"Want me to walk you through the store, just in case you have trouble reaching something else?" He asked, his eyes gleaming with hope as he laughed at the last part.

   "Are you making fun of my height?" I asked with an amused raised brow. "No, of course not." He said sarcastically with his expression now mirroring my own. We looked at each other for a second before we simultaneously started laughing.

  I'll admit he is pretty funny and for some reason, I feel oddly safe with him. I opened my notes app on my phone to see what I had to get next on my list. "Well, what's next on your list?" He asked, peering over my shoulder causing my heart to rapidly beat out of my chest.

  "All that I have to get now is the drinks and ice cream." I said as I went to push the basket down the aisle, but he got to it before me. "I got that for you." He kindly said as he began walking with me following close behind. "Just point to what you want and I'll get it for you." He said in that sexy ass deep voice of his turning to me as I nodded my head resisting the urge to point to him.

  He turned back around and I took this chance to eye fuck him not caring who saw. He had on gray joggers and brand new white air forces. I could tell he had muscular legs through his joggers actually muscular everything, it made me wonder if his dick could match up. I mentally face palmed, disappointed with myself for shamelessly checking him out as I felt my vagina become sleeker by the second.

  Why am I like this? I literally just met the guy and here I am getting wet just by thinking about him. Maybe I just need some penetration, it has been awhile since I last had it. About 8 months now to be exact and that's probably why I'm over here feigning for his dick like a dehydrated cat. I was thinking when my front side collided with something or better yet someone. Damn his body was rock solid, he didn't even move as I looked up at him and he looked down at me.

  "Amani?" He asked, and I looked away ashamed and immediately apologized. "I'm sorry. I must've zoned out." "When you're with me you can zone out all you like okay?" He said, as I nodded my head once again.

   "Use your words Amani." He looked at me expectedly and even though I wanted to rebel, I still wasn't over the embarrassment from when I bumped into him, so I complied with his demand. "Okay." I simply said. He held out his hand gesturing for me to grab onto it.

  "Come on, let's go get the rest of your groceries, without trying to take yourself out this time please." He joked instantly making me feel much better about the whole ordeal as I took his hand with tingles igniting it causing me to smile. It made me feel warm and fuzzy inside like I was protected, even though he probably thinks of me as a clutz. Well, there goes my first impression.

  We got the water and other drinks as we made small talk, getting to know each other more. I noticed a few things about him that I really liked such as his sense of humor, and he was very assertive, but a gentleman about it. As we strolled down the aisle the conversation flowed effortlessly and I couldn't help but feel a connection with him.

  We got in line at the register and greeted the cashier as we unloaded the groceries onto the belt and when I made a move to get the case of tea, he beat me to it, smiled and said, "Hey, let me handle the heavy stuff okay?" leaving no room to argue. "You got it bossman." I said jokingly, earning a chuckle from him.

  As I got my wallet out of my purse the cashier rang up the last two items telling me my total which was 726.49$. I got my card out ready to pay, but instead I heard a ding from Calix's phone and a thank you from the cashier as she handed him the receipt. There's no way he just casually dropped over 700 dollars on groceries like that and for a girl he just met for that matter. I looked at him in shock, not sure what to say or think about this little stunt that he just pulled.

  "What?" He looked at me confusedly as he put the rest of the groceries in the buggy. "You didn't have to do that, let me pay you back." I said as he held his hand out motioning for me to take it which I did. "Why would I let you pay me back for something that I wanted to do in the first place." He said with a raised eyebrow looking back at me as he was leading me out of the store.

  I shrugged as I said, "That was over 700 dollars...I can't just accept it, so let me pay you back." I said to him in hopes that he'd comply with my demand.

  "You can pay me back with the date you promised me. All I want is to get to know you more, beautiful." He said. I really didn't know what to say, so I just gave a small okay to which he approved. But for some reason he was more attractive now than before. Maybe it was because he was giving major sugar daddy vibes without being...well you know, a sugar daddy (An old fart).

  He showed the cashier the receipt then handed it to me as we said our goodbyes. "My car is over there." I said, with us now walking to my car as I pointed him in the direction of it. We made small talk as he unloaded my groceries into my car, not letting me handle any of the heavy things. "Get home safe and text me as soon as you make it." He said as he opened the door for me to get into the car. "I will." I said smiling to him as I started my car driving off.

