"I can't change here, Chloe. There's no room and I don't want Simon and Tori there when I change."

"I understand that but how are we going to get you out of here in time to change without everyone else noticing?"

Derek's hand slid behind her and pulled the handle to the hatch.

"Are you crazy?" Chloe whispered.

"No, I'd be crazy to change in here though."

Chloe looked around and realized he was right. There was no space to change in here and his only way out was the hatch.

"Are you coming?" Derek asked, sounding desperate.

Chloe looked out the hatch, the van was moving quickly and it would be a hard fall. Simon and Tori seemed to be sleeping sound enough to not be bothered by the noise or slight breeze. It was fairly warm outside and the only breeze was the one that was coming in because the car was moving. Derek held his hand out to Chloe. She took his hand and couldn't help but wonder if he only needed her to help him get through this. Did he really need her any other time? Chloe took and deep breathe and cleared her head from all thoughts, he needed her now and that was all that mattered.

"You jump first ok, then I'll jump," Derek said to Chloe.

Derek pulled Chloe towards him until she was in fact sitting on his lap. She turned her head slightly waiting for the nod to jump. She stared into his eyes and leaned into kiss him. Before she could he gestured for her to jump. She closed her eyes and lunged forward. She hit the ground hard. She tried to force her eyes to stay open but she fell unconscious.

When Chloe opened her eyes she was staring directly at the sun. She sat up hoping to see that Derek was ok after the fall. To her surprise she was slightly off to the side of the road as was Derek. Derek was still unconscious and she realised the fall must have affected him more while he was changing.

"This was a stupid idea. Why did I ever agree to it?" Chloe moaned.

"Because you care," Derek groaned back.

Chloe got up and ran over to Derek. She kneeled beside him. Muscle spasms took over his body.

"We have to get you out of here. What if someone drives by?"

Derek tried to get up but fell in the attempt. Chloe wrapped her arms around him and slightly lifted him. She was too small and weak to successfully move him.

"Derek, I know it's hard but you're going to have to help me move you," she said in short breaths.

Derek slightly moved his legs in attempt to move. They finally reached the border of the forest. Chloe helped Derek go a bit further in before he collapsed. Chloe sat next to him and talked to him about how everything would be ok, and sure enough the change was complete. In front of her stood a black wolf.

"So do you want to just stay here and wait it out?"

Derek nodded.

"You don't need to stay awake. I know you're tired, you can sleep, I'll be fine."

Derek hesitated before curling up and closing his eyes. Chloe could tell he was keeping his ears open in case anyone was nearby.

Chloe thought about Simon and Tori and wondered if they had noticed they were gone. She thought about what they would do or if they would just assume Derek was changing. She was trying really hard not to think about what dead things could be in the forest. She didn't want to go back to the bat incident.

Chloe was pretty sure it was about an hour before Derek finally woke up and began to change back. When the change back was complete Derek looked at her just looking relieved.

"No raising of the dead this time?" he joked.

"Not that I know of."

It took a second for his smile to fade and to realise that she had been serious. She looked away and desperately tried to think of a way to change the subject.

"So how do you suppose we find Simon and Tori this time?" she asked.

"I may be able to pick up the scent if they are nearby. If not we'll have to follow the road until we can find a place to call Dad's cell phone."

"Why does it seem like you already had this planned out?"

Derek stayed silent.

"How long did you know you were changing before you decided to make it known?"

Once again, he didn't say anything.

"Derek, if there is some pattern to your changes I'd like to know so I can be there for you and not have to guess if you're changing or not!"

"There's no pattern. If there is, I don't know about it."

It was Chloe's turn to stay silent. She looked at his face seeing that he looked tired and worn out.

"You need rest," she finally said in a tone no louder than a whisper.

"You're right."

Derek pulled his clothes back on and laid against a rock. He quickly fell asleep leaving Chloe once again with only her thoughts to occupy her.