One Day, I Woke Up A Werewolf novel Chapter 20

Hailey's POV

Having to calmly walk back to the dorms and change in to more comfortable clothing, like I do every day and then calmly walking back to the school grounds, books in hand was the act of the day.

Today was not an ordinary day.

Today was the day I find out a few things but one of them, the most important of all was to find out if Thomas was okay.

The day was especially draining.

The teachers didn't even give us much work to do, most just had us read for learning. The bad feeling and heavy tension was weighing everyone down. Clearly the teachers too.

To be honest, my intuition was screaming at me to take cover. Protect myself by staying in my room and waiting for whatever this feeling is to go away but Thomas. I am worried about him and after he risked getting beat up by Jaxon's friends, I owed him plenty.

Walking in to Mrs Gellars office, I find it empty. The entire school was actually empty, which was terrifying and definitely unusual. Mrs Gellar was always in her office and students would be running around acting like fools.

Today, not even school security was present.

If a pin dropped, I'd hear it. That's how quiet it was, in a school filled with children. Was there a meeting I did not know about? But Thomas's bloody stench was still in this office.

Definitely stronger but it ended here. I could not smell him anywhere.

"Also, how am I smelling him right now?" I ask myself. Chuckling to shake off the weird feeling in my gut.

I hear distant sounds, choosing to follow them quietly and I see Jaxon. He was talking to Azuri, holding hands as they stare in to each other's eyes. I felt a pang in my heart, followed by a stab and then the entire thing falling to pieces as they hug each other.

My insides wanted to lash out at them but the coward in me stayed rooted in place. What would I say?

What if he denies me in front of Azuri? I'd die of embarrassment. He denied her before, why wouldn't he do it to me?

Oh damnit!

Why am I even dating this asshole?

I hear another growl, which gains the two lovebirds attention and they pull apart minutes later to chase the sound. I wait for them to get out of sight before I follow them. If anything, following them will lead me to the animals and hopefully Thomas.

I was not following them out of curiosity and jealousy. No, this was all for my friend.

Thomas was more important than finding out if my own boyfriend is cheating on me, right? He's hurt. I can deal with Jaxon later or right now, everything could reveal itself to me.

The growls got louder and louder, as glasses broke. My feet moving faster to really find out what was going on, until the growls stopped. Seconds later, I hear them on the other side again, confusion clouding my brain as I try to grasp how the animals could move from one side to the other in less than a minute.

I turn around and start running to the new location, feeling like a clueless agent that has not had any field training or combat training. If I actually find the wild animal growling, what would I do? Why did I even think this was a good idea?

"I smell her! She's here. Someone find her right now!" I hear a voice say.

Something inside me tells me they are talking about me and I run back, looking for a place to hide. That form of fitness and stamina, long gone as I start to breath heavy and the fear growing, soon it would cripple me.

I find a door and I open it, shutting it before checking what kind of room I'm in. Upon inspection, I realise I'm in a broom closet and there's no way out.

Smart.

Like I said, an agent with zero training and even if I had a lock pick, there was no lock to pick. The thought of being stuck in here had me breathing heavy, my heart beating faster and faster as fear begins to have me seeing black spots. The growling sounds get louder, my brain immediately thinking the animals are coming for me and I think I black out for a minute before coming back.

"You listen here. Thomas is in more danger than you. Find a way out of here or you won't be able to find your friend." I pep talk myself.

Didn't work as my heart continued to beat erratically. Although, I was breathing fine so I looked around for any signs of getting out.

"Stand up." Jaxon says to me but I am rooted to the floor, my legs reacting to the fear that has a made a home in the pit of my stomach, my whole body feeling like jelly. Why can't I just be tough for once? Stand up for myself instead of being saved by everyone I considered a friend once in my life.

The rest of the group around me start to laugh and I am not annoyed one bit.

See, I want to be brave but I can also find comfort in shying away from confrontation. Especially from an angry secret love who is pretending right now that I mean absolutely nothing to him. What did I think was going to happen though? He is a bully with all his friends and they prey on the weak, the likes of me but I convinced myself I will never get to experience his cruelty.

Ha! Jokes on me now for being stupid enough to have been so naïve.

"I won't repeat myself Hailey." Jaxon says my name with such disgust, such malice and hate. The same way he says the names of all the other victims that suffered in this school. If my mom was alive, she would have been here saving me and making sure that they get detention all year but she is not here and I am on my own.

So with my mother in mind, I will stand up and look Jaxon square in the eyes.

I stand up slowly, trying to gather all the strength that I do not have at all and I eventually get on my feet. Surprise takes over me as I don't feel my legs try to give out on me, throwing a victorious grin at Jaxon before giving him my deadliest glare.

Half of my conscious begging me to look down but the other half was cheering me on. Our secret relationship, something he asked for holding zero weight to his cold demeanour, Being my first kiss and first boyfriend. He knew this, knew that I am struggling to let people in because of my dad letting me down as a parent and my mother dying so suddenly. His constant reassurances that he will take care of me were obvious blatant lies and now I get why he asked for our relationship to be on the low, he used me.

"Last I checked, this school was for everyone and I happen to be a scholar here, you being here is just a mere coincidence." I say without a stutter. My focus on Jaxon so I don't falter.

"Then why were you hiding in the broom closet?" Azuri asks me and I look at here curiously. She stares back at me and I look back at Jaxon, who was still looking at me.

"Did you guys not hear the growling? And don't tell me I was hearing things. I've been lied to enough." I say still looking at Jaxon. He looks away, having a staring contest with Brett before walking away from me, they all follow him leaving me alone with Caiphus, who was actually the nicest in that group.

"I am sorry about all of this Hailey.. but you have now made yourself a target and game for them" Caiphus says to me before walking away from me. I was all alone now and my legs finally gave out before the tears.

Jaxon was supposed to be my boyfriend...

He is supposed to be the one to take care of me but I'm learning once again that I am on my own and I need to stop believing people when they tell me otherwise.