"Anita?"

"Anita."

I groaned. I turned on my side and peeled my eyes open. "What?" I asked annoyed. Amanda was standing there rubbing her eyes with a frown on her face.

When I saw her sniff, I quickly sat up and opened my arms. Yeah I might hate my siblings because they annoy the crap out of me. But I love them no matter what. How could I not?

They are my life and souls. The amount of shit we did together... God.

"Hey. What's wrong?" She sat down on my lap as I cradled her as a baby. She looked at me and her cheeks were wet.

"I had a bad dream again." She hiccupped. She moved in closer to my chest. "Can I sleep with you tonight? Pretty please."

I nodded and let her crawl on the inside of my bed. I put the covers over us and held her in my arms.

Silence filled us and my eyes were closed as I heard her breathing. By the way she was I knew she wasn't asleep.

"Anita?"

"Hm?"

"Can you tell me about mom again?"

My eyes flew open as I inhaled a shaky breath. I started stroking her hair and thought about what I was going to say next.

"Well what do you want to know? Again..."

"I don't know. Just tell me stuff."

I sighed. "Well... She was a really beautiful, strong independent woman." I chuckled. "She would yell at dad for not washing the dishes after him, but they would always make up with one kiss."

I gave her a kiss on her head. "When she was pregnant with you, you know how she told dad, Adrian and I?"

"How?" She yawned.

"She made us go through this whole puzzle. Actually made us go through tests and quizzes and all these nerdy stuff." I snuggled closer behind Amanda. "In the end it was Adrian who figured it out. We ended up having a debate on what you would of been. A girl or a boy."

I laughed. "She loved to bake. Made these warm gooey delicious Chocolate chip cookies. Sang us a song each night before bed and would make Adrian, you and I wear matching outfits for each birthday."

"Where is she now?"

I felt the tears stinging my eyes as I struggled on how to answer that. "She went on a adventure. It was too long that she couldn't bring us with her."

"Can you sing the me song she used to sing us?"

I nodded. "Sure."

I closed my eyes and buried my nose in Amanda's hair. I let out a shaky breath and starting humming.

"It all can get so out of control sometimes, you can lose your faith, you can lose your mind. Lose your grip, get stripped of your pride, Till you don't know how your gonna stay alive-"

I stopped singing for a bit, but Amanda told me to continue till the end.

"And this world can throw you over the track sometimes, Your friends can stab you in the back, Sometimes, you just break down

"When this life.. Tries to wreck you, i'll protect you. Yeahhh

"I got your back, I got youuuu, I take your side I lay my life down for youuuu

"I'll crawl over broken glass, I will stand in the flame take the bullet take the blow, I would take all the pain."

As I sang my little sister this song, it brought back so much painful memories.

Staying up at night, not being able to sleep with the sounds of my father's muffle cries as he wept for his missing wife.

Re reading the note she left, before she left us behind.

Amanda was barely 5 years old. Not old enough to embark the fun and graceful memories of our mother. She doesn't even know what she looks like since dad took down all the photos.

My mother sang us Adrian and I this song each night before we fell asleep, making us believe in every word.

Yet as I sing it I feel nothing but pain.

Where are you?

You said you got my back but do you?

You said you would take all the pain but you didn't.

Now I have to take all the pain from my little sister.

Mom. Don't come back.

~

"Adrian?"

"Come in."

I opened the door and sat on his bed. "Hey... Could I borrow the car? I need it if I want to go grocery shopping. Plus I have work later on..."

"Sure."

I looked at him surprised. "Um?" I leaned up to him and knocked on his head. "Where's Adrian Shade? I need him back."

He pushed my hands away and rolled his eyes. "Do you want the car or not?"

"You know what? I prefer nice Adrian. Now. Where are those keys? Mama needs that breeze."

I started shaking my hips and bit, wiggling my needy fingers for a ring of metal shaped keys.

Adrian rolled his eyes but directed me to them. "Oh and Anita?"

