Chapter-7

Ava's POV:

Another day here at school. Actually, it feels a bit peaceful to live like this. No offense to my mom's love, but staying independent just hit differently. I didn't want to go to class immediately, so I chose to roam around.

Actually, there is more to that. I am waiting for that Noah Guy. I want him to apologize to me. How can I let him go? He has to apologize for his behavior yesterday. 

I spotted him in an empty corridor. I wonder why he is always around empty places or more like isolating himself.

Is he a psychopath or what?

Then again, who am I to judge? Maybe he is more of an introverted person and hates being around people.

Wait...wait..wait, get hold of your thoughts Ava. We don't really care about him. You don't have to think so deeply about him, I tell myself.

This is how it is when I say I am an overthinker.

I let out a sigh and started to make my way to him. Then the bell rang, making all the students rush to their respective classes.

Dealing with this situation is more important to me than classes.

Soon, the rest of the students emptied the corridor. I reached Noah and he was about to move but I held him by the hand to make him stop, which made me earn a glare from him.

I let go of his hand immediately.

"What?" He asked in an irritating, more like a rash tone.

"Sorry," I say. He nodded and turned around.

"Wait," I said and he looked at me with a confused look. Noah is staring at me.

I don't know why, but this guy is very intimidating. Usually, I am the type of person who never easily gets intimidated, but today, here at this very moment, I would say otherwise.

"Apologize to me," I said, and he gave me a very confused look.

"Care to enlighten me?" he asked.

"Yesterday, you yelled at me," I said.

"Excuse me miss, I don't even know who you are and what you are talking about," he says.

"Yesterday when you were fighting with some boys..." my voice got cut in mid-sentence when I heard "Hey, you..." coming from the other direction.

We both turned our heads to see who it was "Great". I rolled my eyes and I heard Noah sigh under his breath.

The same boys from yesterday. They were running towards Noah with baseball bats in their hands, and I got a bit scared, but surprisingly, I heard a chuckle from Noah.

Is he serious? I thought to myself.

I wonder why I am always in between complex situations.

"Hey, you... you thought you could just go away by hitting me?" the main guy said.

You may wonder how I know that he is the main guy. Duh, he stood in the middle.

"Now come face us" the guy threw a challenging look at Noah. I looked around for help but there was no one. I took a step back and they started to fight again.

It's the same old cycle. Noah is punching, and these people are getting bruised.

I came here for an apology but the scene is completely different here.

Three guys are attacking Noah and he pushes a guy by kicking at his elbow and struggling with the other two. The guy who got kicked in his elbow is about to attack Noah with the baseball and I don't know what got into me, but I placed myself in between both, resulting in a hit from the bat to my right shoulder.

"Ahh..." I winced in pain. Noah turned towards me and, taking it as a cue, the guys ran away from the place to avoid the situation. Noah looked at them and I heard a little growl from him.

Did I hear it right or am I assuming things are in pain? Why would he make a sound like some wild animal? God, why am I like this?

Noah was looking at me now with complete shock, but he was also angry and confused. I was getting mixed reactions from him and

I was just staring into his eyes.

Noah's POV:

The bell rang and I was about to move into my class where Micky and steve already left for their classes. Someone held my hand. I turned around to see who it was.

It's a she. Who is she?

"Sorry," she said and I nodded, thinking she had mistaken me for someone else.

"Apologize to me," she said, and I got confused.

Who is she? And why should I apologize to her? She is a human."Care to enlighten me?" I asked.

"Yesterday, you yelled at me," she said.

Yesterday? I was trying to remember who she was and what I had done to her.

"Excuse me miss, I don't even know who you are and what you are talking about," I said.

"Yesterday when you were fighting with some boys..." the girl was saying something but got cut in the middle by some other voice saying "Hey, you..." coming from the other direction.

I chuckle at looking at their dumbness. How did they even think that they could win over me? I know what is coming ahead, the same old boring fight, but hey, I can count this as my practice.

We started to fight. One guy was about to hit me on the back and, I guessed it by my wolf instincts, I was turning back to punch him in his gut but the dumb human girl put herself in between both of us and got hit by the baseball bat.

I got very angry that I couldn't control my animal instincts and let out a growl looking at them. If I hadn't realized that the girl was standing over her, I would have chased those guys. But why did I get so angry? This made me more confused and the dumb girl too.

I was staring at her and thinking of her stupidity. Who in their right mind will put themselves in the middle of an attack by some complete stranger?

I examined her shoulder and it was starting to get bruised. "Let me take you to the infirmary," I said.

"I think this can be managed," she says.

Oh yeah, you are a strong werewolf warrior who literally doesn't care about any bruises and can heal yourself, right? I thought to myself.

She pulled her hand from mine. " I think it's better if we go," I said and started to pull her by the hand without giving her any other chance to deny it.

We both entered the infirmary and I saw no one there. I looked around, it made me more irritated. Why am I stuck in between the human business? Then I saw that dumb girl sitting on the bed and looking at me. 

She looked very cute for a moment with those big eyes, a cute confused expression, and her eyes trying to be so brave, not showing the signs of pain she was feeling, it made my heart flutter for a second. 

