The Hunter's Werewolf

(6) Coffee Kiss

Today is Monday, which means another boring week of school. I am not a fan of Mondays, especially when there are not enough days on the weekend. I would love to have some extra days on the weekends to relax and catch up on my projects, but I cannot due to the country’s stupid education laws, where you must attend school at least five days a week for a certain number of hours. No one knows how much I just want to skip school today and sleep in, but if I do that, I will not have good grades or good attendance, which is especially important for getting into a good Ivy League college. I would love to be able to get some college scholarships for top colleges such as Princeton, Harvard, Yale, or even Stanford. In my family, we have a legacy at the top schools that is a family tradition, especially in the werewolf world. Each of my grandparents went to one of the top four Ivy League colleges, which started the family tradition. Monday mornings are the mornings where the guys always rush to finish their weekend homework or rush to get ready for school because they tend to stay up late on school nights playing video games or watching movies or whatever guys do.At least we girls would have our bathroom because if we did not, it would be a war between the boys and girls getting ready for school. One of the worst things about getting ready in the morning is when one of the boys hogs our bathroom because they cannot wait a few minutes to wait for someone to finish using their bathroom. It makes me angry, especially when we take some extra time due to my being a girl with hair, makeup, and good outfits. Anyways, I woke up early to take a shower and get ready for the day. I went to wake up Hazel and Kaylie. They both take a long time to wake up and get ready for school. I always end up helping get Hazel ready for school because she is the slowest one to wake up and get ready. About twenty minutes later, everyone was up and ready to finally eat some breakfast and then finally go to school for the day. I walked down to the kitchen to make some cups of coffee with some bagels and cream cheese for everyone. For the little ones, I made hot chocolate because they cannot have coffee or they will drive their teachers up the wall with their hyperness, although it would be funny, especially Hazel, who is already crazy with her hyperness.About half an hour later, we were already at school. Everyone seems like they are vampires without their blood coffee, especially in the mornings; every single person looks tired and very moody after a short weekend. When the first bell rang for the homeroom, I grabbed my stuff for my first two classes and made sure I grabbed my water bottle with some snacks just in case I got hungry. As soon as I closed my locker, I heard a familiar voice right behind the locker door."Hey Charlie, oh, sorry to scare you and almost give you a heart attack," Alecx said while looking down at me."No, it's okay; I should be using it due to my little siblings who always try to scare me, which sometimes works," I said while closing my locker."So... you get easily scared like a kitten and a cucumber-like on YouTube," he said while trying not to laugh but ended up laughing a little bit."Shut up! It is not my fault. "You try living in a mansion and having siblings scare you half to death at every chance they get," I said, adjusting my bookbag straps."You live in a mansion?" he asked while lifting his eyebrows."Yeah, the biggest one of the whole communities is so big you can't miss it, especially when the property is so huge." "Sometimes you can come over, but I would have to ask my parents first because they own the whole mansion," I told him while walking to class."Sweet, I hope they say yes, and, oh yes, we do need to work on our project." Do you have any free time tonight? "I know there is a Starbucks around here in this town." He said it with an overconfident smile."Nope, I am free tonight." How about I meet you there around six o'clock? It is not too late to have coffee, anyway, she said while still walking down the hall with Alecx."Wait! Hey, I lost my number; can I borrow yours? Alecx said while blushing a little."Umm. Yes, you can borrow my number. I said this while blushing and did wink at him."Here is my phone, and give me yours so we can trade different numbers, and we should take a picture of each other so we know who it will be," Alecx said while reaching out to give her his phone."Deal, but can you hold my cupcake? Don't you dare lick it," I said while grabbing his phone and giving him the cupcake to hold."I am going to lick it if you don't hurry up before the bell rings," he said while trying to tease me."Okay, now smile and I want a nice picture of you like your contact picture," I said while I snapped a picture of him doing the German Shepherd cheesy smile with some teeth showing."Now it is your turn. Hold the cupcake up so I can have it in the picture." Ready? "One... Two... Three... " he said while pushing my cupcake into my face while holding his phone in the other hand."Alecx, what do you do?" "Did you just smash my cupcake in my face?" I said it in shock."Well yeah, I did, but I didn't mean it, but now I have a good friend with lots of frosting on your face," he said while looking at his phone while typing my name into the contract."What did you put as my name for the contact’s name?" I said while trying to look at his phone and balance on my toes."I put the name cupcake, which goes well with your picture," he said while trying not to laugh again."You better delete it, or you better not show