He sniffed the air and found that to be true. "Well I could have you back to wherever you need to be quickly" he suggested. So she could sense the rain. That was a plus, and definitely hot
Everest resisted the urge to roll her eyes. That would be juvenile. "No, thanks," she said, waving his offer away as she continued moving backward. "I'm a big girl. I think I can find my way on my own." Everest's eyes flickered to the sky, almost involuntarily. "Jaa mata ashita," she said, turning and walking away. Just as she did, there was a flash of lightning, a peal of thunder, and suddenly the sky was crying.
As it rained, the moon was harder to see and he could feel his form slipping a little and reverting back to his wolf form but he fought it. He walked away swiftly, very ticked off that he didn't get her. He was about to go after her when he heard drunken giggles and got into his form one more time and got his girls for the night. 2 mutant ones from some gang.
Everest made it home with no more mishaps. When she got there, she was completely drenched. For a while, she stood on the front porch, searching for her key. Drat. She had lost it, again. She shrugged. Her brother kept one under the pot beside the house. She used that one and opened the door.
He woke up the next morning and saw the two girls with him and cursed himself and his stupid wolf personality once again. He quietly got on clothes and left to his dorm. He looked like a normal person now, but could be vaguely associated with his wolf form, or so his friends told him. But now he was on his own since he moved and got sent there as a boarding school
Everest opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. She was stretched out across her bed. She knew she had collapsed there after getting home, but she couldn't remember much of anything else. Her dreams had taken over as soon as she stepped inside her house. When she crossed the threshold, exhaustion filled her. She swayed on her feet. She was always tired. It was because of them.
She hated them. Dreams. They held the deepest secrets of anyone she was close to, which is why she made a point not to get close to the Reapers. The dreams showed her all the hopes and desires of random people, people she had passed walking down the street but would never see again. She got a glimpse into their lives. She actually saw them. Sometimes, the secrets, the secrets these people held inside of them, brought tears to Everest's eyes. She often found that she had been silently crying in her sleep.
Today, Everest wiped her eyes and slipped her feet over the side of her bed. It was time to go to school. If you could call it that.
He went back to his room, took a long shower and changed. Even though it wasn't his form that was doing it, he still felt gross in the morning. He didn't even know the girls that his other side had enticed them with. He then silently headed to class and sat in the back where he wouldn't be seen. If he looked at a girl too much, his other side would go after her especially for "them" and there was NO WAY he'd get control. He'd only gotten control once when he had gone after a girl that was matured past her young age of 12. He couldn't stand that and it awakened him and he stopped himself, having to leave the girl who wanted him already. He had ran home and forced himself to fall asleep. But he didn't want to go through that again. So he kept his head down.
Everest wandered into the classroom, running a hand through her hair. It was somewhat tangled. She usually didn't fix it or do anything with it at all. People were more afraid of her when she looked like a mess. There was probably something about her eyes. She couldn't help it.
"Well, thank you for finally showing up," the teacher said sarcastically. Everest simply shrugged and flopped into a seat in the back of the classroom. She was always late. He should just get used to it.
Caleb didn't look up when someone sat next to him. Why encourage his alter ego? There was no reason.
Everest dropped her eyes lazily to her desk, already zoning out. She always passed her tests because her "ability" told her all the answers. Sure, that was cheating, but she couldn't help it. Sorry, teach.
Everest's eyes flopped over to the desk beside her own. She saw the fingers of the person beside her and turned to look at his face. Her jaw nearly dropped open. It was that boy from yesterday! Everest scowled. He felt...different. Less freaky.
Also less interesting. She shrugged and turned away.
He felt someones eyes on him and waited until they had looked away. That girl seemed strangely familiar. But did he dare ask her if they knew each other? It would be his luck that his stupid wolf side had already conquered her. But he really did want to know, and that was something different. So he built up all his courage and looked at her. "Um, hi, I'm Caleb. Have we, um, met?"
Everest raised her eyebrows, only slightly amused. "Don't remember?" she said, resting her chin in her hands. She wasn't offended, just surprised. How could he not remember? Sure, it was a brief meeting, but it was only last night.
Everest's eyes slid over to Caleb's secret, which was circling around his head in elaborate lettering. "I'm a werewolf," it read. Oh, yes. He was a werewolf, wasn't he? That didn't quite account for memory loss. Or stupidity. She returned her gaze to her notebook.
He was very confused. "No. I'm sorry. Did I...did I hurt you?" he asked in a painful voice. He hoped he hadn't. He had never met anyone that he'd been with, he'd only met friends of them. And it felt dirty to him. He hated knowing what happened at night
Everest made her expression blank as she debated her answer. She could tell the truth, but that wouldn't be interesting at all, now would it? Honesty wasn't the best policy. It was just a last resort.
"Yeah," she said flatly, her eyes shining with rage and hatred. All those acting classes had finally paid off. "Yeah, you really did." Everest rolled her eyes angrily, in an attempt to hide her tears. She pressed a hand to her mouth and laughed bitterly. "You don't even remember."
He felt like the biggest jerk on the face of the earth. "Wait, I'm sorry, it's just that my power gives me an alter ego. So I don't remember what I do in this body! Please forgive me"
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