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little encounter
with Golden Boy, I wasn’t in the best mood and accidentally slammed the beaker
down too hard on the table, making Allie jump. I muttered an apology and went
to grab more materials. As I saw my nails and hair growing into claws and fur,
I finally took a deep breath and got myself under control. When I turned back
to the desk, Allie was already flipping through the packet.
    Through all the blowing
things up, near death experiences with chemicals, and scoldings from the teacher in this class, we’ve grown a lot closer. The scolding from the
teacher were bearable because I could tell she was trying to contain a laugh
every time we blew something up, but the scoldings from Brody who sat right in front of us were getting old.
    As we started setting the
materials up, Brody glanced back really quickly but didn’t say anything, just
like he didn’t in computer graphics the period before this. I don’t know if he
was silently angry or if he finally saw it from my point of view. Either way I
was glad he was finally off my back for what happened earlier.
    Allie was silent. For once
she let me do everything, not even stepping in when I purposefully turned the
temperature on the burner too high. A silent Allie was worse than an angry
Allie. I felt guilty because I was well aware that one of the reasons she was
acting so distant was because of the library incident.
    I nudged her, trying to
lighten the mood, “You know, for such a perfectionist, you sure are lacking
today. If you don’t step in soon, we might get less than 100 on this lab,” That
earned me a glare, which was better than nothing. “If I burn the school down
they might blame you for not keeping an eye on me.” I could feel that she was trying
to suppress a smile, which just made me smile more.
    Finally, her smile that I
loved so much made an appearance, and I couldn't help but feel as a weight was
lifted from my shoulders.
    “Well Einstein, if you keep
the burner that high, you might actually burn the school down. Also, you should
waft whatever is in there,” she said pointing at the beaker, “not stick your
nose right in and inhale like it’s a scratch-and-sniff. I would hate for you to
get chemicals in your system and have to go to the nurse again.” I knew the
chemicals wouldn’t hurt me, and my Wolf Side would make me heal faster, but I
humored her and moved the beaker away from my face.
    “Better? So if I can’t sniff
the beaker, what can I sniff?”
    “What are you? A dog?” Yes,
technically.
    I chuckled. If she only knew. Allie quirked an eyebrow at me until I turned and started working
on the experiment, turning down the temperature on the burner. Well,
there was no denying that we had chemistry together.  

 
    Chapter Nine
    Cat Fight
    Allie

 
    Laughing
with Caleb Winters wasn’t something I liked. Well, I didn’t exactly hate it. It
was nice because he was funny, but I knew it would only inflate his ego.
Therefore, even though I tried not to laugh, I did. A lot. Brody stayed silent
at his station, mixing chemicals perfectly.
    I
was measuring the sodium when Caleb brought up my birthday, again. “So what are
you doing for your birthday this year?” It caught me a little off-guard with
how curious he was , why did he care?
    “Probably
just hanging out with Matt like I always do, maybe catch a movie,” I responded,
not taking my eyes off the sodium.
    “ Ahh lover boy,” I guess snarky Caleb was back. “I thought
he would be more romantic than just hanging out. If you would finally take me
up on that date, I could do so much better.”
    The
sodium burned my nose, and I felt my temper rising.
    “First
of all, Matt is not my boyfriend- he’s my best friend. Second of all,
that date is never going to happen so stop asking.” I didn’t date, not now, and
probably not until I am far out of this small town. I’ve never even had a first
kiss, but I honestly didn’t mind. I hadn’t even come close until this