  I got home and as promised I texted him letting him know I was home. I got out of the car to get my groceries out dreading having to put them up. I didn't notice before, but the way he organized my groceries was so neat and thoughtful, I wanted to tip him. I never really cared how I put my groceries in just throwing them in the trunk of my kia all kinds of ways, but him, he was on another level. He separated the cold items by putting them in a corner by themselves, the snacks in the other corner by themselves with the heavy things in the middle making it easier to get out.

  I got my groceries out of my trunk with my back facing the woods. I felt like someone was watching me and instinctively I turned around, but no one was there. The feeling was intense and even though it was still daylight, I started to feel uncomfortable. The ding on my phone notifying me of a text message almost had me jumping out of my skin with surprise.

Calix: I'm glad you made it home safely. What are you going to do for the rest of the day?

  As I read the text I smiled. I felt like a teenager experiencing love for the first time. I don't know why he has this effect on me, but I oddly don't hate it. I texted him back.

Amani: I'm just going to finish writing my manuscript and take a nap. What about you?

Calix: Not too much right now, but if you get hungry later let me know and I'll stop what I'm doing to take you out to eat.

  I raised my eyebrow at his message. Was he really such a gentleman or was this a front because I was really taken aback about his eagerness to spend money on me and It made my head spin with questions. Maybe he thought I was easy because I was nice and just wanted to fuck me. But, he was so thoughtful with everything he did for me it almost made me laugh that I could doubt his intentions. But that's how they get you.

Amani: Sure, but why did you help me out in the store?

  I put my phone down to finish putting up the groceries, but as soon as I put it down it dinged with another message from Calix. He texts back really fast, so maybe he was interested in me.

Calix: Do I need a reason to help a person in need?

  I went back to text him again and started typing but decided I'd put my groceries up instead, because I didn't want him to think I was desperate. I was about 15 minutes into putting my groceries up when I saw something move in the woods out of my peripheral vision and instantly turned my head to the window. Was the creepy wolf thing back? I asked myself as I got the feeling of being watched again, but of course I never saw anything.

  My Kim possible ringtone started playing indicating that someone was calling me, so I hurriedly went over to the island where I left it and picked it up, not even looking at the number. "Hello" I said. "Hey Mani, it's Alex, I just called to check on how you were doing with the move and all." He said.

  Alex is one of my friends, but we aren't close like me and Autumn are. "It's going pretty well, and I really like it out here." I lie, not telling him about the wolf that I encountered last night or the fact that it broke in, how it left me a nice little note, and how it may potentially be a werewolf. If I told someone that, I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate to recommend me to an insane asylum .

  "I'm glad to hear it. How about we have a celebratory dinner to celebrate you finally living alone." He suggested. I actually liked that Idea, so I was about to agree when something strange happened.

  I saw something out of my peripheral vision again, already knowing what it was and tried my best to ignore it as I turned away from the window hurriedly to distract myself with the conversation Alex and I were having. But I couldn't help it and turned back around because I saw it move again. It was fast, too fast, meaning that when I was running from it in the woods last night it could've caught me if it wanted to. But no, it was playing with me and that thought alone made me think that it thought I was its toy which in turn angered me.

  You'd think with its huge size that I'd spot it easily, but that wasn't the case; It had speed on its side. And, It was clever.....very clever, cause it was irritating me. I almost got a good boost of courage to go out there and yell at it again, but it instantly disappeared upon seeing those striking blue eyes staring back at me and this time my heart dropped as the black coated furball of a wolf emerged from the forest.

  It shook its head no as it stalked towards my window before stopping about 10 feet away. To say I was scared was an understatement, I was mortified as I stared that creature in its horrifying face really getting a good look at it. I don't know how I didn't notice it before, but it's teeth were bigger than my forearm, not to mention sharp too. The claws were also unbelievably pointy like they had been sharpened over and over again. One swipe from that and I'd be in half

  "Mani....um.. Amani?" Alex called out to me in a worried tone. "Hold on Alex I'll get back to you in a minute." I said absentmindedly, feeling my voice tremble as I hung up the phone, never taking my eyes off of the wolf as It was looking at me through the kitchen window. He just stood there narrowing his eyes at me. Wait a minute was this motherfucker giving me a death stare?

  I raised my eyebrow in question at its actions and it huffed at me. Its actions were oddly human-like and my mind thought back to that note that I know it wrote. Only one way to find out as I walked over to my back door, never taking my eyes off of it as it watched my every move. I stood in front of the door and locked it as It made a clicking sound. I watched its reaction as I did so and didn't miss it slightly stiffening up. I knew it... fucking werewolf.