Being Differrent by Renee Pollet (pdf to ebook reader txt) 📖

looked expectantly at me.
    "Well, her name is Hazel Fonst. She's a short slim girl. Her skin is a healthy pale, and she has natural fiery, red hair. Like her name, she has Hazel eyes. She just moved here a little bit before school started. She lives by the river on the east side of the forest. And I actually met her at the river by her house." My father nodded satisfied. "And did I forget to mention that she's deaf?" I whispered.
    My father did a double take, "She's DEAF?!" He paced around the room. "You need someone who will be an asset to the pack, not a burden!!" He continued pacing the room, muttering to himself. "We're going to see the alpha, right now."
    As we pulled up to the alpha's house, I was just wondering how this was going to go. We quickly got out and knocked on the alpha's door. The alpha's son, Daniel, opened the door. "Hey what's up Carson?" Carson and Daniel are best friends. Carson turned to him and replied, "Nothing much. Just here to see Mr. Alpha-man."
   Just then, Alpha-Mitchel walked in the room. My father then announced, "My son has found his mate." All eyes turned to Carson. "No, no not Carson. Carter found his mate." The alpha came and patted my dad on the back.
   "Then why does your face look so serious, my friend?" The alpha asked my father. He then turned his silver eyes toward me and looked at me closely. I felt somewhat uncomfortable.
   "He did find his mate. However there has been a complication. She is a human. And not just a human, a deaf human." My father said with distress in his voice. My alpha didn't look mad or sad, he actually look happy.
   "That is fine my friend. Your son has found his mate, this is a joyous occasion. We will welcome this girl into the pack." He turned to me. "Does she know of us?" I shook my head. "Then get her at once! I would love to see what kind of girl has Carter Kackston, the rebellious one of the pack, wrapped around her little finger."
                                                                            *Hazel*
    After the wolf left, I sat down and began to work on my sketch from before. A couple hours later, my alarm on my phone went off signaling that dinner is in 10 minutes. I packed up my sketch materials and headed home. I arrived home 5 minutes before I had to prepare the table for dinner. I ran up the stairs and quickly went into my room. I set my bag down and went to the bathroom to wash my face. The rest of the night and the next morning passed in a blur.
   Now, it's my second period of the day, and I'm just sitting here bored. All of a sudden, Carter is in front of me. I glance from my book to him then back. I continue to read my short novel when his hand is waving in my face. "Do you want to go out with me today?" I tilted my head up, before nodding okay. "Okay, I'll come get you after school at the front entrance."
    The rest of the day went by quickly, and the end of the day came. I went to the front entrance and waited for about one minute before Carter came and got me. He led me to a bunch of guys that surrounded 2 cars. He then introduced me to them and vice versa. The boys were Carson: a tall (junior) with Carter's ink-black hair, though his was straight. His eyes were a stunning Jade color. Mathew: (junior) an average guy with an awesome tan, and bleach blonde hair. He was really muscular and that somewhat frightened me. His eyes were so pale I would have thought that they were white. Daniel: (junior) an extra tall guy with dirty blonde hair, grey eyes, and an authoritative attitude. Jason: (sophomore) a short guy with a dark brown hair, dark brown (almost black) eyes, and a stingy (mean) attitude. Jayden: (sophomore) a guy equally short , Jason's twin brother same looks, but a completely different attitude. Victor: (sophomore) a buff guy with red hair and green eyes. He had an obvious Irish accent, and an adorable smile.
   When we were leaving, Jason, Jayden, Victor, and Mathew were all in one car; whilst me, Carter, Carson, and Daniel were in the other car. We sat in the car like this, Daniel driving, Carter shotgun, me and Carson in the back. He turned to me and grabbed a notebook and wrote. He probably thought that because I was deaf, I wouldn't be able to have verbal communication with him. This is how our conversation went.

Carson: Hey!

