chapter 2

-day two of school-

Zander was snoring as his first alarm began to go off on his small night stand at four thirty am. Jordan again came in and woke him, but in a gentler manner than yesterday. Zander groaned as he woke up and he muttered, "I'm up" 

Jordan stood back nodding his head, "alright hurry up we don't want to miss the bus" 

Zander said nothing else as he got up out of his bed and began to search his room for an outfit to wear, he grumbled quiet curse words when he couldn't find the shirt that he wanted. So instead he pulled out a red shirt with black lettering that read, 'bite me' , along with a pair of skinny jeans and his converse. Zander dressed, grabbing his phone and bag before heading down stairs and into the kitchen with Jordan trailing behind. The two ate a bowl of cereal each before they rushed out the door to catch the bus.

The two made it to their bus stop, relieved to see that the kids for the bus were still there. Laura was standing with Samantha and Xavier. Not too far from them was a football player by the name of Matt harbison. The small group was talking about their day yesterday, with Samantha complaining about what Michael had said to her. Xavier sighed quietly as he listened to her complain. Matt was over hearing Samantha and he said,  "want me to beat him up for you Samantha?"

Zander's jaw clenched at the thought of Matt laying even a finger on Michael though he didn't understand why. Then he became even more pissed with Samantha's response to the question and Jordan noticed the tension but said nothing. 

"Yes please I want him to pay  for what he said to me," she said as she looked at Matt. She wanted Michael to pay for calling her a whore. Jordan noticed the tension worsening by Zander. Soon the bus arrived and the teens filed in Jordan took a seat and a few back from him Samantha took a seat and she padded the spot next to her.

"Zander come sit with me" Samantha said cheerfully as she wanted Zander's attention. 

"No thanks I am going to sto with Jordan." Zander said in a blunt manner as he took the empty seat beside Jordan. His eyes focused in front of him. He was deep in thought. He needed to figure out the scent that Michael gave off and the feelings he was feeling, or he was going to have to talk to his mother about it. He hated asking her for assistance in anything. Jordan noticed the deep thought that Zander was in deep thought but he was sure that if Zander wanted his help he would demand it.

A bit later the bus pulled up to the school. There was a bunch of students outside of the buildings and were chatting or heading to one of the three buildings. Zander and Jordan were the last two to get off the bus heading to their respective lockers to put stuff away.

The Alarm blared in Michael's ear at precisely four thirty am.  With a grunt of dissatisfaction he dismissed the alarm and threw the blanket off of him. He pushed himself up and got off the bed, he stretched his back popping. His feet pushed into the plush white carpet. He made his way to his oak dresser grabbing his boxers, socks, a white tank, and a pair of blue jeans.  He then made his way to his closet and he pulled open the door. He grabbed a black button up flannel and his black converse. He began to get dressed for the day, once dressed he made his way to the bathroom to do his hair and put in his snake bites. 

As he came to the bathroom doorway he was greeted by the sound of his sister, Arianna singing to her music.  She was more moderately dressed this morning. Arianna was wearing a black crop top with a red and black flannel the bottom three buttons were fastened, black skinny jeans,  and a pair of black flats. Arianna was leaning over the counter close to the mirror as she was putting on her makeup and she was also putting on fake eyelashes. Michael cleared his throat to get his sister's attention so he wouldn't scare her.

"Morning Arianna" Michael greeted as he leaned on the door frame as he was looking at Arianna.

"Morning Michael " Arianna greeted back as she stood upright and looked at him.

Arianna then pushed passed him heading back to her room. Michael took his turn in front of the mirror and he grabbed his comb, styling his hair. As he was styling his hair he was thinking about school, internally groaning. Michael then put in his snake bites  then he made his way to his room grabbing his bag, trumpet, and his phone. Michael then went downstairs and put his stuff by the front door yawning and he spun on his heel to head to the dining room only to come face to face with his father. Michael yelped in surprise and launched back, his back hit the front door with a loud thud and he was hyperventilating from the initial shock.  Mattias, Michael's father stifled a laugh as he watched his son. Once Mattias had regained his composure he said, "Michael I suggest no more fighting at school. Am I clear?" 

It took Michael another thirty seconds after his father's words to regain his own composure, "yes sir"

The smell of freshly made french toast swarmed the two males, making them hurry to the table. Once they both were sitting down Tracy, Michael and Arianna's mother set down a plate full of freshly made French toast. Mattias took three as did Michael.  Arianna soon came in to join the family, taking two pieces of french toast for herself. The family ate in silence, aside from the occasional clanking of silverware together or the sound of the silverware being set down. Once everyone was finished eating it was time to leave so Michael and Arianna hurried to the front door grabbing what they needed and headed out to the car. Tracy followed behind her children watching them, she got into the driver's seat and started the car taking a peek at her children one more time. Then without a word she began to drive them to school. Arianna noticed her mother was worried about something but she wondered what it was. The silence was deafening for Arianna.

Soon the car pulled up to the school, Tracy put the car in park and she looked at her children. Arianna unfastened herself and she repositioned as she asked, "mom, is there something wrong?"

Arianna's words caught Michael's attention, making him look at his mother. Worry began to consume him as he noted that his mother looked scared and worried. Her blue-gray eyes were looking between her children as she said, "um it's nothing...but I think the werewolves already know about us. I'm not sure how much longer we are going to be able to stay here. I might be wrong..I hope I am wrong." 

