Dealing With Your Wolf Next.

Nicki followed Hanna behind obediently and quietly as she led her back to the Luna's Lounge and shut the door by herself when they both got in.  

Nicki wanted to say something now but refrained from doing so. Hanna was still in a sour mood. She would allow Hanna to do the talking first before she eventually speaks up.

"Sit" Was the first thing Hanna commanded her to do while she stood and Nicki obeyed the order, quickly walking towards the bed and settling down.

"Now…." Hanna proceeded after Nicki listened and complied with the first order. "Explain to me why the hell I shouldn't take you to the Alpha right now and report to him your recent bad behavior, despite you being new here and all the cautions that were prescribed to you yesterday".

"Uhm…" Nicki's mouth was open but for words to come out of it was a problem. 

She has only one explanation that wouldn't make much sense to Hanna. And it was that she and Ariana were having so much fun throughout yesterday that they couldn't resist spending the night together as the newest besties in town. 

"Uhm what?. I can't hear anything?" Hanna moved closer to Nicki and could only hear mumbles coming from her.

"Yesterday after you left with Astrid…I…I kind of went back to Ariana's dorm and we related well with each other since she's the first person here to befriend me you know and then…." Nicki now said distinctly and paused, she was about to mention the certain part where she fell asleep and spent the night in Ariana's dorm.

"And then what?" Hanna folded her arms between her chest and tapped her foot continuously on the floor. She was starting to lose her patience with Nicki.

"And then I was told by Ariana to come back here so we don't get to spend the night together and break the rules. But I might have kind of refused to do that and insisted on staying a little longer and then sneak back in here later without getting caught but unfortunately, I fell asleep there" 

Nicki came up with a reasonable lie that couldn't in no way affect Ariana since she vowed on taking all the blame on herself alone. 

"Why would you refuse to come back here when Ariana told you to? Do you have a thing for her or something? Are you gay?" Hanna couldn't seek to wrap her head around the reason why Nicki didn't listen to Ariana and came back here when she was told to.

"No, no way. I'm completely straight, I'm hetero. I'm not into girls, I'm into guys only" Nicki cleared the misunderstanding Hanna was having about her and Ariana.

"Then why did you refuse to come back here if it's not that? You are supposed to strictly observe all the rules guiding this place to not only make things for you easier but for me and Astrid who are in charge of you easier too. How old are you?" 

Hanna asked, already thinking about Nicki's age herself. The reason for her behaving this way will be much more understandable if she was a teen. Teens naturally tend to break rules.

"I'm nineteen this year" Nicki answered, wondering what this conversation with Hanna has got to do with her age.

"Can't believe you are almost an adult and you still behave like you are a kid" Hanna slapped her forehead softly but was also a little bit glad Nicki wasn't that much of a teen anymore. However, she didn't look her age but rather looked way younger than that.

"You are mistaken, I'm an adult. I'm past age eighteen. The legal age for one to be officially considered an adult" Nicki pouted with a frown. She hates it when people say that she isn't fully an adult yet.

"Save that talk for later, that's not why I brought you here. Now listen carefully" Hanna ended the topic about Nicki's age, preparing to go down to the main business of why she brought her back here.

Nicki swallowed hard and left her ears wide open to listen carefully to what Hanna had to say. The serious look that was back on her face was enough to make her listen attentively and carefully without her guide stressing herself too much about it.

"Look, I don't want to believe the accusations my partner Astrid is making concerning the Alpha having some sort of feelings for you, which I know is something that could never happen. And I choose not to believe it but at the same time she's kind of making sense…" 

"Then you shouldn't believe her because I don't either," Nicki chipped in when Hanna wasn't done talking and she let her know a student wasn't supposed to talk when a guide was talking.

"I appreciate you for not believing her too but you are not supposed to speak when I'm speaking. Gosh, you have quite a lot to learn including some manners too" Hanna almost yelled at Nicki but held it in. She interrupted her by saying something worth it at least.

"Sorry," Nicki apologized sweetly.

"Forget about that, now listen. Astrid wants to report you to the Alpha because of your bad behavior since it's the only way to confirm if her accusations are true. And she's right because if the Alpha doesn't punish you for this then it's true he has a thing for you. Staying out of your room by past ten is one of the most crucial obeyed rules here so no one goes free for failing it"

"Then why didn't you agree with her to report me to the Alpha? I can tell by how close you guys are, you must have known each other for quite a long time now. I'm just someone that got here yesterday, why choose me over her?" Nicki gave Hanna a deadpan look. She understands all she said except the part that she didn't stand with Astrid to report her to the Alpha.

"Please, don't get me mistaken but I'm not picking sides here" Hanna cleared the air for Nicki to understand her well. She seems a bit confused.

"I didn't agree with Astrid to report you to the Alpha because I'm saving our asses, but she doesn't see yet. She just wants to confirm if her accusations are true or not. Look, the Alpha specifically asked a favor from us yesterday you got here on your behalf to always keep our eyes on you and know your every move and now we kind of failed to do it…"

"So you can't let him know about this because he would be disappointed you guys failed to keep up with the favor" Nicki got a hint of what was going on here and nodded.

"Exactly…" Hanna wasn't mad at Nicki interrupting her this time. The girl looked like she had gotten the hang of the real dealgoing on. 

"I….don't know what to say but I'm just sorry I failed to obey the rules. When I was human, I wasn't the type to have friends but when I got here Ariana was the first girl to speak to me and…." Nicki got emotional, letting her guide know this.

"I knew immediately that she and I would get along. We have quite a lot in common and I also wanted to prove you guys wrong that I could make friends here no matter how bad you guys crucially define this place"

Nicki dropped an apology to Hanna and made her realize why she did what she did yesterday. It got Hanna emotional however she wasn't the type that easily tears at people's life stories and could only take things politely with Nicki now.

The girl seems like a good girl, not the type that would use the uncertain accusations of the Alpha having a thing for her to her advantage and start misbehaving. 

"I…I don't have much to say anymore, myself. You seem quite like the understanding type so now we will both act like nothing happened and you are not going to fail to obey the rules another time, okay?"

"Okay" Nicki agreed with Hanna, however, she wasn't too sure she won't be breaking that particular rule that says no one must be out of their dorm by ten pm sharp. It was a good thing Hanna didn't make her promise.

"Now, get up. It's time for your training. You have to be in the hall before the Alpha returns from hunting and goes to check on his students," Hanna grabbed Nicki from the bed as she was acting too reluctant to stand.

"Training? Is that really necessary ?I'm not even sure I'm an actual werewolf yet" Nicki got off the bed lazily with the help of Hanna dragging her up to her feet. 

"You are and thanks for reminding me. We will be dealing with your wolf next"