Chapter 5 Mine!!

“Did you think Tony would shift?” A student asked the other.

“Roxy has no wolf, why would he need to shift? Him being a man and a gamma’s son was an absolute advantage for him. He won’t go that low so he could show his strength right?” The other commented.

Everyone who heard the challenge glanced at Roxy, some pitied her as they knew she just got out of the hospital while the others were mocking her.

“How can she fight Tony if she doesn’t have her wolf?”

“Isn't she afraid of being sent to the hospital again?”

“She was in a coma for 3 months and yet she accepted Tony’s challenge? Is she overestimating herself?”

Carter heard what others had said and can’t help but to worry for the girl named Roxy. He didn’t know either why she suddenly accepted Tony’s challenge when in fact she was bullied by Tony every time.

"I will let you rest for a while so you won't be able to tell me that I was not considerate enough to fight you when you just got out of the hospital. On Monday right here, we will fight." Tony said and left.

Wax stayed for a few more minutes, she knew Tony would take the bait. He was too arrogant to refuse and it was his perfect time to look respectable.

"Roxy, wait up." Roxy stopped and looked at the familiar face.

"Why did you accept Tony's challenge, you just gave him a chance to hurt you without being reprimanded at the end. How can you be so stupid?" Claire said worriedly.

"Don't worry it was not until Monday."

"It's just more days before then, but it was still a very short time for you. What would your mom say if she found this out? She was already too worried for you."

"Please, I can handle myself. You know too well that I am not that weak either. Although I don't know about my father, I knew mom was a great warrior. Rest assured that I can take care of myself."

"I just don't want you to get hurt again, your state in the hospital was still fresh in my mind. How could you neglect that fact?"

"I am not, I won't get into trouble I could not handle." Roxy told Claire. Before she could ever rebut, Roxy told her to go to their class now.

Wax was bored all morning, she was not interested in her class at all. She had already passed everything that the teacher was teaching them. She was 25 years old already and she doesn't know whether she would be happy knowing she was back in her teens. Anyway, she decided to claim herself as Roxy now so she had better take care of herself.

"Ms. Wales, could you answer the problem on the board?" Their teacher Ms. Liz called her. It was their last subject and as much as she didn't want to attend this she had no other option, she just looked at her teacher and debated with herself whether she would answer it or not. The old Roxy would never stand up because she was weak with math, but she is now the new Roxy.

Ms. Liz looked at Roxy with disdain and said, "Next time pay attention to the class if you are not smart enough to----" but has been cut off by Roxy's action. She stood up and walked to the blackboard. It was trigonometry, and was easy for her.

"Is she for real? She never stands up to answer in any recitation. What had happened to her?" A few of her classmates commented.

Roxy answered the problem and looked at Ms. Liz, "Just because I did not participate in recitation means you can look down at me." she said in a respectful way but mocking manner.

Roxy went back to her seat and looked out the window. The real Roxy likes the forest very much and she intends to explore it on her behalf.

After that class, Roxy went to the canteen where she found Claire. She was waving her hand asking Roxy to sit with her.

Roxy lined up with everyone to get her food but instead of sitting with Claire, she went out of the canteen.

She went to the forest with her food and started eating. She was thinking about what she needed to first when she feel a presence,

"Who are you?" she asked.

The man gets out from behind the tree and stares at her. It was Carte, he saw Roxy going this way and wondered what she might be doing here. She never thought that she would be able to feel his presence. He tried so hard to hide his scent and presence.

"I never thought you would be able to know I was there." Carter commented.

"Should I just ignore you then? Why are you following me?" Roxy asked.

"I did not follow you, This is my usual spot."

"You'd been here before?" Roxy asked him and said yes.

"That's odd." Roxy said

"What?"

"You've been here before."

"What's odd with that?"

"Exactly you, being here before. You see, if you had been here before, they should not have been like that." She said pointing at the grass that was standing tall.

"If you had been here before the only thing you could do was to sit with this branch, seeing how big you are, this branch won't be able to hold you up. If you did not sit, you should be standing beside any tree in here, but there was no sign that anyone had been standing beside every tree here. Care to tell me why you are following me now?"