"Don't worry mom" Michael said, earning a small smile from his mother.

"Okay"

With that the two exited the car then took a few minutes to watch their mother drive off. Then the two went their separate ways.  Michael began to head to his locker, 340. on his way to his locker Laura and Samantha came and walked on both sides of him. Laura was silent as she walked beside him. Michael was trying hard to ignore their presence though Samantha started talking.

"You know Michael, I didn't appreciate the way you talked to me yesterday…" Samantha started a look of disgust on her face and she looked at him.

"Yeah? Well I didn't realize that you were a snowflake.  Look, I don't care that I hurt your feelings and I don't plan on apologizing.  So go complain to someone who cares" Michael interrupted as he opened his locker only for Matt to shut it again and keep his hand on it. 

"You may not care...but you are going to apologize to Samantha  asshole" matt sneered coldly to Michael who snorted in response. 

"Actually I'm not" 

"I ought to show yo-" Matt started but was interrupted by Zander who was walking up to the group slowly and menacingly. Beside zander was Jordan and Xavier. 

"Pray tell, Matt what exactly were you planning on showing him?" Zander asked with a cold demanding tone. Upon the realization that Zander was pissed matt harbison shrunk back from Michael and became a stuttering mess.

"U-Um N-n-nothing Zander...Sorry" Matt said quickly before he sped off to get away from Zander. Michael stood there surprised that a buff guy like Matt was afraid of a scrawny kid like Zander. Zander then focused his attention on Samantha. Zander got mere inches from her face his eyes narrowed. 

"As for you...I suggest you knock off your shit too. Just because you don't get what you want doesn't mean you can sick Matt, a half brained idiot after someone.  Do I make myself clear?" Zander's voice was cold and demanding, his face contorted into disgust as he was watching her. Samantha shrunk back a bit in fear then she snapped.

"Matt isn't a half brained idiot...A-And you don't know what Michael had said to me yesterday!" She puffed out her cheeks like an eight year old being told no candy. 

"To be honest he was probably giving you advice that you chose to take as an insult. You are being pathetic and childish. Now knock it off...Am...I...Clear" zander said sounding pissed off. Michael wasn't sure as to why Zander was defending him, considering what had happened yesterday between the two boys.

"Yes you are clear" Samantha said and she left with Laura. Michael looked at Zander, opening his mouth to speak but Zander beat him to it.

"I didn't defend you because I like you or anything. I don't intend to explain my reasoning to you so just thank me and go about your day" Zander's words were cold but somehow gentle.

"Well… Thank you" Michael said simply as he then opened his locker putting stuff inside and then he met up with Anna and the two made their way to first period. Zander turned his attention to his locked and he opened it throwing his stuff inside.

"Why did you defend him?" Jordan asked as he leaned on the lockers to the left of Zander's locker. Zander clicked his tongue and looked at Jordan.

"His scent." Was the only thing that left Zander's lips as he slammed his locker closed. Xavier raised an eyebrow.

"His scent? What scent does he have?" Xavier questioned before Jordan could.

"I don't understand it myself yet okay?" Zander snapped obviously wanting the two to drop the topic as the three made their way to class. The walk to class for the three was agonizingly silent but Jordan and Xavier made no move to start up a conversation. 

"So what was all that about this morning?" Anna asked Michael as the two were walking to class not that far ahead of Zander and his two friends. 

"Well apparently,  Samantha whined to that football player about me giving her advice that she didn't like yesterday." Michael said simply as he was walking with Anna.

Period 1 room 203

Michael entered the room behind Anna and the two took their seats. Michael set his stuff down on his desk and he was reviewing the packet that the teacher, Mrs. Harris had handed out the day before. As he was reading it Zander, Jordan,  and Xavier entered the room and took their seats. Soon the rest of the class began to reenter the room as the tardy bell rang. Mrs. Harris walked in holding a clipboard in her right arm and she stood in front of the class.

"Alright we are going to the book storage today to get your math books for the year. So I want you guys to leave your stuff and follow me." She said as she was walking to the door.

Michael was walking with Anna quietly and a few students in front of them was the trio. Zander was quietly walking in front of Jordan and Xavier. He was having trouble keeping Michael's scent at bay, and it was frustrating him. Xavier and Jordan exchanged looks as if they were trying to figure out a way to ease Zander out of his bad mood. Though nothing was coming to mind as they thought about ways to calm him. Unable to fight the scent off anymore Zander let the scent in. Almost immediately the scent sent him into a calm state his bad mood washed away.

"Why do you think Zander defended you? I mean I didn't picture you two as friends." Anna asked after Michael had explained the entire situation from this morning. 

Michael shrugged,  "I have no clue. But not knowing is driving me crazy." 

Soon they were in a line waiting to go into the book storage. They looked to mrs. Harris who was looking over all the students and she began to explain her rules while in the book storage room.

"Now you are to be quiet, stay in line grab one geometry book, check out with Mr. Smith and then return to the classroom. Is that understood?" 

"Yes Mrs. Harris" the class spoke and began to file in one at a time. The book storage room was small and had 6 rows of shelving. Each student grabbed one red geometry textbook and went over to Mr. Smith who checked the books out to each student. As each student got a book checked out to them they began to head back to the classroom. Zander, Jordan, and Xavier got their books and were slowly making their way back to the classroom. Zander glanced at Michael clicked his tongue and he walked back to the classroom faster. Soon enough Anna and Michael were making their way back to the classroom. 

