Half of A Blue Moon

Two

                   B E Y O N D  N O R M A L

Pain. Excruciating pain was what woke me up.

"Arrrrgh!!!!", I screamed as I jumped up from my bed, I was sweating despite being in an air conditioned room on a hospital bed. "Ade! Ah! Oluwa oshey o (God thank you)!", I heard my mum say I check my leg and there's nothing there, I didn't even know what I should be looking for but there was nothing there, nothing at all.

I finally asked the question, "Mummy what happened?".

"You're not running again o! O le pa mi (you can't kill me)", she said just as the doctor came in. "How do you feel Richard?" He asked, "Nervous", I replied. "Hmm" he said and walked up to me, "I need you to lay perfectly still for me Richard, can you do that? Try to remain calm too". He was now standing above my bed, with his white coat and his stethoscope in hand. He pointed an orange light and held my eyelids open to observe them, then listened to my heartbeat and checked my neck.

"Can you move your neck to the right?" He asked and I did, "to the left?" He asked again, and I did.

"Do you feel anything?" He asked looking rather worried,

"You mean apart from the urgent need for an explanation? No, I don't feel anything else", I replied, note the sarcasm.

"We found you on Monday night in the other street, you were unconscious and your neck was broken Ade", my mum spoke. She liked to call me by my native name "Adeolu" or "Ade" when things were serious.

Today is Wednesday and it's night already, meaning I was out for two days, like what the f*ck?! "It's almost a miracle that you're alive and without pain", the doctor said. "Oh, and while you were rushed in, the trouser you wore had blood on it, but there was no injury, did you have any injury when you fell?" He asked, "No, none that I remember," I replied.

"Okay Mr Richard, you'll be discharged tomorrow evening, and yes, no more running for you". That was the last thing he said as he walked out of my hospital room.

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The next day I was discharged and my mum took me home in her black Mercedes Benz. All I could think of while sitting in the passenger seat was the bite, why wasn't the mark there anymore, what bit me, why did it have red eyes and why did it look bigger than a normal dog? Why don't I feel pain? What exactly happened that night?

"Richard, you'll be in school tomorrow so get enough rest, you'll be alright sweetheart", my mum said. She was back to calling me Richard, she wore a yellow Ankara with sunglasses that made her look funny, she was a nice woman, a beautiful woman, I got my handsomeness from my dad, but my mum blessed me with my beautiful complexion.

We got home soon and I ran to my room to think.

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# DAVE'S POV

My name is David but everyone just calls me Dave. I've been in Nigeria for close to two months now and I am a werewolf. I was turned by the alpha of an alpha pack when I was staying with my dad in the US. I killed him because he was a little bit bad, he tried to kill all his betas so I killed him. It was hard, but it was worth it because now I'm an alpha, but I don't have a pack yet.

I've been watching this boy of about 15 or 16 years old and I felt the urge to make him my first Beta, every alpha werewolf needs at least one beta, it increases strength and leadership qualities. I stay with my mum here in Badagry and I'll be enrolled for home schooling soon.

I watch Richard everyday during his evening run but he doesn't know, at least not until Monday night, the night I bit him. It was a full moon and I shifted fully into my golden brown furry wolf, I have full control over my wolf but on some nights, it's best to let the wolf feel in charge.

I saw him taking the usual turn at the usual time and I hid in the bushes just behind him. I was going to bite his side stomach but for some reason he stopped jogging and looked like he was going to faint, I watched him try to catch his breath but he didn't succeed and he fell, he fell still on the ground and I didn't know what to do so I came out of hiding and walked over to him.

I could perceive his fear, he kept breathing like he was dying of asthma and I guess my intimidating wolf form wasn't helping.

I walked to his face and saw that he was still conscious, he could see me but he couldn't talk. I was skeptical about turning him because if the bite doesn't turn him, it'll kill him. I walked over his head and down to his feet about to run off when my wolf senses turned back and bit the poor boy on his leg, just above his ankle and ran off. I got scared, kept hoping that he survived. I could have just shifted back to my human form and carried the poor boy home but no, I ran off like the wild animal I was, I'll find him soon anyway, he'll come to me.

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# Wendy's POV

It was a beautiful Monday morning and as usual I was the first to arrive in class, Richard Adeolu Adeyemi arrived about ten minutes after I did and walked straight to his seat. He was about to sit down when he looked over to my side, "Good morning Richie", I said and sent him my cute smile. "Hey Wendy", he replied. I gestured to his seat which was quite dusty and he noticed, "damn", he said, and I could tell that he was confused. He probably didn't have anything to wipe off the dust with. I love Richie, I don't just have a crush on him, I have huge feelings for that boy, but sadly he never notices me, he's always about that pompous Benita girl. I have kept my cool since our Js2 days when my feelings for him developed, he helped me that day with a maths problem and since then I've been dreaming of him.

Now we're in SS3, about to leave high school and none of my Richie dreams have come to pass.

Oh well... All the best to me.

I got up from my seat with a clean piece of tissue paper and walked over to Richard's seat. He attempts to take the tissue from me but I don't allow him, I couldn't believe I did that, I guess I just acted out of impulse. I bent over and begun cleaning the desk and chair, the way I bent, my back was facing his front and my butt was slightly rubbing his trouser, where his manhood was.

After about three seconds I begin to feel something increasing from down there, I got shocked, was Richie having a b***r because of me?? Wow? Could this mean he could like me back??

He stood still and to be honest I would have agreed to a quickie right there because his erection was starting to turn me on. I hurried with the cleaning and stood up straight after I was done. I looked down at the 'standing Tom' and then at him, he seemed nervous so I smiled, more like I smirked and walked away. Total boss lady move!

The rest of the day, Richard kept checking on me with the corner of his eyes, even when he was with his sorry excuse for a girlfriend. It's only a matter of time, before I claim him as mine. After school, I sent him a text which he doesn't reply, only for news to come in the next day that my baby boy was on admission in the hospital.

I lost concentration while his girlfriend acted undisturbed, she maintained her 'queen B' status. Mad thing.

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# Richie's POV

When my head felt like it was going to explode from all the thinking, I slept off. I can not come and go and kill myself after all. Tomorrow is another day.