THE WOLF IN THE SHADOWS

Chapter 11

Loren's POV

My cheeks were still red, Aaron

said so, from when Elyssa kissed

me on the cheek two times, and

everyone started hooting. They

are very lame for that.

I hope she's starting to like, or

love me, because soon I have to

tell her. This time I can't wait. At

school tomorrow, I'll try and be

hot, nice, generous and stuff as

possible.

I walked into the school building and immediately saw Elyssa. She had a serious look on her face. "What's wrong?"" I asked her.

"I don't know. I think I have a fever," she said. Her face was actually kind of pale, and she looked feverish. I pressed the back of my hand on her forehead. She was hot as hell.

"You need to be outside,

somewhere in the woods,"I told

her. If she goes straight home, it

will get worse. She needs to be in

the woods as if she would change

into a wolf. But she's not ready for that yet. Still, she needs to be in the woods.

"So, you're saying I should skip?" she asked. From the look on her face and the sound in her voice, she's never skipped a class in her life.

"Yep," I said. "With me," then

I smiled. She smiled and looped

her arm through my offering

arm, and I lead her outside.

When the cold air blast onto our

faces, Elyssa sighed and closed her eyes. "This is just the start of it, sweetheart," I said.

We actually had to walk a long

way, I mean the school isn't right next to the woods, anyways.

While we walked, it was kind of

boring and silent.

"You remember R.Jay, right?"

she asked me.

"Yeah. Isn't he that gay guy that

was with you all?"

She frowned. "Yes, but he's changed."

"As in...?"

"He's not gay anymore," she said.

Holy s**t. "Oh."

"Yep. Yesterday when I came

back from your house with my

parents, he was in my room

making out with Clara!" she told

me, like she was gossiping.

"Wait, Clara? Clara, Clara? The

one I know?" I was surprised as

hell. "Doesn't she like Peter?"

"Yes, yes, and I don't know.

How did you know she liked

him?"

"I'm a werewolf, remember?"

I said, tapping her temple. "I can

sense a lot of things," I smirked.

She snorted. "Can you sense what I'm thinking and feeling right now?" she asked.

"I'll try." It didn't take long for

me to find out what she's feeling

and thinking. "You're happy, and

a bit surprised that you're this

close to me," I said, gesturing to

our arms, that were still linked.

Not to mention she held on really

tight. Her cheeks reddened and

she looked down.

"Yep," she said, but it came out in a slow word like Yeeeep.

"Let's see if I can guess what you're feeling," she said with an

evil smile on her face. I wanted to say good luck, but Elyssa is pretty good at things like this.

She smiled a real smile now.

"I think that you're feeling you

really like me and you want it to

be something more? Something

like that..." she trailed off.

Well, damn.

"just to let you know, I like you,

too," she patted my arm as I felt

my cheeks burn.

We reached the woods, and Elyssa practically yanked me through the woods like she knew they would save her and I.

"Does it feel better?" I asked.

She sighed. "A little."

I smirked. "Would it feel any better if you took your clothes

off?"

She gave me a death glare and I put my hands in the air. "Kidding." She was getting her color back to her skin. "You know, we can just skip school all together," I told her, following her around. She was going through the woods, touching

the leaves, rock, branches, trunks......thorns.

"I don't mind. And why is going

to the woods going to help me?"

she turned to face me.

"Well, because all wolves go into the woods to run free and wild," I shrugged.

"But, I'm not a wolf yet."

I took a step closer to her. "You will be, Elyssa."

"When?"

Another step. "When you're ready." Another step. I have to admit, she was completely still, and our chest were practically pushing.

"How will I know?"

"You just will," I said, and took

her hands in mine. She smiled.

"So, when I feel the need to just

grow a tail and paws, I'll let you

know," she giggled.

"Yes, please do," I smiled back.

This is one of those moments in

the movies when the characters

are staring at each-other in the

eyes, and then we kiss. But not

this time.

I moved fast, putting her up

against the trunk of a tree. All of

me wanted to kiss her. I braced

my arms on either side of her

head, making her breathing slow.