Soon all the students were back as was mrs. Harris. Mrs. Harris was at the front of the class and was writing on the board, 'chapter 1.1: intro' she then turned around and began to lecture about the purpose behind geometry writing down important items on the board for students to copy. Michael was taking notes and listening to the lecture. Zander on the other hand was drawing and ignoring the lecture, he didn't particularly care about learning. The class seemed to go by quickly as Mrs. Harris wrote down the homework, chapter one, one through thirteen even; twenty through thirty all. Michael scribbled down the homework just as the bell rang. He gathered his belongings and met up with Anna heading to English class.

Period 2 room 105

Michael walked into the room with Anna, mr. Himara was at his desk quietly tapping a blue inked pen on the wood. Michael and Anna took their seats after grabbing their journal for the Daily Journal writing assignment. The journal assignment was written on the board.

'Tell me about your summer? What did you do? What did you want to do but didn't get to? 4 paragraphs' 

Michael began to write how he used to live in a town by the name of Rosewood and how most of his family lived there. He also wrote about his best friends,  jonah hill and markus Wallace. He wrote about how he would go to the park or over to one of their houses and would hang out with them for long periods of time. He didn't get into detail about werewolves threatened and kills most of his family and how they had moved away in an attempt to escape the same gruesome fate. He just said that his dad was offered a better job here and so they moved. He knew no one would believe him if he spat off about werewolves and murders of shapeshifters so he made something believable to the humans.

Anna wrote about her trip to France during the summer. Saying everything she had seen and learned while she was there. Also talking about what she missed while sick there and going on and on. Soon the trio entered the room and got to work on the journal assignment. Xavier wrote simply about going hunting with Jordan and Zander. He talked about their long camping trip and how they learned to live on the land. 

Soon everyone finished the journal assignment and turned in their journals before returning to their seats. Once everyone was seated in their seats mr. Himara was in front of the class holding a rather large stack of papers. Mr. Himara cleared his throat and he was passing out the papers as he was talking, "Today we will be reviewing for the book that we will begin to read in this class, The Catcher In The Rye by J D Salinger. Michael if you could pass out the books please." 

There was a large stack of the book on the table up front. Michael stood up and he began to pass out the books. As he was passing them out he noticed that Zander was watching him intently, which made him highly uncomfortable. Soon Michael sat down looking at the book wondering just how boring this book was going to be. Mr. Himara took his seat at the front of the class watching as all the students examined to book. Mr. Himara cleared his throat to gain the attention of the students before he began to talk.

"Something that you must understand, this book may be hard for some of you to read. It is common for children your age to relate to the main character of this book. If you need to talk to the counselor please let me know." He said

Anna raised her hand once she was called on she asked her question, "what do you mean by that Mr. Himara?"

"This book shows fear anxiety and the choices one makes in the state of fear and anxiety. Thus it makes it hard for those who deal with fear and anxiety among other things to read this book." He said in response. This caused the class to go silent. He sighed and then started them off in reading the first chapter of the book as a class. The class is silent unless it was their turn to read. After the first chapter was done they were assigned homework to read chapter two and three at home. They were also informed that mr. Himara would test them tomorrow to make sure that they read the two chapters.

The last five minutes of class was everyone talking amongst themselves about kanye topics. Michael was talking Anna about them reading chapter two together in the library at lunch, to which Anna agreed. 

"Can we come too?" Zander asked Michael and Anna as he wanted to get another chapter out of the way so that there was less homework for tonight.

"Sure I don't care. I owe you for this morning anyway " Michael said as he looked at Zander who managed to smile a little. Xavier and Jordan were excited that Michael and Zander were being civil today. 

"Alright then it's settled we will meet in the library at lunch" Anna said smiling, she was glad the two were being civil but she knew they would probably but heads during lunch. She gathered her things to get ready to go to class three. Michael was yawning and doodling in his small sketchpad, ignoring Zander's gaze, or at the very least attempting to ignore the gaze. Xavier and Jordan were talking to each other about what to do after school.

Zander finally moved his gaze off of the uncomfortable Michael and was doodling in his own sketchpad. He was thinking about Michael and his scent trying to make sense of it.  Though his mind kept becoming blank. He sighed quietly knowing that he would have to talk to his mother about it bit he decided to wait until the second or third week of school. But he was wanting to know why Michael smelt like vanilla and Lavender to him. He started to get frustrated but Michael's scent was quick to sooth the upset Alpha. 

As the bell rang the students began to file out of the class room to get to their next classes but Zander was quick to grab Michael's arm and jerk him back into the English classroom. Michael yelped in surprise and stumbled back and into Zander. Michael was a bit shorter than Zander, by at least five inches so he had to look up at Zander whose eyes were narrowed to slits.

"We need to talk after school… No ifs and or buts am I clear?" Zander said sternly making Michael gulp quietly and nod, "um..Okay" when Zander let go of him he hurried out to Anna and walked to third period with her.

"What was that about?" Anna asked Michael who looked all flustered about the whole situation.

"He said we needed to talk after school today…" Michael said as he was walking with Anna she laughed lightly, "why are you so nervous?"