anyone that picture," I said as I punched him in the arm."Ouch, that hurts, you know, and I have to play the first game of the season, you know," Alecx said while rubbing his left arm."Now you have my number and an embarrassing picture of me." "I need to get to class, or my brother will send a search party out for me." I said this while hugging my books and looking at other students walking past me."Yeah, you do. I will see you later in our first class." "Later, cupcake," he said with a wink."For the last time, my name is Charlie, not cupcake!" Scrabbling shouted after him as he began to walk the other way while yelling at him."However you say cupcake, it's still going to be your nickname, and it will stick for a long time, so you better get used to it," he yelled back.After he had walked away, I turned around to walk in the opposite direction for my class and kept walking down the long hall before the bell rang. I was late to class due to the fact people would not watch where they were going. Sometimes I wished people would look up from their phones and watch them before they could hurt someone by walking into that person. I do not blame them, especially when some students use a lot of social media platforms and cannot take a break from them. I am one of those people who would rather stay off social media to avoid high school drama, but I do use social media platforms to stay in contact with many people, share my artwork, and keep up to date on what is going on in the human and werewolf worlds.Although many people follow me on social media because I am famous due to being a Luna who just happens to be the next Alpha, my brother is in training to be the current Alpha because it is almost time to pass the role down to the eldest son. Technically, my baby brother should be next in line, but since I am a twin, the role goes to me if anything happens to my twin brother, and the rules have changed due to my father and Uncle Ian, who are the last reigning alpha and beta. They wanted to change the laws to give Kaylie and I a chance to rule the werewolf world. With the new laws that were recently passed, we are now the Luna, which means we can step in when our brothers need us or do other things like plan events like the Harvest Feast and help the community.School went super-fast like a blur in a movie, such as a car racing into the distance at the end of the movie. I cannot believe the eight hours at school went so fast. Since tonight there was no practice for cheerleading or football, we decided to go home and play some board games with the little ones. after a long, round game of Scrabble. I will go upstairs to take a shower and get ready for my date if you call for two people of the opposite s*x to get together. After I was done with the shower, I stepped outside of my bathroom. I saw Kaylie and Hazel sitting on my bed with different outfits that they chose while I was in the shower. They both know how to pick a few cute outfits with some simple makeup, shoes, and a couple of cute different hairstyles. I swear they can own their own beauty salon with makeup, hair, nails, and, well, of course, some clothes too. I cannot wait until Harvest Feast because it is a huge celebration of werewolf history and traditions. I would have a princess-type dress to thank Kaylie for her surprises. Anyway, after I got dressed, I went to my vanity dresser for makeup and hair. Kaylie did my hair while Hazel brushed it and added some curls. About twenty minutes later the boys walked in with some DVDs of movies; they all looked like they saw a ghost when I turned around from the mirror to look at them and said, ""What? "It is just me with some natural makeup, and all of you guys better shut your mouths before Hazel throws a cheese puff ball in your mouth," I said while sitting in a chair facing them."Well, you do look beautiful, so who is the lucky guy?" Hunter said while trying to steal a cheese puff from Hazel when she was not looking."Wait, what guy?" I am going to have to talk to him," Colton said with his arms crossed over his chest while having that look on his face like he would do something."Jesh, just relax. This guy's name is Alecx, and everyone has met him for lunch that one time because he was new," I said while putting some earrings in that Hazel got me for my last birthday."Oh, yeah, I like him a lot; he seems pretty cool, but if he hurts you in any way, I can't hold Colt back," Troy said while helping Hunter out."Everyone will be okay; we are just going to Starbucks to get some coffee or something and some food." "I will be back soon; it's not like I would run off with this guy," I said while fixing my hair in the mirror."If you need us, we are just a call or text away, and we will be there in like three minutes," Colton said."Char, can you please bring me back something like a Frappuccino or hot chocolate with peppermint?" Hazel said while giving some pennies out of her piggy bank."Sure, I can bring something back for you, Haz, and now I have to go, or I will be late," I said while grabbing my bookbag off my bed and walking out of the door.I left my house as fast as I could without getting harassed by my overprotective father, my uncle, and, of course, my brothers. Once I got into my car, I typed the address of the closest Starbucks to meet with Alecx. It took about twenty minutes to get them there and find a parking spot. I got out of my car and went into the store to find a nice, quiet spot to sit and wait for him. I found a table that is close to the door but not too close because I do not want to get hit by a door or by someone walking by.While