Rayne!!!

Mom calls from downstairs, I could here her in my sleep but I decide to be lazy and ignore her since I want to sleep a bit longer but mom being who she is storms up the stairs and rouses me more roughly

Rayne you know its time for your zoom classes.

Oh i forgot to add that I'm being home schooled....

Lets trace it back a bit, my name is Rayne Swan, a sixteen year old introverted extrovert if you get what I mean, lemme explain, I want to be up and going but I prefer my quiet lifestyle, I wish one day to travel and see how the world revolves but I just don't have enough push or should I call it motivation to go all out, if you ever see or talk with me on the socials you will really get why I say that I'm extroverted to an extent, ok my intro is getting to bulky back to the agenda of today

Mom, I'm up as you can see, I tell my mom as I groan and get out of the bed after a quick Thanksgiving muttering to God. I quickly go towards my laptop and get it running as my mom keeps my pancake and syrup on my bedside table, you know to multitask and save time.

My teacher is a very understanding person and she at times gives me courage to follow what I want to do, she tells me about how beautiful things can be and also how dreadful too but who knew I would meet the dreadful part first.

As I was busy with my food and class, I hear a clash in the kitchen, thinking it was my mom who was being careless again I ignore it but if I hadn't I don't think any of this would have happened. After my class which takes at most 30mins depending on the subject I have at the hour which happened to be English studies my strong fort, I head downstairs and I wasn't prepared for what I saw... It was a surprise birthday party, I fooled you right, nothing dreadful could casually happen like in the movies plsss. My mom being a strong woman even though she lives amongst flowers and gardens now since she was amongst those sent to integrate themselves to better understand nature can't be attacked so carelessly, lemme just say she is wellknown to be good oh and she has a black belt in Taekwondo so thats mainly another reason. She may be pretty but she sure has a deadly aura, ok I'm going offtrack once again, focus Rayne.

My mom had painstakingly prepared a birthday present for me since I stupidly forgot that I was actually turning sixteen today, and before you ask any questions yes its just me and my mom, my dad is usually out on one business trip or the other and my brother(elder) is attending college in another country.... I might not say much about them but they're always on my mind.

After the birthday songs and everything other ritual that could follow, I was ready to explore the world cos since I was 11, even though I never knew I'll act on it, I always had in mind that I'll love to look around the world, not literally but at least go out amd see how things work in the adult world and my parents knowing about it have been supportive of my decision, oooh added to the fact that I'll likely fall in love and bring back a potential son-in-law, though it may seem early but its never too late so this is like a win win situation for them, I hope it all goes out well.

This is all for my daily life with a little birthday twist, oh and if you re wondering about my teacher as I said she has been supportive and I being smart was just doing advanced classes which I could continue after my "round the world in 80days kinda situation"

Rayne's POV

It's finally the day when it was decided that I would leave the house, if It's complicated to understand then I'll explain.... I got into college, it is kind of a big deal since I was thinking I'll be homeschooled throughout, I did not expect the support that my parents gave me, but I do appreciate it really.

"The school probably doesn't exist, I'm just saying anything that comes to mind"

My school is Heston school of Art, I just chose it because it was a school that'll really help me to feel the change between where I grew up and the world.

Today is my first day, and I am beginning to enjoy it. My alarm being as early as ever woke me up but there is no time to be lazy on my first day so I reluctantly get up from bed and take my bath, do my normal routine and dress up, as I was on my way to class I met this girl who was really bubbly and she volunteered to take me to class because we kinda had the same class schedule.

My name is Maurice, she said as we began chatting.

Oh hi , I'm Rayne, nice to meet you Maurice, I replied. "Rayne, thats a very nice name and its actually kind of unique, it's not that popular if you know what I mean" "Uuuh thanks for that, actually this is my first time in a school, I was homeschooled throughout so I really don't know how everything works" "Oh don't worry, you are lucky you met me, not everyone is enthusiastic to help a stranger" "Then why are you willing to help me" I asked her and she replied "Oh that's because you seem cute and I love positive thinking"

Her reply was very touching and I think thats how our friendship clicked. She took me to the first class and I did the necessary introduction needed to integrate with the class and sat down to listen to the teacher, after 1hour and 30 minutes the bell for the next class went of and Maurice dragged me off, as we were going to the next class, a guy stopped us to ask Maurice for her contact details, oh I forgot to add that she is very pretty with a nice figure, so it didn't come as a surprise when she was stopped, and it may be funny, but I was proud of her, because even though she is bubbly she could be shy when she is recieving attention she didn't expect to come but she was holding her ground quite well. You may say that we just met but I am really observant when I want to be and in this situation I am. After their little discussion she continues dragging me off and as we got to the class surprisingly 5 minutes before time she begins to tell me how hot she finds the guy who just talked to her.

