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I woke up feeling a gentle light poring in on me streaming in from some unknown light source. Confused of where I was I bolted upward chaotically nearly falling out of bed. Looking frantically around the room I was confused. Why was I here, did not I fall asleep outside in the woods beside that beautiful wolf last night? I remembered everything about that night, my homework, my sleeplessness, my midnight walk in the woods, and my beautiful wolf who kept me comforted and warm when I felt so alone.

I guess it was just a dream, a very realistic, very wonderful dream. But a dream none the less and as Dumbledore says it does not do to dwell on dreams, so I put last nights strange occurrence out of my head and got ready for school.

Today was a warm day, it was still summer and the temperature had yet to drop. I settled with a nice pair of blue skinny jeans that hugged my soft curves and made my butt look great. I put a elegant white and black poka-dott sleeveless blouse that had a slight trail behind it with my jeans. I loved this top, it could be fancy or plain depending on how you worked the outfit.

Finally for my shoes I of course choose my comfortable, ordinary black ballet flats that had bows on the toe part. I do not know how long I had had these shoes, but it had to be for a while now. The soles were worn and breaking underneath the heel part. But I loved them and I would wear them until they finally fell apart; be it a week or another year.

Gathering up my work from the night before I shoved it all into my backpack and barreled down the stairs. The best thing about being home alone meant that I could do whatever I wanted with our having to worry about what my parents might say to my choices. Not that I went crazy with freedom I just chose to do certain things that they might frown upon, like skipping breakfast and staying up all night.

I forwent breakfast because with my mothers lack of being home and lack of healthy food I had put on some weight from all the fried crap they insisted I eat. Not that I was vain or narcissistic or anything I just had certain standards for my self that I liked to keep, and my weight was one of them.

Being my height, not saying it again so do not ask, even a little weight that might not matter to some one five feet tall look more alluring, made me look like a pregnant whale.

Hurrying to my car I climbed in starting the engine to drive to school. I arrived at the school and was dismayed to see my spot taken by some tiny red mustang. Oh no they did not. This had been my spot for two years, no body took my spot with out paying for it. Finding another spot quickly I jotted down the license plate number and headed into the office.

"Mrs. Quinn some idiot parked their mustang in my spot!" I growled storming into the office the door slamming shut behind me rattling the windows. I was fuming, I paid for that spot and some jack-ass parked there when it was plainly labeled as MY spot. I know it's an idle thing to freak out over but I could not help it, it just pissed me off. I calmed down a bit breathing deeply in and out slowing my pounding heart rate. That's when I noticed the three boys standing in the room talking to the secretary.

"Ah Katalina, so it was your spot that they parked in." She said smiling up at me warmly looking up from their paper work. "Well boys after we get done with this move your car, that spot belongs to Kate, and she does not take kindly to people parking there." Mrs. Quinn said to the strange boys in the room. "Well come on in dear, do not be shy, I know your itching to chew them a new one so you better do it here rather in class or the hall." Two of the boys turned around, they were pretty hott, like HOT but the only thing going through my head was my stolen parking spot. So I payed them not attention going straight into attack mode. Mrs. Quinn, boy did she know me well, I was a one track mind, so she knew I would not be distracted by their god likeness, it also did not help that we were close family friends, her and I.

I opened my mouth to rip these boys a new one when the boy standing in the middle turned around and I was met with the most beautiful green eyes. They pored into mine erasing all thought from my mind. "I....uh...well, I" I stuttered incoherently unable to complete a simple sentence all intelligent thought disappearing from my brain.

He seemed to be in a trance too, with an awed and mystified expression on his face. Looking away from the alluring green eyes I took in the rest of him. He had short brown hair thin on the sides and sproosed up in the front with jell giving it the just ran through with his fingers look.

He had an defined jaw line with a small beard growing along the sides, not scruffy but enchanting. The tight black v neck shirt he was wearing showed off his defined muscles leaving me to imagine what his stomach must look like underneath it. I wanted to touch him, kiss him, run my hands through his tussled brown hair just to feel the softness glide through my fingers.

