What If

VII

"Why do you look at me like that??" Scarlet asked as she tried Voughns' dish.

"Nothing... Are you sure you are alright?" I asked once more, just to be sure.

"I think..." She said as she ate the food.

"If something is wrong, you can always talk to your friends, Selene. No matter what is bothering your head, if you need assistance, you need to ask for it." I whispered to her. "Besides, you turned 16, there's a possibility that your mate is around here somewhere."

"How-- you know about the mate thingy?" She returned the whisper. I tried to smile sweetly at her before answering.

"Yeah... and from what you said earlier, I think he's in the room, with us, right now." I whispered then I moved away and reach for a plate. I took that as a chance and I scooped up some food to my plate.

"Is it good?" The one who cooked asked the moment the spoon touched my mouth. I nodded at him with a shrug and an apology I wrote in my eye. "See?? Patience, lady, patience." He said and smugly sat down. I rolled my eyes at him ad turned back to Selene.

She has this disturbed look in her eyes. "Dear girl, don't think too much of what I've said. It will come around soon, just wait. Okay?' I just whispered to her again and eat the food in my plate. In my peripheral vision, I saw Voughn trying to make out of the conversation we just had. That for some reason, he seem to not be hearing. I just shrugged it off.

It took us about half an hour to be done about our breakfast. After eating, we moved hand on hand together out of the dormitory and walked on the way to the training field we are assigned to use. It did not take us that long to be there, or maybe that's just what if felt like as there was no awkward air between us three. We are just walking normally, quiet, but not so much that turns to an awkward silence. The moment we entered, however, we were greeted with a happy atmosphere yet again.

"Happy Birthday Selene Scarlett!" The whole crew said in unison. As if they tried to rehearse how they're going to execute their words. I almost laughed. It felt like the whole surroundings stopped the moment we entered the room. They planned this, for sure. What fun!

"Happy Birthday," I once again whispered to here and smiled when she turned her head to look at me. I made a face, raising my eyebrows and using my eyes to gesture our dear love. She just blushed, and I excluded myself by walking and staying towards the other members who were still greeting her.

"Finally sixteen! What do you plan on doing?" It was Zyrhine who asked that. "Being the youngest in our group, and the only shapeshifter, even! What does being sixteen implies to you?"

"Zy! That is rude!" It was Wade who spoke.

"What? But why? I've heard being sixteen as a werewolf means that they are ready for mating." She asked, confusion written in her face. "Are you mated? I've heard sixteen is when it started. All the smell and the likes? Or did I hear wrong?"

"Those are probably just rumors, Zyrhine." The sane one, Phoenix, spoke then. He was shaking his head but he was smiling, and smiling as if really happy. For the lady, that is.

"Yeah..." Selene responded. Mellower than ever. Not her usual self, she's always bubbly and happy. What is wrong with this day? "This is the day those things start... along with my wolf."

"YOU HAVE A WOLF?!" Zyrhine and Wade exclaimed, in unison. They, somehow, are always in unison when in comes to shocking events, eh? "Sorry..." Zyrhine apologized. "But a wolf?"

"Uhm... She doesn't mean a pet..." I interjected. Answering her question when the birthday girl seem to want to hide. "You did not know that?"

"Whaat?!" She inquired, just again. Raising her voice to ask, curious still. "Then what do you mean by you along with your wolf?!"