Chapter 10

Okay, was I going crazy or was I two feet taller than Taylor and Seth? I mean, I have been told I was crazy once or twice. Or more.

I tried to scream, but it came out as a long, and mournful howl. Oh shit.

I went to walk toward Taylor and Seth, and they phased as soon as I was a foot away from them.

Ailish. Keep calm. It's Taylor. You'll be fine.

What? Taylor? What happened? Please tell me I'm not what I think I am.

Uh, yeah you are.

I looked down at my paws; I was the exact same color as the wolf in my dream last Monday—I was white, almost silver. The two wolves running away from me were Taylor and I.

WHAAAAT?! How is this happening?! What did I do to deserve this? Taylor and I were just sitting down, having a relaxing date on the beach, before I turned into a monster! A werewolf.

It was Seth's fault! He was the culprit. A large growl emerged from my throat. I ran towards him, but Taylor tackled me to the ground before I could reach him.

Ailish? What the hell? We had enough with Leah, and now Ailish?! I recognized Paul's voice from when I met him one day.

Shut the fuck up, Paul! I didn't choose this! Who does he think he is?

Wait, a minute. I am I talking in my head? To the pack?

Yes, Ailish. This is the way we communicate, in our wolf form. You didn't tell her, Taylor? I could tell it was Sam from the authority radiating out of his voice. Wait what was his last sentence?

You knew this was happening to me Taylor?!

Ailish, I'm sorry. I didn't want to keep it from you. Did you know how hard it was for me on Monday to not tell you? You were pleading, practically begging for me to tell you.

How did one even turn into a werewolf? Was it from our first kiss the night before? Maybe it was that Monday night when he touched his tongue to…

Gross! You know, Ailish, I really don't want to dream about kissing Taylor. I had enough dreams about Sam from Leah. Damn, Paul!If I could blush while being a wolf, I would've.

What's up? I recognized Leah's voice join us. Aw, hell no! What is she doing here?

I could feel Leah's fury and jealousy, weird enough, radiating inside me.

We all feel it dumb ass! I growled at Leah, even though she was nowhere near me.

I'll kill you Leah! I heard Taylor snarl.

Suddenly, fourteen wolves emerged from the trees. I recognized the original wolves: Sam, Jacob, Quil, Embry, Paul, Jared, Leah, Collin, and Brady. And the five other wolves who joined during the last Volturi confrontation: Chris, Oliver, Jeff, Michael and Haden.

All at once, everyone started talking and I could barely catch any of it.

Stop! Sam's alpha command made everyone drop down, and practically bow to him.

Now! There is nothing wrong with having another female werewolf with us. It just makes us a stronger pack, having more wolves. Jacob, run to my house and borrow some clothes from Emily. They might not fit Ailish, but they'll have to do. Unless your clothes still fit, Ailish.

Well, they still do, but they are extremely tight.

Okay, then Jacob. Jacob went to leave before I said:

Wait! Why do I need clothes? Won't they re-appear?

Most of the wolves broke into laughter except for Sam and Taylor. Uh oh. I think I have my answer.

I pictured myself naked in front of all the wolves, then quickly thought of something random when I realized I slipped. Oops. This was going to take some getting used to.

You can say that, again! Jacob said

The wolves howled in laughter, and I felt pleasure radiating out of every male wolf, but Leah practically gagged. Can I get any privacy? Obviously not.

For some odd reason, I felt bad for Leah. She was the first female wolf, and had to deal with all these buffoons. Well, except Taylor. He was perfect. Right now, I just wanted to…

Uh, Ailish! Please stop sharing your personal lovey dovey moments. I'm begging you. Embry pleaded.

Sorry.

And save your pity for someone else. I heard Leah snarl.

Right now I could just rip her head off of her body. I already hated her, and I was barely apart of the pack for five minutes.

Join the club. Paul replied to my thoughts

We hate you too, Paul. Jacob said, running back from Sam's house, carrying shorts and a shirt in his mouth.

Who doesn't? Paul laughed.

Enough, everyone. Ailish, do you know how to phase back? Sam asked

Yeah, I remember Taylor telling me how he did. Is it difficult?

Only for newborns, yes. When you are more experienced, it will come easier.

Great, so I could be stuck like this for days if I don't calm down? What would my family think?

