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Summary: Ruby is put on trial and Luke and Sophia delve deeper in their past.
Rating: R for language and mild violence.
A/N: Yep, the outcome of this Episode is gonna make you mad. Don't blame me; blame my muse. She's even making me mad. So I now have to add some things before she whines anymore *whacks muse*. Okay, apparently I forgot to mention that Luke's room has plush dark green carpet *glares at muse*, and Sophia's room has a fluffy pale blue area rug, and can I just ask anyone, is your muse as annoying as mine is, please tell me I'm not psycho and alone. And one last thing, in the series it was hinted that Willard had another wife before Vi, and that women is Ruby's mother. I'm gonna go with that story, and Ruby's mother's name will be Angie. Now that I've cleared all that up, maybe my muse will let me write the story. And one last plug for my journal, www.livejournal.com/~unprodicalgirl. Hehehe I'm an obsessive compulsive who's finally gotten her way, smiley, smiley.... Don't mind me, huge concert thing, being pissed at teachers *bends steel*
Thanks,
~Stigmata_Crow~
Episode 11: Guilty Until Proven Innocent.
(We see Sophia sitting the kitchen of the Donner home, eating breakfast. No real explanation needed here, we've seen it before, and I don't want to make any changes. For those who need a refresher, just think farmhouse kitchen. Music: Thank U, by Alanis Morissette, just for the purposes of a good opener.)
Matt comes in from the back door, stomping his feet and shaking the snow off of his coat. "I don't believe this! Last week I was patrolling in jeans and a t-shirt, and this morning I had to shovel snow for an hour just to get my car out of the drive." "Believe it, dad, it's what us locals call 'Seattle weather.' I thought you would be used to it by now." "Stop patronizing me and eat your Cheerios. Shouldn't you be at school?" "Nope, heater broke, No school for the rest of the week." "Oh, okay." Matt walked to the closet and put his coat away. "Have you talked to Scott?" "Sophia rolled her eyes and sighed. "I'll take that as a yes, how'd it go?" "Let's just say Luke made his point, no human guy will ever go out with me again." "That bad, eh? You want me to arrest him on some phony charge?" Nah, dad, that's ok, but he does have some outstanding speeding tickets...." "Will do. So Soph, I was thinking, tomorrow we could go to the mall and finish our Christmas shopping." "Can't Dad, and neither can you, Ruby's trial is today, and we have to go." Matt scratched his head while cringing. "Do we have to?" "Does this have anything to do with the fact that the last Lupus Corripiere (A/N decided that brackets shall only be used on wolfy thoughts, aren't I confusing?) was over you marrying Mom?" Matt shrugged, "I'm sure that it will be much more fun now that I'm not the one on the stand...." "What is the whole trial about?" "I don't know hun, Ruby's up for totally different crimes than I was." "No, you both were charged with having a bond with an ungulate." "Yes, but Ruby has many charges against her. Endangerment to the Pack, disobeying the direct orders of the Alpha, abandoning her Mate to seek a bond with another...." "Wow.... Well can you tell what, basically, will happen?" "Well... it will be in the middle of the woods." "How will we get there?" "Follow the wolves, they'll led the way." "What are you talking about?" "An old nursery rhyme. My Grandmother told it to me. It speaks of how a Skin Walker can always find safety from the Sáighdiura." "The what?" "Sáighdiur, plural Sáighdiura, it means hunter (A/N: in Gaelic, well actually it means archer, but the word for hunter was really ugly. Lupus Teangadh {Wolf Tongue, I've decided to give the damn language that I seem to be creating a name a name) will be compromised of mainly Latin, Gaelic and words I make up, therefore, in my very screwed up version, Skin Walker origins were in the British Isles and moved throughout Europe. Sometimes I wish that I would just know this at the beginning rather than having to disperse it throughout the story) that's what the people who chased us out of Europe called themselves." "That funny language, Lupas... Lupinus... Lupus Teangadh." Matt nodded. "Sherman was talking about it last Friday. Why haven't I heard that word before.?" "The whole Pack is so scared of the Sáighdiura, that they call them, well Them, They or, Malefice." "Evil, they call them evil...." Matt nodded.
