Friday night Danny sat at his desk trying to do all of his homework since he wouldn't be able to get any done this weekend. This Saturday the track team was going to a meet which was exciting, unfortunately that meant a bus ride that lasted hours both ways and Danny was not really looking forward to that bus ride. That is of course unless he got to sit with Ethan, Danny wouldn't mind that at all. The thought of sitting next to a guy that he found really attractive and that seemed to really like him back was kind of refreshing. It had been a long time since Danny's last "relationship" had ended and figured it was about time he got back into the dating game.

Danny tried to read one of the passages from his book and found that he had only been skimming the section and having to reread it because he hasn't really been taking in anything of what he was reading. Danny distractedly looked out the window and saw that the sun hadn't set yet but would soon. He decided none of his homework was going to get done that night so he decided to go for a walk. There was a park a few blocks away from his house that he liked to go to because there weren't any kids in Danny's neighborhood which meant the park was usually empty except for the few times that other teens go there to hangout and smoke cigarettes. It was Danny's spot and he liked going there to think. He got up and grabbed his music player and made his way down stairs and out his front door. Danny took a deep breath, enjoying what a beautiful night it was going to be, the warm end of summer air mixed with a light cool breeze made him feel good about his decision.

Danny put in his head phones and started his music and made sure he locked the door behind him before he left. Danny loved going for walks at this time of day. His neighborhood was quiet and peaceful as most of his neighbors got ready for bed, or were just relaxing after a day at work. Danny turned a corner and saw right ahead of him the park. It wasn't that big or impressive but Danny loved going there. He sat in a swing and started swinging, humming along to his song and letting his mind wander. Somehow his thoughts always came back to Ethan one way or another. Danny thought to himself that it was normal, he was still a teenager after all, crushes happen.

Danny pulled his phone out of his pocket and looked through his conversations. The last time he had texted Ethan was the day before yesterday. Danny typed out "Hey" and hit send, honestly he could have done better than just a simple hey but he didn't really think flirting via text was really necessary at the point he and Ethan were at. The song in his music player ended and he didn't really feel like listening to that particular song so he skipped a few songs before settling on one. His phone vibrated and he knew it was from Ethan "Well hey there! What's up?". "Nothing much, at a park,bored. You?".

Danny swung for a bit more enjoying watching the colors of the sky as the sun set and the day faded into night. Danny's phone vibrated again this time a lot sooner, he opened the text from Ethan "'I'm sorry, would totally come keep you company if I didn't have a family thing going on tonight". Danny sighed now that he knew he wasn't going to get to see Ethan tonight, not like he really expected to but still he could hope. "It's all good, I'll get to see you tomorrow on the bus to the track meet" Danny hit send and waited. He swung for a few more minutes waiting for Ethan's next text. He suddenly realized that it was eerily silent and looked down to see that his music player had died. He put it and his head phones in his pocket and pulled out his phone and just held it in his hand. He got up off the swing right as his phone went off again. "About that, would you wanna sit with me for the ride? My bro stupidly got suspended and can't go", Danny smiled a bit and replied "yeah definitely!" and hit send.

He smiled and didn't stop smiling all the way home. By the time he got back he decided it was too late to try and finish what was left of his homework and figured he would just have to take it with tomorrow. He kicked off his shoes and jeans and laid in bed until he fell asleep.

"yeah definitely" was the last text Ethan got from Danny. He could have replied but figured that would be a nice spot to end the conversation. Aiden noticed his brother's smile and scoffed a little. "What" said Ethan "if you got something to say, say it". Aiden walked over to his brother and put his hand on his shoulder "Listen Ethan, you gotta stay focused and you can't really do that if you're distracted by some human you're toying around with". Ethan sighed and looked down, the smile gone from his face. Of course Ethan had thought about the consequences of what was going on between him and Danny. He figured that if he played it off as just a game he could convince himself that that's all this was but it was getting harder to convince himself that it was just a game.

