"Well?" Eli asked as I slid into my seat in History, his eyes wide with excitement. He looked like a nut-bag, to be honest. His blonde hair was somewhat messy, his skin dull and pale while his eyes were red.

"Well...what?"

"Is your brother a werewolf or not?" He demanded. I clamped my hand around his mouth, smiling awkwardly at those who'd turned around to stare at us.

"Are you insane?" I hissed, releasing him.

"Is Embry a Child of the Moon?"

"When was the last time you got some sleep?"

"I mean it!"

"Eli, you showed me those papers a week ago. Have you not stopped looking at them since then?"

"I had this dream. You were in it, Kitty. You were-"

"Going insane, kinda like you are?" I asked, grabbing his hand. "Eli, what's going on with you?"

Eli shook his head, running his hand through his hair. He took several deep breaths before laying his head down on his desk, falling asleep soon after. Melissa tapped my shoulder, nearly stabbing me in the neck with her pencil when I didn't respond.

"WHAT?" I yell-whispered, whirling to face her.

"What the hell is wrong with the wolf-man?" she asked.

"Wolf man?"

"Everybody's been calling him crazy since he lost it after school yesterday."

"Liss, what happened?" I asked, turning to face her completely.

"Okay, so," she started, getting excited. "He was looking for you, of course, everyone is always looking for you," she muttered, slightly suspicious. "Anyways, he was looking for you, and Embry found him in the hallway yelling your name. Nearly snapped him in half, then all these papers came out of his bag about werewolves and stuff. It was ridiculous, really. He was going on and on, calling Embry a fake and a liar, but wasn't brave enough to tell everyone what he was lying or being fake about, ya know? He's been losing it ever since."

"YOU KNOW NOTHING." Eli hissed, suddenly whirling in his chair. I jumped automatically, scooting my desk backwards so forecfully that everyone behind me in our row was shoved against the wall, a kid in the back groaning that his rib hurt and needed to go to the nurse. Liss grabbed my arm protectively, glaring at Eli as he towered over us both.

"Mr. Escalve?"

Eli whipped his head towards the teacher and blinked a few times, then back to me, his face falling as if he'd just realized what he'd done.

"I'm sorry." He murmured, running his hands through his hair. "Sorry. I don't feel good."

"Do you need to go to the nurse?"

"Yeah, please." He said hurriedly, rushing out of the class.

Melissa was still grimacing as our row re-adjusted the desks, finally settling back into place as if Eli had never been there.

"What a creep," she muttered. "I better not have any classes with him next semester."

"Next semester starts in two weeks, Liss. I highly doubt it's too late to switch schedules."

"Yeah, yeah, but see the only thing I care about out of all that you just said is the 'Going to the Zoo' part."

"Going to the zoo?"

"OOOO is that an invitation? Sure, Kitty, I'd love to go!" she cheered, smiling brightly at me. I rolled my eyes, jumping again when Anna nearly leaped over four rows and into the side of my chair.

"Did somebody say we're going to the zoo?" she asked excitedly. The kids behind her were staring at her cock-eyed, the teacher halting the entire lecture so she could finish her piece.

"I guess we are." I laughed, poking her in the nose.

"AHHH fantastic. Friday it is." She smiled. I watched her leap over to her chair again, the lesson resuming as the teacher held an annoyed tone.

"You gonna bring Embry?" Melissa whispered behind me slyly. I rolled my eyes elbowed her subtly, her giggle fit shaking her desk.

"NO, I'm not bringing Embry."

"I mean I'm just asking, seeing as how he showed up at my house the other day and all…"

Ugh. That was something I'd love to forget. When Melissa had invited me and Anna to sleep over two weeks ago, I'd said yes and was more than excited. It was going perfect, I'd managed to convince Embry that I was able to handle myself for one night, and he'd agreed….only to show up at Melissa's door an hour later with an apologetic smile and a tub of double-fudge chocolate ice cream. He'd not only used my weakness against me, but spent the rest of the night with us, carrying me home in the morning.

"Don't remind me." I grumbled.

"He's mad weird, that kid…." Melissa mused, tapping her pencil against her chin. "He acts like his life depends on protecting you or something."

"I guess." I murmured, thinking it over myself. Embry was on my tail all day every day, but wasn't that because my Dad had told him to? If my father was Alpha, his rules had to be obeyed no matter what. But could there have been any chance that he wanted to stay with me? That he didn't really mind following me around everywhere I went?