him a

deadly look. He started to back

up like he was actually scared of

me. "There's one thing you don't

actually know about me, Loren,"

I crouched down, ready.

He smirked. "I know

everything about you, Elyssa. What would that be?" He put his hands on his hips.

"I," I got into position. Loren's

smirked faded and he looked

utterly confused. "Pounce!"

I jumped at him, tackled him

to the ground, and looked at him.

His eyes were wide, and he was

breathing hard. I smiled, pecked

him on the lips, and got off of

him. He sat up, brushing himself

off. "I am speechless."

"Yeah, well," I brushed the sand

off of my clothes as well. "Pay

attention sometimes."

"I had no idea that you could

pounce like that. If I would have

known, I would have used that

against you," he smiled. I smiled

back.

"Remember that, okay?"

"I sure will," he kissed me. I

closed my eyes and threw my

arms around his neck, and he put

his arms tightly around my waist. Someone groaned.

"Come on you two lovebirds!

It's Friday! Let's skinny-dip!"

Loren and I parted to see who

was stupid enough to say that. It

was Aaron, of course. Everyone

questioned him. "Skinny-dip?

What the hell?"

"Why not? No one is around.

Everybody's probably at clubs or

in the house watching movies and stuff..." he started taking off his clothes.

"Dude, at least keep your boxers on," Loren whined. He didn't want to see any other parts of Aaron as well as me.

Aaron shrugged by kept his

boxers on. Then he ran into the

water like a wild dog. We rolled

our eyes. "That's actually not a

bad idea," Brady started taking off his clothes, kept his boxers on, and ran in with Aaron.

"I'm up for it," Kenny did the

same.

"Me too," Loren said.

Mel and I glanced at each

other. The boys were in the water, splashing and dumping and laughing.

We shrugged and started

taking off our shorts and tank

tops.

As we walked to get in the

water, the boys (Loren and

Kenny) hooted and whistled. We

laughed, and put our feet into the

water. "Are you guys crazy? This

water is freezing cold!"

Loren and Kenny sighed, but

got out of the water. "I guess we'll

have to do this the hard way."

They winked at each other before

diving at us. They picked both

of us up while we squirmed and

they threw us into the water.

When I came back up to

surface, I was shivering.

"L-I-loren! I a-am f-f-ffff-freezing

cold!" I started to walk out of

the water, but Loren came and

grabbed me.

"Oh, no you don't. Are you

warm now?" he had his arms

tight around me, and I had to

admit, I was kind of warm now.

I wanted to sigh and lean

back in his arms. Actually, I did.

I leaned back in his arms and

sighed. It was warm. He was

warm.I was warm now, and I

didn't want to actually let go of

him.

This was a good day...but now

I'm starting to sweat because of

the heat. I ducked down, and slid

out of his grip. "Hey!" he yelled.

I raised my eyebrow. Did he just

yell at me?

I splashed him. He rolled his

eyes. "Not this again..."

"Oh, yes. This again!" I yelled

and we all started having a

splashing war.