I stared in the mirror, bright blue eyes stared back at me. My mother said she couldn't be sure where they came from since both of my parents had brown eyes along with my incompetent brother. I was pretty much the only one in our small family with the blue eyes, must've been lost somewhere down the line and I just so happened to pick it up. Ironic, huh?

That would also explain why when Scott was bitten he immediately took to the bite.

I was a completely different story, at least according to Derek. Apparently Scott had left me with Derek Hale of all people when I was bitten by Peter, Derek's uncle. While Scott had grown stronger when the bite healed I had not.

Instead I seemed to have grown weaker. Sure, the bite had healed. No glowing eyes, no super strength and certainly no urge to howl at the moon. I didn't even have any terrible mood swings, which were far too common for me during the time of my period. Granted the period fairy hadn't visited me yet this month, I was still on edge.

Right now I was currently in the bathroom of our towns Gymnastics Center, I couldn't bring myself to go back out there.

I fell, I was doing a simple flyaway. How hard could it be, even after not practicing all summer while I was busy working. Nope, I fell right on my ass. Then I proceeded to run to the bathroom and vomit out my guts.

There was still a bit of black blood at the corner of my lip.

"Hey, Bina-"

"I told you not to call me that!" I hissed out, glancing at Derek as he entered the restroom.

He held his hands up at if he hadn't done anything at all. "I was just coming to check on you. Scott called me to tell me that you were late coming home." I rolled my eyes.

"I doubt that, I always come home 'late'." I snapped, moving to flush the toilet.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he watched me, but he said nothing. I felt another wave of dizziness hit me, forcing me to grab the sink to steady myself. "Then maybe I was coming to see if you were okay."

"Well, I'm not. Thanks for stopping by." I went to push past him, but he latched onto my arm.

"If something's wrong you need to tell me-"

"I am not part of your pack, Derek." He said nothing, allowing me to continue. "Unlike Scott, I had a life. I plan to get back to it even if I don't have much time left with it."

When he didn't argue I left the bathrooms and went back over to Sasha. She frowned as she watched me. "You okay, Jade? Cause that last flyaway was terrible." I gave her a small nod as I glanced from the bars over to the floor. "We can work on something else if you're not feeling up to bars today, maybe tomorrow?"

I nodded once more. "Yeah, sounds good. I want to work on floor today."

"Really, don't you want to try balance beam or something? Maybe vault?"

"No, I just want to do one run through of my routine and then I think I'm gonna head home." I told her, moving towards the floor. She gave me a small nod, she knew better than to push me on something like this. So instead she started up my floor music.

I had chosen a kids show song, but I liked it. I hadn't gone through it without the lyrics yet though, since there weren't any versions I could find yet. My plan was to strip the vocals before our first meet, but it was coming up rather quickly. "I'll also bring the disk home so I can strip the vocals." I told her as I watched her walk to the stereo.

"Good, our first meet is next weekend so you need to go through it a few times without the lyrics. Do you know your schedule for next week?"

"No, but I'll text you tomorrow with times I can meet up."

"Cool, now let's see what you remember from last year." She grinned as she played the song. The reason I chose this song was because it fit with my previous routine, the rhythm was perfect.

I sat in the center of the floor, my starting pose was also perfect thanks to Sasha. "Crashing the party, guess they lost my invitation." The words had me starting my routine, maybe a few seconds off, the first thing was a back walkover into a series of jumps. My favorite jump being the wolf jump since it also scored a good amount of points.

As the lyrics came my routine became more natural, my first tumbling pass seemed to come easily despite the stumble in my landing. From there I had another jump series, a cat leap followed by a hitch kick.

From there I was able to add in dance moves that felt natural for the characters singing.

Another tumbling pass, this one more extreme than the other since it included a full turn with the split. Sasha had encouraged me to do it, but I refused the split. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I landed sloppily once more, sashaying my way to the other side of the floor.

"Apple apple, dip dip. Wanna try it? Tick tick." I loved those lyrics as I found myself doing a dive roll into the corner and actually landing this time. I turned to the corner as my favorite part came.

My last tumbling pass wasn't as extreme, but for me it had always seemed harder. I could hear Sasha cheering me on from the side, encouraging me to take a deep breath and go for it. This was a back layout with a double turn, I lied maybe it was a little extreme. I landed, sadly falling back on my ass.

I was quick to get up and finish my routine though. I did a switch leap into an ariel, finishing by lowering my body to the ground gracefully and raising my arms up in the finish position.

