The False Mate (ON HOLD)

Chapter 2 [FM]

May 14, 2011 (2:30 am)

Bored as hell... and I don't feel like going to sleep. So, I've decided to try and write a little bit... doubt it will help, but it's worth a shot, right? Still looking for a book cover, probably.... by the time this comes out... but I don't really know. Still, if you have them, please send them in!

Jar of Hearts is an emotional song. I hope that I can incorporate it into this story somehow... I mean it makes me cry sometimes when I listen to it. Is that weird? Or do other people do that too?

And thanks to CmBCherry for the awesome book cover :]

Anyway, I guess I should start writing the actual story now....

[Pic of Ty... ignore the girl]

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River’s P.O.V.

Guess who woke up to the smell of fresh scrambled eggs and bacon. Someone who is probably rich and has butlers, maids, and personal chefs. Who do you think got woken up by their little brother jumping on your stomach? Yup. Unfortunately, that would be me.

“Jimmy,” I groaned. “Why? I need sleep still,” I said as I turned over and buried my face in my pillow. Jimmy crawled next to my face and started tugging on my hair. I tried to swipe his hands away with no success.

“Momma told me to wake you up for school,” Jimmy said as he started poking me.

I groaned. “All right! All right,” I exclaimed as I rose and blinked several times and inhaled through my nose. That’s weird. I scented the air. I’d never been able to smell the toast James ate every morning before from my bedroom. My room wasn’t even anywhere near the kitchen.

I guess that this meant I was getting closer to becoming a wolf. Then it hit me. I had no friggin’ clue about any of this. I started to panic. I should’ve asked Kevin about all of this stuff or he should’ve given me a lesson or something. This is pathetic. I don’t even know what I am or what I’m supposed to do. How am I supposed to change?

Hopefully, today, I will find my mate and he’ll explain some of these things to me.

“River, stop procrastinating and get out of bed!” Elizabeth shouted from the kitchen, snapping me out of my thoughts. I sighed and threw off the covers of my bed. I’d taken a shower last, like I always had. I hared taking showers in the morning. One, it made me get up early. And two, I had to go to school with wet hair because I didn’t like to blow dry my hair. It was just a waste. Plus, my hair was naturally straight, so it didn’t frizz up or anything like that.

So, I got up and threw on my favorite pair of dark skinny jeans. I put on a tan colored shirt with a black leather jacket over it. Finding my black ankle boot, I put those on as well, completing my bad-ass-chick look I was going for. Well… almost. I still had to do my hair.

Since my hair was already straight and dry, I just threw it up in a ponytail, letting my bangs fall loose on the side of my face. I put on a light brown eye shadow that made my eyes ‘pop’ and dark gray eyeliner. After putting on some black mascara, I smirked at my new appearance. Before I left my room, I grabbed my sunglasses and my bag.

When I walked into the kitchen and sat down for breakfast, James looked at me. He stopped in the middle of bringing his coffee mug to his mouth and arched an eyebrow at me. Forgetting about drinking the coffee all together, he put the coffee down and waited for an explanation. Elizabeth looked at me the same way James had just eight seconds ago. Yeah, I never usually dressed like this. “River, please tell me that you’re not doing-”

“No drugs,” I said. Elizabeth opened her mouth again and I sighed. “Still a virgin and will be until I’m older. I’m not smoking, suicidal, drinking, or going through a ‘stage’ either,” I said taking a bite of my chocolate chip muffin.