Her protection

The first bell of the day always pisses me off at school. I curse under my breath and slam my locker shut as the bell echos through the crowded hall. “Boo!” My best friend screams as my locker closes. Instinct kicks in and next thing I know my fist is flying towards her face. Luckily she knows me and catches my hand in hers. “You’re going to have to try harder than that if you ever want to actually do damage.” she laughs as she lets go of my hand and shakes hers as if there was water on it. “s**t, I’m sorry dude I’m just off today.” I joke as I watch her. Megan is my absolute best friend. We didn’t start out that way though. I used to have friends, plenty of them, but ever since my first shift they all left. They didn’t want to be around me, thinking I would corrupt them with my cursed blood. They used to mock me and hit me, but Megan saw this and threatened anyone who dared to even look at me sideways. Today her blonde hair is pulled halfway up, letting her loose curls hang to her waist while keeping most hair out of her eyes. She is the complete opposite of me. Her hair is almost platinum blonde with perfect curls, while mine is straight and dark brown. Her eyes are blue like the bottom of the ocean while mine are brown. She’s sweet and nice and makes everyone smile, and well, I’m me. The only thing we have in common is our height. “Leah,” she snaps her fingers in my face, “where’d you go?” It pulls me out of my trance and I smile at her. “Your mom’s house.” I state and we both start laughing. “Well she does love you so I don’t doubt it.” We start walking to class and my brother, Luke, comes up and puts his arm around Megan and pulls her in for a kiss. “Hey babe, you look good today.” He says as she pulls away from kiss. Luke is significantly taller than I am, which sucks considering we are twins. He has the same dark hair and dark eyes as me but towers over me at 5’11. Of course I’m 5’5 but still it pisses me off to have to look up at him. “Are you guys ready to turn 18 tomorrow?” Megan asks. “Honestly man I’m just trying to make it through today.” I reply with a sigh. Today is Friday and luckily the last day of school. Tomorrow is mine and Luke’s birthday. It kinda sucks being 17 and graduating because most the other wolves in our class have already turned 18 and found their mate. Megan turned 18 three months ago and is waiting on Luke to feel the mate bond. At least she has a mate. No one is ever going to love the black wolf of the pack. The day goes by in a breeze and when the final bell rings everyone is screaming, signaling the last day of school is finally over and everyone can leave to go party. I make my way past the noise and groups of teenagers and get to my locker. I shove everything in my backpack and go to close it as I see a picture hanging on the inside of the door and I smile. It’s a picture of me and Megan at my 16th birthday party. I grab the picture and put it in my backpack, leaving the school as fast as possible. I walk outside to Luke’s car and see Megan and him making out. “PDA!” I shout at them to get their attention. They pull away and Megan laughs. “Who’s ready to get this sleepover started?” She yells back.