Michael gaped at her, "why am I nervous?! For all I know he wants to kill me himself!" He groaned making Anna laugh more.

Michael waved his hands frantically, "It's not that funny Anna!" He whined.

"What are you talking about this is hilarious!" Anna said as she was holding her side from laughing so hard.

A few feet behind them was Jordan, Xavier,  and Zander. Zander was watching the two in front of them with a raised eyebrow wondering what they were talking about. As he was watching them Xavier jabbed Zander's side with his elbow.

"So why do you want to talk to him after school today. I think he is freaking out with how vague you were" Xavier remarked with a chuckle.

"I really think that it is none of your business Xavier." Zander said simply as they were walking.

"Come on man we are your packmates " Jordan whispered to Zander causing him to groan

"I just want to talk to him! It's none of your business now shut up!" Zander snapped making the two boys laugh heavily. 

Michael and Anna stopped by their lockers putting in the geometry math book inside and switching out their notebooks. Michael kept bbn his book, The Catcher And The Rye  on him. Then the two closed their lockers and made their way to room 409.

Zander, Jordan,  and Xavier went to their lockers dropping off their geometry books and grab their Biology notebooks. Then they too began to head to room 409. Zander was relieved when the two finally dropped the subject about Michael and him meeting after school to talk. He was walking at a steady pace. Michael and Anna were climbing the stairs to class followed by the trio. Then the were walking down the hall eventually the five just became a group heading for room 409.

Period 3 room 409

The five students entered the class room taking their respective seats. Michael took his seat beside Zander and he pulled out his sketch pad and he was sketching as the bell rang he looked up to see mrs. Watson beginning her role call. She would say a name twice and if the student didn't answer either time then she would mark them absent even if they were obviously present. Once role call was done mrs. Watson was standing in front of her white board with her projector on. She had a presentation on the board that read, welcome to Biology!

"Good morning class please have a piece of paper out in front of you and be sure to take notes. So today we will be doing an introduction into biology,  along with going over the branches of Biology and at the end you will have an assignment to complete." She said as she moved to the next slide giving the students a preview of today's lesson.

Michael wrote on the top of his notebook page 'Biology notes one: intro' he was watching the teacher and the board completely oblivious to Zander staring at him. Mrs. Watson then moved to the next slide on her presentation. 

"Biology comes from the Greek words bios and logos. Bios which means life and then there is logos, which means study of. So what is Biology? Biology is the study of living things such as plants and animals and the interactions between living things and their environment." Mrs. Watson said as she was watching the students take notes except for Zander.

"Zander this is important. You should be taking notes" mrs. Watson said sternly as Zander nodded apologizing as he quickly took notes. Some students in the class chuckled under their breath.

Mrs. Watson moved on to the next slide, "since we are studying Living things such as plants and animals  we will be studying the way plants reproduce, how they survive in their proper environments. Besides plants we also learn about animals, this is a very large topic do to all of the different types of animals, so we will be reviewing how they reproduce,  how they survive in their environment, and even things that make them stand out in their environment. We will even go over the dinosaurs who were alive so long ago." 

Michael took notes that were neatly written and he even had a few drawings on his note paper. Zander was trying to keep up bit was obviously struggling to keep up. Mrs. Watson moved to the next slide.

"Next up is the branches of Biology. There are a lot so we will only go through a couple of them. We have two main branches, one of which is  Botany, which is the study of plants, in this we review reproduction, survival, what they need and how they help us. The second main branch of Biology is called Zoology, the study of animals, again we are reviewing reproductive processes, how they survive and what they do for their environment. The next branch is called Entomology, which is the study of Insects, what classifies as an insect? Zander" Mrs. Watson said.

"Um would an ant be an insect?" Zander said as he looked at mrs. Watson 

"Very good. To name some characteristics of an insect; they have three body parts, three pairs of legs, and some have wings. The next branch of Biology is called Virology, which is the study of Viruses, that are with in all the other branches. For example a common virus within our society is HIV. How does this spread? What can we do to prevent it from spreading? The next branch is Anatomy, which is the study of internal structures of an organism. Such as the heart or lungs with in an organism. How do these things help the organism. What does the stomachs do for us humans? Michael " 

"The stomach stores our food and turns it into energy?" Michael said as he looked at her.

"Good. The next branch is called Genetics, this is where we will study how characteristics are passed from parent to Offspring. For example, if a father or a mother were to have brown eyes then one of the children is likely to have brown eyes. The next branch is Embryology, which is the study of Embryos and their development. This branch is studying the development of an embryo or a fetus, we see the fertilization.  The next branch is called Microbiology which is the study of Microbes, which are the tiny organisms that are on say our hands of a table these can't be seen by the naked eye, but can be seen by a Telescope. Viruses and fungi. These are also very important they can help us and harm us, so here you will learn what they do to help and what they do to hinder. 

The next branch is called Biochemistry, which is the study of chemical processes occurring in living matter. Everything we take in is in this branch an example is a Carbohydrate with has three chemicals, carbon, hydrogen,  and oxygen. Next branch is Ecology which is the study of interrelationships of organisms with their environment and each other. In this we will discuss what we can do to preserve our environment. For example, not cutting down trees because they provide oxygen. Another example is aquatic habitats how can we preserve them? By not dumping chemical substances into the water which would kill the microorganisms in that habitat. Anna if you could read the next slide" Mrs Watson said as she clicked for the next slide.

