Nolan's POV
I always felt an ultimate power when I was running in wolf form. Everything was play, every animal a test of my ability. By the wolf law it was only illegal to harm or kill a wild animal if it was a wolf or an obvious mother. It was always preferred that it was a male, just in case. And one was only to catch in order to provide for someone in particular, we should not deprive the forest unnecessarily. I killed and ate when I was hungry.
It was early in the morning now as I ran through the woods, and I was hungry for breakfast. There weren't any rabbits around at this time of day, but I didn't really want a chase. I ran, looking for a bird or mouse, and looking to clear my head. My wolf skin felt so natural, if only I didn't have to go to school. I would stay like this forever.
Yesterday was a strain for my wolf. Once I found my mate, all he wanted to do was run over and mark her. And mate her, but I can't imagine someone who wouldn't, she was beautiful. She was in my dreams last night, they were gentle dreams, about just me and Sofia talking, not really saying words, just moving our lips. But it didn't feel right, and it didn't seem right to my wolf. I was thinking that Alex made a wrong assumption. My wolf seemed happier when I thought of the other girl, and I couldn't even remember her name. And he was happy now, him in full control of me and my actions, I let him run out to find food while I stayed in my head and thought. It was like autopilot.
The pack house had changing rooms and a covered place to hang your clothes outside in the back so that you didn't have to run around naked. I grabbed my pants, went into a changing room and emerged human, with a pair of old jeans on.
You can tell that you're an attractive young gentleman when the ladies stare at you when you don't have a shirt on.
My wolf jumped with joy when I got on the bus and looked directly at the mud-blonde girl in seat four. I was close to positive at that point that she was my mate, not Sofie. A part of me was sad at this, a crush is really at it's strongest during the first few days. I had had a crush on Sofia, but Lise was still stunning. I wasn't upset, I couldn't let myself. I was happy when I stared at Lise, happier than before.
I finally remembered to tell Elliott in fifth period. "Oh ya, dude, and Lise isn't your mate." I finished my long explanation of why I am the only white wolf in the pack. He looked shocked. I just stared at him.
"What, no. She is, dude," He replied, oh, denial. "How do you know?"
"She's mine. Well I'm pretty sure that Alex's assumption got us two mixed up. My wolf is happy when I think of her, and says 'mate' at her, not Sofia. I think it's the same with you. Our human side crushed on the other's mate, and did you notice how defensive you got, or rather your wolf got, whenever I said something hot about Sofie?" I explained.
"Oh. Ya," he sounded disappointed, but when you looked into his eyes you could see that his wolf was overjoyed. I told him that I planned on confronting her next period to confirm, and told him, 'the wolf wants what the wolf wants.'
Apparently he had an epiphany on the way to P.E, me and Matt were ahead because we didn't have to stop at our locker, because he came running over to me in the locker room yelling, "Nolan, Nolan, Nolan, Nolan,"
"Dude I think that she knows that I have or had a crush on her because she caught me staring at her. What if she has a crush on you and like rejects you! And you don't want to scare her by like asking her out right away and stuff and-" I cut Elliott off. "Dude, I'm not planning on like making out with her in P.E. or something. I'm just going to make myself known and be friendly, say hi." I implied. he nodded, and took off his pants.
We joked around and laughed with a couple other guys, humans, until the girls came out. When they started to, we pulled back to talk amongst ourselves.
"I'm sacred." I mentioned.
"I NEVER thought I'd hear those words from Nolan's mouth," Matthew laughed.
"Remember, even as humans they still feel an attraction to their mate. I'm sure when you go over there she's gunna like you right away." Alex replied to me. I nodded, it was kinda like a thanks. I still didn't want to go over there. But what was I scared of! before I knew it myself I was running over. Lise was on the end closest to me, so I just walked up. I smelled it and her and there was no question in my head that she was my mate. I looked over at the boys and nodded. Elliott looked happy, though. When I looked back at the girls, they were staring at me, silent. Like snipers.
"Hey, I'm Nolan Whaffe. I'm a ninth grader, obviously." I said, trying to sound as happy as possible. I think Sofia recognized me, she stared and then her eyes looked understanding, and she replied. "Hi Nolan Whaffe. I am Sofia Keller." She said, a little uncomfortably. Morgan replied with a one worded hi, and Brook nodded and answered, "I'm Brook Warner, that's Morgan." Lise just stared at me, star-struck. Sofia elbowed her in the side, and she blinked and looked around, and at me.
"Oh, uh, sorry, I guess, I'm Annalise." She finally said. Her voice brought butterflies to my stomach.
"Hello, Annalise, Sofia, Morgan, Brook," I said. they nodded. "I best be going," I added and then walked back to my friends.
"Annalise is IT." I said smiling, the first words out of my mouth when I returned. "I'm happier when I think about Sofie instead of Lise." Elliott said. I smiled.
Throughout P.E. I could see out of the corner of my eye that she was looking at me. Normally I might find this creepy or annoying, but I liked her stalker-ish-ness. It was cute.
And the more she stared at me, the more I wanted to stare at her. She was beautiful even wearing the school P.E. clothes.
As we left P.E. and went to the lockers, I couldn't help but sneak a peak of her walking away. I could barely keep myself calm.
We changed but didn't shower, today P.E. was just rules. No work out, no need to rinse off. "You guys can chill here, I'm gunna go over to the girls area." I told Matt, Alex and Elliott. they nodded and I made my way over to the back where the girls were. The boys locker room exit was near the front of the school and the girls was near the back. They all huddled in a pack. There were a couple other boys over here, so I wasn't too foreign. I just tried to stay away from the ninth graders, which was easy, and I located my target quickly by her scent.
"Hey girls," I said, propping myself up against the wall before the four sevies. They looked almost in awe. They were probably wondering why I was hanging out with them. Oh well.
"Hi, Nolan." They all replied in union. Annalise looked almost scared, but she was noticeably happy about my presence. The bell rang and they said goodbye and started walking away. "Annalise, wait?" I called, yet sort of asked. She turned around, then nodded to her friends who then kept walking. She ran back to me. "Yes?" She said eagerly. I just smiled and forgot what I was going to say. In the rush of the moment I swung her around to the back of the school where no one could see us. She looked kind of scared. "I'm not going to murder you." I said smoothly, and she relaxed a little.
I couldn't hold it in any longer. I pushed her up against the brick wall and brought my lips to hers. One of my hands was behind her head so it wouldn't hit the wall, my other arm on the side on the wall to hold me up and keep her in. She surprised me by deepening the kiss. Her tongue penetrated my mouth and her hands went up and she moved them through my hair. I pushed up closer to her, my taste buds rejoicing at the taste of her mouth. I was very exited, and I wasn't ashamed at the thoughts I was having, even though I probably should have. She wrapped her leg around mine and put her arms around my neck and massaged my shoulders.
Suddenly she opened her eyes, and pulled away. She looked scared. "Lise, what's up?" I asked quietly. She looked around, and then pushed away and ran.
I looked around the corner, she was hurrying to the bus. I looked at my watch, we had only been kissing for a minute, though it seemed like a lifetime. I decided to skip the bus and just walk home. I needed time.
Why would she run away from me? Was she mad, scared? She was the one who deepened the kiss. Did I do something wrong? Accidentally grab something? I'm sorry Lise. She seemed to like it! What did I do wrong? I was mentally punching myself in the face, obviously I was going too fast. Tomorrow I would ask her out. Or maybe that would be too fast?
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Oooooooooh, what's with Lise!?!? That was SPICY. Sorry for any and all mistakes! Anyway, I hope everyone loves it and please comment and vote!!!!!
X.C.L.G.