Chapter 2 OBSESSION

Carlie and I sat down at our usual table with our nasty school lunches. I swear, everyday it gets worse. I poked the packaged, month-expired beans with my plastic spork and gagged. A horrendous smell was coming out through the bag, even though it was closed. I pushed it aside and looked at Carlie, who was contently eating her nasty expired beans. She literally ate anything. One time, she found a dirty, half eaten gummy worm on the floor and ate it... She worries me sometimes.  Nathan joined us at the table. He's been our friend since last year. There's not much of a backstory to it. He transferred to our high school during the middle of 11th grade. He was lonely for the first few days, so we took him in. Now, he's actually pretty popular. He's in a lot of clubs, and he's on the school's soccer team. He decided to stick with us, even after he became popular, and I'm happy he did. He can be fun to push around sometimes. Also, he's one of the few people who can handle Carlie. Oh, and he's also a human, just like Carlie.  "Hey Whoren, hey Calories," he said casually as he took a seat next to me.  "Hey Gaythan," Carlie and I said as he pulled out his lunchbox from his backpack.  When he opened his lunchbox, a heavenly smell made its way to my nose. Carlie and I both snapped our heads in his direction.  "Is that-" I started.  "Your mom's homemade pizza?!" Carlie yelled out, loud enough for the whole cafeteria to hear.  "Ye~p," he said cheerfully as he took a bite right in front of us.  Some drool dripped from Carlie's mouth and landed on the table.  "Close your mouth, Calories. A dick's gonna fly in," he said as he took another bite of his delicious looking pizza.  "I'm gonna fucking strangle you!" Carlie said as she started running towards Nathan.  He immediately stood up and began to run from Carlie. I watched as the two chased each other around the cafeteria, causing everyone to look up and watch them in amusement, some even pulling their phones out to record.  I looked over to Nate's lunch. The pizza smells so good. And it looks so good too. I grabbed the pizza he had taken a few bites out of and finished it. They were too distracted chasing each other around they didn't notice. Then, I grabbed his second slice and finished that one too. I grabbed the third slice, and just as I was about to take a bite, Carlie yelled from across the cafeteria.  "Gaythan, look! Fatass Whoren is eating all the pizza!"  They both start running towards me, and I immediately stand up and run out, taking the last slice with me of course.  I ran out of the cafeteria while eating pizza. After finishing the last bite, I come to a stop and look behind me. Gaythan and Calories are nowhere to be seen. Hehe, I got away with it.  ..Or maybe not. I hear footsteps approaching me quickly, and I turn around to see Gaythan running towards me. Before I could run, he jumped at me and tackled me, dropping me to the floor. I landed on my back, and Nate was holding me down.  "You ate my pizza!" he cried out.  I reached up and patted his head.  "Oh, Gaythan. You shouldn't have left me alone with your pizza. How could I resist?" I say teasingly with a smirk on my face.  He glared at me and said, "You're buying me chips tomorrow."  I heard someone running towards us from where Nate came from. Carlie appeared in front of us, panting as if she just ran a marathon. She placed her hands on her knees and caught her breath.  "Jeez, Gaythan. What are they feeding you? Those are some fast legs you got there buddy."  When she looked up at us, her eyes widened in shock.  "Eww! Did I just walk in on you guys making out?!"  "What?! No!" I say as I push Nate off and sit next to him.  My heart almost stops when I see Daniel walking down the hall with his friends. His eyes are glued onto me as he walks, glaring at me the whole time. He looked like he wanted to kill someone. Most likely me.  Was he pissed because I found out that he likes Carlie? I looked at his friends, and Jeremy was smirking while Lucas was patting Daniel's back.  We all remained quiet while they walked by, even Nathan. When they finally exited the hall, we all sighed, letting out the breath we were holding in.  Nate stood up and reached out his hand to help me up. I took it, and he pulled me up.  "Why was he looking at you like he wanted to kill you?" Nate asked with a confused look on his face.  "Probably because I know something he doesn't want me to know," I replied as I looked at Carlie.  She was still looking at the exit they left through, as if she was waiting for him to come back.  "What?! Seriously?! Tell us!" Nate said excitedly, ready to gossip.  "..Well, I caught him staring at Carlie during the first period," I said.  Carlie's head immediately snapped from the exit to me. Her eyes revealed a hint of surprise, disbelief, and happiness all at the same time.  "No way! Are you serious?!" She yelled as she ran up to me and grabbed my shoulders.  I nodded, and she squealed. My wolf Alex was joyous seeing Carlie so happy, but at the same time she was a little sad. I didn't exactly know why, but I decided not to ask her about it. She probably didn't know why either.  The bell rang, and we ran back to the cafeteria to get our stuff before reluctantly parting ways. Except for me and Nate. We had History together. I noticed how joyous and giddy Carlie was. She must be happy, knowing that Daniel was secretly watching her... Actually, that sounds a bit creepy now that I think about it..  I mentally prepared myself for History before entering the class with Nate. This was going to be a long two hours.  *** The bell rang and everyone ran out before Mr. Jenel could tell us, "The bell doesn't dismiss you, I do." Nate and I found Carlie outside. We headed to the parking lot, where Carlie and Nate had their cars parked. I rode with Carlie, since we lived a few houses down from each other while Nate lived on the other side of town. We said our goodbyes to Nate and hopped into Carlie's car. Hehe, Carlie's car. Doesn't that sound weird?  After a ten minute drive with loud music and horrible singing, we arrived at my house. Carlie pulled over and I got out, closing the door behind me.  "Bye, Carlie. See you tomorrow," I said while waving.  "See ya, Whoren," she said and drove off.  I turned and faced my house. I immediately felt uneasy and anxious. Alex growled angrily as she remembered what we had to go through every day.  I reluctantly entered the house and was greeted by a drunk Rafael. After both of my parents died when I was 11, I was left in his care since everyone thought he was best suited to take care of me. And I agreed at the time. Rafael was my mom's adoptive brother. He was always nice to me and would play with me, even if I wanted him to play dolls with me. Whenever I accidentally scraped my knee or cried because I fell, he would buy me ice cream and find a way to make me laugh. He was young when he started taking care of me, only 21 years old. After he was rejected by his mate when he was 23, he started acting coldly. Most people were surprised he survived after being rejected by his mate, but I know he would have preferred not to.  After I closed the front door, he began yelling.  "Where the fuck have you been?! I need you to come and clean up the broken glass in the kitchen!"  "I'm not your fucking maid! Clean up your own mess, asshole!" I yelled, feeling my anger rising already.  "What did you just fucking say to me?!"  He started running to me. I immediately ran up the stairs and into my room, scared of what he might do to me this time. I slammed the door behind me and locked it.  "Open this door right now, you bitch!" he commanded as he pounded on the door.  He gave up after a while, and I heard him angrily go down the stairs. I sighed in relief and threw myself onto my bed.  He's made my life a living hell. I hated him so much, I don't think anything could ever make me forgive him.