The Fall Ball

Chapter 4

I shook away the strange feelings I had, but I could not forget what I had seen. Why did my eyes shift colors? And why was I hearing a voice in my head?

I walk into the kitchen…

My mom was just placing food on the table. There was French toast which is my favorite, and a bowl of fresh fruit. My stomach growled while I was looking at all the delicious food on the table.

Mom looked up at the sound of my stomach.

She gasped as she looked at me.

“Mac, get out here now, please,” she said. I heard my dad shuffling in their room as he finishes getting ready for the day.

"Is something wrong?" I ask my mom.

“Oh no Hunny, I just think that he needs to hurry up so that the food doesn’t get cold,” she said.

She is looking at me strangely, like she wants to ask me something but is afraid to say anything. Dad comes out and we sit at the table and eat. We make small talk as we eat. I’m so confused about my dream, and I keep spacing out.

While we finish breakfast, I reflect on what happened this morning and debate whether to tell them what happened. I decided not to, as I don’t want them to think that I have started to lose my mind.

As I got up from the table, I caught Mom looking at me again. She seemed to be looking me over.

“You look different today,” she says to me.

Dad looks over, "Kat is right, you do look a tad different today. Did you do something different today?”

At this moment, I look at them both. "No I did everything the same, but I do feel a little different," I tell them.

I decided that I might as well tell them my dream. They both see some change in me, but none of us know why.

"Before I leave, I have something to tell you guys. Its gonna sound a bit crazy and it has me perplexed."

So I tell them about the strange voice in my head and the pretty lady and her wolf that came to me in my dream.

I tell them about the strange feeling I had when I woke up and the voice in my head when I was looking at my reflection.

"None of it makes any sense to me, but it felt so real. Hard to tell if it was a dream or not," I tell them. "But I feel great today, better than I have in a long time."

“Maybe it is a way for your subconscious mind to deal with all the stress you had from last night before bed. This could be a way for your mind to help you process all the struggles you face," Dad says.

“It could be a way to help your mind heal and process all the things that were said to you last night. We all know you are special, and we will figure it out together,” Mom says.

Dad and Mom are both looking at me. I sit there thinking…

Maybe they are right, maybe it is all in my head because it is something I wish was true. I have waited so long for a wolf, and it’s all I have thought about for years.

"Maybe you are right," I say to them. "It is something I have thought about for a long time, and something that I have always wanted. Maybe my subconscious is picking that up and caused me to have that dream."

I grab my bag and head towards the door. "Bye Mom, bye Dad," I say as I walk out the door.

“Have a good day at school,” I hear Mom say.

“I will see you after work today. I shouldn’t be late as I just have border patrol today,” Dad says.

“Oh, and keep your distance from Ashlee today. I’m sure that she will do something today after the way she was humiliated in front of the whole pack last night,” Dad tells me.

I walk to school. It only takes about fifteen minutes to get there. I get to school right as the bell rings, so I rush into the school. Stopping at my locker I put my bag in and grab the books that I need for my first class.

I rushed down the hall and into my class. English is first and I hate it. Ashlee is in her seat at the back of the room along with her friends. John isn’t in this class, so it’s just Ashlee and the girls that hang out with her. They all look at me and glare.

Oh this is gonna be a long day…

I take my seat at the front of the room. I sit up front and all the way over by the windows. This way I can stare out the window and see all the changes in the trees. Nature is so relaxing and makes me feel at peace with everything else that is going on.

The closer to nature I am, the better I feel.

I hear the teacher walk in, so I look up at her. She is an older lady that has been teaching at this school for many years. She is kind, but she is strict. She doesn’t like students who refuse to listen and do as she asks.

She starts the lecture, and I'm paying attention. She is reminding us of the reading assignment that we were supposed to do last night. We have a quiz this morning on it. The class groans as many of them did not read it. Some students quickly glance over the assignment, in hopes of having an idea of what it's about.

The teacher passes out the quiz. I look it over and am so glad that I did the assignment last night before heading to bed. I filled in all the answers and I feel extremely confident in how well I did on it.

I get up and go to turn the assignment in.

As I walk up to the desk, I can hear Ashlee. “Look at that, little Miss Perfect is the first one done, she can do no wrong can she? If only she had a wolf, she might be something special.” I hear her say.

I roll my eyes at what she says. I ignore her in hopes that she will just leave me alone. I walk back to my seat, and I look out the window. The trees have started to change colors. Fall is my favorite time of year.

All the leaves have beautiful colors, from green to red and orange. It’s amazing. I've lost track of time looking at the beautiful scenery around us.

All of a sudden, I’m knocked into and the items on my desk are shoved to the floor. I look up to see Ashlee smirking at me. She walks past and hands in her quiz.

I quickly pick up my things that she caused to fall to the floor.

As she walks back by me, I have a sudden thought.

Before I can stop myself, I stick my foot out from under my desk and trip her. She falls to the floor. The whole class laughed at her. If looks could kill, I would be dead.

The teacher comes over and looks at the two of us. “Ashlee, I suggest you look at where you are heading from now on, so that you don’t trip and fall any more. Now get up and head back to your seat. The bell will ring any minute now.” The teacher says.

Then the teacher looks at me, shakes her head and walks away.

Ashlee gets up and walks back to her desk. The rest of the class has finished the quiz by now. We all begin to pack up our things and we get ready to leave this class and head on to the next. As a pack school we only have five classes a day and lunch.

It’s great, it makes it so we can get home earlier in the day. Most of the students help their parents with their jobs within the pack. Most kids follow in their parents' footsteps, I do not. My father is part of the border patrol, and that is not something that I want to do.

The bell rings. I rush out of the class as fast as I can. I do not want to be stuck anywhere close to Ashlee. I will be free of her and her group for my next two classes. I won’t have to see her again until lunch time.

Maybe I’ll skip lunch today, and go read in the library.