Summer's Ending

Ava POV:

The leaves are slowly but surely changing colors, and the cold wind is getting stronger each day. School starts in two days...and yet I still have to start my summer homework for World History. School isn't that hard, although it is complicated. With all the drama and rumors spreading like wildfire from one place to another...

"So what color should I paint my nails...," Domonique asks pulling me away from my thoughts.

"Uhm how about a deep green?" I reply not really thinking about it.

 
"No I think I'll be bold this week..." she says while digging through my drawer of nail polishes. "I think I'll do hot pink." I roll my eyes knowing that she'd regret choosing that color later.

Dom and I are completely different. She's preppy and bubbly, while I'm more shy and quiet. She's got beautiful long raven black naturally curly hair, while I have a lighter brown color with some highlights...not to mention it's straight and stiff.
Her face has no flaws and she even has a beauty mark under her left eye. I have freckles all over my face, though no acne or pimples.
We both have blue eyes except mine are more of a grey color while hers are ocean blue. I do think the gold flecks around my pupils are pretty if I can admit that.

We're 18, though I'm older. She's 5'4 while I tower her at 5'7. Basically, she's the average white teenage girl and I'm just weird.

"...Hello?" She says while waving her hand in front of my face. "Where do you always go in there?"

"Anywhere, everywhere, nowhere..." I trail off feeling a little embarrassed.

"You should go for a run." She suggests. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention we're werewolves.

"Yeah I should," I say getting up from my bed. "Alright I'm going to go do that. I'll be back in 30."

"Okay but if you get home and all of the Oreos are gone, it's your fault." She smiles evilly at me.

I smirk, "We'll see..." I walk out of my room and downstairs past the living room to the back door. I grab my favorite leather jacket just incase it was too cold. I open the door only to get blasted with dry chilly air. I breathe in, loving the smell of seasons changing. 
I start walking towards the forest that surrounded the area behind my house. Afterall, since my family and I are werewolves, we need a lot of space to run so that's why we live in a more secluded neighborhood. Mostly werewolves, like me, live in this tiny community. But sometimes humans move in.

Recently, a werewolf family was transferred to the Silver Rain pack since the daughter found her mate there and now there is a house for sale to the left of mine.

The Alpha lives four houses to the right from mine. Even though it's far away, you can always hear him yelling when he gets frustrated. 
I pull out my chapstick and slide it over my lips to soothe their dryness. I enter the forest and look around wondering if anyone's watching. I conclude that I'm the only one out here and start taking my shirt and pants off, then my bra and panties. I fold everything and set it into the crease of a tree in the neatest pile I can manage it into.

My bones start cracking and morphing into the bone structure of a wolf. Fur coats my body while I grow fluffy grey ears and a grey and white spotted snout. My wolf is mostly light grey but some parts have tiny white scattered dots. I'm not huge but I'm not small either...maybe just a little bigger than the average size. 

'Maybe it's because you eat so much crap,' my wolf says making an appearance in my mind.

'C'mon Opal, why do you have to ruin everything?' I talk back to her in my head.

'I'm just having a little fun. Jeez don't freak out.' I roll my eyes at that. I can never tell if she's serious or not.
I start sprinting deep into the woods to 'my spot'. Nobody, not even Dom has been here. 'My spot' is a miniature waterfall with a stream leading to a beautiful open meadow full of gorgeous flowers. It's so stunning when the sun is shining on the water all the way to the radiant purple pansies. I just love to lay down next to the river in the meadow, and to stick my finger in the water to play with the tiny fish that swim around. 

I sigh, relieved from getting here safely. Lately there have been rogue and hunter sightings around here, but I don't think they'll come out in the daytime in plain sight. 

'But they could...I mean I like being let out to run but this isn't safe. Somethings off. We need to go back, something's going to happen. I can feel it.' My wolf says with urgency and fright. That isn't normal, usually she's joking around and never serious like she is now. 

'Are you being serious? Sometimes I can't tell. You're scaring me Opal...' I say looking around the open field. I open my mind link just incase something does happen. Mind link is like speed dial, you just open it and you can only connect with someone in your pack. In this case, I'd contact the Alpha, good thing his mind link is always open for emergencies.

'Something's coming, start going back home...now.' Opal pleads, voice filled with nervousness. 

'I can't smell any rogues. What could it be?' I say while cautiously walking back to the forest.
'I think there are hunters. I can feel something watching us...' Now that she mentions it, I feel something watching us too. I start walking faster and looking around more.

