"Ya look like crap," Nicole says meeting up with her in the hallway.

"Shhh." She says putting her hands over Nicole's mouth. Nicole laughs and she removes her hands. "My head is killing me." She whispers.

"Ya jus' gonna love lecturers today." She says and gets a glare from her. Nicole laughs again and walks into the room. Throughout the whole class, Andra sits there wincing every time the teacher would talk.

"I'm going to kill her," Andra says glaring at the teacher. Nicole chuckles and laughs as Mason runs into them looking even worse. Mathew isn't as bad, but he's not in too good of shape either.

"How y'alls mornin'?" She asks raising her voice. All three groan and hold their heads causing her to start laughing again. The four walk in together and she sees that most of the werewolves are still hungover. "Thought it was a small party?" Nicole asks Mason.

"It kinda got out of hand." He grumbles and Nicole laughs nodding her head. As she sits down she sees Andrew in the back. He was already looking over at her and she doesn't smile at him this time. She's done trying to be nice to him. She turns her head back to her friends and smiles as they all lay their heads on the table ready to get some sleep.

"You three wake up, I'm not here for y'all to just sleep." A sub says glaring at the three. The three look up at the teacher nodding their heads. Mason's back to sleep within two minutes of the class starting. She hits his arm as the teacher sees him asleep.

"Mason." She whispers hitting him again, but it's too late. The teacher comes over with two big history textbooks. He lets them fall onto Mason's desk. He jumps up looking around panicked. The class begins to laugh and he realizes what happened.

"You sir can take a trip down to Mr. Night." He says talking about the principle. Mason nods his head and grabs his things before walking out of the door. "Anyone else want to go to sleep?" He asks and Nicole stiffens a laugh. He turns and looks down at her with raised eyebrows. "Is there something funny?" He asks and she shakes her head.

"Jus' funny that ya think that 'e actually cares ta 'ave ta go up an see Mr. Night. All of us would rather be sent ta thuh principal's office then go ta detention for thuh rest awf thuh hour." She says knowing that everyone's looking at her.

"Do you want to go and meet up with your pathetic friend?" He asks and she stands up.

"Maah friend isn't pathetic, 'e done had a rough night an was sleepin' through a class that 'e can easily pass without listenin' so 'e could listen t' thuh classes that 'e needs t' pay attention ta." She says and he looks down at her amused.

"Well maybe he should have thought about school before having a rough night and maybe you should take a speech class so when you try and talk people can understand you." He says and this time Andra is the one to stand up.

"I don't know who you are, but obviously you aren't from around here. My friend, has an accident that is easy to understand, and really speech classes, that's the best you can come up with?" She asks ignoring her headache.

"Both of you can go and talk to Mr. Night, he can deal with your rude asses." He says his face getting flushed.

"No, they don't have to come and see me, but I think you should." Mr. Night says standing in the doorway. The teacher jumps and turns to him.

"But the way they were talking. They have no right to-"

"Do not tell my students that they don't have a right to stand up for their friends, even if their friend should have been thinking about school first. And if you ever tell a student that because they speak differently they need speech classes you will be sorry and you never call a student a rude ass. Now, I'm tired of staring at you, get out of my school and my town." He says and Nicole can see him pushing his wolf down.

"But sir."

"I said leave." He says and she hears a few wimps come from his pack members not liking hearing his alpha voice come out.

"Y-yes sir." The teacher hurries out of the room and the glass cheers.

"Nicole, Andra, and Andrew come with me." He says and walks out the door. Nicole looks over at Andrew confused. What had he done? She wonders but follows the two out the door. "I understand that he didn't have a right to say what he was saying, but really you two. You couldn't just come to me after class?" He asks his voice back to normal.

"I don't 'ave a filter a lot awf thuh time." Nicole says and he laughs.

"I'm starting to get that." He says and looks over at Andra.

"Little to no sleep is a bad thing for me alpha." She says with her head down.

"Next time think about that before hosting a party, especially on a Wednesday." He says and shakes his head. Andra nods her head keeping her head down. "Andrew, thanks for mind linking me, but please don't unless it's extremely important. Again you..any one of you could have talked to me after class."

"Would ya 'ave believed us or even taken us seriously?" Nicole asks and he turns his head towards her. He takes a breath.

"I don't know, just you all will have to learn to put up with people you don't like or just people that are douchebags, so next time I find a bad sub just come in and tell me. Now get back to class, tell them it's a study hall." He says and walks away. Andra is the first to walk back into class and Nicole steps in front of Andrew not letting him in.

