Chapter 1
I woke up to sound of my blaring alarm and my older brother pouring water on my head. “UGH, Shane can you go away!” I yelled. “Nope, I can’t allow you to sit at home an not enjoy the last day of your junior year. ” he yelled back. Suddenly I felt a tug on my blanket, and seconds later I was on the floor wrapped like a burrito. Werewolf speed and strength sucks, for me that is. Werewolves earn their wolves and all our abilities at the age of 17 1/2 or 18 , depending on when the moon goddess wants to give you your wolf. There’s no way I can go back to sleep now so might as well get my day started. I took a quick shower and ran to my room because I forgot to pick out an outfit.
Because of my weight and waist size, I usually try to wear conservative clothes but since it’s the last day of junior year I thought it was a good idea to dress up a little bit. I got down to see my mom flipping delicious pancakes, ” Sasha, honey can you please come and eat breakfast before you get late.” my mom yelled assuming I was still upstairs. ” Good Morning Mom, I’m already downstairs” I said. “Wow, you have graced me with your presence so early in the morning.” She said with sarcasm evident in her voice. “Ha Ha Ha, very funny, but on a more serious note , WHERE ARE MY PANCAKES????” I yelled. ” Geez, I kept them on the dining table” she whisper yelled.
After breakfast , I ran up to my brother asking if he could drive me to school and as the annoying big brother he is, he made me say good things about him all the to school, which boosts his ego wayyyy to much. When we reached school I felt like digging a hole and curling up into a ball. I loved school itself, but I hated the way people looked at me and I couldn’t handle it. I don’t have a choice though, so I opened the car door and walked inside hoping everyone could keep their mouth shut. I speed walked to my locker hoping I could stay out of Chrissy’s way. Mission Accomplished! I got my books from my locker and stuffed them in my backpack. I was rushing and didn’t seem to notice that Ethan and Brandon walking up to my locker. ” Look at her, trying to look hot.” Brandon said. I didn’t care about him saying that because everyone else seems to say similar things. I was about to walk away when I heard someone laughing along..... I turned around to see Ethan laughing too..... I liked Ethan.
I was the fat, quiet, nerd that would always eat her lunch in the library praying no one would come up to me and comment on my looks or my food. I liked Ethan because 1. He was hot 2.He acknowledged my presence
3. He was one of the only people that actually was nice to me and stood up for me sometimes too.
Here he was hurting me by laughing at a comment about me, his opinion was important to me but I guess I get to see his true colors now. I was in a daze the rest of the day, reliving the moment when my favorite person betrayed me without him knowing.
I made a decision, I am going to change not for anyone else but for myself. I just have to find a chance to get away from here so I don’t have anyone to judge me. That evening I got my chance, I received a letter from the University of Scotland. My grades and my ambitions had caught their eye. I asked my mom and of course she had not liked the idea of me going to Scotland for the whole summer. I begged for a few hours and she finally agreed, with a list of rules. I had to call every week 3 times, come back if I was uncomfortable, and finally get a new wardrobe. The last one was because I only had a few outfits that were classy.
Today, I’m leaving for Scotland.... I’m freaking out ! What if people don’t like me there? I was about to start freaking out more when Shane walked in with his head down and his wolf whimpering. ” Oh, Shane,you big dummy. It’s just 3 months, I’ll be back before you read the whole dictionary.” he snickered in response. I knew for a fact that Shane wouldn’t even go next to the dictionary and reading it was something he would never do. After cheering Shane up,I jumped on top of him and put him in a headlock, I knew he could get out of and kept him in one until he agreed to put my bags in the car.
Once I got to the university, I had to find my way to the office. The office was a cute little cottage in the courtyard, and the lady was very kind, she gave me my room number. My roommate was a cute little girl named Cassie . She showed me around the campus and explained the work I had to complete by the end of the summer. I just had to do some community work 2 times a month and do an 3 essays a month, each essay needed to be in a different place in the world, this include the math, science,geography, and language of the place. Not bad at all, since I had already read the pamphlet and done the work for this month on my flight that was 7 1/2 hours!!! I had printed out documents on the 3 places that I wanted to research on this month and completed the essay on the flight.
Since I had this month free I worked out every weekday until I couldn’t move without being sore, and I would take the weekends off. On the weekends, I would read while doing wall sits for a while and at least try to do some stretches. Once the weekend ended and the week started, I would start working out again. My weekday workouts would include running, ab work, leg work, and arm work. I would get up at 6 am and do stretches. I didn’t really go on a diet or anything but started eating healthier, chose an apple over a cupcake, chose a salad over pancakes. That didn’t mean I wouldn’t eat dessert, instead of an ice cream cone I would eat an fruit salad, to quench my need for sweets. Another thing I learnt is how to dress, I completely upgraded my wardrobe. I came with my whole closet( 2 bags) and would be leaving with 3 bags of completely new items. I afforded it by getting a job for my free time.
*Time skip*
The day before going back home, I packed everything and emptied out the room I called home for 3 months. When I got to the airport I checked in 2 of my bags and took one as carry on. I wanted to go back home but I also wanted to stay in the lifestyle I was in for the past 3 months. I boarded the plane and as soon as I reached my seat I plugged in my headphones and listened to music and slept through the 7 1/2 hours. When we landed I had to wait for my bad which took 30 mins !! Crazy people! Once I got my bags I walked out to the gate where I would take a cab home but instead I saw my mom, dad, Shane, Jenna ( my best friend), Justin (my other best friend) all waiting for me by my mom’s van. I walked closer to them and they didn’t seem to recognize me, so I decided to have some fun. I stood to their side and looked out through my sunglasses acting as if I was waiting for someone else. I took out my phone and called Justin. “It’s Sasha!” he yelled. Everyone gathered over his phone while he accepted the phone call. ” Hey Justy, why aren’t you here yet?” I questioned. All of them snapped their heads over to me at the same time. ” SaShA WhItHeRn, is that you? ” they yelled in my face. I giggled and nodded my head before all of them bear hugged me together then one by one. After the hugs, they took a step back to look at my outfit and body. I had a six pack kinda coming in and I was wearing a long beige korean jacket, a black crop top with a cute zentangle on the top showing some skin, and some white skinny jeans with black ankle boots.“OMG , honey you look amazing” mom said, everyone else said various versions of the same remark.
My family had a good reaction but what will others think.....
