I notice that they all have tattoos. On Nathan's back are 2 large angel wings, as big as his whole back. Justin and Joshua, both have a text on their side rips. Not the same text but the same font and the same place. Jake has no tattoos and Jason has the dragon. 

On their lower back, they have a kind of bruise. Jason told me that you get a sort off bruise when you start to turn and that it will grow till you turn on your own. One larger than the other.

Aiden counts down on his hands and they get small, ready to start.

''3, 2, 1, Go!" He takes a quick step aside. 

I lean forward so I see it better. Jason lets himself fall forward. Before he hits the ground he has already changed into his wolf shape, to quick for my eyes to follow. He runs into the woods, followed by the others.

Jake is the fastest after him, then Josh, then Nathan and then Justin. 

Justin's change is slower than Jason's so it can really see it happen. The hair, the ears, the tail his face transforms into a wolf face.

"Wow," I say amazed.

"Yes?" Valentina looks at me questioningly. Ohw, of course, she can't see it.

"Yes,'' I nod and turn to her. ''You see the hair coming and the face-changing and everything," I say. She smiles at my reaction.

Valentina explains a few things about tomorrow while they are gone.

We look again at the field and see a wolf running on the grass.  He slows down but doesn't stop till he is in the forest again. He walks out between the trees in his human form again. It's Jason. 

I smile and start to clap, luckily the rest participates too. Aiden hugs him and slaps him a little too hard against his shoulder. Jason's father looks proud and the rest of the family seems happy too.

Jason also laughs and looks a little shy at the ground while everyone cheers him on.

Nathan is the next one to return. After him, the 3 others come back at the same time. They all change back to humans. They clap and smile at Jason patting him on the shoulder and hugging him. He justs smiles and thank them, being modest.

They are all muscular, one more than the other. Nathan is the most muscular, not in a big bodybuilder way but in a sinewy body way. He is thinner than the others but all you see is muscular, it looks a little creepy.

They all look like they spend a lot of their free time in the gym. But Jason looks the best, nice arm, abs, chest, he turn around now so I can see his back, with his tattoo. He is the first one to put his shirt back on. That's a shame.

 Aiden looks at his phone and opens his mouth like he wanna say something.

"I'm going to bring a few things to the wedding hall. I'll be right back." He says. The boy turns to him. 

"We'll help," says Joshua. The others nod an follow his lead. Everyone walks to a house to get stuff. 

"What can we do?" I ask Valentina who looks a little surprised by my question.

"I will ask." She stands up and walks to her mother. A few of the men walk to the houses. Probably to tell them what they should and should not bring. 

Valentina turns around, facing me. "We can put the plates in boxes, they are in the kitchen." She says and points inside. 

While we are packing the plates, we are talking about the wedding. She shows pictures of how Julia wants us to have our hair. I look around the room, it is really a beautiful house. The walls are all off-white except for one wall that is brown. Jason and Aiden arrive exactly the moment we put the last plates in the box. Aiden walks straight to the living room and Jason leans against the back of the couch and looks in our direction. 

"We're almost done." Valentina says while she puts the last plates in the box.

I can see from the corner of my eye that Jason is looking at me but I pretend I don't realize. 

It are porcelain plates to quite heavy. I put them in four at the time because five is already heavy. I told Valentina multiple times that we maybe should put them in more than two boxes so it won't be too heavy, but she kept telling me that they can handle it.

When I put the last board in the box I lean against the kitchen counter next to Valentina and look back at Jason. They both walk forward so grab a box.

"They are quite heavy," I say, couldn't stop myself. I don't want them to hurt their backs.

I see Valentina smile when I say that. Aiden looks at me as if I see something strange and they are now walking towards the kitchen. Jason looks up when I say that and smiles a little. 

"We will manage." He says kindly and lifts up the box without difficulty and winks at me. Aiden takes the other box and they leave the house.

"Ohw, I had trouble with lifting five plates," I say and put my hair in a bun.

"Yes, me too, but they are wolves,"  Valentina smiles, "and they workout like 24/7."