What was I thinking I scolded my self. I was looking at this boy like he was a piece of meat not a living breathing human being with feelings. "Ahem well who ever the idiot is who is driving the red mustang better move it. Now. It's in my spot and I do not take kindly to cars being there, got it. Since you seem to be new I won't damage it this time but I will not be so lenient tomorrow. Consider this your warning." I told them curtly. Nodding to Mrs. Quinn I stormed from the room shaken by what that strange boy did to me.

How could I be so stupid? Boys like that were nothing but trouble I had seen enough in my life to know that. That's why I did not date, I was determined to not get sucked in by their sweet words and sexy smiles. Why do you think I avoided seeing Sam, so he would not ask me out. It was silly I know but I tended to trust me and only me, no body can hurt you then. The next time I saw him I would keep my head. There was no way he would get the better of me again.

"Hey bitch." Well I was wondering where my best friend was after not seeing her in a few days. She seemed in a good mood today unlike the last time I had seen her, when she had stormed off after our argument.

"Hey Shelby what's up?" I asked gently with a side if caution. If she was still pissed then the littlest thing would set her off again. That was something I did not need. Not right now.

"Ohh nothing my beautiful best friend in the whole wide world." She gushed wrapping her arm around my shoulder dragging me to her side. What was up with her? She was acting nuts, more nuts than usual and that was saying something.

"Shell, are you okay Hun? Your acting, uh different. What is going on?" I laughed quietly under I was being very cautious with her insuring that I would not say any thing that would up set her. She was my best friend, I knew her better than, well any one. And this behavior while it was normal, this was a bit well too much even for her.

"Whatcha talking about Katie? I am fine girl. Perfectly perfectly fine. What about you? I thought you would be all flaming dragon because some one dared park in your precious sacred spot" She started laughing uncontrollably as if it was the funniest thing she had ever heard. She was laughing so hard she almost fell down dragging me with her to the cold hard floor.

"Shelby?! What is your problem?" I growled dragging her upward gripping her shoulders tightly. She wanted me pissed, well now I was pissed.

"My problem? Nothing I am just soooo very happy." She slurred, as if she were drunk. Or high.

"Are you on something Shelby?" I whispered an edge in my voice.

"No! Why would you ask that?" She growled defensively glancing around the hall way seeing if any one had heard me. But they were too busy caught up in there own conversations to pay attention to ours. "Well look at your behavior Shell, it's not that hard to put it together that something is wrong with you. I'm your best friend, I love you, what is going on with you?" I pleaded begging her to tell me what was wrong.

"It's private. I'll tell you later." She told me trying to conceal the lie and brush it off as nothing, but I wasn't stupid. I saw through that in a palipino minuet.

"No you will tell me now Shelby Victoria Montgomery, I know you and I know when something is wrong. Please tell me, I can help you."

After a small staring match between us she sighed and answered. "Uh do not freak out Kat, but uh Marcus and I kinda....did it, last night." She whispered with an edge of excitement mixed in. Now do not judge but I stood there dumfounded and confused by what she meant. My eyes slowly widened, I knew they were close, they had been dating for almost a year and a half, but I did not realize that they were that close. To do that, sleep together.

My face fell, "Oh wow Shel, wow. Th-that's big." I said trying to appear happy for her even though I was not. "I- I am happy for you. How, how are you. Wait, what do you ask someone, oh crap. Sorry Shelby, I sound like an idiot don't I? Ugh." I slapped my self up side my head, pissed at my self for my behavior at her happy announcement.

She laughed at my fumblings to complete a common sentence. Man what was it, bad English day for Kate or something? Because it just seemed that no matter what I did I made a complete and utter fool of my self in front of everyone. God I can not wait for school to end, it's only October and I already can't wait for summer. Gah, fuck my life.

"It's fine Kat, ha ha, I know how you feel about sex, so I am honestly not surprised that you would react that way. I am just glad that you did not yell at me or try to drag me to a nunnery or convict or something." She laughed making me feel slightly better.

"Do not tempt me young missy, I still can and you know it." I joked smiling mischievously at her like the Cheshire cat. "So my dearest bestest best friend. How was it?" I asked catching her arm in mine hooking our arms at the elbows and guiding her down the hallway. "It was, good." She stated. "Good, not quite what I thought it would be but good none the less."