"Even yowr Alpha says ya need ta learn how ta deal with people ya don't like." She says and then walks into the room.

Andrew stays at the door staring at her. She's managed to make him like her even more and it's been happening each day. He feels this wolf restless with him, but won't give in. He can't try and figure out how to deal with a mate, not with everything else he's been dealing with. He shakes his head walking back into the classroom. He sees everyone talking and laughing. He takes his seat back in his corner and watches as she talks with Andra.

He wonders why she doesn't want anyone to know she's a wolf and he really wants to know how she's covering it up from everyone else. He jumps as the bell rings interrupting his thoughts. He gathers his things and wants to groan when he finds himself behind Nicole and Andra. The two are talking about something he doesn't care about so he tunes them out mindlessly walking down the hallway. Nicole makes a sharp turn, but because Andrew wasn't watching where he was going he rams right into her.

Her not expecting to be ran into ends up falling. The two of them land a few inches apart. She sits up and begins grabbing her things that fell from her hands. "I think we're even now, so you don't have to be a dick anymore." She huffs standing up. Andrew gets up as well and is confused. Even, even for what? You made it clear she'd ran into us twice, she's saying that you two are even now because you knocked her to the floor and to start acting like a decent person. His wolf informs him. Andrew feels slightly stupid as he walks into the class. You should. He hears. He rolls his eyes and takes his seat next to her.

"Ok, since ya can't be civil with me, ya write a fowar page essay about yourself, shouldn't be too 'ard for ya, an I'll write your essay about me." She says and he looks up at her surprised. "Deal?" She asks holding out her hand. He looks down and shakes his head.

"I was an asshole and I didn't mean to be. I will try and be civil with you. Your plan wouldn't work anyways, my uncle would know that I had written it." He says and she sighs.

"Fine." She says opening her notebook back up. She looks over at him and raises her eyebrows waiting for him to grab his things.

"Oh, yeah." He says shaking his head and grabbing his backpack. He pulls his notebook out and grabs a pen.

"Who ahr yowr parents?" She asks getting ready to write their names.

"Amanda Hackthorn and my father was Kevin Hackthorn." He says feeling pain in his chest rise.

"I'm sorry you lost 'im." She says knowing the look in his eyes.

"Thanks, what about yours?" He says and she pauses.

"Ashley and David Arky." She says making up names not wanting to say the real ones. He might recognize one of them and know they are gone. She curses in her head though because he knows her real last name. If he knew anyone in her family he would have already figured out she wasn't human. "What hobbies do ya have?"

"Um... I like driving and wondering in the forest. Don't really have many." He says and she nods her head. "What do you like to do?"

"Sing, play music, 'bout it." She says and he nods his head. She stares down at her paper, how is she going to make this into an essay? Just then the teacher stands up.

"Class this project isn't about what their favorite color is, it's about that person. I want you to really understand them, what their life is like, what ups and downs have they gone through. You need to know this person that if something were to happen you'd know how they'd react." He says and the class stares up at him. "Get back to work." He says and everyone does.

"We're screwed," Andrew says looking down at his paper. Nicole looks at her and laughs.

"Yes, we ahr." She says.

"Ok, what is your home life like?" He asks as his uncle passes him.

"You can't just ask that you need to experience it and understand it. Asking someone that is unreasonable." Andrew looks up at his uncle and then back to Nicole.

"Could I come over and see what you do when you are at home?" He asks and she shakes her head.

"No." She says not even thinking about it. Both Andrew and his uncle look at her confused.

"Nicole this is a group project, it's not like he's bombarding on your life. He shows you his house and how things are with him."

"No he won't." Andrew says looking up at his uncle with wide eyes. She can't cover over to the pack house. He mindlinks and his uncle looks down at him. 

It'll be fine, plus your Mother will love her. He says and Andrew shakes his head. My Mother is sick and doesn't need any stress of worrying about someone asking her questions.

"Ok, stop mind linkin' each other. We will learn about each other, jus' in school, not at each other's houses." Nicole says and they both look at her.

"Fine, but then I expect you to spend time after school working on the project and because both of you are being difficult now it's six pages long." Andrew looks up at him and goes to complain, but he interrupts him. "Seven. Now do either of you have something to say?" He asks. Both of them shake their heads.

"Asshole," Andrew mumbles, but his uncle wasn't far enough away.

"Eight and a half." He says and Andrew's eyes go wide. Nicole grabs her notebook and slaps him upside the head. He looks over at her rubbing his head.

"What was that for?" He asks and she gives him a deadpanned look.

