Mason
Once we had finished unloading everything from the trunk, my mom and Nate went out to go and grab something to eat for dinner, meanwhile, I was focused on organizing my room. I’d gotten through most of the boxes, and was working on putting my books away when my mom and Nate got back with food. Nate took to staying in the living room while my mom sat down on my bed and gave me my food.
“Alright, Mason, before I go mingle with Nate, I wanted to talk to you for a bit about school before you go to bed and leave tomorrow.”
“I will listen wholeheartedly, so long as you promise to never say ‘mingle with Nate’ ever again. I don’t need to know the details of your personal life, Mom.”
“Okay, Kiddo,” She said as I started eating my fries, “So, I already told you that this school won’t be like the schools that you’ve been to before, as you probably had guessed by the name.”
“Yeah, ‘Blood Moon High’ definitely sounds like a perfectly normal school. So, what’s the catch about it?”
“Well, your classes have already been set up, you’re just going to need to pick up your schedule and learn your way around the place. The reason it’s not an ordinary school is that the principal of the school, and the school district as a whole, work for the local Werewolf Pack. There’s quite a few, don’t get me wrong, but this one pretty much runs at least half of the town,” She said while eating her food, I’d heard of werewolf packs before but I didn’t there was one here, “You shouldn’t have any issues there, they mostly stick to themselves from what I’ve heard. Just don’t look for trouble, I know with your sarcasm people might see you as an easy target.”
“I will, though I can’t promise I won’t be sarcastic at all,” I said before my mom laughed and got up to leave, “If I don’t see you before I leave for school tomorrow, have a nice day tomorrow, I love you.”
“I love you too, Mason, Sleep well, And don’t cause a riot at school.”
I laughed at her saying that before she closed the door behind her and left me to myself. I laid down on my bed and went to sleep thinking about how things would go at school the next day. At the schools I had been to before, I was the quiet kid that didn’t talk to anyone because I didn’t want to attract any unwanted attention, even if it meant I didn’t have any friends. My father didn’t help in that regard, seeing as whenever I brought up a problem I was having at school he would just insult me before sending me off to bed.
Before I knew it I was being woken by my alarm, it was already 6:30 in the morning, and I had to start getting ready. I got out of bed and set my comforter back over my pillow before grabbing a set of clothes for the day. I threw my grey hoodie on with a pair of black jeans and boots, before packing my books and other school supplies in my bag. I left my room and headed downstairs to see Nate in the kitchen making breakfast.
“Heading to school?”
“Yeah, is mom still here or did she leave for work?”
“She left for work already, I’m grabbing some grub before heading back upstairs to my office and getting to work myself,” He said while making some eggs, “Have fun at school, and your mom told me to let you know she’ll pick you up from school if she gets off work in time.”
“Alright, thanks Nate, have a nice day,” I said before leaving the house and heading out to the street corner where the bus was supposed to pick me up, “This is going to be interesting, one way or another.”
The bus rounded the corner, coming to a stop as I reached the street corner and opened the door for me to get on. I thanked the bus driver before sitting down in the empty seat I saw before the bus driver set off towards the school. If there was one thing I got right, it was my presumption about the other students, they were public school kids. Aside from the oddballs that kept to themselves, the majority of the students were singing along to music on the radio, bouncing in their seats, vaping, and doing everything that was against the bus rules. One of the kids moved from their seat and sat next to me, he was a walking stereotype of the high school jock.
“Hey, dude, how ya doing?”
“Little tired, little bored, you know, High schooler things,” I said as I moved my bag for him to have more room, “What brings you to my neck of the woods, huh?”
“You’re new here, aren’t you?” He asked with a curious look about him, he didn’t seem like the douchebag type, but he was a jock; He wore a school jacket with a football patch on it, over a tank top and plain blue jeans.
“Is it that obvious?”
“Just a bit, don’t worry though, you’ll be fine so long as you don’t cause any drama. Oh, and if you’re open to advice, avoid the Gordon Twins; You’ll be better off that way,” He said before getting up and moving back to his seat before I could ask who the Gordon Twins were.
‘Who the hell are the Gordon Twins?’ I thought as the bus pulled up to the school, and my question to nobody was answered.