Hazel: Hola!
Carson: Do you like Carter?
Hazel: a little, but not much yet, Why?
Carson: cuz he likez u!
Hazel: thatz cool, i guezz
Carson: enough about him, let's talk bout u!
Hazel: okaaaaay?
Carson: fav. color? food? type of guy?
Hazel: green, carrotz, NYB!
Carson: nyb?
Hazel: none ya buzinezz!
Carson ohhhhh. what bout ur family? they, ya no, deaf?
Hazel: mom, dad, big bro. and no, i lost my hearing after an accident.
Carson: wat happened?
Hazel: i don wanna talk bout it.
                                                                        *Carter*
   I can't believe I'm sitting up front with the alpha's son. Usually Carson would sit here, but he went in the back with Hazel. I wondered why he wanted to sit next to Hazel. I turned toward Daniel, "Do you know why Carson wanted to sit back there?"
  "The only reason I can guess is that he wants to talk to her?" I listened closely but I didn't hear any talking, just the sound of pen on paper. That's weird, or maybe he thinks she doesn't talk. I smiled to myself and turned toward the back. After getting Hazel's attention by tapping her arm, I slowly asked her, "Can you tell me your phone number?"
   All of a sudden, Carson smacks me on the forehead. I give him a what the hell look and he says, "Dude, the girl's deaf! She can't hear you, why are you talking to her? I have a notepad." He shoved the notepad in my hand. "Here" I looked at Hazel and she had an amused expression on her face.
   "I take it you think this is funny?" I asked her while pouting somewhat. She giggled and said, "Of course!" Carson turns toward her sharply. She looks at him with a sneaky expression and stuck her tongue out at him. I chuckled slightly to myself as Carson looks taken aback, and Daniel just sits there with a smirk on his face.
    We arrived at my old house and when Hazel looked out the window her jaw dropped. Once the car stopped, we all jumped out and made our way to the front door. Carson quickly unlocks the door and all eight of us pile in. I guide Hazel to the sitting room that has three couches, a giant plasma screen TV and as of now six crazy werewolves. I grab a random horror movie and play it up.
    After a hour and a half of the movie, the guys were laughing hysterically at the gorey violence and blood, while Hazel had her face hidden in my chest. She looks up only ever so often, and when she does she squeaks then quickly hides again. I try to hold of the grin, but my mate being in my arms makes that basically impossible. My brother turns to look at me and smirks when he sees Hazel snuggled against my chest, soundly sleeping. Wait, sleeping? When'd that happen? Must have been too drunken off the feeling of having her in my arms to notice that her breathing even out.
     All of a sudden I feel a vibration and see that Hazel's phone in her hand is vibrating. I quickly grab it before she can wake up, and flip open the phone not thinking that what's in it isn't my business.
(Jace: What up Baby Gurl?)
I growled loudly and my brother quickly took Hazel away from me so I could run outside. *Who dares to call our Mate baby girl!?* I was raging with jealousy when Hazel came out at just the worst time imaginable, right when I shifted from man to wolf, well teen guy to wolf. She gasped slightly and then just stared at me. She walked forward and pet my fur exactly where she did so earlier. I quickly got my emotions under control before I could really hurt her.
                                                                          *Hazel*
      Waking up because of a sudden pull was not on my bucket list and if I had to be honest I was fricking mad! The horror movie was not a good idea because I was terrified of horror films since I was but a baby. And then to top it off, Carter randomly turns into a wolf, and not just any wolf, but my wolf. I gasped slightly, but can you blame me?I walked over to the ginormous wolf and petted him lightly where I had pet him earlier. I was still mad so I flicked his nose, and then he just stared at me shocked, I think?
   My phone vibrated and I looked away from wolf-Carter and saw that Jace had sent me a message.

Jace: Wats up bby gurl?
Me: Nothin u?
Jace: Art
Me: Well, get 2 work and paint me a tree!
Jace: Lol, bye bby gurl
Me: L8r

When I looked back up from my phone, Carter was back to being human and dressed in sweats and a muscle shirt. I couldn't help but linger on the way his muscles constricted as he brushed his fingers through his hair. You would to if you could see him and his handsomeness. "Who is Jace?" I read the words from his lips and saw that he had an angry expression on his face. My blood boiled that he would dare to read my messages behind my back, that's just rude. I glared at him and turned away from him to Carson and demanded that he take me home.
    He looked unsure but did as I said, and I was on my home with Carson driving, Me shotgun, Carter in the back. Carter tapped my arm, and I turned around in the seat and glared at him. He held his hands up in a surrender position and I sighed and motioned with my hands for him to continue.
    "I'm sorry for being a jerk. But I think you already get that I'm a werewolf, but you do need to know that you are my mate. A mate is someone who is supposed to be like a soul-mate. Do you understand?" I nodded my head slowly and he continued. "Well, since you are my mate, I will get extremely jealous when you talk to other guys, especially if they call you baby girl. I'm also sorry that I read your text message without permission. I didn't want to wake you. Do you forgive me?" He put his lip out in a pouty face that had me giggling and nodding my forgiveness. The