Sophia turned back to face her father. "So how does the rhyme go?" I can't remember, I'll have to go searching for it. It's around here somewhere." "Well what do you mean by 'follow the wolves'?" "The wolves around here aren't real wolves, you know that, but sometimes, some members of the pack are given the task to protect the Pack. By doing so they remain in their wolven skin for years at a time. This gives them amazing powers. They will guide the Haven. Your Grandmother is one of them, you've never met her." "Oh... so I'll see her?" "Yes, but you can't talk to her, she'll have to guard us, making sure no human comes upon the Haven." "Why is their so much security? Can't we just have this at the Church?" "Well, hun, we've lost so much of ourselves, that we'll do anything to get some of it back. Which brings me to my next point. When free of restraint, everybody uh, gets back to nature." Sophia laughed at her father's uneasiness. "I take it that some people might not be quite human." "Or clothed for that matter." Sophia blushed deep red. "Is...is, is everybody going to be there?" "Yes." Sophia blushed a little more. "Well, we can go shopping on Saturday. I'm going to do an extra shift at the diner, then hang out with Sarah," and with that Sophia rushed up stairs to get dressed. Matt chuckled at his daughter. "What did you expect, Soph, a tea party?"
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(We cut to the Cates living room, once again no description needed. If you can't see it, think rich, likes dark colours and wood. Vi sits, playing the piano. Luke comes in, wondering what the noise is.)
Luke walked into to the living room to be greeted with his mother playing Für Elise. He walked up to the piano. "I forgot you played." "So did I." "Well, I'm going out, be home before midnight." Luke headed out the door. "Wait." His mother got up from the piano. Luke turned around. "What?" "I know you mad at me...." "Mad at you? For what? For you putting my sister on a capture or kill order? For you putting her through this trial? Or maybe for fucking my sisters fiancé at my fathers funeral?" I have a million fucking reasons to be pissed at you! Now I can see how you might put Ruby on trial, even I can admit that she was causing trouble, but why the hell were you in bed with that rat bastard Tyler?!" "Are you that thick? Tyler might have been the next Alpha. I couldn't take the chance that her might order your death, Luke. I may not be the best mother, but I'm yours, and I will do anything in my power to protect you, even if that means giving Tyler whatever he wants!"
Luke's mouth dropped open. "So that's why you're sending Ruby up the river. You're going to give Ruby to Tyler to protect me. She may not be your daughter, but she's my sister, and I can't let that happen." "So what do you want me to do, Luke? I can either force Ruby To accept Tyler, or let her go with Kanin and potentially endanger the whole pack. I can't do anything else, except maybe kill Kanin, which would only cause Ruby to run away, and when we do catch her, the only answer will be do lock her up." Luke calmed down. "I agree with you there, we have to get Officer Asshole out of here. But how?" "Right now the only answer is for him to find Ruby, dead or alive." Luke got mad again. "What are you suggesting?" "I'm not suggesting anything, but sooner or later somebody's going to suggest that we kill her, make it look like she drowned herself and let Kanin find the body. I don't want that to happen, Ruby is an asset. And anyway, it wouldn't work. Kanin wouldn't believe she was suicidal, assume it was a murder and stick around until found out who killed her. And we'll have to kill him, which will solve the safety problem, but Ruby won't be alive. You know I don't want to hurt her, Luke, I'm just trying to what's in the best interest of the Pack." Luke nodded. "But how dangerous can he be?" "He has links to the FBI, Luke. And he's an honest cop." "I take it that you think that is a bad quality?" "He's too honest. He won't like the way we run things. He'll call it unnecessary killing and try to stop it. He might bring the bureau into this, and Ruby will stand by his side. I don't want my Pack to die out just because one member didn't like being a Skin Walker. I swear Luke, if They find us because of her, I'll torture her, then hand her over to them, and you know what they do to white wolves." "The Five Disgraces, then an imaginative brutal killing, yes mother, I know, so you don't have to repeat any of them." Luke turned to leave when Vivian put her arm around him.
