Today is Monday, which means another boring week of school. I am not a fan of Mondays, particularly when there are not enough days on the weekend. I would love to have some extra days at the weekends to relax and catch up on my projects, but I am unable to do so due to the country's stupid education laws, where you must attend school at least five days a week for a certain number of hours. No one knows how much it is a dream of mine to skip school today and sleep in. However, if I do that, I will not have high grades and attendance, especially when applying to a prestigious Ivy League college. I would love to get college scholarships to prestigious colleges such as Princeton, Harvard, Yale, or even Stanford. We have a family tradition of attending the top schools, especially when dealing with werewolves. Each of my grandparents was admitted to one of the top four Ivy League colleges, which started the family tradition. Monday mornings are the mornings when the guys rush to do their weekend homework or get ready for school. This is because they tend to stay up late on a school night playing video games, watching movies, or whatever the guys do.

At least we girls would have our bathroom, because if we did not, it would be a war between the boys and girls getting ready for school. One of the most annoying things about getting up in the morning is when one of the boys hogs our bathroom. This is because they cannot wait a few minutes for someone to finish using their bathroom. It makes me angry, especially when we need some extra time due to being girls with hair, makeup, and gorgeous outfits. Anyway, I woke up early to take a shower and prepare for the day. I woke up Hazel and Kaylie. They both take a long time to pick themselves up and get prepared for school. I always help get Hazel ready for school because she is the slowest to get up and ready. About twenty minutes later, everyone was up and ready to eat some breakfast and then go to school for the day. I walked down to the kitchen to make some cups of coffee with bagels and cream cheese for everyone. For the little ones, I made hot chocolate because they cannot have coffee or they will drive their teachers up the wall with their hyperness. However, it would be funny, especially for Hazel, who is already crazy with her hyperactive personality.

About half an hour later, we were at school. Everyone seems like they are vampires without their blood and coffee, especially in the mornings. Every single person looks tired and very moody after a short weekend. When the first bell rang for homeroom, I grabbed my stuff for my first two classes. I made sure I grabbed my water bottle and some snacks in case I got hungry. As soon as I closed my locker, I heard a familiar voice behind the locker door.

"Hey Charlie, I'm so sorry to scare you and almost give you a heart attack," Alex said while looking down at me.

"No, it's okay; I should be using it due to my adorable siblings who always try to scare me, which sometimes works," I said while closing my locker.

"So... you get easily scared like a kitten and like a cucumber on YouTube," he said while trying not to laugh but ended up laughing a little bit.

"Shut up! It is not my fault. "You try living in a mansion and having siblings scare you half to death every chance they get," I said, adjusting my bookbag straps.

"You live in a mansion?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

It is the biggest property in the whole community, so you cannot miss it. "Sometimes you can come over, but I would have to ask my parents first because they own the whole mansion," I told him while walking to class.

"Sweet, I hope they say yes, and we need to work on our project." Do you have any free time tonight? "I know there is a Starbucks around here in this town." He said it with an overconfident smile.

"Nope, I am free tonight." How about I meet you there around six p.m. "It is not too late to have coffee, anyway," he said while walking down the hall with Alex.

"Wait! Hey, I lost my number. Can I borrow yours? Alex blushed a bit.

"Umm. "Yes, you can borrow my number." I blushed and winked at him.

"Here is my phone; give me yours so we can trade different numbers, and we should take a picture of each other so we know who it will be," Alex said while reaching out to give her his phone.

"Deal, but can you hold my cupcake while I am in the bathroom?" "Don't you dare lick it?" I said this while grabbing his phone and giving him the cupcake to hold.

"I will lick it if you don't hurry up before the bell rings," he said while teasing me.

"Okay, now smile, and I want to take a picture of you like your contact picture," I said while I snapped a picture of him doing the German Shepherd cheesy smile with some teeth showing.

"Now it is your turn; hold the cupcake up so I can include it in the picture." Ready? "One, two, three," he said while pushing my cupcake into my face while holding his phone in the other hand.

"Alex, what do you do?" "Did you just smash my cupcake in my face?" I cried in shock.

"Well yeah, I did, but I didn't mean it, but now I have a loyal friend with lots of frosting on your face," he said while looking at his phone and typing my name into the contract name.

"What did you put as my name for the contact's name?" I asked while looking at his phone and balancing on my toes.

"I put the name cupcake, which works well with your picture," he said while trying not to laugh again.

"You better delete it, or you better not show anyone that picture," I said as I punched him in the arm.

