Full Moon by Elaina H (short novels in english txt) 📕

He looks perplexed, “What do you mean?”

I swallow my pride, “Are we together or are we…?” he smiles.

“Well, I was hoping we were the first one, but I’ve been wondering the same thing all day.”

“Well, uh, so you want to be a couple?”

He nods, “Yea, I’d like nothing more,” he tuck my frizzy waves behind my ear.

I step forward, “Are you going to leave me in a year and a half?”

“Not if I can help it.”

Without my usual thought process, I step forward and lock lips with Finn. He kisses me, and wraps me in his arms.

Chapter Twelve

When I get home, Anna and Alice have music blaring through the hallways. “Anna, Alice! What are you doing?”

I stomp up the stair case and I look in Anna’s room, she’s not there. I move down the hallway, and Alice’s door is close shut.

“Alice, Alice!” I knock hard on her door, “Open up! Why are you playing that so loud,” I have to scream in hopes that she’ll hear me.

No answer, I go to my room and get the key our of my jewelry box. Walking back to her door, I finagle the key so the door opens. “Alice?!” I open the door, and on the bed lay Alice.

“Alice!” I scream. She’s past out, I run up to her and shake her body, hard.

No response, “Alice, oh, Alice!” I’m crying, my finger shake as I dial 911.

“Hello, this 911. What’s you emergency?”

I’m crying hard, shaking Alice, “Hello? This Gwen Greene from 877 Palmwood Drive! My sister, Alice Greene,” I cry wildly, “she’s unconscious. I can’t get her to wake up!”

“Ms, calm down! I need you to look for something.”

I take a shaky breath, “Okay.”

“Is there a gun, pill bottle, or any other method of suicide?”

“My sister did not commit suicide!” I sob into the phone.

She shushes me, “It’s okay, please, anything?”

I look down at my sister, Alice, and all of a sudden she sits up and screams bloody murder, the shrill cry piercing the air.

“Wait! Wait! She’s away,” Alice back away, and falls off the bed.

I drop the phone and run over to her, “Alice? Alice? What are you doing?”

Before my eyes Alice’s flesh tears, and her smooth fourteen year old skin turns into rough, scratchy wolf hair, her eyes flash from blue to yellow, this time I scream.

I try to stand up, and run away, but her large canine teeth sink into my shoulder.

I cry out in pain, and my vision crosses over. Alice runs out of the bedroom, I hear her crash through the back window.

My knees buckle, and I crash to the ground. “Alice?” I whisper.

I pass out, the wolf DNA already latching onto the last bit of human.

My flesh tears and my eyes go yellow. I dash through the already broken window

Chapter Thirteen

I stare at my house. I’ve changes back. I’m naked, cold, and scared. I haven’t seen Alice yet.

Two ambulances, three police cars, and my parents sit outside my house.

My mom screams and cries, “What do they mean?! Tell us where they are? My babies, my babies!”

Anna’s car flies into the driveway, screeching to a stop, “Mom?” he voice is panicked, “Mom? What’s happening? Where’s Alice and Gwen?”

My father looks to Anna and slowly nods his head no. Tears burst out of her eyes.
What does that mean, ‘Tell us where they are!’

I cry at the scene of my parents. God, I love them so much! I can’t put them in harms way by exposing myself or Alice.

I must wait for Alice before, she can’t tell them, she can’t.

Police are in and out all night, and into the morning. It’s Friday, probably around seven o’clock.

I hear the two motorcycles race down our road, “What in God’s name?!” Aaron shouts.

No, no, no! Finn staggers up our driveway, “Mr. and Mrs. Greene?” he shouts loud, his voice panicked.

My father is the only one inside, my mother went to the police station for a report. I hear the door open, “Who’s there!” Dad’s voice is stuffy, like he’s been crying.

“Sir, it’s Finn. What happened?” Aaron staggers up behind Finn.

Dad starts crying a little, “There gone! Alice and Gwen are gone!” Dad slides down the side of the door jam.

‘Oh Daddy, please don’t cry’ my heart breaks, and I weep for my mourning family.

“What’d the police say?” Aaron asks since Finn is speechless.

Dad’s voice is shaky, “Apparently Gwen got home, and Alice was unconscious. Gwen called the police. They got here too late, Finn. They’re gone,” he sniffles.

Something snaps across Aaron’s face while my dad and Finn are staring off into space, Aaron steps forward, and says something into Finn’s ear.

Suddenly, Finn becomes aware of the world around them. “Did they check the woods?”

“Yea, they didn’t find anything. That was first thing when they got here, after they checked the house,” Dad rubs his head.

I hear something behind me, it’s making the leaves crunch and twigs snap. “Alice? Alice?”

I wait, but no response. Five minutes later, “Gwen?”

Standing up, I see Alice in the same state I’m in; cold, scared, and naked.

“Oh God, Gwen, what happened to us?” she cries. We huddle in the wet leaves.

“I can explain it to you, Alice. I’m so sorry. You have to promise me one thing,” I tell her.

She stops crying shortly to answer me, “Anything.”

“We can’t tell Mom or Dad, it’ll endanger them. We can’t tell anyone. The only people you can trust,” I sigh, she’ll think I’m a lunatic, “is the Sherwoods. They know what’s happening to us.”

“What exactly did happen to us? All I remember is two men, they shot me with something. Some sort of drug I guess. Before I passed out the handed me a slip of paper.” She stops talking, she’s thinking, “They told me to make sure it got to,” Alice looks at me scared, “you.”