 We stay in the kitchen for a while. This is Jason's house, he fits in this house. I never tough of how his house would look like but now that I know it, it soots him.

 In the kitchen, there is a dark brown wall with the oven in it. Then there is another white side where the sink and above it brown cupboards. Everything is so clean and stored away. On the counter, there is only a plant and a knife block. On the kitchen island is an electrically built-in gas stove. The living room is also very clean. wooden floors white and black accessories.

We walk outside to the others who are standing in front of Jason's house.

When Nathan sees me, he rolls his eyes and walks away. Valentina saw it too and looks at me.

"He doesn't mean it personally." She says and smiles.

"Would he be like this to every outsider?" I ask and look at her. 

She stands still and looks if someone is close by."If it's a girl," she says.

"He doesn't like girls?" 

She laughs but then explains.

"Nathan liked a girl when he was 16. She sometimes walked through the woods here because she lived nearby. He fell in love with her, but the family did not approve of it. She was a normal girl. "She explains. I get it...

"Aiden's mother, for example, was also a normal person. She came from a people family. But Aiden's father was already an adult."

 We walk further in that direction.

"I think he is jealous that you are accepted," she says. 

Am I?  He was in love. It's so kind of sad. I get that he doesn't like this, It isn't really fair.

We walk over to the rest. Jason, Jake, Justin and Joshua are talking at the table. The 3 youngest are running around, Nathan has walked away and Aiden has gone to the wedding hall.

When we get near enove we can hear what they are talking about, the wedding. Well it's actually Jake, Valentina, and Joshua who talk. Justin and I listen to what they say, Jason just stares ahead. It goes on for half an hour. I have never actually realized how much has to happen for a wedding. 

I look at my watch, it's almost half-past four.

"I have to go," They look surprised. Valentina also looks at her watch. 

"Time has gone really fast," she says 

"Yeah,'' I smile, ''I will see you again tomorrow! And thank you for helping me find out what those scars mean." 

They all smile. "Anytime," Joshua says. 

Jason is out of his stare/think trance and looks at me. "I'll bring you." He says and wants to walk away. 

"Are you walking me to that field?" What does he mean by bring. 

"No, on the scooter." He says and is really walking. 

''I'm going too!'' Justin says and is happy that he can leave. He probably found the wedding talking getting to much.

"Then I'll go too," Valentina says with a smile. 

Jason and Justin walk behind the houses while comes standing next to me.

"I still have to grab my coat and bag Jason put somewhere." 

I'm not going to rummage through his house looking for those things.

"Through the door in the living room, it's on the cupboard next to the door," Jason calls.

"OK," I say back as loud as I was talking before because he could hear that.

 Valentina walks to Jason's house with me. I see the invitation that I had forgotten on the bench, grab it and walk through the living room to the door. I'm now in a sort of 2nd hall. Here you can enter through the back of the house. Here is also the stairs to the second floor. I look straight ahead and see the cupboard. My bag is on it and my coat is hanging on the coat rack next to it. I put on my jacket and then grab my bag. 

There are a few photo frames on the cupboard. One from a little boy. From those eyes I can see that it is Jason. He was really cute, such a big baby. The other is a photo of Jason on his 10th birthday. Right from him you see his father standing. To his left is a woman. Exactly the same color hair and skin color as Jason. That is probably his mother. She looks so young and cheerful and beautiful. She was murdered a year after this picture was taken. The 3rd photo is a photo of Jason's parents on the wedding day. I get a lump in my throat when I think about how these 2 people are suffered. 

''Found it?'' Valentina calls from the living room. I turn around and walk back into the living room, after grabbing my crutches.

"Yes," I say and hold the bag up. 

How can we ride a scooter with crutches? Valentina and I walk outside again while the elderly come walking.

 Liz looks at me. "Are you going allready?" she asks.

"Yes," I smile. ''Thanks for your help.'' I say now facing the other man and woman "I will see you tomorrow, it was nice meeting you all" 

"No problem, see you tomorrow," they say and smiles. 