Your Dad knows, already. Remember, he's apart of the elders. But you

know that you are to never tell anyone, right?

Yes.

Okay, here's your, err, clothes. Jacob awkwardly handed me the bundle of clothes from Emily.

Thanks.

Now, Ailish. Because you're a newborn, you are not to go to school, or see any of your friends. When you're around your family, be very cautious. Your temper could slip at any time and you could phase.

It wasn't a problem for me; I didn't have many friends anyway. Except for Abby. Poor Abby, I was always too busy for her. I had a bunch of friends before I met Taylor—but I didn't need them anyway.

Listen, I gotta go. I need to see Claire. Later guys! Later Ailish.

Bye! Wait who's Claire?

Taylor replied, She's Quil's imprint.

Oh.

Well, I'll let you guys go. We won't need you. I'll howl if I do. Sam obviously had something he wanted to tell me, but he didn't want the rest to hear.

The only wolves that were still here were Sam, Taylor, and I. Wait, why was Leah still here? I looked into her mind. Ah, she was still pissed from me joining the pack and had a hard time calming down. I laughed, but it came out as an odd bark. She snarled, and in her mind, she was coming after me. Uh oh.

Sam and Taylor stood in front of me, guarding me from the enraged Leah. She let out a large growl, but she didn't intimidate me; I wanted to fight her. Bitch. Treating me like I'm stupid. I'd show her!

No, Ailish! Sam and Taylor screamed at me in unison. But, I was faster than them.

I jumped on top of Leah. She squirmed under my strong hold. I nipped at her face and arms. I took her arm in my mouth and bit into it, and Leah howled in pain.

Sam ran into me, full force, and knocked me off of Leah. I squirmed under his hold, now.

Ailish, stop this right now. I immediately froze under his hold. Damn his alpha orders.

Leah, leave right now. She immediately ran into the forest, unwillingly, and phased. She obviously calmed herself enough.

Now, Ailish. If you want to phase back to human form, you need to calm yourself enough. I'm sure Taylor being here, will help you greatly.

I grinned, well tried anyway, at Taylor, and he grinned a wolfish smile back at me. We both laid down next to each other, but after two hours, I still couldn't seem to calm myself enough.

Two days later, I finally calmed enough to phase back to my human form, right in front of Taylor. He had the pleasure of seeing me naked. I was extremely embarrassed and quickly ran behind a tree to get dressed. But, I forgot my clothes on the ground, next to Taylor. Crap.

Running was amazing. It was so exhilarating! For once in my stressful and unpredictable life, I felt free and without worry.

Surprisingly, I was faster than Taylor, and the rest of the pack. Even Leah. When she found that out, she hated me even more than she already did. Great. I hated making enemies, even with people like Leah.

When Taylor and I were racing back to my house, I caught a glimpse of myself in the water. Boy, I looked like hell. My hair was a complete mess. There were leaves in every inch of it, and I couldn't even run one finger through my hair. How could Taylor not laugh at this?

Taylor kissed me on the forehead and quietly whispered, "I'll be back tonight."

"Okay," I whispered back nervously. What would my Dad say? My Mom?

I walked in the house, and slowly crept up the stairs to my room. Good, no one heard me.

I went into my bathroom, and got in the shower. They would hear me now, but I couldn't stand another second without a shower. Sure enough, as soon as the water turned on, my sister barged in my bathroom.

"Where the hell have you been for the last two days? You go on your date and you suddenly disappear. Do you know how worried sick we were?

Well, actually I was the main one worried. Mom and Dad were so calm, it

was scaring me!"

"Hello to you too! And how about some privacy? I really need a shower."

"I'm not leaving this room until you tell me where you were."

Uh oh. I knew she wouldn't budge, either. Well, she could stay in here as long as she wanted; I wasn't telling her anything. One idea popped in my mind of what I could tell her, if she got too suspicious.

"You know, I wanted to notify the police for a search party, but Mom and Dad wouldn't let me. They told me you would be fine. How the hell did they know? What secret are you keeping from me?"

I bit my lip. What was I supposed to tell her? I didn't like hurting my sister, even though she wasn't the nicest person in the world.

I finished with my shower and peeped my head out the shower curtain. She was still standing in the same spot, with an expectant look on her face.

