My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

"Hey Midge, you alright? You look a little pale." Wyatt asks, getting Lillian and Nathaniel's attention too.

"No. I mean yeah, I'm good." I can't look him in the eye though.

"You can shift, right? I mean, I guess you wouldn't be here if you couldn't yet." Nathaniel says to himself more than to me.

"Yeah, no, I'm okay, I can shift. I just don't really like changing in front of people. I'll be fine, I just wasn't expecting it, that's all." I take a deep breath trying to control my breathing. I can get through this, I have to get through this. I chose to keep the scars when I was given the chance to get rid of them, now I have to live with my decision. One more big deep breath as we all set our bags down and turn to get instructions.

Nathaniel calls out and looks directly at me. I stop breathing and freeze. "I did

slowly take my shirt off with shaky hands. I keep my eyes closed as I turn back towards him,

are saying. I keep my focus on Nickolas in case he plans on throwing some kind of surprise attack after obviously getting me

stay in the circle the entire time. When I shift you do. Your one goal is to

changed a bit since the locker room and haven't actually done any kind of sparring for over a month now. As the thought hits me, I realize I