5. Obstacles

A Chapter by Sara

I watched as he left, my eyes slowly moving along with him. He very briefly locked eyes with mine before exiting the cafeteria. I looked over at his table and saw the girl starring at me with another look of hatred. I looked down at my feet, biting my lip. First day with wolves and I’m already the most hated. “Don’t worry about them,” Erik said, snapping me out of my thoughts. “They’re just another bump in the road.” I nodded in agreement, but something in the back of my head told me that wasn’t true. That something was silenced by the sound of the bell and we all took our time standing up. “See ya’ll, later!” Rachel said, smiling and leaving with Joss. Chloe, Erik, and I walked to our next class together. As we got to the door, someone attempted to shove past me. I looked up and saw who it was �" Dylan. “Oh, uh…” he said, scratching his head. “Go ahead.” He nodded towards the door and I walked in, noting the low growls of Chloe and Erik. I sat down in my seat and looked back over at Dylan, who had been stopped by the teacher.

The bell rang and everyone got quiet. “All right, class!” the teacher said, looking around. “This is Dylan. He’s new to Heron Creek, so I want everyone to make him feel welcome.” There were a few people who said hello; others just didn’t care. He looked over at me and smiled a bit, which caused me to smile back. “Now due to our limited seating, you’ll have to pair up with…” the teacher looked around, searching around with his index finger. “The lovely Miss Sophia!” He pointed at me �" which made my smile fade a bit but grow slightly at the same time.

Dylan’s eyes grew wide for a second as the teacher mentioned Sophie’s name. He thought about what Liza had said; he either didn’t talk to Sophie again, or Malcolm would hear about it. He bit his lip and began walking towards his seat. He hoped it didn’t apply when it was impossible to obey that rule.

I watched as he sat next to me and exhaled loudly. He looked at me, a puzzled but amused expression on his face. “Seems like we keep running into each other, huh?” I said, attempting a meaningful smile. He chuckled and leaned forward on the table. “I guess so,” he said, smirking a little, “But is that a good or bad thing in your opinion?” He looked over at me, his face now containing a more serious look. I shrugged and sighed. “In all honesty,” I said somewhat hesitantly “I actually kind of enjoyed our first talk.” I looked towards his face, waiting for the disgusted reaction I had grown accustom to. Instead, he just looked at me and nodded in agreement. I was again surprised by his reaction; what was with this wolf?

Is he bothering you, Soph? I was jolted out of my thoughts by Chloe’s voice. I turned around and made eye contact with her, shaking my head. She bit her lip and looked over at Erik, who was looking towards me as well. I’m fine, guys, I thought to them. We’re just talking… Erik grumbled and leaned back in his chair. I sighed and turned back to Dylan. “So I take it you haven’t told your friends of our chat this morning?” he asked, smirking yet again. I sighed and smiled a little, nodding. “Yeah, I uh…don’t think they’d take it to their liking.”

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