Through wolf eyes

Lucy Hall

'Lucy come on! You need to get to school in just 30 minutes! Are you awake?' A growl escapes my lips before I turn around in my bed once more. For a moment I think to just ignore the other person behind the door. But before I know it she knocks again.

'I DON'T WANT TO GET UP. JUST LEAVE!' I scream back but regret it immediately. I know this is the first day of a new school year, but i just want to lay down for like five more minutes. Even though I know I can't. Last year I was late a lot. I’m just not so good at getting up early. So i really need to step up my game. Otherwise there would be consequences. And i can’t be expelled from school. My parents would probably kill me.

At the door is my adoptive mom Mia Hall, the sweetest person in the world. I’ve been with the Hall family as long as i can remember. Mia always tells me that some day I was just there, left on the doorstep. The moment she looked at me she knew she had to take me in, and not leave me in the hands of foster care. It was just a feeling. Of course they went to the right authorities the moment they found me. Nobody came to claim me and i’ve been with them since. They even adopt me when i was just one year old. The best thing about her is that she has always been open about the fact I've been adopted. Which I really liked about her, even more now. But sometimes i get under her skin. Well like a lot.. Sometimes i don’t even know how i do it but it just happens i guess. It started when i was 6 years old. At first they thought it was just my age. But after a couple of months it started to get worse. Sometimes I just explode about something really, really small. Or when things weren’t going my way. I even pulled over a heavy closet once. Because i didn’t get ice cream for dinner. Yay i know ice cream.. Since then my temper has been awful.

I hear a loud sigh and look at the door. So before things get worse i get up to open the door. ‘’I’m sorry mom, i didn't mean to scream at you’ I say while looking down a bit. ‘’Sometimes it just happens.. I guess I wasn't ready to wake up yet’ I say while I shrug a bit looking at her and hoping she wouldn't be too mad about it.

‘’It’s okay, just get ready please. You know they don’t like it when the students are late. And I don't want you in trouble. Not after being late almost everyday last year. You know they will expel you when you’re going to be late again everyday.’’ For a moment she looks at me like she wants to say one more thing. But before I can ask about it she smiles. ‘’So move your ass and get dressed!’ And before I can answer she turns around and walks down the stairs.

I wait till she’s downstairs before turning back to my room and just look over the piles and piles of stuff. Books, clothes and sweet wrappers are just everywhere. Need to do something about this mess later today. I think while feeling a little restless, like something is off. But before I can put my mind to it I stumble over a pile of books and almost land with my face full on last night's dinner. Well what's left of it. While pulling myself up again i chuckle. That was a little bit to close. I pick up the plate and make a mental note to take it with me downstairs before i leave. Before is sat it back on the bed.

‘Let see what I need..’ I mumble to myself while looking around for my books. ‘’Ah there you are’’

Art. Check.

History. Check.

Some kind of fairytale book for reading. Check.

Was that everything or do I need more? I think while I look around in the room trying to think of that one book I'm missing. Because I know I'm missing just one book.

‘’FIFTEEN MINUTES!” I hear Mia scream from downstairs. I decided not to look for that last book and shove the books in my backpack which of course was laying somewhere under my bed. Before i leave my room i turn to my closet. ‘’Alright let’s try and get some clothes out of there’’. I slowly open the door and wait for the clothes to fall out, which happens most of the time. But when i open the closet door nothing happens. I look through the c***k and see my clothes neatly folded. A small smile appears on my face and I just laugh a bit. ‘That was what she was doing here yesterday’’ i tell myself while i think of the moment Mia almost kicked my out of my room to just take a walk outside.

‘’TEN MORE MINUTES!’’ I hear from downstairs. And without thinking twice I leave my room and run down the stars. A little too fast. Almost pumping into my adoptive dad Damir ‘’Ho look out there kid!’’ he says while stepping back to project his coffee ‘That was close’’ he mumbles more to himself while looking at his coffee.

‘’Yay I'm sorry’’ I said to him while rushing towards the kitchen to grab some breakfast and some lunch. Trying not to go too fast. That's one of the other weird things about me. I’ve always been faster than my classmates and even stronger. To the irritation from some of the guys, who I of course beat….a lot. I always thought it was quite funny, a girl beating all the boys in her class. Which was not that normal but who cares. I never really felt normal anyway.

Mia stands at the kitchen table with my lunch in her hands and helps me by putting it in my bag before giving me a goodbye kiss. ‘’I'll see you later!” I said to her before rushing out of the door, slamming it shut behind me. Probably a little too hard but who cares. I take a sprint towards the main road and while i’m coming closer i see a girl with long blond hair which sometimes almost looks white. She looks on her watch a little irritate. Before i even reach her she looks up with a smile. ‘’There you are, almost on time!’’ She almost shouts excited. “I bed Mia had to drag you out of bed, right?’’ She ask me with a big smile on her face. I just nood trying to catch my breath again. Even though I'm pretty fast, I always need to catch my breath after a run. ‘’Well come on girl! Let go before we run late for school’’ And before I can say another word she slides her arm through mine and starts dragging me into the direction of the school.