18- Be curious and ask questions . Exploring and learning about the world is fun and important . 100 % The speaker is a guy sitting on a stool at the far side of the bar . He already has a drink in front of him so I assume that Laura has already served him . " Oh , uh ... Thanks I guess ? " My words are a question , but I'm not totally sure what I'm even asking . Maybe , ' why were you even watching in the first place ? ' Or maybe ' is there a reason you're talking to me right now ? ' The guy stands up , grabs his drink and moves to sit closer to me . " So , you're the human who has started livin ' in this bar . " He begins and I raise an eyebrow . Is that supposed to be common knowledge ? I didn't really think it was something that we were going around telling everyone . It's kind of weird to be honest . " Living here is one way to put it I suppose . Did Laura tell you ? " I ask . She doesn't seem like the gossipy type , but I don't know her that well yet so it is possible . Although this isn't the type of guy I would imagine her gossiping with anyway . He's fairly average height but his build is fairly muscular . He has reddish brown hair and a friendly expression . In a single word I would describe him as approachable . He's handsome enough I suppose , but not the kind of handsome that you see on TV . More like the guy you could imagine bringing home flowers to his wife and playing with his kids . He has some serious golden retriever energy . Actually , a better word than approachable might be wholesome . At a glance I don't see a ring on his finger , so maybe my theory about the wife and kids isn't quite accurate , but it's easy to picture . Then again , I don't even know this guy's name , much less what he's like as a person . It's just the vibe that he gives off . Normally I'd be a little intimidated having a guy approach to talk to me like this , but I'm not concerned by him at all . Maybe it's just the contrast between his approach and Elijah's far more seductive demeanour . " Nope . Laura didn't say a word . " He answers with a grin . I frown . " Then how did you know ? " I ask . " I'm Jackson Lauder . Werewolf . It's nice to meet you . " He holds out a hand for me to shake . It doesn't escape me that he never answered my question , but I answer anyway . " Carina Akari . You already know that I'm human . " I respond , lightly grasping his hand and shaking it . He yanks his hand away quickly with a frown but quickly smiles at me 29 29 ل 1/4 O < 11:18 Fri , Aug 29 Lesson 18- Be curious and ask questions . Exploring and learning about the world is fun and important . again . A little weird but whatever . He's the first person to introduce himself by just TELLING me what he is . It's kind of nice to not have to guess . " That I do . Although what I don't know is what a human is doing living and working in a bar for the supernatural . You shouldn't even know about us . " Jackson's tone is curious . He isn't outright ASKING for an explanation but I can tell that he's hoping for one . Screw it , it's not like it's some big secret . No one has forbidden me from telling the truth . " Some guy with claws and a bad attitude attacked me on the street . Torin saved me but apparently I saw a little bit too much . Rather than risk ... Damaging me by messing with my memory he decided to just keep me here instead . It's all been a little wild to be honest . I'm still trying to catch up . " I admit . Something about this werewolf makes me comfortable confiding in him . This might be a stupid decision , but really what is he going to do with this information ? I guess the worst he could really do is just tell everyone . Jackson nods along sympathetically . " I get it . I only found out about all this a few years back and I'm still figurin ' things out . " He confesses . " Huh ? Have you not always been a werewolf then ? How did that happen ? " I ask curiously . Sure I've seen all the movies and TV shows where people get bitten and turned into werewolves , but I'm not taking anything for granted here . I don't want to make any assumptions . For all I know they're super offensive . Then again , asking how a guy ended up turning into a werewolf could also be rude but I have to learn somehow and Jackson seems nice . " Aww , well it's a long story but basically I got a bad blood transfusion after a nasty car wreck . " He doesn't sound all that bothered by it . " Seriously ? How does that even happen ? Even then it wasn't likely that the small amount of blood would actually do anything to me , it was like a one in a million fluke that somehow the blood decided to kick in and DO 29 29 ل ا ا < 2/4 Lesson 18- Be curious and ask questions . Exploring and learning about the world is fun and important . here I am . It was confusing as hell at first , all these other werewolves kept insisting that I'm supposed to be part of a pack or whatever . Took forever for me to get them to leave me alone . " He grumbles . " What , you don't want a pack then ? " I wonder . Jackson shrugs . " I'd rather make my own friends than have a bunch of people hoverin ' around me because I share some blood with them and happen to get fangs and fur every few weeks . " He says firmly . " I get that . " I agree . Blood definitely isn't everything . I spend a few minutes serving other customers then I try asking again how Jackson knows I'm living here but he refuses to answer . " Seriously ? But that's mean . " I whine and he laughs . " You'll find out soon enough . Let me pretend to be mysterious a little longer . " He says dramatically and I laugh . " Fine , fine . But you better not make me wait too long to find out . " I narrow my eyes and Jackson holds up his hands in surrender . " I won't . Promise , you'll have all your answers by this time tomorrow . " He promises and I raise an eyebrow . Is there something happening tomorrow I should know about ? I hold out my pinky finger . " Promise ? " Jackson rolls his eyes and links his pinky with mine . We pinky promise but as soon as we're done he yanks his hand back . " Alright , that's the second time you've done that now . What's up with that ? " I demand . Jackson shrugs . " It's no big deal . Turns out being a werewolf comes with a severe silver allergy . You're wearing a silver bracelet . It just burns a bit when it touches me . " He explains . I frown and roll my eyes . " Why didn't you say so ? That's easily fixed . " I remove my bracelet . It was a gift from my brother a few years back . At least I was wearing it so it didn't get ruined along with all my other stuff . I realise I don't have any pockets so I slip the bracelet into my bra . (2 3/4 20 29 I D O Aug 100 % Lesson 18- Be curious and ask questions . Exploring and learning about the world is fun and important . " There , all gone . I won't wear it here anymore . Not sure where else I'm GOING to wear it since this is the only place I can actually go . But I'll figure something out . " I think aloud . Jackson grins and we re - do the pinky promise without the flinching away and pain . Jackson furrows his brow and his eyes fall on something behind me . I turn to see Torin is behind the bar . I still need to apologise so I take a step towards him , trying to catch his eye . Before I can even open my mouth to say his name , Torin heads back out the door and is gone again . Okay I'm starting to think he's avoiding me . Damn . Chapter Comments R Visitor 7 days ago pretty sure the werewolf is the one that bit her ... we shall see 3 Reviews > 5