I groaned, falling onto my back as the music finished. "That was great, why are you so upset, Boo." I watched Sasha come into my line of sight.

"I couldn't stick any of my landings, how was that great?" I snapped back. She held her hand out for me with a roll of her eyes. "Hey, I'm being serious."

"I know, that's what worries me. It was fine, go home and take a nap. You look like you could use it."

At her words I felt a weight suddenly hit me, my shoulder slumping slightly as I gave her a nod and headed towards the locker room. My eyes met Derek's, he must not have left. And that meant he saw my routine.

I was suddenly incredibly self conscious, not because he saw my routine, but because he saw me fail.

I was quick to change into my leggings and t-shirt, similar to the ones I had worn when I was bitten just a few days ago. I hadn't really thought too much about that night since most of it was a blur and the rest was just Derek's glowing red eyes.

When I made it out of the locker room, Derek was right next to me walking me out. "Can you really not take a hint?" I asked, stopping outside and turning to him. "I mean, following around girls is just creepy as all hell. The fact that said girl has told you to back off and not worry makes it even creepier."

I watched his jaw tick, maybe I over stepped some unseen barrier. It didn't seem to be too hard to upset the asshole. "I was just going to offer you a ride home, since from what I gathered you don't have a car and you're more than halfway across town from your house."

I couldn't be sure what he was playing at, it had to be a trick right? No one was that nice, and even if he was it wasn't out of the goodness of his heart. Derek probably wanted an opportunity to question me further on what was going on with me.

"I think I'm good, I've been making this walk for most of my life."

I went to turn around, but he grabbed my arm. "It wasn't optional." He continued to drag me over to his car, to which my mouth dropped open.

"Wait, this is your car? Who'd you steal it from?" I questioned as I moved to the drivers seat. "Hey, if I can drive I'll totally come willingly."

When our eyes met I knew he had already caved. He looked ready to kill someone, yet he was climbing into the passenger seat. I smirked, hopping into the front and throwing my bag into the back without a second thought. "Alright, keys." It was a demand, and I don't think Derek was liking it.

His jaw seemed to tense even more as he glanced over at me. "Not until you tell me what's really wrong."

I groaned, leaning back in the seat. "How the hell am I supposed to know? I woke up vomiting black blood the other day, that's definitely not good. But then again my wound healed completely, not even leaving a scar. I'm weaker than I should be if I were a werewolf, I couldn't even do a goddamn flyaway today."

I looked at him to see he was staring at the dashboard. "If you want to help like you say you do, you should start coming up with some theories. You know talking can go a long way."

"Black blood is a sign of the body rejecting the bite-"

"But my body healed-"

"Meaning it's something I've never seen before." He glanced at me, holding his hand up to show a set of keys that he meticulously placed into my hand. "We're in the same boat."

I rolled my eyes, jamming the key into the ignition. "Bullshit, it's my life on the line. All you have to worry about it your precious power that can easily be replaced by any teenage delinquent."

I was quick to start driving, exiting the parking lot and heading towards my house. I had never really driven or used the roads of Beacon Hills, I was used to the short cut trails around the edge of town. This was new, but it was a better experience since I was driving a 2010 Camaro.

She drove beautifully, the ride was smooth and quiet. When we reached a set of lights by the school, since it was on the way, I decided to turn the radio on. Bubblegum bitch, my favorite song right now, was playing.

We remained in silence while the song played, I pulled into my house well before nine, something I rarely did. I sighed, moving to reach back and grab my bag only to find Derek had already grabbed it for me. "Thank you for the ride, but it really wasn't necessary." I went to grab my bag only for him to pull it just out of reach.

I narrowed my eyes. "Listen, Scott is pulling the same thing. He kept playing Lacrosse even when it was causing him to shift-"

"In front of the school, I know. But here's the difference between Scott and I, he got lucky. I have been working on gymnastics since I was five, it calms me down. I've worked to be the best, and now I'm probably going to lose it all while my brother gets everything he could've possibly wanted."

I snarled at the thought. "Even if I wanted to go to the Olympics now, I can't. One injury and they'll watch it heal on live TV. I know there are risks, but I'm not quiting gymnastics my senior year. It's not like anyone actually comes to our meets."

With that being said I reached for my bag once more. He shook his head, getting out of the car so I really couldn't reach it. I groaned, getting out as well, taking his keys with me. "That is not what I was talking about, Scott refuses to listen to me, despite the fact that I've been right."

"Yeah, sorry, Alpha douche. That Alpha shit isn't flying with me, I'm not a wolf. Now if you'd please give me my bag so I can go inside my home, I'll happily give you your keys so you can go home as well." I snapped, waving the keys at him.