"Just good? So it was not what you expected?" I questioned. Even if I had no desire to have sex, I was a teenager, I wondered about it. How it would be, what it felt like. All those questions and more. I was curious. Though I would never ever admit it out loud.

"Yeah, it could have been better. But it was okay. For you know the first time." Giggling she retracted her arm from mine and turning down on the other hall. "Well this is my stop, love ya see you at lunch!"

"Yeah bye." I could not help but feel a bit depressed that my best friend would go and loose her virginity like that, with out even telling me she was planning on even taking that step with Marcus at all. I know we do not have to talk about everything but I thought our friendship was stronger than that.

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I was sitting at my usual lunch table, a small round table in the center of the lunch room. If this was a fiction story it would be classified as the popular table, but as this is not one of those it was just a regular table where the more well known people sat. Like Jack, the captain of the football team and host of the bests parties, Sam, who was the running back and captain of the cross country team. Marcus, Shelby's boy friend was on no sports team but was the Vice President of the student body. And of course Shelby and I sat there along with a few other people. But at the time I was alone.

I was just sitting there reading my book Once In A Full Moon, when I felt the chair next to me slide out and a body sit down. Not even glancing up I continued reading, paying the person no attention. "What are you reading?" A deep voice asked making shivers run down my body. Looking up I met the piercing green eyes of the boy from the office this morning, the mustang driver spot stealer.

"Um it's a book." I said unintelligently. Oh awesome Katie what a way to state the obvious. He smiled that dashing debonair smile and I melted on the inside. What was with this boy and making me turn to mush? "Yeah I got that but what is it?" He pressed.

"Oh it's uh Once In A Full Moon, by Ellen Schrieber. It's a well... it's a werewolf book." I blushed brazenly, ashamed that this boy caught me reading such a childish book. Why I cared what he thought of me, I did not know but for some reason my in most part of me wished to please him and do anything he said. What was I turning in to?

"A werewolf book eh? Really?" He asked cheerfully his smile widening. I had a feeling that he was making fun of me but I just ignored it. "Yeah, it is but I like it, as does most of the school, so if you want to make fun of me then you have a lot more people to include in that." I told him sharply, I was still mad about the parking spot issue.

"You like werewolf stories then I assume?" He asked. I could not help but sense there was a hidden ultimatum behind his questions.

"Well if I didn't I wouldn't be reading it, dontcha think?" I asked pointedly hinting subtly that I wanted to be left alone. When I was reading I preferred people to leave me alone to the fantasy world of the fiction story. "What do you like about them?" He asked, he was definitely getting on my last nerves. Shutting my book with a huff acknowledging to my self that I would get no reading done today I turned my chair to face him

"Well I don't know, I just like reading books about wolves, there my favorite animal, and I don't know there's just something alluring about them, mystical, I don't know I can't describe it but I'm just drawn to them for some odd reason." I attempted to explain unsuccessfully to him.

I could never explain my strange fascination with wolves I just knew that even from a young age I loved them and wanted to be close to them all the time. Why do you think I live close to the woods and in the middle of nowhere? To be closer to them of course.

His face lit up with a strange expression I had never seen before, but I just shrugged it off. "Really, you like wolves? That's awesome." He smiled. "Well your the first, most just think I'm weird for loving wild annals so much." I said wistfully, most people here hated wolves, thought that they were horrible creatures who preyed on the flesh of innocent animals and unsuspecting humans. Stupid but the big bad wolf was a popular story here so must tended to believe it.

"Well that's just crazy, wolves are amazing creatures. Wanna know a secret? I love them too." He whispered in my ear his warm minty breath tickling my ears as he did. I met his dark green eyes that now looked more black than green. Suck in a trance I didn't even hear the rest of the group join us until they were all seated at the table.

"Well I see our innocent Katie has met the new addition to our group." Jack's teasing voice broke the spell we had created. The rest of the members of my Monte crew walked up along with the other two boys from this morning. "Oh hey, guys what's up?" I asked taking my hand from his and brought my book back to me but I caught the knowing look that Shelby and a few others gave me smirking at my attempt to down play our connection. I met the eyes of one of the boys from this morning, I did not know his name, nor did I honestly care. But the looks he was giving me implied that I had just squished his favorite pet or something. But I just brushed it off.