The twigs and leaves crunching

under my feet as I stepped a

little closer, breaking the space

between us.

I pressed my mouth against her's and I'm guessing she was shocked at first, because she was still. Then, she kissed me back, lips hot, tongue flicking against my teeth. My hands were still behind her, and her body was still pressed up against the trunk.

She kissed me harder, breath

huffing into my mouth and she

lightly bit my lower lip. Damn,

that felt incredibly good. Either it

was a accident or on purpose, it

felt good either way. She reached

up and wrapped her arms around my neck, giving out a slight moan into my mouth. I haven't kissed like this in months. I removed my arms from behind her head, and they went around her waist, pulling her closer to me.

I pulled her closer and closer

until there was literally no more

space between us, and we were

squishing every body parts,

against each other. Chest to chest, stomach to stomach, leg to leg, and you know....below the waist to below the waist. Our tongues were flicking against each other's.

But, then a movement in the

woods made us jump and move

away from each other. We looked

everywhere, but then a little

white bunny hopped out, chewing on a peanut. Elyssa and I laughed as it hopped away.

"Come on," Elyssa grabbed my

hand. "Let's go."

"Where?" I asked. Even though

it didn't matter. I'd love to go

anywhere with her.

She shrugged. "Back to your

house?" I nodded and smiled at her.

Elyssa's POV

Yesterday was my most exciting day ever. (1) I skipped class (2) I kissed Loren, well he kissed me, but I kissed back, and (3) today, we're all going to our park!

Brady called and told us that

Loren planned for all of us to

go to the park. Except Cqari,

she's going shopping with some

friends. And when I say all of us,

I only mean Brady, Aaron, Kenny,

Loren, Mel and I.

Clara had to go home, and Darren invited R.Jay to come with him to do 'guy things' as he said.

I actually want to ask Mel some questions about us. Us as in

werewolves, and if she's one, too.

Aaron thought it would be

hilarious if he asked Mel the

question, by saying it like this:

"Do you believe in werewolves,

Mel?"

I wanted to slap him right up-side his head. Gladly, Brady did it for me. "Sorry, that was a stupid question of him to ask," Brady said.

Mel stared at them as if they were crazy. Then she sighed. "I am one."

All of our eyes widened. Then

some of us laughed. "I knew it."

Mel rolled her eyes. "I could sense that all of you are too from the moment you guys stepped into the room. And by the way, who would ever want to see if someone is a wolf or not by asking them that dumb question?"

Everyone shrugged. "So, Mel,

you're one of the people who

wouldn't tell me that my whole

family are werewolves?" I asked

her.

She pouted. "Are you mad about that? Sorry, but Aunt Rosy told me not to tell you, my own cousin, who was dying to know what nobody would tell her."

"Nah, I'm not mad. I think it's

kind of cool. I just wish you all

Would have told me earlier, so I

wouldn't think I was going crazy

when I saw weird things."

"What weird things-"

"So," Kenny interrupted Brady's

question. "Want to check out your abilities?"

I smiled. "What are all the abilities we have?"

He snorted. "A lot. Good sense

of smell, perfect eye-sight, good

hearing, good muscles," he said,

flexing his muscles, and Mel

and I just had to laugh at that.

"And, as you might have guessed,

super-fast speed."

"Yeah, I know," I rolled my eyes. "I could have beaten Loren in a race at school, but I don't know.

Is it because I'm a girl?"

"No!" Everyone chorused.

"It's like, depends on the male and female," Brady said. "Even though some girls legs are stronger than guys, but guys still run faster-"

"So it is because I'm a girl?" I

asked, again.

"NO!" They chorused, again.

Brady sighed. "It's kind of hard

to explain. Forget it," he waved

his hand.

"Anyways, let's just all have a race to see who is the fastest and

depend on if it's because we're

girls, or not," Mel suggested.

"Sounds good to me," I said, jumping up.

"Yeah, good luck with that,"

Aaron muttered.

"Okay. How about, from this

bench, all the way to that bench

down there," I pointed.

"That's like a mile!" someone

exclaimed.

