Chapter No 4 High School Is Mess

She woke up a bit late this morning.

She walked slowly towards the bathroom to get fresh; she stopped by a mirror and observed her reflection. She was staring at herself; the memory of last night was fresh in her mind.

She felt a strange attraction towards him, it was as if her whole body was burning, and she never felt something like that before. That feeling was strange, she was feeling pain, a much unknown pain, and the heat together.

First, she thought she was about to shift, but it was not about the shift, it was something else. Ignoring her feelings, she went to the bathroom to get a warm shower.

After fifteen minutes, she came out of the bathroom and put on her favorite yellow dress. She went down to grab something to eat.

When she entered the Kitchen, unexpectedly Jacob ran towards her and hugged her.

“Jacob, when did you come back?” She asked. She looked at her parents, who also had poker expressions.

“What happened?” She asked.

“What happened? Althea, are you serious?” Ruby asked, she never had seen her in such a temper.

“Thanks to Goddess, you are okay Althea I was worried sick, Tyler had mind-linked Alpha last night and said there was a rogue in the woods who attacked you,” said Jacob worried.

“The jerk, he told everyone? Why not, he wants to become a hero,” she thought, annoyed.

“I came here as soon as I could why you had gone to the woods Althea I told you to control your wolf,” he said while checking her up if she is okay.

“I am fine, I am fine Jacob, my wolf was urging me to go outside so I went outside,” she said sheepishly.

“You could have told us, honey,” said Jack angrily.

“Sorry Daddy, I thought mom was tired lately so I did not want to mock her, so I went on my own,” she said innocently.

“Oh honey, if anything happened to you,” said Ruby, and she ran to hug her.

“I am fine Mom, I am fine,” she said smiling. She was still feeling pain and heat, but she was not telling anyone as they were already worried.

“Lilly, why am I feeling so hot?” She asked her wolf.

“I still don’t understand it Althea, I am feeling it, it's pain and the heat at the same time,” her wolf responded.

“Do you want to shift?” Althea asked.

“No, it’s not an urge to shift,” said Lilly.

“What happened?” Asked Jacob.

“Nothing, I was just talking to Lily about last night,” she said.

“You don’t know how worried I was, don’t ever do that,” said Jacob, annoyed and she smiled.

“Are you going back?” She asked.

“Our Grandparents are not good, it looks like they are taking their last breath,” said Jacob sadly.

“They were the previous Alpha and Luna of the pack,” said Jack.

“Althea you want to shift today?” Asked Jacob.

“No Jacob I am fine, you should go to your grandparents,” she said smiling.

“Promise me you won’t go there alone if this was not because of Tyler I can’t think of anything else,” he said worried.

“It’s okay Jacob, I am fine,” she said.

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It’s been two weeks since Jacob had not returned, she saw Tyler again in the pack house when she went with Viviana. He was still as cold as he used to be. But whenever she saw him the pain and the heat increased.

She was preparing things for high school. She misses Jacob as he was her only friend in the pack. People envy her for being different. She wanted to know about the heat, but she was afraid to make them worry. She had to join school tomorrow, she was wondering if Jacob would be back. She had not shifted during the last cycle, she indicates her heat to be the reason for her skip shift. She had prepared her bag for high school’s first day.

“Already done,” she whispered, when she felt someone standing behind her, she realized it was Collin.

“Hey,” She said softly. He is already in his teen.

“So your high school’ life is starting tomorrow?” He asked while sitting over her bed.

“Yeah, it is and I hope it will go smoothly,” she said.

“If anyone bullied you, come to me and straight tell me, I will set their ass on fire,” he said mischievously.

“Where did you learn that from?” She asked furiously.

“I went to Viviana’s house when we heard Tyler saying that to someone,” he said smiling. She felt so furious.

“You will call Viviana here and will not go there from now,” she said angrily.

“How could he talk like this kind of stuff in front of kids,” she said furiously.

“He did not know we were there, he was on the phone when he passed by us and said, “Why do I care if he is with her? I want to set his ass on fire” he said innocently.

“Yeah now Prince got a goodie, goodie crush,” she thought while rolling her eyes. She put her bag on the sofa and left the room.

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“Oh no, Jacob is still not here I have to go alone?” She thought while standing outside of her house. She was walking sadly on the street, the school was within walking distance and suddenly she noticed someone was walking beside her.

She stopped and looked beside her, It was Jacob.

“Jacob you are back,” she said, hugging him.

“Of course I am back, it is our first day,” he said smiling. He never breaks her heart, it was like they were made to be best friends.

“Let’s go or else we will be late,” she said and they both walked towards Jacob’s car.

High school was a surprise to them. Students from the senior year were walking carelessly and a few of them were bullying the newcomers.

“Is this place the high school?” She whispered.

“Yeah I really think so and guess what, our lover boy is already fitting in the situation,” he said while pointing at Tyler who stood beside some brunette girl carelessly while she was flirting with him.

A glimpse of him gave Althea the same pain and heated feeling, but this time it was strong. Her heart was racing fast.

“Let's go at 8….” said Jacob but he stopped in the middle while looking at her.

“What happened?” He asked.

“Nothing I am fine,” she said.

“You sure?” he asked.