Ethan looked up at his brother, his brother's eyes looking back at him. Aiden's eyes, Ethan's they were the same yet behind them were two entirely different people. "Aiden, I've been thinking, what would happen if I turned him" he looked back down not wanting to see the look from his brother worrying that it would be bad. "You could do that" said Aiden "but you and I both know it won't end well. If you do turn him he won't be an Alpha and there's no way Deucalion will let you keep him around. The only way that would work is if you forced your way out of our pack to start a new one with him."

"What if I could do it, leave the pack" Said Ethan. He felt a hand slap the back of his hand "Don't be stupid!" yelled Aiden "you know that would be impossible. Besides how could you do that to me, you'd really just leave me like that? And don't pull that "it's just a game" bullshit cause I know you and we both know this is getting serious…at least for you". Aiden put his hand around his brothers shoulder "listen you need to think about what you're doing". Ethan looked up and saw the night sky and wondered if things would work themselves out.

Danny had a good feeling about today. Sure he still had homework he was going to try and do but he got to spend some time with Ethan. He waited in the school parking lot with a few other members of the track team for the rest of the team to show up. Danny sat on the hood of his car idly listening to the conversations going on around him not really wanting to be a part of them but still curious to know what everyone was talking about. He looked over to where Scott and his group were standing and noticed that 2 of them looked almost ready to kill someone and that Scott was barely keeping them from blowing up.

Danny went back to just listening around when he heard it, quietly in the distance but getting louder as it approached, Ethan's bike. Danny watched him pull into the school parking lot and park his bike. The two from Scott's group kept giving him nasty looks but Danny decided not to question it much because Ethan was walking towards him and smiling one of his captivating smiles. "Hey there, good morning" said Ethan as he stood in front of Danny. Danny couldn't help but return a smile "Morning" he said before the coach blew his whistle and ordered everyone to hurry into the bus.

Ethan and Danny sat closer to the back of the bus with Danny sitting next to the window. Neither of them said anything for a while after the bus started moving, Danny watched the scenery as they drove and Ethan seemed to check his phone every few minutes. After a while people forgot how tired they were and started talking except for those one or two people who went back to sleep. Danny decided now was a good a time as ever to start a conversation. "So, how come your brother wasn't allowed to come?"

Ethan furrowed his brow "Well some guys pulled a prank involving his bike being indoors and somehow only he got in trouble for it". Danny just nodded his head not knowing what to say and so they sat in silence for another few minutes. Out of nowhere Danny's phone starts vibrating, he pulled it out and saw it was a text from Styles. Danny turned around to give him a confused look to which Styles simply pointed at his phone and made texting gestures.

Danny gave in and read the text "So Ethan keeps checking his phone would you mind finding out what he's waiting for?". Danny gave an exasperated sigh "No! I really like this guy, what is wrong with you?". Danny waited and of course he got another text this one only read "please". Danny tried ignoring it only to have another 20 sent in quick succession. Danny finally gave in and turned to Ethan "So you waiting on some big news?" he only looked at him with a slightly confused face. "Your phone, you keep checking it" said Danny trying to make things clear. "Oh yeah, someone close to the family isn't doing too well. It's kind of serious".

Danny felt kind of bad for asking about it but it was the only way to get Styles to stop his annoying mass texts. He told Styles what was up and didn't get another text. They had been on the bus for a little over an hour when they got stuck in a traffic jam. One of the other guys on the bus wasn't doing too well, apparently he was car sick. Styles kept bugging the coach to pull over to a rest stop so that everyone could at least get some fresh air but the coach was inflexible and told him to get back in his seat. Danny wished the coach had listened to Styles, he really needed to get up and move around for a bit.

It was a few minutes afterwards that Styles got up and moved next to the car sick kid, it was only a few seconds before the bus was filled with the sounds and smell of someone losing the contents of their stomach. That's all it took to convince the coach that we all needed some fresh air and time off the bus, what could it hurt, at this point the team would be late to the meet anyway. Danny made his way off the bus right behind Ethan and out into a rest stop for travelers. Danny and Ethan made their way to a shady tree and sat down watching the rest of the team mill about.

