And Then There Were Four

The heat of my embarrassment was upon my cheeks as I pushed a smile on my face and shrugged my shoulders. "Sorry, I was just thinking about something. What did you say?" Rolling her eyes, she smiled. "I was asking you if what they said about you and Lucas was true."

Lucas. I couldn't help but laugh to myself, thinking about what they said. Yes, it was true. I had been seen going into the woods with him, but as far as having sex with him, absolutely not. He had bet me I couldn't beat him in a race with my wolf, and of course, I proved him wrong.

After beating his ass in the race, I left him in the dust to wander his way back to the encampment, where I turned around and took his clothes. That way, he would only be able to maneuver back through the party either naked or in his shifted form.

Lucas was incredibly sexy and yeah, sometimes I felt the urge to want to do more with him, but that definitely wasn't going to happen anytime soon. I wasn't a virgin, but I also wasn't looking. Unless you count on being interested in my best friend. I had too much to focus to worry about stuff like that.

"No, Melissa, don't you think I would have told you had I hooked up with Lucas? You know how I feel about that stuff. I'm focusing on what's to come. I mean, we have a future we're going to be entertaining once we get out of this place. I'm not looking to make a mistake." The sound of Miss Abel clearing her voice loudly caught my attention, and glancing towards her, I noticed everybody in the class had turned and looked at me. "I'm sorry, ladies. Am I interrupting an important conversation? Because I could have sworn I was teaching you about the final exams, you had this Friday. I'd prefer not to see you again after this year."

Ouch, that was unnecessary. "My apologies, Miss Abel. I can assure you that Melissa and I will pass your exam because we don't really want to see you anymore, either." My classmates turned into a fit of snickering, causing Miss Abel's face to go red. "Then you won't mind spending the rest of your afternoon in detention."

"Unfortunately, as lovely as that

sounds, Miss Abel, my father James already has plans for me after

school and, therefore, I won't be able to attend," I replied, trying to make it seem like there was no way she could keep me, but instead the fucking woman went to the phone, picked it up and undoubtedly called my father.

After a few moments, she hung up the phone with a smile on her face, as the hatred of her poured into my heart. "Good news. Your father told me to tell you he'll pick up the medication for you so that you can stay here until four o'clock, when detention is over."

"Shit," I muttered, with irritation. She had couldn't be fucking serious.

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As I turned my gaze back to Melissa, she quickly shut her mouth, shaking her head. There was no way in hell she was going to spend detention with me, even if she was my best friend. She had shit to do, and I knew it.

By the time class was done and I

finally made my way from the hell of

Miss Abel, eft class with Melissa at my side in search of a vending machine. I was stressed, and a cold soda was just the amount

caffeine I needed to get through my

next class.

"I can't believe that you got detention. Do you just enjoy pissing her off?" Melissa asked while digging through her purse to pull out a piece of gum.

"She's a cow," I replied, rolling my eyes. "I could breathe the wrong way, and she would try to turn it into a reason to call my parents and put me into detention."

"That may be true, but you still could have behaved for the next few days. I mean, come on, Cassie, it's the last week of school."

As our banter continued back and forth, I didn't hear the approaching footsteps and laughter of Ashley, and her posse of irritating ass-kissers, but when I turned around, she stood there expectantly as if she had something to say.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.