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Wovesbayne Tea Chapter 1 "Dissowned" [Pilot]
After grabbing some bottles of water from the fridge I swiftly moved to the edge of the stirs. To my relief my father was snoring his commercial snore. Then taking great care not to squish Isabell, my little familiar kitty, I slipped into the icy fall night unnoticed.
I took a breath of frosty air making sure Izzy was still safely tucked away in my bag amongst the clutter of books and clothes. To me relief and utter surprise she was still sleep. I tucked my hands into my sweater pockets and quickly scurried on to then nearby convenient to call Stephenie. And do I waited near the dark side by the bushes.
"Holly", Steps voice rang from the wall of the convenient making me jump into the bushes. Izzy gave a small cry of unaproval and jumped to the ground wile I tried to disentangle myself from the mess of thin branches. "Yep. Definitely Hollow Holly", she sniggered. Step stepped out of the shimmery portal more toward the back of the building hidden by the shadow it cast. When I finally pulled myself free she giggled and cried,"you klutz!" I could see her sneer in the moonlight an made a poor attempt to glare her down but that only made her bubble with more laughter.
"Let's go", I grumbled. Even as a modern day Werewolf my temper was a bit testy.And with a flick of her caramel fingers the portal was back and we walked though the shimmery orbs to her kitchen where her mother, Suzanne, was waiting patiently for us. Step would look exactly like her mother if she was a few tones darker and where she had bleach blond hair her mother had a springy brown. Not to mention she definitely didn't get the rack from her mom's side. Looking at her beauty suddenly made me self-aware and I awkwardly tucked a strand of my own dead-leaf red hair behind my ear and grabbed the basket of nearby herbs and started to organize them. You would think that I would be utterly confused and run out of the room , super sensitive nose gushing blood, but after knowing Steph for so long I could separate the smells with ease. I could even name most of them.
"Thanks", Step muttered and took a seat to help me tie them into little bundles.
For a while we just sat there. No one said anything for a few minutes intill her mother asked if we would like some tea. I nodded hoping the tea would make the stomach acid's assault on my tummy far less painful. She poured two glasses and then placed the sugar-chocked liquid on the table for us. Then I managed to tell her about that evening.
I explained how my father had come outside to see me doubled over on the lawn spewing stomach acid everywhere,fur sprouting then,retracting, canines bared. I barley had any time to run before he was back at the porch brandishing a silver blade at me. I managed to find a place to hide until he drank himself to sleep and then I snuck in to get some of my belongings. Then my fingers failed me and I felt the wet liquid slosh all over me.Though it was seaming I barely felt it. "Ugh", I moaned, "if you could put up with my bad luck-"
"You can live here as long as you like", Sue had cut me off. "why don't you go wash up and get some rest", she said apologetically. "Well talk and I'll make all the arrangements tomorrow." After that statement she was out of he room thigh length hair swaying as she went.
Step picked up our cups and refilled them. "Do you want me to put a sippy lid on yours this time", she snorted. A growl escaped my teeth before I could stop my self and she laughed. "You know where the bathroom is."
Rummaging through my bag and pulling ot my pj's I hurried to the bathroom to peel of my clothes that were already sticking uncomfortably to my skin. Turing the hot water on all the way I stepped in letting the scalding water burn away the memories of my delusional hunter father shouting obscenities and death threats at me.
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