"I don't like this, you know that. If it were up to me I'd kill Tyler where he stands, but I have to do this, for you. We are going back to the old ways. Remember the vow your great grandfather made 100 years ago? They would try democracy, to a certain extent, in the Pack, until a white female is born again, then the Monarchy will reign again. They should have known that the time was near, the Cates family coming back into power. You are very important Luke. And so is Sophia." Luke faced his mother. "What does she have to do with this?" She's stronger than you think Luke, and I think that you're making good choice, leaning towards her. Presley is pathetic, and will never be up to Alpha standards." Luke sighed. "I know, but what does Sophia have to do with this." "Never mind that, I think I hear Sean walking towards here, go pick him up." "But mom...." "Just go." Vivian pushed Luke out the door, and went back to the piano. "You'll see, son. You'll see...." And with that she started into Ave Maria.
***
(Cut to the Wolf Lake diner, Sophia had just finished her shift and is getting ready to leave with Sarah. It's dark out side, around 7. Put Luke in a leather Jacket in this scene, it just seems to fit.)
"And them he comes right out and says that people might have a lack of clothing, and I start blushing, because I think...." "That you might see Luke 'pride and joys'?" Sophia blushed again "Shut up." "But I'm right aren't I?" "Yes, now shut up before I dent a car with you." "I still can't believe you did that." "Yeah, well I did." "Speaking of denting cars, your last dent just walked in." Sophia turned around and her eyes met Luke's. The recent rediscovery of the box of lilies made it unbearable to see him. She turned around before she would give him the privilege to watch her break.
"Come on, Sarah, let's go." They started to walk towards the door, when Luke grabbed her. "Soph I need to talk to you." Her eyes flashed sudden gold. "Don't call me 'Soph.' Now let me go." Sarah stepped in. "Come Luke, let her go. Don't do this here." "Sarah, take a walk, Sophia's coming with me." Sarah backed off. This was her Alpha; she couldn't disobey him. "Sarah, stay here. I'm not going anywhere with you." She looked behind him to see the Brat Pack, Presley, Sean, and Alex. They all had smirks on their faces. They all thought she was just going to bend for him. Presley still thought she was going to let herself be Luke's new pet. "I'm not one of your obedient puppies." That comment annoyed Presley, and she tried to lunge for Sophia, but Luke stopped her. "Fine, we'll do this your way." He motioned for Alex and Sean to get out of the way. Sarah and Sophia left. Luke let Presley go.
"Stupid zoo-bait...." Presley found herself being picked up by the throat and slammed into a wall. "If I ever hear those words pass through your lips again, I will have your liver for lunch, your kidneys for dinner, and your heart for an midnight snack. Do you understand me?" "Presley quickly nodded. Luke let her go, and walked out the door, with her giving him an evil glare.
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(Cut to Sophia's bedroom. We see Sophia just get out have the shower, wrapped in a towel. Music Cemetery, by Silverchair)
Sophia began brushing her hair, while trying to keep her towel up. Just then she thought she heard something rustling through the grass, but brush it off as her newly improved hearing picking up a rabbit or squirrel. Then she heard the window open. A voice whispered, "Sophia!" She turned around to see Luke, obviously kneeling on the roof below her window, leaning into her bedroom. She crept to the window, and kneeled on the floor, resting her arms on the window seat. "Luke! What are you doing here?" she whispered. "I said I had to talk you." "You're a stubborn ass!" Luke smiled. "You know you love it. Why weren't you at school on Monday?" Sophia rolled her eyes. "I was resting." Luke looked puzzled. "Why?" "Because of you." "What?" "You got me so mad that I almost Flipped." Luke got a smirk on his face. "I told you I'd help you, one way or another. So that's why I saw you go to Sherman's on Friday. And that must be what my mother was rambling on about, you being special and all. You might be the first half-breed to flip." That comment made Sophia narrows her eyes. She slapped the smile off of Luke's face. He grabbed her hand before she could do anything else. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called you that." Sophia pulled her arm away from Luke. "Luke... can you just go. I don't want to talk to you right now." "What's wrong?" Luke... I found it..." "Found what?" "The lily." Luke swallowed. "Can I see it?" Sophia sighed. "Fine." She turned around and dug under her dresser to get the box. She picked it up and carried it to the window and handed it to Luke. "Here." "Can I come in?" "Sure, why not, but be quiet, or my dad will wake up." As Luke stepped through the windowsill, Sophia's eyes widened and she gasped. He. Was. Naked. There was a _naked_ man in her bedroom. "Luke... why...oh my God..." Sophia put her hands over her eyes. Luke chuckled and leaned against the windowsill. "How did you think I got here? I had to swim, and I sure wasn't doing it like this, I'd freeze my balls off." "Wouldn't have froze your balls off from just being outside?" Luke's grin was from ear to ear. "You know that my body heat is well above the norm." "Luke, why did you ask to come in here when you knew you were naked?" Luke's smirk grew even wider. "Don't look so shy hun, you're naked too." Sophia peeled her hands off her eyes and looked down. She _was_ naked. Apparently, in all her excitement, she had dropped the towel. "Oh...OH!" She bent down and quickly picked up the towel, the scurried to her bed, picked up a blanket and threw it at Luke. He obliged, and wrapped it around his waist, still leaving his muscular chest for her to blush at. He sat down and opened the box to see dozens of dried lilies. "Why so many?" "I told Sherman about it back then. He left me a bunch of gifts, with them in it." Luke dug around and found the lily wrapped in tissue. He opened it and turned it around in his hands. "Luke, I think you need to go."