I cry, and pull her close, “I’m so sorry, Alice. I never… I never… never thought it would,” we cry together for a long time.

Shortly after, maybe ten to twenty minutes, we compose ourselves, and Alice’s head shoots up. “I heard something.”

I listen closely and hear twigs breaking, “Stay low,” I whisper.

We start to move, but I stop us, “Gwen?” Finn’s voice calls quietly.

“Alice?” Aaron calls after.

Alice tries to cover herself, I put my finger to my lips, “Stop. Either give us your shirts or go get us some.”

I hear Finn, “Oh thank the Lord!”

Aaron let’s out a quiet whoo-hooo. I turn to Alice, “We’re alright now.”

Suddenly, I’m hit with a two T-shirts. I was hoping they’d go get us some clothes. “Should I put this on?” Alice asks.

“Yea, we’ll have them run to the store in a second,” she nods and pulls it over her head. It’s Aaron’s T-shirt; it hangs down to the top of her thigh.

I have on Finn’s, it barely cover’s my butt. We stand, a little skimpy, but not buck naked.

Even though I have limited clothing on, Finn hugs me and kisses me, “I’m so glad they didn’t take you!”

I don’t smile at this because I’m part wolf now, that’s not much better.

Alice stands awkwardly, covering herself. “Will you guys run to the store and get us three things: underwear, pants, and T-shirts so you can have your back. Don’t skimp on anything!” I snap.

“We’ll be back in seven minutes,” we nod. Alice’s stomach rumbles, and she blushes.

I talk quieter to Finn and Aaron, “She has absolutely no idea about what’s going on. This is way to confusing for her, at least I knew about it before hand. I’m going to have your parents explain it to her because they know more.” They both nod and take off.

I stay and just hug Alice. She hugs me back for, I think, the first time in her life.

True to their word, they return with two shirts, a pack of underwear, pants, and Aaron’s carrying four hamburgers.

“You didn’t need to get us anything,” my stomach rumbles.

He laughs lightly, “Are you kidding, two for each of you.”

Alice changes first, I make sure the boys stay turned around for her sake. She comes back in a Black Hanes T-shirt and leggings a size too big. No shoes, but who really cares at this point.

She watches as I change, I’m wearing a black Hanes T-shirt with magenta leggings a size too small. Of course, no shoes.

Once we’re done getting dressed, Alice finally talks to Aaron and Finn, “I don’t remember anything after passing out,” Aaron put his hand on her shoulder.

“It’s alright, it’s like that for everybody,” he lies.

I come up behind her, “Alice? Do you think you can ride with Aaron?” she nods and looks at him like he might crash the bike.

“Ready?”

“How are we going to get out of here with out anyone seeing?” I ask.

Finn winces, “We’ll take all the back roads we can, but we still have to drive out of the subdivision. You’ll have helmets on. You can wear my black one that way they don’t know it’s you with the pink.”

“Okay, but this is a huge risk, the two guys I’ve been hanging out with for three weeks, with two tall, tan girls on their bikes. Barefoot?” Alice speaks up.

“What if you and Aaron drove out and around, these woods wrap around. We should be able to cross to the other side,” I sigh at her idea.

“It’ll take us an hour, and with no shoes?” she shrugs.

“Never mind.”

“No that might work,” Finn says, “you can walk across, it’s better than being caught. We’ll meet you over there in twenty minutes,” he looks at me. “Remember, everything is increased; sight, feeling, hearing, smelling, and you’re faster and stronger too.”

I nod, “Alice we can do this,” she nod tentatively, “we’ll see you in twenty minutes?”

The walk off together, the bikes roar down the road. “Come on, just run as fast as you can.”

We start out at a normal pace, but, quickly, we feel ourselves speed up. At once point we are hitting at leas fifty to sixty miles per hour. I we skid to a halt at the other end of the woods, she’s breathing heavy, “That wasn’t twenty minutes.”

“No,” I say, “it was maximum five.” Alice nods and we see Finn and Aaron round the corner.

They pull in front of us, “How in the world did you get here so quickly?” Aaron exclaims.

“We ran, it took us like five minutes, maybe?” Finn shakes his head no.

“It took you three minutes because it took us four, you were here a minute before,” Alice and I stare at each other.

She looks nervous and excited at the same time, “Let’s go!”

Aaron helps Alice onto his back, and slams the helmet on her head. I slip on behind Finn, and put the bulky black helmet on.

He starts driving, “I thought you could only run that fast when you were a wolf.” I state.

“No,” he says clearly, “you can usually run double what you run as a human. I imagine you hit fifty or sixty out there, maybe even seventy.”

“No, we couldn’t have! How become,” I stop talking when I’m jerked back from the force of Finn taking off.

I’ll ask when we get to the house. The drive is longer since we wind through all the back ways, and I rest my bulky helmet against Finn’s back. I swear I almost fall asleep.

Chapter Fourteen

When we pulled up to their house, I was jerked to wakened state. I tore the helmet off my head, and stalked after Finn. “Wait up! I have a question!”

He doesn’t listen, just keeps going. He pushes open the door and it flies off it’s hinges. I’ve never seen him use all his strength at the same time. I’ve never seen him this angry.

“When were you going to tell me they were this close!” he screams through the house. It seems to be empty, but four pairs of feet thwack down the steps. “When? Because soon would have been a good time!”

He knocks a lamp onto the floor, he must have