After I dealt with the cops… the coach stopped the practice. I was still with Isacc. Coach decided it would be best if I stuck with him for now. So I did just that. We were walking towards the parking lot for lunch.
"Ah, what are we doing here?" Isaac was confused.
I looked at him and said, "We are here for lunch."
He looked a little shocked. We walked to the tree and I saw that Malia and Erica were already there. We sat down and I said, "I hope you don't mind. I brought a friend of mine."
Erica looked at Isaac and said, "Blink twice if you want help."
Isaac chuckled and I faked a laugh and said, "You know it wasn't funny the first time and it's still not."
Malia looked at me and she instantly knew about Isacc and I looked at her and she just hummed and I said, "Guys this is Isacc… he plays lacrosse with me."
Isaac just waved and Erica said, "You don't look like the type."
Isaac shook his head and said, "I'm just a bench warmer… I've never actually played… I'm not that good."
I just slapped his back and said, "Come on, don't sell yourself short…" I looked at Erica and said, "He's good… and I'm sure the coach will see it as well."
He looked at me and he smiled. His heart calmed down a bit… he needs it right now with all this going on. I know how hard it can be.
"Did you see the cops in the school?" It was Erica who asked the question and Isacc's heart was again in turmoil. I looked at Erica and she just looked at me and said, "What?"
Isaac got up and cleared his throat and said, "Ah, I just remembered I have an assignment due, so I'll get a head start on it." He packed his things and was walking
I stood up and caught up to him and said, "Hey man, just stop for a minute." He stopped and I asked, "Do you have someplace to go to? Like a guardian or like an adult or anyone?"
He nodded and said, "Yeah…"
I nodded and said, "Just call him and ditch today man… you need some break dude… it's tough as it is, you don't need all these people judging you."
He nodded and I said, "So just call them and tell them to pick you up now… and listen man, I know you didn't do anything… so don't beat yourself up for it."
I patted his shoulder and said, "It'll be fine, man don't worry."
He hummed and said, "Thanks Finn…" I went back to my lunch and Erica had a look of shock and said, "You sure you met him today? Cause that was some serious bromance!"
I scoffed and said, "He just needed it."
Malia just looked at me and said, "You sure, it will be okay for you?"
I sighed and said, "I think so… I know I'm going to get an earful… but I just needed to help him…"
She nodded and held my hand and I looked at her and said, "I also need to talk to you."
She hummed and I said, "After school… I have something to show you."
She nodded and asked, "What is it?"
I shook my head and said, "It's something you have to see…"
Erica then cleared her throat and said, "I seriously feel like a third wheel now."
I looked at her and laughed and said, "You know I'll always love you…"
She scoffed and said, "Yeah, yeah…"
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After the school ended Malia and I got in the car and we went on a drive. She didn't know where I was taking her. She asked, "So he went home?"
I nodded and said, "Yeah, he called me… And I was pretty sure that it was Derek in the car."
She hummed and said, "So like what was the deal with him? You generally don't involve yourself with things like this… what is it?"
I sighed and told her what happened and she looked at me and said, "You think he did it?"
I shook my head and said, "No… he doesn't have that look in him… even when he talked about it… I could sense guilt and fear but it wasn't like that you know… it must have been someone else or something."
She looked confused and I said, "The door was ripped off its hinges and no human can do that… it might have been a wolf but still not so sure about it."
She sighed and she looked ahead and we had reached our destination. She looked ahead and asked, "Why are we at the cemetery?"
I looked at her and said, "We are here to meet someone."
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We were walking in the cemetery and I was walking with Malia and I started to tell her why we were here. "When you told me your story… I thought if you met your dad you would be happy. So I started to dig into the incident, trying to find where he is and all." I stopped.
She looked at me and I said, "When I found him, I didn't know how to tell you. So I thought it would be best to show you."
She looked at me and she said, "No… please, no."
I walked to her and I grabbed her by the shoulders and said, "He waited for a long time and so did you… but time wasn't kind to him." I looked at a grave and said, "He died due to liver failure."
She slowly turned his head to look and as she saw his father's grave she broke down. She fell to her knees and I sat down with her and rubbed her shoulders. We sat there for hours and I didn't know what to do.
"Do you think it would have been different if I wasn't a coyote?"
I looked at her and said, "Come on, Malia, you can't blame yourself for it…"
"But it's true… if I was just a normal girl I wouldn't have killed my family… they would have been happy… sometimes I just wish I wasn't there, maybe then they could have been happy and alive."
I just grabbed her hands and said, "Don't you ever say that…" She looked at me and I said, "This was no one's fault, Malia, you and I. We both were born with it… we can't change who we are and we can't live in fear because of it…"
She just got up and said, "It's easy to say… you are this nice guy, you help people, you are a good son… you have a family and friends! What do I have?"
I looked at her and she said, "See… I am just an animal… who destroyed her family" She had tears in her eyes and she looked away.
"You aren't the only one…" She turned around and looked at me and I said, "I'm not this guy you see… the friendly and helping nice guy. I'm not… all the things I do it's just a penance for what I did…"
I looked at her and said, "I killed my dad."
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Hey guys I hope you all liked the chapter. I am sorry for not uploading yesterday. I went out with my friends so. Anyways if there are any mistakes let me know. Bye