"What? Scared to get beaten by

a girl? I thought werewolves don't get tired," Mel said, and gave me a high-five.

"Whatever."

"Alright. On you're mark, get set.......GO!"

And off we ran!

Truth be told, Brady was the

first person set off, but then he

became the last. We reached the

bench in like a whole minute,

and everyone stopped to wipe

invisible sweat from their faces.

(1st Place) Loren

(2nd Place) Me, Elyssa

(3rd Place) Mel

(4th Place) Aaron

(5th Place) Kenny

(6th Place) Brady

"Now, are you mad that you got

beaten by a girl?" Mel and I asked

the guys at the same time. They

sat down on the bench, leaning on each-other, breathing hard.

"Yes," Kenny answered. "Yes,

we are."

We laughed at them. Loren

came up behind me and threw

his arms around my waist.. "So do I get a winner's kiss?" he asked, cockiness in his tone.

In respond, I give him a kiss

smack on the lips.

The guys on the bench grunted.

"Get a room!"

"We had one last night, but you

guys ruined it!" Loren said from

behind me.

I giggled, and I felt his chest

rumble as he chuckled with me.

"So, I guess it isn't because I'm a

girl," I said.

"Nope," Aaron said. "I guess it's

not."

Loren laughed behind me. It's

great that we're getting close, but

it's weird that I feel like I belong

to him. Like we were somewhat

meant to be together.

As Loren walked me home, hand in hand, we were talking about the things that wolves usually do, and how werewolves do it better.

"So, since we're human our abilities get better when we're

wolf?" I asked him.

He nodded. "Correct. Our

eye-sight gets better, our hearing

and strength. Don't worry, you'll

find out sooner or later." He

smiled at me.

"How often do you change?" I

looked at him.

"Depends. Whenever you like,

but if you don't do it often, you'll

change automatically. It could be

embarrassing and dangerous."

"How?"

"Embarrassing because you could be around a lot of people

when your clothes fall off of you," he chuckled and I laughed

with him. "Dangerous because no

one could know our secret. That's

why I had to bolt from you at the

movies. I am sorry about that," he looked at me.

"It's okay. I'd probably do the

same thing."

"Oh, so you'd just leave me heart-broken without a good-bye?" he teased. I rolled my eyes.

"Depends. I don't want my clothes falling off of me, for everyone to see."

"Oh, I'm sure a lot of people

would like that," he laughed. I

hit him in the chest. "Ow." He

cringed.

We reached my porch, and I

turned to face him. "So, do I get a

good-bye kiss, now?" He asked,

referring to from when we just

met and he asked for a good-bye

kiss.

In respond, again, I closed my

eyes, I pressed my lips lightly to

kiss, and he pulled me closer, as

I wrapped my arms around his

neck. I felt him smile against my

lips, and I smiled with him.

The door opened and Loren and I turned to see who opened the door, but we didn't let go of

each-other.

"Elyssa, and Loren. Sorry to

interrupted your passionate,

deep love, but Elyssa, Andy and

Bright are killing me. Andy keeps wanting you to play with him, and Bright is pacing back and forth in front of your room," she sighed. "See ya, Loren."

"Bye, Rosy," Loren said. I looked back at his beautiful face, and eyes, and gave him one more last kiss. "What was that for?" he

smiled.

"I don't know. I just felt like I

needed to do that," I shrugged.

He chuckled. "Well, you better

hurry before Andy comes out and grabs your leg."

We let go of each-other, and

I sighed. I didn't want to leave

him, and he seemed to notice

me still clutching to his hand. He

smiled. "Don't worry, I'll see you,

tomorrow," he reassured me.

"You better," I called, and went

inside to get jumped on by Andy

and Bright.

"Ely!" Andy said, hugging my leg.

I laughed and patted his curls.

"Hi, Andy. What's up?"

"Come see what Bright did to

my room!" he yelled. I sighed and

let him lead me to his room to see what Bright did. Although, I don't think Bright did anything.

"Okay. You might be surprised," Andy said, opening his door.

My jaw fell open and I gasped,

"Oh, my, god," the words left my

mouth.