"Branches of Biology; Histology which is the study of tissues in an organism." Anna said 

"Very good, tissues are basically made up of many cells grouped together. We have muscle tissue. Nervous tissue, epithelial tissue and connective tissue. Every living thing has Tissue because tissues are cells and cells are the beginning of life and are life. Next branch is Taxonomy, which is the study of classification of plants and animals.  Can anyone tell me what a classification is?"

As the class was silent, she said, "that's fine but can some take a guess?"

"Um would that be like categorizing the specific species and such?" One girl said 

"Close! There are seven categories in which we will study. The big one is called a Kingdom, then you will go to phylum, then to classes, then order,then families, then genus, and finally species. We will go into more detail when we get to that part. Next branch is Bacteriology which is simply the study of bacteria.with bacteriology we will study how bacteria makes sour milk and other things. The next branch is Mycology, which is the study of Fungi. The next branch is Cytology, which is the study of cells. For example,  muscle cells, blood cells, skin cells, and many others. Then there is Paleontology which is the study of fossils. This branch is studying organisms in that time that no longer exist among us this branch is a mix of biology and history. Next branch is parasitology which is the study of parasites. Such as Tapeworms. Next branch is called pathology which is the study of disease, generally in animals. And that is everything now onto your assignment." She said as she looked at all of the students. 

"I want you to get a loose piece of paper. I want three branches that we didn't discuss today and an example for each. There are books in the back it is one book per table, feel free to work with your table partner." She said.

Michael got up and got him and Zander a book. Once he returned he set the book down Zander looked up at Michael.  Then Michael began to flip through the book searching for three branches that the hadn't discussed in today's lecture. He was muttering the branches and skimming over his notes. Zander was watching him, a bit mesmerized by him. He then was looking in the book too.

"...Marine biology which is the study of aquatic animals,  plants, and their environment…" Michael muttered and he added, "write that down…" zander decided against bickering with Michael and wrote down what he said.

"Ethology which is the study of animal behavior… and bioengineering which is the study of living things through the process of engineering." He said and he closed the book and he wrote down everything he said. The two turned in their papers and Mrs. Watson smiled taking them and reading them.

"Very good boys." She said and she took other papers and read them. She watched all her students working hard on this first assignment. Soon all the students had their papers in to her and she smiled, "Well done all of you! Now tomorrow we do a lecture on the importance to Biology so be ready " she said just as the bell rang. 

Michael was packing up his things and he put his bag on one shoulder and he went to his locker where he pulled out his trumpet case and his end of the day journals. He then began to make his way to the band room. He was obsessing of what Zander, the kid he punched yesterday, wanted to talk to him.  He found himself gulping again and he felt a cold sweat start. He sighed and shook his head. He kept telling himself that it was nothing. As he was walking Trey and Danny came up beside him, "Hey man, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost " Danny said looking at Michael.

"Huh? Oh hey. Yeah I'm fine" he said giving a reassuring smile.

Period 4 Band music room 4

Danny, Trey, and Michael walked into the band room talking about the sheet music and how well they were all coming along with it. As they were talking Samantha walked up to the Trio her arms crossed over her chest, "Michael we aren't through talking from this morning," she said in a snappish tone.

Danny and trey raised an eyebrow as Michael rolled his eyes, "when are you going to learn to act your age? You are being pathetic and pushing this farther than it needs to go."

"Excuse me?! Do you actually expect me to believe that what you said to me yesterday was supposed to be advice?!" 

"Um yeah, I know my advice comes out harsh. You can ask my sister about that. Now save it " he said and he turned away from her. Samantha huffed and went to her seat with the flutes.

"What happened this morning " Danny asked looking at Michael. 

"Well she apparently complained to Matt Harbison about what I said yesterday so he confronted me this morning. Then Ironically Zander defended me" 

The last sentence caused Trey and Danny to gasp, "no way!!" 

Then the bell rang, Michael pulled out his Trumpet and he played a quick B flat scale. Mr. Carter stepped onto his podium and smiled to his students. He then said, "B flat scale, whole notes" he then raised his hands in a ready position to begin conducting. He whisper counted, one, two, three, and four then he nodded his head and the band began to play the B flat scale one note at a time. Some students stopped and adjusted their instruments so that they would be in tune. They played a few more scales and then Mr. Carter then said, "let's listen to the audio I found of this sheet music then we will play through a couple of times and end the class on the football field and practice marching."

Mr. Carter then stepped off the podium walking six feet behind him to the computer and he started the music. He head Samantha whispering to a girl next to her and he looked at her his eyes narrowed in annoyance,  "Samantha be quiet and listen to the music try fingering along all of you," he said.

Michael was listening to the music and he was fingering his part along with the music and he was trying to memorize as much as he could. Danny was watching Michael as was Trey both of them were amazed by Michael's determination in getting this song memorized. Him doing that encouraged the other trumpet players to take this seriously.  Mr. Carter watched the trumpet section and he smiled already liking Michael a lot. 