"Ouch, which hurts, you know, and I have to play the first game of the season, you know," Alex said while rubbing his left arm.

"Now you have my number and an embarrassing picture of me." "I need to get to class, or my brother will send a search party out for me." I said this while hugging my books and looking at other students walking past me.

"Yeah, you do." I will see you later in our first class. "Later, cupcake," he replied.

"For the last time, my name is Charlie, not Cupcake!" Scrabbling shouted after him while he walked the other way while yelling at him.

"Whatever you say, cupcake, it's still your nickname, and it will stick for a long time, so you better get used to it," he yelled back.

After he walked away, I turned around to walk in the opposite direction from my class. I began heading down the long hall before the bell rang. I was late to class due to people not watching where they were walking. Sometimes I wish people would look up from their phones and watch them before they could hurt someone by walking into that person. I do not blame them, especially when some students use many social media platforms and cannot take a break from them. I am one of those people who would rather stay off social media to avoid high school drama, but I do use social media platforms to stay in contact with many people, share my artwork, and keep up to date on what is going on in the human and werewolf worlds.

Although many people follow me on social media because I am famous for being a Luna who just happens to be the next Alpha since my brother is in training to be the current Alpha, it is time to hand the role down to the eldest son. Technically, my baby brother should be next in line, but since I am a twin, the role falls to me if anything happens to my twin brother, and the rules have changed due to my father and Uncle Ian, who is the last reigning alpha and beta. They wanted to change the laws to give Kaylie and me a chance to rule the werewolf world. With the recently passed laws, we are now Luna, which means we can step in when our brothers need us or do other things like plan events such as the Harvest Feast and help the community.

School flew by super-fast, like a blur in a movie, like a car racing into the distance at the end of the movie. I cannot believe eight hours at school flew by so fast. Since tonight there was no practice for cheerleading or football, we decided to go home to play some board games with the little ones. After a long round of Scrabble, I will go upstairs to take a shower and get ready for my date if you call two people of opposite sexes to meet. After finishing the shower, I stepped outside my bathroom. I saw Kaylie and Hazel sitting on my bed in different outfits while I was in the shower. They both know how to pick a few cute outfits with some simple makeup, shoes, and a couple of cute different hairstyles. I swear they could own their own beauty salon with makeup, hair, nails, and clothing too. I cannot wait until the Harvest Feast because it is a huge celebration of werewolf history and traditions. I would have a princess-type dress to thank Kaylie for her surprises. Anyway, after I got dressed, I went to my vanity mirror to do my makeup and hair. Kaylie did my hair while Hazel brushed it and added curls. About twenty minutes later, the boys walked in with some DVDs of movies. They all looked like they saw a ghost when I turned around from the mirror to look at them and said,

"What? What are you all staring at? "It is just me with some natural makeup, and all of you better shut your mouths before Hazel throws a cheese puff ball in your mouth," I said while sitting in a chair facing them.

"Well, you look beautiful, so who is the lucky guy?" Hunter said this while stealing a cheese puff from Hazel when she was not looking.

"Wait, what guy?" "I will have to talk to him," Colton said with his arms crossed over his chest while having that look on his face, like he would do something.

Putting in some earrings that Hazel gave me for my birthday, I said, "Jesh, just relax; this guy's name is Alecx, and everyone has met him for lunch that first time because he was new."

"Oh, yeah, I like him a lot." "He seems cool, but if he hurts you in any way, I cannot hold Colt back," Troy said while helping Hunter out.

"Everyone, I will be okay; we are just heading to Starbucks to get some coffee or something and some food." "I will be back soon; it is not like I would run off with this guy," I said while fixing my hair in the mirror.

"If you need us, we are just a call or text away, and we will be there in three minutes," Colton said.

"Char, can you please bring something back to me, like a Frappuccino or hot chocolate with peppermint?" Hazel asked, giving him some pennies out of her piggy bank.

"Sure, I can bring something to Haz, and now I have to leave, or I will be late," I said while grabbing my bookbag off my bed and walking out the door.

I left my house as fast as I could without getting harassed by my overprotective father and uncle, as well as, of course, my brothers. Once I got into my car, I typed in the address of the closest Starbucks to meet Alex. It took about twenty minutes to get them there and locate a parking spot. I stepped out of my car and walked into the store to find somewhere where I could sit and wait for him. I found a table close to the door, but not too close. This is because I do not want to get hit by a door or someone walking by.

