Eyssa's's POV
Mel and I were in my room.
All the lights were off downstairs, and we were looking out the window, watching everything, every movement, and every little sound. When we saw the guys come out from the woods, Mel and I opened the window for them to climb in. "Well?"
"Feewh!" Brady said and laid
out on my bed as if he was
exhausted. "That was horrible!"
I think I know what he means.
I can smell it. Something horrible.
And apparently they led it into
my room. It smelled like dirt, and
vinegar or something mixed with milk. I don't know, but it stinks.
"What happened? Did you find
the wolf?"
"Oh, we found the wolf, alright," Kenny said, doing the same as Brady.
"You did?"
Loren nodded and grabbed my hand, twining my fingers with his. "Elyssa, we almost had a
fight. Well, those three stooges
challenged him to a fight." He
nodded his head toward them.
"Hey!" Aaron yelled in defense.
"We could have totally taken that
guy and you know it!"
Loren rolled his eyes. "Anyway,
he didn't talk much, but before
all that, we followed his horrible
smell. He was eating a raccoon."
"And....?" I urged him on.
"And...he attacked us, saying,
I'll bite you're heads off!' and
other crap. But, there was one
thing that really fucking ticked
me off," Loren growled to himself and looked out the window.
"What, Loren? Tell me," I said. He looked at me with his beautiful green eyes.
"He said something about you.
He wasn't, or isn't, after Andy. He
wants you, and he was going to
kill anyone that got into his way,
meaning Andy and us. But he
said, The girl belongs to me, and
I will kill everyone if I don't get
her!"
"Whatever the hell that means," Kenny mumbled.
"So, he isn't after Andy," I said,
softly. Loren nodded, even though it wasn't a question. He's after me.
Why does he want me? I'm
nothing. Nothing special at least.
I'm a teenage girl who didn't
know her whole family, plus
herself, are werewolves. What
would he do with me if he had
gotten me? Rape me? Use me?
Kill me? If he wanted to kill me,
he probably would have done it
already.
At least he's not after Andy, but
he said he would kill anyone who
would get in his way of me.
And that meant my family and
Loren. I couldn't let Loren die,
even though I kind of just met
him, and he suddenly knew I was
a werewolf. I really like Loren,
and I really don't want him or his
friends to get hurt. What would
happen if a werewolf got hurt? Do they back off? Do they heal fast? How the hell am I supposed to know? I have never really gotten hurt.
A few paper-cuts, and I ignored
them, not bothered if they would
heal or not. And what about my
parents? What will they do?
Will they help, or will they come
comfort me like all parents do? I
love them the most, and I couldn't stand if they got hurt. I'd be lost without them. Do they even know about the other wolf? Do they know what attacked Andy?
I glanced at the clock on my
dresser. 3:48. I yawned.
"Elyssa, let's get you into bed,"
Loren said.
"No, I don't want to sleep."I think I do because I let Loren pick me up bridal style. He kicked Brady and Kenny off my bed and tucked me in.
"Well, you should. Besides, we
wouldn't want you going crazy
about the wolf thing if you didn't
sleep." He kissed me lightly on
my forehead. "We'll see you
tomorrow, okay?"
"Mhm," I mumbled and let sleep take over me.
"So, uh, Andy," Loren asked as we all walked on the red brick road, on our way to a different park. "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Andy thought for a moment,
and he just looked so cute. Not to
mention, he was in the middle
of Loren and I. He had both of
our hands and we were swinging
him. "An astronaut!"
We laughed, but some of the others snorted. "Lame...." I heard
Brady say.
I shot him a glare. "Don't you
want to be something when you
grow up?"
"Of course I do! We all do!" he
said, throwing his arms in the air.
"What do you want to be when
you grow up, Loren?" Andy
asked, smiling up at him.
Loren smiled back down, and
it looks so adorable. "I, actually,
want to be an artist."
Andy gasped. "You like to draw?!"
Loren smiled again. "Yep."
Well, I didn't know that, maybe
he could draw me a picture
Sometimes.
Andy gasped again. "Can you
draw me a picture one day?"
"Sure, thing, buddy."
"What do you want to be,
Ely?" Andy asked me.
"A veterinarian," I answered,
easily. Everyone's mouth dropped open, except for Andy's. I shrugged at them. What's wrong with taking care of animals ? I love animals, not to hide the fact that I am one.
Oh! I think now I get why they
were so shocked.
"Well, I don't know about you
guys, but when I grow up, I just want to be married, have kids and live on a farm," Mel shrugged, and smiled.
