chapter 4 A New Friend

Soccorah walked down the aisle to her Anatomy class to take a seat when she noticed this beautiful young lady seated at the front of the class. She was mesmerized by her beauty. Soccorah was a looker herself but there was something about that girl that just set her apart. She walked into the class and walked past Luna to take a seat behind her. Her eyes were as blue as the most beautiful ocean’s waters, her hair and brows were white as snow and flawlessly long reaching her broad hips. Not a strand out of place. She was a size 4 and was so beautiful that she didn’t seem human. Her butt was beautiful. “OMG she’s got everything, looks, ass, hips; everything a woman needed to have guys groveling.”

“Stop it!” she said to herself. Soccorah surprised herself with her admiration of this girl. “The hell is your problem. You’re not even a dude admiring this girl as if you were one.” She smiled to herself as she started to take her books from her back pack to get ready for class. She thought to herself how she had promised to make the best of this school year. She really had to get her ducks in a row if she were to do well. Anatomy was not her strong suit. She definitely would be needing some help with it if she were to get the grades that she needed.

Luna looked toward the entrance of her anatomy class as she got a faint hint of the scent which had captivated her earlier throwing her off balance when a beautiful red-haired girl walked into the class room. She was not surprised that that she had traces of the scent as this girl was a knock out and of course this enticing masculine scent must have a relationship with her. Though disappointed Luna looked at the girl as she walked right past her to take her seat.

She was the most beautiful red-haired girl that she ever saw. This girl was about her size and about 5’ 4” with beautiful green eyes. “What a combination” Luna thought to herself as she jealously admired Soccorah and the fact that she must have a relationship to this scent didn’t make it any easier to stop admiring her. This girl had a certain air of authority around her. I wonder if she would want to be my friend. “Ughh” she thought to herself as she realized that friends were something that she was lacking and never had a good track record when it came to making or keeping friends.

She was taken back to a memory of her years of childhood when her friend Hailey and stopped talking to her when she wanted to be friends with a group of popular middle school girls and made fun of her white hair along with them. They became friends again in high school actually best friends. At least that’s what she thought until the night of her 17th birthday when she’d spiked Luna’s drink and filmed her making a fool of herself to the point where Luna had gotten so upset that she could do nothing but run away into the nearby woods where she felt like she’d become a large white wolf. Luna remembered feeling the need to hunt but then she awoke stark naked the next morning with blood on her hands and face as he looked at herself in the waters of the pond. She quickly washed herself up and started to run. Until she passed out. When she awoke, she found herself in a police car covered with a blanket. They cop questioned her and then took her home to her mom and stepdad who were so upset.

Hailey had started to drift when a few months before her birthday Luna had somnambulism episode and awoke in Hailey’s yard covered in dirt. Hailey apparently thought that she was weird and decided to finally set her up to end their friendship which she finally managed after the stunt she pulled on Luna’s 17th birthday.

And in a nutshell that actually made her trust people a lot less than she already did. But…. She did make herself a promise that she would make the best of her years at college. So maybe she should give it a try. She felt drawn to this new girl. Ut she was not entirely sure whether she should try to talk to her or if she did whether she wouldn’t embarrass her or hell she probably thought that she was weird.

Luna had started to turn her head to say hi but quickly changed her mind. “If she wants to talk to you, she will. So, in the meantime keep your mouth shut before you ruin your entire college life.” She thought to herself. “But it would be so great to at least make one friend on your first day. Least I would have one thing pleasant to talk about at dinner.” She shrugged wile touching he long white hair. “Why didn’t you at least color this hair. It’s gonna be the death of you. Yeah right.” She muttered as she remembered also promising to be herself and not changing anything about herself to please anyone. “If they can’t like all of you then they’re not worth your time.” She took a deep breath and relaxed.

Right then Soccorah had asked a chubby girl sitting next to Luna to switch seats with her. The girl gladly agreed. “Hi, I’m Soccorah.” She said extending a hand out to her. Flabbergasted by the gesture, Luna took hold of her hand. “I’m Luna. Pleased to make your acquaintance.” She replied. Soccorah smiled warmly at her thinking to herself how well this went. “God your hair is so beautiful. Is it your natural color? Always wanted to color mine white but not bold enough.” Luna smiled shyly not knowing whether Soccorah was being genuine or just gathering ammunition to make a fool of her like Hailey had. But what the hell. “It is natural. Somehow, I never got around to coloring it. I had been so busy you know getting ready for school.”

Before the conversation could ensue, they were interrupted by their Anatomy teacher who greeted the class and delved right in to the topic at hand. Luna was very happy to have become more or less acquainted with one person even though she had no idea how she was tied to the scent that filled up her senses and practically hypnotized her.

She was happy to be at school and to have seemingly made one new friend who seemed genuine. She hoped that Soccorah was genuine as she sooo needed a good friend. She thought about all the things that she had been through. She had lost her father a few years ago. She had never known her mother as she was raised by her father’s girlfriend who never saw the need to legally adopt her. All her legal stuff was taken care of by a friend of her stepdads’ from social services.

For the lie of her she never understood why her stepmom had never legally adopted her. She had not given up on her after her dad died but it would have been nice to belong. It was thinking about these things that made her miss her parents so much. She had started feeling like a complete stranger after the incident that happened on her birthday when they choose to believe that she had self esteem issues and set her up with a shrink.

That was the incident that had caused her to start longing for biological family. She had secretly hoped that she had family out there with whom she could relate. It was not so much her stepmom but more her stepdad. When she had been brought home naked and dirty by those police officers that embarrassed him as he was a police officer himself.

Luna wanted to tell them what actually happened but they would never understand and probably have her committed. Who would believe that she got upset, ran into the woods and turned to an animal? Yup she would definitely be committed. They’d lock her up and throw away the keys. She needed to act as normal as possible and she needed to find a way to control the transformations if they ever happened again. All in all, Luna was happy to have found a friend. She decided to make the best of it. She may even color her hair if needs be to seem more normal.