Luke got up and grabbed her shoulders. "Did you really think that Sherman gave you these?" Sophia looked confused. "What are you getting at?" He looked up at her. Do I have to list him for you? (As Luke speak, we see 13- year-old Sophia, at the end of her walkway opening the gifts that he talks about) The first one was brownies, the next three were teddy bears, the next two were dolls, the next five after that were chocolate chip cookies, the next one was another doll, and the last three were wolf figurines. A crystal one, a stone one, and the last one was a native carving. All of them wrapped in blue and purple paper, tied in a white bow, containing your favourite lily, pure white with a periwinkle hue on the inside." Sophia's mouth dropped open. "It was you? But...but why?" Luke shrugged. "My way of saying sorry. I figured out why you never came later that day, because of your dad. I realized that it wasn't your fault, but I never got up the courage to say I was sorry." "How did you get them here?" I used one of my dad's belt to strap them to my stomach, then Flipped and carried them over at night." At this time tears were streaming down both Luke's and Sophia's cheeks. Sophia walked toward Luke and put his face in her hands. "Luke, I did try to come I really did. (As Sophia talks there is a small flashback, seeing her standing at the bottom of the staircase, just starting to walk up the stairs, hear a blood-curdling scream made by Luke. She gets scared and freezes, then her father comes in the front door, grabs her and carries her out.) After a few days I wanted to go see you, but my dad won't let me. So one Saturday, I go up really early and ran all the way to your house. Your mother answered the door, and said that you wanted to see me and for me to go right up. I started to climb the stairs, but I heard you scream. You were just in so much pain, and I got scared. Then my father showed up and pulled me away before I could get to you."
Sophia couldn't look at him and lowered her eyes. Luke wiped the tears of both their faces and slightly smirked at the irony. "So our friendship crumbled because of a misunderstanding." "That's life, eh." Luke pulled her face up. Can you give me another chance?" "Ok, Luke, but there are some conditions. No more screwing Presley behind my back." He nodded, looking completely honest. "And no more thinking you own me." Luke chuckled. "Ok, I don't own you, not yet anyway." "And we aren't an 'item,' so ff I do chose to go out one a date, and don't worry, it won't be with Scott, you scared him away, you won't throw him across the street." "Sure, just as long as you don't hurt my car." Sophia laughed then looked at the clock on the nightstand. "Luke, you really have to go now." He raised his hands in defeat. "Alright I'll go." He stepped out side the window, then took off the blanket and handed it to Sophia. She put it back on her bed. "Sophia...." She turned back around and went to the windowsill. "What?" He grabbed the nape of her neck and pulled her down for an earth-shattering kiss. As he let her go, she almost fell. "Sorry," he said with a chuckle. "I never was one to go slow. Towel." She looked down to see that she dropped her towel again. "OH!" She pulled the towel back up and looked at Luke again, just in time to see his face morph into that of a wolf. He jumped off the roof and jumped into the lake. Sophia smiled, and then shut the window and went to find her pajamas.
(Cut to commercial)
A/N: Yes, I had to make you wait, but don't worry; the next chapter will be the trial. Now you do you see why I said don't knock Luke til you try him. Thanks for all the praise, next chapter out soon.
