-1Chapter Two
It had been over a week since she'd phased. She still didn't have enough control over her emotions to phase back to her human form. The wolf had been a shock to her. She'd run for miles after realization that she was a werewolf had come over her. She'd been grieving for days now, although staying close to the Andrew's house, she knew they'd begun looking for her and had given full reign to the police. Arian knew they wouldn't find her, there wasn't a human to find. She whined softly as the night grew darker. Laying down, she placed her head on her paws and closed her eyes, sleep over came her.
The sun blinded her as she blinked open her eyes. Slowly she stood up, and gasped. She was human again. Naked, but human. Looking up she saw Linda standing on the back patio looking at her, her mouth wide open in shock. The coffee cup she held fell out of her hand and shattered on the wood of the deck. Arian sighed, 'Now or Never' she sighed. She had to face the world now, face the fact that Shane was gone and she was to live with the Andrew's until she had a home to go to.
Arian began up the stairs to the deck. Linda had quickly gone into the house and grabbed a blanket, wrapping it around Arian's naked body.
"Where have you been, Arian!" Linda asked, pulling the blanket tightly around her shoulders.
"Umm..I had a bit of a furry situation to deal with, but I think I'm okay now," Arian replied, looking up to the older woman.
"Are you hungry?" Linda asked, Arian replied with a nod, before being ushered inside the house, "Frank has gone to work until tonight, so I'll make you some breakfast."
Arian went to go take a shower and put some clothes on while Linda cooked breakfast for the two of them. She first went into the guest bedroom she had been using everything was in the exact same place as it had been a week before. She grabbed a pair of jeans and a tank top, before going into the bathroom and turning the water up as hot as she could. She stepped into the cascading water, allowing it to massage her muscles. After a few minutes under the water, she quickly washed her hair, scrubbing all the dirt out of it. After she finally felt clean she turned of the water and grabbed a towel. She dried her hair and standing in front of the mirror, she gasped. She'd changed.
Her copper skin was darker, her eyes were more vibrant. And instead of freezing after the shower in the cold house, she was perfect. In fact having the towel around her body was making her hot. Her instincts were telling her that something had changed. She'd also grown a few inches. Instead of her seventeen year old self she looked twenty. What was going on! She thought to herself. She shook her head to get the thought out of her mind and pulled on her clothes, before returning downstairs.
Linda had the table set for two. Two plates of eggs, toast, sausage, bacon, and orange juice. Arian quickly set down and began to eat, like she hadn't in over a decade.
Linda smiled and followed with eating. Neither talked as they ate. Arian quickly finished her plate and stood up taking it to the sink and washing it, and returning to the table. Linda followed her lead and returned to the table as well.
"Arian, how do you feel about the state of Washington?" Linda asked, before getting up and grabbing a manila folder off the counter in the kitchen and returning to the table.
"Umm..green?" Arian laughed softly. "Why?"
"Well, Frank and I have been looking for your family with a lawyer and we've found your mother's sister in La Push Washington," Linda replied, "It's an Indian Reservation, in the Olympic Peninsula,"
"Hmm, have you contacted her yet?" Arian asked, mulling over the fact that she'd never heard of her aunt in Washington.
"No, not yet, we figured you'd like to do it yourself if you ever returned, and here you are," Linda smiled,
"Sure, so what do we need to?" she asked. Linda smiled and handed her a piece of paper with a number and a cell phone.
"Call her?" Linda said simply and left the table.
