Wishing Upon A Wolf

Chapter 3: Good and Bad

While I am waiting for the bell to ring so I can find Lazarus and we can leave I decide to sent on one of the benches in front of the school and scroll through pictures on my phone. Seeing as how I have one friend, most of my pictures are him me and Lazarus, me and his wolf Romano, or just Romano himself.

Leaving them is going to be one of the hardest things I will ever have to experience, but it is something I NEED to do for me and only me. Taking a deep breath, I closed out the photo app and decided to put on my headphones and listen to music while soaking in the California sun for the next thirty minutes and clear my mind.

So lost in my own mind, I did not realize when the school had let out that I jumped when I felt someone put a hand on my shoulder and immediately throw off my headphones. Lazarus stands there hunched over laughing hysterically. I playfully smack him on the head and grab my stuff and stand.

He continues laughing while rubbing the top of his head, "What was that for?", "For scaring me you big goof", I respond while starting to giggle because his laugh is that infectious.

"So, how does it feel to be officially done with this place?" he nudges my shoulder with his arm as we walk towards his 2024 Camaro ZL1.

"Honestly? A little bitter-sweet as much as I hated it, the one good thing was I got to see you every day." I sadly said to him.

"Eh, it won't be so bad. I am almost out of here too. This coming spring, anyways, so you would have had to suffer without me. Better me suffering than you!" He laughs, opening his trunk, so we can place our stuff down before getting in.

As we get in the car, and he starts it up, so it can warm up, he unintentionally makes me sad by mentioning "Even though you won't see me in school every day anymore, you will still see me every day at the packhouse and during training. So it will be all good, don't you worry", but only if he knew, I thought to myself.

Telling him I am leaving tomorrow on his birthday no less is going to be a lot harder than I thought it would be.

Who knew today, August 12th, would be a day filled with so many mixed emotions, because I definitely did not expect it to go this way.

Instead of saying anything more, I decided we needed some music to fill the silent drive back home, so I plugged my phone in and blasted some Morgan Wallen, knowing Lazarus hates country music. But since it is my birthday I know I can get away with it, and that is exactly what I did.

As Lazarus is pulling into his designated parking spot I decide I need to tell him before we go inside and face whatever chaos awaits.

"I got my letter from Yale today" I quietly say, "Annnd are you going to leave me in suspense? What did it say?" Lazarus immediately responds and gives me his undivided attention. "Well I got in, but that's not all..." Before I can continue I am being pulled out of the passenger door being enveloped, into the tightest hug my best friend can manage.

I didn't even register when he got out of the car. I was so nervous, and now that I know how happy he is for me this just got much harder. I manage to laugh and hug him back until he puts me back down and that is when his smile turned into a frown when he realized I was also crying.

"What's wrong munchkin?" Lazarus asked with a worried expression. Inhaling as much air as I could, I blurted "I leave tomorrow" and turned to run inside.

I did not bother to turn around, but I didn't have to I knew that he would still be standing there in shock by what I had just told him.

I made it to the front doors of the packhouse and was dreading walking in. I had to face the music at some point might as well be now, and plus I need to finish packing before my shift.

As soon as I walked inside I heard shrieking from none other than my little sister, while I do adore and love her, she has been entitled her whole life thanks to our parents that give in to everything she wants. Janessa has never had to face any consequences and neither has Tiberius, but he is more mellowed out and into comic books and running around with his friends pulling pranks whenever the chance arises.

Janessa was freaking out because she realized tomorrow is Lazarus' birthday, and she has a crush on him even knowing she is beyond too young for him that has not stopped her from trying to flirt with him. She ran to me and began throwing a fit, "I can't believe you didn't remind me tomorrow is Lazarus' eighteenth birthday!!! I have to go buy a new outfit to impress him! I know that I am going to be his mate and not you!" did I mention she is also a bit delusional?

"Nessa, you are only twelve and haven't even shifted yet. So he wouldn't know if you were his mate anyways. Plus, you have to be

realisitc okay?" I tried to say to calm her down, boy what a mistake that was.

"MOM, DAD! Aria is being mean to me!!!" rolling my eyes I let out a breath at her tactics it never fails.

"ARIA JANE! What have we told you about picking on your sister?" my dad Alpha Lucious decides to berate me.

"Dad, I was just being honest with her. She thinks Lazarus is going to be her mate, but that is close to impossible. I just don't want her to get her hopes and be crushed." and because I have a better chance of being his mate than her I finish saying in my head.

'You are not wrong about that one, she is one delusional pup' Rosina chose to add her input 'Be nice, she is still our little sister'. I retort.

Rubbing his hand down his face "Be that as it may you still cannot be telling her those things, she is young you know she is sensitive. You are fourteen, be the bigger sister. Also, in twenty minutes meet me in my office." he added as he walked away. Ugh tomorrow could not get here sooner, and also I'm fifteen, not fourteen anymore. Shocker he forgot.

I glanced at my sister who was looking at me with a smirk, I shook my head and walked upstairs to my room in the Alpha suite.

I walk into my room and jump back, Lazarus is lying on my bed hugging the stuffed penguin he got me for my birthday last year staring at the ceiling.

"You're really leaving us tomorrow?" he barely managed to whisper. My heart breaks at how defeated he sounds. Maybe my leaving is hurting him as much as it is hurting me. Could that mean he also has feelings for me? Oh, who am I kidding? He is going to find his mate tomorrow. All these thoughts running through my mind, I shake my head and try to focus on the right now and that is my best friend.

"Yes" is all I am able to reply. He turned his head to look at me, his green eyes glossing over with tears as they started to fall down the side of his face.