“Anxiety”

Moon was a free-soul who went to a high school full of free-souls and humans. She always felt different, mostly because she was the only wolf at that school. Moon had social anxiety so she had little friends. Up until last year Moon had no friends, until a girl named Ella became her friend. Moon was shy and scared at first but started to open up to Ella. They became best friends, and always helped each other out.

Today Moon had enough courage to try and talk to one of her classmates. He always helped Moon our when she was getting bullied, but all she could do was run away from him because of her anxiety. His name was Jake and he was popular around the school. Everyone knew his name, which made

Moon even more nervous. He was half cat half human. Jake saw Moon and said "Hello Moon, how are you?" But before she could reply a girl shoved Moon out of the way so she could talk to Jake instead.

"I messed up again..." thought Moon as she ran back to her seat at the back of the class. She put on her headphones and started to listen to music, since it was the only thing that would calm her down. While she was listening to music she didn't see Jake who was right in front of her. "Sorry about her" said Jake with a smile. Moon mumbled "it's fine..." Jake asked "do you like music?"

Moon hesitated at first but then replied with "I love music" barely loud enough for Jake to hear. Jake smiled and said "do you play an instrument?" Moon looked at him. She then said "I like playing the guitar..." "you should join the music club then!" Said Jake cheerfully. "I-I'll think about it..." said Moon as the bell rang. "I'll see you tomorrow th-" said Jake as she ran out. "Great now I messed up my only chance at making more friends..." thought Moon as she was walking home.

When Moon got home she saw her father's car parked outside. "Thank the gods we're getting dorms today" thought Moon as she opened the door. All she could see was her parents arguing over something. She ran into her room crying. "Why can't I be normal?" Thought Moon as she went to a corner in her room. Her father is half cat but her mother is half cat half wolf. Her sisters are both half cats.

She turned the music up and decided to play on her phone. She came across an app where you could make friends and decided to give it a try. When she first started a boy named Jake added her to a chat room with 3 other people including Moon. "What if I mess up or they don't like me or I don't fit in?!?" Thought Moon. When she looked at his name she thought "it couldn't be Jake from school right? It could be another Jake." Jake typed something in the chat which made Moon's heart start beating quickly and it was harder for her to breathe.