Nina “James… Run.” “What?” he said. “I’m not gonna leave you out here.” I cocked my shotgun as the yellow eyes continued to stare at me from the darkness, accompanied by the sound of a deep, horrifying growl. “You have to run, James,” I said, raising the barrel of the gun to point it at the crea
Enzo I was awoken by the gunshot just seconds before James came running back to camp. “Enzo!” he yelled. “Enzo! Nina’s in trouble! There’s something out there!” I didn’t need to hear any more. I quickly unzipped my tent and ran out, having kept my clothes and shoes on in case of an emergency. Unf
We collected wood in silence for a minute, but I had burning questions that needed to be answered. “You knew that guy, didn’t you?” I asked. She stopped and sighed, nodding. “I did. I didn’t know he was a werewolf. He lied to me… serves me right for meeting strangers on the internet.” So that was
Nina “Man,” Matt said, huffing as we slowly made our way up the mountain, “who knew hiking was such a workout?” “I’ll say,” Lori chimed in. By this point, she had piled her black hair on top of her head and was flapping her ratty black band t-shirt to cool herself off as we climbed. “You guys are
Jessica’s face was beet red when Lori finally pulled away. “Don’t scare me -- I mean, us -- like that again,” Lori growled, to which Jessica nodded sheepishly. We spent some more time at the summit, enjoying the view and basking in the sun on the rocks. Despite everything that happened the night b
Nina By the time the first few days of the week passed, everything seemed to be back to normal. Midterms were coming up in a few weeks; not only did I have to prepare for exams, but I also had several projects and papers to write, so I was completely swamped with classwork. It was probably a good
Finally, the twenty minutes were up… and it was still a tie, even in the third round. My heart practically leaped out of my chest during the five minutes of overtime as Enzo and the other captain continued to battle for the winning point, but no one scored. The referee blew his whistle and gathered
After the game, I packed up my things and made a quick pit stop at home to drop off my backpack and change my clothes before heading to the bar. The bar was packed when I arrived. It seemed that both hockey teams had decided to go out for drinks, as well as half of the students on campus. I was bar