"Like you do now?"
"But I'm not married or got
kids."
"I want to be a race car driver,"
Aaron exclaimed.
"Figured," we all chorused.
Aaron laughed.
"Ya know what I wanna be?"
Kenny asked.
"What?" we said in sarcasm.
"I wanna be a technician."
We all started laughing.
"What?!" he yelled. Seriously,
Kenny, a technician? Yeah, I
cannot imagine him like that.
We all noticed that Brady was
the only one who hasn't said what he wants to be. We stared him down.
"Okay, look. Don't laugh at me,
but..." he put his head down. "I
want to be a rapper."
We stared at him. "Really?"
He nodded. "I'll wrap someone's song for you," he said. Yeah, we can't wait to hear this.
"Cause I feel like I'm running
And I'm feeling like I gotta get
away, get away, get away
Better know that I don't and I
won't ever stop cause
You know I gotta win everyday
day, goo
See they don't really wanna pop
me
Just know that you will never flop me
And I know that I can be a little
cocky, no
You ain't never gonna stop me
Every time I come a n-gga gotta
set it then I got it going
Then I gotta get it, than I gotta
blow, than I shut it any little thing
That a n-gga think he be doing
cause it doesn't matter cause I'm
gonna dead it
Then I'm gonna murder every
thing and anything a badaboom a badabing
I gotta do a lot of things, and
make it clearer to a couple n-ggas
That I'm always winning and I
gotta get it again and again and
again
And I be doing it to death and
now I move a little foul
A n-gga better call a ref,
everybody know my style
And n-gga's know that I'm the best
When I come to doing this and I
be banging on my chest
And I bang in the east and I bang
in the west
And I come to give you more and
I never give you less
You will hear it in the street or
you can read it in the press
Do you really wanna know what's next, lets go
See the way we on, we be all up in the race and you know
We gotta go, don't try to keep up
with the pace
We struggling and hustling and
sending in and getting in
And alWays gotta take it to
another place
Gotta taste it and I gotta grab it
And I gotta cut all through this
traffic
Just to be at the top of the throne
Better know I gotta have it!"
We all stared at him. Did he
really just rap that? Jeez! That
was the fastest rap I've ever
heard in my life! "Okay, what
Song is that?"
"It's called Look At Me Now by
Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes, and
Lil Wayne."
Oh, I know that song! "I think,
you will be a great rapper, Brady!" Andy said.
Brady smiled. "Thanks, Andy!"
they high-fived, and we rolled our eyes.
The park that we arrived at looked way different than
the park we went to. But only
because this is a real park.
Swings, slides, monkey bars. The
first I went to get on is the swings.
I sat down on it, and Loren got
behind me to push me. "Are
you okay from yesterday?" he
whispered into my ear before
pushing me.
I sighed. "A little, I just hope
nothing that bad happens," I
chuckled nervously.
He stopped pushing me, to
whisper in my ear again. "Trust
me, Elyssa, nothing bad going to
happen while I'm around," he
chuckled before pushing me
again.
"Hey, Loren, heads up!" someone
yelled.
Loren looked up, and reflexively, caught a football.
"Loren?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah," he said, his cheeks
turning a little pink. He gave me
a quick peck on the lips and went
to go play football with the guys,
and some other random guys
they made.
I joined Mel on the steps. She
nudged me. "So..you and Loren,
huh?"
"Yeah," I smiled.
"Excuse me," some random
guy came up to me and smiled.
He looked so familiar. "Do I know
you?"
"Uh...I don't know.." I said.
His head tilted. "Aren't you that
girl who came to the beach
with your friend and your little
brother?"
My eyes widened. "Ken Kris?"
"It's just Kris," he smiled.
"Uh..how have you been?"
"Um...I've been...um.." I spotted Loren looking at me, with a questioning face, and when he
saw Kris he started to come over
to us. "I'm good."
"Uh, hi," Mel smiled at him.
He looked at Mel, and I saw
something flash in his eyes.
Hmm, does he like her?
He smiled back. "Hi," he laughed nervously. I mean, he wasn't ugly, but he wasn't all that cute either. He looked maybe 20 or 21 at least with light brown hair and brown eyes.
"Something wrong?" Loren
came over, and apparently Kenny
came, too.
"No, Loren, nothing's wrong," I
said, looking at Kenny, who was
glaring at Kris. I almost gasped
when it hit me.
Does Kenny like Mel? I wanted
to smile my ass off.
