"Hiya," Brooke said happily and set her bags down next to Indianna in the girls changing rooms the next day. "How are you, sweetie?" "Fine," Indianna nodded. "So, do you want to sit with me and the girls at lunch today?" "I... Er-" "It won't be with Greyson," Brooke chuckled and lifted her top over her head. "Just the girls." "Maybe," Indianna said and Brooke smiled. "Brooke, I didn't know Harry had marked you." "Oh," Brooke said, looking down at her collar bone and then back to Indianna. "Yeah, he has. I try to keep it covered," she scratched the black swirls that were branded onto her skin. "I don't like it. It shows to other werewolves that I 'belong' to someone." Brooke shook her head and rolled her eyes. "I don't belong to shit. Us girls gotta stick together, yeah? No matter what Greyson says to you, you are independent. We are both strong, independent females in a patriarchal society. It's tough being a girl in a werewolf world, but we can deal with it." Brooke pulled a top on and smiled at Indianna. "You don't like mates do you?" Indianna said, swapping her top for the PE top. "I don't like the whole 'male owns female' thing werewolves got going on. I hate how patriarchal it is. Males are very dominant and it just annoys me how they think they can control everything the female does." "Does Harry do that?" Brooke wiggled her eyebrows and lowered her skirt to the floor. "Honey, he tries." She pulled on a the PE shorts and grinned at Indianna. "More like she tries," Sasha said, smirking at Brooke as she walked over. "This girl over here would get down on both knees and suck him off while dressed like a clown in front of the whole school if Harry asked her to." "I would not!" Brooke exclaimed, her hand going to her mouth in horror. "She likes to think she wouldn't, but Harry has his ways of persuading her," Alice smirked, walking over with Violet. "Girls, I don't even like him that much," Brooke scoffed. "And he couldn't make me do anything I didn't want to do! I wear the trousers in the relationship if you must know." "And I'm the Queen of China," Violet laughed. "Remember when you went through that while phase of trying to ignore him as much as possible? He got very pissed very quickly? Remember?" "Okay, he's a little bit controlling and definitely wears the trousers," Brooke pouted. "But he would never be able to get me in a clown suit while sucking him off. That's ridiculous, who do you think I am?" "Someone who's in love!" Sasha sung. "I do not love him," Brooke muttered, but she knew no one believed her. "I don't love him," she repeated and stuffed her feet into a pair of trainers. "She does this a lot," Sasha chuckled. "She says one thing, for example 'I don't love him', and means the exact opposite, for example 'I love him so much'." "Shut up!" Brooke grumbled and hit her friend in the arm. "You fell in love the day you walked through those school doors and set eyes on him," Violet giggled and nudged Brooke. "Brooke was new too, Indianna." "You were?" Indianna said in surprise, putting her shorts on. "Yep," Brooke nodded. "Moved to this little town about a year ago." "Why did you move?" "Parents," she said and rolled her eyes. "They had a messy break up so I came and stayed with Brandon and my aunt and uncle." "And where would you be if you hadn't have moved here and met us?" Alice said dramatically, tying her curly red hair up into a bun. "Somewhere normal," Brooke muttered and grinned. "Let's go to the gym!" * "Do they know?" Indianna wondered, looking at Brooke curiously. "Know what?" "About werewolves and stuff?" Indianna looked at Sasha, Alice and Violet and Brooke shook shook her head. "No. If they do then they are keeping it a good secret. Although, I think Alice might have her suspicions about Kal, they're brother and sister after all." "How you doing, melon head?" Kal said loudly, walking over to Alice and wrapping his arm round her shoulder. "Don't touch me, you pig!" Alice snapped and elbowed Kal in the ribs. "Oh, you bitch! What was that for?" Kal exclaimed and flicked Alice on the ear. "Did you just flick me! You annoying buffoon!" Alice yelled and Kal snorted. "Buffoon?" Kal scoffed. "Alice, you seriously worry me sometimes." "Go away you grotesque creature," Alice muttered. "I'm deeply offended," Kal said and rolled his eyes. "Oh, Brooke, Harry wants you." "He's got legs, tell him to get off his fat ass and use them," Brooke shrugged and inspected her nails, but not before looking up at Harry who glared at her from across the gym. "Indianna, Greyson wants you too." Indianna looked at Greyson who was staring directly at her. He arched an eyebrow and she smirked. "I'm good." "Suit yourself, girlies, you'll just have two annoyed wolves on your hands," Kal grinned and walked away from them, but not before ruffling Alice's hair. "Wolves?" Alice scoffed. "My brother needs a new way to refer to his friends, it's not very polite." "Hmm," Brooke nodded. *Come here, sugar.* *I don't want to.* *Would it help if I said please?* *Hmm, no.* *I will come over there,* he warned. "He's in your head, isn't he?" Brooke gasped, looking at Indianna. "Harry used to do that to me all the time. It was annoying as hell until I learned how to block him out." "Block him out?" Indianna frowned. "You can do that!" "Yeah," Brooke shrugged. "How?" "You don't know? You mean Greyson hasn't told you?" "No," Indianna muttered and narrowed her eyes at Greyson and smirked. *Oops. It slipped my mind.* "The ass," Indianna said under her breath. "I'll come to your house tonight and I'll teach you, yeah?" Brooke offered and Indianna nodded gratefully. "Thanks." "No problem, us girls gotta stick together," Brooke grinned and she tensed when Harry walked over to her. "Harry, we're talking about periods and using tampons for the first time, you don't want to hear that, do you?" "Come with me, Brooke," he said and she smirked. "No."