"So Katie, how are you, heard you got a new lab partner yesterday." Dimitri, Jack's best friend asked me. He was a pretty cool guy, not like the others, he always looked out for me in all my uh...misadventures. They were like adventures but they would always mess up, blowing up in my face. But with Dimitri there, my partner in crime it always straightened up in the end.

"Yep you heard right Dimy, her name is Lex. She seems nice, just a little distant and a bit standoffish. But she's not the problem it's the new teacher, he seems weird, almost creepy." I shuddered thinking about the strange and unsettling ways of my new bio teacher Mr. Gregori. The second boy from this morning, the blonde blue eyed boy, spit out his drink all over the table spraying all of us with school lunch milk. "Carson! Come on man seriously that's grose." The strange boy next to me growled. I just realized that I had been talking to him, crushing on him, and I did not even know his name. Crap.

"Sorry Logan, I didn't mean to, but I was just surprised at what Katie was saying, Katie dear, what's your teachers name?" He asked rushiedly. Confused I stuttered his name. Glancing around the table all of the new boys faces dropped instantly in fear. "Uh what's wrong with y'all?" Shelby asked also catching the worried expressions of the boys.

"Nothing Shelby, everything's fine." The third one the brunette responded

attempting to cajole us all, I was not convinced. "Yes, Ryan's right, everything's fine, if you will all excuse us it was nice to meet you all, Katalina, it's been a pleasure. I hope to see you soon." With that all three stood up and exeunt.

So many strange things going on, all when these boys moved in. I wonder if there's a connection between Lex, Mr. Gregori, and Carson, Logan and Ryan. Meeting Dimitri's eyes from across the table we began planning our next scheme: get to the bottom of these new boys's behavior.

"So, how are you doing?" A gruff voice asked me while I was putting the last of my things in my locker. "Ahh!" I shrieked dropping my books to the floor with a bang. "Shit!" I dropped to the floor quickly gathering up all the papers and the books. "Oh sorry Katie are you okay, I didn't mean to scare you." The voice said gently helping me pick up all of my things. "No, no it's fine, you just startled me, that's all." Not looking up placing all my things in a pile and shoving them back in my locker tossing my hair back behind my head then turning to face the blue eyes of Ryan.

Taking a small subtle step back I cleared my throat, "uh hi Ryan was it? What's, what's up?" Attempting to keep my cool and give off the vibe of devil may care. "Yes, you remembered awesome, so Kate, how are you?" He smiled that Joey Tribonie smile leaning up against the lockers right next to me. "Uh I'm fine? Ryan what are you doing here talking to me, that is? I thought you didn't like me." I shot back annoyed at his Texas weather behavior. This boy was definitely bi polar or something.

"Why would you think that?" He asked hurt clear on his flawless face. "Umm it was pretty obvious at lunch how you felt about me, Ryan, from the dagger looks you were giving me from across the table. But honestly I do not care. I have other things to do. Now if you will excuse me I have to go. Good bye." With that I strutted away leaving him hurt and confused behind me.

Maybe I was a bit harsh, but he was being a big jerk to me at lunch today and well, I'm a bitch when it comes right down to it, especially when people are rude to me, it's a defense mechanism so sue me. That's just who I am. Always was always will be. Forever and ever amen. If you hurt me, I'll hurt you, if you hurt my friend I'll destroy you. Plain and simple as that. It's just the way I was raised, my parents were always distant as a child so I was left alone and was forced to look out for my self, it also did not help that I'm not the best at making friends or getting along with others. What? I can't help it if people just generally piss me off.

Looking back at his rejected, dejected expression my stone cold heart broke. He was trying to be nice, maybe I should go back and apologize for my inappropriate behavior? You know show him us country people aren't all crazy. But by the time I convinced my self to do that he was already gone. But I plugged it into my brain to first thing tomorrow to apologize to him, even if he is kinda a flirt. Yes I will apologize tomorrow. After maybe I key his precious car. I never said I would not damage it, just that I might not. God I love loopholes.