“Taylor, honey, are you going to be in there all day?” My mother asked while knocking on the bathroom door.  I was getting ready to go to the dinner at Jacob’s and I had to look good, this was going to be my official first impression to everyone.
    “Uh mom, I’ve only been in her 30 minutes and you took much, MUCH longer in the bathroom for your first date with Robert.”  Parents.
    “But honey I was going on a date,” my mother paused, “Oh.  Oh. Oh. I get it.  I guess you can take as long as you want.”  
    “Mom, what are you thinking?” I asked confused.  Why wasn’t my mom bothering me to get out of the bathroom?  That was a little freaky.
    “Oh, well you’re a girl and Jacob’s a boy and you what to look good for him.” Ew.  What in the world was my mom thinking.  She was watching way to many shows.
    “HEATHER! I AM NOT!” I screamed.  MOTHER’S ARE ALWAYS SO…UGH!
    “Young lady, you are not allowed to call your mother by her first name,” did she have to start this now, “it’s very rude.  If we were in Korea, I would have the right to smack you.”  Ooo she was messing with my mood.
    “For your information, WE ARE NOT IN KOREA!” I shouted, tears falling from my eyes.  It was a good think I wasn’t wearing any makeup yet.  Eye makeup was off the to-do list now.
    My mom took two deep breaths.
    “Taylor, I am not going to put up with your attitude, at least not tonight.  You better not behave like this at the Black’s house, you hear.”  Don’t worry; I won’t be near you tonight if I can help it, I thought.
    I pushed open the bathroom door and almost hit my mom, good.  She smiled to see I was ready.  I smirked back.
    Looking at my mom, I saw that I seemed very underdressed.  She was wearing a shimmering blue cocktail dress, suited for a bar and not suited for a mom.  I was only wearing black skinnys, my favorite and best looking pants, and a graphic tee.  Maybe she was just to overdressed.
“So your riding with me and Robert tonight, right Tee?” Ha, in your dreams.
“Uh, no,” I said rudely.  My mom rolled her eyes and muttered “Typical” I smiled.
As driving down the gravel rode I had many things on my mind.  What was Jacob’s house like?  What were his parents like?  Would it only be my family there?  That’s when the freakiest creature I ever saw caught my eye.
It looked like a wolf crossed with a bear, crossed with a horse.  It was standing on the side of the rode, almost hidden by the darkness.  It’s big black eyes met mine and shock crossed its face.  Could anything shock an animal, besides a shock collar?  
The more I stared at it the more human it looked.  Its big head tossed side to side as if trying to shake something out of it.  That’s when it howled.  
Crap, I thought, a wolf.  It shot off into the forest.  I exhaled a breath of relief and pushed my foot down harder so my car would exhilarate.  If I got caught by a police officer I wouldn’t care, it would be better than being caught be a wolf.
Very soon I pulled up to a small house I assumed to be Jacob’s.  Robert’s little Audi cope was parked outside it so I was pretty sure it was the right house.
Instead of getting out of the car right away, I sat back in my seat and listened to the radio.  My mind was still buzzing from that little encounter. Should I tell anyone, I thought.  I wouldn’t tell my parents I decided but I would tell Jacob, he was more likely to believe me.
I was about to get out of my car when someone knocked on my side window.  I jumped.  Jacob started laughing and opened the door for me.  I glowered at him.
“Hello happy,” he said cheerfully.  I hit his arm
“What was that for?” Jacob asked, I rolled my eyes.
“For scaring me,” I said, hitting him again, he laughed.
“I don’t consider knocking on a window scaring someone.” I rolled my eyes again then smiled.
“Well it is when the victim you’re scaring saw some…CREATURE on her way to his house.” I smiled even wider.  Jacob’s smiled faded.
“What did you see?” He asked quickly, not able to keep his hands still.
“Uh, I’m not super positive, but I think it was a wolf,” Jacob’s hands stopped moving, I continued, “well that’s what it looked like, but it was HUGE!  Like as big as a horse.”  I smiled bigger, “You don’t believe me do you?”
“No I do believe you and I know what you saw.” Jacob started shaking, I tilted my head.
“Have you seen it?” I asked, whispering.  Jacob looked around and nodded quickly.
“But lets not talk ‘bout that.  You ‘wanna come inside?” Jacob’s smile returned and he picked up my hair and dropped it back down.  I looked down at it and I looked like I just had a shower.
“That would be a good idea,” I said laughing, Jacob joined in.
“And maybe I should get you some clothes.”  We walked into his house laughing.