Summary: Ruby is put on trial and Luke and Sophia delve deeper in their past.
Rating: R for language and mild violence.
A/N: Yep, the outcome of this Episode is gonna make you mad. Don't blame me; blame my muse. She's even making me mad. So I now have to add some things before she whines anymore *whacks muse*. Okay, apparently I forgot to mention that Luke's room has plush dark green carpet *glares at muse*, and Sophia's room has a fluffy pale blue area rug, and can I just ask anyone, is your muse as annoying as mine is, please tell me I'm not psycho and alone. And one last thing, in the series it was hinted that Willard had another wife before Vi, and that women is Ruby's mother. I'm gonna go with that story, and Ruby's mother's name will be Angie. Now that I've cleared all that up, maybe my muse will let me write the story. And one last plug for my journal, www.livejournal.com/~unprodicalgirl. Hehehe I'm an obsessive compulsive who's finally gotten her way, smiley, smiley.... Don't mind me, huge concert thing, being pissed at teachers *bends steel*
Thanks,
~Stigmata_Crow~
Episode 11: Guilty Until Proven Innocent.
(We see Sophia sitting the kitchen of the Donner home, eating breakfast. No real explanation needed here, we've seen it before, and I don't want to make any changes. For those who need a refresher, just think farmhouse kitchen. Music: Thank U, by Alanis Morissette, just for the purposes of a good opener.)
Matt comes in from the back door, stomping his feet and shaking the snow off of his coat. "I don't believe this! Last week I was patrolling in jeans and a t-shirt, and this morning I had to shovel snow for an hour just to get my car out of the drive." "Believe it, dad, it's what us locals call 'Seattle weather.' I thought you would be used to it by now." "Stop patronizing me and eat your Cheerios. Shouldn't you be at school?" "Nope, heater broke, No school for the rest of the week." "Oh, okay." Matt walked to the closet and put his coat away. "Have you talked to Scott?" "Sophia rolled her eyes and sighed. "I'll take that as a yes, how'd it go?" "Let's just say Luke made his point, no human guy will ever go out with me again." "That bad, eh? You want me to arrest him on some phony charge?" Nah, dad, that's ok, but he does have some outstanding speeding tickets...." "Will do. So Soph, I was thinking, tomorrow we could go to the mall and finish our Christmas shopping." "Can't Dad, and neither can you, Ruby's trial is today, and we have to go." Matt scratched his head while cringing. "Do we have to?" "Does this have anything to do with the fact that the last Lupus Corripiere (A/N decided that brackets shall only be used on wolfy thoughts, aren't I confusing?) was over you marrying Mom?" Matt shrugged, "I'm sure that it will be much more fun now that I'm not the one on the stand...." "What is the whole trial about?" "I don't know hun, Ruby's up for totally different crimes than I was." "No, you both were charged with having a bond with an ungulate." "Yes, but Ruby has many charges against her. Endangerment to the Pack, disobeying the direct orders of the Alpha, abandoning her Mate to seek a bond with another...." "Wow.... Well can you tell what, basically, will happen?" "Well... it will be in the middle of the woods." "How will we get there?" "Follow the wolves, they'll led the way." "What are you talking about?" "An old nursery rhyme. My Grandmother told it to me. It speaks of how a Skin Walker can always find safety from the Sáighdiura." "The what?" "Sáighdiur, plural Sáighdiura, it means hunter (A/N: in Gaelic, well actually it means archer, but the word for hunter was really ugly. Lupus Teangadh {Wolf Tongue, I've decided to give the damn language that I seem to be creating a name a name) will be compromised of mainly Latin, Gaelic and words I make up, therefore, in my very screwed up version, Skin Walker origins were in the British Isles and moved throughout Europe. Sometimes I wish that I would just know this at the beginning rather than having to disperse it throughout the story) that's what the people who chased us out of Europe called themselves." "That funny language, Lupas... Lupinus... Lupus Teangadh." Matt nodded. "Sherman was talking about it last Friday. Why haven't I heard that word before.?" "The whole Pack is so scared of the Sáighdiura, that they call them, well Them, They or, Malefice." "Evil, they call them evil...." Matt nodded.