Once the music was over, mr. Carter stepped back up onto his podium, "first song from the beginning, " he said as he raised his hands up and began to conduct nodding his head and the band began to play following Mr. Carter's conducting. There were a few students that you could tell that they either didn't look at the music or simply didn't care about doing well. Soon Mr. Carter had to stop the band and he sighed rubbing his temples, "you need to practice.  You know who you are" he said under his sigh. A few students looked down knowing that he was talking about them.

Mr. Carter then cleared his throat raising his hands again getting ready to conduct again. he said, "from the beginning again" and then began to conduct. The band played again, this time a bit better than before. Satisfied,  Mr. Carter continued on passed measure thirty. The band played to the end of the song and mr. Carter looked at the time. After looking at the time mr. Carter switched his sheet music to the next song telling them to pull out music two. Michael shifted his music and he emptied his spit valve. 

Trey watching him as the emptied his and he shifted his music as well. Michael was tapping his foot as he was reading the music. Trey was watching him completely amazed by Michael. Danny was with the other french horn players but they were using Mellophones.   Soon Mr. Carter raised his hands again getting ready to conduct the band. Michael got ready by sitting up straight in his chair. 

The band with Mr. Carter's conducting began to play through the music. The band did well through the second and the third music. The final song was quite a bit harder than the other three so naturally the band was struggling a bit. But soon Mr. Carter called it told everyone to put their instruments away then to head out to the Field.

Michael put his instrument after cleaning it, back into its case and he smiled. He then made sure all his stuff was packed up then he began to walk to the field with Danny and Trey. As the trio was making their way to the Field Samantha pushed passed them walking with the other flutists. Michael refrained himself from rolling his eyes and continued walking with Trey and Danny.

"So why did you look like you saw a ghost earlier?" Trey asked as the Trio walked at a steady pace.

"Well um. After my second period class Zander pulled me aside and said that he wanted to talk to me after school." Michael said as he was walking with the two

"I doubt anything bad is going to happen with that. I mean the guy defended you." Danny said trying to be positive. 

"True but I mean I punched him in the face yesterday " Michael pointed out 

"Don't worry about it okay?" Danny said as he waved and jogged off to join his group.

"I'll try not to worry too much about it" 

Michael and trey were with the rest of the Trumpets doing block drills. Then the whole class got together to do a block drill game. The class lined up in in four rows of six. The students put a fist into their other hand and Mr. Carter stood in front  of the class. He began to give marching orders, when a student messed up they were out. Soon it was Samantha, Trey, Veronica, Erika, Danny, Michael, Christopher, and Kevin. After six marching commands it was down to Erika, Veronica, Michael, and Christopher. 

It was clear that the last four students really knew what they were doing, after six more commands it was Michael,  Erika, and Veronica. Then after three more commands it was Michael and Erika. And finally after eight more commands it was Michael. Mr. Carter called it and Michael told everyone that they did well. Many praised him for being the final student. Michael was quick to tell them that he practiced hard to get that good.

"Alright class, you guys did well today. Head back to the band room and wait for the bell." Mr. Carter said with a smile on his face and he started to walk back to the band room, which was across the campus. 

Michael was walking across the field heading to the band room as Trey and Danny caught upto him. The trio was slowly making their way to the band  room when Christopher walked up to them. Christopher stood at six foot three, ash blonde hair styled in a messy manner, a fair complexion, hazel eyes with green specks, he had his right ear pierced on the Lobe, orbital,  and the Helix; and finally he had a spider bite piercing on the bottom lip to the left. Michael had to admit Christopher was a really attractive guy. 

"Nice marching Michael. Where did you learn that?: 

"Like I said earlier it was just a lot of practice. But thanks for the compliment.  You did really well too" 

Christopher chuckled lightly as he was walking beside the trio and he looked at Michael with an intent gaze. Christopher then in a quick motion grabbed Michael  and pulling him away from Trey and Danny as well as saying, "I need to speak to Michael in private."

The two boys hesitantly nodded their heads and walked off to the band room as Christopher pulled Michael into the small alley behind the third building of the school. It was secluded and extremely quiet, making Michael go into instant high alert. He looked at Christopher who pinned Michael against the brick wall behind him. Michael looked up at Christopher, their eyes locked. Christopher let a small smirk tug on his lips and he slowly started to lean in to press his lips to Michael's.  Though when their lips were two inches apart Michael placed his hands on Christopher's chest and pushed him away, his eyes closed tight as if he was afraid to look at Christopher. 

"Why did you push me away? You obviously thought I was attractive " he said as he was watching Michael who took a deep breath.

"Because first of all this is the second day of school,  and I hardly know you. I look for personality too you know" he said as he rested his hands at his sides and opened his eyes looking at Christopher. 

Without another word the two walked into the band music room and Michael grabbed his things just as the bell rand. Danny and Trey walked over to him. There was looks of worry on both of their faces as they walked with him. 

"So...What was that all about?"

"Yeah what happened?"

"It was nothing." Michael said as he ran a hand through his hair.

Christopher watched Michael walk out of the band room with Danny and Trey. He decided to follow and watch Michael.  The trio walked into the cafeteria and got in line. The three were talking about homework. 

"That reminds me I have to go to the Library a group from my English class is getting together to read one or two chapters of the class book." Michael muttered as he paid for his lunch.

"What book?" Trey asked.

"The catcher and the Rye " Michael said

"That is a horrible book" Danny muttered 

"I don't think it's that bad, at least at the moment. Anyway see you guys tomorrow " Michael said as he made his way to the library. As he entered the library he saw Anna, Xavier,  Jordan, and Zander. He smiled and went over to them and he said, "Shall we get started?" 

