22 The Ring { 2 }

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"Jennifer, are you ok?" Mrs. George asked worriedly.

"Yeah, just you know, my wolf woke up." I said feeling embarrassed.

Mrs. George giggled and patted my hand.

I blushed hard.

'That's embarrassing!' I told my wolf.

I heard my wolf laughing and said, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NAME ME?'

'Will I turn to a hairy wolf, when I say the name?' I asked timidly.

My wolf laughed again and said, 'NO'

'Ok, your name would be . . . let's see . . . ADRIANNE!'

'OHH, THE NAME FOR THE DARK BEAUTY!' said Adrianne and chuckled.

Mrs. George interrupted my thoughts and said, "Oh, yeah, Ryan's brother, Cole is coming over today. Let's go now so you can meet him."

We paid and we headed for the car. The driver started driving.

"I think you're going to like Alice Craig." Mrs. George said.

"Alice Craig?" I asked.

"Cole's girlfriend."

"Oh,"

"Mrs. George, is she a human?"

"Where did you hear that?" she sounded concerned.

I didn't want to get my helpers in trouble so I said, "I just heard it from somewhere."

To clear my misunderstanding she promptly said, "Well, she was a human, but now she's a wolf. She went through the process to become a wolf." I nodded affirmatively.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention, we're going to have a Night Of Engagement party for you and Ryan." Mrs. George said and clapped her hands together.

I smiled half-heartedly.

'DON'T WORRY YOU'LL LIKE HIM.' Sensing my inner thought Adrianne spoke abruptly.

'How do you know?' Seeing her overconfidence i asked her mockingly. 'BECAUSE HE IS YOUR MATE!!!' Adrianne spoke as if she was sure about everything. I ignored Adrianne.

"I have everything picked out and don't worry, everything is going to be FAB!!!" Mrs. George said and grinned.

The car stopped in front of the house and outside the house, there is another car which just stopped ahead of us.

"Oh, just in time!" Mrs. George said and quickly got out of the car.

I followed her and the doorman opened the door for Cole and Alice.

Alice came out first and she stared at me before grinning widely, and then Cole. I stared at Cole for a moment. He was so handsome; of course he could have a girl like Alice.

I walked up to them and extended my hand. "Hi, you must be Alice Craig, I'm Jennifer." I said and shook her hand.

I walked over to Cole and studied him for a moment. He has Ryan's blonde hair and his mother's friendly electrical blue eyes.

"Hi, Cole, I'm Jennifer." I said and he shook my hand smilingly.

I knew right away I'm going to like him.

"Ok, darling, let's go inside and have some tea." Mrs. George said and we walked in the dining room.

There was tea, coffee, water and cookies all set up on the table.

I sat across from Alice.

'SHE'S A WOLF NOW.' said Adrianne.

'Who? Alice, Yeah i know she went through the process. ' I answered questioningly.

'YEAH, BUT HERS WAS WAY MORE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS AND SHE JUST GOT WELL BEFORE COMING HERE." added Adrianne.

"Where's Ryan?" asked Cole, snapping me out of my 'conversation'.

"Oh, he went out in morning, he said he's doing something important." Mrs. George said as she sipped her tea.

"How's is it here, Jennifer?" Alice said.

"It's perfect here." I answered happily.

"And how's Ryan? How's it going with him?" She asked swiftly.

"It's perfect!" I said and put on a fake smile.

"Oh, that's great. I've heard a lot about you guys." She was trying to initiate the conversation.

"Really?" I asked and she nodded.

"Oh, by the way, call me Ali, I don't really like my full first name." she said and smiled.

"Oh, girls, sorry to interrupt, but I have some news!" said Mrs. George and smiled.

She always smile as if there's no mistake in her life. She makes life sound so easy.

"I was planning to have a ballroom dancing lesson." Mrs. George said.

"But -!" Ali and I started to reject the idea as we were not at all aware of it.

"Oh, don't worry; I'm going to hire a tutor to help you, guys." She said quickly interrupting us.

"I - !" I started to blabber.

"Honey, don't worry, leave it all up to me! And I'm going to hire the best dancing tutor in the world!!!!" Mrs. George beamed at me with her warmest smile and grabbed her phone to call a tutor.

"I can't dance!" I whispered to Ali.

She smiled and said, "So can't I!" I grinned;

I know I'm going to like this girl too.

Then suddenly Mrs. George slammed her phone down on the table and squealed. My eyes widen out of confusion.

Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Cole putting his forehead in his arm and blushing away from the embarrassment due his mom actions.

"SHE'S HIRED, SHE'S HIRED! YEAH! DANCING LESSON STARTING FROM TOMORROW!" she squealed and got up.

"I got to dash, see ya!" She walked out of the room.

"What -" I just started to speak when Cole said "Uhh, don't mention it, that's who my mother is", lifting his head and I laughed.

"She always like that when she gets excited." Cole said. I laughed even more.

There was a knock on the main door and a maid quickly went to get the door.

"That's probably Ryan." Ali said.

Ryan walked into the dining door and saw Cole.

"Oh, brother, how great to see you." Cole said.

"How long were you here?" Ryan asked with a warm smile on his face.

"Just a while ago." Cole replied.

"Hi, Ryan, I'm Alice Craig, you can call me Ali." Alice said, standing to shake his hand.

"Hi, well, I have to go." Ryan said and was about to walk out, when he signaled me to come along.

"Well, can I be excused too?" I asked.

They nodded instantly and I followed Ryan up the stairs. We went to our room.

"Guess what?" I asked and at the same time he said, "I have something for you."

There was silence.

"Uhh, you go first." I said.

"No, you go." he said, sitting down on the chair.

"Ok, your mom is planning to have dancing class for us. She wants us to learn Ballroom dancing." I said, I didn't know why I was telling him that.

"And yeah, what did you want to say?" I asked.

There was a pause between us, "Ummm, well, never mind." he said.

"Tell me." I tried to push Ryan to speak.

"No, I'll tell you next time." Ryan said.

"Fine, than you have to tell me what's in that bag." I said, standing in front of him.

"Next time." he said and put the bag in one of his drawers.

I rolled my eyes and walked away. I took a shower and came out of the bathroom.

I looked around the room. He was not there! I thought, 'Its time to find out what's in that bag!'