Sophia turned back to face her father. "So how does the rhyme go?" I can't remember, I'll have to go searching for it. It's around here somewhere." "Well what do you mean by 'follow the wolves'?" "The wolves around here aren't real wolves, you know that, but sometimes, some members of the pack are given the task to protect the Pack. By doing so they remain in their wolven skin for years at a time. This gives them amazing powers. They will guide the Haven. Your Grandmother is one of them, you've never met her." "Oh... so I'll see her?" "Yes, but you can't talk to her, she'll have to guard us, making sure no human comes upon the Haven." "Why is their so much security? Can't we just have this at the Church?" "Well, hun, we've lost so much of ourselves, that we'll do anything to get some of it back. Which brings me to my next point. When free of restraint, everybody uh, gets back to nature." Sophia laughed at her father's uneasiness. "I take it that some people might not be quite human." "Or clothed for that matter." Sophia blushed deep red. "Is...is, is everybody going to be there?" "Yes." Sophia blushed a little more. "Well, we can go shopping on Saturday. I'm going to do an extra shift at the diner, then hang out with Sarah," and with that Sophia rushed up stairs to get dressed. Matt chuckled at his daughter. "What did you expect, Soph, a tea party?"
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(We cut to the Cates living room, once again no description needed. If you can't see it, think rich, likes dark colours and wood. Vi sits, playing the piano. Luke comes in, wondering what the noise is.)
Luke walked into to the living room to be greeted with his mother playing Für Elise. He walked up to the piano. "I forgot you played." "So did I." "Well, I'm going out, be home before midnight." Luke headed out the door. "Wait." His mother got up from the piano. Luke turned around. "What?" "I know you mad at me...." "Mad at you? For what? For you putting my sister on a capture or kill order? For you putting her through this trial? Or maybe for fucking my sisters fiancé at my fathers funeral?" I have a million fucking reasons to be pissed at you! Now I can see how you might put Ruby on trial, even I can admit that she was causing trouble, but why the hell were you in bed with that rat bastard Tyler?!" "Are you that thick? Tyler might have been the next Alpha. I couldn't take the chance that her might order your death, Luke. I may not be the best mother, but I'm yours, and I will do anything in my power to protect you, even if that means giving Tyler whatever he wants!"
Luke's mouth dropped open. "So that's why you're sending Ruby up the river. You're going to give Ruby to Tyler to protect me. She may not be your daughter, but she's my sister, and I can't let that happen." "So what do you want me to do, Luke? I can either force Ruby To accept Tyler, or let her go with Kanin and potentially endanger the whole pack. I can't do anything else, except maybe kill Kanin, which would only cause Ruby to run away, and when we do catch her, the only answer will be do lock her up." Luke calmed down. "I agree with you there, we have to get Officer Asshole out of here. But how?" "Right now the only answer is for him to find Ruby, dead or alive." Luke got mad again. "What are you suggesting?" "I'm not suggesting anything, but sooner or later somebody's going to suggest that we kill her, make it look like she drowned herself and let Kanin find the body. I don't want that to happen, Ruby is an asset. And anyway, it wouldn't work. Kanin wouldn't believe she was suicidal, assume it was a murder and stick around until found out who killed her. And we'll have to kill him, which will solve the safety problem, but Ruby won't be alive. You know I don't want to hurt her, Luke, I'm just trying to what's in the best interest of the Pack." Luke nodded. "But how dangerous can he be?" "He has links to the FBI, Luke. And he's an honest cop." "I take it that you think that is a bad quality?" "He's too honest. He won't like the way we run things. He'll call it unnecessary killing and try to stop it. He might bring the bureau into this, and Ruby will stand by his side. I don't want my Pack to die out just because one member didn't like being a Skin Walker. I swear Luke, if They find us because of her, I'll torture her, then hand her over to them, and you know what they do to white wolves." "The Five Disgraces, then an imaginative brutal killing, yes mother, I know, so you don't have to repeat any of them." Luke turned to leave when Vivian put her arm around him.
