Two

Blue’s POV

My first class was a disaster and that is not because of the professor though Werewolf Anatomy was already looking like it would kick my ass but because I couldn’t focus. My chest hurt and my skin felt so wrong.

I kept zoning out thinking about what happened in the kitchen this morning when I walked in to find all the triplets there. The way they all looked at me with a glint in their ehes.

By lunch I was ready to just go back to the house and hide in my room but my stomach was eating itself and I’d already skipped too many meals.

The cafeteria was packed and I wished I got something from the house before leaving. I grabbed a tray and got in line keeping my head down. If I didn’t make eye contact, maybe people would just ignore me.

“Oh my Goddess.”

I knew that voice and it made my entire body go cold. I looked up and there she was. Sienna Woods, beta’s daughter, my personal nightmare from senior year standing in the middle of the cafeteria with her little pack of followers.

She wasn’t supposed to be here. She said she was going to Lunar Academy across the state for a change of scenery.

“Blue!” She said my name like it was the funniest thing she’d ever heard.

“What are you doing here? I thought you’d be at some sad human college somewhere.”

Everyone was looking now. I tried to keep moving through the line but my hands were shaking so bad I nearly dropped my tray.

“Aw, she’s ignoring me. That’s rude, Human. We’re pack now remember? We should be friends.” Sienna walked closer, her heels clicking on the floor.

We were never going to be friends. Not after she made my entire senior year hell because her boyfriend at the time who was some random wolf whose name I don’t even remember said I was cute at a pack gathering.

I didn’t even talk to him but apparently that didn’t matter.

“I’m just getting food.” I said quietly.

“You’re just getting food.” she mimicked in this high pitched voice.

Her friends laughed. The lunch lady pretended not to hear anything as she plopped some pasta on my plate. I just needed to pay and leave. That’s it! I hate how cliche this is but some werewolves just refuse to grow up!

“I heard you’re living with the Runethorne triplets now. That must be so hard for you. I mean, they can barely stand being in the same room as humans.” Sienna was right behind me in line.

My jaw clenched. Keep walking Blue. Just keep walking.

“I’m surprised they even let you in their house. You must feel so unwanted.”

I did. She wasn’t wrong but hearing her say it out loud made something crack in my chest.

I paid for my food and tried to find an empty table in the corner. Maybe if I just sat alone and ate quickly, she'd disappear or soemthing.

“Where are you going?” Sienna’s hand grabbed my shoulder and spun me around.

My tray tilted. I tried to catch it but everything happened so fast. One second I was holding my tray. The next, Sienna had “accidentally” bumped into me and my entire lunch was down the front of my hoodie.

Hot pasta sauce with the juice nd every fucking thing. The cafeteria went dead silent then someone laughed. Before you know it everyone was laughing.

I just stood there, sauce dripping down my chest staring at Sienna’s fake concerned expression.

“Oh my god Blue, I’m so sorry! I didn’t see you there.” She pressed a hand to her mouth but her eyes were gleeful.

“You’re just so small and quiet like a little mouse.”

My whole body was shaking and it was not even from anger and fuck I wished it was anger. But it was humiliation! Pure, burning humiliation that made my eyes sting. You never get used to this kind of thing. EVER.

‘’Don’t cry. Don’t you dare cry in front of her.’ I chanted in my head.

“Here let me help –” Sienna reached forward like she was going to wipe at my hoodie but I knew better.

“Don’t.” I stepped back.

“Don’t what? I’m trying to help you, Blue. Goddess you’re so sensitive.”

Someone whistled as more laughter erupted at my demise. I looked around desperately for…. I don’t know but that’s when I saw them and they have watched everything.

Tristan, Azriel and Weston were sitting at their table near the windows. The alpha table that no one else dared to sit at and they were watching.

Tristan’s face was blank while Azriel was leaning back in his chair with his arms crossed like he was amused by the way his lips tilt to the side. Fuck he might’ve even made her do this to me. He is that cruel! Weston had stopped eating, his fork frozen halfway to his mouth.

They saw everything and they did nothing. I shouldn’t be surprised because back in high school they were my main bullies. I don’t know why it even hurts. They were just the stepbrothers that never wanted me.

Tristan looked away first and went back to his phone like I didn’t exist. Azriel’s continued watching like I was his personal amusement. Weston met my eyes for just a second and I saw something flicker there but then he looked down at his plate.

Something inside me shattered. I dropped my tray on the nearest table and walked out. I didn’t run. I wanted to but I wouldn’t give Sienna that satisfaction.

The bathroom was blessedly empty so I locked myself in a stall and pressed my back against the door trying to breathe through the tightness in my throat.

Don’t cry. Don’t cry. Don’t - ugh!

I cried! Dammit!!

Big and ugly and silent sobs that made my shoulders shake. I pressed my hand over my mouth to keep quiet but it didn’t matter. No one was here because no one cared.

I was so stupid. So so soo stupid for thinking college would be different. For thinking maybe just maybe, I could have a fresh start because we are adults now.

My hoodie was ruined. I peeled it off and tried to clean the sauce off my shirt underneath with paper towels but it just smeared everywhere.

This was my life now. Getting humiliated in cafeterias while my stepbrothers watched and did nothing. And I am allowing myself to be hurt when I don’t have any right whatsoever.

It’s not like they wanted their father to marry my mother or even cared that she had a daughter. The fact remains that I am human and I will never be welcomed in their midst no matter what.

Which is fucking fine by me. If only they’d leave me alone to live my wretched lonely life.

I threw the hoodie in the trash and splashed cold water on my face trying to erase any evidence that I’d been crying. When I lifted my head and looked in the mirror, I froze.

Azriel was leaning against the wall behind me.

In the GIRLS bathroom.