“Yeah, let’s go,” she said energetically, but inside she was exhausted. She turned left to leave when Tyler looked at her, their eyes met for a few seconds; he was looking at her until she left.

“Look, is that purple-eyed rogue,” said Julia who was smiling evilly.

“She is taking advantage of being the so-called daughter of Beta,” said Hannah. Ignoring gossiping, she was walking slowly. She was used to this. She sat on the bench as usual with Jacob.

“High school is a bit boring,” during the lecture she told Jacob, who laughed.

“Mr. Jacob, may I have your attention to tell me what Joke Miss Althea had told you?” Said the professor while crossing her arms angrily.

“It was nothing, we were discussing some stuff which turned out a bit funny,” he said confidentially.

“Both of you get up and leave,” said Professor.

Now the class was gossiping.

Althea felt embarrassed. Tyler was also looking at them; he gave a disappointed sigh to Jacob. They both had left the class.

“It’s your fault, why did you laugh?” She said angrily.

“You crack a joke, what did you expect from me, crying?” He said carelessly.

“It was not a joke, it is boring,” she said annoyed.

“Well now we are out of that boring lecture,” he said. She rolled her eyes.

A tall girl was sitting on the bench, she was looking at Jacob.

“Well something that is not boring,” he said smiling and waving at her

“Are you kidding me?” She said annoyed.

“Oh come on I like her, I mean my first date at high school,” he said and walked towards the woman.

“Wow, now I am all alone on my own,” she said and walked away. She was walking meaninglessly for half an hour, she knew now the class from which she was kicked off was over, she was waiting for Jacob and the next class. She walked towards the lockers when a girl stopped her. They were in the same class as she was. Of course, Julia was with her too.

“Wait purple shit, I think we have to talk,” said Julia.

“What you want, Julia?” She asked furiously.

“We want nothing from dirt like you, just a thing, we will give you a dare and you have to do it,” said the tall girl.

“Hmm I don’t think she can do it, I mean poor Dumbo did not even shift,” said Julia. She felt embarrassed.

“Oh poor kitty, but that does not make us spare you, rogue,” she said harshly.

“I need that bag of yours,” said Julia mischievously.

“No, I will not give my bag to you,” said Althea angrily.

The tall girl walked ahead slowly trying to snatch her bag. Althea’s height was not equal to that girl, she retreated slowly. But both Julia and the girl were walking towards her. Althea was walking backward until she harshly collided with something very hard. Two hard hands were grabbing her from her arms as she was about to fall. She turned, much to her horror, it was Tyler. His eyes were furious. He let her go and walked towards the girls who were head over heels praising him and forgetting about Althea. She stared at his broad shoulders for a while and left. The feeling of his stronghold was still over her arms.

It took her four weeks to adjust in the school, she did not confront Tyler after that. Every student in the school went for training classes as they could shift; it was necessary for the werewolf to get trained; Althea was secretly trained by Jacob. Nobody knows that she can shift but the mystery of Canis Lupus was more interesting. She was having a good time at the school; Jacob had made a relationship with Gena, the girl they saw on the bench the other day. She felt lonely, but she spends her time in a library.

She was sitting in the Library, which was almost empty when she heard noises and moans. She walked slowly towards the back side of the library and then she saw something she thought would be the last thing on earth she wanted to see. Tyler was making out with Eliza. She felt sick. Eliza was fellow pack’s Alpha’s second daughter.

She was about to leave when she accidentally threw a book off the shelf.

They noticed her, “Look, who is here to destroy the party, A rogue,” she said.

“Eliza, for the last time I am telling you to stop calling me that I came here because your nasty moments were making noise in the library,” she said annoyed.

She was talking to Julia like that but she does not have the courage to talk with Tyler like that. She turned to leave when he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him, she collided with his strong chest, and he lifted her face with his first finger.

“Did those noises attract you?” He asked in a huskier voice. She felt her heart race so fast.

The same pain and heat were rushing to throw her body. She felt so much pain that her wolf vine was inside her head. There were tears in her eyes due to pain. He was looking at her, but his expression was not changed, he had complete command over his expressions.

“Did I hit a nerve?” he asked almost in a whisper.

“Let go of me,” she said in a whisper.

He let her go slowly and she turned, running away.

Eliza hugged him from behind, “Honey, she is just a mood destroyer, we can start over,” she said, but he had lost all of his interest.

“Is that heat I felt, her eyes were screaming with feeling Axel?” He asked his wolf.

“Well I felt her wolf was in pain and heat,” said Axel.

“But how can it be Axel she cannot shift?” He said.

“I am afraid I don’t know” Axel had responded. “Come on honey,” said Eliza. He looked at her and walked a few steps ahead and picked up his jacket. “Not in the mood,” he said and walked towards the door.

She went straight to the bathroom and washed her face.

“Why am I feeling this pain when he is around Lilly?” He asked her wolf.

“I don’t know anything, I never felt something like that Althea we have to tell someone,” Lilly said.

“I will talk to Jacob about this,” she thought. She came out of the bathroom when she saw a poster about a Music contest in the school, they were enrolling talented students. Since childhood she had a keen interest in music, so she decided to take part, and she enrolled her name in the contest.