The Hunter's Werewolf

(2) The Art Project

The next morning, I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and the warm feeling of the sun from my opened glass window doors on my big queen-size bed. It was like a peaceful summer morning, which is not too hot but exactly right. I got up from my warm, comfortable bed and went to find Hazel, so we could make breakfast together like we always do. I went looking in her bed because she was not there, so I went to check on Colton's bed since she likes to sleep there too. When I found her, I was right; she was stretched out with her arms and legs out while laying on her back with her tongue sticking out like a dog who was enjoying a car ride with an open window and having the wind blow in her face. I feel bad for Colton because he got kicked out of his bed by our baby sister. It was so cute I just had to pull out my phone to take a picture. As soon as my phone's flash went off, Colton shot right up like a zombie from his bed, making like a coffin ready for a hunting feast at a very scary cemetery on Halloween, which scared me half to death.As soon as I got my heart back and my breathing back to the right rhythm where it should be, Hazel woke up with a confused look like she missed something funny, which she did. Colton's hair was messy as usual, with some covering his eyes just a little. I do not know why he likes it like that, but I think he would look a lot better with a haircut that has some spiky to it. When Hazel saw Colton's half-asleep, half-zombie look, she just burst out laughing so hard that she fell off the bed with tears coming out of her eyes and sounding like a whale having an asthma attack.After a good ten minutes, all of us were laughing due to what just happened, and it was finally time to get ready to make some tasty breakfast. About the time my stomach was growling in hunger, if I did not get any food soon, I might pass out or attack. As soon as we got everything that was on the floor back where it was in his bedroom from the little freak accident that he just had. While walking down the big wooden spiral stairs, I slipped on the edge of the stairs and took a nice, clumsy tumble down the stairs. It happened so fast that I thought I had blacked out. All I heard while I was going down was my little sister screaming in a high-pitched scream, thinking I could not hear, but I could.When I woke up from being unconscious while lying on the bottom of the stairs, I started to wonder where I was, am I dead, what is going on, and many other things. I swear I have bad karma with random gravity checks occasionally; I am sure I have bruised my right wrist and hand. It is a good thing that it was not my left hand, which is my dominant hand; it is all bruised with black and blue and hurts like hell. I went to the pack doctor, who was working at the local hospital in the emergency room, to see if she could somehow do her wolf magic on my hand. She made me take some x-rays and told me that I had a bruise and a fracture, which is why I am going to have fun wearing a cast for a few weeks to a few months. Well, this should be fun with a cast. I hope I can get it off before the Halloween moon festival since I would have to turn into a wolf while the full moon is out in the night sky. In human form, if you break or fracture a bone, you are going to let it heal, but in wolf form, the healing process is different.Anyway, when the nurse told me it was time to pick out the colors of the cast, I picked white, so I could draw on it. I was thinking of some of my favorite things, like a wolf or something. Once the cast was done with the hospital emergency room trip, which is very wolf-friendly with medical people who are also werewolves since this town is a mix of humans and wolves, About thirty minutes after I left the hospital, I was late for school, which was not a sad thing since I had to stop to grab some breakfast. Well, this should be fun to explain to the teacher and everyone else at school why I was late and why I have a cast on my wrist up to half of my arm. I am glad I have pain pills that the emergency room doctor gave me to help ease the pain of recovering. I still wish I were in my wolf form to heal, so I would not have to have this thing on.As soon as I walked into school, I walked straight to the office to give them my note saying why I was late. After I had left, I went to find my second class, which is an art class, and I can finally use the class to decorate my plain white cast. This should be fun telling people what happened and why I've been in a cast all day. I hope people do not freak out because it can get annoying to repeat the whole story each time.As soon as I walked into the art class, I had about twenty pairs of eyes staring at me while I just walked in like I had gone missing for a month or something that sounded like it should be on the news. It is a good thing that today is free time, so I can decorate my cast with assorted colors of permanent markers. Since it was a free day in art, I asked the teacher if it was okay to borrow her off-limit markers; surprisingly, she said yes. After I grabbed the markers' walker and went back to my seat, I put my headphones in and started to draw a little wolf pup with the sun, the moon, and the star birthmark that my sister might get when she turns into a wolf for the first time. Once again, my earbuds got taken out of my ear's canal, and he had this confused look on his face while looking at my almost finished cast."What happened? Are you okay? Are you in pain? How did this happen? "I did not see you this morning by your car parking spot with the others," Alecx asked while trying to catch his breath like he ran a marathon while his face was red."Calm down; it's just an accident. It will heal in time." The reason I was not there with my group is that I was in the emergency room getting this thing done with other tests. It is only going to be on for about a month or so, and I hope it comes off before the Halloween harvest festival. "Wait, you were looking for me this morning?" I said while looking at him a bit confused about whether I was not sure if he had a crush on me or was just a caring friend who happened to be a hottie."Um... no, I wasn't; I just thought, well, maybe... "You wanted to walk to class or do something like get some breakfast," he said while blushing and trying to act as normal as