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Chapter 7
Chloe's Point of View
Bring it on? That was all I could come up with? I was not getting ready to fight someone; I was meeting someone who helped Derek save my life.
Derek, I owe him so much. I put him through all that, and he was still by my side when I woke up. He didn't chew me out for getting Simon hurt, and by the sound of it, the news I was going to hear about him wasn't great. Derek was really sweet to me, but it couldn't have been out of actual affection. He must have believed Tori, and then tried to let me down easy, or he just felt so guilty he had to consol me to make himself feel better. I had to find a way to tell him that I cared about him as more than just a pack member.
"If you are ready then let me introduce the biggest animal on the planet, Harry!" I laughed at Derek's antics; it was nice to see him smiling.
Right on cue, the door opened and out stepped the biggest guy I have ever seen. He was a head taller than Derek, easy. He had short, shagged brown hair, and a bright green sweater that resembled Derek's eyes, and jeans. He looked good; but I had my eyes on someone shorter. He made me feel like a mouse. He had a smile that matched the brightness of the sweater.
"So lil brother, yall knew I was dere?" he has a big but soft voice, considering his size. He also had a different way of talking; I'd have to ask someone where he was from that made him talk so. Derek and Harry both laughed, and I bubbled with excitement to see someone Derek laughed along with. I wiggled out of Derek's grasp, but swayed before I reached Harry. I stumbled towards him, and nearly fell; Harry caught me before I hit the ground.
"Whoa dere Chloe, yall ain't that strong yet, you just woke up." I looked up at him and smiled. How could I not? His was infectious. He held me up under the armpits, and kept my feet on the ground until I could stand on my own for a little bit.
"Easy Derek, I'm not gonna eat her." Curious, I turned to look at Derek, smile fading. His smile was gone, and he was serious once more. Well, he could smile and laugh for a small amount of time; that must of counted for something.
"Chloe, please lie down, I don't want you to push yourself," his voice lowered; he seemed a little more like the worried Derek I was with a minute ago, before tall, tank and cheery walked in. "please, Chloe?" He probably didn't want me hurt because if would make Simon feel horrible if he woke up. When, when he woke up, I was going to raise his soul if he dared to try anything.
I could not think of anything else to do but nod. Harry let me go, and watched me walk over to Derek, and then to the bed. Derek looked like he wanted to hold onto me, but refrained, because he could see I didn't need help. I got on the bed, and tried to stretch on my good side.
"Derek ol' buddy, Andrew wanted to talk to yall, I dunno bout what, but yall might wanna go down and see 'em for whatever he wanted, I wanna ask Chloe ere a few things." Something was said, but not heard between them, and then Derek nodded, and looked at me. He looked like he wanted to say something else to me, but put his head down, and left.
"Well, I gotta say it's nice to see yall awake and all, Derek was gonna have a cow if you slept another day." He was smiling, and I found myself smiling. It really was an infectious smile he had, and I was glad Derek got infected by it.
"So how are yall feeling? You didn't look so hot when I had last seen you moving by yourself." He smile faded, but you could see by the indents beside his mouth that he smiled too much.
"I am alright thanks to you and to Derek. I can't thank you enough."
"It was not a problem, all in a day's work." He was smiling again. He sounded a bit like a superhero the way he talked.
"It was a big deal to me, not only did you save me life; the life I so often put in danger's way, but you kept Derek from doing something reckless and stupid, just because of his anger over Simon's injuries. He gave me the weirdest look.
"Derek told you that you have already completed your change." He chuckled; I had a feeling he did that often, and smiled again.
"Yeah I have; I ain't perfect at it yet, but I'm getting there. Derek is real close to changing to am I right?" he looked at me like I would know it better than him.
"Yeah, I think so. It has been worrying me, because he has been so stressed about Simon and I nearly dying, and I won't be strong enough to help him this time." Harry looked at me, open mouthed.
"You are with Derek when he changes?" smile forgotten, he was completely serious, still looking at me like I had told him he was a ghost.
"Of course, I could never leave him to something like that alone, that would be inhuman." I remember how much it hurt him.
"Okay, I gotta ask you one thing; did you really want me to tell Derek you loved em?" I gaped at him wide eyed. Why did he say that? Did he already know how I felt about Derek? He had been here a week. I had been here weeks, and I just figured it out.
And then I got a flash, like one of those epiphany things.
Then I remembered.
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