How could they do this to me? I thought as I unpacked. Last week I was living in New York, on the Upper East Side with my mother, but she got a new job so they think it was "best" if I moved in with my dad. I had friends, a boyfriend, I was even going to be prom queen. I had a life. My younger brother Joshua, on the other hand, loved this place. He always have. My whole family lived here at one point and it was cool I guess but I always wanted to live in the city instead. 6 years ago when I was 10 we moved to the city and i loved it. Only problem was My dad didn't come, him and my mom got in a fight and to this day I don't know what it was about, but me and my brother moved with my mom and my dad was not happy about it. I always took my moms side in the fight even though I didn't know exactly what it was about, but I did know my dad wanted us to stay in this place forever and I know he's the one who made my mom send us here. Ever since we left, I haven't visited or even talked to my father. My brother did though, he came here every single summer and video chatted our dad all the time. I knew he was ecstatic to be here all the time now. The worst part was I had to have my sweet sixteen here!
"Dinner ready!" I heard. Rolling my eyes i place my newly folded shirt on the bed with the others and made my way out my new room and down the stairs. When i reached the bottom my father looked at me, "I made your favorite. mac n cheese with corn and chicken" My dad knew I was upset about the move, I assumed this was there was to make it up to me. Well mac n cheese was not going to fix this. He placed a plate on the table and I picked it up and made my way back to my new room.
"Not eating with us?" I heard my father voice comes from behind me. I ignored him as I walked up stairs stomping on my way up. When i reached the top my younger brother ran past me almost causing my food to drop. "Hey! Watch it you weasel!" I yelled as he jumped three steps to reach the bottom of the stairs. He then turned his head to stick out his tongue, I returned the gesture as I went to my room slamming the door behind me.
I sat at my desk just picking at the chicken and moving around the corn and mac n cheese with my fork. Eventually i just sighed and decided to shower. I walked into the bathroom and undressed as i checked the water and stepped in when it was steamy hot. I felt my muscles unravel as the hot water ran over my body.
After the shower I quickly dressed in my PJs and laid down, thinking about the nightmare of living with two males. I rolled over for a few minutes before getting up. "I guess a good thing did come out of this" I thought as I looked across the room to my new balcony. I rapped myself in a blanket and opened the double doors. I took a deep breath, breathing in the crisp night air. Honestly it calmed me, the view over looked the woods which was kinda creepy but I'll get used to it. I have to. There was a growling coming from the trees and I looked by the base of a great oak and saw a figure of a wolf. I gasped when the wolf walked out from the shadows, it had dark brown fur and eyes that were almost black. There was something so familiar about this wolf, like I knew it or was connected to it in a way. There was another growl and the wolf turned to see who called it's attention. I couldn't see the other wolf but I knew it was there. The wolf whimpered and ran into the woods, back into the shadows. I heard my bedroom door creak open. "Elle, you up?" I heard my father's booming in my room. Sighing I turned and walked in the room closing the door behind me. "Not for long i was just getting ready for bed." I put the blanket on my bed and sat on it putting it over my legs. "Well can I talk for a second?" I stayed silent before saying, "I guess" He smile and sat on the edge of my bed.
"Well I was thinking tomorrow, since your birthday is coming up, we could go the the mall and get you some new clothes. And you can tell me what kind of cake you want at the party" He cant be serious.
"Party?" I asked in surprise that he even thought I could have a party here. At home I always threw the biggest party of the year on my birthday. How could I do that here. As if reading my mind he said, "I know it won't be the same but I can do what I can for your sweet sixteen. I could even get you a gift. What do you want?"
"I don't want a party, I don't want new clothes, and I don't want a gift unless it's a one way trip back home." I said coldly.
He looked like he wanted the cry, but I didn't break. I just stared blankly at him. "I see. Well if you change your mind, Joshua and I are leaving at 1" and with that he stood and left my room. I laid down and eventually fell asleep. And that night I dreamt of the brown wolf.
(A/N) I edited this chapter a lot so if you see any mistakes please let me know so I can fix it. Please and Thank you for reading.