The group pulled out their books taking turns reading. By the end of the lunch period they had read the two chapters. Michael and Anna were the most enthusiastic about not having to tread the book tonight,  unaware that Zander was watching someone a few tables over. Then the group simply had lunch together, chatting ab oi ut how crazy that their schedules were all so close. Zander was really quiet, Jordan noticed and texted Zander in an attempt to be discreet but still check on his Alpha. Zander didn't even look at his phone so Jordan peeked to see who he was staring at.

The boy Zander was staring at had a book in front of his face so Jordan couldn't tell who it was. Jordan turned back around and looked at the time. There was ten minutes left of lunch. Michael stood up from the table.

"Hey, well I am going to head to my next class see you guys later." Michael said with a light wave of his hand and he grabbed his stuff heading to his locker first to put some stuff away.

Unbeknownst to Michael, the kid that Zander had been staring at left the library two minutes after Michael and was following him. Michael made it to his locker opening it. He put his trumpet in his locker while pulling out a journal for Adult living and one out for History.  He then shut his locker and began to make his way to room four hundred for Adult living. The kid followed Michael to room four hundred before going to their own class.

Zander stood up and excused himself from the small group and he starts to walk to his locker. He opened his locker getting his stuff and he made his way to room four hundred. He was taking his time heading that way his thoughts on the kid he was watching in the library.  He doubted that it was a coincidence that the kid went into the library a minute after Michael and left the library two minutes after Michael. He clenched his jaw tightly. 

Zander decided that he would keep his eye on Michael to make sure this mystery kid was no danger. For some reason Michael's safety was his top priority without him even thinking about it. He shook his head in an attempt to clear his mind. Jordan was jogging up behind him.

"Zander. Dude!" Jordan called. Zander glanced over his shoulder. He stopped walking and turned around. Jordan stopped in front of him.

"What was up with you in the library? Are you okay?" Jordan asked as he was watching Zander. 

"It's nothing just thought the kid I was staring at was suspicious. That's all. I'm sure it's nothing." Zander muttered as he was watching Jordan.

"Do you think that is wasn't a coincidence that the kid seemed to be following Michael? Why are you worried about Michael I mean the kid punched you in the face" 

"Look I don't know why I care about Michael but I do. And I think that kid is stalking Michael but I am not sure.." 

Period 5 room 400

Michael had entered the class and took his seat. He opened his journal for this class and he rested his blue inked pen on the journal. he was sitting in his seat thinking about the previous incident with Christopher earlier today.  He shook his head and he sighed. Why was he having everyone's attention? He wasn't that good looking. Michael then saw Zander walk in and slid into the seat beside Michael. Zander pulled out his journal so that he could take notes. 

Zander peaked at Michael, in his mind he was still trying to figure out why that one kid appeared to be stalking him. He looked away as the bell rang. Mrs. Edwards walked to the front of the class. Mrs. Edwards smiled to the class as she started to talk.

"Good afternoon class, today we will discuss wellness and self-esteem. Can anyone tell me what Wellness in a young adult is?" She said as she turned to the board writing, 'wellness and self-esteem' 

"Wouldn't wellness be their health physically, mentally, emotionally and how productive they are on their own?" One girl said.

"Yes and no, while you health is important there is much more to a person's wellness than how productive they are on their own. There is family relationships, romantic relationships,  children and much more. You see us humans are extremely social creatures. We want to communicate. A human being doesn't do well when they are isolated for long periods of time. " 

"I am isolated in my room all the time" a boy said.

"Do you text friends or family? Maybe talk to someone online?"

"Yeah"

"That is still socializing" she said smiling lightly

The class was silent as they listened to the small chat between the student and the teacher.  Mrs. Edwards continued to lecture on wellness and self-esteem and the importance of both of them to the human young adult.  Once her lecture was finished she passed out a thick packet and told the class to work with the student next to each other to complete the packet. Michael and Zander were working together to complete the packet. After about twenty minutes Michael and Zander finished their packets and turned them into mrs. Edwards.  Mrs. Edwards was reviewing their packets and grading them. Michael wondered how many they missed. 

Michael was sure they missed at the very least one. Soon other students turned in their packets. Once everyone turned in their packets Mrs. Edwards went to the board and wrote students names in the order of best to worst. Michael and Zander were third on the list under mia and her partner Nick and john and his partner Joe.  Michael was just glad to be in the top three, though he was disappointed that they had missed more than he thought. Soon the bell rang, Michael gather up his things and started to make his way to his final class of the day, history in room three three hundred and five. Zander was trailing behind Michael to see the kid from earlier was back at following Michael.  Zander debated with himself about pulling the kid aside to find out why they were following Michael but eventually decided against it.

Period 6 room 305

Michael entered the class and took his seat pulling out his journal figuring that today there would be a lecture.  Soon behind Michael, Zander entered the classroom and took his seat. He pulled out his own notebook. The students trickled into the classroom taking their seats. Mrs. Evans was standing in front of the class. She had a smile on her face and there was a presentation on the board titled, chapter 1: introduction to history and government.

"Good afternoon class. Today we will be doing the introduction to History and discussing the government. Please take notes as there will be an assignment at the end. " she said as she looked at all the students.