Jason and Justin already arrive on their scooters I turn to them and walk in that direction. "I have crutches," I say and hold them high. "And I don't know the way with the scooter." 

"Yes, I know and I know the way." He says, he beckons me to walk towards him.

Valentina sits down behind Justin. Jason takes the crutches and puts them in front of him between his legs. 

Ohw yes okay that is also possible of course. 

He looks at me waiting for me to get on the scooter.

''Uhm well... don't fall over ok,'' I say before getting on.

I'm really happy that I left all my books at school. He adjusts his mirror so he can see me. 

''Ready?'' He asks 

''Yes,''

 He gives gas and we drive away. Justin and Valentina are driving behind us but soon come next to us. I keep my hands on my legs and lean back so my body isn't pressed against his. We drive a little further on the path through the forest. I lean my head back so the wind blows through my hair. 

When we go over a threshold, my hair flies in my face. Clumsy I remove the hairs again with one hand. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Jason looking in the mirror and smiling.

He starts slowing down when we get near a traffic light. There is a school nearby so there are kids running around. He hits the breaks so I bump into him, I grab his waist to stop myself.

''Oef,''

I see he has a huge grin on his face. He did that on purpose, hitting the breaks that hard. I shake my head.

After about 20 minutes we are at my house. I get off the scooter and adjust my hair and clothes. Jason gives me the crutches and gets up too. Valentina also steps off and looks around her. Justin stays on the scooter.

"Thanks for the ride," I say and put on my crutches.

"No problem," he says. He is leaning against his scooter. 

I stand against the fence and Valentina comes next to me. She looks around.

"Are you good with your neighbors?"

"Well with the one on our right, not very well. They are an old Chinese couple. They have been living in the Netherlands for a while, but their dutch isn't so good yet so when we talk to them it's more gestures.'' I explain. I live on the courner so there is just one house next to mine.

I see Grace, Agus and laurel get out of the car. Laurel waves cheerfully and Grace smiles, Agus just looks. He looks at me and his facial expression changed. So little that you can hardly see it. He is angry, surprised, shocked, no idea. He soon looks normal and greets us. He looks from me to Jason.

"Heeyy" says laurel cheerfully to everyone and gives me a high-five.

"Hello," Grace says and smiles at everyone. She looks past me in surprise.

"Heyy" says Valentina. Justin raises his hand and Jason smiles. 

When Jason sees Agus he tenses but Agus doesn't even look back at him. They walk right to the house. When the door is closed I look at Jason. His breathing quickened and looks...frustrated. He takes a step away from me. 

Uhmm what happened? Is he going to change? Justin looks at him in surprise and so does Valentina.

''Jays, what's wrong?" Justin asks and leans closer to him. 

"Nothing," Jason says curtly and shakes his head. He breathes slower and returns to normal. Valentina looks at him. 

"I'm fine," He says and tries to sound nicer, but that doesn't work. 

"What time did you agreed to meet up tomorrow?" He asks Valentina. 

"11 o'clock" she says and looks at him astonished by the change of subject.

He looks at me, but his eyes are distant again. "I'll pick you up tomorrow at half past 11." He says and gets on his scooter. "We're going." He says to Justin and Valentina. 

They seem to also think Jason's behavior is odd. Valentina walks to Justin and sits on the back.

"Thanks and see you tomorrow." I probably sound emotionless.

"See you tomorrow," says Valentina. Justin smiles and Jason looks in front of him and drives away. Then I watch them until they leave the street. 

What was wrong with Jason? Why did he act that way when he saw Agus?

I walk inside and take off my coat and shoes. I look in the mirror and see the scar on my neck. It's already darker than it was a couple of hours ago. I walk upstairs and put on a shirt with a high neck. I comb my hair so that it falls over the scar. I walk downstairs again and hear them talking in the living room.

A/N

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I'm so sorry for not updating in a long time. I'm so busy with school :(

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I hope you did enjoy this chapter!! 

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