I crossed campus in my uniform, not wanting to get stopped by an angry professor again. My gi was in a duffel bag I carried with me.

-Sorry you couldn't escort Katie tonight- I texted Caleb. It would have been nice to see him.

-Yeah, but not surprising. I can't drive yet and only one escort per girl is allowed-

I scrolled through Facebook as I walked across campus. I was chuckling at all of the people commenting on Caleb's profile picture of us demanding it we were dating now. He hadn't answered any of them. He couldn't. Even though he'd kissed me. I couldn't claim him as a boyfriend until after I'd given the others a fair chance. Caleb knew that too, thankfully, so he wouldn't pressure me.

-Dad's having my birthday party on Friday night. Are you coming?-

-Wouldn't miss it- I replied, glad that I had ordered his present tonight. It would be waiting at my parents' in time for his party. I sent a quick message to my mom telling her what I had ordered and asking her to wrap it so I could take it to Caleb's party on Friday.

"Sammi!" I heard Katie's cry and turned to see the girl barreling towards me before we reached the dojo. I dropped my bag and swept her up into a hug. She was adorable in a brand new gi with her stiff new white belt. "Daddy's going to let me learn karate," she told me proudly.

"I heard," I smiled at her. I saw my dad, Mr. Silverwolf, Eric, and Abi coming up the path. Dad and Mr. Silverwolf were walking together behind Eric and Abi. Abi was looking shy in her new gi too, but Eric was chatting with her.

"Good evening Mr. Silverwolf," I greeted him. The rest were family, so I could greet them second.

"Good evening, Sam," he replied formally. "Thank you for setting this up. Katie is very excited." I smiled at him.

"She deserves training to protect herself," I replied. I greeted my family with hugs quickly, then turned to Katie. "Ready to learn?" I asked her. She bounced in her excitement, her wolf ears peeking out from under her hair. I chuckled and led her inside the dojo. I made the introductions to Professor Kinoshita and left them to go change into my own gi. I came back and we had a great class teaching Abi and Katie the basics while the boys sat in the waiting room right outside talking. At one point I saw dad discussing something with the Headmistress heatedly. She had apparently come by to check out the first shifter class.

Class ended with a very happy Katie who went to her dad and started babbling about all of the things she learned. I walked back with dad until the path split. "You seemed upset with the Headmistress," I commented. I wanted to know what the argument was about. He stiffened and nodded.

"I don't like those tattoos and she needed to know that." I crossed my arms, hiding my hands from him.

"I don't like them either," I told him. "But it's the vampire council's decree because of all the attacks on vampires." I tried to show him a brave face, especially since we were in public. Mr. Silverwolf was basically family, but he wasn't quite family enough to have dad confess something like this in front of him. We were walking far enough back to be out of earshot, but he still wasn't taking any chances.

He left me where the path branched off, heading to the school in one direction and to the dorms in the other. "Be safe kitten, I love you," he told me.

"Love you too, daddy,"

"We'll see you tomorrow, Sam," Abi told me. Eric and Katie would be back tomorrow too. I wasn't sure about the other escorts. They would probably switch out, but I had a feeling I'd be seeing Eric almost every day. He even insisted on walking me back to my house, even though I was perfectly safe on campus.

"See you tomorrow," he told me once we were safely at my door. He ruffled my hair and I grumped at him. He just laughed and turned to catch up with the others. I went inside to talk to my friends online while doing homework before bed.