No girl ever did that to me. I only had girls on my bed to fuck and this scene is completely different. I contained my thoughts.

She pointed out ice packs and I got them. I thought for a while about sitting beside her and doing it myself or just handing it over to her. I am not really the type one, so I handed the ice pack to her.

She started to pat the ice pack slowly over her bruise and wincing once in a while, my thoughts went back to the fight. Why did she put herself in the middle? To save me?

No one ever did that to me, except my mom. She was the only person who put herself in the middle of danger just to save me and I lost her.

"Hey?" the girl's voice brought me back to the present.

"Huh?" I say.

"Thank you," she said, and I really got confused again.No one ever made me feel this confused.

Why is she thanking me now?

"Look, the one who's here to ask for my apology is thanking me," I said.

Ava's POV:

Noah took me to the infirmary and stood there, in the middle like a lost child. He was looking cute while lost in his own thoughts. Maybe he didn't know what to do, so I pointed out the ice packs and he handed them to me.

I remember the moment I was staring at his eyes back in the corridor, he had emerald eyes that reminded me of the woods backside of my room.

Maybe he really is not as half bad as I assume him to be. I felt like thanking him for bringing me to the infirmary.

"Thank you," I said and he gave me a confused look.

He smiled and said, "Look, the one who's here to ask for my apology is thanking me".

Is he a good guy or a bad one?

"I have to leave, I hope you get back to your class," he said and left the place.

Does he even know my name? I wondered.

I went back to my classes. The half-day passed but I couldn't stop thinking about him.

I think of the dialogue in which he says at the end "Look, the one who's here to ask for my apology is thanking me".

I thanked him because he brought me to the infirmary he had a choice, he could have left me on my own. But he chose to be kind. Maybe he didn't realize that.

Maybe he is not a bad guy. Maybe there is something to the scene which I don't know. Maybe it wasn't Noah who started it. Maybe I assumed the situation was wrong.

All these maybe have started to mess up my mind. I hate my mind for all this overthinking. I shouldn't hurt a person. This has always been my rule. Never hurt a person.

I think I have misunderstood him. I can't blame him without getting my facts right.

I can only be at peace if I apologize to him. Maybe it was the bullies who were bullying and this guy just reacted, but still, I got angry at the fact that he yelled at me.

Whatever, I will meet him once and say sorry to him, and then my mind may give me some peace, or else I won't be able to stop thinking about him.

I am literally waiting for school to end so that I can meet Noah and apologize to him.

Meanwhile, I spent some time with Mary. She is kind of cool but an outcast. She doesn't mingle with other people much, but I decided to be with her.

Even she told me that it was the other guys who started bullying and Noah was just passing by. It's just my stupid mind assumed things, the way it does all the time.

Finally, after 2 hours, school ended and I am on my way again to find Noah, like I did this morning.

I found him near the parking lot and there were 2 other guys with him inside the car. I knocked on the window and he glared at me with an annoyed expression.

He got down.

"Hey," I say.

"What is it now?" he said.

"Look, I am sorry," I said.

"What are you sorry for? In the morning you asked me to apologize and now you are here asking for my forgiveness? Who are you?" he said.

" I am sorry because I thought you were the one who was bullying yesterday but I got it wrong and it really made me angry when you yelled at me in the corridor yesterday. That's the reason why I asked you to apologize to me.

I thanked you this morning because you did first aid and chose to stay where you could have left.

and Mr, I am apologizing to you now because I assumed things that were not true and I can be at peace when I make peace with my thoughts. You may not understand this", I said all in one go.

"Just accept it, and you were still wrong for yelling at me, "I said.

He looked at me confused.

"You are a nutcase", he shook his head and got back into the car. The engine revived and soon he was out of my sight.

I don't care what the hell he might think of himself, but he is no human at all. He is an arrogant idiot. I hate him.

I left for my place and also I need to find myself a part-time job to survive.

Noah's POV:

"Who is she?" Mickey asked.

"What was she talking about? Why is your mood like that?"Steve questioned.

I looked at them and let out a sigh.

"Just some human who was apologizing for something which I had done" I replied.

"Then isn't it you who should be apologizing? Then why is she?"Mickey asked.

"That's why I said she is weird," I said.

"What is the first aid she is talking about?"Steve asked.

"Why are you guys so interested in a human business? Just ignore it", I said, and started to drive.

Got back and attended the training. Everything went as usual. And here I am in my bed not able to sleep and all I can think about is the nightmare.

I can't always use women to distract myself. 

I started to think about my mom. Her scent was rose, and so was mine. I got it from her. I smiled at myself thinking of her and then my mind showed me the images of the girl in the school.

Her big cute eyes and that confused look brought a small smile to my lips. I don't know if she is stupid or brave. I don't even know who she is or her name. She surely is human.

She is stupid enough to put herself in danger for some stranger. Oh god, she is a completely dumb person.

And out of all she came to apologize while I was the one who yelled at her? Why?

She is an interesting girl. But I don't want to involve much with humans.

I didn't know when I started to doze off while thinking about her.