Jess and her boyfriend spends the evening in a library arguing with a stranger if vampires and werewolves were real. Apparently, Jess believes they are real while her boyfriend and the other guy believes they aren't. The night is far spent so Jess and her boyfriend decides to retire to their home. They had walked quite a distance when Jess remembered that they didn't have the boy's contact. Determined to prove him wrong in future by a research she planned on carrying out about werewolves later on, Jess goes back to the library in search of him, despite her boyfriend's disapproval. Jess is shocked to find the boy who had argued all night with her that werewolves do not exist, transform into a werewolf. Apparently, it was the full moon and he came out at the wrong time. The wolf grabbed her before she could escape; At that moment, her life took a drastic turn, that she would have never imagined. A werewolf said: Werewolves are not real.
View MoreJess was fuming. She was sure she would be screaming in few minutes if her boyfriend and the stranger seated on the chair next to theirs uttered one more word in disagreement to her opinion.
“Vampires and werewolves are real and that’s it! I’m done with this stupid argument.” She said, hitting both of her hands on the library desk she was using.
“Jess, calm down.” Her boyfriend laughed. His new friend laughed too.
“Alright, Jess. You win. They are real.” The boy said. Jess gave him a small smile, “Finally…” then she turned to her boyfriend, waiting for him to acknowledge it also, before the stranger added, “Only in books and movies and your imagination.”
And this caused them to start arguing again.
“Have you ever seen a werewolf in real life?” Jaden, her boyfriend, asked her.
“No!”
“Have you seen a vampire?” The other boy asked.
“No!”
“Have you seen a fairy or a mermaid or a flying fish or a swimming bird?”
“What has this got to do with anything?” Jess asked. She had started to become annoyed, for real. And she was annoyed with herself for getting annoyed. She just couldn’t explain it but she thought…No, she knew they were real, even though she hadn’t seen them. Jess was upset that she had no prove.
And even when they had stopped talking about werewolves and had began talking about something else that even made her laugh and made her decide that she really didn’t hate the boy–the nerdy-funny-boy who connived with her boyfriend to counter her opinion–she still kept thinking about it and how she could prove them wrong.
Jess realized that she could no longer concentrate on her book so she got up and packed them all, including Jaden's own. He had fallen asleep the moment they decided to stop talking and focus on reading because that’s what they had come, initially, to do. She tapped him softly till he woke up and informed him that it was way past eleven and that they should be on their way home already.
“Hey.” Jess said, calling the attention of the cute-nerdy-funny-doubting-boy. “Who’s gonna lock the library? I just realized the librarian’s not there.”
“Obviously, Jess. He,” Jaden said, referring to the librarian, “Would have told us to shut the fuck up while we were arguing and shouting right here. This is a library.” Jaden said, stressing the last word as if she thought they were in an amusement park.
Ignoring him, she asked the boy again, “Are you locking the library?”
“Yeah.” He said, without turning from his book. Jess thought that was rude. She thought it was rude that he let her ask twice before giving her a monosyllabic reply. It was almost as if he resented her for some other reason because he had only argued with her, and after that, he had said very few words to her. The times he made her laugh, he wasn’t talking to her but to Jaden. And he teased her in a way that Jaden thought was funny but it made her upset and they both knew that no humour was intended.
She still went on to ask if he was going soon or he was gonna stay there a little longer.
“I’d be going soon. Don’t worry, both of you can go. I’d be fine.”
“Bro, you would be walking alone and it’s really late. Some bad guys might rob you or something. Let’s just go, you can read up the rest later.” She offered.
“Jess, not everybody live outside the campus. He’s completely safe inside the campus. We should worry about ourselves right now and be on our way.” Jaden told her. “Goodnight, Anthony.”
“Bye, bro.” Jess said and followed Jaden closely, surprised that Anthony (she hadn't known his name before then) had smiled at her and even gave her a thumbs up.
As they walked home, Jess kept on whining about how beautiful the sky was.“Jaden, take a look at the moon! Oh my God, the moon is full today.” She said, jumping happily like a five-year-old.
Jaden was tired of her, but he loved her. He was really sleepy and just wanted to go home but he obliged when she asked that he waited a little so that she could take a few pictures of the moon.
“Babe, the full moon comes out every four days, right?”
“I suppose.”
“It’s almost nothing on the first night, like it’s half of half, what’s the word again?”
“Quarter.” He offered.
Jaden was almost certain that Jess was talking a lot because she was scared. He thought she was scared of the silence and she kept talking because she thought if she kept quiet, she would think about the possibility of the bad guys running out from the back of a massive building with guns in their hands and they would be robbed. But really, Jess was just talking because she wanted to.
“And then it's half on the second night and then it’s half and a quarter on the third night, then it’s full on the fourth night, it goes on and on like that, right?” She questioned.
Jaden laughed inwardly at her theory. He didn’t know if it was true but it seemed so.
“Maybe.” He replied.