"Eight an a 'alf pages about ya, it was four an thyn six which was fine because it was 'alf my fault, but thuh extra two an a 'alf pages were because awf ya. How am I goin' ta write eight an a 'alf pages about ya?" She asks more talking to herself. He looks over at her and smiles.

"Guess I'm going to have to get interesting." He says and she nods her head.

"No kiddin'." She mumbles, but he heard her. The two are relieved when they hear the bell ring. Nicole throws her notebook and pencil into her bag and then quickly gets out of the room.

All through math she can only think about the damn project. She's so mad at him that she just wants to go a few rounds. She takes a few deep breaths and then begins to listen to the teacher.

As she goes into the lunchroom Andrew is right behind her in the line. He keeps his mouth not wanting to piss her off more than she already seems to be. He watches as she only gets things that are in containers. He looks at her tray confused as she puts in her number before walking to her table.

He gets Max's attention and motions him over. "Come sit with me at Andra's table." He says and Max nods his head. The two sit down and everyone smiles before continuing their conversations.

"Wow you sit by us again, what are we starting to be cool?" Andra asks playing around. He rolls his eyes and throws a grape at her. She catches it and then plops it into her mouth. "Thanks." She says before talking with some of her friends. Andrew looks up towards Nicole and sees she's back to laughing and smiling. He glances down at her plate and sees that she now only has some vegetables left. He looks at her confused. She couldn't have eaten all of the food, yet it was gone.

He watches as she grabs the little container of vegetables and nods her head as she slides them into her bag. He stares at her confused and then feels someone jab his side. He looks at Max confused. "Stop staring at her, you're freaking me out." He says and Andrew shakes his head.

"She only gets food that's in containers and then she just puts in into her bag, why?" He asks taking a bite of his sandwich.

"Maybe she eats it in her next class it is kinda an early lunch." He says and then realizes that she has music with him. "Well, maybe she eats lunch at home." He says and Andrew looks up at him confused. "We have music together after lunch and she obviously can't eat then."

The two boys stare at her trying to figure out an explanation. Nicole feeling eyes on her looks across the table and to see Andrea and Max staring at her deep in thought. She raises her eyebrows at them. "What?" She asks not liking them just stare at her. They both shake their heads and start talking at the same time.

"Just zoned out." Max says covering up with a lie. She nods her head not believing them, but not carrying since they stopped staring at her. She goes back to her conversation.

Over the next few days Andrew notices that she never eats anything, not even one thing. Feeling like she might be starving herself, when school ends he finds her and pulls her away from the rest of the crowd. "Why don't you eat anything?" He asks and she looks up at him confused.

"What?" She asks and he huffs.

"Why at lunch everyday do you not eat anything, you just put into your bag." He says and noticing that she doesn't have a smile on her face anymore.

"I eat in my next class." She lies and he shakes his head.

"No you don't because you have music with Max." He says and she huffs.

"I eat it at work, I don't like eatin' early so I jus' wait till I'm at work." She says coming up with another lie easily.

"Avery, that true?" He asks and Avery walks out shaking her head. Nicole looks over at her and shakes her head.

"She doesn't like me, she'll tell ya anythin' ya wanna here." She says folding her arms.

"I wouldn't lie to my brother just because I don't like you." She says her eyes flashing black. Andrew looks between the girls and shakes his head.

"Why don't you two get along?" He asks confused, everyone likes Nicole and it's because she's easy to like.

"I don't trust her, I can tell she's filled with lies." Avery says and Nicole rolls her eyes. "Tell me something about you that is true." She says and Nicole looks up at her.

"I love maah family an will protect 'em no mader what I 'ave t' do." She says feeling anger startup inside her again.

"Wow, that wasn't a lie, but we aren't your family so I still don't trust you." She says moving closer to Nicole. Nicole is having issues holding her wolf back, but can't risk her family getting hurt because she can't handle a situation. She takes a deep breath and backs away.

"What I do in my life is my business, so stay out awf it an I'll stay out awf yourn." She says and then smiles before leaving them standing there. Andrew looks back to his sister confused.

"You are the only one that doesn't like her." He says and she nods her head.

"She's hiding a lot and has lied to everyone, I know you know she isn't human, I just don't know why you haven't exposed her." She says looking at him. He looks away not wanting to hold her gaze.

"Why haven't you?" He asks and she smiles.

"Because I know you have a tie with her and I'm pretty sure that your wolf would be slightly pissed off with me if I said anything." She says and then walks away. He stares at her and curses under his breath. If she knows that they are mates, who else does?"