All Chapters of Rikr: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

I could hear the murmurs from the other side of the classroom as Rick and his friends talked about the girl. She had an odd scent to her but I got the idea that she was used to the whispers. Something about realizing that fact didn’t sit well with me.“Was your mom too busy mopping our floors to drive you to school?” Rick called from the back and a few people laughed as her head went even lower.“That’s enough, Mr. Jackson,” the teacher said as the laughter died down.“Asshole,” Miss Charles muttered and I smiled at that.The day passed swiftly, although Miss Charles, whose name I didn’t know and the other girl whose name I also didn’t know were in most of our classes. Rick and his friends only shared English with us and I was glad because I didn’t like him and I knew that sooner rather than later we’d be meeting with our fists.We were walking towards the cafeteria when we heard Rick’s voice and a grunt coming from the hallway where the lockers were. Slade and I both stopped in our t

The following morning we got more stares as we drove into the parking lot at school. Instead of two bikes we were now three bikes riding together. Leon was part of our pack and he looked different. Belonging to a pack does that to you plus the new clothes he was wearing also made a difference and the fact that he had eaten more in the last twenty-four hours than he had in a week.“Leon, did you finally rob a store to get some new clothes?” Rick called from across the parking lot as we climbed off our bikes.“Just ignore him,” Slade said as he glanced at Rick.“He smells different,” one of Rick’s friends said but I still heard him. I turned and walked towards their group as Slade leaned against his bike and Leon watched us.“Leon’s part of our pack now, so I suggest you back off and leave him alone,” I said.“You took in a lone wolf?” Rick asked me. “Your father must be desperate for members.”‘Just bite his head off,’ Blaise said in my head and stood up.“Go play fetch with your mutts

I turned into the school parking lot and saw Dani as she sat on the steps in front of the closed doors. She looked up when she saw the Jeep and I got the idea that she didn’t really want to be here. She stood up when she saw me climb out and walked over to me. I smiled at her but she was looking down again.“Hi,” I said and opened the door for her.“Hi,” she said and closed the door.She kept looking out of the window as I drove out of town and her eyes widened slightly as I pulled into the garage. All three bikes were still there and another car was parked in the garage as well. I assumed it was Harper’s car.“Thank you for picking me up,” she said.“You’re welcome,” I said to her. “Why weren’t you in school?”“I was sick,” she lied to me and I wondered why.“Okay,” I said and kept staring at her.“I think we should go inside,” she said and opened her door.I heard them laughing as I opened the front door and let Dani walk in first. She stood around awkwardly in the doorway as Leon t

I woke up as the sun started rising and felt something wet on my shoulder. I realized that we must have fallen asleep last night. I turned my head and looked at Dani sleeping on my shoulder. It was odd that I didn’t feel that unstoppable pull toward her. The movement woke her and she sat upright and wiped her mouth.“Oh shit, I’m sorry,” she said as she wiped the drool from my shoulder and blushed a bright red as I laughed at her.“I guess it must have been good if you were drooling,” I said to her and she blushed again.“Shut up,” she said and laughed.“I’ll ask Sam for some clothes. Go take a shower and then you should probably phone your parents, tell them you spent the night at Harper’s or something,” I said to her and got out of bed.“Jericho,” she said as I opened the door and turned towards her. “Thank you…for everything.” I nodded as I closed the door behind me.Waking up next to her felt platonic, like we were friends and nothing more. I wondered if it was the fact that she h

“Can I help you?” the woman asked as she opened the door.“Morning, Mrs. Charles, I’m Jericho and I’m here to pick Dani up for school,” I said and smiled.“Oh, uhm, come on in,” she said and opened the door wider.“Thank you,” I said and stepped inside.“She’s still upstairs but you can wait in the kitchen for her,” she said and I followed her through to the kitchen.“Thank you.”“How old are you?” she asked me.“Sixteen,” I said to her as I sat down at the counter.“Are you Dani’s boyfriend?” she asked me and I heard Dani stop on the stairs as she eavesdropped.“No, we’re just friends,” I said to her and turned around as Dani walked into the kitchen.“Morning,” she said as we both looked at her.“He’s cute,” her mother whispered. “If you’re nice he could be your boyfriend.”“Mom!” Dani said, blushing and they both turned towards me and I had to pretend that I hadn’t overheard that whole conversation.“Would it be okay if Dani had dinner at my house tonight?” I asked her mother.“Of c