He never really kept record of something as mid as the moon. Maybe he looked at it sometimes, maybe consistently–as much as two days in a row–but not intentionally; he wasn’t sure of the third day and the fourth day or maybe a fifth day and sixth day if there was, that was why he said ‘maybe.’
“Jaden, stop being so annoying, giving me monosyllabic replies like that Anthony boy.” She complained. “You both were so annoying,” She whined on. “You and him connived against me and you two even exchanged names.”
Jaden laughed.
“Jess, what the hell! When has exchanging names become a crime? Okay, I’m sorry, miss, for knowing his name.”
“But don’t you think something was off with the guy?” Jess asked. Jaden ignored the question.
“It was a very bad idea to go to the library today. My leg hurts from walking this far, sometimes I wish we stayed in Campus. We wouldn’t even see a cab right now because we are walking through the back road. Would you carry me on your back?” Jess was asking.
“If we stayed on campus, we wouldn’t be staying together.” He reminded her. Then she kept quiet for long. The only sound that was heard was that of their sandals walking through yards that led to their home and loud music coming from a bar far away.
They were very close to their home when Jess claimed that it 'hit' her that they didn’t get Anthony’s contact.
“Are you being serious right now?” Jaden asked, his voice was a little bit too high.
Jess nodded. “Please, can we go back?” She asked softly.
“No!” He deadpanned and kept on walking.
“I’m telling you, werewolves and vampires, are real. I plan to start researching about them tomorrow and I’d have to prove to you and Anthony that they are real.”
Jaden didn’t turn back.
“And we might never meet him again if we do not go back now.”
“He might not be there. It almost half an hour since we left the library. Remember, we had to stop and let you take pictures of the moon. He told us he would be leaving soon.” Jaden explained. “I promise, we shall go back to the library tomorrow and I think we would find him there. I suppose he goes to the library often for the librarian to trust him with the key. What do you think?”
They could see their apartment from where they stood.
“I need his contact.” She said, simply.
“Jess, I’m beginning to think it’s something order than the werewolf argument. I should go with you to get the contact of some other boy? At few minutes to midnight? You must be crazy.” He walked away, into their house; intentionally leaving her there to make the decision herself. She turned the opposite direction and ran as fast as she could, stopping at short intervals to catch her breath.
Jess couldn’t believe she was doing this to prove a point she wasn’t very sure of but she got there quite on time to watch Anthony–the cute-nerdy-funny-doubting-boy–turn into a werewolf.
It was full moon and the boy who had argued all night that werewolves weren’t real was turning into a werewolf.
Her mouth dropped in shock.
Mr. Yugo paced back and forth in his home library. Anthony was mad, he thought. On his way home, he received the flier from a complete stranger. This proves that if you give power to a young person, they are prone to misuse it. Did he not warn Anthony? Did he not warn him enough? He placed a call to him and asked him to come to his house urgently even though it was almost 9PM. He managed to sit down as he read the content of the flier again, as he tapped one foot of his on the ground repeatedly. Anthony arrived at his doorstep half an hour later. By then, his rage had calmed down. Nevertheless, he still had a lot of questions for the younger boy.“What is this about?” He asked Anthony as he raised the flier up.“What? What is that?” Mr. Yugo handed the flier over to him and Anthony denied being responsible.“LEGALIZE WEREWOLVES AND VAMPIRES MOVES AGAIN. END THE BAN!” That was what the flier read. Once it clicked, Anthony burst out in laughter to the amusement and anger of Mr. Yu
As soon as they got to Mr. Yugo’s home, the man excused himself to go get a cup of coffee for both of them. When he came back to the living room, he saw Anthony undressing. His shirt and singlet was already off and next was his pants. Mr. Yugo turned away in annoyance, “I never told you I wanted to see you unclad.” Anthony chuckled. He wanted to remind Mr. Yugo that he did the same when he wanted to prove to him that he was a werewolf too. But, he doesn’t say anything because he didn’t want to disrupt the process. Mr. Yugo peeped after a few minutes to see if he was transformed yet but he wasn’t. His whole body was trembling and his eyes were turning dark already. Mr. Yugo trusted the process. He was already proud of his boy because he knew he was on the right track. His skin pulling taught over his cheekbones and his bones made loud cracking sound like an earthquake was airing on TV. Anthony groans. He no longer cries out in despair although, he was feeling a little pains. In a
Anthony visited the library today, after two whole months of hiding. Mr. Yugo was ready to accept him back with open arms. “You can’t hide from your destiny.” Mr. Yugo told him. Anthony nodded and took a seat, “I figured.” He said. The older man giggled, “I have missed you, my boy. Now, tell me something new.”Anthony thought for a while if he should tell him he could now transform at will. IT wasn’t as if he did not trust the older man. He absolutely did. At least, the man had proven himself countless times to be wise and trustworthy. The man has also been his teacher and mentor and had helped him accept himself to an extent.Now, he felt less like a failure and even when he did, it wasn’t about him being confused about being a werewolf and all the packages that came with it. The best thing that had ever happened to him was finding someone or rather letting himself find someone who could answer all the question he had ever had, clear all the doubt he had about himself and give him b