'Should I shift?' I ask Opal.
'Yeah. Maybe if we turn back to your form they'll think we're human and won't kill us.' I run into a tiny area surrounded by thick bushes so no one sees me turn back into human form. I'm a little embarrassed by my naked body and I try to cover myself with branches.
'Why are you covering yourself? We should be running back home before whatever's out there comes to kill us!' Just after she says that I hear a twig snap about 10 yards away. I sniff the air seeing if I can tell what it is, but get nothing. 

'Opal, why isn't there a smell?' I asked confused.

'I bet it's a hunter, sometimes witches help them by giving them potions that mask their scent. Contact the Alpha!' 

'Alright I will!' I shout at her.

'Alpha! There are hunters in the forest! I was out running and something's following me! What do I do?'

'Ava, get back to your house and lock yourself in the safe rooms I installed. I'm sending warriors out to your location right now, stay calm and just walk home fast.'

'Yes Alpha.' I come out of the bushes only to be confronted by someone wearing all black. I cover my body with my hands out of instinct. 

'Hunter!' Really? I didn't notice. 'Ava, get out of here! We haven't even found our mate yet! I don't want to die!' 

'Do you think I want to die either?!' I say back, scared out of my mind. The hunter takes out a tiny silver blade and points it at me.

"Stop communicating with your wolf, or I'll kill you right now." I could tell it was a man by the way his voice sounded. I start backing up, not listening to his warning. 

'Opal! How am I supposed to get out of here?'

'I-I don't know....I think you should-' Opal stops right as I get cut on the back of my neck by the hunters knife.

"Ow!" It stings as if the blade was laced with liquid silver.

"I told you to stop." The hunter whispers in my ear.

"Why can't I talk to my wolf anymore? What did you do to me?" I asked panicking.

"The blade was covered in silver, it cuts off the contact between human and wolf and it takes your heightened senses away temporarily." He explains. 

"Why are you even talking to me? Why am I still alive?" I ask disgusted with the hunter for teasing my life. "What could you possibly want me for?"

"I don't have to explain anything to you if I don't want to...which I don't so.." He trails off not caring. "So where did you put your clothes?"

"In a tree at the other side of the forest..." I look down, uncomfortable with him looking at my nakedness. 

"That sucks." He nods to himself.

Why isn't Alpha Aiden here yet? I start getting worried. Was this a trap? Was there actually a group of hunters hunting down the Alpha and I just played a part in their plan by mind linking him? I look around frantically.

"What are you looking for, mut?" He criticizes me. He smiles creepily. "Called the Alpha, huh?" I start walking backwards again, more fast this time. Hunters were highly educated and skilled but could never run faster than a werewolf. He starts walking towards me, I turn around and sprint back towards my house. Since my wolf is currently blocked from the silver in my bloodstream, so is my mind link and heightened senses. 

I start getting closer to the edge of the forest and start screaming. Hopefully Dom is listening. I quickly climb up the tree with my clothes in it to grab them. I hear a plucking noise and soon after that an arrow is in my right shoulder. I screech from pain and surprise. I forget my clothes in the tree and start running towards my house again, more fast. My vision start getting cloudy and I'm stumbling around but still running somewhat fast. I keep yelling for Dom to come out of the house but she doesn't. 

I start getting slower to get to a fast jog. I look back towards the forest to see the hunter getting another arrow ready to be shot at me. I see him look surprised and retreat back into the forest. I get confused and just as I'm about to look forwards again, I bump into something hard and fall with a scream. I fall on my back and the arrow gets lodged more through my shoulder. I cry hysterically.

"Oh my God! You have an arrow in your shoulder!" A man's voice yells. I start screaming for Alpha Aiden but my screams get hushed by the man. 

"Please don't hurt me!" I beg. Still unable to see well, I look around needing to know what's going on. A pair of warm tingly arms wrap around my naked body, carefully dodging the arrow. 

"It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you. Let me take you to my house and help you." He says calmly. "I used to be a doctor before I went into the teaching industry." He tries to make conversation to help me calm down, which it does. I can feel him walking in the direction of my house. I try telling him to go left to my house but he ignores my whimpers and takes me to the vacant house next to mine.

"Why are we going to an empty house?" I ask trying not to choke.

"I just bought it 20 minutes ago. Then I heard screaming and came out as soon as I heard it to see what was going on out here only to find a young...naked...girl with an arrow lodged in her shoulder." He explains. "What happened for you to get that? How are you still awake?"

I think about it, realizing that any normal human being would've passed out by now from the pain. "I d-don't know," I lie.
"And..." he pauses. I can feel the embarrassment rolling off of him in waves, "...why're you naked?" I blush and he clears his throat. I try thinking of an excuse but I couldn't.

