21 days: Will you still be with me?

Laura's POV Laura Kate Harden. Layla always used to say my name doesn't suit my personality. Apparently it made her think of the ocean on a summer evening. Calm, cool and mesmerizing. A contrast to my personality considering the fact that I'm loud, the Queen of sarcasm and I'm very much realistic. That's the one thing she never mastered. "Honey hurry up or else you're gonna be late for your first day!" Ladies and gentlemen meet my mom, Shanal Harden. She's my world but obviously I would never admit that to her. She's practically all I have left. "and wear something nice. I heard that there are werewolves at your school and you never know you might actually be one of those few human girls that get to be mated to those guys." Oh yeah, not so long ago, probably three or four years back, all the creatures ' humans ' assumed were myths are actually...real. Well some rather than most. Turns our we have seven known realms and the creatures that exist in this realm are witches, I always knew they were real though, you should meet Dianne, werewolves, griffins, vampires and lycans. No one knows much about lycans though, they're a secretive bunch. I heard that they are rare, deadly and extremely ugly beasts which is the reason why they don't want to be seen. Don't judge me, I like a good gossip. "Oh you should totally wear that cute pink dress I bought you last week." You'd expect my mom to tell me to stay away from those werewolves and other creatures but no. That's just Shanal for you. I on the other hand don't really get what the big deal is when it comes to this ' mate ' thing. Aren't mates supposed to be for animals? Okay so technically those creatures are animals but still. They're human also. What's the fun in sticking to one person for the rest of your life? I ain't no w***e or something but come on. A person who will keep you tied to them and never let you explore the world. I've always found the whole ' mate ' bizarre and wrong. Not to mention silly. You can't force me to like you and even if I do how is it guaranteed that I'll like you forever? I mean at some point the feelings will subside right? I heard that they're super possessive and don't want someone so much as look at you. Dumb right? Well you see, if I were to be mated to one of these guys it would never work out. I'm a real flirt when I want to and not to toot my own horn but I do have the looks for it. I have raven black hair, hazel brown eyes, a button nose, cupid lips and flawless skin with a fair complexion. "You're running late Laura!" mom half yells downstairs. "Almost done mom!" I shout back. I put on dark washed jeans and a yellow hoodie whilst my hair is in two French braids. I go downstairs once I'm done putting on my black converse to find my mom not there. I grab some milk from the refrigerator and gulp down the contents. It's only after I've just swallowed that i realize the milk is spoilt. Right on cue mom walks in and stands by rhe island staring at me her mouth agape. "Oh my goodness Laura! Please tell me you didn't just drink that." I'm guessing she knew that it's spoilt. Then why didn't she throw it away? Typical mom." I won't then." I respond cheekily a smirk plastered on my face. "Honey it's spoilt. You're gonna be sick on your first day." she says worry present in her obsidian eyes. When mom is worried it never ends well so I quickly assure her. "Don't worry mom. My stomach is as tough as a cookie." That's the expression right? "I'll be just fine and either way if anything is to happen I promise to call you. Is that good enough?" She just nods her head in defeat and I kiss her goodbye. *** The moment I exit my car my mouth falls open at the scenery in front of me. The school is nicer than i pictured. How can mom afford this? We ain't poverty-stricken or anything of that sort but this is just too much. "Hey Laura!" I turn around in the direction of the voice in time to see Mackenzie waving her hand vigorously at me. I give her a small smile as she approaches me a girl beside her. I have to say, the girl is stunning. She has long straight blond hair, heart shaped lips and huge grey eyes that could be mistaken for green. "I missed you so much Laura. This is Tia, a friend of mine I told you about but I decide to go with the flow. "Oh yeah, Tia, I've heard so much about you." Turns out she's a werewolf. "It feels really nice saying that out loud to a human." Tia says beaming. We head into the school hallway and to say I'm at awe is an understatement. It's even more breath-taking on the inside. I bump into a wall and curse myself for not being aware of my surroundings. The wall moves and I jump. I look up to see what I just bumped into when my eyes are met with the most breath taking blue eyes I've ever seen. I gulp nervously as I take in the rest of the Greek god's face. He has a chiseled jaw, an aristocratic nose, pink plump lips that any girl would do just to kiss and long rich eyelashes Simply put, the guy is hot and I mean out of this world hot. Greek god must have caught me staring at me because he let's out the sexiest chuckle I've ever heard. I squeak when he tips my chin uo so that I'm looking at him. "Try to look where you're going Laura. Oh and by the way you're cute when you blush." What the cheese balls just happened?