"The word History derives from the Greek word, Historia, which means Inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation. History is the study of the past particularly how this associates with Humans. History is the study of past events as well as human experiences and record of events in relation to the environment. " mrs. Evans said as she was pacing the front of the class.

The students were quietly taking notes and watching her as she was pacing. Zander rested his head in his right hand as he was watching her. Michael was diligently writing. Mrs. Evans clicked to the next slide.

"History contains two periods. The prehistory period, which is the study of history of man in the distant past this relies on excavations of materials and fossils. An example of this period is the dinosaur fossils. The other period is the history period, which is the study of man in known times, this relies on raw data from written works or narrations. An example of this is the declaration of independence, or the 10 amendments. " 

"There are three branches of history, political history, social history and economic history. First one, political history,  is the study of governments and the leaders. For example, George Washington and the American government with the founding fathers. The next one, economic history,  is the study of the way people earn a living. Examples of this is Agriculture, industry, trade, transport, hunting and gathering and many others. So to further those examples, farmers, factory workers, the list goes on."

"The third one, social history, is the study of the way people have lived together,  way of dressing, eating, religion, medicine, and education. I would like for you to Attempt the following; define History."

The class took five minutes to define history as per Mrs. Evans request before she moved on. Once everyone was complete she pulled up another presentation titled the importance of studying history.

"Why do we study history? What is the significance of studying the past? Well, studying history helps us to one, learn about culture, economic and political organizations of different people all around the world. Two, appreciate the values of others and their contribution to civilization. Three, develops the capacity for critical analysis of historical data. four, structure of government and why we need a government. "

"Five, to understand how laws are made and implemented. Six, to understand outer rights and responsibilities as citizens.  Seven, have a sense of Identity to know who we are and where we are at present. Eight, promote national and international unity- we learn about interdependence.  Nine, career subject such as Law, teaching, anthropology, and more. And Ten, develop a sense of patriotism and national pride."

"The meaning of Government. This comes from the word Govern which means to Rule. Government refers to the governing body of a nation, state, or community. This is a system by which a state or community is controlled. There are three types of government, one is Democratic government,  which is a government of the people by the people, rulers consult the public regularly through popular vote. Two is Aristocratic government, which is a government of a group of rich people in society rule. And three Monarchical governments, which is a government with a king or a queen as the head of state." 

"Summary of the types of governments. There is when no one rules, this is an anarchy. There is when one rules it is called monarchy or a dictatorship. When few rule this is called oligarchy or junta. Then there is one were all rules is called Democracy. There are two types of Democracy there is direct and there is  representation." 

"Forms of state government, first is Oligarchy, this is where a group of elite families rule. Second is Aristocracy, is where landowners and the wealthy rule. Third is Republic where citizens participate in the government by electing leaders to represent their ideas. Fourth is Monarchy which is leadership of one person passed through the family. Fifth is Theocracy which is ruled by the church or by priests, no separation of church and state.  Sixth is Democracy which is where all citizens share the same role in Government. And finally there is Tyrant which is a single person who hogs the power keeping it to themselves and are common abusers of their power."

"Here is an assignment I would like you to attempt the following.  Give two reasons why History is known a living subject. And name three types of government.  This will be due tomorrow before the next lesson. We have three minutes until the bell so when the bell rings you are free to leave the classroom " Mrs. Evans said as she took a sip of water from her water bottle.

Soon enough the bell rang. Michael gathered his stuff and he went to Zander who was waiting for him by the classroom door. Michael felt his stomach churning and cramping the closer he got to Zander. He was panicked as he wasn't sure what to expect from this guy. On he was about a foot away Zander gestured for Michael to follow, then he began to make his way to his locker.  After a minute of walking Zander stopped at his locker he said, "well go get your stuff from you locker."

Michael obediently nodded his head and scurried to his locker shoving all of his stuff into his messenger bag then he went back to Zander. Zander then dragged Michael at a fast pace down the halls and stairs then took Michael into the same alley where Christopher had made a move on him, causing Michael to tense up.

"Why are you tense?" Zander asked Abruptly. 

"Tense? Oh um well a kid in my band class made a move on me in this alley…" Michael said quietly,  he wasn't sure why he was telling Zander any of this. It wasn't his business or concern. Michael peeked up at Zander to see Zander was clenching his jaw tightly.  

"What was this kids name?" Zander asked, Michael was a bit taken aback by this protective nature that Zander had seemed to take on when it came to Michael.

"Why do you care this isn't why you wanted to talk to me. What is it you wanted to talk about?" Michael decided that he could handle Christopher on his own, so he didn't plan on telling Zander anything more about the incident. 

"Fine… I wanted to let you know that there was a… kid following you…" zander said as he decided to give a lie and leave what he wanted to talk about for another day.

"Um okay…?" Michael said with a raised eyebrow. After an awkward moment of silence Michael said, "well if that was it, I'm going to leave…" 

Before zion could stop him Michael scurried off. Zander watched Michael until he got into his mother's car.  Then he quickly went and got on his bus. Zander sat beside Jordan. 

"So how did that talk with Michael go?" Jordan asked quietly 

"I didn't talk to him about what I wanted in was trying to find out something but naturally he didn't want to talk to me about the kid who made a move on him in band class." Zander grumbled.