Jocelyn The last thing I was expecting, going into my third-period class, was to get a panicked text from my brother. Even less than that was for me to read the names, Astrid and Mason, in that exact text, making me walk into my next class with one of the fakest smiles I've ever worn. The third period usually was the class that went by the quickest, and held my attention the best, however, with the text from my brother my mind was wandering. Before the class started, I opened my phone to re-read the text and respond to my brother so he knew I had read what he said. 'I've got good news and bad news for you sis, good news is I told Mason our theory on who he is to us...The bad news is that on my way to Gym, Astrid caught up with me and asked about him.' 'This wasn't the best thing to hear going into an English class, we'll talk during lunch, wish me luck at not having a mental breakdown.' 'Good luck, Sis,
Leo I still have no idea if there's a word to describe the amount of regret I felt when I saw Mason's face shift. What started with him looking like he was curious about my answer shifted to him looking terrified and even more confused than before. I immediately wished I hadn't told him anything and left the talking to Jocelyn, she was a bit better with words than I was. He looked like he was questioning his entire reality before he opened his mouth again. "What do you mean 'You didn't even know would be a possibility? And explain more, please," He said with a mild stammer. "We didn't know it was possible for two wolves to share or have the same mate, we were told our entire lives that it was a one-to-one type deal. As far as the explanation, I can only wish you good luck in getting one, we still don't know if Jocelyn's hunch is true or not." "So it's just a hunch? You'd think that you'd know if I was that important to you two." "You'd think, but we have no clue, ev
Mason "She did what now?!" "I'm going to take that as a no," Leo said through a low chuckle to avoid ticking off the teacher, "She told me that it was okay, even though I don't entirely have a reason to have it." "I didn't understand why she even wanted it in the first place, I said it before and I'll say it again, I'm a nobody from nowhere and I'd like to keep it that way." "Look, I'm sorry to say this but good luck with that, you've got my sister's attention and some of mine, somehow, and that isn't something easily given away." "And here I thought I'd have a normal school year," I groaned aloud before returning to my writing. Even if I spent a good chunk of my classes writing stories or doodling in my notebook, I managed to pass all my previous schools with mostly Bs and Cs. My father never cared about my grades, so long as I was in school and not bothering him he didn't seem to care, whereas my M
Mason I woke up the next day early enough in the morning that the sun hadn't started rising, and went downstairs to grab some breakfast. Mom was getting her lunch set up as I got there, she hugged me and wished me good luck at school before leaving for work, and I grabbed a couple of granola bars before walking out to the bus stop. I had my earbuds in listening to music while waiting for the bus when my phone buzzed, taking it out of my pocket the notification was a text from Jocelyn.'We'll see you at class, Leo says hi.''Tell the hulking sheepdog I said hello.''I showed him your calling him a hulking sheepdog and I couldn't describe the look of confusion on his face even if I wanted to.' I put my phone away as the bus pulled up to the bus stop and got on before taking a seat in the back. I had always sat away from other people at the previous schools I attended, I didn't like social inte
Mason After talking to Jocelyn and giving her my phone number, I caught back up with my mom as she gathered food for the week. We were getting stuff to make chimichangas and guacamole, snack foods, and some sodas before heading to the front to check out. Mom kept asking me questions about how school went and what I thought of the school as we checked out. We got out to the car and I loaded the groceries in the back before sitting down in the passenger seat when my mom gave me a look. "So, are you going to tell me who that girl was that you were talking to? Or is this going to be one of those things that we silently acknowledge?" "I should've known you would've seen her," I said through a nervous chuckle at her comment, "I don't even know how to explain it, Ma. I was told by a friend that I met on the bus that I should try and avoid them altogether, they own the school or something." "They must b
Leo "Would you believe me if I told you I had no idea?" "Considering that she was just standing beside you?" Dad said with an eyebrow raised, "No, no I would not. Where'd she run off to?" "Up that aisle to go talk to someone," I said while pointing up the aisle that Jocelyn ran up, "Though I couldn't advise going up there, you might embarrass her and all that jazz." "Goddess knows I would be just heartbroken if I embarrassed my daughter," He said as we continued shopping, "Do you know who she's talking to?" "It's the guy she was talking about from our school." "If she went to go talk to him, why didn't you join her? Does he make you shy or something?" I looked at my dad in disbelief that he thought that was a possibility, and resisted the urge to roll my eyes. We continued through the store, picking up some snacks and food for dinner the next few days; Before long, Jocelyn caught back up with us carr