I held onto the door edge as I turned around. "What?"

"I heard you."

I burrowed my brows in confusion. "Um ok?"

"No I mean i heard you last night. You were singing mom's song. You know... You really do have a beautiful voice."

I gave him a small smile. "I had to do what I had to do."

With that, I left the house and made my way to the Grocery.

"Hmm? Whole wheat or white bread?" I dropped the Whole wheat bread that tastes like white bread in the cart and moved on.

My bra was bothering me. I swear who ever created bra's needs to rot in hell.

I looked back and forth to see if anyone was watching before, pushing my hands under my shirt and fixing the back of my bra.

I wish I could go back to being a B size. Now I'm a fricking C 38 and boy let me tell ya, it ain't comfortable.

At fricking all.

"Are you having a shit?"

I jumped, crashing into my cart. I looked behind me to see one of the boys that was watching me.

Beard guy.

His eyes flickered down before quickly looking away, his cheeks red. "Um, you have a situation..."

I looked down too see my Bra unclipped which made my boobs show.

I quickly reached to fix it and felt my face heat up with Embarrassment.

He isn't the first guy to see my boobs but that doesn't make it any better.

"Um.. so..." He coughed.

I folded my arms. "Stalker much?"

"What? No!" He said all too quickly. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Look... I just wanted to say sorry for watching you... Me and my friends and girlfriend was just..."

"Looking at the shortest, tiniest, smallest, midget sized girl you never seen before in your whole life? Yeah I think I got that."

I started to walk away but he grabbed my shoulders. I looked at the shoulders then at him.

He retreated and held his hands.

I stood on the edge of the cart, bending over a bit so I won't fall.

"Look. I don't know you, nor do I have any intentions on doing so. You seem like a stalker but this is a public grocery. So if you'll excuse me I will like to get on with my day. In my words now?-"

I narrowed my eyes at him. "Move or I will cut those hands off and give it to your girlfriend as a 'Nice to meet ya' gift."

I walked away and grabbed 4 packs of Oreo's.

~

I let a growl escape my lips when I heard a knock. "What!"

Charlie entered and immediately I inhaled the strong scent of Oreo's and Vanilla. I stood up and walked over to him, gripping his shoulders.

"Who is she? Where did you go? What does she look like? What is her-"

"Alpha can you please calm down?" I growled. " I said please!"

I frowned but walked back, giving him his personal space. "Go on with it!"

"She is one of the students who gotten transferred to Greenforest High due to the Incident that happened at Buckberry High." I nodded encouraging him to go on. My wolf was getting inpatient and so was I. "Go on."

"From the school documents, Her name is Anita Eliana Shade. She is 17 years old, turning 18 December 24th. She had 2 siblings, one older brother Adrian Shade and a little sister Amanda Shade. She lives with her father who is a surgeon at Forest Hospital and The mother is out of the picture."

I frowned. "Dead or..."

"Unknown. Filed a missing report few years back, never had any leads. Police dropped it and from the looks of it, so did they."

I felt my wolf whimper. She doesn't have a mother?

"Anything else I should know about her? What does she look like... Stuff like that."

Charlie starting rubbing his neck and nervousness radiated off of him. "Spit it out!" I growled, itching to choke his life away.

"She is really... really... Really short."

I didn't have any comment on that, but he wasn't finished. "She will make a very feisty Luna if I must say Alpha and Um... She has black curly hair. Light brown eyes. Um... Freckles... Uh... Look Alpha, it was a mistake I didn't mean to-"

That caught my attention. "What. Did. You. DO?!" I digged my nails into his shoulders, already feeling my wolf rise to the surface.

"ShewasdoingsomethingandIaskedherifsheneededtoshitandwellshewasactuallyfixingherbrain themiddleofthegroceryaisleandIaccidentallysawherbreast."

I looked at him as if he was naked and shaking his Whoha. "The fuck did you just say?"

"I saw her breast!"

My eyes darkened and I no longer had control of my wolf.