Under a full moon

Chilled To The Bone

"Hey buddy, you missed me?" Annie directed her question towards me as she looked down on me, "buddy?" has she gone crazy, we aren't buddies we aren't even close to acquaintances and I don't even want to know what she got planned out for me right now. I said nothing as I looked up at her from my chair, losing any form of interest in my lunch. She was grinning as she stared at me as though she wanted me to say something, I remained silent knowing if I said the wrong thing....I don't even want to imagine what she'll do this time, but as always I know for sure I'll get humiliated. "Not going to say anything, huh buddy?" she finally said eyes still fixed on me "why don't you come sit with me so we can talk like friends" she smiled at me pulling me by my arms not even giving me time to oblige, as we moved towards a table at the centre of cafeteria where all the cool kids sat, I looked around hoping one of my friends will be near by. Where were they?, None of them had come to lunch today, oh shoot!, I totally forgot they had a project to finish up and they told me they won't be making it to lunch, Derrek has been in my head so much lately I can hardly think of anything else, Yes of course, Derrek is here. I looked towards the table Derrek was sitting to signal for help but he wasn't there. Oh s**t!, you've got to be kidding me, the one time I actually need his werewolf badass to save me and he isn't here. "Just sit here, right beside me" I froze, what was going on here, she's being too nice for comfort, she gently pulled me closer to the chair and I sat down, my eyes steadily on her, trying to find the a way to leave, then I finally decide to say something to her " you hate me, so why am I actually here, I don't want trouble so pls let me go" she looked at me smiling, it made her look so innocent it actually felt creepy" what are you saying?, I don't hate you, we are friends, just eat with me" she brought out a plate of meal and handed it over to me, I was reluctant to take the meal

off her dreading whatever might come with it, she placed the food on the table right in front of me and took a spoonful of it, she looked at me with her mouthful" come on join me" she said urging me to eat with her, my heart pounded under my chest, every hair on my body was screaming get out of here while you still can, but some stupid part of me wanted to believe all this could be true even if I know I might regret it, the cafeteria goes silent making the aura around the table more asphyxiating than it was before, I took a quick glance towards where Derrek was supposed to be seated but my eyes met with his absence, I picked up a spoon, poking the food as though I expected something to lunge out of it. I took a mouthful slowly chewing when it happened, I heard my chair squeak then heard one of Annie friends giggling, I took a quick glance at Annie, she was smirking and with that I knew everything was about to go wrong, my chair creaked louder before finally collapsing bringing an unsuspecting me down with it. The whole cafeteria burst into laughter, no one even bothering to help me. Annie looked down on me smirking, I sat on the floor, humiliation and sadness weighing me down, tears slowly welling up in my eyes as I watched them, "hey, don't cry yet you'll spoil the picture" Annie said bringing out a camera the blight flashes almost blinding me "now let's make this more colourful" Annie picked a tomato, the grin on her face growing wider as she stared at me, I closed my eyes not wanting to see the rest of it. Why?, Why?, why does she hate me so much?, what have I ever done to her to have all this loathe directed towards me.

The laughter grew louder and louder and then all of a sudden the cafeteria went silent. I slowly opened my eyes, there he was standing in front of me, shielding me from the tomato that was apparently meant for me, he held it in his hands, his head directed towards Annie, I couldn't tell his reaction, I wonder what those silver eyes feels like when they are burning with rage. "You know its kinda rude to throw food" Derrek said tossing the tomato continuously, as he stared at Annie

“You are grumbling a lot more than usual…” Autumn commented as I walked her to her sixth hour, we were walking slower than normal, not afraid that we would be marked late, I decided not telling her the incident with Annie, not wanting her to worry and also not wanting to relay how Derrek had come to my rescue...

“Am not,” I countered, but I noticed the grumble in my tone and huffed, I wouldn’t be walking next to you right now if I could just go home, but I knew that Derrek was probably waiting on me to drive me home. For some reason he got under my skin more so than anyone I had previously met, and it irritated me to no extent that now on I was tied to him in a way that I regretted deeply.

Autumn gave me a curios look, her eyebrow arched precariously, daring me to lie more to her. With a heavy sigh I shifted the weight of the backpack on my shoulder, having sweet talked one of the teachers to help me pry my locker from its hinges. In other words, I would be getting a reassignment of my locker, that might be the only highlight of the day. The bell went off before I could elaborate my mental condition to her, well in the most in descriptive way possible, because even though I felt a start of a hatred growing towards good ol ’Derrek, I felt determined to keep the secret that, a secret.

“Well I got to go…guess I’ll be seeing you tomorrow, remember we have to go over the fall party plans again,” she reminded me, and I smiled giving her a wave before she trotted off to her classroom.

Defeated, I walked to the entrance of the school. Feeling childish I pressed my face against the cool glass, to see the rain splattering hard against the sidewalk still, and my car only a short distance away. I was once again grateful that I had thought of getting a close parking spot today. I didn’t see anybody outside, and a flicker of hope sparked in my eyes. Maybe Derrek had forgotten about me? Smiling wryly, I pulled the hood to my jacket tightly around my head, before pushing open the door and rushing out into the cold rain. I was already drenched by the time I got to my car, "so much for finding a close parking spot" I sighed as I opened the car's door, got into the car and turned on the ignition, the engine roared to life. I turned on the heater to the max and waited comfortably as it heated the car, I fiddled through the radio channels and finally decided to leave it at one playing Jazz, not really a fan of it but it felt right for the moment. I laid back on the car seat taking in the heat, smiling at the fact I was no longer cold.

I laid that way for a while and when I felt completely warm I turned down the heater a little and was about changing the gear, when I saw something move from in the forest from my peripheral view, I quickly turned, eyes fixed on the point I noticed the movement, I kept staring, expecting something to lunge out any second, my vision kept being drawn to the spot, then I saw it, though it was only a glimpse but I could recognize those eyes anywhere, I cussed out a little and put the gear into drive and drove out of the parking lot, i continuously kept looking towards the woods as I drove down the road towards my house, I took one more quick glance into the forest expecting him to be following me, I saw no signs of him, I sighed a little and was about shifting my glance away to concentrate on the road when it happened, I caught a glimpse of his silver eyes, it happened so fast I could barely react and he leaped on into the road