Chapter 3 The Meeting (1)

Hazel came back home and met her father in a gloomy countenance, she was surprised at what had happened.

"Why is he in such a mood?" She pondered to herself, Avery had wanted to get a particular wear for her father so she left Avery at the store and hurried back home.

"Where's that useless daughter of mine??" She heard her mother ranting, she was not in the mood to argue with her mother, she ascended the stairs before her mother's figure could be seen.

She was perplexed about the whole situation.

"What is going on?" She thought to herself as she wondered what could have caused such a reaction from her father

Hazel was too lazy to bother about the words spoken by her mother, she hated that woman with passionately that her mere presence irritated her.

She had locked herself in the room and had wanted to call Avery so that she would not come to her abode again.

Hazel felt restless, it had been a long time since she had this feeling, she waved the feeling off as she continued what she was doing

"What's my life turning into?" She pondered.

The house was becoming too hot and unbearable for her to stay. She thought about the blissful times she had with her parents and tears ran down her cheeks.

A knock interrupted her thought as she cleaned her tears and opened the door, baffled by the one she saw at the door.

"What are you doing here?? Didn't you get my text??" Hazel asked

"Oh please, stop with the questions, I'm here to accompany you, don't you dare push me back" Avery replied

Hazel looked at her dress and noticed that she had changed from her previous dress, the one she was wearing looked a little bit mature.

Avery was wearing a flowery gown with black boot heels.

"I was looking so awkward so I went to a store to get this" Avery said as she scratched her hair

A smirk found its way to Hazel's lips as she stared at Avery, her eyes scanned through her hair and she noticed that her hair was of two colors - Black and white.

Hazel raised her eyes as Avery bowed her head

"You decided to change your concept right??" Hazel asked her

Avery lacked words to say as there was an unusual glint in her eyes. Hazel saw the look in her eyes and shivered

"For a wolf like you to change your wears, you deserve an award, or did something happen when you were at the store??" Hazel asked Avery as she was still confused about the sudden change in Avery's dress.

Avery played with the hem of her garment, her eyes did not meet Hazel's eyes.

Hazel could depict the incident from the way she looked.

"You didn't cause trouble or did you??" Hazel asked.

Avery was mute for a minute as she shook her head.

"Found your crush??" Hazel asked further

For the first time in a long while, a smile was seen on her face as she nodded her head.

"I was too embarrassed to meet him that way so I had to change my wears"

"Wow!! The only one that can make Avery change her wears without uttering a word, I need to see the wolf and congratulate him for a job well done" Hazel said.

Avery's eyes dimmed as different lifetimes passed through her face as she sat on the bed, a sigh escaped her lips.

Hazed took a deep breath and sat beside her

"He doesn't know??" Hazel asked further

"I was too afraid to let him know" Avery replied.

Hazel rolled her eyes as she thought of how her friend could be dense at times.

"I wish I could tell him that I love him, why was it difficult to confess to the one you love," Avery said.

Hazel pondered on the last word spoken by Avery and her countenance changed, although she tried not to show it, she was a little bit affected by the words that Avery said.

"Will I ever find love?" She thought to herself. Her whole life had been dictated by her parent and it was beginning to freak her out.

Avery realized that Hazel was absentminded, she sighed and tapped Hazel on her shoulders, this made Hazel wake up out of her reverie.

"Are you okay??" Avery asked Hazel.

Hazel nodded her head, and Avery continued talking, Hazel saw that her mouth was moving but there was no sound emanating from it.

"Did you get it??" Avery said

Hazel had a confused expression on her face, Avery saw the look on her face and was perplexed, "Did she listen to my message?" Avery pondered. She knew that something was not right but she couldn't place her finger on anything.

Avery placed her hand on Hazel's shoulders and said

"If anything is going on at all, you can always talk to me"

"Have you discovered your wolf yet??" Hazel asked Avery. At first, Avery was shocked at the question that Hazel asked because it was way out of the line but she nodded her head regardless.

"What rank?" Hazel asked further

"Beta" Avery replied.

"That's cool," Hazel said

She noticed that Avery's countenance was bright, she was happy for her friend no doubt, although their circumstances surrounding them were different.

Hers was a loveless marriage without any hope of revival while Avery's mother abandoned her at birth, Hazel asked Avery if she ever knew the reason.

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She remembered the reply Avery had given her

"Don't know, don't care" Avery replied

Hazel stared at her wide-eyed, Avery saw the look in Hazel's eyes and chuckled.

"What's with the look?" Avery asked

"You got to be kidding me, Don't you care about your mother's whereabouts?? For all we know, she could be an Alpha wolf which could be an elevation to your status"

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Hazel sighed as she recalled that very day.

"What's bothering you??" Avery asked

Hazel took a deep breath and said

"The truth is that I....."

The door opened before she could utter a word and the both of them were shocked at the presence of the one who had opened the door.