Fighting Fate (Moonlight Trials Series #2)

Chapter 17 – Future plans.

Chapter 17 – Future plans.



Jaspers POV

Hearing Ivy and Jesse’s conversation on the bus gave me some hope that Ivy did actually like me and the emotions I had been feeling lately from her were indeed lust. Her heartbeat rose often, especially when I was close to her. I knew if she just gave me a chance we could be as close as humans as we were when I was a wolf.

I ran to the wood line, smiling and tucked away my clothes before transforming into Jasper. I still had a sile on my face when I emerged to see Ivy. She looked incredibly deep in thought. I yipped at her and ran to her side and put my nose into her hand. She absent-mindedly stroked my head before realising I was there.

“Oh, Jasper.” She said, suddenly realising. She stroked my head properly now. “Hello!” She smiled. I yipped a hello and we walked home. I knew she was thinking about something.

Hopefully us. Onyx said. I yipped at her again, hoping she would talk to me.

“Oh, sorry Jasp. I have a lot on my mind. A lot happened at school today.” I huffed, obviously I knew that. She looked down at me when I did ad sighed. When we arrived home, she acted as if nothing had happened to er parents and ate her evening meal as usual before excusing herself to study. She beckoned for me to follow her, and I did. She flopped down backwards on her bed, and I laid at the side of it, being tall enough to still see her on the bed. She rolled onto her side and looked at me. Not her usual self.

I licked her face and she giggled. She wrapped her arms around my neck and cuddled into my fur. Yet again I felt the usual mate sparks, but they faded after a few seconds.

They aren’t supposed to fade… Onyx said, confused.

“I wish you were human…” Ivy said before looking directly into my eyes. She was looking between them both. What was she looking for? Did she know? My tail started wagging and I hoped she had figured it out. My clever little angel. Now it was her turn to huff, and she rolled onto her back on the bed, her arms over her face. I sighed and put my head onto my paws. Nope, she hadn’t figured it out, just thinking out loud maybe.

A few weeks later and Ivy had finally started acknowledging me in school. She had smiled at me numerous times and even waved a few times. Tutoring was also going well. Whilst there were other kids cleverer than me, I was still in the top 10% of the year group which pleased Ivy.

“You might actually get into a college next year.” She laughed. I wasn’t sure that was the compliment she meant it to be, but I smiled anyway.

“I don’t think I want to go to college.” I answered honestly. My short-term plan was to find out if Ivy was my mate. If she wasn’t then I had no intention of going anywhere. I’d stay by her side as my wolf as long as possible then eventually stay with her as human Jasper, even if that was only as friends. I knew I loved her and didn’t want to be away from her.

“How comes?” She asked, genuinely curious. I shook my head and thought of an answer.

“I think Id like to hang around here, maybe find a local job. Or something else…” I said, looking directly at her. She blushed but coughed to cover it quickly, however, I heard her heartbeat quicken yet again and smiled.

“Well, I’m sure anyone would be lucky to have you.” She said, taking a drink of her usual lemonade. “Oh, Franks asked me to work here for more shifts so I can save up to finally travel once Ive finished school.” I looked at her. I knew she wanted to travel but so soon.” I frowned.

“Where would you like to travel?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

“First id just travel locally but eventually I would love to visit Canada and then Australia.” She said, a far off look in her eyes. I would follow her wherever she wanted.

“Sounds nice.” I answered. She turned to look at me, her brows furrowed.

“You know what Jasper. You sure have changed the past few months.” I didn’t answer her but looked up slowly from my notebook, where I was making notes for science class.

“Have I?” I asked. For some reason this also made her go red.

“Yeah, I mean, in middle school you were a show off. Always trying so hard to get everyone to like you. Then in high school you went completely the other way. Not caring what anyone thought about you. Now this. Someone who is just… normal.” She shrugged.

“Oh, I’m far from normal.” I chuckled. This made her look up at me again. Then she laughed out loud as if I had said something hilarious. I looked at her puzzled, but she waved me off and drank her lemonade before saying she had to leave for the night. We said goodnight and she smiled at me before she left. I could get used to this.

Ivys POV

Jasper sure was right when he had said he wasn’t normal. He was gigantic compared to most guys our age. He was nearly 18 and towered over all of the guys at school and most of the teachers. He was nearly 6ft and still growing, his muscles were well defined, and he was so quick. He was also strange, but not just because of what I had mentioned before, there was something else about him. An air of authority. It genuinely did confuse me that he didn’t want to go to college. He could be anything with his brains and looks.

When he had said he wanted to hang around here and find a job, or something… and looked directly at me. It took everything in me not to say, “me too”. For some reason I felt like I needed him around me.

That’s because you do. A voice inside me said.

The voice had always been there, my conscience being louder than most peoples. It didn’t sound like my own voice though and it was male. However, I had figured out over the years that the voice always told me what I was feeling deep down in my heart. Those feelings that I didn’t want to admit to anyone or even to myself sometimes.

I got home and found Jasper already curled up on his usual bean bag in my room. The similarities between my wolf Jasper and “other” Jasper were uncanny. Their eyes were the same colour, and their aura felt the same. I knew that I was seeing similarities in them because I liked them both. Loved wolf Jasper dearly and was slowly coming round to the idea that I liked “other” Jasper as more than a friend.

I slumped down on my bed and called Jesses number.

“Hey girl!” She answered. “How was study group?” I could hear the smile on her lips and her eyebrows wiggling.

“It was fine.” I answered, not giving her the satisfaction.

“Oh, come on!” she said, exasperatedly. “How are you two not sucking face yet?”

“Jesse!” I said, stifling a loud giggle so as not to wake Jasper. “I don’t know what I feel about him yet and I definitely, don’t know if he likes me.”

“Oh sure…” Jesse said. “I think the fact you two have bickered since you were 11 shows that he liked you too. And he is always staring at you, even when you haven’t noticed.”

“He stares at me?” I asked, sitting up on the bed.

“Oh definitely. Like a lost puppy who wants to be at your heels.” I glanced at Jasper who was still breathing heavily on his bean bag.

“Jesse, do you ever feel like you know Jasper? Like we knew him before he turned up at school?”

“What, like he had been in the village a while before starting school?” I closed my eyes, of course she didn’t. “No, id never seen him before and I’m sure with how mouth he was back then we would have noticed. Why?”

“Oh, never mind Jesse. Just some weird thoughts I have. Never mind.” I said again.

“When are you going to go on a date?”

“A DATE?!” I screamed out loud. I quickly put my hand over my mouth and looked at Jasper. Still sleeping. “There won’t be a date, he doesn’t like me like that and anyway, I would never ask him first.” We carried on talking about some other things and I finally hung up, heading downstairs to eat tea. I called Jasper for dinner, and he stretched but walked towards me, clearly not happy at being woken up. I watched him walk down the stairs and shook my head. I needed to stop comparing my pet wolf to a human.