Chapter Four

NATHAN

I didn't plan this I swear, I wanted to get a cup of coffee and I bumped into her, and no I didn't hear her with my super hearing, it doesn't work like that. In the streets where there are noises, you have to have full-on concentration if you want to hear someone from afar and that's not what I did. I didn't even know she was going to be here. Could it be fate bringing us together? I hope so because I want to believe there could be something between us. Something cosmic.

But I don't think there's going to be anything cosmic between us when she wants to run away from me right now.

"Wait! Please!" I yell. But she doesn't stop.

"No, why should I? For all, I know you could be even worse than that creepy guy with the dirty beard." She says and it stings, that guy was a pervert and for her to compare me to him is a slap on the face. This means I hurt her by leaving and not saying goodbye, and if she's that hurt does that mean she likes me? Maybe she did like me and I blew it by running away like an idiot.

"No, I'm not like that guy. I would like to explain." She stops and I give out a sigh of relief, but she's not turning what if she wants to make a run for it this time? Then I haven't achieved anything.

She turns around and she scowls at me and I deserve the look she has on right now that's what I tell her and she relaxes her face. Her arms are still crossed though. It's now I know that what I did was stupid. I move closer to her and she smells so fresh, of course, a beautiful lady like her would smell so wonderful.

"I'm sorry," I say and she rolls her eyes. "I shouldn't have left without saying anything, I think you're beautiful and honestly I don't deserve a girl like you." She looks back at me and she has that look on her face, it's not disdain, it's not sadness, she's blushing right now. It's so cute and I tell her that her smile is cute then she giggles. "even your laughter's cute.", I say and she looks back at me with a wide smile. A girl this beautiful deserves the whole world, she really does.

She's still looking at me, but she's quiet then she sighs. "I wasn't really upset." She says and I raise an eyebrow, she rolls her eyes, but playfully I love the way she rolls her eyes. "ok fine, I was asking myself what I did wrong for a hot guy to leave without saying goodbye."

Hot guy?

"I'm an idiot for leaving you, and no you did nothing wrong." I don't even notice that I'm holding her arms. She looks at my hands on hers and she smiles. Could this be the start of something new? Something cosmic? "Let me make it up to you because I really want to know you better. I want us to have lunch together."

"Oh." She has that disappointed look on her face. "I have work to do right now, how about we do it tonight? I'm not doing anything tonight."

"Sure that's perf-" oh no, the full moon. I can't go anywhere. Unless I want to change in front of her so she'd think the worst of me or I want to attract werewolf hunters. But then again, I want to hang out with her. "Uh, sorry not tonight I just remembered I have a thing with my parents."

"Oh." She looks disappointed, trust me I know the feeling, I'm also disappointed.

"I promise, after tonight I am all yours." That causes her to smile. "What's your name?" I ask, once I know her name and once I get her number we are guaranteed to meet each other again.

"Chloe." She says. "Chloe Fint."

"Nathan Carmello." We shake hands. Her hands are so soft, it's like touching a baby's. "Can I get your number Ms. Fint?" I wink and she's blushing. Her blushing is one of the cutest things I've seen, Tyrone blushing is also cute because you never see that one blushing for anyone or anything.

She gives me her number and I give her mine.

"Now we know none of us are getting away from the other," I say and she laughs.

"I can't believe you got me to forgive you so quickly, how's that even possible? I don't forgive people so quickly."

"Maybe I look like someone who can be given a second chance, and honestly I don't deserve a second chance when it comes to a beautiful girl like you." She nods and then looks at her watch, it's old but I guess it's still usable unless she wants to get away from me real quick and she didn't forgive me. But then, I also remember I'm keeping her from her work. I bet she has a lot of writing to do.

"You're busy so I don't want to hold you back," I say and she nods in agreement. "Meet you here tomorrow? Same spot?"

"Yes sir." She does a salute and we both chuckle. We stare at each other for a second and someone's loud horn interrupts our thoughts.

