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The night shift actually hadn't been too bad. There are two kinds of nights in the emergency room. There is the difficult night, which usually includes a car wreck or a victim of some crime. Then there is the easy night, which doesn't have many worrisome patients. Thankfully, it had been an easy night.
I pulled into the drive way of my house in Pasco. I live in a nice sized house, though not as big as Adam's, on 4 acres of land. My red-brick, single story house is comfy and I love it. I went inside and went straight to my bed; I don't know how people normally work night shift.
Before I even got the chance to close my eyes, the phone rang. I rolled over and picked it up,
"Hello?"
"Tess, its Adam. I need you to show Ben around the Tri-Cities. He still needs a job and a house, so help him with that."
"Will do," I answered grudgingly and hung up.
So, apparently, sleep isn't allowed for me today. In situations like this, only one thing will help. Coffee! I climbed out of bed and put a pot on the brew, and then I did the rest of my morning routine. With in 20 minutes I was walking out the door, sipping coffee.
I arrived at Adam's mansion, as I like to call it, and with a sigh, got out and knocked on the door. The door opened to this short teenager with rainbow colored hair.
"Hey Jesse," Adam's daughter is really sweet.
"Hey Tess! What's going on?"
"Not much I just have to show a new wolf around town. Aren't you supposed to be with you mom?"
"No, we're out of school this week, so I'm staying with Dad. Mom wasn't too happy, but I don't really care."
Just then Adam and Ben came down the stairs. Adam looked upset about something, but then, he's always stressed. Ben had a sneer on his face, I have a feeling he had it a lot.
"Alright, let's go," I dais as I turned around, only to come face-to-face with Mercy. I gave her a hug and greeted her with a,
"Hey! Sorry I can't stay and talk, I have to play tour guide, bye."
"Well, have fun," She replied sarcastically. I walked to my car laughing. Ben followed and we both got into my pick-up truck. I decided that since it was morning, the first place I would go was IHOP for breakfast.
It seemed like when it was just Ben and me, he was kinder. The sneer he had been wearing all the other times I had seen him wasn't in place. Also, he didn't make any rude comments; he just started a nice conversation with me,
"Good morning. How are you today?"
"Tired. You?" I yawned at that exact moment.
"I'm okay. It's a little weird coming into a new pack, but I think I can adjust. So, what's on the agenda today?"
"Well, I figured we could go get breakfast first. Then maybe look for a house and job for you, and if we have time after that I can show you some of the 'sites'. Though, Tri-Cities doesn't really have much."
"Okay, where are we having breakfast?"
"IHOP. Is that ok, or would you like to go somewhere else?"
"No, IHOP is good."
With that we lapsed into silence. He seemed way different this morning than yesterday. His irritation from yesterday was basically gone. He really is handsome, if he acted like this all the time I'm sure everyone would like him. On top of that, he has the cutest English accent, I absolutely love it!
I eased into a spot between two huge suburban and hopped out. Thankfully, since it was a Wednesday morning, there wasn't really anyone there. We were seated right away and our order taken. When the waiter left, we sat quietly for a minute before I asked,
"So, what were you thinking of for a job?"
"Well, I very good with computers, so perhaps an IT job."
"Actually I think I saw something like that in the paper the other day."
"Awesome, so tell me about yourself."
I gave him a skeptical look, but when I realized he was serious I said,
"Well, I was born in Montana in 1941 and raised pretty much normally. Then one night in 1964, I was taking a walk at night in the forest, admiring the stars, and I was attacked by a rouge.
"Someone, who I later learned was Bran, drove of the rouge and took me to Aspen Creek. Once I recovered, I gained a lot of control in a very short amount of time. Everyone was shocked at how much control and dominance I had.
"When Bran was satisfied that I wouldn't lose control, he sent me to Loa Alamos, New Mexico. Adam is the only alpha besides Bran dominate enough to control my wolf if I lose it. I started studying to become a doctor as soon as they allowed women in med-school."
"You're a doctor?"
"No need to sound so shocked."
"No, no I just meant that-"
"I know, I was just messing with you."
The waiter walked up and set our meals on the table. Being werewolves, we wasted no time in eating. We both got like two meals, and finished them both. Then I paid and we headed out. I picked up a newspaper on the way.
When we got to the car I tossed the paper to Ben and he flipped to the classifieds. He found a great job for him and sent in an application. I also found him an amazing little apartment, but actually getting that would take longer then a day. Next I took him to Uncle Mike's, the fae bar.
I finally turned the car towards Adam's house at about 4 o'clock. We got there and I noticed that there was quite a few cars there, so I guess we were having a meeting. Ben and I got out and went inside. Sadly, the minute we were in the presence of other, Ben started being rude again.
His sneer was back in place as I opened the door. I don't understand why he acted that way to everyone else. He was very pleasant the whole day when it was just us. Well, I guess I'll just have to get him to be nice all the time.
An hour later I fell face first on my bed. I hadn't even changed into PJs, I was way too tired. I hadn't slept in like 48 hours and I was about to pass out. Within five minutes I had fallen into a nice, much needed, dreamless sleep.