"It was a bit excessive but at least we're off the bus" said Danny as he stretched his legs out a bit. Ethan chuckled at that and turned to smile at Danny. They were going to be at the rest stop as long as it took to air out the smell from the bus and clean up the mess. Ethan got up and stretched, reaching up to stretch lifted Ethan's shirt just enough to give Danny a little peak of his stomach. "Yeah but I doubt we'd get off that bus any other way" Ethan said as he bounced after his stretch. Ethan stuck his hand out for Danny "Come on" he said "it looks like we're going to be here for a bit, we might as well make the most of our time out here and look around a bit". Danny took Ethan's hand and they both made their way slightly away from the group.

The two teens walked around the bathroom building to find a pretty decent sized picnic area behind it. There were families at the tables, kids running around playing, and even a dog. Danny and Ethan walked a bit more and found a trail that lead into the woods "What do you say we check it out" asked Ethan. Danny looked at him "I don't think so, we don't know how long we have". Ethan sighed "Alright then we should probably head back since it doesn't look like there's much else to look at out here". The two made their way back to the rest of the team and as soon as they got there Boyd, who Danny wasn't sure was actually part of Scott's group, came out of nowhere and started attacking Ethan.

Danny couldn't believe what was going on, this was the second time someone was beating on Ethan and again Ethan didn't fight back. The coach tried to stop it but Boyd just pushed him away like he only weighed half of what he actually weighed. It wasn't until Scott jumped in that he actually stopped and didn't try to keep punching Ethan. It was eerily silent as the coach told everyone to get back on the bus. Danny went down to help Ethan up and see how bad he was doing after such a beating. "Don't worry about me I'll be fine" Ethan said as he let Danny help him up. Danny lead them back to their seats and he sat Ethan down by the window this time to make sure that if it does happen again he can at least try and stop them.

The bus ride was silent the rest of the way except for an announcement from the coach that the meet had been pushed back a day. They rode like that until they had to stop because night had fallen. The coach had managed to find them a hotel to stay in for the night, it wasn't the most welcoming place but it beat sleeping on the bus. "Alright guys two to a room, pair up! And keep your dirty little hands to yourselves!". Danny and Ethan locked eyes and nodded a silent agreement that they would be roommates for the night. They grabbed a key from the coach and made their way up a flight of stairs to their room.

The room itself wasn't that impressive, pretty much everything in the room was some shade of brown, the bed had a lingering smell of tobacco, and the clock on the nightstand between the beds was blinking the wrong time. Danny sat down and set his homework on the end of the bed as Ethan came in behind him and closed the door. Danny walked to the window which was next to the door and right by the bed he had chosen to put his stuff on. He looked out at the part of the building he could see and saw the team milling about, probably talking about how creepy or bland this place seemed to them too. Ethan walked over to Danny and joined him in looking out the window. "It beats having to sleep in the bus by a long shot" said Ethan.

Danny let out a chuckle and playfully shoved Ethan. Ethan laughed too and pushed Danny back just hard enough to knock him down on the bed and for him to land on top of Danny. "You have no idea how badly I've wanted to do this" breathed Ethan as he closed the gap between his lips and Danny's. They started kissing slowly and passionately, savoring the moment and getting the most out of it. Slowly they started kissing each other more hungrily, Ethan broke away for a second and pulled his shirt off and tossed it to the side. As he went back to kiss Danny he was stopped by Danny's two hands pushing on his chest. "What's wrong" Ethan asked a little confused "did you want to stop?"

Danny looked at Ethan in the light that was coming from the bathroom and the little moon light getting in through the blinds. This was the first time Danny had seen Ethan like this all broad shoulders, massive arms, and lust filled. Danny wanted to take as much in of the moment as he could. He moved his hands from Ethan's chest, he let his hands roam from chest to, to abs, and Danny's hands went up to Ethan's shoulders to his arms and then Danny pulled Ethan into him. Danny's hands moved to Ethan's strong back once the kissing resumed. Danny's mouth ventured from Ethan's and found a spot on his neck that he really liked having kissed.