"I don't like this, you know that. If it were up to me I'd kill Tyler where he stands, but I have to do this, for you. We are going back to the old ways. Remember the vow your great grandfather made 100 years ago? They would try democracy, to a certain extent, in the Pack, until a white female is born again, then the Monarchy will reign again. They should have known that the time was near, the Cates family coming back into power. You are very important Luke. And so is Sophia." Luke faced his mother. "What does she have to do with this?" She's stronger than you think Luke, and I think that you're making good choice, leaning towards her. Presley is pathetic, and will never be up to Alpha standards." Luke sighed. "I know, but what does Sophia have to do with this." "Never mind that, I think I hear Sean walking towards here, go pick him up." "But mom...." "Just go." Vivian pushed Luke out the door, and went back to the piano. "You'll see, son. You'll see...." And with that she started into Ave Maria.
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(Cut to the Wolf Lake diner, Sophia had just finished her shift and is getting ready to leave with Sarah. It's dark out side, around 7. Put Luke in a leather Jacket in this scene, it just seems to fit.)
"And them he comes right out and says that people might have a lack of clothing, and I start blushing, because I think...." "That you might see Luke 'pride and joys'?" Sophia blushed again "Shut up." "But I'm right aren't I?" "Yes, now shut up before I dent a car with you." "I still can't believe you did that." "Yeah, well I did." "Speaking of denting cars, your last dent just walked in." Sophia turned around and her eyes met Luke's. The recent rediscovery of the box of lilies made it unbearable to see him. She turned around before she would give him the privilege to watch her break.
"Come on, Sarah, let's go." They started to walk towards the door, when Luke grabbed her. "Soph I need to talk to you." Her eyes flashed sudden gold. "Don't call me 'Soph.' Now let me go." Sarah stepped in. "Come Luke, let her go. Don't do this here." "Sarah, take a walk, Sophia's coming with me." Sarah backed off. This was her Alpha; she couldn't disobey him. "Sarah, stay here. I'm not going anywhere with you." She looked behind him to see the Brat Pack, Presley, Sean, and Alex. They all had smirks on their faces. They all thought she was just going to bend for him. Presley still thought she was going to let herself be Luke's new pet. "I'm not one of your obedient puppies." That comment annoyed Presley, and she tried to lunge for Sophia, but Luke stopped her. "Fine, we'll do this your way." He motioned for Alex and Sean to get out of the way. Sarah and Sophia left. Luke let Presley go.
"Stupid zoo-bait...." Presley found herself being picked up by the throat and slammed into a wall. "If I ever hear those words pass through your lips again, I will have your liver for lunch, your kidneys for dinner, and your heart for an midnight snack. Do you understand me?" "Presley quickly nodded. Luke let her go, and walked out the door, with her giving him an evil glare.
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(Cut to Sophia's bedroom. We see Sophia just get out have the shower, wrapped in a towel. Music Cemetery, by Silverchair)
Sophia began brushing her hair, while trying to keep her towel up. Just then she thought she heard something rustling through the grass, but brush it off as her newly improved hearing picking up a rabbit or squirrel. Then she heard the window open. A voice whispered, "Sophia!" She turned around to see Luke, obviously kneeling on the roof below her window, leaning into her bedroom. She crept to the window, and kneeled on the floor, resting her arms on the window seat. "Luke! What are you doing here?" she whispered. "I said I had to talk you." "You're a stubborn ass!" Luke smiled. "You know you love it. Why weren't you at school on Monday?" Sophia rolled her eyes. "I was resting." Luke looked puzzled. "Why?" "Because of you." "What?" "You got me so mad that I almost Flipped." Luke got a smirk on his face. "I told you I'd help you, one way or another. So that's why I saw you go to Sherman's on Friday. And that must be what my mother was rambling on about, you being special and all. You might be the first half-breed to flip." That comment made Sophia narrows her eyes. She slapped the smile off of Luke's face. He grabbed her hand before she could do anything else. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called you that." Sophia pulled her arm away from Luke. "Luke... can you just go. I don't want to talk to you right now." "What's wrong?" Luke... I found it..." "Found what?" "The lily." Luke swallowed. "Can I see it?" Sophia sighed. "Fine." She turned around and dug under her dresser to get the box. She picked it up and carried it to the window and handed it to Luke. "Here." "Can I come in?" "Sure, why not, but be quiet, or my dad will wake up." As Luke stepped through the windowsill, Sophia's eyes widened and she gasped. He. Was. Naked. There was a _naked_ man in her bedroom. "Luke... why...oh my God..." Sophia put her hands over her eyes. Luke chuckled and leaned against the windowsill. "How did you think I got here? I had to swim, and I sure wasn't doing it like this, I'd freeze my balls off." "Wouldn't have froze your balls off from just being outside?" Luke's grin was from ear to ear. "You know that my body heat is well above the norm." "Luke, why did you ask to come in here when you knew you were naked?" Luke's smirk grew even wider. "Don't look so shy hun, you're naked too." Sophia peeled her hands off her eyes and looked down. She _was_ naked. Apparently, in all her excitement, she had dropped the towel. "Oh...OH!" She bent down and quickly picked up the towel, the scurried to her bed, picked up a blanket and threw it at Luke. He obliged, and wrapped it around his waist, still leaving his muscular chest for her to blush at. He sat down and opened the box to see dozens of dried lilies. "Why so many?" "I told Sherman about it back then. He left me a bunch of gifts, with them in it." Luke dug around and found the lily wrapped in tissue. He opened it and turned it around in his hands. "Luke, I think you need to go."