"Uhhh..." I try to come up with a possible situation. Skinny dipping...in August? No.....how about getting locked out of the house by Dom without clothes? Ugh I don't know what to say. This is going to be bad but, "I was drugged and kidnapped but escaped and when they tried to catch me they shot an arrow into my shoulder." He looks at me if I'm crazy.

"We have to call the police!" He exclaims.

"No! No...I'm alright," I try talking him out of it. "I'm fine."

He walks up the steps of the porch which makes me bounce around and makes me cringe from the pain emanating from my shoulder.
"Sorry," he apologizes realizing he was too rough. I nod my head. He slowly lifts one of his hands away from my cold bloody body to open the door to his new house. He walks in, making sure to be careful that I don't hit the door frame. I look around, seeing that furniture was already in the living room and everything looks normal as if he'd been living here for years. I groan as I see the kitchen door. "Hungry?" He asks. I nod once again. "Am I allowed to set you down on my couch for just a minute while I go get something for you to eat?"

"Yes, please," I whisper. He sets me down gently and goes over to the kitchen. 
I try to contact Opal, 'Are you still gone? How much silver did he use on us? I don't have any of my senses anymore...will I even taste the food that I'm going to eat?" No answer. I sigh, desperate for my wolf to surface. I sit on the couch, still with an arrow in my shoulder, and look around. 

His living room is quite big, filled with black and white furniture, including the long and slick black leather couch I'm curled up on. He has a brick fireplace in the middle of the main wall, with a T.V. on the wall above it. Pictures sitting on the mantle along with a few tiny plants catch my eye. I really want to get up and look at the pictures, but I can't get up without crying...he'll be back soon anyways. I finish the visual tour, stopping at the big windows, looking out at the side of my house and part of the forest in my backyard, realizing he could see me changing into my wolf if I wasn't careful.

I come back to reality. I quietly tremble, still freezing from being outside naked. He walks out of the kitchen with a bowl of mandarin oranges. I smile at the random choice of food he brings me.

"I hope this'll do..." he looks at me for a reaction. I just nod, not really giving him an answer. I take the bowl and fork and curl back up on his couch. "Oh my gosh, do you want some clothes?" He laughs nervously forgetting that I'm still bare. 

"Mhm," I mumble while shoving the tiny juicy oranges in my mouth.

"Alright, sorry I didn't ask sooner. I'll be right back," He leaps up the steps going twice at a time. Once out of sight, I start to cry. I made a promise to myself to not cry in front of people last year, they could use my emotions against me. 
I think back to the wretched time, heart cracked and aching. 

Flashback

Danny Baker. My mate. Even though I am 17 and we can't tell who our mate is until we're all 18, he graduated high school so he's turning 19 this year. When he told me we were mates, my heart probably grew around 5 sizes bigger. I was so happy and ecstatic, I could die. Ever since he came back to his hometown and found me, we've been inseparable. 

"Babe, where is the peanut butter?" He asks me as he walks into the kitchen where I am. 

"Second cupboard to the left of the microwave." I answer. Gosh, Danny just loves his peanut butter, just another reason why I love him. 
He comes over to me and snakes his thick muscular arms around my waist and puts his head in my neck, "I don't know how I'd go on without you." He leaves tiny kisses along the side of my neck. 

"Ditto." I smile against his face. His face lights up at my answer. 

"So...are you ready for tonight?" He asks, quietly. 

"Why? What's happening tonight?" I ask confused. He looks at me shamefully, but it's gone as soon as it appeared. "Tell me." I push.

"I thought we could take the next step in our relationship..." I trails off. 

"Which is...?" I ask still confused. He just looks at me. Then he looks at the ground, a little disappointedly. As realization hits me, I start to feel scared. He means finishing the mating process. 

Even though he was my mate and I loved him unconditionally, I just felt too young to be giving up the purest and most innocent part I had left of me. I knew I had to sooner or later since we'd be spending our lives together, but I just feel so uncomfortable. 
I don't answer. Unsure of what to do, "I have to go to the bathroom..." I leave quickly and rush into the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror. "What am I going to do?" I whisper to my reflection. I grip the sides of the sink and sigh. "Should I?" I whisper even quieter. "I love him, so that means I have to pleasure him and his needs..." I agree on an answer to his question, I will complete the mating process, for him. 

I walk out of the bathroom and go back to the kitchen where my turkey sandwich is. I look around for Danny, not knowing where he went. I let out a deep sigh, knowing that I greatly disappointed him. If only he knew I'd go along with it.

3 hours later (5 pm)

I pull up in the driveway, just getting back from going shopping for an outfit for tonight. Danny would be so happy with my decision. I smile with glee as I get out of my car. I quietly walk up the front steps and put the keys in the door. I turn the knob slowly, trying to be quiet so I surprise him. 

