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“Come have lunch with me. It’ll be fun; my friends are dying to meet you?” Zayn was so cute that she smiled down at me and was excited. I didn’t want to hurt his feelings, but I didn’t like crowds or meeting new people.
I liked being around Kayla because she was nice and we were both going through tough times. Because we were both sad, I could trust her right away.
I turned to Zayn and whispered my answer: “No, thank you. I’m fine here with Kayla and having fun.” Kayla smiled back at me when I said this. I had picked her over a group of kids, and I knew it meant a lot to her.
Zayn’s face fell into a frown, but then he smiled back at me, as if a light had come on.
“I guess I’ll just have to eat here with you,” he said with a wink.
Zayn’s Point of View
It hurt a little that she didn’t want to have lunch with my friends and me. They were all from the pack, and Luna would be there soon. She would have a big say in what I did as a husband and a wife.
Sienna seemed a little uncomfortable with my offer, so when she said no, I knew I had to stay with her. I had to make plans for the date I hadn’t really planned on. She might like films. Or a nice meal? If it were up to me, we would go to Clyde’s Diner, but I’m not sure. We don’t even have a McDonald’s, so this is the only burger place in town. Fernhill is a small town with about 20,000 people living there. About 10% of them are in the pack.
I’m even more excited to go on our date now that I can see my beautiful angel.
I ask, “Sienna, what are you going to do after school today?”
Kayla laughs and says, “Oh, I just asked Sienna the same thing.”
Sienna smiles and says, “I’m going to a job interview today.”
I don’t want my daughter to have to work. Of course I’ll support her; I’m not against her working, but she’s just so thin. I want her to eat more, and she can. I don’t know why she’s so thin. Does she eat at home?
I smile down at Sienna when I look at her. If only she knew how much I want to take care of her.
“Where is the interview?”
“Well, I think it’s at Clyde’s diner in town,” she says in a sweet voice.
Damn, she’s at Clyde’s. It’s not just my favourite place to eat; Clyde, the owner, is also part of my pack. It’s not common for a pack member to live and work outside of our boundaries, but we made an exception for Clyde. I know him and his friend Nora will take good care of my girl. He’s a good man.
“That’s great. I’m sure you’ll get the job.”
With that in mind, I should talk to Clyde to make sure she gets the job.
“Clyde”
“Yes, Alpha?”‘
“Employ Sienna and treat her well. “She is your future, Luna.”
“Yes, Alpha!”‘
Now that that’s out of the way, I can stare at my beautiful friend until the bell rings.
Sienna’s point of view
Zayn has this strange habit of staring at people, and it’s starting to freak me out. He will look at nothing for a full minute and then look at me for twenty more. What’s so interesting? Do I have food on my face? Is there a bug in my hair? I’m done now.
“What are you looking at?” I ask, giving him a dirty look.
He smiles at me more and more, and his face brightens up. He gives me the smartest answer any man could give a woman.
“pure beauty”
Yes, my heart stopped beating, and my cheeks turned as red as a tomato. Kayla started to laugh, and Theo looked at us with disgust.
Damn.
School went by quickly. I was sitting down in Mrs. Foster’s class before I knew it.
This was the best class I’ve ever had. There are a lot of books in Mrs. Foster’s class. She has all the old ones, but she also has some new ones.
We had only just begun to read Romeo and Juliet. I had already read it at one of my old schools.  It’s suggested for sophomores, but Fernhill didn’t have any reading requirements. The teachers had to make all the decisions.
“Okay, class, who wants to be Juliet’s voice?”
I hated that she had the class voice the scenes.  She turned her head and looked around the room for her next victims.
“Nobody wants to help? Okay, I guess it’s my lucky day. Sienna, why don’t you be our Juliet?” she said with a big smile.
She started looking for a partner to be Romeo.  She looked at Theo.
“Hey Theo—”
Zayn yelled, “I have to be Romeo!” It scared everyone in our class, even me.
Zayn’s face was so cute he started to blush after he outroars.  Theo had a smirk smeared on his face as he stared at Zayn.
“Okay, Theo, you can be Tybalt and Zayn can be Romeo.”
We start reading after she finishes naming the actors and actresses.
“That which we call a rose
By any other name, it would smell just as sweet. So Romeo would keep that dear perfection that he owes, even if he weren’t called Romeo.
“Without that title, Romeo, take off your name, and for that name, which is not a part of you, take all of me.”
Zayn’s turn to read came up, but he just sat there looking at me with pure joy in his eyes. He sat there with a dumb smile on his face until Mrs. Foster told him to read.
Zayn
I loved how she read. I could smell her from where I was sitting, and her voice was so sweet. I could never be bored if she could read to me all day.
“Zayn?” Mrs. Foster said in a low voice. That’s my turn.
“I believe you. Call me love, and I’ll be new baptised. From now on, I will never be Romeo,” I said as I watched my beauty blush.
She always blushed, and her cute little face turned rosy, which made her freckles less noticeable.
We kept reading until the bell rang. When it did, I got up and walked over to my love.
“Hello, sweetheart.” I smiled down at her. She was so short, but for such a small person, she was beautiful.
“Hi,” she said, her cheeks getting even redder.
I asked, “What are you doing right now?”
“Walking to the bus,” she said without any emotion.
Oh, she has that interview thing today. The diner is a thirty-minute walk from school but only a twelve-minute bus ride.