"Can I have some privacy? Please? I'll tell you later."

"Fine, but you better tell me."

She walked out of my bathroom, and I got out and grabbed my towel. I wonder why now she was just caring about me?

I heard our doorbell ring. I looked at the time. 9 o'clock. Okay, wasn't it just a little too late for visitors? I quickly put my robe on, and headed down the stairs, but my sister beat me to it.

She opened the door, and I saw Brady, holding my necklace in his hands. I wonder how that didn't shatter when I phased. Weird.

My sister and Brady were staring at each other dumbstruck. Their mouths were gaped open, and they looked like they adored each other. Well, I knew what that meant. I pulled Brady 5 feet away from my sister, and he was still staring at her.

"Did you just imprint on my sister?" I already knew the answer before I asked it.

"Well, when I looked at her, it seemed like she was the one and only person

in my world. And…"

"Well, that sums it up, right there. I'm warning you, though. Olivia…"

He sighed, "Olivia."

"Yes," Now I could understand why people couldn't be around Taylor and I for too long, "Olivia. Now Olivia won't be able to handle you telling her you're a werewolf, as soon as you meet her. Get to know her, first, then do whatever you want."

"K," he walked stupidly over to Olivia and grinned widely, "Hi, I'm Brady."

"I'm Olivia."

"You wanna take a walk?"

"Yeah."

I sighed. Brady wouldn't listen to my advice; I already knew the 'walk' would be into the woods, for him to show her how he phased.

I walked back into our house, and I rummaged through the fridge. Nothing. Unless, I wanted to eat peanut butter, but that wasn't even close to filling my appetite. For the last two days, I hunted like a wolf—raw meat was disgusting. I would never eat that again. I starved myself, until I could get some human food.

"Ailish? Is that you, honey?" My Mom said sleepily from the top of the staircase.

"Mom! I missed you so much!" I ran upstairs at inhuman speed, and hugged her

She took a surprised gasp, "Ail, remember I'm a human."

"Oh, right. Sorry Mom."

"Oh, baby, I missed you so much! Liv was—wait where is Liv?"

"Oh, about her. Well, Brady kind of imprinted on her."

"Wow, so where are they?"

"Taking a walk."

"Humph. Well let's just hope it doesn't last any longer. Oh, you look exhausted! Go to bed, Ail. You had a hard couple of days."

"When you go back to bed tell Dad I love him and I missed him."

"Sure thing," She smiled, "Atleast you won't have school tomorrow. I'll be home-schooling you on the days you don't have patrols."

It was peculiar how my Mom knew everything about werewolves, as much as I did, even though she was never one.

I kissed my Mom on the cheek, and ran up the stairs into my room. Every time now I would walk into my room, I would sniff the air, and bring my pocket knife with me; Steve left me scared to death to even come into my own room! Bastard.

I laid down and smelled that familiar woody, musky scent. He smelled even better while I was a werewolf. I felt him sitting next to me and wrap his arm around my waist. I snuggled into his well-defined chest, and felt myself totally at ease.

"You know you took this werewolf thing pretty easy."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, for one, you didn't completely freak out just because you turned into a giant wolf. I'm just curious—why? Not that it's a bad thing, it's actually a great thing."

"Well, for one, we're protectors—not monsters. But mainly because I get to be with you even more than I used to," I hugged him even tighter.

He smiled and kissed my hair, "So you're gonna home-school, eh?"

I frowned, "Yeah, why you bring it up?"

"Well," he smiled mischievously, "Since I've already graduated from high school, I should home-school you."

"That'd be much better than my Mom."

"Well, it would be hard for me to home-school you, coming to your house every day," Where was he going with this? "So maybe you could move in with me?"

I didn't reply, so he went on, "I just bought my own place. My Dad's gonna help me get a job for special hours so I could do patrols, and if you wanted home-school you. I have a car, so you wouldn't have a problem of driving anywhere. But, I completely understand if you don't want to."

"I-I. Uh, sure. I would absolutely love to! The only problem is my Dad; I have no idea what he's gonna say."

"Ah, he'll come around," He winked at me and I snuggled deep into his chest and sighed.

Nothing could ever get better than this—well, that's what I thought. Before the real trouble began…