While at the table, I was chatting with Kaylie and Hazel about some silly pictures with some of the crazy flitters. I heard a laugh right beside me, and I saw Alex with a cheesy smile on his face. My face turns red from being embarrassed. At least he did not see me in my pajamas dancing on my bed and singing some popular teenage songs, which are entertaining and would be very embarrassing too. While trying not to blush, Alex said...

"You don't know how to make the right impression, especially when you make cute, silly faces like that," he said while pulling a chair out for himself and sitting in the chair.

"You shouldn't have seen that and told anyone about it, okay?" I told him while getting my laptop and other school things out of my book bag.

"Why? "Who do I tell, especially when you make some cute silly faces, and besides, your baby sister looks so cute with a duck face?" Alecx said while grabbing his stuff out of his bookbag:

"My little sister Hazel thinks it would make me smile when she does that face," I said while getting my wallet out of my book bag.

While watching me count some money in my wallet, he said, "Maybe I can meet her someday." "I think she would like me a lot; after all, who can resist such a face?"

"Do you want coffee or something to eat?" I can buy it. "It is my treat," he said while getting his wallet out of his back pocket.

"You don't have to; I have some money in my wallet somewhere, but my twin brother got into my wallet and took my last twenty-dollar bill." "Well, this stinks; now I will have to take your offer," I replied, looking a bit disappointed.

"What would you like?" Do you want tea? Coffee? Frappuccino? Refresher? "Anything else, like a brownie or cookie?" Alecx asked while standing up to stand in line.

"Um, I am not sure, but I can come with you to look at the menu." I said this as I stood up from my seat and tried not to fall.

"Okay, but I am buying, and you can order whatever you want—a cupcake," he said and winked at me.

"Again, with the cupcake nickname?" "You know you call me Charlie," I said as we walked towards the line.

"Sorry, but that name still sticks, and I know your name, but the cupcake's nickname is so cute," he said while stopping in the line and looking at the menu.

"Fine, only you can call me that, and no one else," I told him while looking at the brownie in the display glass.

"Next! Hello, welcome to Starbucks! "May I take your order?" the barista said as she stared at both of us.

"Hi, I would like a venti-sized peppermint white mocha with extra whipped cream and a warm brownie, please," I told the barista.

"I would like a double-chip Frappuccino but also a Venti size and a chocolate chip cookie, please," Alex said.

"Would you like anything else today?" she asked both of us.

"No, thank you; that is all for now," I told her.

"That will be twenty dollars at the very least," she told us.

"Perfect, here you go, and thank you," Alex said.

After a few minutes, our order was up and ready for us. After we grabbed our stuff, we returned.

of the kiss. A few minutes later, he drove off in his car, and I drove home.

After a few minutes, our order was up and ready for us. After we grabbed our stuff, we returned to our table to do some studying and start our project. I started eating some warm brownies when I said...

"So, what do you think we should do for our art and history project since both classes are put together for this?" I said this while chewing a little brownie.

"Well, we can do a family tree for history, and for art, we can do something like a drawing or a video for the art part." "We can use our artist talent to draw a family portrait too," Alex said while logging on to his laptop.

"That is the cleverest idea ever, and it's a good thing we have some months to work on this project," I told him while pulling up the family history my father gave me.

"Yup, I know our families are different from each other," he told me while looking at his laptop screen.

"Well, that's a good thing, right?" Plus, we can use this project to get to know each other better. Also, before we leave, I would like to get Hazel a drink, which she has been texting me nonstop about. "I will give you the money back when I have some more money soon, I promise," I said while replying to Hazel on my phone.

"Yeah, no problem; you don't have to pay me back, and her drink will be on me," he said with a smile.

A few hours passed quickly. Alex and I had more coffee than a small kid on a sugar rush due to all the caffeine. It was time to go home, and the store was closed for the night. We both had to get home before our parents tracked us down or did something else that partners do.

While packing up, I took a sip of my coffee and ended up with some whipped cream on my lips. Alex looked at me and said,.

"Cupcake, you have some whipped cream on your lips." "Here, let me get that for you," he said while leaning in.

Within seconds, his lips were on mine. My body was on fire with sparks, like in a perfect fairytale. I gave in and kissed him back. He tastes like strong coffee with sweetness. I swear, my heart was beating so fast that I could feel it about to burst out of my chest. My legs trembled like jellyfish. We kissed for a few more seconds and then packed up our stuff to go home. After packing our stuff up and cleaning up after ourselves, he walked me to my car and said goodnight with another kiss. I swear, I almost fainted in the parking lot because of the kiss. A few minutes later, he drove off in his car, and I drove home.