Friends Forever.

I first met Jax when I was seven. I was helping some of the omegas clean the dishes when Luna Athena brought him into the kitchen.

His parents had been killed by rouges in an attack on our pack. 

Flash back 

“If you wanna stay in this pack you will earn your keep! You are to work along Star here and help clean everything! If you even dare mess up you will be severely punished! Do you understand?”

I watched as Luna Athena practically dragged the little boy over to me.

He looked so scared as she pushed him towards me. He looked up at Luna Athena nodding his head quickly.

“Good! Star, show Jax how to do everything around here to my liking and if he messes up I’ll know you didn’t show him properly and you will be punished as well.”

She walked out of the kitchen leaving the little boy named Jax with me and we became best friends ever since.

End flashback

Jax was now 6 feet tall, very handsome with short brown hair and brown hazel eyes. He had a nice golden tan.

We quickly became best friends that day, he always sticks up for me and even when I get into trouble he always insists on taking my punishments against my wishes of course.

I would beg him not to but he said he wanted to protect me, knowing I didn’t heal properly without a wolf.

Sometimes I pray to the moon goddess that he could be my mate and we could both just run away together.

Maybe it was just a childhood crush but he was the only one that cared for me here besides Willow of course.

“It's no problem, Star really! You know I would do anything for you. You’re my best friend.”

He leaned on my shoulder, closing his eyes content.

Jax had asked me out once and as much as I wanted to, I knew I couldn’t.

Most of the kids now days just dated whoever they wanted until they found there mate, but I wanted my mate to be my first with everything.

Jax understood and still cared for me, I knew he wished we were mates as well, but I knew his mate was out there just like mine.

“I’m really sorry Jax, I didn't mean to spill the beans. I’m not the best person to tell secrets to”.

Willow looked over sheepishly at Jax and he just smiled back at her.

“WE KNOW!”

Me and Jax said at the same time. We all looked at one another bursting into laughter.

“Are you guys really gonna gang up on me like that?” She said easing her eyebrow at us smiling.

Willow was my other best friend more like a sister we did everything together when we could find the time.

She had long, straight chocolate brown hair now. Big brown eyes, a heart shaped face she was beautiful.

When I first met Willow she was 8, I found her outside in the forest while I was helping gather fire wood. She had tears streaming down her face. 

She just kept repeating “My mom, My mom.” I had tried my best to cam her down but nothing I did worked.

Soon after one of the pack warriors had came over and told her that her mother was killed by Alpha Wade for stealing food from the pack house.

Eventually she was forced to be a maid like me in the Pack house because she had no one else.

Once we became closer she told me her father had left them when she was a baby, at least thats what her mother told her. 

She didn’t know his name or what he looked like, we had thought about trying to find him, but we never had the time.

Willow has always been shy, but also very outspoken when she needed to be.

Before I could reply someone came up behind me and spilled today's lunch over my head.

“Opps. My bad moon, speaking of beans, I hope they taste good! Let’s go you guys it stinks over here”.

Sarah winked at me and started laughing walking away with her friends.

I never cried in front of them. They weren’t worth my tears no matter how bad they hurt me.

The last time I cried was when I didn't get my wolf and Alpha Wade tortured me. 

After that day I pledged to never let any of my bullies see me cry again. Honestly it just made them angrier since I didn’t give them the reaction they wanted.

I stood up quickly running towards the bathroom, I didn't have any extra clothes and this was about the nicest shirt I owned.

Luna Athena wouldn’t even provide us with clothes because they didn’t wanna buy them. She said it wasn't their problem and to find clothes my own way.

Another omega Dorothy had kids a couple of years older than me, She would bring me there old hand me downs all the time. 

I didn't complain because at least I had something,

“Wait star I have an extra shirt in my locker you can use.” 

I heard footsteps slowing down towards me, I turned to see Jax and willow following me.

“Thanks, that would be great honestly, I don’t have anything else.” I smiled sadly at him.

“I really don't understand why they bully you so much it’s not right. Sarah really has it out for”.

“It’s okay Willow as long as I have you guys everything will be fine, besides once I leave I don’t have to deal with them anymore.”

We walked to Jax's locker, I watched as he grabbed an old t-shirt from his locker handing me his shirt.

It was very large but it would have to do. I began to walk towards the bathroom ready to change. I gave myself a look over in the mirror I knew I looked horrible now.