I round the corner, checking the kitchen and then the living room to make sure he's upstairs. I smile excitedly. I try to hold my shopping bag as still as I could as I creep up the stairs, making sure to be silent. I get outside his bedroom door and set the bad down without noise, getting ready to open the door to surprise him.

"Oh! Danny!" I hear as I'm about to turn the knob. I gasp, realizing that he's with another woman. 
I fling the door open, seeing them under the covers of his king sized bed. She's on top of him, rocking back and forth. They don't even notice me. I start crying and then full on sobbing. I grab a flower vase that was on the table next to his door and throw it against the wall on the other side of the room.

That got his attention, "Oh my God! Baby! I thought you went home!" He pushes the slut off of him and tries to get out of bed but gets tangled in his sheets and can't.

"I-I just don't understand...why?! You said we were mates!" I say as tears flow down my face.

"We are mates!" He claims.

"Even though I'm not 18 yet, I know that if my mate was cheating on me I'd feel it in my heart." I look away.

"Baby, please. I'm begging you, we'll get through this. She didn't mean anything to me, not like you do to me."
I laugh, "I can't believe that I was about to complete "the mating process" with someone who isn't actually my mate." I grab the Victoria's Secret bag and throwing it at him. "I was going to go out of my away and comfort zone to please you, because I loved you! And you go and do this?" I never stopped crying. "...I loved you..."

"And you still do! Please! Ava! I love you! Please don't leave me!" He begs. He finally gets untangled and starts to walk over to me to touch me. He reaches his hand out to grab my hand.

I pull it away, "Don't touch me!" I back up into the hallway, turning around to go down the stairs. I get down the stairs, tears streaming down my face. I hear thumps against the floor getting louder. His arms go around my waist again, but instead of feeling pleasure from the action I feel disgust. 

"Please don't leave, I love you. I'm sorry. What can I do to make this right?" He pleads. I grab his hands around my waist and rip them off. 

I turn around, "Goodbye Danny. Maybe I'll see you someday, but I honestly hope I don't." He looks at me with sorrow and regret. I walk outside and I close his front door. I stop walking down the steps, and crumble to the ground. I sob loudly, although I know he won't hear. I sit on his steps for an hour and a half. In all that time, he doesn't come out and neither does she.

End of Flashback

One tear comes out of my right eye just as he comes down stairs. I wipe it away as soon as it comes.
"Hey so I didn't really know what you'd want so I just got you one of my sweatshirts and a pair of sweatpants." He shrugs. "Sorry I don't have any girls clothes."

"This is fine thank thanks...but I don't see how I could put these on with an arrow still stuck in my shoulder." I say feeling a little annoyed.

"Oh my God I'm so sorry I totally forgot about that." He becomes shameful. "Okay well I'll be right back with my old medical supplies. Again, so sorry." I just nod while he leaves again. I reach behind my shoulder with my left hand and I feel the base of the arrow that's in my skin. As soon as I touch it more pain spreads which makes me flinch. I swear at myself for being so stupid as to go for a run when there were hunters around. 

'At least it wasn't a rogue. I would've been dead.' I think to myself.

He shows up next to me, it's as if I blacked out for a minute or two. 
"Alright so," he explains while getting all the equipment out. "I'm going to snap the arrow right before it punctures your skin and then I'm going to have to rip it out...it will definitely hurt so if you need to hold on to something let me know. Then when it's out I'm going to pour alcohol on it to clean it, which will also hurt, and then I'm going to sew it up then bandage it." 
I take a deep breathe, processing what he said. I had never gotten this hurt before this so I'm nervous and scared. I just nod.
He puts on a pair of medical gloves and comes around to my back. He puts one hand on my good shoulder, massaging slightly to ease my nerves. Tingles shoot down my arm as he does so. I grab his hand on reflex not realizing I did. Then tingles form in my hand and I quietly gasp hoping he doesn't hear. 

I wonder, 'Does he feel the sparks, too?' He doesn't remove his hand for a while so I wonder if he does feel them. Then he clears his throat and takes his hand away from me. 

"I'm going to break it, do you need anything to hold on to?" 

I think for a moment, "Yes, please."

"Okay so what do you want?"

 

"Just whatever you want to give me I guess..." I say not wanting to make him uncomfortable. 

"I want to give you everything." He whispers silently but I catch it. I smile. "So anyways do you want to roll up those sweatpants and just grab onto that?" I nod again.

He gets the sweatpants from the table and rolls it up and then hands it to me. "Thank you."

"No problem." He comes behind me again getting ready to break the arrow. He places his hands on the arrow in between the feathers and my skin, "Please don't kill me." He sighs, I fist the pants and close my eyes tight.

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