possible."Sorry about that, how about a rain check like tomorrow or sometime soon?" I said while trying not to blush and act like a girly girl."Yeah, sure, my mom is staring at us from her desk." I heard there was this art project that we were going to start today. "Do you want to be my partner for the project?""I don't mind being partners with you; do you know what the art project will be about?" I asked nervously and tried not to blush while looking down at my desk."Yeah, I do, but I am not going to tell you because it will ruin them, and that would be rude," he said while staring into my eyes while doing the sad puppy dog look that always works for people."Attention class, welcome back to the art class. Today we will be doing a project that involves a partner and that is about the history of this town with werewolves and hunters that went back about a hundred years and hunters that went back about a hundred years. Yes, I know there is some sort of war with werewolves and hunters in a mix with humans in this town, which means, therefore, that I pick an art project that involves all three types of people. So, the idea of this art project is to mix everyone up and get to know each other with partners. I am hoping this project will work since I did notice that a few of your students are having some problems with each other. Alright, before I call names, I want to explain this project. In each group, you will have to use your art skills to make an art portrait of your partner with an essay on them to get to know each other. This will be due at the end of the month, so I am giving you enough time to collect information, do the paper essay with the art piece, and remember to be creative. Alright, let's get started with names. The first pair is Alecx Knightly and Charleigh Hale. You know this will take more time, so the list is posted on the board, and remember, no switching partners, " she said while finishing her short lecture of the class while she was fixing her mess of papers on her desk."Hey, cupcake? "Do you want to get started with this project, or do you want to wait until it's too late?" Alecx said while staring at me from his desk, which just happens to be next to mine."Did you just call me a cupcake?" "Any other cute little nicknames you got for me; it would probably be better than what other people call me." I said this while staring down at my blank notebook paper, trying to think of what kind of ideas I had for this project."Yeah, I did, but I will just save them for other times." "But cupcakes are a good fit because you are all frosting and sprinkles on the outside but just one flavor on the inside," he said while winking and blushing."Okay, then save them, but we should get started on this project." "I have one question for you: is Mrs. Knightly your mother, and did you do something to put us together as partners?" I asked him while jotting down some ideas in the notebook."Yes, she is my mom, and I asked her if it was okay for us to be partners, and she was fine with it," he said while looking around the art room and trying not to make eye contact."Good, maybe that is a good thing, or before I forget the bell will ring, we should swap phone numbers, you know, just in case we both have questions or something." I said while writing down my phone number that I hoped my twin brother did not get mad at me for doing this since he is the older one and the protective alpha."Okay, well, here is mine, and I am always here in the art room when I am not at football practice or somewhere else." "See you around, I hope at lunch," he said while swapping numbers just before the bell rang, which was time to switch classes.About ten minutes later, it was time to go to history class, which I am ready to get over with due to having so much homework and then cheerleading and football practice along with the meeting. I hope I do not have another project to do that will be like an art class. Once I got to my locker, I switched the books and other things I would need for the rest of the day since the morning classes went flying past like a sonic flash bolt in the speed of time. As soon as I closed my locker door, my twin brother's face popped out of nowhere, which scared me half to death. He was staring at me like he wanted to yell at me. I do not know if I am in trouble or something, but he looks angry."Hey Colt, what's up?" Um... are you okay, you look angry? I asked him while taking my cheerleading jacket out of my locker."Yeah, I am because I am having trouble with this whole art and history project. "I have a girl for the project, and she is cute, but the problem is I do not know how she will react to me being a wolf," he said while looking at his phone while texting one of his football teammates."Well, I don't know her, but what is her name?" I asked while double-checking my book bag for all the things I need for the last class of the day, which is my twin brother."Her name is Emily. She was at your cheerleading tryouts the other day. "Here, give me your book bag; I will carry it to class for you," he said while looking down and giving me his twin brother look, which I know I can't fight him with."Okay, here you go; let's go to math class." I heard that art and history teachers put this huge project together, which is helpful because we can spend two whole class periods with homework time to get this project done. Oh, Emily seems like a nice girl. "I am putting her on the team, just don't tell her that yet; she has to wait until we deliver the news," I said while we both were walking into history class together, while other girls in the class didn't know that I was his twin sister.When the final bell rang, we were all ready to go home after a long day. I am surprised I did not see Alecx at the end of the day when his locker was close to mine. I am guessing he is in the art room while his mom is getting ready to leave for the day. I cannot stop thinking about him and this huge art project. I have no clue what to do for this project, like I can just draw him in pencil. Well, I have some time to think about what to do with different ideas. I am glad that the first year of the junior year went by fast since today I do not have to do cheerleading practice. I decided to go home and draw out some ideas for the art project. This is going to take a while because I have so many clever ideas for this art and history project.