Sooo sorry guys =(

I was late with this chapter and the last one was short and this one was suppose to be super long to make up for it (albeit the fact this has got to be my 2nd longest chapter ever :P)

I need to sleep now cuz im leaving early for Boston tomorrow morning for around a week. (YAY!!! So excited =))Sorry for the next chapter's lastness in advanced. Anyways I hope you like this chapter anyways. Comment please!

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I didn't stop running for a good ten minutes. My newly-built endurance was a welcome surprise and I used it to the best of my abilities. They couldn't stop me if they couldn't catch me. After those ten minutes I stopped abruptly. Where was I going? I could have just run off in the complete opposite direction of the pack for all I knew. I fell to the ground and crossed my legs. This is no time to cry Chloe, I told myself as my eyes began to water. This is time to think. Think. How could I possibly find out where the Pack was? I had no idea. No idea to even remotely locate them. Then it hit me. Maybe I couldn't find it…

"Liz!?" I called standing up. Last I checked Liz was checking up on all her old friends. I didn't want to disturb her but-

"Hi Chloe!" I spun around fast enough to make me dizzy. There was Liz, giraffe socks and all. Well, most of Liz. Instead of the high-definition ghost I was used to seeing, the Liz standing before me looked more like an old faded photograph. Slightly faded colours and no longer completely opaque.

"Liz…?" I asked uncertainly. She looked at me expectantly. She didn't know? "Nevermind."

It felt like I was betraying her by not telling her about her condition, but I couldn't help remember what happened the time I had to tell her she was a ghost. She took awhile to calm down. I didn't have awhile. Feeling completely selfish I started to tell her about the current situation. I got to the part where Derek was taken by the pack when Liz waved her hand in front of my face impatiently. A non-to-subtle reminder of my betrayal.

Focus. Liz was talking.

"-and they were all good so I decided to come see you, but you and Derek were having a cute moment so I was like: Back up Liz, let Chloe kiss her man and you can see her later." She paused and smirked as I blushed, "you are so going to have to spill later by the way. Anyways, I saw all of it. So you want me to locate the Pack?" asked Liz. I nodded. She was such a good friend. Better than me anyways.

"Okie." she said with a smile. "See you in a few."

"Wait Liz-" It came out without permission. She looked back with trusting eyes. I changed my mind again. "I think the pack may be in Syracuse." Oh yea, that's where Derek said they were.

Another smile and a nod and she was gone. I sat down and crossed my legs once again. Then I cried.

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Liz didn't return in 'a few'. In fact, I was almost asleep when she finally return. I had to admit, the 'camping alone' part of this trip was really starting to get to me. It felt almost as if someone was watching me. And with Derek gone and Liam and Ramon possibly on the loose, it was especially unnerving.

"Back!" Liz called out from behind me. This time I didn't flinch… as much.

"And?" I asked, trying not to seen too impatient.

"It wasn't in Syracuse." My eyes widened in horror and Liz laughed. "It was outside of Syracuse. Well between Syracuse and Utica. They like live in this huge castle. It looks sorta like a horror movie kinda thing. Greyrock or Greypebble or Blackboulder… hmm… oh yea, Greystone. That's what its called. I think that's where my mom's friend was going to get married actually. Well back when it was all cleaned up. But then they found out that it didn't hold weddings anymore and that they went out of business. I always wondered why they closed you know? Like this one store, a block from my house, closed and me and my friend Jocelyn were sooo curious to see why that we almost broke in. Crazy, I know. But then we decided-" I hadn't exactly been listening to Liz ramble, but looked up sharply when she cut off. She was looking off into the woods, face squished in concentration. "Did you hear that?" I hadn't but that didn't mean that there wasn't a sound. Liz put a finger to her lips and tiptoed into the trees, out of sight. Alone again. Liz came back in 'a few' this time, with a bewildered expression on her face.

"What was it!?" I asked urgently, but Liz just shrugged.

"Couldn't find anything. Weird eh?" she said with a forced laugh. I glared at her suspiciously. She just laughed, a real one this time, and waved me off. "Anyways, lets go save Derek." She points in the direction of the castle. Liz sure knows how to distract me. We head off to the castle.

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A few days of travelling later Liz stops us, premature of the usual break time.

"Chloe?" she sounds almost apologetic. Uh oh.

"Yes…?"

"This is where I'm going to leave you I'm afraid." I stared at her, opened mouth, and she rushed on. "Its just ten minutes more of walking in this same direction and you'll reach the clearing and the castle will be right there. Its just… my older sister has her wedding today and I really want to be there. I promised I would actually." I nodded, trying to be understanding. Liz was leaving me, but she needed to be at the wedding.

"Ok, Liz. Thank you for helping me find the Pack." In leaned forwards and hugged her around her ghostly shape. Then I was continuing, for the first time, truly alone.

I was alone for a mere minute before I heard rustling in the trees behind me. I froze heart beating rapidly. Liam? It couldn't be. Not when I was finally this close to getting to Derek. I slowed my pace but continued on. Branches crunched behind me. If all werewolves were like Derek, then they couldn't possibly be making this much noise. I wait until the footsteps are as close as possible to whip around, flailing wildly. Contact. Fear disperses, leaving me and a stunned, grounded Simon in its wake.