This Love

Chapter 1: The awakening

The early sun rose over the high trees. Blinding me as I peeped my head out of the covers. "Holy shit! I can't see!" I scream as I fully emerge from the bed. I check my phone,"Shit I overslept" I jump out of the bed, throw on a red flannel, holy jeans, and black converses as I fix my hair. I rush out of the door. Just my luck, my car won't start. "I wish my mom was here to give me a ride," I say. My mom is in the army and she's been deployed for 3 months now. I miss her. Plus, my 18th birthdays tomorrow and I won't have her with me. But it's fine I understand. I try my car again. It finally starts and I speed down the road to school. I'm late, again. Of course, my teacher yells at me for missing an assignment. I could care less. "Dahlia Black come to the office," the principal called on the intercom. "Oh shit what did I do this time?" I thought as I walked to the office. I held my head down the hole way. "Yes Principal Herbert? You needed me?" I asked nervously. He looked sternly at me. It was like he was staring into my soul. Literally. "Show the new student around," he smiles. Relief ran through my body. I nodded and walked to the new student. "Hey I'm Dahlia. Who are you?" The new student looked coldly into my eyes. There was something about her that stood out to me. I don't know what it is. "I'm Jax," she said smoothly. It's like the words rolled off her tongue. Her voice sounded like kindness and trouble waiting to happen. She removed her hood from her head. Her hair was black as night and her eyes. Wow. Her eyes wee unique. They were red. Almost as red as blood. "Nice to meet you Jax. Welcome to Wolverton High. Can I see your schedule?" I asked. Geez I sound like a nerd. She hands me her schedule. I examine it a couple of times. "We have all the same classes. So basically you can just follow me all day. But I'll show you where all of your classes are," I say trying to not stutter. I have to admit, this new girl is really cute. But I can't develop feelings for anyone. And another thing, she looks sorta familiar. "This is your first period.." I show her all of her classes. But when we get to the 7th period class she suddenly stops. She grabs me and stars into my eyes. I instantly felt a click between us. She smiles and says,"you have really pretty eyes". We share a laugh. "Ya know your cool. You can handle my random weirdness" she says. I nod "I'm so much weirder than you." We both laugh one last time and walk in the classroom. Finally, it's lunchtime. Jax and I walk to the cafeteria together. I don't usually eat at school, but jax made me since it was her first day. "Dahlia," she suddenly says,"you look oddly familiar to me. Honestly. It's like your someone from my past. I don't know. I might just be thinking that" a shocked expression steeped across my face. "No you look familiar to me too. That's why I keep staring at you" I blush. I just lied. That's not the only reason I'm staring. "Hey do you wanna hang after school?" I ask. "Sure why not? Can your mom pick me up then?" I look down,"my mom is in the army. She's been deployed for 3 months. So, I drive to school." I reply. Tears fill my eyes but I don't dare let her see. She places a hand on my shoulder. "I'm so sorry. I," she hesitates,"I had no idea." Her voice was soft and comforting. I manage a smile. "No it's okay. You didn't know. Plus, I'm used to it. It's just that she won't be here for my 18th birthday. That's why I'm so upset." She hugs me tightly. I shiver at her touch. The bell rings ruining at perfect moment. We get up and go back to class. For the rest of the day, she was on my mind. Every little detail about her stuck on my mind. Was I falling for the new girl? Or was I just thinking too much? Finally, the end of seventh period rolls around. I've had a long, thoughtful day. I needed a break from school. RIIIIIIIINNNGGG! The bell sounded. The hallways filled with teenagers in less than 3 seconds. As I walk out the door to the classroom, I suddenly become lightheaded. "Whoa," I think,"this is weird. I never get lightheaded easily." At that moment my heart starts pounding. Faster. Then even faster. It all of a sudden slows down back to normal and I slowly walk to my locker. I find Jax waiting for me. Concern fell upon her face. "Dahlia are you okay? You look like something happened." She softly says. I remain silent as I throw books in my locker. We walk to my car in silence. She looks kind of worried. I haven't seen someone worried about me in forever. But I see it in her eyes, she's worried. We arrive at my house 10 minutes later. "Welp," I start," this is my house. It's nothing special but it works for me" She walks around for a bit looking at every detail of my house. She smiles in satisfaction which causes me to smile. "I actually like your house. It better than mine." She says. I lead her to my room. I feel lightheaded again only this time my vision gets blurry. My heart pounds. Faster. Faster and faster. I faint from all of these things happening. All I can hear is Jax trying to wake me up. I hear the concern and worry in her voice. Everything goes black. I no longer hear Jax's worried voice. Nothing. It's completely silent. Suddenly, I see a dim light. It grows and grows with every second. It blinds me. "What's going on?" I yell. "The awakening.." a voice calls as it fades away. The moon appears. I can't take my eyes off of it. It's so beautiful. My teeth start to grow and sharpen. I get on four legs. I hear my bones cracking. I cry in pain but no one can hear me. I suddenly jump awake. Jax jumps with me. "Holy shet. Are you okay?" Jax's voice shakes as she speaks. "Y-yeah. I'm..umm...im great." She helps me to my bed. We begin talking about ourselves to each other. I don't usually do this but she's convincing. I told her about everything. Everything except that I'm gay and what just happened to me. She told me about her past and how her parents died in a car accident. Tears start to roll down her cheeks. I wipe them away as I hug her tightly. "I-I'm sorry that that happened to you..just know that I'm here for you no matter what. I know we haven't known each other long but I trust you more than I trust anyone else," I tell her. A smile sweeps across her face as well as mine. She leans in and hugs me. I lose my breath and I faint again. I have the same vision. Only this time, I have a great feeling of adrenaline pumping through my veins. I jerk awake again. Only this time, I have no idea where the hell I am. "W-where am I?"I ask. Everything is a blur. All I hear is the mumbling of strangers. "How old is she?" I hear someone say. "Uhh..17 about to be 18. Why?" Jax says. Everything falls silent again. Mumbles fill the the silence. "This is worse than we thought. You'd better be glad you brought her here instead of an actual doctor," an unfamiliar voice calls. I lean up. Everyone runs from me. Well, everyone except Jax. "Shadow," she calls me. I wonder why she's calling me that. I like it though. "The awakening has begun. It's obviously been going on for months. Tell me. Have you had severe headaches, drowsiness, feeling lightheaded, visions, and/or fast beating heart?" Someone interrupts. Jax nods to assure me that it's okay to tell him what he wanted to know. "Y-yes. I've been having all of those problems. Mostly today though" His jaw drops "When is your 18th birthday?" I look around briefly. Nervousness goes through my body. "Tomorrow" I manage to say.,"w-wait. What did you mean by 'the awakening has begun'? Is there something wrong with me?" Silence fills the room again. So one dares to breathe or move suddenly. "Dahlia, your a werewolf. Your wolf is strong. In fact it's too strong for you to handle since you've never turned into it." Rage fills my eyes. I faint once more from my heart pounding.