"Rhydian, when did you get back?" Shannon asked once she had gotten over the shock.
"Yesterday." He replied. He then turned to look at Maddy and smiled slightly.
"Uh, could you guys please excuse us for a minute? Rhydian…." Maddy said, getting up and heading into the lounge room. Rhydian got up, whining when his wounds started throbbing and then followed Maddy.
"You've been awfully silent since you came back inside." Maddy said, smiling slightly. Rhydian looked over his shoulder and then grabbed Maddy's arm, dragging her to the den so they could talk in private.
"Okay. Why did you do that?" Maddy asked as Rhydian checked the door to make sure that Shannon and Tom weren't there.
"Okay. So just before when I was talking to your dad, he said that when I was fighting Ceri and I snarled at her to go away, I turned into an Alpha or something." Rhydian started.
"What? Are you serious? Aren't you to young?" Maddy asked.
"That's what I asked. Anyway, he also said something else." Rhydian said, looking sort of embarrassed.
"What, that we're soul mates?" Maddy asked, sitting down on a log.
"How did you know?" Rhydian asked as he sat down next to her.
"My mum told me the same thing. She also said something about starting my own pack, but I know that I'm a bit young to do that." Maddy said.
"That's what I said to Dan. After he told me that I was an Alpha, he said that I had started my own pack… with you… but I said that we were to young and he said that until we're ready, we stay in this pack." Rhydian said, staring down at his hands.
"So you feel like you belong now?" Maddy asked, changing the subject to something less awkward.
"I don't know." Rhydian shrugged.
"Well, answer this. Do you feel like you belong with me?" Maddy asked, blushing slightly. Rhydian also blushed as he mumbled a yes.
"Well, then that's all that matters. If what dad said is true and we've sort of started our own pack, it doesn't matter about anyone else. As long as we feel like we belong together, what else matters?" Maddy asked, taking his hand in hers. Rhydian looked up at her and smiled.
"That's true. I guess we really should go back out there so no one gets suspicious." Rhydian said as he stood up, pulling Maddy with him. As soon as they were standing, Maddy let go of his hand and wrapped her arms loosely around his neck, looking into his eyes and then standing on her tip-toes to kiss him, her eyes closing. Rhydian wrapped his arms around Maddy's waist and then pulled her a little closer and lifting her up a little so that she didn't have to reach as high.
They stayed in the kiss until their lungs screamed at them for air. They then pulled away and Rhydian set Maddy back on the ground, both of them staying wrapped in each other's arms, their foreheads rested against the others, their eyes staring into each other's and smiles onto their faces.
"Come on. Let's go back out there. I'm still hungry." Rhydian said a few minutes later, making Maddy giggle.
"I love you." Maddy said just as they pulled apart.
"I love you too." Rhydian replied. He then pecked Maddy's lips and grabbed her hand, dragging her out of the den and back to the kitchen.
"You finally came back." Tom said once they had sat down at the table, now next to each other.
"Yes. So, what are you's doing here?" Maddy asked the smile still on her face.
"We came to see how you were. We haven't really spoken much since last week when we found out your secret." Shannon replied, poking Maddy's arm. When Shannon mentioned the last week, Rhydian tensed up and shivered, wincing afterwards because of his cuts.
"Are you alright Rhydian?" Tom asked.
"Yeah. Fine." Rhydian replied.
"Actually, Rhydian I think you should get something on that cut that Ceri gave you. It's still bleeding." Emma said a few seconds later. Rhydian looked down at his chest and that's when he noticed the big bloodstain on the front of his shirt that was slowly getting bigger.
"How did you do that?" Shannon asked as she, Tom, Maddy, Emma and Dan watched him take his shirt off so Emma could patch it up.
"Uh, well, I sort of got in a fight. Like a Wolfblood kind of fight." Rhydian replied.
"So a wolf did that? Who was the wolf?" Tom asked. A dark look crossed Maddy's face which she quickly covered up.
"Ceri." Rhydian simply replied. He then started complaining as Emma started cleaning the cuts and patching them up.
"Hang on. Isn't your birth mother's name Ceri?" Tom asked.
"Aha. We had a bit of a… disagreement." Rhydian said.
"Right. Well, since you're both happy and here, how about we make tonight a movie night? We haven't had one in ages." Shannon said.
"Yeah, that sounds awesome. Can we go mum?" Maddy asked Emma who had just finished patching up Rhydian.
