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his sword was gripped tightly in his clenched fingers and a look of amusement , or many it was anger , shone on his face .

i swallowed and collected my weapons from the ground , not daring to look at my leg .

hi seth , this is unexpected .

seth glared at me and pulled me up .

he was definitely angry at me .

i tried to place weight on my leg but winced as pain shot up it .

he kicked the dead thrasher one more time before sheathing his sword .

you know better jazell then to take on a monster by yourself .

you never know what kind it is until you have already changed , he scolded me and i could feel a lecture coming .

i looked down at leg .

claw marks ran up my shin and my blue blood was soaking my pants .

i had to seth ; it was heading for my house .

that made me panic a bit .

i dont care jazell ; if i hadnt been here i would have found you shredded to small pieces .

all you had to do was send me a quick text and i would have showed up to help .

but you didnt .

i sighed in annoyance , not in the mood for this right now .

seth was like this sometimes , strict and serious , but he was normally a jokester .

hes strict on the fact that we attack in groups , mostly for the reason that he didnt want anything to happen to our group .

i started to slowly limp back to my body but seth just disappeared from my side .

he has this annoying skill to be able to just return to his body without having to be near it , which wasnt fair when he wasnt the one injured .

i , however , had to stiffly make my way to my dormant human body .

once i was near it , i closed my eyes and the wind picked back up .

my body felt hot and cold simultaneously as i returned .

i reopened my eyes and stood up , stretched , and grabbed my bag .

my back sent a chorus of cracks cascading upwards as i straightened myself .

i raised the side of my shirt to find the thin , red scratch marks .

any injuries i get in my hunter form i have when i become human again , just not as severe .

i quickly ran my fingers over the darker , thicker marks on my shin , the skin sore and purple .

i quickly checked myself for any other injures i might have acquired from my tangle with the thrasher , but all i found was a bunch of bruises .

seth seemed to have disappeared , so i trudged down the road to my house .

its cozy familiar blue paint and white shutters helped to relax me as i pushed open the door .

my house wasnt very big and fancy ; it was actually pretty plain but thats why i loved it .

it had two floors , with a fair sized kitchen and a mini living room .

my room was just up the stairs , and it beckoned to me even though i was more interested in dinner .

my mom was cooking in the kitchen and my dad was sitting at the kitchen table going through his usual paper work .

he looked up as i entered , pushing his glasses back up his face .

hi sweetheart , finally home ?

he asked giving me a warm smile .

i kissed his cheek and my moms before heading toward the stairs .

yup .

dinners ready in a few minutes , jazell !

my mom called as i climbed the stairs , eager to collapse on my bed for a few minutes .

got it !

i called back .

my room was painted a light green , with a bed shoved in the corner and a bookshelf overflowing with books .

i had a small desk to the left of my bed that was piled up high with homework and random drawings .

i threw my bag on my bed and took off my shoes .

then i headed back down stairs to help set the table .

my mom handed me some dishes and utensils .

i set a plate down in front of my dad .

he frowned and pointed to my scratched shin .

what happened ?

he asked , and studied my leg .

i tripped on a crack and scraped my leg .

i said flatly , the lie rolling off my tongue easily .

i placed my last dish down and sat in my chair .

dad chuckled .

youre so clumsy .

i wouldnt be surprised if you tripped on your own feet .

yup , thats me , clumsy .

i pulled my leg close to my body .

my parents had believed for a long time that i was a klutz .

that was the only way to explain the million of cuts and bruises i gained from fighting creatures .

the truth is that i have really great balance , which i had gained from so much fighting .

i was a little klutzy when i was small , so it was easy for my parents to believe i still was .

mom placed the food on the table .

dinner !

after dinner i went straight up stairs to go to sleep .

and hopefully my phone wouldnt stop me like it did most nights .

monsters loved to come out at night and cause trouble .

they never seem to rest , much to my annoyance .

i sighed and rolled over , burying my face in my pillow .

i managed to think about something other than creatures that go bump in the night as i drifted off to sleep .

in the morning i changed and ran down stairs and left a note saying i was going out to eat with jason , emily and seth .

it took me minutes to speed down to the small breakfast restaurant in town .

i chained up my bike and walked over to the plastic blue table my friends had occupied .

i slid in next to emily , who was talking about some book she had read recently .

jason , who sat next to her , was pretending to be fascinated by her rant .

emily stopped in mid-sentence when she noticed me sitting beside her .

jazell , youre here !

she exclaimed .

is it true , did you take on a monster by yourself yesterday ?

i sighed , shooting a look at seth .

yes it is .

thanks tattle-tale seth .

well you did and i thought the group had a right to know that .

seth said sharply .

how could you jazell ?

you could have gotten seriously hurt .

plus i bet all of us want a shot at them too .

she huffed and shook her head .

the light brown curls that framed her pretty face bounced around playfully .

im fine emily , seriously .

jason was silent .

he never talked much like emily , who was easily the most talkative , friendly person i knew .

jason was more of the silent , watching type , who said little but noticed much .

i traced in a puddle on the table , avoiding everyones eye contact as they stared at me .

emily patted my arm .

its okay .