The two repositioned themselves causing Ethan to knock something off the end of the bed "Sorry". "Don't worry about it they're only books" said Danny. "You brought homework? I should let you get to it" Ethan said as he backed off of Danny. "Oh hell no" there was no way Danny was going to be able to do any homework with Ethan lying next to him shirtless. Danny pulled Ethan back on top of him and started kissing him. Ethan pulled Danny's shirt open and started kissing down his neck and making his way down to his chest his hand slowly moving to caress Danny's bare side.

"What's this" Ethan said pushing Danny's shirt open wider to reveal two long scars some inches apart. "It was from a surgery, had to have a metal bar put in so my lung and heart weren't crushed" Ethan looked at those two scars blemishing Danny's perfect body and wished he could erase them from him. Ethan traced one of them with his fingers, "What if you could make the scars disappear" he asked thinking once again about turning Danny. "I don't think I'd want to" he said putting his arm around Ethan's neck "I like to think of it as a sign that I'm a survivor". Ethan rolled over on top of Danny and grabbed his shoulders "I hope you're right" and kissed him resisting the impulse he was having of biting him and turning him then and there.

He didn't have to resist for long though, almost as soon as they started making out again Ethan started turning. He pushed himself off of Danny and got backed away to the bathroom, Danny worriedly asked "What's wrong?". Ethan made it to the bathroom door "I'm sorry give me a minute". He closed himself in the bathroom and looked in the mirror, this wasn't a normal transformation at all. Something felt really off about it and it wasn't until he felt something in his stomach, a feeling of something trying to claw its way out. He ran out and grabbed his shirt from off the floor and pulled it on "I'll be back in a bit, don't follow me" he said on his way out before Danny could ask him what was wrong.

Danny was both worried and disappointed that Ethan ran out the way he did. He looked really spooked and Danny wished Ethan would have let him try and help him. Danny reached down to readjust his erection, he was kind of hoping him and Ethan would get past the whole frenzied making out part of the routine. Danny waited a half hour before he decided it would be best to just go to bed, he didn't know when Ethan would be back so he picked up his phone and sent him a text before turning in "Hey if you need anything when you come back to the room don't hesitate to ask, ok?". Danny woke up the next morning and saw that there was no one in the other bed and he checked his phone but there was no reply from Ethan. He got up and walked to the bathroom to brush his teeth, he walked out back into the room right as Ethan walked in through the door. His shirt ripped in a few spots and he still looked a little jumpy.

"You ok" Danny asked "I was kind of worried about you". Ethan walked over to Danny and hugged him "Yeah I'll be fine, also we have to get ready to go" he said as he picked up his bag and helped Danny get his stuff together. "Thanks" said Danny as he picked up a shirt and slipped it on.

Danny and Ethan made their way to the bus and saw that there were already people piling in. Danny sat down and noticed Ethan talking to Scott, he was curious about what they were talking about but Ethan didn't seem to be very chatty. The coach did a quick head count and the bus was on its way back home which confused everyone "Ok guys the track meet was cancelled so we're going home". Everyone seemed a bit disappointed, Ethan made his way over to Danny after talking with Scott and he sat down. "You alright" Danny asked "you look kind of worried". Ethan looked at Danny "I'd rather not talk about it if that's ok" he said. "Yeah that's fine" Danny said trying not to upset Ethan. Danny sighed and looked out the window and felt Ethan shift a little as he took Danny's hand in his own. The two spent the entire bus ride sitting in silence, holding hands.

Authors note**

I apologize that this update took so long. I had originally planned to get it up by Wednesday (Thursday at the latest) of this week but things kept coming up. Also I'd like to take this moment to thank you all for reading this story! I didn't expect it to get as much attention as it has, so thank you all for reading and I hope you continue reading! :]