Apparently the guy's name was Mason and he was what I'll call a handsome nerd, because he aces all his classes from what I heard from her explanation and he is a twin with a guy named Jason who was not exactly the opposite but more outgoing.

I actually do fancy Jason, what can I, but he is cute but I won't call it a crush right now though. Maurice told me how she was glad that Mason actually likes her because she has had a crush on him for a while now and I'm happy for her, as we continue our girl talk Mason and Jason come into the class which and seats in front of us which wasn't that surprising given the fact that Mason likes Maurice. After the took their seats they begin to make conversations with us.

"Hi I'm Mason, I'm sure you already know since we met earlier in the hall when I wanted to talk to your friend, Maurice and this is my brother Jason" Mason begins.

I'm Rayne, nice to meet you again, and nice to meet you too Jason, I reply kindly to his greeting. Mason beams a smile at me and directs it towards Maurice shortly after but Jason doesn't say anything, like he is holding something back. Before I could get any more curious m, drags Mason outside with suppressed urgency which was kinda rude, if he didn't want to talk he would've just said so, oh well maybe their was a reason? I try to calm myself with the excuse.

Jason's POV

After Rayne gave her greetings, I was too stunned to reply and the only course of action I could take without seeming like an idiot was to grab Mason and sprint off, I feared that if I didn't I might do something that'll make her hate me, and I didn't want that.

"What the hell, man, why did you drag me off like that, I was enjoying my closeness with my mate, you know you are meant to allow me to enjoy my new found feelings" Mason said feeling irritated.

"I know, I'm sorry but it just caught me off guard, I think I might be down with a flu cause how could I not have known Rayne was my mate till I got that close to her, I almost jumped her there and the only way I had to stop myself was to drag you out to talk to you" I replied. Mason who was abt to start another round of nagging paused with wide eyes, "What!! Are you serious, thats great dude, but its wierd because I didn't get any scent from her maybe that is why you didn't know till you were close". He muses

There should be a reasonable explanation right? I ask and he decides that we should go see our grandfather who knew everything abt our ways, maybe he has seen something similar before. After our discussion we were already halfway through the class we were meant to attend so we just apologise to the teacher and join the reat of the class to complete our lessons, I also used this chance to apologise to Rayne and gave a foolish excuse about how I needed to ease myself, she may not buy it but at keast I hope she sees how sincerely sorry I feel, I don't want to completely flop our first encounter.

Jason's POV

I still could not wrap my head around the fact that I had gotten a mate and the fact that her scent is almost not there, it really keeps me on edge but whenever she is within my line of sight I feel calm.

"Mason, what do you think grandpa will say concerning this situation, what if it has never occurred before, is it possible that it's because she is not like us, will our parents be happy about this sudden information" I kept on pacing back and forth, meanwhile Mason was already pissed that I dragged him away from his mate which I had already apologized for by the way, thankfully he is not too pissed to listen to me and was actually sorting out his mind to help me, "Can you stop pacing about it's very distracting and with you doing that we won't really reach a conclusive answer you know" Mason says trying to calm me and thankfully right at that moment the bell indicating school over goes off.

On our way home, we stopped by Rayne's class and asked them if they wanted a ride home which they surprisingly agreed on, I was nervous because I thought she would refuse given the supposed attitude I gave her by mistake in the morning.

As we got into our car to take them home, we found out they both live in the girls dormitory close to school which is usually reserved for those who are far from their home, after dropping them off we immediately rushed to meet our grandpa to lay out our problem.

Mason's POV

Jason's problem actually scared me a little, like what the hell was that supposed to mean, your mate's scent is meant to be the strongest and sweetest to you like in my case with my darling Maurice but in his case he could only clarify when he was close to her, that's absurd if I might add, how can someone's scent be that low even for a werewolf, it really throws someone off.

