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[kris]

It was day two of moving into La Push and Kris was exhausted. He had been unloading the truck with all of it's furniture all the day before and today. His dad started working at the hospital right away, so he wasn't there to help, and his mom made an excuse saying something like, "I need a big, strong man to do all of the unpacking, not an old mother." Kris grimaced as he stretched his arms and legs, he was already sore and he wasn't even halfway done unloading. "I deserve a break,"he thought aloud as he jumped out of the back of the truck and yelled, "Mom, I'm just going for a walk, I'll be back soon!" He didn't even wait for her reply before he started jogging down the sidewalk. La Push wasn't very big, so it wouldn't be hard to find anything, which Kris liked. Coming from LA, La Push was a nice place to live.

At first, Kris was thinking about going to a corner grocery store that the Malkovich family had first encountered upon arrival, but her changed his mind at the last minute. Kris really dislike LA, but the one thing that he loved about it was it's beaches. Ever since he was little, he just loved the beach. So, when he had spotted 'First Beach' he'd been ecstatic. He took off his shoes and shirt, incidentally, he was wearing swim shorts. He walked across the cool sand and stood just where the water could reach him. As the waves crashed silently, the water ran over his toes. It was freezing! He wasn't expecting the water to be warm, but he wasn't expecting it to be freezing either. He looked around, no one was visibly on the beach, which upset Kris because he was looking forward to meeting new people. He shrugged and walked, grudgingly, into the freezing, clear water. He was about waist deep when he let out a sudden yowl,"Whoooooo!!" A wave had splashed him and left him completely soaked in freezing water. He shook his head and ran a hand through his short mohawk. He laughed at himself for screaming like a girl, then walked out of the water until he was knee deep. He decided that unpacking could wait and that he would probably going to spend the rest of his day at the beach.

[Winter Miles]

Winter hayed being bored She would have called over to her friends house but it was a school day and winter stayed home. She could not really pull of the being sick thing ever since she became a werewolf .Her temperature was always high and she never felt run down unless she was out all night with out sleep like she had been the night before. Now that is was just after noon, Winter had thought she had wasted enough of the day away and if she did not get up now she would never get out of bed at all and she would be able to sleep again tonight. Finding her favorite baggy sweater and pulling on a warn out faded pair of blue jeans, Winter got dress for the day It was more then what her usual attire but the weather outside was still pretty cool and she need to dress for the weather so people did not start asking her questions. She was seen running around in a pair of short and a tank top by the neighbor the other day and when it was cold enough to see your breath outside, She was a product of the old ladies gossip for a few days and Winter thought since then Mrs. Norman looked at her differently.

Grabbing an apple from the fridge ,Winter headed to the front door putting on her imitation Uggs and walked out the door. Just as she did her ears hear a Whoooooooo sound and she became curious form where it came from. at first she thought it was howl but she knew shifters were smart enough to howl in daylight. The people in the community would get scared and become worried abut wolves attacking or something. Knowing the next best place to check for where the noise came from was the beach or the cliffs and seeing the beach was closer Winter jogged towards it. The direct route from her house to the beach was quite a bit shorter then the way she had taken Jason. When Winter was helping Jason they need ot stay hidden but now not needing to hide anything she jogged down the main road til she got to the beach.

Looking out to the water winter saw something she did not expect, it was a guy he looked about her age or so and he was in the water. Winter was shocked no many normal people venture out into the water this time of year, it would be almost as cold as ice cubes and it would feel like tiny little knives poking into you it was a good reason foe his scream. Approaching the water quietly Winter spoke up between the crashing of a few waves. " You know if you howl like that every time a wave hits you the wolves might come out of hiding."

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