Carter was astonished with Roxy, he didn't know that she would be able to talk to him like that. He just looked at her and her at him like a staring contest.

Roxy was the first one to take down and took the plate from the ground. "If you don't want to tell me, fine by me. But next time don't follow me." Roy said and was about to leave when she remembered something.

"Oh, you can tell the other one to come out too." Roxy said that made Carter shocked.

"How can she know that Nathan was here too?" He asked himself and looked at Nathan who walked out behind the tree a few meters away from him.

"You heard that right?" Carter aske Nathan and he nodded his eyes still on Roxy.

"She was the only one who was able to know your presence. Knowing she doesn't have a wolf impressed me more." Carter told Nathan and they went out of the woods.

***

Afternoon class was over and Roxy decided to walk home. As she walked, her mind was occupied by Claire. She was Roxy's friend but Wax, whose soul was in Roxy's body, doesn't like to mingle with anyone.

She was battling with herself whether she would accept Claire or not. She saw in Roxy's memory that she was good to her but that's all. Roxy has no precise feelings towards Claire too, she just thought she was a friend because she doesn't bully her.

Roxy made up her mind and decided to be friendly with Claire, though she was hesitant, she was sure that Claire cared for Amelie. When she was scolding Roxy earlier about her having a fight with Tony, Claire was more concerned about Amelie than her.

As she snapped out of her mind, she saw a café and walked in. She ordered a very strong coffee, she felt alive when she drank that.

She sat near the window and was sipping her coffee when Carter and Nathan walked in. Their eyes locked and Roxy smirked which made Carter angry.

'Carter hold up, she doesn't know who you are.' Nathan minds link him.

'I don't think she'd be different even if she knew who I was' he mind linked him back.

Nathan chuckled at that and went to the counter as Carter sat beside Roxy's table. She was still looking at him when Carter said, "I never followed you"

Roxy's eyebrows arched as she heard that, "I am not saying anything." she replied.

"It was written all over your face." Carter replied hastily.

"Oh, I was thinking how handsome you are, but it turned out different on the surface?" Roxy said and sipped her coffee.

Nathan who was approaching Carter can't help but smile. He thought Carter had found his match.

"What about me?" Nathan asked Roxy that made Carter roll his eyes at him, but Nathan ignored him.

"Uhm... I was thinking how f****** sexy you are?" Roxy replied mischievously.

Nathan's face turned red as he was very embarrassed, he never thought that Roxy would answer that way.

As far as he could remember, she was very timid and shy. Everyone at school looked down at her because she was weak. How come she was this bold? Did being in a coma change her? he wondered.

Roxy laughed as she saw how red Nathan's face was. "Of course I was just kidding. You're both a kid and I am like a sister to you so I don't have such thoughts about you."

She sipped the last drop of her coffee and stood up. "See you tomorrow kids." She said and went out of the café.

Carter and Nathan left there shocked. They both looked at each other wondering if they looked like a kid, but all they saw was a well built strong man. Carter got furious and ran after Roxy while Nathan was left behind.

Carter stopped Roxy and said angrily, "you are not to talk to me like that"

Roxy, who was confused why he was acting that way, asked, "What's your problem?"

"You are my problem. Why did you say such a thing to me? I am not a kid!"

"Ok, you're not," Roxy said, took back her hand that he was still holding and started to walk away but Carter pulled her.

"You are not going to leave until I tell you so." This time Carter was already mad that he felt like he was being disrespected by Roxy. His aura has been leaking without him knowing. The other students who were there were starting to bare their necks on him.

Roxy doesn't know why, but she was feeling like she wanted to submit to Carter. She never felt inferior to anyone before and this new feeling bothers her.

'Roxy' suddenly a voice rang in her mind. 'Finally I get to talk to you' the voice said and after a while an image of a white wolf appeared in her mind.

'Who are you?' Roxy asked.

'I am Sasha your wolf' the wolf said and realization hit Roxy, she had a wolf now.

As Sasha called Roxy, Carter smelled a very intoxicating scent, he looked at Roxy whose eyes now were dilated. He knew what was happening.

"MINE!!!" Carter yelled.