He sighed before giving in, tossing me my bag while I tossed the keys. "Can you at least think about, take the night to think it through?" He asked as he passed me on his way to the drivers side.

I rolled my eyes in response. "Yeah, sure. Whatever."


I found my self in school the very next day following my brother. "Hey, Scott!" I called as I jogged to catch up to him.

He jumped, turning back to look at me. "Hey, I'm kind of busy right now-"

"Like hell you are, just tell me what the police were doing here? Was there another murder or something?" I made my way to him, falling in step next to him as he continued to walk.

"Yeah, not likely someone you would know-"

"Just tell me, Scott."

He let out a sigh as he stopped, looking around the empty halls. "Issac Lahey's dad was murdered and they think he did it."

"Lahey, I knew them. He used to coach the Swim team for a while, glad the bastard's dead." I muttered as I watched Scott walk away again. "Where are you going now?"

"To try and stop them from taking Issac." I followed him all the way to the other side of the building only for the Sheriff to drive of with the poor kid. I watched as he looked out the back window, his eyes seemed to plead that we stop them.

A few seconds later Derek's black camaro came to a stop in front of the school. The screech had me raising one brow as I approached the vehicle. "Get in." He's really milking that Alpha thing.

"I'm serious, you did that! That's your fault!" Scott snapped, he must not have liked Derek's attitude either.

"I know that." It seemed to take all of Derek's self control to admit he did something wrong. "Now, get in the car and help me."

He wore a pair of shades that prevented me from reading his eyes, but I didn't really need to. I glanced over to Scott with a sigh. "I've got a better idea, I'm gonna call a lawyer because a lawyer might actually have a chance at getting out before the moon goes up."

I rolled my eyes. "With what money, Scott? A basic lawyer won't be able to do that and it'll cost money that neither you or Issac probably have."

"Besides, they won't be able to do much when they do a real search of the house." Derek added as Scott approached the car.

He stopped in his tracks. "What do you mean?"

"Whatever Jackson said to the cops, what's in the house is worse." Scott didn't look like he believed. "A lot worse."

I opened the door and hopped in the back, looking at Scott. He hesitated before jumping in as well. Derek wasted no time in driving us away and to Issac's house. The ride was silent, but I knew there was a storm brewing between the two. As we drove I decided to call in to work.

He barely gave me time to speak, but he rarely did. When I was done with my call we had arrived at the Lahey house. It was still just as big as I remembered it.

"If Issac didn't kill his father, who did?" Scott asked as we entered the building.

I rolled my eyes as I examined the house. "Who the fuck cares, the jackass is dead." I mumbled as I walked into the kitchen. I couldn't hear them anymore, but I was taken off guard by the shattered glass on the floor.

I crouched down and picked up a few pieces. I noticed there were some glass still on top of a picture frame on the wall. Lahey must've thrown it at Issac and missed, he missed on purpose to scare him. the thought disgusted me more than I could've possibly imagined, I ended up storming out of the kitchen and followed the light voices downstairs.

"Hey, don't mean to interrupt but we should probably hurry up. The moon's coming up." They both looked up at me. Derek moved to follow me.

"Wait, I'm not part of your pack." Scott said, all of us stopping. "But I want him out. He's my responsibility too."

"Why? Because he's one of us?"

"No, because he's innocent."

I rolled my eyes, glancing at Derek. "Well, this is where we disagree, Scotty."

I watched them both look to me with wide eyes, Derek's wider than his. "I used to babysit Issac, do you remember that? His dad fired me when I started asking about the bruises and Issac begged for me not to say anything. I don't care if he killed his dad, but I do know that I'm going to protect him this time."

I sent a glance at Scott, then to Derek. "I might not be a wolf right now, but sure. I'll be a part of your pack, but my focus is Issac. If he dies or gets prodded at by scientists we're done."


So, Jade is actually a part of Derek's pack. Exciting, right?

I'm not worrying about anything right now, I'm writing just to write. I love Jade's story and just to be clear she doesn't have multiple names. She goes by Jade ninety percent of the time, Scott used to call her Bina when they were children. Her full name is Sabina Jade McCall.

Anywhore, let me know what ya think. I'm excited to write more for y'all and I'm hoping to do more of that in the future. Feedback, comment and reviews are always welcome.

-mistysherwood1

P to the S - Shout out to the first person to leave a review. VampireGirl1797, you are an angel (even though you're a vampire, lol).