Luke got up and grabbed her shoulders. "Did you really think that Sherman gave you these?" Sophia looked confused. "What are you getting at?" He looked up at her. Do I have to list him for you? (As Luke speak, we see 13- year-old Sophia, at the end of her walkway opening the gifts that he talks about) The first one was brownies, the next three were teddy bears, the next two were dolls, the next five after that were chocolate chip cookies, the next one was another doll, and the last three were wolf figurines. A crystal one, a stone one, and the last one was a native carving. All of them wrapped in blue and purple paper, tied in a white bow, containing your favourite lily, pure white with a periwinkle hue on the inside." Sophia's mouth dropped open. "It was you? But...but why?" Luke shrugged. "My way of saying sorry. I figured out why you never came later that day, because of your dad. I realized that it wasn't your fault, but I never got up the courage to say I was sorry." "How did you get them here?" I used one of my dad's belt to strap them to my stomach, then Flipped and carried them over at night." At this time tears were streaming down both Luke's and Sophia's cheeks. Sophia walked toward Luke and put his face in her hands. "Luke, I did try to come I really did. (As Sophia talks there is a small flashback, seeing her standing at the bottom of the staircase, just starting to walk up the stairs, hear a blood-curdling scream made by Luke. She gets scared and freezes, then her father comes in the front door, grabs her and carries her out.) After a few days I wanted to go see you, but my dad won't let me. So one Saturday, I go up really early and ran all the way to your house. Your mother answered the door, and said that you wanted to see me and for me to go right up. I started to climb the stairs, but I heard you scream. You were just in so much pain, and I got scared. Then my father showed up and pulled me away before I could get to you."
Sophia couldn't look at him and lowered her eyes. Luke wiped the tears of both their faces and slightly smirked at the irony. "So our friendship crumbled because of a misunderstanding." "That's life, eh." Luke pulled her face up. Can you give me another chance?" "Ok, Luke, but there are some conditions. No more screwing Presley behind my back." He nodded, looking completely honest. "And no more thinking you own me." Luke chuckled. "Ok, I don't own you, not yet anyway." "And we aren't an 'item,' so ff I do chose to go out one a date, and don't worry, it won't be with Scott, you scared him away, you won't throw him across the street." "Sure, just as long as you don't hurt my car." Sophia laughed then looked at the clock on the nightstand. "Luke, you really have to go now." He raised his hands in defeat. "Alright I'll go." He stepped out side the window, then took off the blanket and handed it to Sophia. She put it back on her bed. "Sophia...." She turned back around and went to the windowsill. "What?" He grabbed the nape of her neck and pulled her down for an earth-shattering kiss. As he let her go, she almost fell. "Sorry," he said with a chuckle. "I never was one to go slow. Towel." She looked down to see that she dropped her towel again. "OH!" She pulled the towel back up and looked at Luke again, just in time to see his face morph into that of a wolf. He jumped off the roof and jumped into the lake. Sophia smiled, and then shut the window and went to find her pajamas.
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A/N: Yes, I had to make you wait, but don't worry; the next chapter will be the trial. Now you do you see why I said don't knock Luke til you try him. Thanks for all the praise, next chapter out soon.