“Please, can I touch your bump?” Jaden asked Jessica after he handed a cup of hot tea to her. She dropped it by her dresser and muttered a ‘thank you’ then nodded to his request immediately after. “Aww, so cute.” He said. He rubbed her stomach with his right palm again and the baby kicked. “Aww, wow. He just kicked. I’m so happy, Christ. My baby just kicked.” Jessica rolled her eyes at the last sentence. Jaden was trying to be overly courteous so she knew he didn’t intend to hurt her but, she couldn’t help but continue to feel he came back for ‘his baby.’ In fact, she couldn’t stop making up scenarios and reasons in her head. But, his actions supersedes all of them. Jaden has been good. Too good that she was suspicious. That was the problem. Her mind was unable to appreciate his actions without thinking there was an ulterior motive. But really, Jaden was just sorry and he was trying to show her.Perhaps, she had to learn how to love him again? But after a whole month, his love for
The letter read, “I’m so sorry, Jessica. I know you must hate more now and you have every reason to. I know if it was me in this situation, you would have been here for me. You have always been there for me and I feel so ashamed that the first thing I did when you needed me the most is to flee. I know you would want to blame yourself for going back that night but love, it’s really not your fault. Nobody saw that coming. I promise that we are in this together. I’m sorry for leaving and for staying away for so long and not just that. I’m sorry for not taking your calls, for not reaching out, for making you think it’s your fault and for making you feel you no longer deserve love. Like you always say, sorry is not a magic word. It’s the actions that shows one is truly sorry so sorry is a magic action. Please, give me the opportunity to show how sorry I am. I don’t know if you are ready to face me but as soon as you decide you are, call me and I’d be there in a second. Jaden.” As soon
The worst kind of punishment is silence. It’s been a week since Jess returned home and her father hadn’t said a word to her. She was looking better already because he had ordered his people to nurse her and make her look like his Jessica. However, her inside was still troubled. He had told her the day she arrived home that if he finds out that the bump is a baby bump, he ceases to be her father. She was sure he knew already. A nurse had taken a sample of her blood and urine yesterday for a test. Her anxiety rose higher than an electric storm. She wondered why Jaden hadn’t tried to reach her yet. But, was it her fault that she was a werewolf? Does this mean their love had come to an end? Why wouldn’t he even send a text to tell her they are officially over? She had tried to call him several times but he wasn’t picking up. “It would take a second before I give up too.” She whispered to herself. The longer she stayed home, the more classes she missed. She asked to speak to her father
Jessica knew it was trouble for her when she opened the door to see her father standing there. He was followed by two men—his guards. Jessica’s father was rich and powerful. He was also an angry man. Jessica liked to describe him as extremely annoying and authoritative. The whole time, he thinks he is being protective of his only child, not knowing that he is hurting her. Throughout high school, he had someone monitor every of Jessica’s footstep. He even wanted her to be homeschooled. He was very hesitant to let her school in New York but at a point, he didn’t have a better choice. The girl was becoming rebellious and didn’t want to listen to him anymore. He didn’t have time for that; election was on the way. He is a politician. “I think it is a wise decision to keep her away from the spotlight.” Houston, the only person he listened to, told him. Houston was Jessica’s dad’s bosom friend. There was no amount of money Jessica could have used to bribe him to say that on her behalf.
Depression was consuming her as fast as a wild fire consumes a polythene. Every day was the same to her. Jaden was gone. For six days now, he was gone. She, too, was gone. She was no longer Jess. After her first transformation, she had to experienced any other one. Only that, she knew loneliness life a childhood friend. Sadness felt a little too ‘at home’ in her life. Each day, she stared at her phone, waiting for a call from Jaden. She scrolled through her contact list numerous times a day looking for who to call, as if she was compulsive. “This is what happens when you meet a man and call him your home.” She whispered. “You can house more than a home,” She said. “But, you are an introvert. Since you found home, you never left.” “What happens when home leaves you?” She hadn’t had her shower for six days. She hadn’t brushed her teeth for six days! She hadn’t picked up the broken pieces of glass she shattered when she was not Jess. She was walking dead. She was breathing, yet no
Everything she had read to prepare her mind for this moment escaped her immediately. She couldn’t even tell if Jaden was there, watching in fear or not. The only thing she could think of was the excruciating pain she felt as her muscles begin to expand, ripping her clothes. She felt like she was being stabbed with numerous needles. Her feet were sore, she groaned as the feeling became worse. Jessica noticed pricks all over her body as tiny hairs began to cover her. She tried to stand up but failed and fell to the ground, hitting the floor as her bones started to break and reform. Jessica’s ears began to reform next as she cried out from pain. Her fingers and toes became longer too. She kept her eyes fixed on them as she noticed the way they became covered in hair. Her nails and toe nails grew into claws. The hair on her skin was not just any hair; they were furs. White furs. She couldn’t tell if they were beautiful. Heck, you couldn’t even tell anything. The only time her mind wav
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