I immediately grasped what my mom had just said. I started to hyperventilate. Dad turned to look a mom " jeez bells, you're scaring her. you make it sound like a friken death sentence" He forces a smile and turns to look at me. Suddenly serious, he place both hands on both side of my face. "Liz, when exactly did you start to feel warmer?" "Um, just after I got to detentions in a row. At first I thought it was because I was so pissed." "Jake, what the hell are we going to do?" mom says quietly. Dad sucks in a deep breath a forces another smile "well, we're going to finish watching this movie and then we will order in pizza and, if Lizzy's up for it, we'll have a late night movie marathon." His smile is genuine and infectious. Mom smiles back, and sits back on the sofa leaning her head on dads broad shoulder. She bursts out laughing when, as soon as everyone's comfortable, the credits start. "never mind, it was a crappy movie anyway." She says as she picks up the phone " looks like we're having an early dinner."

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I wake up early the next morning and I feel as if I'm being burned. I call out to mom and dad and I feel as if I don't even have the energy to get out of bed. Within seconds they come running in. Dad looks at me and sighs "it happened so quickly."

Mom looks just as unhappy "how long will it take?" she says quietly. "twelve hours." He replies, just as quietly.

I was getting pissed of "twelve hours to what?" I ask although I already know the answer. "What is fucking happening to me" I scream.

"You're becoming a werewolf" dad replies

I grab the closest thing to me, my bedside lamp. And rip it from the socket and throw it at my dad.

"This is your fucking fault!" I scream. " I don't want to be a fucking wolf!"

As dad rubs his stomach, where the lamp hit him, he turns to mom.

"looks like she's already got the werewolf strength"