I quickly rinsed my hair out into the sink desperately trying to get the food out of it. I didn’t have any choice but to use the hand dryer to dry my hair the best I could.

I was looking at myself in the mirror now trying to comb through my hair with my fingers when I noticed Willow walk in the bathroom.

“Here”. She said pulling off a hair tie from her wrist.

“Thank you , that really helps!” I began pulling my hair up into a lazy bun.

We both walked out of the bathroom lunch was completely forgotten. Before we could walk back to the cafeteria we heard the bell ring.

Jax and Willow were not in any of my other classes but luckily the school day went by quickly for us.

We all walked out of school, ready to make our way to the pack house to begin our chores.

“I’m really nervous, I wanted to ask Luna Athena about giving us pay again until we graduated, but I feel like she’ll get angry”.

I looked ahead at the pack house sighing, me and willow were approaching it to quickly and I was dreading what Luna wanted.

“ I could ask her for you willow, atleast that way you don’t get into trouble”.

“You don’t have to, I just know we all need the money, we aren’t even getting by”

We walked up to the lunas office and knocked on her door waiting for her to call us in.

“Come In.” Luna Athena shouted from the other side of the door.

She was sitting behind her desk, filing her nails not even looking at us.

“Hello, girls. Just who I was hoping to see today.”

She said sarcastically to us.

“Luna Athena”. We both said in union bowing our heads.

“I called you girls in because you will no longer be attending school, you will stay here at the pack house as two of our other omegas went missing.”

We were both shocked by the news silently looking at one another scared of who it could had been.

Luna Athena had a sad look on her face. As if she cared I thought bitterly to myself.

“Anyway they were possibly killed by rouges, who knows. But we need someone to fill their spots in the morning and what better people than you two.” She looked at us with a fake smile plastered across her face.

“But, Luna we have school we won’t graduate if we don’t attend, could we possibly wait until we graduate, please?”

Luna Athena stood from her desk, angry she pointed her finger at willow shaking it drastically.

“You should consider yourselves lucky that I chose you two, other omegas BEG to work in this pack house just to be near my son, and this is how you react!”

I felt outraged, she was trying to take our only chance to graduate high school from us, I knew I couldn’t argue with willow here as Luna Athena would use her against me.

I looked beside me at my friend, her head was held low feeling defeated just like me.

“You start work in the morning, now leave my office before I decide to lock you both up”.

We didn’t say anything back as we walked out of her office.

We started to head to our rooms when willow stopped and looked at me sadly.

“I don’t know what we are going to do Star, I really need to graduate.”

I could see tears gathering In her eyes, I hated seeing my friend cry.

Graduating was the only way I could get a good job when I left this pack. I had such good grades and if I didn't keep them up I would lose my credits and not graduate.

I wrapped my arms around willow giving her a tight hug hoping to make her feel a little better.

“ I have a plan, one you might not like but just hear me out. Follow me I to my room”.

Me and willow walked into my room and sat on my cot. We both just sat in silence for a moment thinking about how messed up our lives had become.

“Look, I wanna run away when I turn 18 and become a rogue…….”

 Willow looked up at me shocked for a moment, shaking her head back and forth. I just sighed.

“Look, I know it sounds bad but I saved up just enough money to go to the human city and get a job and a small place to stay. It isn’t the most ideal place but it’s a start, I need this, I can’t stay here anymore, this isn’t the life I was meant to live willow”.

She looked at me complexed. “I don't know star, it's just I'm scared to become a rogue, they’re feral and our wolves take over if we aren’t with a pack”.

“This isn't a pack willow, these people hate us and treat us like shit. We could be happy and make our lives better if we leave, we could even take jax!”

I felt frustrated in this moment because why wouldn’t anyone wanna leave, this place is horrible and the Alpha is running it into the ground.

I feel like something suspicious is happening with the disappearance of omegas, it happens way too often.

“But, What about my mate? What if I leave and never find him. I would be heart broken if I never found him because I became feral”.

I sighed looking at my friend I understood her fear, it was the one I also had, but it was a risk I was willing to take.

“I know Willow. It’s just I can't be here anymore, I don't wanna live my life being physically and mentally abused for the rest of my life. There is something going on in this pack and it doesn’t feel right to be here anymore”.

I hugged my best friend telling her bye for the night and we decided we could revisit this conversation later.

Even if Willow and Jax didn't wanna come, I was still going to leave. I felt a strong pull that there was something out there for me. I just had to get out of this pack first.