Chelsea's lungs burned with fire as she kept running and she didn't know how much longer she was going to last. She could hear the monster behind her, his thumping paws hitting the forest floor and the anxious need to rip her apart was strongly noticed. This was the nightmare that every child encountered once in their lives. The nightmare where you're being chased by something and for some reason you can't move fast enough to get away, and eventually you get tackled. She was living this nightmare. Crossing a small ravine, Chelsea climbed up a hill that took her to more forestry, leaving her with no hope to get away. Stopping at the top of the hill, she threw her dad's shirt off her body, hoping that it would help more than it made trouble. It was when she turned around to see bloody, red eyes peering into her soul, accompanied by a snarl, did she begin to run again. Adrenaline was rushing throughout her entire bloodstream, giving that extra energy boost. Nearing a fork in the road and catching her eye, a secluded trail screamed at her to come forth and she did so, slipping through some bushes. Sharp thorns scratched at her bare arms, leaving specks of blood on her flesh and uplifted tree roots threatened her footing. As she got going once more, something wasn't right, she didn't feel the earth shake from beneath her and she didn't hear the heaving breathing of that of the creature. The human glanced behind her back seeing that their was no monster chasing her anymore. He was gone, as if it was in fact a dream, only a memory that could have been just her imagination and it boggled her mind. Was this a trick? Where'd he go?

Jackson could sense Derek nearby with another familiar scent that had fear withering in his body and a hard on forming. He began to run which turned into a full on sprint, his feet kicking up dirt and his arms moving back and forth. An image of a dead body with a girls face upon it, struck his head, leaving him more frantic than ever. It felt like a horror movie to him, theirs a monster in the forest and each friends gets killed one by one, it was easy to guess of who would have been the monster. Did Derek kill her? Was Jackson going to find Chelsea in the woods, her body torn into pieces? How come she was out here and why was it at night? Skidding to a stop with his fingers grazing the dirt, dust flew up from all around him and when it subsided, he found foot tracks. They were a size 7 at least, if not smaller, a female's footing. Pushing away tree branches and sliding past a thick brush, Jackson saw Chelsea. She was standing in the middle of the pathway, breathing hard and frantic, confused and lost, like a puppy. He lightly chuckled at the irony.

Now at a stop, Chelsea did a 360, looking all around her to see if he was stalking in the shrubbery. The only thing found was the shadows and the moon that left the puddles on the ground glistening with light. Relief washed over her when nothing happened and each limb was still intact. Finally able to catch her breath, she relaxed for a moment, now trying to find away out. But the frightened teenager gasped , his warm breath was right on her neck….

The hairs on her neck stood up in fear, from the heavy hot breathing that laid upon her skin. Her eyes were closed shut. praying that it wasn't what she expected. She turned around. Only half of the person's face was visible for the other was covered by the shadows.

"Jackson?" Chelsea spoke softly and stepped back

He emerged from the dark, his jaw clenching tight and his hands shoved in his pockets.

"What are you doing here?"

Nobody spoke in the car, not even Stiles who was obviously nervous, his leg jotted up and down. It was hard for him to concentrate on the road because of the awkwardness that seemed to spill throughout the car. Every now and then he would look from Jackson to the review mirror at Chelsea, then back to the road.

Chelsea sat in the back seat, a blanket wrapped around her for warmth. None of it made any sense and Jackson never directly answered her question as to why he was there. Sure she lied to him about everything, but he didn't know that she bluffed, so he had no right to throw off her questions. Biting her lip from apprehension, her mind retorted to thinking that maybe it was Jackson who was the alpha. It didn't make sense that he was out there, at night, he had no business. Unless….No, she mentally scolded herself, he couldn't be a werewolf, could he?

Jackson was in the front, one hand in his lap, tapping his leg, the other on the window seal. He was pissed off that he couldn't hear Chelsea's heart beat, smell her actual scent, all he could actually smell was that stupid mesmerizing perfume. Their was pieces missing to the puzzle, she couldn't have been out there and not have seen Derek. Easily while in the woods she blurted that she going for a midnight jog, she didn't stutter and she kept eye contact. She could have been telling the truth but no one knew for sure. Watching from the corner of his eye, he studied the girl's stature and how she was reacting, she seemed…normal….it didn't seem entirely true though.

"Thanks for the ride" she quietly thanked the two boys

Stiles gave a pleasant smile with a nod "Night Chelsea"

Jackson didn't say anything but only stared out his window.

She awkwardly made her way up the driveway then into her house. She closed the door when she saw that the blue Jeep disappeared around the corner, leaving the neighborhood. When she moved away, her mother was standing at the bottom of the stairs, one hand on the railing the other to her side, all the while with a smirk on her face.

"You survived?" her mother moved closer examining her daughter

"No thanks to you." Chelsea spat

"Now, that's not the way to treat the lady who gave birth to you."

Chelsea began to walk past her mother "I'm starting to have doubts that I'm even related to an old hag" she snapped

Grabbing her arm at the last minute, the old lady yanked Chelsea back towards her, with a snarl that jumped out from her throat.

"Listen here child, if you don't start behaving, I will deliberately take you out of school and keep you locked up in this house, using you as my own personal maid" she paused eyes locked on Chelsea's muddy throat "Or maybe...I should just...give you the bite and…turn you" she stated with an evil smile

Chelsea swallowed hard and for those 10 seconds she feared for her life, in her own home, in her own mothers presence.

"Darling, clean yourself up, you'll need rest for what's coming" she pulled her hand back

Chelsea watched her mother leave the room without another word. A bit shocked of her words and despite the fact, she retreated up to her bedroom. After peeling off the mud drenched clothes, she rubbed her skin raw in the shower then headed to bed.

That night, Derek called a midnight meeting, not caring that the teenagers were already getting into bed. He was beyond the words of angry, just being in his presence the two beta's wanted to leave right away.

"This isn't a game anymore, if any of you know something, speak now or pay the consequences later. This wasn't a werewolf, this was a human that knew about us being werewolves" Derek growled at his pack as he held a white shirt in his hands

Jackson who was intently staring at the ground, feeling like an ashamed puppy after they just peed on the carpet. Derek moved his concentration on the uncomfortable beta, eyeing him.

"Chelsea Ryder, it was Chelsea Ryder who-" Jackson gritted his teeth with anger, feeling as if he just cheated his best friend out to the cops "was in the woods."

Derek stepped closer to Jackson, almost face to face.

"Chelsea Ryder? What do you know of her?"

"New kid in town" Stiles piped up

Scott nudged his best friend in the ribs with a look of warning

"She's just a girl in my class, nothing is strange about her. She was probably set up, she doesn't know anything about werewolves" Jackson defended

Derek walked back into his house dismissing the meeting, with no explanation, before he went in though, the older man turned around.

"Jackson, stay away from the girl, until, we find out more. Go's for all of you." He ordered

Things will get heated up very soon...sexually ;)