at the table, I was showing Kaylie and Hazel some silly pictures with some of the crazy flitters until I heard a laugh right beside me and saw Alecx with a cheesy smile on his face. My face turns into a couple of different shades of red from being embarrassed; at least he did not see me in my pajamas dancing on my bed singing some popular teenage songs, which is good and would be very embarrassing too. While trying not to turn redder with blushing, Alecx said..."You do know how to make a good impression, especially when you make cute silly faces like that," he said while pulling a chair out for himself and beginning to sit in the chair."You shouldn't have seen that and told anyone about it, okay?" I told him while getting my laptop and other school things out of my bookbag."Why? "Who do I tell, especially when you make some cute silly faces, and besides, your baby sister looks so cute with a duck face," Alecx said while grabbing his stuff out of his book bag?"My little sister Hazel thinks it would make me smile when she does that face," I said while getting my wallet out of my bookbag."Maybe I can meet her sometime soon; I think she would like me a lot after all, who couldn't resist this face?" he said while watching me count some money in my wallet."Do you want any coffee or something to eat?" I can buy it. "It is my treat," he said while getting his wallet out of his back pocket."You don't have any; I have some money in my wallet somewhere, but my twin brother went into my wallet and took my last twenty-dollar bills." "Well, this stinks; now I will have to take your offer." I said while looking a bit disappointed."What would you like?" Do you want some tea? Coffee? Frappuccino? Refresher? "Anything else, like a brownie or cookie too?" Alecx said while standing up to go stand in line."Um... I am not sure, but I can go with you so I can look at the menu." I said as I stood up from my seat and tried not to fall."Okay, but I am buying, and you can order whatever you want—a cupcake," he said and winked at me."Again, with the cupcake nickname?" "You know you call me by my name, Charlie," I said as we started to walk towards the line."Sorry, but that name still sticks, and I know your name, but cupcake's nickname is so cute," he said while stopping in the line and looking at the menu."Fine, only you can call me that and no one else," I told him while looking at the brownie in the display glass."Next! Hello, welcome to Starbucks! "May I take your order?" a teenage girl barista said while looking at both of us."Hi, I would like a venti-sized peppermint white mocha with extra whipped cream and a warm brownie, please," I told the barista."I would like a double-chip Frappuccino but also a venti size and a chocolate chip cookie, please," Alecx said."Would you like anything else today?" she asked both of us."No thank you; that is all for now," I told her."That will be twenty dollars even," she told us."Perfect, here you go, and thank you," Alecx said while handing the girl the money."Your order will be up shortly. Have a good night," she said.After a few minutes, our order is up and ready for us. After we had grabbed our stuff, we went back to our table to do some studying and start our project. I started to eat some of my warm brownies when I said..."So, what do you think we should do for our art and history project since both classes are put together for this?" I said while trying to chew a little bit of the brownie."Well, we can do a family tree for history, and for art, we can do something like a drawing or a video for the art part." "We can use our artist talent to draw a family portrait too," Alecx said while logging on to his laptop."That is the best idea ever, and it's a good thing we have some months to work on this project," I told him while pulling up the family history that my father gave me."Yup, I do know that our families are different from each other," he told me while looking at his laptop screen."Well, that's a good thing, right?" Plus, we can use this project to get to know each other better. Also, before we leave, I would like to get Hazel a drink, about which she has been texting me nonstop. "I will give you the money back when I get some more money, as I promised," I said while replying to Hazel on my phone."Yeah, no problem; actually, you don't have to pay me back, and her drink will be on me," he said with a smile.A few hours passed quickly, and Alecx and I had more coffee than a little kid on a sugar rush due to all the caffeine. It was time to go home, and the store was closing for the night. We both had to get home before our parents came to track us down or do something else that partners do.While packing up, I took a sip of my coffee and ended up with some whipped cream on my lips. Alecx looked at me and said..."Cupcake, you have some whipped cream on your lips; here, let me get that for you," he said while leaning in.Just like that, in a matter of seconds, his lips were on mine, and my body felt like it was on fire with sparks like magic in a perfect fairy-tale story. I gave in and kissed him back. He tastes like strong coffee with a taste of sweet cream. I swear my heart was beating so fast that I could feel my heart about to burst out of my chest, and my legs felt weak like jelly. We kissed for more seconds and then decided to pack up our stuff to go home. After packing up our stuff and cleaning up after ourselves, he walked me to my car and said goodnight with another kiss. I swear, I almost fainted right there in the parking lot because of the kiss. A few minutes later, he drove off in his car, and I drove home.