"Um...am I interrupting
something? Are these your....?"
Kris looked nervous as if he might get beat up or something.
"Yes," Loren and Kenny both answered. "These are our
girlfriends."
Kris waved. "Sorry." Then, just
like that, he left.
Loren and Kenny laughed and
sat by us. "What was that about?"
"Guy from the beach," I said.
Loren narrowed his eyes. "The
one that grabbed you?"
I put my hand on his shoulder.
"No, calm down. I took Andy to
buy some chips and you know, he
was the one to get the chips."
"Oh...."
"And Kenny?" I looked at him.
"Yeah?" he asked, nervously.
"Can I talk to you in private?"
He nodded. I took him behind
a tree and hit him on his head.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"How come you didn't tell me
you liked Mel?!" I whispered/
yelled.
"What? Who said I liked her?!"
I hit him again.
"Ow! Okay, I like her! Jeez, now
would you stop hitting me?"
"How come you didn't tell me?!" I whispered/yelled again.
"Because I didn't want you
gushing like you are now, and
hitting me!" he rubbed his head.
"Sorry, but you should have
told me. That's my cousin, and
I think it's so darn cute that you
like her!" I said, and Kenny
rubbed his head. "Alright, I want
you to try and get her on a date..."
"WHAT?!" he yelled. I shushed
him, hitting him again. He
cringed, about to yell out, but he
didn't yell because of the look I
gave him. "Are you crazy? I was
nervous when I sat down next to
her, and now you want me to ask
her out on a date?"
I narrowed my eyes, playfully.
"Do you want to go out with her
Or not?"
He growled. "Fine. But you owe
me."
"Oh, whatever!" I waved him off. "Tell me how it goes, and I want you to ask her in the next 24 hours," I smiled, an evil smile,
and dragged him from behind the tree.
"So, it's a good thing I'm outside, huh?" I asked Loren.
Kenny and Loren were walking Mel and I home. Loren suggested it first, because of all the things
that are going on, then I suggested Kenny should come, too. I gave him a mischievous smile and he narrowed his eyes at me when I bumped my hip into his to make him bump into Mel.
"What do you mean?" Loren
asked me, bumping his shoulder
into mine.
I looked at him. "I mean, if I
was in the house the same thing
would probably have happened
at school, huh?"
Loren laughed. "So, I guess
you're lucky you have me pull
you out the house. I'm your lucky
charm," he teased. I smiled along
with him, and he put his arm
around me. Then I heard them
talking behind us.
"So...uh.Mel," Kenny asked.
"Mm?"
"I was wondering...would you like to go to dinner with me
sometime?" Kenny asked, and
I saw in his shadow, he put his
hand on his neck, nervously.
I heard the smile in Mel's voice.
"Of course, I'd love to."
And the surprise in Kenny's voice. "Really?"
Mel nodded. "Great," Kenny said.
Aww! Remind me to talk to Kenny later on.
We reached my house, and
to my surprise, I saw Mel give
Kenny a quick peck on the cheek and heard them murmur
goodbyes. Kenny's cheeks got
really red.
Loren and I laughed at him.
I guess it's our turn. Inside of
a little quick peck on cheeks
and stuff, we pressed our lips
together, and did some real
action, as if it was goodbye
forever, but we all know, it's
not. Kenny and Mel sighed loudly
and we parted, smiling. "See ya,
tomorrow Elyssa."
"Bye, Loren," I said and he smiled
at the name. I grabbed Mel and
we went inside the house, sighing.
We changed into our pajamas
and met the guys in our room.
"Did you guys have fun?" R.Jay
asked.
"Yep," we answered at the
same time.
"How was Loren?"
"He's perfect," I sighed. "Mel's
going out with Kenny!" I clapped
and screamed girly.
Mel blushed. "Oh, hush. He
asked and I couldn't say no."
"You like him right?" she nodded. "He likes you. Perfect match!"
"He likes me?" Mel gasped. "I
had no idea. I thought he asked
me out just because....I don't
know...he had nothing better to
do."
I wanted to hit her liked I hit Kenny. "Did you not see his cheeks get fiery red when you
kissed him on the cheek?"
"Wait, wait, wait...." Darren
held up his hands. "Who asked
who out?"
Oh, don't tell me this doofus likes Mel, too! I hope he doesn't. "Kenny, one of Loren's friends, asked Mel on a date. She said yes, so now their gonna go out...blah, blah, blah. Their gonna go out!!"
I screamed!