Escaping the World: Running from Now

Jared

It's a normal Thursday afternoon so I have no clue why Flint is going so crazy. He's been on edge the whole day. My wolf is usually really chilled so the sudden mood change is strange.

I walk with Chiara and we sit in the cafeteria at our normal table. Ben and Addy are already at the table. Both of them sitting on their phones. Chi and I sit and strike up a conversation about the rogue attacks recently. This grabs their attention. We chat for a while and then the most amazing scent hits me. It smells like fresh baked pastries with a strawberry cream centre. Deej and Nick sit down. I can't help but lean over and sniff Deej.

"Uhh… Jared?" She starts talking.

'Stop smelling my mate or we are going to have a problem.' Aidan links me from his spot across the room. I lean back and opt to stare Deej down instead.

"Who were you with today?" I start interrogating.

"Why?" She's never been a push over so I'm not surprised she doesn't just answer the question.

"Because we were with my mate. Her scent is all over you. It smells like fresh pastries with a strawberry cream filling." I explain agitated that she's not getting to the point. Flint wants to meet his mate. He's growling and snapping in my head.

Deej thinks for a moment. Chi and Addy sainting on edge to hear the answer. The two of them are looking at me with googling eyes. If this was a cartoon a lightbulb would have gone off above Deej's head. Her face slits into a huge smile before falling from her face.

"What?" I ask harshly.

"Your mates the new girl." She says cautiously.

"And? We're is she? Who is she? Come on Deej, I need to find her." I stand waiting for answers so I can find her.

"Jared. She's human." Deej all but whispers.

"Shit." Nick says under his breath.

I sit back down. It was bound to happen to one of us.

Then it hits me full force. Her overpowering scent. Like a freight train. And she walks into the room. More like struts into the room. Her legs are the first thing through the door. Her long toned legs. Then her slim torso with slight curves. Her body looks like a supermodels. I'm sure she must be a supermodel. Her hair is long and straight. It is the prettiest ash blond colour. Then her face. It looks like the goddess sculpted it. Definitely sculpted by the goddess. Her thin pink lips that sit so perfectly on her face. And her green eyes. Her piercing green eyes that are looking to the ceiling with her head tilted back in a laugh. The sound makes Flint howl in happiness. It's my new favourite sound.

Then I notice who she's with. A group of Hadley's warriors. Walking straight towards him at one of the tables. Deej sees it too. We look at each other panicked.

"Danika do something!" I almost shout.

"Chiara whistle." She says. Chiara stands on her chair, puts her fingers in her mouth and whistles. The whole cafeteria turns to look at us including

"Hey Faye. Over here." Danika shout. My mate says something to the warriors and walks towards us. Nick moves over and she sits between us right next to me and Flint goes crazy.

'Touch her! Just reach out and touch her!' He barks at me.

'No. She's human. We don't want to scare her off.' I scold back.

"This is Nick, Ben, Chiara, Addy and Jared." Danika introduce. I can't help but stare at her.

"It's lovely to meet you all. I'm Freya but everyone calls me Faye."

Freya. That's so pretty. Freya. Freya. Freya.

"That's so pretty." Addy says.

"So, Faye, tell us about yourself." Chiara sits across from her, leaning forward and placing her head in her hands like nothing could possibly be more important.

"There's not much to tell. I just moved here with my mother from spending a year moving around South Africa." She explains. "I was born and mostly raised in Scotland before spending 3 years in Ireland. My favourite movie is Wanted and my favourite TV show is Dead to Me. I die my hair a lot. I'm naturally dirty blonde. My favourite food is vegetarian sushi. And More than that there's really nothing to tell."

"If you were raised in Scotland why is your Irish accent so strong?" Nick asks. I glare at him but I don't know why. He sends me a confused look back.

"My mothers Irish and most of my nanny’s were Irish. But my dad and everyone else around me was Scottish so I switch between the two accents depending on who I'm with but I live with my mother so that's the one I use more." She explains.

"And your favourite music?" Jared asks with a goofy smile.

"I love Eminem and Fall out Boy and some pop music but it depends." She says.

"And clothing aesthetic?" Chiara asks.

"It's hard to explain my winter clothing but my summer clothing is mostly sun dresses and heels."

The girls start talking about stuff and I just stare at my gorgeous mate. My mate.

'Just touch her please.' Flint begs. 'Just one touch and I won't ask for anything every again.'

'Yes you will. You'll want the same thing I want, to never let her go.' I say back. 'I promise we'll get her. Just give me time.'

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Faye

"What subject are you taking?" Ben asks as we walk down the corridors to the change rooms.

"English, Maths, chemistry, physics, art and Afrikaans." I say.

"That's a strange combo. I take English, Maths, Greek, Chem, Accounting and Geography."

"Those are nice subjects."

"I like them." He shrugs. "Cultural or academic?"

"A little bit of both. I don't know if you have marimba bands here but I used to do that. And I'll try out for athletics and I do horse riding."

"No way! That is so cool! I've always wanted horse but my mom said no. I love them. I went through a phase where the only thing I wanted was a horse. I made my family watch horse movies and YouTube videos. I would make PowerPoints about why I needed a horse. But my mom still said no." He frowns.

"You should come visit my horses. I can teach you how to ride if you like." I offer.

"Seriously? That would be awesome!" He says.

"Let me know when you want to and we can arrange something." I say and we split to the different change rooms.

Once I'm dressed I head out to the sports field with everyone else. Ben walks over to me.

"Soccer day." He whispers.

"Now that I can do." I whisper back. He chuckles.

"Team Captains are Ben and Hadley." The coach shouts and Ben leaves my side to stand in front.

They all start rattling off and I end up in Hadley's team. We play a good game with me scoring an impressive 5 goals which makes us win 5-0.

"Well played Hanning." Hadley says before heading to the change rooms.

"Thanks." I call after him.

"I should've chosen you for my team." Ben says a bit out of breath from being the goalie.

"I told you I could play soccer." I say smugly.

"I will never not listen to you again, Soccer Queen." He bows to me. We both laugh.

"You and Danika are quite good friends, right?" I ask.

"I'd say so. Why?" He looks over at me.

"What should I get her for her birthday?"

"I don't know. She doesn't really need anything so we always get her silly things. Maybe something for her new place? I don't know." Ben shrugs as we keep walking.

An idea pops into my head. "Thanks." I say absentmindedly as the idea unfolds in my head.