Oh well, we got to our grandpa's room when we got home without even stopping to reply to the greeting thrown at us or to get the reply to the greeting we threw out. After knocking on the door we waited patiently, and immediately he opened the door he ushered us in enthusiastically, much to our surprise, and said smiling"you must have found your mates right", that was not astounding because he has got on in age and is very observant, so we just nodded before blasting off our concerns to him

"Grandpa, yes we did find our mates,but Jason has a bit of a problem with his", I started off. This puzzled my grandfather,and he looked at Jason, "don't tell me you scared off the poor child with your domineering" and Jason who looked liked he was accused of committing theft said"Is that really how you see me Grandpa, that's not funny and that's not really what happened, what happened was that I couldn't identify her till I got close to her and even Mason couldn't catch her scent, so we wanted to know if there is an issue her"

"Hmm that's odd, that is really odd, It's either she is being protected by someone for fear of something, or she is a hybrid, you know a crossbreed of two supernatural kinds and there is a possibility that she does not even know that, that is the only explanation I can give concerning this issue" my Grandpa said.

In a way what he said made us feel much better, so finally Jason would stop panicking, and I can regain the time I spent without being in the presence of my mate, though you may say she is somewhere else but as long as I am close enough to scent her I'll naturally feel at ease.

Jason's POV

What Grandpa said can with a huge sigh of relief from me, at least now I know the possible situation, the only thing now is to find out what she is and the way to go about that is to slowly get to know her since I think the mate bond doesn't affect her that much, I hope I succeed and she doesn't see me as creepy since I would always want her to be within my reach. Oh God this is really an assignment but it is one I am willing to take.

*The next day

Rayne's POV*

Surprisingly, after meeting Jason yesterday I couldn't stop thinking about him and it was very distracting since I just admired him from a distance at first, and this thought about him does not seem like a simple attraction and that is what is scary, it was like the force of nature was working against me in this case and trying to make me fall head over heels. I'll see how it all pans out then, is it destiny, love or just mere infatuation.

This was the thought running through my mind as I was walking the halls to meet with Maurice and the boys, well you know, the one I was just thinking about. We headed to our various classes, Maurice, Mason and I had the same class which was history while Jason had English so we planned to converge during break at the cafeteria.

Mason was stuck awfully close to Maurice but it didn't seem like she hated it so who am I to talk, I guess relationship blossoms really fast, faster than I would've expected, enough of that, we went to class, showed of our prowess in understanding our history which made the class more fun then we waited for the bell to ring since our next period was free, finally the bell rang and we all filed out to the cafeteria, as we went through the line, I couldn't keep myself from drooling at the sumptuous meal they had laid out for choosing, I got yoghurt and burgers with fries at the side, I didn't necessarily care what the others got but I guess we were all thinking the same when it came to the food.

As we sat down to eat, Jason took the space beside me while Maurice and Mason who had been stuck together like lovebirds sat together, Jason decided to initiate small talk and his conversation was going in a very interesting direction, we began talking about werewolves and he turns to me and asks "Hey, Rayne, what do you think about werewolves" "I think they are cool, like imagine riding on the back of one, I really wish they were real and I bet they are fluffy amd cuddly too" as I was talking I noticed Jason beaming at me like he just won a lottery and I ask in surprise "What's wrong, is there something on my face" I say while touching my face for extra measures but he replies "Oh, no there is nothing there, I am just surprised how into werewolves you are" "Why wouldn't I be, I have a whole library collection on my phone dedicated ro werewolf stories, I just love the idea of someone being just for me even though in some stories I read there could still be rejection and stuff but everything can eventually work out if you want it to" I say. "Yeah, that's true, surprisingly I also love stories about them too, I cannot help but imagining a scenario like that" Maurice chips in.

It felt like the twins were happy with our enthusiasm so they ask "What if they are real" this question came as a bit of a surprise so I just laugh it off saying "The way you asked this question is like you are hoping that we want them to be real, it could make one think you are one and we are your mates". Little did I know I had just hit the nail one the head, they looked at me nervously and just laughed too, "Yeah, even if we are, we won't just completely blow our cover like that hahahah". Who am I kidding, this could be one of the best surprises I could ever recieve since I left home but you know I was dense enough not to be suspicious of their anxious behaviour. Oh well, all is well that ends well, aint it.