"Sure. As long as you keep your eyes out for danger. I don't want another brawl like what happened just then to happen again. Who knows what could happen if you guys are caught off guard and with Shannon and Tom around…" Emma said.
"We'll be careful. Well, since I'm bored, why don't we go down to Bernie's?" Maddy asked as she stood up again.
"I could go for a milkshake." Tom shrugged.
"Me too." Shannon said, also standing up.
"Cool. Let me just go get my jacket." Maddy said, running up the stairs.
"So, what did you get up to the past week Rhydian?" Shannon asked Rhydian.
"Not much." Rhydian replied.
"Right. Are you going to put another shirt on anytime soon or are you going to freeze yourself?" Shannon asked. Rhydian laughed once.
"Yeah. excuse me a sec." Rhydian said, going into the lounge room and pulling a clean shirt out of his rucksack. A few seconds later, as Rhydian was putting his jacket on, Maddy came down the stairs in a completely different outfit.
"Ready to go?" Tom asked.
"Yeah. We'll be back later." Maddy said. Rhydian then walked into the kitchen and the four teens went off to Bernie's, Rhydian and Maddy holding hands the whole way, even when they started playing around, using up as much energy as they could.
"You two are like little children." Shannon said, shaking her head. They had just arrived at Bernie's and Maddy and Rhydian were still mucking around. They soon calmed down though because they wanted milkshakes.
"I can't believe that you two have so much energy. It's crazy." Tom said as they sat at the tables, waiting for their milkshakes to come.
"Yeah, but we're Wolfblood's so we have an excuse." Maddy whispered, smiling. Tom was about to retaliate when he glanced at the door and smiled.
"Guess who just arrived." Tom said, pointing to the door. Rhydian, Maddy and Shannon turned and Rhydian groaned.
"Why me?" Rhydian whispered, making the others giggle. That's when the three K's, the three most annoyingly spoiled brats noticed Rhydian.
"Rhydian, where have you been all week? We were starting to get worried." Kay said.
"Yeah. So worried." Kara said. The three K's were drooling over Rhydian and Maddy was trying not to growl at them.
"I left. But then I realised that there is some important things here in Stony-Bridge so I came back." Rhydian said, staring at Maddy. Maddy blushed and Rhydian put his arm around her shoulders. The three K's looked stunned when Rhydian put his arm around Maddy and she had leant against his shoulder. They then walked away from the table that Rhydian, Maddy, Tom and Shannon were at, but looking back at Rhydian every now and again.
"Is that the real reason you came back? For Maddy?" Tom asked. Rhydian blushed and looked down at the table.
"That's so sweet." Shannon said, her and Tom smiling at him. The smoothie's then arrived and Rhydian quickly started sipping on it, only to choke a few seconds later.
"Are you alright?" Maddy asked as he coughed and spluttered.
"Yeah, but uh, I think we should go…. Away from these two….. because there's a couple of people that want to talk to them and by a couple of people I mean that from what I can hear, Jimmy wants to talk to Shannon and Kara wants to talk to Tom. Listen out Maddy. You'll be able to hear." Rhydian said, still slightly choking on his milkshake.
"How do you know this?" Shannon asked.
"Super hearing. It comes in handy from time to time and right now I would classify it as an odd moment." Rhydian said.
"Why would you classify it as that?" Tom asked.
"Because it's an odd thing to hear." Rhydian replied. Tom and Shannon smiled at his last comment because it was true, it was an odd thing to hear. As if on cue, Kara came up to the table and asked to talk to Tom in private. They went outside just as Jimmy walked in, alone and came up to the table, wanting to talk to Shannon in private.
Maddy and Rhydian left Bernie's a few seconds after their friends left and went into the woods to their tree. They then laid down, Rhydian with his arm around Maddy and Maddy with her head on his chest. They laid there and talked for a while, never wanting to move. During their lazy time together, they both moved so that they were laying on their sides, facing one another, Rhydian's right hand holding onto Maddy's.
"I could get used to this sort of thing." Maddy said after a little while.
"What do you mean?" Rhydian asked.
"Just laying here in the forest, only us with no one to disturb us, just us and nature." Maddy said. Rhydian smiled and then shuffled a little closer to her so that they were nearly touching. Maddy smiled at him and then stared straight into his eyes for what felt like an eternity.