"Uh. . . I . . . I've gotta go, see you tomorrow." She says then I wave, I quickly put my hand down when I realize what I'm doing.

A wave? Really Nathan? That's so basic, the girl already thinks you're charming and you ruin it with a wave. I growl, I sigh then I walk away.

I feel like slapping myself, she deserves better than a wave.

CHLOE

A part of me didn't want to forgive him, and another part of me said fuck it, he's hot and he's asking for your forgiveness. Honestly, that was the most romantic thing anyone has ever done. Did he follow me just to apologize? I'd like to think of it as we bumped into each other by mistake. That would be more romantic.

I'm going upstairs to my apartment and Ms. Minnie is looking for her cat, Pearl again. She's wearing a red robe, flip flops and she has a bonnet on her head. Her usual attire. This will be the twentieth time this year that she's looking for her cat.

"Hello, Ms. Minnie," I say. I have to be polite. As annoying as this woman is she still brings pie to me during Thanksgiving when I'm too lazy to go visit my mom.

"Oh, Chloe how are you? Have you seen Pearl?" She has that worried look on her face. Of course, I haven't seen Pearl, I never see her why can't she realize that her cat leaves the house and comes back at will? Cats aren't like dogs, cats are independent creatures. They can survive out there. Who knows maybe Pearl snuck out to see her boyfriend. I can't wait for her to come back pregnant, that will be a huge twist.

"No Ms. Minnie, I haven't seen her." She looks away disappointed. Ms. Minnie is a petite and round white woman, with black hair that's always in a bun and she loves wearing robes. This time I can't see her hair because of the brown bonnet that's on her head. She's in her late fifties and I think she has kids who come and go every day. They look filthy rich, if they're rich why don't they just get her a bigger house? But who will get me pie every day at thanksgiving once they do that?

"Sorry, hope you find her," I say to her, she nods and she continues her search for her furry friend. And I try to unlock the door to my apartment. But then I notice it's already open.

Oh my God, did I leave it open? I could have sworn I locked it. Or did I lock it and someone broke in? I look over to Ms. Minnie and she's still looking for her cat, I don't want to bother her so I get into the house. I want to handle this on my own anyway.

I look at the time and it's five o clock on the dot, it's not even night yet and someone is already breaking into my home. Maybe I'm the one who didn't lock it, but still just to be safe I grab my baseball bat.

No, I don't play baseball I never did. I just keep it for safety reasons. Right now whoever is in my apartment is about to get their head smashed.

I knew it!

Someone's in my apartment I can hear my refrigerator go open, they're taking beer from the fridge too cause I can hear it cling to the other beers I have in there. Now, this person's gonna get it. Who could it be? A writer who wants to steal my work and then decide to take beer afterward? Now, who would do such a thing? I've always had my doubts about Layla or worse it could be that handsome guy I saw today. What's his name? Joshua Clinton. Oh, he messed with the wrong girl.

I tiptoe to the kitchen and there he is, wearing my robe and closing the fridge. I hold my bat tightly and I yell and I charge toward the mother fucker.

SUSAN

I have to go to Dallas as soon as possible, I'm lucky to have escaped those hunters but then I have to meet the one who can save us all before it's too late. I have to meet her the one who can stop this war, the one who will give us peace.

She told me to find her before she died before she got killed by a silver bullet. A werewolf's major weakness. I saw the darkness in her eyes, I saw the sadness in her eyes. Seeing her tears made me cry. She was like me, a shapeshifter, a warrior but a slave to the moon. Now she's dead a whole army of hunters wants to wipe our species out for good and they know how to find us all.

She gave me the name of our savior before she died. The name of the one who's going to save us.

I'm on the bus headed to Texas and I look at the paper where I wrote the name of this warrior. It's written in bold, of course, it should be, this is no ordinary person we're talking about. Our future rests in her hands, our future also rests in the hunter's hands but to beat the hunter she has to win.

That warrior, that savior, the one that's going to help us all. Her name is Chloe Fint, and I'm going to find her before they do.